Cisco Systems PIX IOS 7.0(2) manual

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    1 RSA SecurID Ready Implementation Guide Last Modified: September 30, 2005 Partner Information Product Information Partner Name Cisco Web Site www.cisco.com Product Name Cisco PIX Security Appl ianc e Version & Platform PIX IOS 7.0(2) Product Description The market-leading Cisco PI X Securit y Appliance Series delivers rob ust user and applicat[...]

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    2 Solution Summary The Cisco PIX® Security Appliance Series delivers robust user an d appli cation policy enforcement, multi- vector attack protection, and secure co nnectivity serv ices in cost-effective, easy-to-depl oy solutions. The Cisco PIX® Security Appliance Series provides conv enient method s for authent icating VPN users through native[...]

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    3 Product Requirement s Partner Product Requirements: Cisco PIX Security Appliance Memory See Cisco PIX Security Applia nce documentation Firmware Version 7.0(2) Additional Software Requirements Application A dditional Patches Cisco Secure VPN Client 4.6 Important: If y ou are configuring the PIX Se curity Appliance to use IPSec you w ill also need[...]

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    4 Agent Host Configuration To facilitate communication between the Cisco PI X Security Appliance and the RSA Authentication Manager / RSA SecurID Appliance, an Agent Host record must be adde d to the RSA Authentication Manager database and RADIUS Server databa se if us ing RADIUS. The Agent Ho st record identifies the Cisco PIX Security Appliance w[...]

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    5 Partner Authentication Agent Configuration Before You Begin This section provides instruction s for int egrating t he partners’ product with RSA Secu rID Authentication. This document is not intended to su gge st optimum installations or configuratio n s. It is assumed that the reader has both worki ng kn owledge of all products involved, and t[...]

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    6 address-pool test authenticatio n-server-group AuthMan6 tunnel-group A uthMan6Group i psec-attribute s pre-shared-ke y *[...]

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    7 RADIUS authentication configuration: RADIUS Server: aaa-server ina uth protocol r adius aaa-server ina uth host 10.10 0.50.37 key secret aaa-server ina uth host 10.10 0.50.36 key secret aaa-server ina uth host 10.10 0.50.35 key secret VPN Policy: ip local pool test 173.16 .16.1-173.16.1 6.2 54 group-policy S cottRAD intern al group-policy S cottR[...]

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    8 Certification Checklist: Firewall Date Tested: September 29, 2005 Certification Environment Product Name Version Information Operating System RSA Authentication Man ager 6.1 Windows 2003 RSA Software Token 3.0.4 Windows 2000 Cisco Pix Security Appliance 7.0(2) IOS Mandatory Functionality RSA Native Protocol RADIUS Protocol New PIN Mode Force Auth[...]

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    9 Certification Checklist: VPN Date Tested: September 29, 2005 Certification Environment Product Name Version Information Operating System RSA Authentication Man ager 6.1 Windows 2003 RSA Software Token 3.0.4 Windows 2000 Cisco Pix Security Appliance 7.0(2) IOS Cisco VPN Client 4.6 Windows 2000 Mandatory Functionality RSA Native Protocol RADIUS Pro[...]

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    10 Known Issues 1. Failed PIN creation v ia RADIUS with VPN Client. When a user fails to enter a PIN that matches the PIN criteria they will be prompted to enter their pa ssword a gain but will always fail as the infor mation the user enters will not be sent to the RADIUS Server. The user needs to disconnect and reconn ect to attempt to create the [...]