Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 1.6.3 RSA Security
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1 RSA SecurID Ready Implement ation Guide Last Modified November 29, 2001 1. Partner Information Partner Name Stonesoft Corp. Web Site www.stonesoft.com Product Name StoneGate Firewall Version & Platform Version 1.6.3 Product Description StoneGate is the first firewall and VPN solution offering high security, high performance and availability.
2 3. Solution Summary Feature Details Authentication Methods S upported RADIUS, TACACS+. ACE/Agent Library Version N/A ACE 5 Locking N/A Replica ACE/Server Support N/A Secondary RADIUS/TACACS+ Server .
3 4. Product Requirement s • Hardware requirements Component Name: StoneGate Management system CPU make/speed required Pentium processor, suggested minimum processor speed 500 MHz Memory 128 MB minimum, 256 MB or more recommended HD space 4GB for evaluation (20 GB or more for production use).
4 5. Partner ACE/Agent configuration Supported authentication types with RSA SecurID product Client-initiated authentication Client initiated authentication means that the user starts the authentication process.
5 StoneGate Firewall / RSA SecurID Configuration – User Authentication The following steps can be carried out using the Stonegate User Manager GUI: • Create an Authentication service (type can be Radius or Tacacs+). • Create Authentication Server/Servers with correct type.
6 • All Created Authentication Servers must be bound to the Authentication Service. Having created your Service(s) and Server(s), you must now create users within the StoneGate user Database.
7 Using this generic method of authentication, *external* is the only user you will be required to create within the StoneGate user database. If there is a need to configure Authentication Services on.
8 Example SecurID enabled login sequences Firewall initiated authentication with ACE/Server user account set to New PIN-mode..
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10 6. Certification Checklist Date Tested: November 22, 2001 Product Tested Version ACE/Server 5.0.1 ACE/Agent N/A StoneGate firewall & VPN Client 1.
11 7. Known Issues • If a clustered StoneGate firewall solution is used with RSA SecurID then an Agent Host entry must be defined within the ACE/Server database for each firewall cluster member. • The Firewall cluster members share configured authentication service/server information.
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