Tag: RSA
Configuration Example, Security
Restore RSA 7.1 primary database and RADIUS config
A few days ago I was troubleshooting a problem with an ISA array after upgrading the VMware environment as you can read in this article. I had a same kind of problem with a RSA environment. After upgrading the VMware Tools and the Virtual Hardware, the RSA database didn’t start anymore. RSA noticed to much … Read More
RSA AM 7.1SP3 Token Delivery
Using two-factor authentication is common when publishing remote services to the internet with components like Citrix NetScaler or Juniper SA appliances. RSA is a well-known provider of two-factor authentication mechanism. Beginning with RSA Authentication Manager 7.1 people have the ability to use the On-Demand feature. This feature enables the delivery of token codes via SMS … Read More
User expiration with RSA AM 7.1
I noticed some differences in the user expiration between RSA Authentication Manager 7.1 and RSA Authentication Manager 7.1 SP2. When assigning a token to an user in RSA AM7.1, the user automatically gets an expiration date set on its user account. The default expiration date is one year. I cannot reproduce this same symptom with … Read More
RSA 7.1 with On-Demand
RSA token security provides a way to strengthen the security on public services. Token authentication is most often implemented with hardware tokens. RSA 7.1 has additional methods of token authentication besides the hardware tokens: Token delivery by SMS; Token delivery by e-mail; To enable the above features you have to install at least RSA 7.1 … Read More
RSA 7.1 supported under ESX 3.5
More and more people would like to implement OTP (One Time Password) solutions. RSA is one of multiple vendors for OTP solutions. I also notice the wish to implement and support OTP with on-demand tokens, like SMS and e-mail. RSA supports on-demand tokens, but the minimum RSA Authentication Manager version required is 7.1. Not only … Read More
RSA LDAP query failed
While configuring a LDAP mapping for a RSA Authentication Manager 6.1 with an Active Directory Domain Controller, I received the following error while running the Synchronisation task c:\RSA\prog\sdldapsync.exe -j 102 “[LDAP search] Search failed (check Base DN)” At first I thought about a typo while configuring the Synchronisation task. To test the LDAP connection with … Read More