Reporting & Audit Compliance Solutions for Cisco Secure ACS
The Cisco Secure ACS Access Control Server is probably the worlds best selling remote access security solutions and its quite likely that you're already using it! Wouldn't it be great to know exactly what it was doing? Further still, when you have to provide audit documentation regarding your policies and how effective they are, how long does this take and what valuable data remains locked inside the ACS database and logs?
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csvsync allows you to download CSV log data (RADIUS, TACACS+, Passed/Failed Attempts etc) directly from any number of Cisco Secure ACS servers (Windows & Appliance) via http(s). Version 3.0 now supports the collection of ACS database itself for import into aaa-reports and detailed reporting based on the ACS security policies. Simple, secure and efficient, csvsync is the best solution for harvesting log data from your Cisco Secure ACS servers.
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Aaa-reports! enterprise v1.2 - audit solutions for Cisco Secure ACS
Extraxi is pleased to announce the latest version of its flagship reporting package - aaa-reports! enterprise v1.2
The next release of aaa-reports! enterprise has just been made - mainly concentrating on new reports and datasets including:
Single TACACS+ command authorisations. Shows both permitted and denied commands by combining log entries from Failed Attempts and T+ Device Administration logs
RADIUS and TACACS session reports. These provide single row per session with all relevant data.
RADIUS identity networking reports. The dataset used by the RADIUS session report is key for auditing identity network environments allowing for a username to be tied to a client side MAC address/IP Address or telephone number, assigned IP address etc. Using the point and click query builder its possible to create deployment-centric reports with multi-level grouping, sorting, filtering plus calculated fields using flexible Visual Basic syntax and full function library
Stability and bug fixes
Updated installers
aaa-reports! enterprise v1.2 is a free upgrade for existing customers with a current support contract.
Visit www.extraxi.com for full product details and a 60 day fully working trial.
To see how aaa-reports! can help you meet your ACS audit requirements please take a look at this earlier post.bump
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Upgrade path for Cisco Secure ACS 4.X Solution Engine 1113 Appliance.
Hello,
I am having Cisco Secure ACS 4.X Solution Engine 1113 Appliance, and is running on version Cisco Secure ACS Release 4.1(1) Build 23 and now want to upgarde it to the latest version. Need to know the upgrade path for the same. As per my information ACS 4.1(1) runs on windows server and releases post to 5.X uses Linux. Please guide how can i upgrade Appliance 1113 from 4.1 to 5.xHi,
Cisco ACS 1113 appliance doesn't support ACS 5.x version. 1113 appliance supports till ACS 4.2.1 version.
Cisco ACS SE 1120/1121 appliance models are required for ACS 5.x
The upgrade path for ACS 4.1 to 4.2.1 version can be found in the following link :
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_server_for_solution_engine/4.2.1/Installation_Guide/solution_engine/upgap.html#wp1237189
Regards,
Karthik Chandran
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Patch rollup for Cisco Secure ACS 4.2 fails.
I've got 2 freshly installed ACS 4.2 for Windows servers and I need to apply the latest patch rollup before I build the configurations. I stopped the ACS services and ran Acs-4.2.0.124.15-SW.exe to install the patches. The application begins running fine but fails on upgrading the database and then none of the ACS services would start. I was able to restore the files from the backup that runs with the patch utility and get ACS functioning again. What am I missing - does the patch rollup require any specific Microsoft Patches to be installed or something like that?
ThanksThanks for the feedback. I attempted the patch rollup install again and it failed in the same place - on the database upgrade. I did think of one thing. Do I need to have my antivirus/protection services disabled prior to installing the rollup?
Also my versions are as follows:
Server OS - Windows Server 2003 R2
Cisco Secure ACS - 4.2.(0) Build 124
Thanks,
Richard Jaehne -
HI
I have rebuilt the Tacac server for cisco secure ACS v3.0 and then retore all the data via the "data restore" under the system configuration.
After rebuilt, it was only working for one day... and then it fails to authenticate users. I checked the event viewer, the error message is:
ODBC authentication dll failed to initalise, code -1110
and
CSMon message: Problem Logging on to CSTacacs. Got as far as Starting Processing in Auth module
any idea?
ThanksHi
When I tried to view it, it says:
This bug is no longer available in Bug Toolkit. Click bug ID for details.
would you be able to provide more information for this bug please?
Thanks
kind regards
Rachel -
Cisco Secure ACS 4.0 Solution engine problem
Hi,
I have a probleme with a Cisco Secure ACS 4.0 Solution Engine (CSACSE-1113-K9).
I try to power up the engine, but the light in the power button stay blinking all the time. Anyone have a idea why ?
Last week, I boot it for the first time (It's brand new), every things goes fine.
I made " shutdown " then wait the message to press 4 seconds power button to turn it off. This morning, nothing come up.
I see one thing in the console "Press <SpaceBar> to update BIOS." after that, blank. No bios detection, no harddrive dectection, no windows boot.
Any idea ?
Thank youNo, I'm sur.
Then we have version 1113 of ACS.
See: http://www.cisco.com/application/pdf/en/us/guest/products/ps6731/c2001/ccmigration_09186a008068f7bd.pdf
Page 32(1-8) #2.
I let the engine off about 6hours after my first post, then I try back. The engine start.
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With Cisco Secure ACS For Windows TACACS+, authentication fails with AD
I am setting up a Cisco Secure ACS 4.2 server to act as a TACACS server for Switches and Routers I am using Windows 2003 server for the ACS,
and a Windows 2003 Active Directory server. The AD server is fine, as it is used for many other things.
I have set up ACS as defined nit he installation guide, including all the steps in the 'Member Server' section of the install guide
when using AD as an external database (i.e. setting up the services to run with a domain admin account, setting up a machine called 'CISCO'
on the domain etc).
I've set the unknown user policy to use the Windows database if the internal database doesn;t contain the user details.
If I add a user to the internal database, the authentication goes through fine, with an entry in the 'Passed Authentications' log,
02/24/2010,05:07:03,Authen failed,eXXXX,Network Administrators(NDG) ,X.X.X.X,(Default),Internal error,,(geting error message as INternal Error)
I've scoured google etc, and just cannot come up with any reason why this should be happening.
I've followed all the install guides to the letter. I need to get this up and running as soon as possible,
so am looking forward to finding out if anyone can help me with this one!
THanks and regards
SharanHi Jesse,
Thasts a great answer and Soution.
My previous version was 4.2 and it was installed on 64 bit machine hence getting internal Error.
After this answer i have upgraded it to ACS4.2.1 and its started working fine
Thanks very much for the help
Dipu -
Hello Everybody,
I am working with Cisco Secure ACS 4.2 and it is integrated with Active Directory at a Windows 2008 R2 functional level, user accounts that are set with lockout parameters (3 incorrect attempts) are locked out prematurely after the user enters the wrong credentials just once, the integration is done via LDAP.
I wonder if anybody has any idea why this is happening, because when I connect to a Cisco device or VPN, and type my password wrongly, on the Active Directory I get extra bad password counts.
Thanks in advance and regards....Hello Scott,
Thanks for your answer. However we checked the ACS logs and it shows that we entered bad credentials just once, but in the Active Directory our account sometimes is blocked because we get at least 2 and sometimes 3 failures. This problem is only presented when we authenticate Cisco devices or through VPN, in normal circumstances, when users enter bad credentials on their computers, it works fine.
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Advice for Buying Cisco Secure ACS 3.3 for Windows
Just need advice on what other things I NEED to order apart from the Windows server when I want to iplement ACS and I want to use CISCO SECURE ACS 3.3 FOR WINDOWS
Hope someone will helpHi,
This is all what you require:
Supported Operating System
Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Servers 3.3 supports the Windows operating systems listed below. Both the operating system and the service pack must be English-language versions.
Windows 2000 Server, with Service Pack 4 installed
Windows 2000 Advanced Server, with the following conditions:
with Service Pack 4 installed
without features specific to Windows 2000 Advanced Server enabled
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Note The following restrictions apply to support for Microsoft Windows operating systems:
We have not tested and cannot support the multi-processor feature of any supported operating system.
We cannot support Microsoft clustering service on any supported operating system.
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server is not a supported operating system.
Please refer to the following link for more information:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/access/acs_soft/csacs4nt/acs33/win33sdt.htm
Thanx & Regards -
Manage a Cisco Secure ACS Solution Engine?
Hello,
how can i manage/observe a 'Cisco Secure ACS Solution Engine'? Ich found no things like SNMP etc.
regards
KarstenHi,
you have no chance to control the ACS SE with snmp. We have one router, access via ACS and uses a script roboter to control the access to the router. If the access fails, we send us an email
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Cisco Secure ACS 4.2 for Windows web-based Admin Console log in problems
To Whomever Can Assist,
I am running two deployments of Cisco Secure ACS for Windows 4.2 and I can login into the admin web-console just fine. However, when I create a new or test user that mirror my configuration that user cannot login to the admin web-console. The user can login it to devices with the appropriate privileges, but can't administer his/her account within ACS. This has proven very problematic and needs a remedy. Thanks for the assistance.Bradbryant.dhs,
Where are you creating the new admin user who should have access to ACS web gui under internal users or administration.
Internal user and ACS administrator accounts are completely different.
Adding administrator account
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_server_for_windows/4-2/user/guide/ACS4_2UG/Admin.html
Regards,
Jatin Katyal
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Features of Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
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I’m working on an evaluation of NAC systems. Therefore, I’ve chosen the Cisco Secure ACS as representative of a 802.1X based solution.
There are a few questions I wasn’t able to answer by reading the product information available on Cisco.com. I hope that someone here might be able to help me. Any information is highly appreciated.
The questions I wasn’t able to answer are:
• Can the ACS work in a heterogeneous environment (i.e. Cisco and Alcatel Switches)?
• What happens if the server(s) fail?
o Can already authorized users still work?
o Can known users still be authorized?
o Are unknown users still blocked?
• Is the ACS capable of authorizing users through routed networks or VPN tunnels?
• Does a change of the assigned VLAN work without relogin (or even reboot) of the client?
• Is there (besides of the reports) some kind of status overview with the ACS?
• Which kinds of Attacks can the ACS (alone) prevent?
o Can it prevent MAC Spoofing?
o Can it prevent MAC Flooding?
o Can it prevent ARP Attacks?
o Can it prevent IP Spoofing?
o Can it eliminate rouge DHCP servers?
o Can it prevent STP Attacks
• And the last one: What happens if I plug in an unknown device into an IP-Phone? Is the switchport to which the IP-Phone is connected blocked or only the unknown device?
Thanks for all answers.
Regards,
taouriSee inline answers:
The questions I wasn’t able to answer are:
• Can the ACS work in a heterogeneous environment (i.e. Cisco and Alcatel Switches)?
Yes, as long as those devices support RADIUS and TACACS+ IETF standards. Some devices require the configuration of vendor-specific AV-pairs to work properly, which the ACS in general can do. You'll need to get details from the specific vendor on their requirements to insure it'll work.
• What happens if the server(s) fail?
o Can already authorized users still work?
This is driven by the AAA client, not the ACS. In general, if it isn't reauthenticating the users, then yes, they'll still work
o Can known users still be authorized?
In general, no, not by the ACS, but for some cases such as dot1x, it may be possible to configure fallback to local authentication or define a critical VLAN.
o Are unknown users still blocked?
Without contact to the server, the AAA client has no way of knowing what user is known / not known barring the above items.
• Is the ACS capable of authorizing users through routed networks or VPN tunnels?
Yes, as long as the VPN device is capable of sending Radius or TACACS+ requests to the ACS
• Does a change of the assigned VLAN work without relogin (or even reboot) of the client?
Yes, if using a supplicant that detects the EAP success message and knows to refresh the IP.
• Is there (besides of the reports) some kind of status overview with the ACS?
Yes, this is covered in the documentation for the appropriate ACS solution. Incidentally, the word ACS could mean ACS 4.x, or ACS 5.x, both of which are substantially different.
• Which kinds of Attacks can the ACS (alone) prevent?
ACS authenticates and authorizes users. It isn't in and of itself a device for prevention of the L2 attacks you list.
o Can it prevent MAC Spoofing?
o Can it prevent MAC Flooding?
o Can it prevent ARP Attacks?
o Can it prevent IP Spoofing?
o Can it eliminate rouge DHCP servers?
o Can it prevent STP Attacks
• And the last one: What happens if I plug in an unknown device into an IP-Phone? Is the switchport to which the IP-Phone is connected blocked or only the unknown device?
This depends on how you configure the dot1x parameters on the port. In general, this is often configured in single-host mode with a voice vlan for the phone. The phone passes through the EAPoL traffic the client passes, and in single host mode we rely on CDP bypass for the phone itself to bypass authentication. There are excellent documents for the various dot1x configuration options in our IBNS (identity-Based Network Solutions) section here:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/products/ps6638/products_ios_protocol_group_home.html -
Cisco Secure ACS with UCP assistance and enable password
I am running Cisco Secure ACS version 4.2 running on a
Standalone Windows 2003 Enterprise 2003with the lastest
windows service pack and update. Secure ACS is running
fine and I can authenticate with Cisco routers and
switches. The Windows 2003 server is also running Microsoft
IIS Server. In other words, the IIS server and Cisco
Secure ACS is running on the same windows 2003 server.
I am trying to get Cisco User-Changeable password to work
with Cisco Secure ACS. I followed the release notes lines
by lines and the work around provided below:
Also server require more privileges for the internal windows user that runs CSusercgi.exe.
The name of the windows user that runs UCP is IUSR_<machine_name>.
Workaround steps:
1) Install UCP 4 on a machine that runs IIS server.
2) Open IIS manager
3) Locate Default Web Site
4) Double click on the virtual name 'securecgi-bin'
5) Right click on CSusercgi.exe and choose Properties
6) Choose 'File Security' tab
7) Choose 'Edit' in 'Authentication and access control' area
8) Change username from IUSR_<machine_name> to 'Administrator' and enter his
password (make sure that 'Integrated Windows authentication' is checked)
I still can NOT get this to work. I got this error:
It says:
The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed,
had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
Internet Information Services (IIS)
I modified everything in the Windows 2003 to be "ALLOWED" by
EVERYONE. In other words, there are NO security on the windows 2003.
It is still NOT working.
The other question I have is that can Cisco UCP allow user
to change his/her enable password?
Can someone help? Thanks.Yes bastien,
Thank you.
But one thing more i want to know that in its Redundant AAA server, when i try to open IIS 6.0 window 2003; it prompts for Username and Password.
I've given it several time; also going through Administrator account with administrative credentials but it always failed.
Any suggestions/solution/?
This time many thanks in advance.
Regards
Mehdi Raza -
Cisco Secure ACS 4.2 with Oracle
hi there...
Our campus using WisM (WS-SVC-WISM-1-K9) as wireless controller , Cisco 1130 access point and Cisco Secure ACS 4.2 Solution Engine 1113 Appliance as radius server. For username and password, ACS will export the data from Oracle database(production DB).
The problem that we are facing right now is password that store in oracle database is in encrypted format. Base feedback from our database administrator, the encryption is done by oracle - application layer and cannot be decrypt back. In Oracle they call it "Oracle Stored Procedures"
My questions :
1- Can Cisco Secure ACS 4.2 work with Oracle 10G or 11G?
2- Is there any option to tackle the encrypted password? Can ACS handle the "Oracle Stored Procedures" function?
Please advice.
ThanksMicrosoft SQL Server and Case-Sensitive Passwords
If you want your passwords to be case sensitive and are using Microsoft SQL Server as your ODBC-compliant relational database, configure your SQL Server to accommodate this feature. If your users are authenticating by using PPP via PAP or Telnet login, the password might not be case sensitive, depending on how you set the case-sensitivity option on the SQL Server. For example, an Oracle database will default to case sensitive, whereas Microsoft SQL Server defaults to case insensitive. However, in the case of CHAP/ARAP, the password is case sensitive if you configured the CHAP stored procedure.
For example, with Telnet or PAP authentication, the passwords cisco or CISCO or CiScO will all work if you configure the SQL Server to be case insensitive.
For CHAP/ARAP, the passwords cisco or CISCO or CiScO are not the same, regardless of whether the SQL Server is configured for case-sensitive passwords.
Sample Routine for Generating a PAP Authentication SQL Procedure
The following example routine creates a procedure named CSNTAuthUserPap in Microsoft SQL Server, the default procedure that ACS uses for PAP authentication. Table and column names that could vary for your database schema appear in variable text. For your convenience, the ACS product CD includes a stub routine for creating a procedure in SQL Server or Oracle. For more information about data type definitions, procedure parameters, and procedure results, see ODBC Database.
if exists (select * from sysobjects where id = object_id (`dbo.CSNTAuthUserPap') and
sysstat & 0xf = 4)drop procedure dbo.CSNTAuthUserPap
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE CSNTAuthUserPap
@username varchar(64), @pass varchar(255)
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
IF EXISTS( SELECT username
FROM users
WHERE username = @username
AND csntpassword = @pass )
SELECT 0,csntgroup,csntacctinfo,"No Error"
FROM users
WHERE username = @username
ELSE
SELECT 3,0,"odbc","ODBC Authen Error"
GO
GRANT EXECUTE ON dbo.CSNTAuthUserPap TO ciscosecure
GO
Sample Routine for Generating an SQL CHAP Authentication Procedure
The following example routine creates in Microsoft SQL Server a procedure named CSNTExtractUserClearTextPw, the default procedure that ACS uses for CHAP/MS-CHAP/ARAP authentication. Table and column names that could vary for your database schema appear in variable text. For more information about data type definitions, procedure parameters, and procedure results, see ODBC Database.
if exists (select * from sysobjects where id = object_id(`dbo.CSNTExtractUserClearTextPw')
and sysstat & 0xf = 4) drop procedure dbo.CSNTExtractUserClearTextPw
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE CSNTExtractUserClearTextPw
@username varchar(64)
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
IF EXISTS( SELECT username
FROM users
WHERE username = @username )
SELECT 0,csntgroup,csntacctinfo,"No Error",csntpassword
FROM users
WHERE username = @username
ELSE
SELECT 3,0,"odbc","ODBC Authen Error"
GO
GRANT EXECUTE ON dbo.CSNTExtractUserClearTextPw TO ciscosecure
GO
Sample Routine for Generating an EAP-TLS Authentication Procedure
The following example routine creates in Microsoft SQL Server a procedure named CSNTFindUser, the default procedure that ACS uses for EAP-TLS authentication. Table and column names that could vary for your database schema appear in variable text. For more information about data type definitions, procedure parameters, and procedure results, see ODBC Database.
if exists (select * from sysobjects where id = object_id(`dbo.CSNTFindUser') and
sysstat & 0xf = 4) drop procedure dbo.CSNTFindUser
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE CSNTFindUser
@username varchar(64)
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
IF EXISTS( SELECT username
FROM users
WHERE username = @username )
SELECT 0,csntgroup,csntacctinfo,"No Error"
FROM users
WHERE username = @username
ELSE
SELECT 3,0,"odbc","ODBC Authen Error"
GO
GRANT EXECUTE ON dbo.CSNTFindUser TO ciscosecure
GO
Reference:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_server_for_windows/4.0/user/guide/d.html#wp355420 -
Unauthorized device logging in via Cisco Secure ACS 3.2
We have the Cisco Secure ACS v 3.2. There is a devices that we recently discovered is not added into the network configuration on the ACS. This device running IOS 12.2(29) does have all of the correct tacacs settings that should allow it to authenticate via Tacacs.
So basically, the ACS is allowing users to use this device to login, even though it's not in the Network Config.
When we look at the Logged-in Users report, it show the host name as "Tacacs+ Default". We aren't sure what that is supposed to mean, and why it's allowing it.
Thank You for your time,
AndrewAndrew,
Make sure that you not using any Wildcards inplace to IP address in network configuration. Eg using 192.168.*.*
This will open tacacs request from whole network 192.168
Also check the passed attempts and check the NAS IP address from the where the request is coming. Search for that IP in network configuration and see if that IP belong to that switch in question. L3 switch can have multiple ip address.
If that IP belong to that swtich , then you need to take that out from network configuration.
Regards,
~JG
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