One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions 7.3

The following describes how to configure a Sophos UTM firewall to redirect selected traffic to One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS) instead of its original destination. Interface 1 will be referred to as 'Internal' and Interface 2 will be referred to as 'ServerFarm'.

To configure a Sophos UTM firewall to redirect selected traffic to SPS instead of its original destination

On the Policy Routes tab of the Sophos UTM firewall, click New Policy Route.
Figure 395: New Policy Route

In the dialog box, enter the following settings:
- Position: Set the position number, defining the priority of the policy route. Lower numbers have higher priority. Routes are matched in ascending order. Once a route has been matched, routes with a higher number will not be evaluated anymore.
- Route Type: Select Gateway route. Packets will be sent to a particular host (gateway).
- Source Interface: Select Internal. This is the interface where the data packet to be routed arrives from.
- Source Network: Select Internal (Network). This is the source network of the data packets to be routed.
- Service: Select Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol. This is the service definition that matches the data packet to be routed.
- Destination Network: Select ServerFarm (Network). This is the destination network of the data packets to be routed.
- Gateway: Select the IP address of SPS. This is the router where the gateway will forward data packets to.
- Comment: Optionally, enter a description or other information.
Click Save.
Click the status icon to activate the route.
Navigate to Definitions & Users > Service Definitions and click New Service Definition.
Figure 396: New Service Definition

In the dialog box, enter the following settings. It will ensure that the policy will apply to all TCP/3389:
- Name: Enter a descriptive name for the definition (for example Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol).
- Type of Definition: Select TCP. This is the service type.
  
  NOTE: The definition type cannot be changed after saving the definition. To change the definition type, delete the service definition and create a new one with the desired settings.
- Destination port: Enter 3389. This is the destination port that can either be entered as a single port number (for example 80), or as a port range, using a colon as delimiter (for example 1024:64000).
- Source port: Enter 1:65535. This is the source port that can either be entered as a single port number (for example 80), or as a port range, using a colon as delimiter (for example 1024:64000).
- Comment: Optionally, enter a description or other information.
Click Save. The new definition appears in the service definition list.

With this step, the client-server routing is configured.
To configure the server-client routing, create another policy route, and In the dialog box, enter the following settings:
- Position: Set the position number, defining the priority of the policy route. Lower numbers have higher priority. Routes are matched in ascending order. Once a route has been matched, routes with a higher number will not be evaluated anymore.
- Route Type: Select Gateway route. Packets will be sent to a particular host (gateway).
- Source Interface: Select ServerFarm. This is the interface where the data packet to be routed arrives from.
- Source Network: Select ServerFarm (Network). This is the source network of the data packets to be routed.
- Service: Select 3389. This is the service definition that matches the data packet to be routed.
- Destination Network: Select Internal (Network). This is the destination network of the data packets to be routed.
- Gateway: Select the IP address of SPS. This is the router where the gateway will forward data packets to.
- Comment: Optionally, enter a description or other information.

Using SCP with agent-forwarding

When the client uses SSH to access a target server via One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS) and authenticates with the public keys, the SPS Authentication Policy has Public key > Agent configured on the server-side. If the client supports agent-forwarding, this works well. However, scp does not: it always adds the -a option to the command-line to disable agent-forwarding. Explicitly allowing agent-forwarding with the -A or the -oForwardAgent yes command-line option, or writing ForwardAgent yes into the configuration has no effect, because the implicit -a at the end of the command-line takes precedence.

Solution 1: Use a wrapper script

The scp application can be started with the -S option to use an external application to create the encrypted connection. On Linux and UNIX platforms, this external application can be, for example, the following script that removes the unnecessary option from the scp command line.

#!/usr/bin/perl
exec '/usr/bin/ssh', '-A', map {$_ eq '-oForwardAgent=no' ? ( ) : $_} @ARGV

If you want your clients to use this script transparently, you can create an alias for it with the following command:

alias scp='scp -S <path-to-the-script-on-the-client>'

Solution 2: Use ssh master-channels

This solution relies on sending scp through an SSH master-control channel. In this case, scp does not need agent-forwarding, because it is already performed during the ControlMaster setup. The advantage of this solution is that the scp connection is setup quickly, because no authentication is needed, since the connection is already open. The disadvantage is that first a ControlMaster connection must be opened to the target host using the following command:

ssh -M -S /tmp/<address-of-the-target-server> <address-of-the-target-server>

When staring scp, reference the control path created with the previous command:

scp -oControlPath=/tmp/<address-of-the-target-server> [[user@]host1:]file1 ... [[user@]host2:]file2

Solution 3: Patch the scp source

You can simply patch the scp source to overcome the problem, but then you need to recompile and re-install scp on every platform you use in your environment. The following is a sample patch for openssh-5.6p1:

--- scp-org.c    2010-07-02 05:37:33.000000000 +0200
+++ scp-new.c    2010-09-08 17:56:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@
     args.list = NULL;
     addargs(&args, "%s", ssh_program);
     addargs(&args, "-x");
-    addargs(&args, "-oForwardAgent no");
     addargs(&args, "-oPermitLocalCommand no");
     addargs(&args, "-oClearAllForwardings yes");

Solution 4: Use fix or mapped keys on server-side

This is not agent-forwarding anymore, but scp still can use keys. Instead of passing the user-keys to the target server, SPS can authenticate on the server using a fix key, or a separate key for every user. Setting the server-side keys on SPS (or fetching them from LDAP), has the following advantages:

The user cannot bypass SPS and directly connect to the target server
Key-handling in the server environment becomes much simpler, because you do not have to import the user-keys to every host (if this is done locally, without a central identity management system)

For details on configuring server-side keys on SPS, see Relayed authentication methods.

Solution 5: WinSCP and agent-forwarding

WinSCP is a common tool for Windows to transfer files using SFTP/SCP. To use agent-forwarding in WinSCP, enable it in the SSH > Authentication options and load your keys.

Security checklist for configuring One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS)

Encryption-related settings

TIP: One Identity recommends using 2048-bit RSA keys (or stronger).
Use strong passwords: at least 8 characters that include numbers, letters, special characters, and capital letters. For local One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS) users, require the use of strong passwords (set Users & Access Control > Login options > Minimal password strength to strong). For more information, see "Setting password policies for local users" in the Administration Guide.
When exporting the configuration of SPS, or creating configuration backups, always use encryption. Handle the exported data with care, as it contains sensitive information, including credentials. For details on encrypting the configuration, see "Encrypting configuration backups with GPG" in the Administration Guide.
Use every keypair or certificate only for one purpose. Do not reuse cryptographic keys or certificates (for example, do not use the certificate of the One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS) webserver to encrypt audit trails, or the same keypair for signing and encrypting data).
Do not use the CBC block cipher mode, or the diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 key exchange algorithm. For details, see "Supported encryption algorithms" in the Administration Guide.
Always encrypt your audit trails to protect sensitive data. For details, see "Encrypting audit trails" in the Administration Guide.

One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions 7.3 - Administration Guide

Configuring advanced routing on Sophos UTM (formerly Astaro Security Gateway) firewalls

Using SCP with agent-forwarding

Solution 1: Use a wrapper script

Solution 2: Use ssh master-channels

Solution 3: Patch the scp source

Solution 4: Use fix or mapped keys on server-side

Solution 5: WinSCP and agent-forwarding

Security checklist for configuring One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS)

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Encryption-related settings

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One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions 7.3 - Administration Guide

Configuring advanced routing on Sophos UTM (formerly Astaro Security Gateway) firewalls

Using SCP with agent-forwarding

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Solution 2: Use ssh master-channels

Solution 3: Patch the scp source

Solution 4: Use fix or mapped keys on server-side

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Security checklist for configuring One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS)

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Encryption-related settings