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One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions 6.14 - Administration Guide

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Creating an external Signing CA

Overview

The External Signing CA plugin's purpose is to generate certificate and private key pairs signed by a Certificate Authority. By using this type of plugin the certificate signing can be tailored to fit any custom requirement.

Details

The plugin is a .zip file containing a MANIFEST and a main.py file.

The MANIFEST file

The MANIFEST file is a YAML file, and should conform to version 1.2 of the YAML specification. It should contain the following information about the plugin:

api: 1.0
type: signingca
name: MySigningCaPlugin
version: 1.0
description: My custom Signing CA

The type of the plugin must be signingca.

The main.py file

A Plugin class containing the following methods must be defined in the main.py file:

  • generate_for_addresses: generates a key/certificate pair for the given addresses (IP/DNS)

  • generate_for_username: generates a key/certificate pair for the given username

  • generate_for_subject: generates a key/certificate pair for the given subject values

Method arguments

Each method must take the following arguments:

  • generate_for_addresses:

    • addresses: {list of str} - contains either IP or DNS addresses for which the certificate shall be issued

    • keytype: {str} - contains a fixed value of 'RSA' or 'DSS' indicating the requested key type for the certificate

  • generate_for_username:

    • username {str} - contains the username for which the certificate shall be issued

    • keytype: {str} - contains a fixed value of 'RSA' or 'DSS' indicating the requested key type for the certificate

  • generate_for_subject:

    • subject {list of (str, str)} - contains the certificate subject as type-value pairs (tuples). Valid types are the following:

      • 'C' country name

      • 'ST' state or province name

      • 'L' locality name

      • 'O' orangization name

      • 'OU' organizational unit

      • 'CN' common name

      • 'emailAddress' email address

    • keytype: {str} - contains a fixed value of 'RSA' or 'DSS' indicating the requested key type for the certificate

Method return values

Each method returns a {dict} that must have the following keys:

  • key: {str} the generated key

  • chain: {list of str} a PEM encoded certificate chain containing the generated certificate as the first element

Example

The code below demonstrates a simple plugin that can sign certificates with a built in CA. By default it uses a pre-generated CA certificate and key to complete signing requests. To use a custom certificate, provide a certificate and a key in a python dict format in the configuration field.

NOTE: If you wish to try this sample code, you will need to provide a MANIFEST file (see below) and the following package dependencies in the .zip file alongside the plugin:

  • asn1crypto

  • certbuilder

  • oscrypto

main.py:

#!/usr/bin/env pluginwrapper3

#
# Copyright (c) One Identity
# All Rights Reserved.
#

from ast import literal_eval
from certbuilder import CertificateBuilder, pem_armor_certificate
from ipaddress import ip_address
from oscrypto import asymmetric

class Plugin(object):

    plugin_root_ca = """-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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BAUwAwEB/zAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUyFWUMJli0q5CtJOp25IqK2M70oAwDgYDVR0PAQH/
BAQDAgEGMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAA4IBAQCWoQCJPqfM4Sjg0R2O42yrE2GtQsXf
Qb3Dur+CefWLcvjI28t1xuj31khDgpNTwk4IVYrvarNX33C3tjYKgcimwWRMijbA
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xlFX8ie/W3cuqhfzW6+/M3iCIwdjhBquvOo6mE3t2/lUcGXE20GayFsKnEmgpDJa
nxoG1+m+s5zCwDuukX8Lr1O7maTMwNVhm5P5QWeEPbGRN7yw+CfzcvPIbFYwnZ5x
XeC9Vtoj2Jbom8RV9uus8R5LfYBJ+HZh74wbGhIC2Kf9LrJTK7r92uVA
-----END CERTIFICATE-----"""

    plugin_root_ca_key = """-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEvwIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKkwggSlAgEAAoIBAQDu91tDjVcCGgSW
rPqlHtFQWeK7ZOj7c0TXp2XAZEwpCE7rhQwEN09ai1LAskOLhzKPsimVKkdx8W1h
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kOpO+A4yuMalqiYE1nDeq8WfZNr6EGBN7B+uo5ed6vmZdA+MPwBFuVtzmDRybcd7
bHN+rA9otHaKgQgAL35XEgxLO014X10pAqggSssfInLORC/YePTAzxsA03oc8L17
rM/C5cXjAgMBAAECggEBAIucxpw76naW3tFtNG7eB2pLaZUUSq4F1VWtPlxd/MUI
Tpt5OuEHs3vx5CIixCWzkk2zyGmWrvEaHU6zN5ziC7wu7ODzKaTRd7uBiMkpM/oX
x9CU06w0NLIrbbt/J0ss36xKzRyYwY8lIM+Bbmx8UDuzbehkSY89PHd+S6xUJYsF
YmOVM00wx1N6yZGKHUV9GLRnysHb+DBbjGIcjDqmlsdyuAzlB7/DAeToLFNkZvzx
Qzza6whMILXS9Qp39dzn7nJuJywfoOAX2q5LgOrPise2QY1FuAy0GTfqvBDR1eGd
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X8zHZ/tQaNMCgYEAl3yk3I9hk22K/ecZSiBWEUPCETpW/66kpX3FhKy085wQ61iP
LtDM69pn0QW+RduBtgsAu3PCAPN0LfManlbP9jMrE96NOHOdDNEusycjRHET04JH
JiM6VeqRCH5RM7ZH4+FjJh/3APc2AN3aWSOdaHKmKCkLoLyVs73jtG/ggTECgYBp
reCf22E1yrAa7WCFmYK/UqbGMMXUF1Ts7YT4zUzfNhpwHqgnRxV5pQBrJt8E3DWM
tACzZfmCazlyGkyTi27qQb10hRXZ0o1nmT45Qa3LZYaaLpa/otHI7xzyghYpIOjU
0pmpb4+DbWFo0+cO6N/I1ftgPGOMwbqKkHnk+kJWnQKBgQDQwITXna8OVjn86AQP
m36JHXi0RNVO/x4+b8T7nurU6XCPIzE0PxfVVSXXsbKTWlq48GIw9ZNpPKPSTCQy
fnYC+Pcu+4A+bfUwFk21khnN/fP5vyFlFhTrGneZeKWhUxv5iOqASEaizfOePmtj
et/4B9LUf9KQFstlhuIR4AP2OA==
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----"""

    def __init__(self, configuration=""):
        self.cert_x509name = {
            'country_name': 'HU',
            'state_or_province_name': 'Budapest',
            'locality_name': 'Budapest',
            'organization_name': 'One Identity',
            'common_name': '',
        }
        self.cert_alt_domains = []
        self.cert_alt_ips = []

        if configuration is not "":
            try:
                configdict = literal_eval(configuration)
                self.plugin_root_ca = configdict['ca']
                self.plugin_root_ca_key = configdict['key']
            except Exception:
                pass

        self.root_ca_certificate = asymmetric.load_certificate(bytes(self.plugin_root_ca, 'utf-8'))
        self.root_ca_key = asymmetric.load_private_key(bytes(self.plugin_root_ca_key, 'utf-8'))

    def _sign_certificate(self):
        end_entity_public_key, end_entity_private_key = asymmetric.generate_pair(self.cert_keytype, bit_size=2048)
        end_entity_private_key = asymmetric.dump_private_key(end_entity_private_key, None)
        end_entity_subject = self.cert_x509name

        builder = CertificateBuilder(
            end_entity_subject,
            end_entity_public_key
        )

        builder.subject_alt_domains = self.cert_alt_domains
        builder.subject_alt_ips = self.cert_alt_ips
        builder.issuer = self.root_ca_certificate
        end_entity_certificate = builder.build(self.root_ca_key)
        end_entity_certificate = pem_armor_certificate(end_entity_certificate)
        return end_entity_certificate, end_entity_private_key

    _subject_type_mapping = {
        'C': 'country_name',
        'ST': 'state_or_province_name',
        'L': 'locality_name',
        'O': 'organization_name',
        'OU': 'organizational_unit_name',
        'CN': 'common_name',
        'emailAddress': 'email_address',
    }

    def _set_certificate_x509_name(self, x509name):
        for (t, v) in x509name:
            self.cert_x509name[self._subject_type_mapping[t]] = v

    def _set_certificate_keytype(self, keytype):
        # Certbuilder lists DSS key as DSA so we have to translate the string here
        if keytype == "dss": keytype = "dsa"
        if keytype not in ['dsa', 'rsa']:
            raise ValueError('Certificate type should be either \'rsa\' or \'dss\'')
        else:
            self.cert_keytype = keytype

    def _set_certificate_cn(self, cn):
        self.cert_x509name['common_name'] = cn

    def _set_certificate_addresses(self, addresses):
        for address in addresses:
            try:
                ip_address(address)
                self.cert_alt_ips.append(address)
            except ValueError:
                self.cert_alt_domains.append(address)

    def _build_response(self, cert, key):
        return {'key': key.decode('ascii'), 'chain': [cert.decode('ascii'), self.plugin_root_ca]}

    def generate_for_addresses(self, addresses: list, keytype: str):
        self._set_certificate_keytype(keytype)
        self._set_certificate_addresses(addresses)
        self._set_certificate_cn(addresses[0])
        return self._build_response(
            *self._sign_certificate()
        )

    def generate_for_username(self, username: str, keytype: str):
        self._set_certificate_keytype(keytype)
        self._set_certificate_cn(username)
        return self._build_response(
            *self._sign_certificate()
        )

    def generate_for_subject(self, x509name: list, keytype: str):
        self._set_certificate_keytype(keytype)
        self._set_certificate_x509_name(x509name)
        return self._build_response(
            *self._sign_certificate()
        )

Use the following snippet as the MANIFEST file:

# Name of the plugin, may contain [a-zA-Z0-9]
name: HelloSigningCaPlugin

# Version of the plugin, only for display purposes
version: 0.1

# Type of the plugin - this is a signingca plugin
type: signingca

# API version of the SCB the plugin was written for, in major.minor format
api: 1.0

# Free form description.
description: This is an example plugin used for testing.

# Entry point for the plugin (also for running with python3)
entry_point: main.py

Creating a Local User Database

Local User Databases are available for HTTP, RDP, SSH and Telnet protocols, and can be used to authenticate the clients to credentials that are locally available on One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS). Such credentials include passwords and public keys. Local User Databases are most commonly used in inband gateway authentication scenarios.

NOTE: To store credentials on SPS and use them to authenticate on the server, use a local Credential Store. For details, see Using credential stores for server-side authentication.

To create a Local User Database

  1. Navigate to Policies > Local User Databases and click .

  2. Enter the name of the Local User Database.

  3. Click to add entries.

    Figure 193: Policies > Local User Databases — Mapping keys

  4. Enter the name of the user into the Username field.

    NOTE: If you also use Usermapping policies, enter the username that the client will use on the server side. If you also use gateway authentication, the gateway username can be used as well.

  5. If you use public-key based authentication on the client side, click the icon in the Public Keys field, and upload the public key of the client.

    SPS will verify that a client trying to use the username set in Step 3 is authenticating itself with the private key that corresponds to the uploaded public key or certificate.

    TIP: One Identity recommends using 2048-bit RSA keys (or stronger).

  6. Repeat the above steps to add other users as required.

  7. Click .

  8. Navigate to the Authentication Policies tab of the respective protocol and select the Local User Database there.

Configuring cleanup for the One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS) connection database

One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS) can automatically archive audit trails older than a specified retention time. However, the metadata of the corresponding connections is not deleted from the SPS connection database. Deleting the stored data about old connections decreases the size of the database, making searches faster, and might be also required by certain policies or regulations. The period after metadata is deleted can be specified individually for the different protocols, (for example, data about SSH connections can be stored longer than other connections) and also for every connection policy.

To configure SPS to delete the metadata of old connections for a particular protocol

  1. Navigate to the Global Options page of the respective protocol, for example, to SSH Control > Global Options.

  2. Figure 194: <Protocol name> Control > Global Options — Configuring connection database cleanup for a protocol

    Enter how long SPS (in days) should keep the metadata into the Delete search metadata from SPS after field. For example, if you specify 365, SPS will delete the data of connections older than a year. Enter zero (0) to keep the data indefinitely (this is also the default behavior of SPS).

    NOTE: The database cleanup occurs once a day at 22:01 PM.

    The time you specify in the Delete search metadata from SPS after field cannot be shorter than the Delete data from SPS after field set for the Archive policies used in the connections of this protocol. Note that since the database cleanup happens once a day at 22:01 PM, if you specify the same retention time, for example, 1 day in the Delete data from SPS after field, ensure that the archiving or cleanup is set to start before 22:01 PM.

    The time you specify in the Delete search metadata from SPS after field cannot be shorter than the Delete search metadata from SPS after field set in the individual connection policies of this protocol.

  3. Click and repeat the previous step for other protocols if needed.

  4. Figure 195: <Protocol name> Control > Connections — Configuring connection database cleanup for a connection

    To delete the metadata of certain connections earlier than the time set in the Global Options > Delete search metadata from SPS after field of the protocol, navigate to the particular connection policy, and enter how long SPS (in days) should keep the metadata of the sessions of this connection policy into the Delete search metadata from SPS after field. Enter zero (0) to use the settings of the protocol (this is also the default behavior of SPS).

    NOTE: The time you specify in the Delete search metadata from SPS after field cannot be shorter than the Delete data from SPS after field set for the Archive policies used in the connections of this protocol. Note that since the database cleanup happens once a day at 22:01 PM, if you specify the same retention time, for example, 1 day in the Delete data from SPS after field, ensure that the archiving or cleanup is set to start before 22:01 PM.

  5. Click and repeat the previous step for other connections if needed.

    Expected outcome

    Every day SPS deletes the metadata of connections older than the given cleanup time from the connection database.

Sharing SPS functions with SPP

If you have linked an SPP appliance to SPS and want to share specific functions with SPP, use the Functions shared with SPP option. This option lists the shared SPS functions that you can use in SPP without further configuration.

The following example displays the available shared functions under the SSH Control option.

Figure 196: SSH Control > Connections — Functions shared with SPP

The Share connection policy with SPP option is supported currently with SSH and RDP connections. To make a specific SSH or RDP connection policy available in SPP to initiate sessions, select Share connection policy with SPP and set the configuration specified in the respective section:

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