(RADIATOR) Cisco PIX & Radius Authentication Help!

Mon Jan 16 10:04:31 CST 2006

Sorry, one more thing.

We specify the domain in EACH user entry in our database. I know you can write it into the config file, but as I said, the same database hosts authentication for multiple access methods through different providers & different gateways.

Chris Rosan 

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From: Nicole Layne [mailto:NLayne at bb.ibm.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 17 January 2006 2:54 AM
To: Chris Rosan
Cc: radiator at open.com.au
Subject: RE: (RADIATOR) Cisco PIX & Radius Authentication Help!

Hi Chris, 

Thanks! I have the PIX set up very similar to your examples, but will go over, just to make sure... 

Two things, 

On the VPN client side, does it prompt for username, password AND domain? 'Cause I'm stuck at the domain part, as the PIX has a domain name but the network is just a workgroup. 

Also, how did you set up your radiator config file?

Could you send an example of that? 

Kind Regards,
Nicôle 

"Chris Rosan" <Chris.Rosan at europcar.com.au> 

01/16/2006 11:41 AM 

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Nicole Layne/Barbados/IBM at IBMCA, "Hugh Irvine" <hugh at open.com.au>, Nicole Layne/Barbados/IBM at IBMCA 

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<radiator at open.com.au> 

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RE: (RADIATOR) Cisco PIX & Radius Authentication Help!

I have similar setup. This is the config lines from my PIX 6.3 (I've got similar running a V7. 

aaa-server RADIUS protocol radius 
aaa-server $RADIUSSERVER protocol radius 
aaa-server $RADIUSSERVER (inside) host $IPADDRESS $SECRET timeout 5 

$RADIUSSERVER is the name of your radius server, $IPADDRESS the IP address of your radius server, $SECRET the secret, which has to match both ends. 

Don't forget to assign a pool of IP's, eg: 

ip local pool vpn-client 192.168.151.1-192.168.151.254 

THEN 

vpngroup eurovpn-all address-pool vpn-client 
vpngroup eurovpn-all dns-server x.x.x.x 
vpngroup eurovpn-all default-domain DNSDOMAIN 
vpngroup eurovpn-all idle-time 1800 
vpngroup eurovpn-all authentication-server $RADIUSSERVER (must match above name 
vpngroup eurovpn-all password ********   (The password in your profile). 

We aren't using certificates for the first level authentication. 

Hope this helps. 

Chris Rosan 

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From: owner-radiator at open.com.au [mailto:owner-radiator at open.com.au] On Behalf Of Nicole Layne
Sent: Tuesday, 17 January 2006 1:14 AM
To: Hugh Irvine
Cc: radiator at open.com.au
Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) Cisco PIX & Radius Authentication Help!
Importance: High 

Thanks for looking at this problem and sorry about the lack of proper information: 

VPN Client: 4.6.00.0045 

Client is running on Windows XP, Server/Radiator is running on Windows XP. 

It's a workgroup environment, no domain. 

Please find the radiator config file attached. 

On the PIX side, it's version 7.0(4) 

Here is the configuration: 

Trace from Radiator: 

C:\Project\Radiator\goodies>c:\perl\bin\perl c:\perl\bin\radiusd -config_file platypus.cfg -trace 4 

Mon Jan 16 08:41:47 2006: DEBUG: Finished reading configuration file 'platypus.cfg' 
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Mon Jan 16 08:41:48 2006: DEBUG: Reading dictionary file './dictionary' 
Mon Jan 16 08:41:48 2006: DEBUG: Creating authentication port 0.0.0.0:1645 
Mon Jan 16 08:41:48 2006: DEBUG: Creating accounting port 0.0.0.0:1646 
Mon Jan 16 08:41:48 2006: NOTICE: Server started: Radiator 3.13 on Billing (LOCKED) 

Question:

Where it says port 0.0.0.0:1645, should this be "ip address of machine running radiator":1645? 

Thanks again for any light you can shine... 

Kind Regards,
Nicôle 

Hugh Irvine <hugh at open.com.au> 

01/13/2006 08:01 PM 

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Nicole Layne/Barbados/IBM at IBMCA 

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<radiator at open.com.au> 

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Re: (RADIATOR) Cisco PIX & Radius Authentication Help!

Hello Nicole -

What VPN client are you using? And what platform is the client  
running on and what platform is the server running on?

In general a VPN client on Windows will be looking for the Windows  
domain to join.

Also note that when you ask questions it is much easier for us to  
help if you include as much information as possible, including at the  
very least a copy of the configuration file and a trace 4 debug from  
Radiator showing what is happening.

regards

Hugh

On 14 Jan 2006, at 00:31, Nicole Layne wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I have a Cisco PIX 515E, which I've configured for radius  
> authentication.
>
> Radiator is set up, where I have the ip address of the PIX as the  
> client, and the standard author & authen ports.
>
> What puzzles me is that when a VPN client tries to log in & it  
> tries to authenticate against the radius server, it asks for  
> username, password & domain.
>
> What domain value is it looking for?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this topic and how I may  
> further configure.
>
>
> The PIX is at version 7.0(4). Platypus billing is the backend  
> database that radius uses. I test the username & password against  
> the radius server locally and that part works fine.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
> Nicôle

NB:

Have you read the reference manual ("doc/ref.html")?
Have you searched the mailing list archive (www.open.com.au/archives/ 
radiator)?
Have you had a quick look on Google (www.google.com)?
Have you included a copy of your configuration file (no secrets),
together with a trace 4 debug showing what is happening?

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