simplifying the s's: single sign-on, spnego and saml

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BP104: Simplifying The S's: Single Sign-On, SPNEGO and SAMLGabriella Davis - The Turtle Partnership Chris Miller - Connectria

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Single Sign On vs Password Synchronisation

What is this presentation about?

▪ We are here to talk about concepts

▪ Once you understand the concepts, their requirements, limitations and benefits you can make decisions about what you need

▪ Hopefully we will give you a good overview of a bunch of confusing acronyms

!▪ If you want an awesome step by step presentation on configuring SAML for Notes client

access then Rob Axelrod and Andy Pedisich have a Show and Tell this week for you SHOW100 AD + SAML + Kerberos + IBM Notes and Domino = SSO!Tue, 28/Jan 04:30 PM - 06:15 PM Swan Osprey 1 & 2

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I do not think that means what you think it means…

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Password Synchronisation

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You may have the same password but you’re not the same person

Single Sign On !Hello, have you met my friend?

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I can vouch for him completely !Is trust transferable?

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One Password, One Location

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Authenticating against a single password in a single place

Sametime

Network Login

Connections

Mail

Mail

LDAP Password

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Synchronising passwords across different systems

Sametime LDAP

Connections LDAP

Traveler Authentication

Password Synchronisation

Tool

Steps For Single Password, Single Place

▪ For LDAP compliant applications ensure you use the same LDAP directory source

!▪ For Domino systems, configure Directory Assistance to point to an LDAP source

▪ ensure you have an attribute in your LDAP directory that contains the user’s distinguished name so Domino is returned a valid user name

▪ You can then empty out the HTTP Password field for all users

▪ This will work for any Domino application, mail , traveler, Sametime etc

▪ The user can be entirely remote and with no access to LDAP directly and this will still work

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SPNEGO

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S impleP rotected

N egotiation

known as NTLM or Kerberos in Active Directory

GSSAPI

Mechanism

SPNEGO Example For Domino

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1

USER LOGS INTO

WINDOWS

STEPS


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1 2ACTIVE

DIRECTORY GENERATES

SPNEGO TOKEN

STEPS

USER LOGS INTO

WINDOWS


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1 2 3ACTIVE

DIRECTORY GENERATES

SPNEGO TOKEN

USER TRIES TO ACCESS

DOMINO WEBSITE

STEPS

USER LOGS INTO

WINDOWS


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1 2 3 4ACTIVE

DIRECTORY GENERATES

SPNEGO TOKEN


DOMINO WEBSITE

BROWSER SENDS

SPNEGO TOKEN TO DOMINO

ALONG WITH USER NAME

STEPS

USER LOGS INTO

WINDOWS


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1 2 3 4 5ACTIVE

DIRECTORY GENERATES

SPNEGO TOKEN


DOMINO WEBSITE

BROWSER SENDS

SPNEGO TOKEN TO DOMINO

ALONG WITH USER NAME

DOMINO CONTACTS

ACTIVE DIRECTORY

TO VALIDATE TOKEN AND RETRIEVE

THE USER’S NAME

STEPS

USER LOGS INTO

WINDOWS

Domino Creates a LTPAToken For The

Validated User And Grants Access

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Enable Multi Server Single Sign-On To

Extend Access To Other Servers

Setting Up SPNEGO

▪ Create a Domino Web SSO document

▪ Set up a SPN for the Domino server in Active Directory

▪ Domino must run under whatever account you set up for it

▪ Run domspnego

▪ Take the output and give it to your AD administrator to run setspn with

▪ Run setspn -a http://<dominohostname> <accountnamerunningdomino>

▪ Update person documents with AD name appended to FullName (and optional others like krbPrincipalName and LTPA User Name)

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Why Not SPNEGO

▪ It requires Active Directory

▪ It requires users to login to Active Directory

▪ It requires Microsoft Supported browsers

▪ It requires a Windows client for the users

▪ It requires Domino to be on a Windows platform

▪ at least the first Domino server that’s accessed, the rest can then be reached via Multi Server SSO token generated by Domino

!▪ It doesn’t work at all if the user is remotely connecting and not logging into Active Directory

▪ It has a very specific use case

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SAML

S ecurity

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A ssertionM arkupL anguage

SAML is a protocol and process for exchanging authorisation and authentication data for a user between services and servers

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No Passwords…..

To Compromise

To Expire To Intercept

Once a user has authenticated with the IdP they won’t be asked again

IdP (Identity Provider)

Sp (Service Provider)



SAML Example

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1USER

ATTEMPTS TO LOG IN

TO A WEBSITE

STEPS

SAML Example

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1 2USER

ATTEMPTS TO LOG IN

TO A WEBSITE

USER IS REDIRECTED TO IDENTITY PROVIDER

STEPS

SAML Example

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1 2 3USER

ATTEMPTS TO LOG IN

TO A WEBSITE


IDENTITY PROVIDER REQUESTS

AUTHENTICATION OR (IF USER IS LOGGED

IN) RETURNS CREDENTIALS

STEPS

SAML Example

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1 2 3 4USER

ATTEMPTS TO LOG IN

TO A WEBSITE





USER IS REDIRECTED

BACK TO ORIGINAL SITE

WITH SAML ASSERTION ATTACHED

STEPS

SAML Example

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1 2 3 4 5USER

ATTEMPTS TO LOG IN

TO A WEBSITE





USER IS REDIRECTED

BACK TO ORIGINAL SITE

WITH SAML ASSERTION ATTACHED

ORIGINAL SITE USES ITS SAML

SERVICE PROVIDER TO

CONFIRM SAML ASSERTION AND GRANT ACCESS

STEPS

▪ IdP - Identity Provider (SSO)

▪ ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services in Windows 2008 and Windows 2012)

▪ SAML 2.0 only

▪ can be combined with SPNEGO

▪ Enhances Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA)

▪ TFIM (Tivoli Federated Identity Manager)

▪ SAML 1.1 and 2.0

Definitions

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▪ SP - Service Provider

▪ IBM Domino (web federated login)

▪ IBM WebSphere

▪ IBM Notes (requires ID Vault) (notes federated login)

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Definitions

▪ IdP (Identity Providers) use HTTP or SOAP to communicate to SP (Service Providers) via XML based assertions

▪ Assertions have three roles

▪ Authentication

▪ Authorisation

▪ Retrieving Attributes

More Definitions

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An IdP can service many SPs

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A SP can be connected to several

IdPsAn IdP can

use a variety of authentication methods including multi factor

Setting Up SAML

▪ Choose your IdP if you don’t already have one

▪ which fits best in your business

▪ Build the IdP

▪ Configure the SP

!▪ Sounds easy doesn’t it?

▪ It’s really not easy by any means but it is worth the investment in time

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Why Not SAML

▪ Not everything supports it

▪ Traveler doesn’t

▪ Sametime doesn’t

▪ ID Vault is a requirement so IDs that can’t be vaulted can’t be used

▪ multiple passwords, smartcards etc

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OAUTH

Not Everything Belongs To You

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OAuth is an authentication standard supported by most major cloud providers

The User & The Consumer

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Let’s say you want Facebook to post on your Connections Activity Stream. !We need OAuth for that..You are the UserFacebook is the Consumer

The Service Provider & Its Secrets

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The consumer (Facebook) wanders over to the Service Provider (IBM Connections) and asks for permission to post on the Activity Stream

The Service Provider issues a Secret to go with every URL request from the user which authorises access

OAuth Simplified Example

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1USER ASKS FACEBOOK

(THE CONSUMER) TO POST ON

THEIR ACTIVITY STREAM

STEPS


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1 2USER ASKS FACEBOOK



FACEBOOK GOES TO

CONNECTIONS (THE SERVICE

PROVIDER) AND ASKS FOR PERMISSION

TO POST

STEPS


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1 2 3USER ASKS FACEBOOK



FACEBOOK GOES TO



TO POST

THE SERVICE PROVIDER GIVES THE CONSUMER A

SECRET KEY TO GIVE TO THE USER AND A URL FOR THE USER

TO CLICK ON

STEPS


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1 2 3 4USER ASKS FACEBOOK



FACEBOOK GOES TO



TO POST



TO CLICK ON

THE USER CLICKS ON THE

URL AND AUTHENTICATES

WITH THE SERVICE

PROVIDER

STEPS


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1 2 3 4 5USER ASKS FACEBOOK



FACEBOOK GOES TO



TO POST



TO CLICK ON

THE USER CLICKS ON THE

URL AND AUTHENTICATES

WITH THE SERVICE

PROVIDER

THE SERVICE PROVIDER ,

SATISFIED THE SECRET KEY IS

GOOD, WILL NOW ALLOW THE CONSUMER

ACCESS TO ITS SERVICES

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That Was REALLY Simplified

▪ There are other steps and other secrets to ensure traffic is not intercepted once authorisation is granted

▪ There are checks to ensure the Service Provider is who it claims to be

▪ You don’t want to accidentally authorise a phishing site

▪ There are also lots of timeouts on the authorisation

!▪ Make sure you understand the security of both the Consumer and the Service Provider as

well as what access you are granting the Consumer on your behalf

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In Summary

▪ Think about what your problem actually is, there are plenty of technologies to make the user experience seamless but they become ever more complex to build and maintain

▪ What are your priorities. Single password? No password? No authentication with a particular service

▪ Many solutions require specific operating systems, software and client versions

▪ Make sure you meet all requirements before building a plan you can’t deliver on

▪ Some things are very easy (Single password, SPNEGO)

▪ Some things are very hard (SAML, OAuth)

▪ There is no one solution, you need to choose the combination that delivers for you

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