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Security of the Interaction Between the AD SSO Plug-in and Firewall

Overview

To ensure the security of the Interaction Between the AD SSO Plug-in and device, the device provides the following security hardening policies:

AD SSO Plug-in Spoofing Prevention

In the interaction between the AD SSO plug-in and firewall, the pre-shared key and AES128 are used for encryption.

Anti-Brute Force

In the AD SSO authentication process, the pre-shared key is used to encrypt transmitted data. You can choose the common or enhanced AES encryption mode in the configuration of the shared key.
  • In the common AES encryption mode, when the AD SSO plug-in interacts with the firewall, the plug-in uses the pre-shared key for AES encryption on the transmitted data. After receiving the data, the firewall uses the shared key for AES decryption on the data.
  • The enhanced AES mode has the AES encryption mode enhanced. In this mode, when the AD SSO plug-in interacts with the firewall, the pre-shared key is first exported to generate a random shared-key. The newly generated shared key is used to encrypt the data. After receiving the data, the firewall uses the pre-shared key to export the new shared key for the client and then decrypts the data.

Password Security

In AD SSO authentication, if the configured pre-shared key is too simple, a security risk is prompted.

Anti-Repudiation

Every time the AD SSO plug-in notifies the firewall of a user authentication success, the firewall records detailed user authentication logs for audit and backtracking.

Data Leak Prevention and Anti-Tampering

In the interaction between the AD SSO plug-in and firewall, the pre-shared key and AES128 are used for encryption.

Impact on the System

None

Procedure

  1. Configure the key to use the enhanced AES encryption mode.

    system-view
    user-manage single-sign-on ad
    plug-in enhanced shared-key admin@123 

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