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Two-Factor Authentication (2FA/MFA) for Forcepoint

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miniOrange integration with Forcepoint VPN offers a seamless and efficient way to enhance security for remote access. The process is straightforward, and you can configure MFA on your Forcepoint VPN within minutes. The integration provides an additional layer of security to ensure that only authorized users have access to it while connecting with the VPN.

In today's hybrid working culture, having a secure remote access environment has become increasingly important. The multifactor authentication feature provided by miniOrange ensures that even if a user's login credentials are compromised, their access to the Forcepoint VPN will still be protected by the additional authentication factor. This provides a strong defence against potential cyber threats and ensures that your organization's data and resources remain secure

miniOrange provides secure access to your Forcepoint by enabling strong authentication with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) using miniOrange RADIUS server. When you integrate Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on your Forcepoint Server, your users need to enter their username and password (first factor) as usual, and as a second factor they have to enter an authentication code which will be shared virtually on their device or in the form of a hardware token. This 2FA/MFA solution adds an additional security measure to prevent unwanted users getting access to your Forcepoint server.

miniOrange 2FA authentication for Forcepoint Login

miniOrange accomplishes this by acting as a RADIUS server that accepts the username/password of the user entered as a RADIUS request and validates the user against the user store as Active Directory (AD). After the first level of authentication, miniOrange prompts the user with 2-factor authentication and either grants/revokes access based on the input by the user.

1. Primary authentication initiates with the user submitting his Username and Password for Forcepoint .
2. User request acts as an authentication request to RADIUS Server(miniOrange).
3. miniOrange RADIUS server passes user credentials to validate against the credentials stored in AD (Active Directory) / Database.
4. Once the user's first level of authentication gets validated AD sends the confirmation to RADIUS Server.
5. Now miniOrange RADIUS Server asks for a 2-factor authentication challenge to the user.
6. Here user submits the response/code which he receives on his hardware/phone.
7. User response is checked at miniOrange’s RADIUS Server side.
8. On successful 2nd factor authentication the user is granted access to login.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)/MFA for Forcepoint Client to extend security level.

1. Configure Forcepoint in miniOrange

• Login into miniOrange Admin Console.
• Click on Customization in the left menu of the dashboard.
• In Basic Settings, set the Organization Name as the custom_domain name.
• Click Save. Once that is set, the branded login URL would be of the format https://<custom_domain>.xecurify.com/moas/login



• Go to Apps Click on Add Application button.



• Choose RADIUS as Application type and click on Create App button.



• Click on Forcepoint application tab. If you don't find your application click on Radius Client application tab.



• Select Click here next to Application name to get the Radius server IPs.



• Copy and save the Radius server IP which will be required to configure your Radius client.



• Configure the below details to add Radius Client.




Client Name:	Any name for your reference.
Client IP:	IP address of VPN server which will send Radius authentication request.
Shared Secret:	Security key. For Eg. "sharedsecret" (Keep this with you, you will need to configure same on VPN Server).

• Click Next.
• Under the Attribute Mappings tab, enable the toggle if you want to Send Custom Attributes in response and then click Next. You can fill in vendor and attribute details as per your requirement



• You can refer the table below for Vendor group attributes id.
  

  Vendor Name	Group Attribute	Vendor ID	Vendor Attribute ID
  Cisco ASA VPN	26 Vendor-Specific	3076	25
  Fortinet VPN	26 Vendor-Specific	12356	1
  Palo Alto VPN	26 Vendor-Specific	25461	5
  SonicWall VPN	26 Vendor-Specific	8741	3
  Citrix VPN	26 Vendor-Specific	66	16

• Configure the following Policy details for the Radius Client.




Group Name:	Group for which the policy will apply.
Policy Name:	Any Identifier that specifies policy name.
Login Method	Login Method for the users associated with this policy.
Enable 2-Factor Authentication	Enables Second Factor during Login for users associated with this policy.
Enable Adaptive Authentication	Enables Adaptive Authentication for Login of users associated with this policy.

• After configuring the given above details, Click on Save button.
Note: You can follow this guide, if you want to configure Radius MFA using MSCHAPv2 protocol.

NOTE: For On-Premise version follow the below steps before testing the connectivity.



Only For On-Premise Version

Open Firewall Ports.

• In order to receive the RADIUS request, it is necessary to open UDP traffic on ports 1812 and 1813 for the machine where On-Premise IdP is deployed.
• If the hosting machine is a Windows Machine then you can follow this document.
• If the hosting machine is a Linux Machine then you can follow this document.

NOTE: If your machine is hosted on AWS, then enable the ports from the AWS panel.

2. Configure Radius Server in Forcepoint

• Go to the Forcepoint Server Admin Dashboard.
• Select Configuration,then go to User Authentication.
• Right-click on the Servers and select New > RADIUS Authentication Server.
• Now, go to the General tab and configure the following settings.

Name	Give name for your radius server.
IP Address	Add the Radius Server IP obtained from Step 1.
Resolve	Automatically resolves the IP address of the server from a domain name in the Name field.
Location	Specifies the location for the server if there is a NAT device between the server and other SMC components.
Contact Addresses	1. Default — Used by default whenever a component that belongs to another Location connects to this server. 2. Exceptions — Opens the Exceptions dialog box.
Port	UDP 1812
Shared Secret	Enter the Shared secret that we used to configure RADIUS app in miniOrange IDP. In step 1 we configured the shared secret as "sharedsecret".
Number of Retries	Specifies the number of times Firewalls try to connect to the RADIUS authentication server if the connection fails.
Timeout	Specifies the time (in seconds) that Firewalls wait for the RADIUS authentication server to reply (Recommended time 60 seconds).
Tools Profile	Adds custom commands to the server right-click menu. Click Select to select a Tools Profile element.

• In the Authentication Methods tab configure the below settings.

Name	Shows the name of the Authentication Method.
Type	Shows the authentication type. RADIUS — The RADIUS protocol is used.
Comment	Double-click the cell to enter a comment.
Add	Opens the Select Element dialog box and adds the selected authentication method to the Authentication Methods list.
Edit	Opens the Properties dialog box for the selected authentication method.
Remove	Removes the selected authentication method.

• Click on OK.
• To configure the RADIUS authentication server to accept connections from your Firewall engines, follow the below steps:

1. Make sure that the shared secret is entered identically in the Management Client and on the RADIUS authentication server.

2. The identity that the Firewall provides to the server is the IP address of the interface that has been selected as the value for the IPv4 Identity for Authentication Requests or IPv6 Identity for Authentication Requests or the IPv6 Identity for Authentication Requests or IPv6 Identity for Authentication Requests in the Firewall’s Interface Options.

Note: The IP address used as the identity is a name only. The interface and IP address used for the authentication-related connections is selected based on the Firewall’s routing information just like for any other connection.

Creating User Groups (Recommended)

• AD user group
• miniOrange user group

• This step involves Importing the user group from the Active Directory and Provisioning them.
• Go to Provisioning. Switch to Setup Provisioning tab and select Active Directory from Dropdown menu.



• Select Group Provisioning/Deprovisioning tab, and toggle on Import Group option.
• Enter the Base DN for group sync and click Save.



• If you want to dynamically allocate users to the groups present in the miniOrange, then enable "Assign Users to groups"



• Now switch to Import Groups option and select Active Directory from which you want to import your users.
• Finally, click on Import button. Your group will be imported.




(The Active Directory Group Provisioning (Sync) setup is done. Now, whenever a user is created or modified in LDAP server and if the Assign Users to groups is enabled, then user group attribute from the LDAP server will be automatically synced and the user group will be assigned or changed accordingly in miniOrange.)

• Select Groups >> Manage Groups from left panel.
• Click on the Create Group button on the top.



• Enter an appropriate Group Name and click on Create Group.



• In this guide we have created a Group by name VPN_Group.
• Assign various members to the group using the Assign User option associated with the group in the groups list.



• Select the Users that are required to be assigned to this group. Then Select Assign to Group in Select Action Dropdown and click on Apply button.



• These groups will be helpful in adding multiple 2FA policies on the applications.

7. Setup MFA for Forcepoint

• Here, we will configure a policy for the User Group that we created in this step and associate it with the Forcepoint VPN Application.
• Click on Policies tab >> App Login Policy.



• Click on Add Policy tab.
• In Application section, select the RADIUS App that we configured earlier in Step 1.
• Select the required User Group in Group Name and enter the Policy name.
• In this guide, we will configure a Password Only policy for "VPN_Group", so that only the VPN_Group members can access VPN Services without a Second Factor.
• Once done with the policy settings, click on Save to Add Policy.

8. Test miniOrange Forcepoint 2FA Login

• Connect to Forcepoint by entering the hostname of the server.
• Enter your AD username & password and click on Connect.
• Now, you are prompted for the 2-factor authentication code. Enter the 2FA code and click on Continue to get access to Forcepoint.
• After successful validation, you are securely connected to Forcepoint via .

With the help of this guide you will be able to configure Two-Factor Authentication (2FA/MFA) for Forcepoint Login.

9. Troubleshooting

Further References

• What is Two-Factor authentication?
• Why one should secure their VPN?
• What is OpenVPN?