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Two-Factor Authentication (2FA/MFA) for Pulse Connect Secure SSL VPN


The Pulse Client generates a safe and secure connection with your corporate Pulse Connect Secure SSL VPN gateway . It also provides quick access to data and business applications from remote locations. You can connect from anywhere and anytime. miniOrange 2FA solution integrates with Pulse Connect Secure SSL VPN to add two-factor authentication to VPN client login. You can enable Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for your Pulse Secure Connect Managed AD directory to add additional security levels. When you enable 2FA, your users enter their username and password (first factor) as usual, and they have to enter an authentication code (the second factor) which will be shared on your virtual or hardware 2FA solution.

To add two-factor authentication to your Pulse Secure, your Pulse Secure Access SSL VPN should be compatible with miniOrange. Log on to your Pulse administrator interface and verify that your firmware is version 8.3 or later. Also you have to do primary authentication configuration for your SSL VPN users, e.g. LDAP authentication to Active Directory.


miniOrange MFA authentication for Pulse Connect Secure 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.


MFA for Pulse Connect Secure

  1. Primary authentication initiates with the user submitting his Username and Password for Pulse Connect Secure.
  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.

Connect with any External Directories


miniOrange provides user authentication from various external directories such as miniOrange Directory, Microsoft AD, Azure Active Directory/LDAP, AWS Cognito and many more.

Can't find your Directory? Contact us on idpsupport@xecurify.com



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Enable Multi Factor Authentication MFA/2FA for Pulse Connect Secure

1. Configure Pulse Connect Secure 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
  • Multi Factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : setting up branding

  • Go to Apps Click on Add Application button.
  • MFA for Pulse Connect Secure: Add Application

  • Choose RADIUS as Application type and click on Create App button.
  • Two-Factor authentication (2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure : Create Radius Application

  • Click on Pulse Connect Secure application tab. If you don't find your application click on Radius Client application tab.
  • MFA for Pulse Connect Secure : Click on Radius Client

  • Select Click here next to Application name to get the Radius server IPs.
  • 2FA for Pulse Connect Secure : Documentation section

  • Copy and save the Radius server IP which will be required to configure your Radius client.
  • 2FA/MFA for Pulse Connect Secure : Radius server IPs

  • Configure the below details to add Radius Client.
  • Two-Factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : 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
  • Multi-Factor Authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : Click Next

  • 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.
  • MFA for Pulse Connect Secure : Select your 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 in Pulse Connect Secure

  • Login to the Pulse Secure administration panel.
  • Navigate to Authentication >> Auth. Servers.
  • MFA 2FA two-factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : Auth Server

  • Select RADIUS Server in the dropdown, and click New Server….
  • MFA 2FA two-factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : New Server

  • Fill in the required fields in the Settings tab. Please refer to the following table and image.
  • Server Type in miniOrange RADIUS or any name you prefer.
    RADIUS Server For on-premise version: IP of server where IDP(miniOrange) is installed
    For cloud version: Use the Radius Server IPs which you got from Step1.
    Secret The RADIUS shared secret configured in Step 1.
    In Step 1 we configured an example Shared Secret as "sharedsecret"
    Port 1812
  • Keep default values of all other fields and click Save Changes.
  • Navigate to Users >> User Realms >> New User Realm….
  • MFA 2FA two-factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : User Realms

  • Come up with a Name for your new realm.
  • Select the previously created authentication server in the Authentication dropdown.
  • Click Save Changes.
  • MFA 2FA two-factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : Realms Details

  • Navigate to Authentication Policy >> Password.
  • Select Allow all users (passwords of any length) and click Save Changes.
  • MFA 2FA two-factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : Authentication Policy

  • Go to the Role Mapping tab and click New Rule….
  • MFA 2FA two-factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : Role Mapping

  • Come up with the name for a new rule.
  • Set Rule:If username… to is *.
  • Assign a Users role. Select Users on the Available Roles list and click Add –>.
  • Click Save Changes.
  • MFA 2FA two-factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : Role Mapping Rule

  • Navigate to Authentication >> Signing In >> Sign-in Policies.
  • MFA 2FA two-factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : Role Mapping Rule

  • Click the */ URL in the User URLs table.
  • Select User picks from a list of authentication realms and select the miniOrange Radius Server realm you have created before. To do this, just select miniOrange Radius Server on the Available realms list and click Add –>.
  • Click Save Changes.
  • MFA 2FA two-factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : Authentication Realm

Login Pulse Secure VPN Software

  • Login to Pulse Secure Client .
  • Enter your NetID and NetID password.
  • Enter NetID and Password to integrate two-factor authentication (2FA/MFA) for Pulse Connect Secure

  • Check your downloads folder and double-click on Pulse Secure Installer file.
  • Follow the steps in the installer. Enter your computer's Administrator name and password, while installation.

3. Configure Your User Directory

miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, OpenLDAP, Google, AWS Cognito etc), Identity Providers (like Okta, Shibboleth, Ping, OneLogin, KeyCloak), Databases (like MySQL, Maria DB, PostgreSQL) and many more. You can configure your existing directory/user store or add users in miniOrange.



Configure your existing directories such as Microsoft Active Directory, Azure, OpenLDAP, etc.

  • Click on External Directories >> Add Directory in the left menu of the dashboard.
  •  2FA: Configure User Store

  • Select Directory type as AD/LDAP.
  •  2FA: Select AD/LDAP as user store

    1. STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION IN MINIORANGE: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in miniOrange. If active directory is behind a firewall, you will need to open the firewall to allow incoming requests to your AD.
    2. STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION ON PREMISE: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in your premise and only allow access to AD inside premises. You will have to download and install miniOrange gateway in your premise.
    3.  Two-Factor Authentication : Select ad/ldap user store type

  • Enter LDAP Display Name and LDAP Identifier name.
  • Select Directory Type as Active Directory.
  • Enter the LDAP Server URL or IP Address against LDAP Server URL field.
  • Click on Test Connection button to verify if you have made a successful connection with your LDAP server.
  •  MFA/2FA: Configure LDAP server URL Connection

  • In Active Directory, go to the properties of user containers/OU's and search for Distinguished Name attribute.
  •  MFA: Configure user bind account domain name

  • Enter the valid Bind account Password.
  • Click on Test Bind Account Credentials button to verify your LDAP Bind credentials for LDAP connection.
  •  MFA: Check bind account credentials

  • Search Base is the location in the directory where the search for a user begins. You will get this from the same place you got your Distinguished name.
  •  2FA : Configure user search base

  • Select a suitable Search filter from the drop-down menu. To use custom Search Filter select "Write your Custom Filter" option and customize it accordingly.
  •  MFA/2FA : Select user search filter

  • You can also configure following options while setting up AD. Enable Activate LDAP in order to authenticate users from AD/LDAP. Click on the Save button to add user store.
  •  MFA : Activate LDAP options

    Here's the list of the attributes and what it does when we enable it. You can enable/disable accordingly.

    Attribute Description
    Activate LDAP All user authentications will be done with LDAP credentials if you Activate it
    Sync users in miniOrange Users will be created in miniOrange after authentication with LDAP
    Fallback Authentication If LDAP credentials fail then user will be authenticated through miniOrange
    Allow users to change password This allows your users to change their password. It updates the new credentials in your LDAP server
    Enable administrator login On enabling this, your miniOrange Administrator login authenticates using your LDAP server
    Show IdP to users If you enable this option, this IdP will be visible to users
    Send Configured Attributes If you enable this option, then only the attributes configured below will be sent in attributes at the time of login

  • Click on Save. After this, it will show you the list of User stores. Click on Test Connection to check whether you have enter valid details. For that, it will ask for username and password.
  •  2FA: Test AD/Ldap connection

  • On Successful connection with LDAP Server, a success message is shown.
  • Click on Test Attribute Mapping.
  •  LDAP successful connection

  • Enter a valid Username. Then, click on Test. Mapped Attributes corresponding to the user are fetched.
  •  MFA: Fetch mapped attributes for user

  • After successful Attribute Mapping Configuration, go back to the ldap configuration and enable Activate LDAP in order to authenticate users from AD/LDAP.
  • Refer our guide to setup LDAPS on windows server.

User Import and Provisioning from AD



Note: Below steps are used to enable one time or manual sync. To enable sync on scheduled basis, you should use LDAP gateway module. Read more and download the LDAP gateway module.


  • Go to Settings >> Product Settings in the Customer Admin Account.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure  miniOrange dashboard

  • Enable the "Enable User Auto Registration" option and click Save.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure  Enable User Auto Registration

  • (Optional) To send a welcome email to all the end users that will be imported, enable the "Enable sending Welcome Emails after user registration" option and click Save.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure  Enable sending Welcome Emails after user registration

  • From the Left-Side menu of the dashboard select Provisioning.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure  User Sync/Provisioning

  • In Setup Provisioning tab select Active Directory in the Select Application drop-down.
  • Toggle the Import Users tab, click on Save button.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure  User Sync Active Directory Configuration

  • On the same section, switch to Import Users section.
  • Select Active Directory from the dropdown and click on the Import Users tab, to import all the users from Active Directory to miniOrange.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure  User Sync Import Operation

  • You can view all the Users you have imports by selecting Users >> User List from Left Panel.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure  User List

  • All the imported users will be auto registered.
  • These groups will be helpful in adding multiple 2FA policies on the applications.
  • To add your users in miniOrange there are 2 ways:
  • 1. Create User in miniOrange

    • Click on Users >> User List >> Add User.
    •  VPN 2FA : Add user in miniOrange

    • Here, fill the user details without the password and then click on the Create User button.
    •  MFA: Add user details

    • After successful user creation a notification message "An end user is added successfully" will be displayed at the top of the dashboard.
    •  Two-Factor Authentication: Add user details

    • Click on Onboarding Status tab. Check the email, with the registered e-mail id and select action Send Activation Mail with Password Reset Link from Select Action dropdown list and then click on Apply button.
    •  2FA: Select email action

    • Now, Open your email id. Open the mail you get from miniOrange and then click on the link to set your account password.
    • On the next screen, enter the password and confirm password and then click on the Single Sign-On (SSO) reset password button.
    •  Multi-Factor Authentication: Reset user password
    • Now, you can log in into miniOrange account by entering your credentials.

    2. Bulk Upload Users in miniOrange via Uploading CSV File.

    • Navigate to Users >> User List. Click on Add User button.
    •  2FA: Add users via bulk upload

    • In Bulk User Registration Download sample csv format from our console and edit this csv file according to the instructions.
    •  Two-Factor authentication: Download sample csv file

    • To bulk upload users, choose the file make sure it is in comma separated .csv file format then click on Upload.
    •  2FA : Bulk upload user

    • After uploading the csv file successfully, you will see a success message with a link.
    • Click on that link you will see list of users to send activation mail. Select users to send activation mail and click on Send Activation Mail. An activation mail will be sent to the selected users.

Creating User Groups (Recommended)


  • 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.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure : Select Active Directory (AD)

  • Select Group Provisioning/Deprovisioning tab, and toggle on Import Group option.
  • Enter the Base DN for group sync and click Save.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure : Enter BaseDN

  • If you want to dynamically allocate users to the groups present in the miniOrange, then enable "Assign Users to groups"
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure : Switch on import Group

  • 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.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure : User group imported successfully

    (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.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure  Manage Groups

  • Enter an appropriate Group Name and click on Create Group.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure  Create Groups

  • 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.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure  User Assign

  • 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.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure  Assignment to Group

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


4. Setup MFA for Pulse Connect Secure

Note: You can follow this guide, if you want to customize and enroll MFA for end users.


  • Here, we will configure a policy for the User Group that we created in this step and associate it with the Pulse Connect Secure VPN Application.
  • Click on Policies tab >> App Login Policy.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure  App Authentication 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.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Pulse Connect Secure  App Add Policy


5. Test Pulse Connect Secure MFA

  • To access Pulse Secure:
    1. For Windows 7: Click on Start >> All Programs > >Juniper Networks > >Pulse Secure.
    2. For Windows 8: Click on Start screen >> Pulse Secure.
  • Enter Username and password and click on login.
  • MFA 2FA two-factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : Enter Login credentials for first level of authentication

  • It will prompt you for 2 Factor code if you have enabled 2-factor authentication in miniOrange policy.
  • Enter your 2-Factor code and you should be connected to Pulse Secure VPN.
  • Click Connect.

Disconnect VPN

  • To disconnect session Click on Disconnect.

Troubleshooting

How can I check RADIUS User audit logs in miniOrange admin dashboard?

  • Login to miniOrange Admin Dashboard.
  • Click on Reports >> Radius User Authentication Report.
  • MFA 2FA two-factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : Authentication Reports

  • Enter Enduser Identifier and Date range.
  • Click on Search.
  • MFA 2FA two-factor authentication for Pulse Connect Secure : Enduser Authentication Logs


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)?

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is an authentication method that requires the user to authenticate themselves for two or more factors, in order to gain access to company resources, applications, or a VPN (Pulse Connect Secure in this case). Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) means that users need to provide additional verification factors apart from their username and passwords thus increasing the security of the organization's resources. Checkout more about Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) here.

Three common authentication methods for MFA security are:

  • Knowledge: Something that the user knows.
  • Possession: Something that the user possesses or has.
  • Inherence: Usually referred to a biometric factor.

Types of 2FA Authentication with RADIUS:

Depending on the VPN client, 2-factor authentication can take two forms..

  • VPN Clients that support RADIUS Challenge.
  • VPN Clients that do not support RADIUS Challenge.

What are different 2FA/MFA methods for Pulse Connect Secure supported by miniOrange?

miniOrange supports multiple 2FA/MFA authentication methods for Pulse Connect Secure secure access such as, Push Notification, Soft Token, Microsoft / Google Authenticator etc.

Authentication TypeMethodSupported
miniOrange Authenticator Soft Token
miniOrange Push Notification
Mobile Token Google Authenticator
Microsoft Authenticator
Authy Authenticator
SMSOTP Over SMS
SMS with Link
EmailOTP Over Email
Email with Link
Call VerificationOTP Over Call
Hardware Token YubiKey Hardware Token
Display Hardware Token


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