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Two factor authentication with Cisco ACS 5.1 & Vasco

acharyr123
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Hi,

Can someone highlight how two cator authentication can be implemented using cisco acs 5.1 & vasco?

Rgds,

Partha

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nowen
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Essentially, you want to use radius between the two - stick to the standards for authenticaiton to avoid lock-in.  I don't have any docs for adding two-factor auth to the ACS, but I do have one for a VPN concentrator:

http://www.wikidsystems.com/support/wikid-support-center/how-to/how-to-configure-a-cisco-vpn-concentrator-for-two-factor-authentication-from-wikid

While it makes the configuration up-front more complex, you should really run the authentication through your user directory for authorization first.  The benefit is that disabling a user in your directory then prevents their credentials from even reaching the two-factor server.  So, an AD admin or HR can disable a user without being an Admin on your 2FA server.  Microsoft supports this using their Radius plugin called NPS.  Here's a doc on running radius through NPS, but using SSH as the network client - so subsitute your ACS for the SSH server:

http://www.wikidsystems.com/support/wikid-support-center/how-to/how-to-add-two-factor-authentication-to-nps

HTH,

Nick