ClearPass Deep Dive

Derin Mellor
derin.mellor@hpe.com
+44 7786 114030
 Agenda

• Visibility
• Active Scanning • Lockdown
• Stakeholder Report • Wired DUR v VSA
• Correcting/Creating Fingerprints • Colorless Ports
• CPDI • MPSK
• Advanced 802.1X Wireless • Email notification
• Endpoint Repository • TACACS
• Time Source
•
• IPv6
Isolation role
• Machine only + OnGuard • AOB
• CPG Operator Login
• Wired Monitor Mode
Visibility
Particularly on wired
 Passive Profiling
• Relayed DHCP profiling • External device db
• HTTP profiling – redir-web traffic to CPG portal page • MDM
• Easily spoofed • Infoblox
• Useful for more granular differentiation of device type • Audit
• eg iPhone v iPad • IDS/IPS
• Infrastructure Information
• Aruba Controller Sensor – uses IFMAP
• Aruba Switch Device Fingerprinting – uses HTTPS
• Needs an local account on ClearPass with API write access
• Cisco Device Sensor – uses RADIUS Accounting
• Flows (netflows, ipfix, sflows)
• How well does this scale?
 Active Profiling

• SNMP v1, v2c, v3 • WMI – Destination TCP port 135

• Description • Hostname
• Hostname • OS version
• IP Forwarding • Active services
Only probes
• IP addresses • Inactive services
on initial scan
• MAC address • Running processes
• ARP table • Record details in Endpoint attribute
• LLDP Determines whether it is a router • %
• CDP {InstalledApplication:Appl
• VSA for Cisco and Aruba MIBs icationName}
• SSH: Limited dialogues • NMAP
• ClearPass • Default Scan TCP 135/3389
• Redhat Linux • Probes most common 1000 ports
• Aruba AOS • Only probes is response to ping
• Can be very slow!
• OnGuard
Visibility & Profiling
Active Subnet Scan
Particularly useful to
identify and monitor
DHCP static IP addresses
ClearPass

ARP ICMP
ClearPass Actions table

 Scan subnet for IP address

 Probes SNMP, SSH and WMI
 Reads ARP tables off Access Routers SNMP/SSH/WMI

 Record first positive response as fingerprint

 If subsequent fingerprint changes: Potential spoof attack. Set “Conflict” attribute
Visibility & Profiling
Active Network Discovery Scan
Particularly useful to
identify and monitor
DHCP static IP addresses
ClearPass

Scan seed ICMP

routes
ClearPass Actions

 SNMP scan seed routers IP ``

Reads hostname, LLDP, CDP,
 router and ARP tables NMAP/SNMP/SSH/WMI

 Probes ICMP responsive IPs using NMAP, SNMP, WMI and SSH
 Record first positive response as fingerprint
 Repeat above on found routers – down to specified hop depth
If subsequent fingerprint changes: Potential spoof attack. Set “Conflict” attribute
 Define the scan
techniques criteria
WARNING
Changing the
details will not be
applied to existing
scans!!!

Have to update
each scan

Define the IP range

of the scan
Define the type of the Network
Discovery
scans

Subnet
Scan
 NMAP Scan Setup

With NMAP
disabled it will still
scan these ports

This list can be

expanded to have
WARNING a more focused
I believe when probing a device is the intervening router scan
responds with ICMP Destination Unavailable:
ClearPass creates endpoint with this IP but empty fingerprint
ClearPass User Experience: Endpoints Details

Do not rely on this

Status – very
unreliable

Use Accounting
tab Status field
Profiling Issues
• Device has to respond to ICMP ping before probing
• Subnet scanning large empty subnets very slow
• Reliant on timeouts
• Class-B takes 4-12 hours!!!
• If credentials (SNMP, SSH, WMI) are incorrect: Records a null
fingerprint!
• If profiled and device’s subsequent probes fail: Does NOT raise
Conflict
• ie SNMP fingerprinted as printer, hacker attaches spoofed device with SNMP
disabled…
• Editing underlying scan technique criteria (ie SNMP, SSH, WMI) is
not automatically applied to the scanning mechanism
(Discovery/Subnet)
• Each scanning mechanism has to be updated
• Connected port very inaccurate
• Needs full authentication
 Debug

• Enable debug Async-Netd Service

• Look at file
• PolicyManagerLogs\async-netd\netprofiler.log
• PolicyManagerLogs\async-netd\netscan.log
• Only seem to update every 30 minutes
• Profiling: PolicyManagerLogs\async-netd\deviceprofiler.log
• PolicyManagerLogs\network-services\snmp-activity.log.0
• Take network trace during scan
ClearPass Operator Experience: Visibility

Choosing the
cat/family/name
shows the matching
devices
ClearPass Operator Experience: Endpoints
Effectively becomes an
effective audit of These can all be
everything on the network exported to XML
and updated
accordingly

Best to only edit few this way!

See Stakeholder
report
 Discovered NAS

Use interface that is

used in requests
Must have a (RADIUS/TACACS)
hostname to request to ClearPass NOTE
import! On importing does not
automatically setup the
SNMP credentials 
Appear here if
LLDP/CDP
indicates it is a
NAS
(router/switch/ Import into
contoroller… NAD table
Stakeholder Report

Two Reports
• Devices observed during report/poll period/schedule
• Authenticated or profiled
• All devices seen typically in the last month or week
• Devices not see during report/poll period/schedule
• Missing?
• All devices not seen typically in the last month or week
 PDF
Stakeholder
Report
All devices assumed Static IP: Is this
to be static IP until excessive? Missing
DHCP request seen DHCP relaying?

No active scanning, or Learnt via active

RADIUS Accounting scanning (NMAP,
Framed IP address SNMP, SSH, WMI)

Indication SNMP/SSH/WMI
Why No matching No matching credentials incorrect or
Unprofiled? fingerprint fingerprint! intervening router response
ICMP Destination Host
Unavailable
 Accuracy of location
unreliable until true Detailed Endpoint Report
authentication

Use Aruba Solution Exchange

https://ase.arubanetworks.com/solutions/id/91
To convert this CSV to an XML import file
• Validate Endpoints are legitimate • Status, MAC
• Update status to either Known or Disabled • Location attempt
• Import updated report into ClearPass • Invariably found on an uplink
• Manual update using GIU • IP, Hostname
• Import updated CSV
• Use Aruba Solution Exchange • Fingerprint detail
https://ase.arubanetworks.com • Spoof detected
• Update using RESTful API • Fingerprint changes
• Effectively becomes the network audit
• Simple process to move to lockdown: Unknown Endpoints Blocked
Setup Stakeholder Report

Set to handle
longer duration
Primarily for
“unseen” devices
Create Stakeholder Reports 6.8.x

Report1
Active Endpoints

Report2
Inactive Endpoints

Adhoc or
scheduled report
Fingerprints
No Fingerprint – Manually one time correct
WARNING on Testing
If you delete an
endpoint leave for
5mins before re-test

My webcam is
reported as a Generic:

Correct fingerprint
But if I added a similar
device it would still be
mis-profiled
 WARNING
Prior to 6.8.3 this was unreliable
Correct Webcam Profiled Add fingerprint would override the
existing fingerprint!

Missing
42

Even thought the

Webcam is an exact fit
it always prefers the
SmartPlug!?

This has been

reported to TAC
Update Webcam fingerprint

The Fingerprint
Database shows
custom match rules
can be deleted

The existing
fingerprint already
has this
My Amazon Echo Dot Fingerprinted as Kindle!
Not clear why this
is matched!

Clearly this “contain”

is not explicit – ie my
fields do not match
all the fields
My Amazon Echo Dot Fingerprinted as Kindle!

Echo fingerprint
missing this MAC
address

OUI is missing
This can only be corrected by reporting to TAC
WARNING On Custom Fingerprint

WARNING
Do not associate a blank
You can then associate this as fingerprint with a device
done in the previous slides This will likely match a
raft of things!!!
ClearPass
Device Insight

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Collector Placement
NOTE
If asymmetric communications
mirror both on to different CPDI
SPAN ports and CPDI will
rationalize
 Active Scanning Passive Monitoring

• Defined segments • SPAN port traffic

• Scheduled scans analysis
• Techniques • DHCP profiling
• NMAP
• Does not require to respond to ping
• Infrastructure flows
• SNMP analysis
• SSH
• Dialogues: AOS, ClearPass & RedHat
• WMI
Operator Experience
 Unclassified
Home Page devices

Auto-Classified

Classified
Grouping

Use button
to load more
groups
New devices appearing Devices seen
in last month

Devices seen
in last day
Find particular device

Can use MAC address, IP

address, Hostname

This information will be

injected into ClearPass
Drill down in to device

Status
Number Online
of Cisco Category Idle
switches filters Offline

Cisco
switch
group size
Drill down in
to the details
Find all switches with Telnet enabled - 1

Number of Cisco
switches with Telnet
enabled

To see these devices

click the ICON
Drill down in to the details

Shows a more detailed

breakdown with session
usage information

Look at details
for this switch
Generate report of devices in this cluster - 1
Generate report of devices in this cluster - 2
Create a Tag

Device’s tag information will

be injected into ClearPass
WARNING
for refined policy
Once applied this
can take a few
minutes to update
Generic Groups
Components of devices are shown

Common fields
in”grey”

OUI and Browser

User-Agent
Classify cluster: using generic categories
Classify cluster: using rules - 1

TCP port 7680 =

Pando Media
Public Distribution
Classify cluster: using rules - 2
Look at User Classified Devices

Look at the
User
Classified
Devices

Devices with
TCP 7860 open
CPDI/ClearPass
Integration

50
ClearPass & CPDI Integration

WARNING
Enabling this
disables ClearPass’
native scanning
ClearPass & CPDI Integration
Better CDPI Visibility
ClearPass & CPDI Integration
Better Visibility in ClearPass

Attributes from
CDI

Policy can be
built on these
Review Operation
Example 802.1X Wireless
with Windows PC doing machine and user
and TLS certificates
 NOTE
The service is matched on
the first packet received.
TLS v PEAP/MSCHAP/etc
are negotiated later is
RADIUS exchange

Service
Disabled

Service in
Monitor mode:
Only sends
Accept/Reject
 NOTE
The service is matched on
the first packet received
TLS v PEAP/MSCHAP/etc
are negotiated later is
RADIUS exchange

Connection SSID supports

all manufacturers

Using groups is an
effective mechanism
A matched to get granular policies
authentication source
will automatically be
authorization source WARNING
The others will not!
Because of this you may
have to explicitly add
them as authorization
source
 Copy and Connection SSID supports
adapt Will use
all manufacturers
certificiates OCSP
URLUsing
to realgroups
time is an
Can’t edit things in [ ] validate mechanism
effective
One exception A matched to get granular policies
[Role Mappings]!!! authentication source
will automatically be
authorization source WARNING NOTE If CRL file expires –
This validates based on The others will not!
ClearPass will Reject all
certificate is not expired Because of this you may
associated request!!!
have to explicitly add appears in Events:
Alert event
them as authorization
CRL for the CA %s has
source expired. Certificate
verifications against this CA
will fail till the CRL is…
Passing roles to
Enforcement Evaluate All: I want to
make for better pass roles that explain
Operator to the operator why
understanding the enforcement policy
is assigned
Default is match first!!!

Totally new device

will not exist in the
database

Time at midnight
this morning
Returns the DN if
the account is
disabled
 Simplify Role Only use attributes that
Mapping logic by have clear names –
passing some Pass Status
IsProfiled is a bad
attributes directly (Disabled, Unknown,
example True/False
Known) directly into
Enforcement Policy

Pass profiled
Make sure this is Category directly
set to 0 into Enforcement
Used to be set to Policy
300
 Microsoft time is based on
WARNING
Pope Gregory VIII and
Editing/updating existing
based on 100 ms steps
filters may to be over-
from 00:00:00 Jan 1st 1601
written during upgrade
SQL to get specific
filter

Name of attribute
within ClearPass

Create your own filters

for more flexibility
These should not be
affected by upgrades
 Create bespoke reject rule

First-applicable is
AccessTracker’s
deterministic – far
Username will
easier to understand
report !!!Guest!!! Fred
Default is match all!!!
Blogs

Use the successful machine authentication

to make the device known within the
Endpoint Repository

Use Drop to force re-

transmission of request…

WARNING
Depending on NAS this
might not work!!!
Might be easier to apply
the correct role – but this
Keep the logic simple usually needs more logic
for easier understanding
 Records
exactly when
it happened

Email the operator that the device is

disabled - discussed later

Only report to
operator once a day

Reject, email operator & set

that it’s been “Reported”

NOTE Role Reported =

Endpoint:Error  GREATER_THAN  %{Authorization:[Time Source]:FirstThing DT}
Hence will only trigger that day
 Only applied if
NAS in the
Controller group

Only applied if
NAS in the IAP
group
 WARNING
If no UPS on appliance
set this to normal or full to NOTE
minimise db corruption on When using newer
power outage Context Server
This does directly affect enable Post-Auth v2
appliance performance
Web-redirect to
isolation page
<link href="external/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet"
{assign var=MDM_State value='MDM Enabled'}
type="text/css">
{if $_endpoint.$MDM_State == 'false'}
<div style="width: 300px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center;">
MDM Enabled = False<BR>
<p><span class="fa fa-user-times" style="font-size: 200px; color: #0885bf;"></span>
{/if}
<h1 style="margin: 20px 5px;">Isolation!</h1>
{/if}
<p>There is a problem with your client.</p>
</p>
<p>Click <a href=\"https:/clearpass.hpearubademo.com/guest/mac_create.php?
<p>Network Details<BR>
mac={$_endpoint.mac_address}&device_name={$_endpoint.profile_device_name}\">here</a>
{if $extra_fields.essid}
to register this device for the MPSK SSID</p></br>
NAS
<p>Please contact IT admin - tell them the following information</p>
name&nbsp{$extra_fields.vcname}&nbsp({$extra_fie
<p>MAC address&nbsp{$_endpoint.mac_address}<BR>
lds.ip})<BR>
ClearPass status&nbsp{$_endpoint.status}<BR>
Wireless SSID&nbsp{$extra_fields.essid}<BR>
IP address&nbsp{$_endpoint.profile_ip}<BR>
Hostname&nbsp{$_endpoint.profile_hostname}<BR> URL to CPG AP&nbsp{$extra_fields.apname}<BR>
{/if}
Category&nbsp{$_endpoint.profile_device_category}<BR>
Family&nbsp{$_endpoint.profile_device_family}<BR> login to enrol </p>
</div>
Type&nbsp{$_endpoint.profile_device_name}<BR> this device <!--
Posture
{dump var=$action export=html}
{if $_endpoint.Posture_Status}
{dump var=$source export=html}
&nbsp{$_endpoint.Posture_Status}&nbspat&nbsp{$_endpoint.Last_Posture}
{dump var=$result.error export=html}
{else} &nbspUnknown
{dump var=$result.message export=html}
{/if}
{dump var=$timestamp export=html}
</p>
{dump var=$site_ssid export=html}
{if $_endpoint.Source == 'airwatch'}
{dump var=$site_wpa_key export=html}
<p>
{dump var=$u export=html}
Airwatch managed device<BR>
Expires&nbsp{$_endpoint.Expire}<BR>
{dump var=$c export=html} Shows available
Username&nbsp{$_endpoint.Username}<BR> Endpoint attributes {dump var=$_wpl export=html}
variables
{dump var=$_endpoint export=html}
{if $_endpoint.Blacklist == 'true'}
Blacklist = True<BR>{/if}
accessibly using {dump var=$_user export=html}
{dump var=$_param export=html}
{if $_endpoint.Compliance != 'Compliant'} _endpoint variables {dump var=$_login_args export=html}
Compiance = {$_endpoint.Compliance}<BR>{/if}
{dump var=$_url export=html}
{if $_endpoint.Compromised == 'true'}
{dump var=$extra_fields export=html}
Compromised = True<BR>{/if}
-->
 Shows what
New 6.8 Profiles are
NAS Name – reliant New 6.8 applied
on RADIUS NAS-Id
attribute
 1) Select condition

3) Creates identical
condition below…

2) Copy condition
 Wireless 802.1X TLS Authentication
6) ClearPass determines
OCS role to assign
P chec AD
Db
k
Corporate Corp
CorpNetwork
Network
CRL NAC
7) RADIUS Rsp
Accept
4) Converts EAPoL into
5) ClearPass verifies Corp cert, Access RADIUS Req TLS
not expired and not in CRL router 8) AOS applies
or OSCP is good VLAN to port
NAS
2) AOS initiates
EAPoL to device

3) Device responds
1) Device Device with certificate
connects
 ClearPass Processing of 802.1X TLS Auth
ClearPass Match service
Service
Service1519
Service
Policy Manager Login Service
Aruba Wifi
Wireless Infrastructure Access Service
Authenticate Good Authorization
Cert expired? Cert
802.1X Auth OCSP or CRL
Role Enforcement
are good?
Role Mapping
Policy

Blocked Condition#1
Condition#2
Condition#3
Bad Cert Blocked
Spoof
Machine Auth Only
Spoof
Corp VLAN
Machine
Yes Internal dACL
Accept
User

RADIUS RADIUS RADIUS

Request Reject Accept+VLAN+dACL /Reject

Network Access Server (Controller)

Machine login User login
with previous
cached
machine login
Default to 24
hours config in Cached
ServiceParam machine login
PolicyServer

Assign User
machine Inject User Assign login
only role & IP details machine &
into firewall user role
If attribute not
in Input field
can’t be used
 OnGuard Persistent Agent
must be installed
Does not use any license

These will effectively track

machine/user login

Could do
How can the via
username inject syslog???
into upper-layer???
 Purge
How long do I unknown
need to hold endpoints!
an expired
guest?
Optimised CPG
Operator Login
Customizable
Operator pages

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Allows staff to create guest accounts
and enrol device

Flexible
device
enrolment

Home page

Only show
devices register
to this user
Guest
management
 Allows students to you to enrol their devices
Guest account is their unique password

Enrol devices
Home page

Only show
devices register
Create Guest to this user
account
Isolation page has link to enrol this device

https://cppm.hpearubademo.com/guest/mac_create.php
?mac=000011112222&device_name=Test
 admin_privileges=D
evice Registration

admin_privileges=MPSK
Student Device Registration
AccessTracker

CPG Logs
 Staff

Student

Translation rules will

apply the
admin_privileges value
 Initial Value=array ( 'generator' => This will match URL
'GeneratorFromRequest', attribute
'generator_args' => 'device_name',) device_name=xyz

Page look
Initial Value = 5

Initial Value = 1
 Initial Value = sponsor_email

Page look

Initial Value = now()

Initial Value = 1y

Initial Value = 5 associates to Student

in RoleMapping [Guest Roles]

Initial Value= 1
 Page look

Nothing special
Could remove the mpsk and
mpsk_enable fields

Page look
Page look
Adds more flexibility
to URL processing
 By default
passwords
are disabled
CPG Operator
Login with SAML
WARNING
Struggling to get this
working on 6.8.x!

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SAML: Customizable CPG Operator Login Page

• ClearPass acting as SAML ServiceProvider for CPG Operator

• ClearPass acting as SAML Identity Provider

Could be
Azure
SAML IdP: Create Identity Provider
SAML IdP: Login Service
SAML SP: Set GuestOperators as a Service

Any browse to a
page/form controlled
via Guest will be forced
to authenticate
SAML SP: CPG Login Service

mail=
%{Authorization:AD:Email}

Refers to CPG
Operator Profiles
 Enable New
Portal Pages Use
shortcut

New skins
Wired Monitor
Mode
Safely Develop Policy

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 Monitor Mode – Option 1
Aruba Switches
• Safely develop policy for both 802.1X and MAC-Auth
• Control at ClearPass
• Switch configured with 802.1X & MAC Auth
• ClearPass
• 802.1X in Monitor mode
• MAC Auth using Method=“Allow All” and in Monitor mode
• Always sends basic RADIUS Accept
• Switch must run RADIUS with no precedence (default)
• If endpoints has a 802.1X supplicant will get both 802.1X and MAC
Auth request
• Switch will honour RADIUS Accept in preference to RADIUS Reject
• Apply port’s default VLAN
• Default operation
 Monitor Mode – Option 2
Cisco Switches
• Safely develop policy for both 802.1X and MAC-Auth
• Control at Switch
• Infrastructure ignores RADIUS Response
• Switch configured with 802.1X & MAC Auth
• Switch ports configured with Open Auth
• ClearPass will send necessary RADIUS Rsp
• Switch will ignore RADIUS Rsp
• Applies port’s default VLAN
NOTE
This should not be confused with the Aruba switch’s
Interface FastEthernet0/1 “open auth” command
authentication open This immediately puts the device into the “open auth”
VLAN/Role until it gets a RADIUS Response…
 Monitor Mode – Option 3
All Switches

• Safely develop policy for MAC-Auth only

• Control at ClearPass
• MAC-Auth only
• Switch configured with MAC Auth only
• ClearPass
• MAC Auth using Method=“Allow All” and in Monitor mode
• Always sends basic RADIUS Accept
• Switch will apply port’s default VLAN
 ClearPass Processing of MAC Auth
Monitor Mode with “Allow All”
ClearPass Match service
Service
Service15
Service
Policy 18 Login Service
Manager processes
Aruba
WiredWifi Infrastructure AccessAuthorization
Service
Authenticate
MAC Auth Role Enforcement

Role Mapping
Policy

Blocked Condition#1
Condition#2
Condition#3
All devices Blocked
Spoof
Known WebCam
Spoof
Web VLAN
Yes Web dACL
Known

Yes Accept
WebCam

RADIUS RADIUS
Request Accept

Network Access Server (Switch, Controller, etc)

 Monitor Mode
Policy Definition

Does not act on

Enforcement Policy
Just sends Accept/Reject

Allow all
connecting Control
devices within
Policy Enforcement is Enforcement
processed and reported in Policy
AccessTracker but not
enforced
ClearPass Access Tracker

NOTE: While in Monitor Mode only Roles & Enforcements are

sends RADIUS Accept/Reject processed but not applied

SEEL-V2-demo# show port-access clients 1 detailed

Switch
Port Access Client Status Detail
Client Base Details :
reports
Port : 1 Authentication Type : mac-based
Client Status : authenticated Session Time : 97 secs
Client Name : 98d6bb0a31f7 Session Timeout : 0 secs
MAC Address : 98d6bb-0a31f7
IP : 169.254.197.55
Access Policy Details :
COS Map : Not Defined In Limit Kbps : Not Set
Untagged VLAN : 1 Out Limit Kbps : Not Set
Tagged VLANs : No Tagged VLANs
Port Mode : 100FDx
RADIUS ACL List : No Radius ACL List Port’s default
Auth Order
Auth Priority
: 8021x, Mac-Auth
: 8021x, Mac-Auth
VLAN applied
LMA Fallback : Disabled

This allows for development of

Roles and Enforcements without
concern of breaking operation
 ClearPass Reports

• Status, MAC
• Connected at, Connection status, Disconnected at
• Location: Media, NAS, Port/SSID
• IP, Hostname
• Fingerprint detail
• Spoof detected
• Volume usage
Debug
Nothing Coming Into AccessTracker?

• Look in
Password
mismatch
reported here
Still Nothing Coming In?

tcpdump of all
the interfaces

Only up to 10
minutes

Provides
filtering
 RADIUS Erroring
AccessTracker event will typically have a Alert tab If Alert tab but
LoginStatus=Accept –
Only minor issue(s)

AccessTracker
Event will have
much more detail

WARNING Records the

This significantly config, event
increase the load and debug
on ClearPass information
in a zip file
Most common: Radius Server &
Async network service – for
profiling and context servers
All Logs
Profiling and Context
Server info

Download gzip file

This will be big!
RADIUS details
 Aruba Switch
Traditional VSA v DUR

• If using traditional mode

• Don’t use order and priority
• No Failed 802.1X VLAN
 Incoming
Typical Aruba switch handling Authentication
Yes
authentications - 1 Default 802.1X &
MAC-Auth come No
out at same time OpenAuth?
Use auth-order
and priority to
If RADIUS recovers change this Yes
these devices will behaviour
be proactively This is applied
immediately! Apply
forced to re-auth OpenAuth
But NOT 802.1X!!! role
No

Apply Critical Yes Yes Tried all No RADIUS Start RADIUS

Critical VLAN
VLAN servers? reachable? Auth
defined?

If using DUR Yes

must use Critical First defined Data and
User-Role Process
Voice VLANs applied
Auth
– see later
 Process
Typical Aruba switch handling
Auth
authentications traditional - 2
Yes
Yes Accept If Role/
802.1X RADIUS Apply Role/ACL/
ACL/VLAN/
response? Success? VLAN/FilterID
FilterID
Assume both 802.1X
No Reject No
and MAC-Auth
Apply 802.1X
coming in at around
auth-vid
same time

Benefit: Quick
response If Role/ Yes
MAC-Auth Yes RADIUS Accept Apply Role/ACL/
Weakness: ACL/VLAN/
Increased RADIUS response Success? VLAN/FilterID
FilterID
load and logs in
ClearPass Reject No
Apply MAC-Auth
Apply MAC-Auth auth-vid
unauth-vid
 Process
Typical Aruba switch handling
Auth
authentications DUR - 3
Yes
Yes Accept If Role/
802.1X RADIUS Apply Role/ACL/
ACL/VLAN/
response? Success? VLAN/FilterID
FilterID
Assuming Priority
No Reject No
802.1XMAC-Auth:
Apply 802.1X
Timeout controlled
auth-vid
by port’s 802.1X
wait period
= tx-period*retrains Accept If Role/ Yes
MAC-Auth Yes RADIUS Apply Role/ACL/
ACL/VLAN/
response Success? VLAN/FilterID
Default 30*4=120s FilterID

Reject No
Set tx-period =5s Apply MAC-Auth
Apply MAC-Auth auth-vid
DUR initial role
 Typical Aruba Switch
dhcp-snooping
dhcp-snooping authorized-server <CPPM-IP>
dhcp-snooping vlan 10-20 30 40 50 60
interface 8
RADIUS Configuration
dhcp-snooping trust uplink Helps capture IP of static
exit
IP devices
ip client-tracker
ip client-tracker probe-delay 15
Adds IP address into RADIUS Accounting
radius-server host <CPPM-IP> key <pass>
aaa server-group radius "CPPM" host <CPPM-IP> Define ClearPass RADIUS host
radius-server host <CPPM-IP> dyn-authorization
radius-server host <CPPM-IP> time-window plus-or-minus-time-window
Switch must be within
radius-server host <CPPM-IP> time-window 30 5min of ClearPass for
CoA to work
radius-server tracking enabled
radius-server tracking user-name <user> password <pass>
Validate ClearPass is working
Need CPPM Service using PAP
Defaults to probes every 300s, 3 retries NAS-Port-Type=5 (Virtual)
Service-Type=7 (NAS-Prompt-User)
User-Name=<username>
If using AD account effectively
probes backend system
RADIUS Accounting to ClearPass
aaa account net start-stop radius server-gr "CPPM"
aaa accounting update periodic 5 RADIUS Accounting Interim period
aaa port-access 1-5 controlled-direction in
Force auth on ingress traffic
 Typical Aruba Switch Traditional
MAC-Auth RADIUS Configuration
aaa authentication mac-based chap-radius server-group "CPPM-IP" Enable MAC-Auth to ClearPass

aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 Enable MAC-Auth on these ports

aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 addr-limit 2 Port’s MAC address limit

aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 max-request 3 Re-transmit 4 times every 30s

aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 server-timeout 10  Server response timeout

aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 auth-vid 50 Port’s default auth VLAN

aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 logoff-period 3600

If quiet device logged out after default 300s
For very quiet devices - increase
aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 unauth-vid 60
aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 unauth-period 15 Port’s failed auth VLAN

aaa port-access 1-5 critical-vlan data-vlan 10 No response VLANs

aaa port-access 1-5 critical-vlan voice-vlan 20 If not defined defaults to first
data & voice VLANs defined
 Typical Aruba Switch DUR
MAC-Auth RADIUS Configuration

aaa authentication mac-based chap-radius server-group "CPPM" Enable MAC-Auth to ClearPass

aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 Enable MAC-Auth on these ports

aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 addr-limit 2 Port’s MAC address limit

aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 max-request 3

Re-transmit 4 times every 30s

aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 server-timeout 10  Server response timeout

If quiet device logged out after default 300s
aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 logoff-period 3600
For very quiet devices - increase
 Typical Aruba Switch
802.1X RADIUS Configuration

aaa authentication port-access eap-radius server-group "CPPM“ authorized

Enable 802.1X
to ClearPass
aaa port-access authenticator active

aaa port-access authenticator 1-5 Enable 802.1X on these ports

aaa port-access authenticator 1-5 tx-period 5 tx-period (30s) * retrans (3) - default 120s
Set tx-period=5s: timeout after 20s
         
aaa port-access authenticator 1-5 server-timeout 10
default 300s timeout
   
aaa port-access authenticator 1-5 auth-vid 10
default auth VLAN
 
aaa port-access authenticator 1-5 client-limit 2
Port’s MAC address limit
 Enable Downloadable User Roles
radius-server cppm identity "<username>" password "xyz"
Define account used by DUR to HTTPS
into ClearPass to pull down role
policy user "PERMIT_ALL"
10 class ipv4 "ALLOW_ALL" action permit Generic allow all ACL
exit
aaa authorization user-role name "Default"
policy "PERMIT_ALL"
reauth-period 3600
vlan-id 10
Role with the generic allow all ACL
vlan-id-tagged 20 with tagged and untagged VLANs
exit

aaa authorization user-role enable download Enable DUR

aaa authorization user-role initial-role "Default“

aaa port-access 1-5 auth-order authenticator mac-based Default sends both 802.1X and MAC Auth at similar time
aaa port-access 1-5 auth-priority authenticator mac-based
Prefers Accept over Reject & 802.1X over MAC-Auth

aaa port-access 1-5 critical-auth user-role “PERMIT_ALL“ Local-role applied if REJECT or no CPPM response
aaa port-access 1-5 initial-role “PERMIT_ALL"
Default local-role for port
 Debugging Aruba Switch
This will give a raft of events including the EAPoL
debug security port-access authenticator
debug event Debug messages
debug destination session appear on switch CLI
debug security radius-server
Remove above commands
undo debug security port-access authenticator
undo debug event
undo debug destination session
undo debug security radius-server
Mirror all traffic from port 1 to port 6
Bounce port
int 16 dis
mirror 1 port 6
int 16 en
interface 2
Show interface 16 status
monitor all both mirror 1
show run int 16
exit
 DUR v Local Roles via ZTP

• DUR highly dynamic

• Also if device limited on memory – older switch
• If running short purged oldest applied DUR
• Could cause issue! Errors in switch log
• To assign DUR must use HPE-CPPM-Role attribute = <role to download>
• Static local roles
• Possibly deployed using ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning)
• To assign local role must use HPE-User-Role attribute = <role name>
Lock Down
 Only Allow Known Devices

• NAS actions RADIUS Response: Accept/Reject

• Unknown device rejected
• ClearPass
• Reliant on device’s status within Endpoint database
• MAB service: Allow Known
• Cisco: Switch port in OpenAuth disabled
• Aruba: No changes
• Default port/SSID VLAN assigned
VLAN Switching
 RADIUS Accept with VLAN Details

• NAS actions RADIUS Response: Accept/Reject

& Applies VLAN to port/vport
• ClearPass
• Reliant on Status within Endpoint database
• MAB service: Allow Known
• Cisco: Switch port in OpenAuth disabled
• Aruba: No changes
• Assign VLAN
Comware VSA disabled by default
 Dynamically handling quiet devices
aaa port-access mac-based 1-5 logoff-period 3600 On the switch you can
define a longer logoff period
– default 300s

With DUR if you know the device

needs a longer timeout
dynamically assign logout period
Default 300s max 9999999s! NOTE
(115 days) Does not look possible
via HPE VSA
 Really Quiet Device

dis sched job arpscan

• Force device to use DHCP with shorter lease Job name: arpscan
sys
• If using static IP int vl 3711
• Possibly get a device to poll it ip add 10.185.208.3 24
• eg Comware5130 to poll using a ARP scan script arp scan
• Possibly use ClearPass profiling to scan device ip add 10.187.208.10 24
arp scan
on regular basis ip add 10.185.209.3 24
arp scan
ip add 10.184.208.4 24
arp scan
undo ip add
Colorless
Ports
Demo
Step1: Device Connects for first time
- ClearPass assigns Profile role

SWITCH# show port-access clients 1

Port Client Name MAC Address IP Address User Role Type VLAN
---- ------------ ------------- --------------- ------------------ ---- ----
1 98d6bb0a31f7 98d6bb-0a31f7 10.137.40.102 *DUR_Wired_Profile… MAC 40

Includes web-
Assigns redirect for HTTP/S
to ClearPass
Profile
role
Step2: ClearPass receives device’s DHCP Request
- Profiles device
Device
category
profiled

DHCP
fingerprint

HTTP/HTTPS
fingerprint
 Step3: Device category change
- ClearPass Forces Re-Authentication

Forces port
bounce

Port Device
disconnects forgets IP
for 12s address
Step4: Unknown & Profiled Device Connects
- ClearPass assigns Blocked Role

profiled Email security

team
SWITCH# show port-access clients 1
Port Client Name MAC Address IP Address User Role Type VLAN
---- ------------ ------------- --------------- ------------------ ---- ----
1 98d6bb0a31f7 98d6bb-0a31f7 10.137.40.102 *DUR_Wired_Unknown… MAC 40

Includes web-
Assigns redirect for HTTP/S
Unknown role to ClearPass
Step5a:User Experience
class ipv4 DHCP
match udp any any eq 67
exit
class ipv4 DNS
match udp any host 192.168.137.10 eq 53
exit
class ipv4 ClearPass
If the device had match tcp any host 192.168.137.20
exit
a browser this is class ipv4 HTTP
match tcp any any eq 80
the page they exit
aaa authentication captive-portal profile
would get "Isol_Page" url
http://cppm.hpearubademo.com/guest/isolation
.php
policy user ISOLATION
class ipv4 DHCP action permit
Associated ACL class ipv4 DNS action permit
class ipv4 ClearPass action permit
loaded on to NAS class ipv4 HTTP action redirect captive-
portal
exit
aaa authorization user-role name Isolation
captive-portal-profile "Isol_Page"
policy ISOLATION
reauth-period 3600
vlan-name Isolation
exit
 Step5b: Operator Pre-filled

Enrol’s Device Pre-filled

with
Login as operator’s
Notification name
email suitable
operator
Pre-filled
with device
type

Select role
to apply

Register
the device Form
flexibility Force re-
connect
Step6: Known & Profiled Device Connects

SWITCH# show port-access clients 1

Port Client Name MAC Address IP Address User Role Type VLAN
---- ------------ ------------- ------------- --------------- ----- ----
1 98d6bb0a31f7 98d6bb-0a31f7 10.137.50.101 *DUR_Wired_IoT… MAC 50

Different
VLAN & IP
Assigns
Headless
IoT role
Configuration
Services Used
Aruba Switch: Enable Down Loadable User Roles

• Requires ClearPass 6.7.8

• On receiving RADIUS Accept with DUR and index
• Switch verifies it has this DUR and matching index
• If not makes HTTPS request to ClearPass and pulls it down
• This role is cached on switch Requires ClearPass’ HTTPS
• Switch has to trust ClearPass certificate signing cert installed on switch
• Install ClearPass’ signing CA (intermediate) into the switch

crypto pki ta-profile CLEARPASS

copy <sftp|tftp> ta-cert CLEARPASS <sftp|tftp server> <ca-cert-filename>

WARINING
Enables downloadable user roles Disables native VLAN
assignment
aaa authorization user-role enable download
radius-server cppm identity <CPPM DUR local account> key <pass>
 Aruba Switch: Role of last resort
NOTE
Default user-role = Denyall
class ipv4 ALLOW_ALL
10 match ip 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255
exit
policy user PERMIT_ALL Define the ACL you want
10 class ipv4 ALLOW_ALL action permit
exit
aaa authorization user-role name DR-ACL
policy PERMIT_ALL Don’t use spaces!
reauth-period 3600
vlan-name Corp Can’t vlan-named-tagged
vlan-id-tagged 20 16.08.xxxx, works on
exit 16.09.0004

aaa authorization user-role initial-role DR-ACL Apply to whole switch

aaa port-access 1-5 critical-auth user-role DR-ACL Apply if rx no rsp from CPPM
aaa port-access 1-5 initial-role DR-ACL
Apply if no response
 DUR MAC Auth
Policy

NOTE
In my environment roles
are also passed from
the Endpoint Repository
 DUR MAC
Auth Policy

Device disabled – block role and report

Device spoofed – block role and report
First device’s connection – profile role and full scan
Unknown device connects again - isolate
Unknown device – should be profiled, report to admin

AOS Controller assign Controller tagged VLAN role and initiate

SNMP scan
IAP assign IAP tagged VLAN role and initiate SNMP scan
Assign server role and initiate SNMP scan
Assign AP role and initiate NMAP scan
Assign Guest role
Email – Wired Unknown Device
 Email – Wired Unknown Device 2
Parameters must be
{
"to": ["derin.mellor@hpe.com"], visible in the input field
"subject": "Unknown Device Connected",
"headers": {"Content-Type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8"},
"message": "<html><head><style>body {background-color:#ffffff;background-
repeat:no-repeat;background-position:top left;background-
attachment:fixed;}h1{font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-
color:#ffffff;}p {font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-
style:normal;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;background-
color:#ffffff;}</style></head><body><h1><p style='color:#B92D5D;font-
size:20px;'>An Unknown device %{Connection:Client-Mac-Address-Colon}
connected</p><p>It is located at NAS-IP: %{Connection:NAD-IP-Address}, Port: %
{Radius:IETF:NAS-Port-Id}.</br><b>Connection Time:</b>&nbsp%{Date:Date-
Time}</br><b>Manufacturer:</b>&nbsp%{Authorization:[Endpoints Repository]:MAC
Vendor}</br><b>Hostname:</b>&nbsp%{Authorization:[Endpoints
Repository]:Hostname}</br><b>Device Category:</b>&nbsp%{Authorization:
[Endpoints Repository]:Category}</br><b>Device OS Family:</b>&nbsp%
{Authorization:[Endpoints Repository]:OS Family}</br><b>Device Name:</b>&nbsp%
{Authorization:[Endpoints Repository]:Device Name}</p><p>Click&nbsp;<a
href=\"https://cppm.hpearubademo.com/guest/mac_create.php?mac=%
{Connection:Client-Mac-Address-Colon}&amp;device_name=%{Authorization:
[Endpoints Repository]:Device Name}\">here</a> to register your
device.</p></br></body></html>"
}

Have to be careful not

to include <CR>!!!
Email – Wired Unknown Device 3
DEBUG

Also very useful

for RESTful API
debug
Email – Wired Unknown Device 3
DEBUG
Advanced Wired DUR AP DUR ACL

AOS DUR ACL

Proactive Scanning

Duplicate the Default it does

“OnDemand not have the
Endpoint Scan” SNMP scan
Proactive Scanning

To make a specific
scan delete
appropriately
MPSK
Handling headless devices
 DUR MAC Auth Policy
• 1 MPSK SSID – Aruba only
• Each device with unique PSK
• Or/& many devices with common password
• Assumes the users exist in a AD database with email field
• Assumes AP tied to specific user
• Requires ClearPass V6.8 and above
• Requires AOS/IAP 8.4 and above
• Does not support RadSec (AOS 6.8.0 and 8.4.0)
 Traditional Workflow
• User enrols IoT at ClearPass
• Name and MAC address
• Each gets 8 digit unique password
• Connection
• User connects device to MPSK SSID
• Using unique password
• AOS sends RADIUS Request to ClearPass
• ClearPass sends user’s password to AOS
• AOS validates password matches
• If password does not match gets ~8 RADIUS Requests
• All rejected
MPSK Student BYOD
IoT
Key requirements
A user password for many devices
Simple mechanism to enrol an IoT device
 User creates his/her MPSK passcode
1) Student login to
CPG as an
operator
2) Student
This can be a URL
creates his/her
passcode Once created
the passcode is
emailed to this
student

3) Student can
subsequently
login and
see/change
his/her
passcode
 Student Experience - 1

ClearPass profiles the device,

finds the associated student and
1) Student connects emails him/her the details
device connects to
MPSK SSID using
1-to-Many passcode

2) Student follows
link to register the
device 3) Student login
as ClearPass
operator service
Student Experience - 2

Fields are
pre-filled

5) Student re-
connects device
to MPSK SSID
4) Student using their
creates the unique passcode
device
Operator Perspective
5) User connects the
AppleTV with his/her unique
passcode (because my
remote is rubbish!!!)

4) AppleTV
trying with the
old pass!!!

3) User
registers the
AppleTV

1) User connect his/her

Might be desirable 2) ClearPass emails
AppleTV to MPSK SSID
to have a dedicated the user associated
using the 1-to-Many
enrolling SSID – no to this AP the
passcode
need to forget this AppleTV details
ClearPass profiles the device
SSID
 AccessTracker – 1
User connects device
using 1-to-Many pass

MPSK pass
No profile
hidden
information
Location
returns the
determines
user’s email
Profiled – CoA
Disconnect

1-2-Many Only the AOS

pass returned role appears Reliant on AD
having the AP
location tied to
the user
Based on the NAS location
information search the AD
for the matching user and
their email address

The RADIUS
Request will indicate
the AP location

Returns the
associated user’s
email address
 AccessTracker - 2
After profiling device
reconnects

Email sponsor Record fact –

with details prevent
repeat emails
Enroll Device

Auto-filled from
URL
device_name
from Profile
Auto-filled from
URL mac

Create
registers the
device

Remind me of Receipt with

“my” user details
password
AccessTracker - 3
No profile
information

Profiled – CoA
Disconnect
AccessTracker - 4

Disconnect
Update Known session –
in Endpoints essential on
AOS
AccessTracker - 5

Passcode
is visible!!!

Critical if you want to

inject into upperlayers
MPSK BYOD with
Browser
User Experience
Unique password per device
User Experience - 1

1) User connects
to the MPSK
Could be a could
SSID using 1-to-
authentication
Many passcode Login portal page source Azure
appears

2) User login to
CPG as an
operator
 User enrols the
device
Auto-
populated
from Profile’s
Device Name

Auto-
populated
from URL Receipt shows
the device’s
What is unique login
displayed can
be optimised
User accepts
details – can this
be auto-accepted?
 Receipt with
password and
instructions
emailed to the
user
 User follows
instructions on
receipt
MPSK Configuration
Use template
 Test within the
CPGConfiguration
ReceiptEmail Receipt
Has better error messages
 Tune MPSK Service

Disabled/ Isolate with redirect

Expired to unknown page
Isolate + redirect to
unknown page &
email user
Isolate + redirect to
unknown page &
email operator
User’s password
 Create LDAP
Location search

Search AD for
user with this
AP

AD’s user Stud1

room has a
specific AP
Device references the user’s password

Get users
No profile
passcode for
information
device

WARNING: You have to

export the create MPSK
pass-code profile and edit
and re-import!
MPSK Enrolment Service

Force reconnect
Make known in
Endpoint Repository
 Always
generates
MPSK.
mpsk_enable
Button on
field hidden
Create Device
for MPSK.
mspk_enable
field checkbox Changes
applied to
all these
Customize the fields in forms
the “Create New
Device” form – suggest
copying and edit the
copy

Password
complexity Not used!!!
Informing owner device will expire soon

Pass the email from

PolicyManager using the
ClearPass:User-Email-Address
option

Put in a suitable
operator’s account to
capture the unknown
accounts

This option should work

as it exists in the Guest
User Repository with a
Type=Device
AOS Configuration
TeamX_IOT
 Create the
necessary roles
Add ClearPass
as CoA server

Make sure you

set this
server’s shared
secret
Remove

Add
Add

Add
Add appropriate
security
requirements
MPSK Bulk Import
Create a CSV
Default
Becomes
password
the
length 8
Device
character
Name
s

If you miss out

The role Using
the mpsk field
must MPS
it will auto-
exist K
create it
If any field headers report
FieldX then you have a
typo on the filed name
Infrastructure
Management
 Aruba Switch
TACACS+ Configuration
aaa accounting commands stop-only tacacs
aaa accounting exec start-stop tacacs
aaa accounting system stop-only tacacs

aaa authentication console login tacacs

aaa authentication console enable tacacs
May not want
TACACS on
the CLI
aaa authentication ssh login tacacs
aaa authentication ssh enable tacacs

tacacs-server host <CPPM> key <pass>

ClearPass
TACACS
TACACS
Service
Configuration

ClearPass
Assigned
Profile
TACACS Authentication
 TACACS Accounting & Audit

Look at
this
 TACACS Issues

• Current version does not send TACACS Reject!

• Sends TACACS Accept with priv=0
• Some devices will allow access!
• Fix should appear in next major release
IPv6
Support
  IPv6 RADIUS Request
 IPv6 RADIUS Accounting Roadmap
Supported In bold next major
 IPv6 TACACS+ release

 IPv6 RADIUS DM/CoA

 IPv6 ClearPass GUI  IPv6 RADIUS Proxying (eduroam)
Including Policy Manager,  IPv6 RADIUS Accounting Proxying
CPG and Insight  Injection into upper-layer devices
 IPv6 Guest captive portal  IPv6 ClearPass clustering
 IPv6 RESTful API into ClearPass  IPv6 RESTful API from ClearPass
 IPv6 Profiling
 IPv4 with PostAuth (v2) with
 Including DHCP, SNMP, SSH, WMI and NMAP
IPv6 address
Ability to inject in to upstream device  IPv6 AirGroup
IPv6 RadSec (eduroam) – 6.8.3Pv6
Certificate
distribution
 Challenges

• Onboard too reliant on underlying operating system

• Deploy using MDM with SCEP or EST
• Maybe Device Provisioning Protocol will fix in the future?
ClearPass
Operational
Health Check
 Review cluster operation

• ClearPass AccessTracker is a great tool

BUT
• When arrival of events above a couple per
minute - operation can miss important
information
• Reliant on user complaints!

• Use the Insight database to identify suspicious

behaviour
 Review cluster operation:
Insight Report
Load across
cluster

Distribution
across cluster
 More Detail
• To get more detail we have to connect to Insight’s database
• I use freeware pgAdmin4 to interface with this

Set your appexternal

password
Setup pgAdmin4
 Review cluster operation
Access License Usage over Time

SQL in notes
 Review cluster operation
Detailed breakdown of errors

SQL in notes
 Review cluster operation
Failed RADIUS Authentications
per Service

Similar reports
SQL in notes can be generated
for TACACS
Review cluster operation
Null Service

SQL in notes
Review cluster operation
Drill into specific device

Similar reports
SQL in notes can be generated
for TACACS
 Review cluster operation
Top 10 Failed RADIUS
Authenticationd
These invariably
are failing too
often

Each should be
investigated
Similar reports
SQL in notes can be generated
for TACACS
 Review cluster operation
Top 10 Successful RADIUS
Authentications
These invariably
are authenticating
too often

Each should be
investigated
Similar reports
SQL in notes can be generated
for TACACS
To boldly split inf