Security Olga Torstensson Halmstad University 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-1 Key terms WEP TKIP MIC EAP 802.1X WPA CCKM RADIUS SSH Encryption RSA RC4 (WEP) DES, 3DES, AES Cipher BKR 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-2
Advanced Security Terms WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol CKIP Cisco Key Integrity Protocol CMIC Cisco Message Integrity Check Broadcast Key Rotation Group Key Update WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-3 Security Fundamentals Balancing Security and Access 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-4
Vulnerabilities Technology TCP/IP WEP and Broadcast SSID Association Process Wireless Interference Configuration Default passwords Unneeded Services enabled Few or no filters Poor device maintenance Policy Weak Security Policy No Security Policy Poorly enforced Policy Physical Access Poor or no monitoring 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-5 Threats Internal External Structured Unstructured 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-6
The Security Attack Recon and Access 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-7 The Security Attacks DoS 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-8
WLAN Security Wheel Always have a good WLAN Security Policy in place. Secure the network based on the policy 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-9 WLAN Security Considerations Authentication only authorized users and devices should be allowed. Encryption traffic should be protected from unauthorized access. Administration Security only authorized users should be able to access and configure the AP configuration interfaces. 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-10
Common Protocols which use Encryption When using a public network such as a WLAN, FTP, HTTP, POP3, and SMTP are insecure and should be avoided whenever possible. Utilize protocols with encryption. Traffic No Encryption Encryption Web Browsing HTTP HTTPS * File Transfer Email Remote Mgmt TFTP or FTP SCP POP3 or SMTP SPOP3 * Telnet SSH * SSL/TLS 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-11 WLAN Security Hierarchy Open Access No Encryption, Basic Authentication Basic Security 40-bit or 128-bit Static WEP Encryption Enhanced Security 802.1x, TKIP/WPA Encryption, Mutual Authentication, Scalable Key Mgmt., etc. Public Hotspots Home Use Business Remote Access Virtual Private Network (VPN) Business Traveler, Telecommuter 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-12
Basic WLAN Security Admin Authentication on AP To prevent unauthorized access to the AP configuration interfaces: Configure a secret password for the privileged mode access. (good) Configure local usernames/passwords. (better) Configure AP to utilize a security server for user access. (best) 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-13 User Manager 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-14
Admin Access CLI View 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-15 Console Password 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-16
SSID Manager 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-17 SSID Manager (cont) 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-18
Global SSID Properties 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-19 SSID CLI View 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-20
WEP WEP is a key. WEP scrambles communications between AP and client. AP and client must use same WEP keys. WEP keys encrypt unicast and multicast. WEP is easily attacked 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-21 Supported Devices What can be a client? Client Non-Root bridge Repeater access point Workgroup Bridge Authenticator? Root access point Root bridge? 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-22
Enabling LEAP on the Client 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-23 Configuring LEAP on the Client 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-24
WEP Encryption Keys 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-25 Enterprise WLAN Authentication Authentication Types Open Authentication to the Access Point Shared Key Authentication to the Access Point EAP Authentication to the Network MAC Address Authentication to the Network Combining MAC-Based, EAP, and Open Authentication Using CCKM for Authenticated Clients Using WPA Key Management 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-26
WLAN Security: 802.1X Authentication Mutual Authentication EAP-TLS EAP-Transport Layer Security Mutual Authentication implementation Used in WPA interoperability testing Radius Server LEAP Lightweight EAP Nearly all major OS s supported: WinXP/2K/NT/ME/98/95/CE, Linux, Mac, DOS PEAP Protected EAP Uses certificates or One Time Passwords (OTP) Supported by Cisco, Microsoft, & RSA GTC (Cisco) & MSCHAPv2 (Microsoft) versions AP Client 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-27 EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol (802.1x authentication) Provides dynamic WEP keys to user devices. Dynamic is more secure, since it changes. Harder for intruders to hack by the time they have performed the calculation to learn the key, they key has changed! 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-28
Basic RADIUS Topology RADIUS can be implemented: Locally on an IOS AP Up to 50 users On a ACS Server 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-29 Local Radius Server 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-30
Local Radius Server Statistics 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-31 Radius Server User Groups 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-32
ACS Server Options Cisco Secure ACS Software Cisco ACS Solution Engine 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-33 Backup Security Server Manager 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-34
Global Server Properties 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-35 Enterprise Encryption WPA Interoperable, Enterprise-Class Security 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-36
Cipher Suite Cipher suites are sets of encryption and integrity algorithms. Suites provide protection of WEP and allow use of authenticated key management. Suites with TKIP provide best security. Must use a cipher suite to enable: WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access CCKM Cisco Centralized Key Management 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-37 Configuring the Suite Create WEP keys Enable Cipher Suite and WEP Configure Broadcast Key Rotation Follow the Rules 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-38
WEP Key Restrictions Security Configuration WEP Restriction CCKM or WPA key mgt. No WEP in slot 1 LEAP or EAP No WEP in slot 4 40-bit WEP No 128-bit key 128-bit WEP No 40-bit key TKIP No WEP keys TKIP and 40 or 128 WEP No WEP in slot 1 and 4 Static WEP w/mic or CMIC Broadcast key rotation WEP and slots must match on AP & client Keys in slots 2 & 3 overwritten 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-39 Security Levels 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-40
Enterprise WLAN Security Evolution TKIP/WPA Successor to WEP Cisco s pre-standard TKIP has been shipping since Dec. 01 Cisco introduced TKIP into 802.11i committee 802.11i-standardized TKIP part of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) WPA software upgrade now available for AP1100 & AP1200 AES The Gold Standard of encryption AES is part of 802.11i standard - AES will be part of WPA2 standard (expected in 2004) 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-41 Encryption Modes 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-42
Encryption Global Properties 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-43 Matching Client to AP 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-44
Matching Client to AP 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-45 Matching Client to AP 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-46
Matching Client to AP 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-47 Matching Client to AP 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-48
Matching Client to AP 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-49 Advanced Security: MAC Authentication 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-50
Adv. Security: EAP Authentication 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-51 Adv. Security: Timers 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-52
VLANs Configuring your access point to support VLANs is a three-step process: Assign SSIDs to VLANs. Assign authentication settings to SSIDs. Enable the VLAN on the radio and Ethernet ports. 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-53 Using VLANs for Security 802.1Q wired network w/ VLANs AP Channel: 6 SSID data = VLAN 1 SSID voice = VLAN 2 SSID visitor = VLAN 3 SSID: data Security: PEAP + AES SSID: voice Security: LEAP + WPA SSID: visitor Security: None 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. FWL 1.0 8-54