Certified: August 02, 2024

Solution Summary

This guide describes FortiGate Firewall integration with RSA ID Plus using SAML 2.0. Use this information to determine which use case and integration type your deployment will employ.
 

Use Case

FortiGate Firewall can be integrated with RSA using SSO, Relying Party and RADIUS. When integrated, users must authenticate with RSA to sign in to FortiGate Firewall.

Integration Types

RADIUS integrations provide a text-driven interface for RSA within the partner application. RADIUS also provides support for most RSA authentication methods and flows.

SSO integrations use SAML 2.0 or HFED technologies to direct users’ web browsers to Cloud Authentication Service for authentication. SSO provides Single Sign-On using the IDR My Applications/My Page Portal.

Relying Party integration allows FortiGate Firewall users’ web browsers to be automatically redirected to RSA Cloud Authentication Service for authentication. With Relying Party integration, Cloud Authentication Service can manage either additional authentication only or both primary authentication (for example, user ID and password) and additional authentication depending on the service provider's capability. 
 

Supported Features

This section shows all of the supported features by integration type and by RSA component. Use this information to determine which integration type and RSA component your deployment will use. The next section in this guide contains the instruction steps for how to integrate RSA with FortiGate Firewall using each integration type.

FortiGate Firewall Integration with RSA Cloud Authentication Service

Authentication Methods	RSA MFA API (REST)	RADIUS	Relying Party	SSO
RSA SecurID	-
LDAP Password	-
Authenticate Approve	-
Authenticate OTP	-
Device Biometrics	-
SMS OTP	-
Voice OTP	-
FIDO Security Key	-	-

FortiGate Firewall Integration with RSA Authentication Manager

Authentication Methods	RSA MFA API (REST)	RADIUS	Authentication Agent
RSA SecurID	-		-
On Demand Authentication	-		-
Risk Based Authentication	-	-	-

	Supported
-	Not supported
n/t	Not yet tested or documented, but may be possible.
n/a	Not applicable

Configuration Summary

This section contains instruction steps that show how to integrate FortiGate Firewall with RSA using all the integration types.

This document is not intended to suggest optimum installations or configurations. It is assumed that the reader has both working knowledge of all products involved, and the ability to perform the tasks outlined in this section. Administrators should have access to the product documentation for all products to install the required components.

All RSA and FortiGate Firewall components must be installed and working prior to the integration. All the supported use cases of RSA with FortiGate Firewall require both server-side and client-side configuration changes.

This section of the guide includes links to the appropriate sections for configuring both sides for each use case.
 

Integration Configuration

RSA Cloud Authentication Service

Admin Access UI

• SAML My Page SSO
• SAML IDR SSO
• SAML Relying Party
• RADIUS

SSL VPN

• SAML My Page SSO
• SAML IDR SSO
• SAML Relying Party
• RADIUS

RSA Authentication Manager

Admin Access UI

• RADIUS

SSL VPN

• RADIUS

Reference

• Login Screenshots
• FortiClient VPN Sample Configuration

RSA Terminology Changes

The following table describes the differences in the terminologies used in the different versions of RSA products and components. 

Certification Details

RSA Authentication Manager 8.7 SP2 Patch 3

FortiGate Firewall 7.2.3 Virtual Appliance

FortiClient 7.4.0.1658

Known Issues

No known issues.