CCIE Security Lab: ISE that you on the Phone?


The good news is that ISE is working really well for me, and (the better news for you) that I am running out of ISE-related puns. But here is a picture of Mr. Freeze anyway:

Bbbrrrrr

Thinking about it, from purely a lab point-of-view, the Guest portal is probably not that essential. It'll be a virtual lab, so actually testing the wifi will be difficult. However, an IP Phone connected to a laptop (or other device), now there is a viable possibility.

So, that is what we do do next.

Here is the current port configuration:
3750X(config-if)#do sh run int gi 3/0/3 | b interface
interface GigabitEthernet3/0/3
 description IP Phone
 switchport access vlan 21
 switchport mode access
 switchport voice vlan 9
 authentication event fail action next-method
 authentication host-mode multi-auth
 authentication open
 authentication order dot1x mab
 authentication priority dot1x mab
 authentication port-control auto
 authentication periodic
 mab
 dot1x pae authenticator
 spanning-tree portfast
end

3750X(config-if)#
Setting up the phone was a bit tricky, it's my first time playing with a Cisco phone, so a little learning curve and lots of Googling, I got thrown off by an couple of "errors" but apparently these can be ignored. I don't need the phone to be 100%, just working enough to allow the phone to get onto the network.

Initially, I could not get it working on VLAN 21 (for the data port), but that was due to forgetting to add the necessary VIFs to SW1 and SW2 (because of the rebuild a couple of days ago). Once I had the brainwave that this was the missing component, whilst bathing the twins, and confirming this was the case, a quick fix and the correct VLAN is now being used. As a side note, UNetLab works really well on a Kindle Fire 10, and SSH works well through JuiceSSH. I have not tried VNC integration yet though.

For the phone to work, we need a few things. It needs to be pointed to a TFTP server, and this is done by adding an option in DHCP. In the DHCP server, right-click on IPv4 and select "Set Predefined Options", then click on add and add the following:

Microsoft AD DHCP option 150

Once this is added, under the scope we add the option and point it to the TFTP server:

Add option 150 to DHCP pool

The VLAN VIF does need the "ip helper-address" command to point to the DHCP server, but this is it as far as DHCP goes.

The TFTP server needs a few files. Naturally we need the firmware files, and I am using 7.5.0. I did try 8.X, but whilst troubleshooting decided to downgrade (in case I was going too high).

The other files are the OS79XX file (as I am using a 7940 IP phone). This needs to have one line, which is the firmware version:

OS79XX file cisco phone

This file gets called first, then the phone looks for another couple of files. We have the SIPDefault.cnf file:

SIPDefaut.cnf file Cisco IP phone

Not sure if the proxy stuff is needed, this was added for troubleshooting. The we have the phone-specific config file, which needs to be named SIPMACADDRESS.cnf, where MACADDRESS is the MAC address of the phone:

SIPMACADDRESS.cnf file

The we have the xmlDefault.cnf.xml file, not sure if this is necessary for the 7940 or not, but I have it anyway:

xmlDefault.cnf.xml file

The phone does say thats it's still "unprovisioned", but this is related to the proxy_backup and proxy_emergency commands. This is not a show stopper, but I did send a long time chasing this one.

The phone now connects happily, as does the laptop connected to it:

Cisco IP phone data port 802.1x

Let's return to ISE and see what that tells us.

ISE Cisco IP phone

We get a green tick, but not a whole lot else. So, are we missing something?

The Live Log is rather useful here:

ISE live log

We can see the denied logs from the previous post, and we can also see that we do, in fact, have an endpoint profile for the phone. We have two successes though, one for MAB, which lists the phone, and one for Dot1x, which lists the workstation. This is confirmed by the switch:
3750X#sh authentication interface gi 3/0/3

Client list:
Interface  MAC Address     Method   Domain   Status         Session ID
  Gi3/0/3    e411.5b25.c2e9  dot1x    DATA     Authz Success  0A01013200000038021D78F6
  Gi3/0/3    0019.e83e.3b09  mab      VOICE    Authz Success  0A01013200000039021D8F8A

Available methods list:
  Handle  Priority  Name
    3        0      dot1x
    4        1      mab
Runnable methods list:
  Handle  Priority  Name
    3        0      dot1x
    4        1      mab

3750X#
So, the phone uses MAB (Mac Authentication Bypass) and the laptop uses dot1x. It's good to know that these both work as it's the only reason I bought the 3750X switch.

The cool thing is that we can confirm that naughty old Bob is hitting the right policy when using the laptop:

ISE overview

Still making really good headway now. ISE is pretty intuitive, most of the hard stuff is remembering what to add on the actual network devices. Most of the commands either begin with an A (aaa), R (radius) or d (dot1x). Remember this and the rest can probably be figured out through a decent bit of context-sensitive help. But do check out the post on troubleshooting ISE, as that's a real bonus in getting things to work!

We have not really pushed the boundaries though. ISE is a big product with lots of options, so what else can we do? We could do something like permit some traffic, and deny others, using a downloadable ACL.

To create a downloadable ACL we go to Policy > Policy Elements > Results >Authorization > Downloadable ACLs:

ISE dACL creation

We can check the syntax as well, which is a useful feature.

We then need to turn this into something we can use, by creating an Authorization profile:

ISE dACL

ISE dACL


Now we should be able to attach this to the Bob-Wired-OK policy (and now I am pleased that I created this):

ISE authorization policy dACL


How does this fair?

Well, Bob can still reach the server via HTTP and HTTPS, but the dACL is being used:

ISE dACL applied

Line 11022 shows that the dACL is being sent, it's just not being used by the client. Let's eliminate the phone from the equation and move the laptop to gi3/0/20:
3750X#sh access-list                                
Extended IP access list Auth-Default-ACL-OPEN
    10 permit ip any any (3318 matches)
Extended IP access list xACSACLx-IP-Deny-AP-DNS-to-Bob-5757323f (per-user)
    10 deny tcp any host 10.1.4.101 eq www
    20 deny tcp any host 10.1.4.101 eq 443
    30 permit ip any any
Extended IP access list xACSACLx-IP-PERMIT_ALL_TRAFFIC-56161e32 (per-user)
    10 permit ip any any
3750X#sh authentication sessions interface  gi3/0/20
            Interface:  GigabitEthernet3/0/20
          MAC Address:  e411.5b25.c2e9
           IP Address:  Unknown
            User-Name:  dodgybob
               Status:  Authz Success
               Domain:  DATA
      Security Policy:  Should Secure
      Security Status:  Unsecure
       Oper host mode:  multi-auth
     Oper control dir:  both
        Authorized By:  Authentication Server
          Vlan Policy:  N/A
              ACS ACL:  xACSACLx-IP-Deny-AP-DNS-to-Bob-5757323f
      Session timeout:  3600s (local), Remaining: 2836s
       Timeout action:  Reauthenticate
         Idle timeout:  N/A
    Common Session ID:  0A0101320000004609E58FCD
      Acct Session ID:  0x0000005F
               Handle:  0x2C000047

Runnable methods list:
       Method   State
       dot1x    Authc Success
          
       mab      Not run

3750X#
We are definitely getting the right details, the ACL is being applied. I posted yesterday about troubleshooting ISE, so working through that I added as many of the commands as necessary, but still Bob can get to the web page. We also do not see any hits on the access list (which I changed to add the "log" option):
3750X(config-if)#do sh access-lists
Extended IP access list Auth-Default-ACL-OPEN
    10 permit ip any any (6511 matches)
Extended IP access list xACSACLx-IP-Deny-AP-DNS-to-Bob-57591fa3 (per-user)
    10 deny tcp any host 10.1.4.101 eq www log
    20 deny tcp any host 10.1.4.101 eq 443 log
    30 permit ip any any log
Extended IP access list xACSACLx-IP-PERMIT_ALL_TRAFFIC-56161e32 (per-user)
    10 permit ip any any
3750X(config-if)#
So, I hit the Googles again. Turns out, one of the commands I was missing (ip device tracking) was the one I needed (go figure!):
3750X(config)#ip device tracking 
3750X(config)#int gi 3/0/20
3750X(config-if)#shut
3750X(config-if)#no shut
3750X(config-if)#do sh access-lists
Extended IP access list Auth-Default-ACL-OPEN
    10 permit ip any any (6531 matches)
Extended IP access list xACSACLx-IP-Deny-AP-DNS-to-Bob-57591fa3 (per-user)
    10 deny tcp any host 10.1.4.101 eq www log
    20 deny tcp any host 10.1.4.101 eq 443 log
    30 permit ip any any log
Extended IP access list xACSACLx-IP-PERMIT_ALL_TRAFFIC-56161e32 (per-user)
    10 permit ip any any
3750X(config-if)#
3750X(config-if)#
Now, while the ACL hits do not increment, we do get the desired result. We also fill in one of the blanks in the auth session output (the IP Address):
3750X(config-if)#do sh auth sess int gi 3/0/20
            Interface:  GigabitEthernet3/0/20
          MAC Address:  e411.5b25.c2e9
           IP Address:  10.1.4.202
            User-Name:  dodgybob
               Status:  Authz Success
               Domain:  DATA
      Security Policy:  Should Secure
      Security Status:  Unsecure
       Oper host mode:  multi-auth
     Oper control dir:  both
        Authorized By:  Authentication Server
          Vlan Policy:  N/A
              ACS ACL:  xACSACLx-IP-Deny-AP-DNS-to-Bob-57591fa3
      Session timeout:  3600s (local), Remaining: 3420s
       Timeout action:  Reauthenticate
         Idle timeout:  65535s (local), Remaining: 65355s
    Common Session ID:  0A0101320000004A0A50A8B8
      Acct Session ID:  0x00000070
               Handle:  0x4C00004B

Runnable methods list:
       Method   State
       dot1x    Authc Success
          
       mab      Not run

3750X(config-if)#
3750X(config-if)#do sh ip access-lists int gi 3/0/20
     deny tcp host 10.1.4.202 host 10.1.4.101 eq www log
     deny tcp host 10.1.4.202 host 10.1.4.101 eq 443 log
     permit ip host 10.1.4.202 any log (73 matches)
3750X(config-if)#
So let's move the laptop back to the phone connection, and just make sure that it still does what it is supposed to:
3750X(config-if)#do sh authe sess

Interface  MAC Address     Method   Domain   Status         Session ID
Gi3/0/3    e411.5b25.c2e9  dot1x    DATA     Authz Success  0A0101320000004B0A57FC2A
Gi3/0/3    0019.e83e.3b09  mab      VOICE    Authz Success  0A0101320000003A02750260

3750X(config-if)#do sh authe sess in gi 3/0/3
            Interface:  GigabitEthernet3/0/3
          MAC Address:  e411.5b25.c2e9
           IP Address:  10.1.21.20
            User-Name:  dodgybob
               Status:  Authz Success
               Domain:  DATA
      Security Policy:  Should Secure
      Security Status:  Unsecure
       Oper host mode:  multi-auth
     Oper control dir:  both
        Authorized By:  Authentication Server
          Vlan Policy:  N/A
              ACS ACL:  xACSACLx-IP-Deny-AP-DNS-to-Bob-57591fa3
      Session timeout:  3600s (local), Remaining: 3582s
       Timeout action:  Reauthenticate
         Idle timeout:  65535s (local), Remaining: 65518s
    Common Session ID:  0A0101320000004B0A57FC2A
      Acct Session ID:  0x00000071
               Handle:  0x2600004C

Runnable methods list:
       Method   State
       dot1x    Authc Success
          
       mab      Not run

----------------------------------------
            Interface:  GigabitEthernet3/0/3
          MAC Address:  0019.e83e.3b09
           IP Address:  10.1.9.20
            User-Name:  00-19-E8-3E-3B-09
               Status:  Authz Success
               Domain:  VOICE
      Security Policy:  Should Secure
      Security Status:  Unsecure
       Oper host mode:  multi-auth
     Oper control dir:  both
        Authorized By:  Authentication Server
              ACS ACL:  xACSACLx-IP-PERMIT_ALL_TRAFFIC-56161e32
      Session timeout:  3600s (local), Remaining: 1318s
       Timeout action:  Reauthenticate
         Idle timeout:  N/A
    Common Session ID:  0A0101320000003A02750260
      Acct Session ID:  0x00000045
               Handle:  0xE800003B

Runnable methods list:
          
       Method   State
       dot1x    Failed over
       mab      Authc Success

3750X(config-if)#
Bob still cannot get to the 10.1.4.101 web page by HTTP or HTTPS. I call that a success! So, what's next? What can we do with ISE? I am kinda tempted to set up the portal for guest access, but not sure if I really need to, maybe we should look at MAB instead.

Yep, let's look at MAB, but let's have a new post for that.

CCIE #49337, author of CCNA and Beyond, BGP for Cisco Networks, MPLS for Cisco Networks, VPNs and NAT for Cisco Networks.

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