Introduction

From version 6.7.2 of vSEC:CMS it is possible to manage and issue any supported FIDO credential and push the FIDO credential to Thales Safenet Trusted Access (STA) IdP.

In this article we will describe how you can set this up for use within vSEC:CMS. For details on STA see the Thales article here.

Important
It is required to install the RSDM service on any client where self-service FIDO operations are to be allowed. The RSDM service will allow for administration operations to be performed when issuing a FIDO credential or setting/changing the FIDO PIN.
 

Configure STA IdP Connector

Navigate to Options - Connections and select FIDO2 (IdP) if it exist, otherwise click Add and add FIDO2 (IdP). 

Click Add and enter a name for the template and select STA IdP from the Type drop-down list. 

In the Host Parameters section enter the Client ID applicable to your STA setup. Enter the API key and the Rest API Endpoint url and click Check Connection to ensure successful connectivity.

Select the Mapping Attribute from the drop-down list that is to be used. This is the user directory attribute that will be used when issuing a FIDO token. The available options are mail, sAMAccountName and userPrincipalName.

During issuance and depending on what attribute was selected, vSEC:CMS will check with STA to see if such an account exists. If an account does not exist then vSEC:CMS will create one. Additionally, during the issuance vSEC:CMS will send the following attributes from the user directory if a new account is being added to STA: sn and givenName.

In the Relying Party section for the Name enter the human-palatable name of the relaying party. The Id should be a valid domain string identifying the WebAuthn relying party on whose behalf a given registration or authentication ceremony is being performed. The Origin should match the endpoint the user is provided to access the signing service, as is the case in a standard WebAuthn service. The Icon URL is an optional field for the URL of the relaying party icon.

Click Save to save the settings and complete this step.

Add Token Template

If you are using the Thales eToken only credential then it will be required to perform the next steps from a client which has the vSEC:CMS Admin application installed (see the article Install Admin Application on how to set this up if you don't have this setup already). 

Navigate to Options - Smart Cards and attach an eToken FIDO credential and click Add. A dialog will open and click the Add button. Select the token from the reader drop-down list and click the Get button. You should see similar to below. 

Click Ok to save and close. You should see similar to below.

Click Save to complete.

Configure Credential Template

It will be required to perform the next steps from a client which has the vSEC:CMS Admin application installed (see the article Install Admin Application on how to set this up if you don't have this setup already).

Navigate to Templates - Card Templates and click Add. Click the Edit link beside General.

Enter a template name and click the Detect button. Make sure that you have the Thales FIDO token attached and selected from the reader drop-down list and click Ok. You should see something similar to below. 

Leave all other settings as is and click Ok.

In the Issue Card section enable Assign user ID  and select the user directory that you wish to use from the drop-down list.

In the FIDO2 Options section click the Manage button. Click Add. Enter a name and select the STA connector created earlier for the IdP.

Enable Requires Resident Key if your IdP is configured to support this feature. 

You can configure how the authenticator name will be shown in the IdP (if the IdP supports this), either use default or enter a custom name in the Token Name field in the Token Display Name section.

In the FIDO2 PIN section setting of the FIDO PIN will be automatically set as this is required in order to be able to use the FIDO credential.

Click Save to complete the configuration.

Enable the FIDO2 Enrollment checkbox and select the template you want to use from the drop-down list.

Leave all other settings as is and click Ok to save and close.

Click the Edit link for Initiate Card and enable Update Credentials at FIDO2 IdP. This will push the public key credential for the user to STA setting the FIDO2 PIN on the credential.

Click the Edit link for Revoke Card and enable Update Credentials at FIDO2 IdP. This will remove the FIDO credential for the user in STA when the credential is revoke through vSEC:CMS.

Click Ok so save and close the configuration for the template.

Issue FIDO2 Credential

The FIDO2 credential can be issued either using the vSEC:CMS Admin or Agent applications. For either of these application refer to these articles Install Admin Application and Install Agent Application for instructions on how to set these up. 

In this guide we will use the Agent Application.

Navigate to the Life Cycle tab and with a eToken FIDO credential attached select the Issued oval along with the template from the available drop-down list and click Execute.

This will trigger the issuance flow. You will be prompted to select a user from your directory who the token will be issued to.

vSEC:CMS will check if the selected user has an account on STA (vSEC:CMS will request STA to add an account if one does not exist), and it will then generate the FIDO credential and publish the public key for the user to STA. The user will be prompted to touch their credential during issuance so important to follow the on-screen prompts during this flow.

At the end of the issuance the token will be Issued. You can activate the token by selecting Active and setting a FIDO PIN that can then be used by the end used.

Alternatively, the end user can set the FIDO PIN using the vSEC:CMS User application. The vSEC:CMS User application needs to be online and connected to the backend vSEC:CMS service to perform setting a FIDO PIN.

Now the user, for example, can try to login to their STA account. 

You will be prompted to add an authenticator. 

Then you will be prompted to enter an access code. The access code will be sent to the email address that was retrieved from the user's user directory during the issuance.

Enter the code to proceed.

You will then be prompted to touch your token to authenticate and logon.

From the vSEC:CMS Admin console you can see details about the managed credential from Repository - Smart Cards by selecting a credential and clicking the Details button.

If you then need to revoke the credential, for whatever reason, the credential will be revoked on the IdP. For example, from the Life Cycle tab search for a user who you wish to revoke and you can then verify that the FIDO credential is revoked on the IdP by trying to log in with the eToken credential.