Release Notes for the Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.3.3 [Cisco Secure Access Control Server for Windows]

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Release Notes for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.3.3

New Features

Supplemental License Agreement for Cisco Systems Network Management: Cisco Secure Access Control Server Software

Product Documentation

Related Documentation

Installation Notes

Evaluation Version

Purchasing the Commercial Version

Upgrading to the Commercial Version

Security Advisory

Limitations and Restrictions

Important Known Problems with NAC

Interoperability Testing

Supported Upgrade Versions

Supported Operating System

Tested Windows Security Patches

Upgrading from Windows NT 4.0

Supported Web Browsers

Supported Platforms for CiscoSecure Authentication Agent

Other Supported Devices and Software

Documentation Updates

Interoperability and Version Requirements

LDAP Multithreading

Unknown NAS Authentication Failure

Using the Certificate Revocation Lists Issuer Page

Known Problems

Cisco AAA Client Problems

Known Microsoft Problems

Known Problems in Cisco Secure ACS 3.3

Resolved Problems

Obtaining Documentation

Cisco.com

Ordering Documentation

Documentation Feedback

Obtaining Technical Assistance

Cisco Technical Support Website

Definitions of Service Request Severity

Submitting a Service Request

Obtaining Additional Publications and Information

Release Notes for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.3.3

October 2005
Full Build Number: 3.3.3.11

These release notes pertain to Cisco Secure Access Control Server for Windows Server (Cisco Secure ACS) version 3.3.3.

Note The release numbering system used by Cisco Secure ACS software includes major release, minor release, maintenance build, and interim build number in the MMM.mmm.###.BBB format. For this release, the versioning information is Cisco Secure ACS 3.3.3.11. Elsewhere in this document where 3.3.3 is used, it refers to 3.3.3.11. Cisco Secure ACS major release numbering starts at 3.3.1, not 3.3.0. Use this information when working with your customer service representative.

These release notes provide:

•New Features

•Supplemental License Agreement for Cisco Systems Network Management: Cisco Secure Access Control Server Software

•Product Documentation

•Related Documentation

•Installation Notes

•Evaluation Version

•Limitations and Restrictions

–Important Known Problems with NAC

–Interoperability Testing

–Supported Upgrade Versions

–Supported Operating System

–Supported Web Browsers

–Supported Platforms for CiscoSecure Authentication Agent

–Other Supported Devices and Software

•Documentation Updates

•Known Problems

•Resolved Problems

•Obtaining Documentation

•Documentation Feedback

•Obtaining Technical Assistance

•Obtaining Additional Publications and Information

New Features

Cisco Secure ACS 3.3 contains the following new features and enhancements:

•Network admission control (NAC)—Cisco Secure ACS acts as a policy decision point in NAC deployments. Using policies you configure, it evaluates the credentials sent to it by Cisco Trust Agent, determines the state of the host, and sends the AAA client ACLs that are appropriate to the host state. Evaluation of the host credentials can enforce many specific policies, such as operating system patch level and antivirus DAT file version. Cisco Secure ACS records the results of policy evaluation for use with your monitoring system. Policies can be evaluated locally by Cisco Secure ACS or can be the result returned from an external policy server to which Cisco Secure ACS forwards credentials. For example, credentials that are specific to an antivirus vendor can be forwarded to the vendor antivirus policy server.

•EAP Flexible Authentication via Secured Tunnel (EAP-FAST) support—Cisco Secure ACS supports the EAP-FAST protocol, a new publicly accessible IEEE 802.1X EAP type developed by Cisco Systems that protects authentication in a TLS tunnel but does not require use of certificates, unlike PEAP. Cisco developed EAP-FAST to support customers who cannot enforce a strong password policy and wish to deploy an 802.1X EAP type that:

–does not require digital certificates

–support a variety of user and password database types

–support password expiration and change

–is flexible, easy to deploy, and easy to manage

For example, a customer who uses Cisco LEAP can migrate to EAP-FAST for protection from dictionary attacks. Cisco Secure ACS supports EAP-FAST supplicants that are available on Cisco-compatible client devices and Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g PCI and CardBus WLAN client adapters.

•Machine Access Restrictions (MARs)—Cisco Secure ACS includes MARs as an enhancement of Windows machine authentication. When Windows machine authentication is enabled, you can use MARs to control authorization of EAP-TLS and Microsoft PEAP users who authenticate with a Windows external user database. Users who access the network with a computer that has not passed machine authentication within a configurable length of time are given the authorizations of a user group that you specify and that you can configure to limit authorization as needed. Alternatively, you can deny network access altogether.

•Network Access Filters (NAFs)—Cisco Secure ACS includes NAFs as a new type of Shared Profile Component. NAFs provides a flexible way of applying network-access restrictions and downloadable ACLs on AAA client names, network device groups, or the IP addresses of AAA clients. NAFs applied by IP addresses can use IP address ranges and wildcards. This feature introduces granular application of network-access restrictions and downloadable ACLs, both of which previously only supported the use of the same access restrictions or ACLs to all devices. NAFs allow much more flexible network-device restriction policies to be defined, a requirement common in large environments.

•Downloadable ACL enhancements—Cisco Secure ACS 3.3 extends per-user ACL support to any layer-three network device that supports this feature. This support includes Cisco PIX firewalls, Cisco VPN solutions, and Cisco IOS routers. You can define sets of ACLs that can be applied per user or per group. This feature complements NAC support by enabling the enforcement of the correct ACL policy. When used in conjunction with NAFs, downloadable ACLs can be applied differently per AAA client, enabling you to tailor ACLs uniquely per user, per access device.

•Configurable replication timeout—An enhancement to CiscoSecure Database Replication which allows you to specify how long a replication event is permitted to continue before Cisco Secure ACS ends the replication attempt and restarts the affected services. This feature improves your ability to configure replication when network connections between replication partners are slow.

Supplemental License Agreement for Cisco Systems Network Management: Cisco Secure Access Control Server Software

IMPORTANT—READ CAREFULLY: This Supplemental License Agreement (SLA) contains additional limitations on the license to the Software provided to Customer under the Software License Agreement between Customer and Cisco. Capitalized terms used in this SLA and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Software License Agreement. To the extent that there is a conflict among any of these terms and conditions applicable to the Software, the terms and conditions in this SLA shall take precedence.

By installing, downloading, accessing or otherwise using the Software, Customer agrees to be bound by the terms of this SLA. If Customer does not agree to the terms of this SLA, Customer may not install, download or otherwise use the Software.

1. ADDITIONAL LICENSE RESTRICTIONS.

•Installation and Use. The Software components are provided to Customer solely to install, update, supplement, or replace existing functionality of the applicable Network Management Software product. Customer may install and use the following Software component: Access Control Server (ACS): May be installed on one (1) server in Customer's network management environment.

•Reproduction and Distribution. Customer may not reproduce nor distribute software.

2. DESCRIPTION OF OTHER RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS.

Please refer to the Cisco Systems, Inc., Software License Agreement.

Product Documentation

Note Cisco sometimes updates the printed and electronic documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.

Table 1 describes the product documentation that is available.

Table 1 Product Documentation

Document Title

Available Formats

Release Notes for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server

On Cisco.com.

Installation Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server

•PDF on the product CD-ROM.

•On Cisco.com.

•Printed document available by order (part number DOC-7816529=).¹

User Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server

•PDF on the product CD-ROM.

•On Cisco.com.

•Printed document available by order (part number DOC-7816592=).1

Installation and User Guide for Cisco Secure ACS User-Changeable Passwords

•PDF on the product CD-ROM.

•On Cisco.com.

Supported and Interoperable Devices and Software Tables for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server

On Cisco.com.

Recommended Resources for the Cisco Secure ACS User

On Cisco.com.

Online Documentation

In the Cisco Secure ACS HTML interface, click Online Documentation.

Online Help

In the Cisco Secure ACS HTML interface, online help appears in the right-hand pane when you are configuring a feature.

¹See Obtaining Documentation.

Related Documentation

Note Cisco sometimes updates the printed and electronic documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.

Table 2 describes a set of white papers about Cisco Secure ACS. All white papers are available on Cisco.com. To view them, go to the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/sqsw/sq/tech/index.shtml

Table 2 Related Documentation

Document Title

Description and Available Formats

Building a Scalable TACACS+ Device Management Framework

This document discusses the key benefits of and how to deploy Cisco Secure ACS Shell Authorization Command sets, which provide the facilities constructing a scalable network device-management system by using familiar and efficient TCP/IP protocols and utilities that Cisco devices support.

Catalyst Switching and ACS Deployment Guide

This document presents planning, design, and implementation practices for deploying Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server in support of Cisco Catalyst Switch networks. It discusses network topology regarding AAA, user database choices, password protocol choices, access requirements, and the capabilities of Cisco Secure ACS.

Cisco Secure ACS for Windows vs. Cisco Secure ACS for UNIX

This bulletin compares the overall feature sets of Cisco Secure ACS for Windows and CiscoSecure ACS for UNIX. It also examines the advantages and disadvantages of both platforms and discusses issues related to migrating from the UNIX-based product to the Windows version.

Configuring LDAP

This document outlines deployment concepts for Cisco Secure ACS when authenticating users of a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory server, and describes how to use these concepts to configure Cisco Secure ACS.

Deploying Cisco Secure ACS for Windows in a Cisco Aironet Environment

This paper discusses guidelines for wireless network design and deployment with Cisco Secure ACS.

EAP-TLS Deployment Guide for Wireless LAN Networks

This document discusses the Extensible Authentication Protocol Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) authentication protocol deployment in wireless networks. It introduces the EAP-TLS architecture and then discusses deployment issues.

External ODBC Authentication

This paper presents concepts and configuration issues in deploying Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server to authenticate users against an external open database connectivity (ODBC) database. This paper also describes configuring, testing, and troubleshooting a relational database management system (RDBMS) with ODBC and Cisco Secure ACS, and provides sample Structured Query Language (SQL) procedures.

Guidelines for Placing ACS in the Network

This document discusses planning, design, and implementation practices for deploying Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server in an enterprise network. It discusses network topology, user database choices, access requirements, integration of external databases, and capabilities of Cisco Secure ACS.

Initializing MC Authorization on ACS 3.1

This application note explains how to initialize Management Center authorization on Cisco Secure ACS.

Securing ACS Running on Microsoft Windows Platforms

This paper describes how the Cisco Secure ACS can be protected against the vulnerabilities of the Windows 2000 operating system and explains how to improve security on the computer that runs Cisco Secure ACS. It discusses making the system dedicated to Cisco Secure ACS, removing all unnecessary services, and other measures. It also discusses how to improve administrative security for Cisco Secure ACS through such methods as stronger passwords and controlled administrative access. This paper concludes with considerations of physical security for Cisco Secure ACS and its host.

Installation Notes

For information about installing Cisco Secure ACS, see the Installation Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.3. To see all Cisco Secure ACS documentation, go to the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/access/acs_soft/csacs4nt/

Evaluation Version

The evaluation version of Cisco Secure ACS 3.3 provides full functionality for 90 days after the date of installation. This evaluation period allows you to use all features of Cisco Secure ACS 3.3 while determining if it suits your needs. The evaluation version of Cisco Secure ACS 3.3 will be available within 30 days after the release of the commercial version of Cisco Secure ACS 3.3.

The evaluation version of Cisco Secure ACS 3.3 can be distinguished from the commercial version in the following ways:

•The word "trial" appears in the title of the installation routine.

•The Windows Control Panel Add/Remove applet indicates that the Cisco Secure ACS installation is a trial version.

•In the administrative interface of Cisco Secure ACS, the word "trial" appears on the title of the initial screen.

When the evaluation period has elapsed, the CSRadius and CSTacacs services fail to start. You will receive a message when you access the Cisco Secure ACS HTML interface that notifies you that your evaluation period has elapsed.

Purchasing the Commercial Version

Please contact your Cisco Sales Representative(s) to inquire about purchasing the commercial version of Cisco Secure ACS. To purchase the commercial version of Cisco Secure ACS 3.3 online, use the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/cm/welcome.pl

Upgrading to the Commercial Version

After purchasing a commercial version of Cisco Secure ACS 3.3, you can upgrade your Cisco Secure ACS server from the evaluation version to the commercial version by installing the commercial version over the evaluation version. For information on installing Cisco Secure ACS 3.3, follow the instructions in the Installation Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.3.

Security Advisory

Cisco issues a security advisory when security issues directly impact its products and require action to repair. For the list of security advisories for Cisco Secure on Cisco.com, see the Cisco Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Access Control Server at

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisories_
listing.html

Limitations and Restrictions

The following limitations and restrictions apply to Cisco Secure ACS 3.3.

Important Known Problems with NAC

The following known problems are related to Network Admission Control. Cisco recommends that you review them.

•CSCee88908—CSLog crash if a logged attribute is deleted due to replication

•CSCee87826—A deleted policy is being reassign when created with the same name

•CSCee87899—Replication of NAC policies should be updated in the doc

Interoperability Testing

Cisco Secure ACS has not been interoperability tested with other Cisco software. Other than for the software and operating system versions listed in this document, Cisco performed no interoperability testing. Using untested software with Cisco Secure ACS may cause problems. For the best performance of Cisco Secure ACS, Cisco recommends that you use the versions of software and operating systems listed in this document.

Supported Upgrade Versions

We support upgrading to Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.3.3, from the following versions:

•Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.3.2

•Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.3.1

•Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.2.3

•Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.2.2

•Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.2.1

•Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.1.2

•Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.0.4

Note To upgrade to version 3.3 from a version earlier than 3.0.4, upgrade to one of the supported upgrade versions, Which are previously listed, and then upgrade to Cisco Secure ACS 3.3.

Supported Operating System

Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Servers 3.3 supports the Windows operating systems listed below. The operating system and the service pack must be English-language versions.

•Windows 2000 Server, with Service Pack 4 installed

•Windows 2000 Advanced Server

–with Service Pack 4 installed

–without features specific to Windows 2000 Advanced Server enabled

•Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 installed

•Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition with Service Pack 1 installed

Note The following windows operating system restrictions apply to support for Microsoft Windows operating systems:

•Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server is not designed to use the multiprocessor feature of any supported operating system; however, we did test Cisco Secure ACS using dual-processor computers.

•We cannot support Microsoft clustering service on any supported operating system.

•Windows 2000 Datacenter Server is not a supported operating system.

•When running Cisco Secure ACS on Windows Server 2003, you may encounter event messages that falsely indicate that Cisco Secure ACS services have failed. This issue is documented in bug CSCea91690.

Tested Windows Security Patches

Cisco Systems officially supports and encourages the installation of all Microsoft security patches for Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 as used for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows.

Cisco experience has shown that these patches do not cause any problems with the operation of Cisco Secure ACS for Windows. If the installation of one of these security patches does cause a problem with Cisco Secure ACS, please contact Cisco TAC and Cisco will resolve the problem as quickly as possible.

For information about our process for evaluating and releasing Microsoft security patches for Cisco Secure ACS Solution Engine, see the Cisco Secure ACS Solution Engine Q & A document, which is available in the Product Literature area for Cisco Secure ACS Solution Engine on Cisco.com.

Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server has been tested with the Windows Server 2003 patches documented in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

•819696

•823182

•823559

•824105

•824141

•824146

•825119

•828028

•828035

•828741

•832894

•835732

•837001

•837009

•839643

•840374

Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server has been tested with the Windows 2000 Server patches documented in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

•329115

•823182

•823559

•823980

•824105

•824141

•824146

•825119

•826232

•828035

•828741

•828749

•835732

•837001

•839643

Upgrading from Windows NT 4.0

If you are upgrading from a previous version of Cisco Secure ACS that is running on Windows NT 4.0, you cannot upgrade the operating system to Windows 2000 Server. The setup program for previous versions of Cisco Secure ACS detects which Windows operating system the computer used and customizes Cisco Secure ACS for that operating system. As a result, upgrading the operating system to Windows 2000 Server without taking the necessary steps causes Cisco Secure ACS to fail.

We last published information about how to upgrade the operating system of the computer running Cisco Secure ACS to Windows 2000 in the documentation for Cisco Secure ACS 3.1. For more information, see the Installation Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.1, which is available at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/access/acs_soft/csacs4nt/
acs31/acsinst

Supported Web Browsers

To administer all features that are included in the HTML interface of Cisco Secure ACS 3.3, use an English-language version of one of the following tested and supported web browsers:

•Microsoft Internet Explorer for Microsoft Windows

–Version 6.0

–Service Pack 1

–Sun Java Plug-in 1.4.2_04 or Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (JVM)

Note Microsoft does not include its JVM in Windows Server 2003. Instead, use the Sun Java Plug-in which are previously listed. For more information about Microsoft plans regarding its JVM, see http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/

•Netscape Communicator for Microsoft Windows

–Version 7.1

–Sun Java Plug-in 1.4.2_04

Note•Several known problems are related to using Netscape Communicator with Cisco Secure ACS. For more information, please review Table 3.

•We do not recommend using a slow network connection for remote access to the Cisco Secure ACS HTML interface. Some features that use Java applets do not operate optimally, such as the HTML pages for configuring Network Access Restrictions and Network Admission Control.

We do not support other versions of these browsers or other Java virtual machines with these browsers, nor do we test web browsers by other manufacturers.

Note To use a web browser to access the Cisco Secure ACS HTML interface, configure your web browser as follows:

•Use an English-language version of a supported browser.

•Enable Java (see the previous supported browser list for JVM details).

•Enable JavaScript.

•Disable HTTP proxy.

Supported Platforms for CiscoSecure Authentication Agent

For use with Cisco Secure ACS 3.3, Cisco tested CiscoSecure Authentication Agent on Windows XP with Service Pack 1. Cisco supports the use of CiscoSecure Authentication Agent with Cisco Secure ACS 3.3 when CiscoSecure Authentication Agent runs on one of the following client platform operating systems:

•Windows XP

•Windows 2000 Professional

•Windows 98

Other Supported Devices and Software

For information about supported Cisco devices, external user databases, and other software, see the Supported and Interoperable Devices and Software Tables for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server Version 3.3. To see all Cisco Secure ACS documentation, go to the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/access/acs_soft/csacs4nt/

Documentation Updates

This section describes new or changed documentation for this release.

Interoperability and Version Requirements

If your Cisco Secure ACS for Windows logs information to a remote ACS server, both ACS versions must be identical release and build numbers or the logging may fail.

As with previous versions of Cisco Secure ACS, you must not perform backups, restores, or replication between different versions of Cisco Secure ACS.

LDAP Multithreading

Cisco Secure ACS 3.3.3 now processes multiple LDAP authentication requests in parallel as opposed to the sequential processing mechanism employed in versions earlier than 3.2.

Unknown NAS Authentication Failure

Documentation on unknown NAS authentication failure can be found in the "Troubleshooting" section of the User Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server.

Using the Certificate Revocation Lists Issuer Page

The Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL) Issuers Page has been revised. You can no longer add a CRL by using this page. A CRL is automatically added to the CRL Issuers page after you select a Certificate Authority (CA) in the Certificate Trust List. The CRL Issuers list contains an entry for every trusted CA in the Certificate Trust List.

Known Problems

This section contains information about the following topics:

•Cisco AAA Client Problems

•Known Microsoft Problems

•Known Problems in Cisco Secure ACS 3.3

Cisco AAA Client Problems

Refer to the appropriate release notes for information about Cisco AAA client problems that might affect the operation of Cisco Secure ACS. You can access these release notes online at the following URLs:

Cisco Aironet Access Point

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/wireless/

Cisco BBSM

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/aggr/bbsm/

Cisco Catalyst Switches

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/

Cisco IOS

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/

Cisco Secure PIX Firewall

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/iaabu/pix/

Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/vpn/vpn3000/

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/vpn/vpn3002/

Cisco VPN 5000 Concentrator

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/aggr/vpn5000/

Known Microsoft Problems

Due to a defect in the Microsoft PEAP supplicant provided in the Windows XP Service Pack 2, the PEAP supplicant cannot reauthenticate successfully with Cisco Secure ACS. Microsoft case SRX040922603052 has been opened on this issue. Customers who are affected by this problem should open a case with Microsoft and reference this case ID. Microsoft has prepared hotfix KB885453, which resolves the issue.

Known Problems in Cisco Secure ACS 3.3

Table 3 describes problems known to exist in version 3.3.

Note•A "—" in the Explanation column indicates that no information was available at the time of publication. You should check the Cisco Software Bug Toolkit for current information. To access the Cisco Software Bug Toolkit, go to http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/home.pl. (You will be prompted to log in to Cisco.com.)

•Bug summaries and explanations in Table 3 are printed word-for-word as they appear in our bug-tracking system.
Table 3 Known Problems in Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.3
Bug ID

Summary

Explanation

CSCdv35872

Insufficient length for NDS context entry

When a Novell NDS database configuration in Cisco Secure ACS has a context list longer than 4095 characters, editing the NDS configuration page results in incorrect HTML in the browser interface.

Workaround/Solution: Use a context list no longer than 4096 characters.

CSCdv86708

HTTP Port Allocation is not replicated

Changes to HTTP Port Allocation settings do not appear to replicate. After the HTTP Port Allocation settings are changed on the Access Policy Setup page in the Administration Control section on the primary Cisco Secure ACS server and replication succeeds, the secondary Cisco Secure ACS server does not display the changes to the HTTP Port Allocation settings in the HTML interface.

Workaround/Solution: The changes to the HTTP Port Allocation settings do replicate successfully; however, to see the changes on the secondary Cisco Secure ACS server, restart the CSAdmin service.

CSCdz61464

Solaris Netscape 7.0 - Minor Features Failure

When the administrative browser is Netscape 7.0 on Solaris 8.0, some menus in the HTML interface for Cisco Secure ACS do not work properly.

Workaround/Solution: Use a supported Windows browser.

CSCea25090

Logged In User not showing after going into enable mode on router

With AAA Accounting for exec sessions configured on a NAS, a user shows up in the Logged-In User report on Cisco Secure ACS. With Accounting also configured for going into enable mode, the user no longer appears in the Logged-In User report after authenticating successfully.

Cisco Secure ACS tracks user sessions by IP address and port number. When enable authentication succeeds, Cisco Secure ACS sees that the IP address and port number combination for the existing session have been reused and assumes that the accounting stop packet was not sent or was lost; therefore, the user session is removed from the Logged-In User report even though the session continues in enable mode.

Because you cannot configured the NAS to send new accounting start packets when the enable mode is entered, the Logged-In User report cannot correctly report the user session as ongoing.

Workaround: None.

CSCea55457

Radius Attributes do not appear in user/group profile page

After you enable RADIUS attributes in the Interface Configuration section of the Cisco Secure ACS HTML interface, they do not appear or appear only partially in Group Setup or User Setup, as applicable.

Workaround/Solution: Restart the CSAdmin service.

CSCea74289

cascade replication due to user pass change-dont work

Cascading replication does not occur when the replication trigger is a user password change and the primary Cisco Secure ACS is configured to perform replication manually.

Workaround/Solution: Use scheduled replication on the primary Cisco Secure ACS.
CSCea91690

Event Viewer errors on startup/shutdown in .NET
On Windows .Net Server 2003 shutdown and startup, you may see errors that falsely indicate that Cisco Secure ACS service have failed. At startup, you may see a dialog box that indicates that a service, such as CSLog, encountered a problem and will close. The same error logged to Event Viewer, as in the following example:
Reporting queued error: faulting application 
CSLog.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module 
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 
0x00000000. 
The problem is that, in Windows Server 2003, the Service Manager queries the Cisco Secure ACS services status during startup and shutdown, but Cisco Secure ACS services may not have started yet or may have stopped already. Even though this is normal behavior for Cisco Secure ACS services, Windows perceives this as an error and logs it to the Event Viewer.

On startup, the user sees all errors from the event viewer, which is why, when users logs into Windows right after startup, they see errors from the previous login session.

This behavior observed on Windows Server 2003 only.

Workaround: You can verify that Cisco Secure ACS services are running by using the Control Panel.
CSCeb16968

ACS shared profile components disappear with XML error messages

After you upgrade Cisco Secure ACS, authorization support for Management Center (MC) applications, such as Management Center for Firewalls, fails. In the Shared Profile Components section of the Cisco Secure ACS HTML interface, each MC that has registered with Cisco Secure ACS has a set of pages for configuring authorization components. If you access a page for editing or adding authorization components, you see an error message about a missing XML file.

Workaround/Solution: You must use CiscoWorks to reregister all MCs with Cisco Secure ACS.

Log into the CiscoWorks desktop with admin privileges.

Go to Server Configuration > Setup > Security > Select Login Module. Configure CiscoWorks to use the CiscoWorks Local module, and then configure CiscoWorks to use the TACACS+ module.

Go to VPN Security Management Solution > Administration > Common Services > Configuration > AAA Servers. Unregister all MCs and then reregister all MCs.

Log out of CiscoWorks.

CSCeb51393

multi-admin needs to be able to add/edit/delete downloadable ACLs

When multiple administrators try to add/edit/delete downloadable ACLs under the shared profile components, there is a conflict. After the first admin submits changes, the other administrator's ACS sessions get locked up.

Workaround: There is no workaround. Administrators must inform each other when they are working on the downloadable ACLs.

CSCeb62898

Group mapping ordering applet is not properly ordered

In a newly created Windows group mapping configuration, group mappings list in the wrong order.

Workaround: On the page for ordering group mappings, order the group mappings and click Submit. As additional mappings are added, they appear properly at the end of the list of mappings.

CSCec61110

authentications on secondary acs may fail after replication

Symptom: In environments where primary and secondary Cisco Secure ACS primary and secondary servers are kept in sync by using the replication feature, user authentication may fail for users who are defined in an external database and the Failed Attempts log will contain an "external DB not configured" error.

Conditions: This problem happens with certain external database types such as LDAP, NDS, and the various token server types. This problem does not happen with the Windows external DB. By configuring external databases in a different order on the primary and secondary Cisco Secure ACS servers, authentication fails on the secondary server for users who are defined in the databases that are configured in a different order. If external databases are configured in the same order on primary and secondary servers, this problem does not happen. For example, if you configure two instances of LDAP external user databases on primary and secondary servers, but configure them in different orders after users are replicated, LDAP authentication attempts fail on the secondary server.

Workaround: For each database type involved in the problem, delete the external databases on all secondary servers and reconfigure them in the same order that they are defined on the primary server. If this solution fails, delete the affected external databases on the primary and secondary servers and reconfigure them.

CSCec72911

2003-password aging page display issue

—

CSCec89440

Unable to edit some of the disabled accounts

The Disabled Accounts report in the Reports and Activity section of the Cisco Secure ACS HTML interface is unable to edit when you access it by using an administrator account that doesn't have access to all groups.

If a page of the Disabled Accounts report has users who belong to groups that the administrator cannot access, the report doesn't allow the administrator to move to the next page of the report.

If a user the group mapping feature to assign a user account to a group, the user account appears on the Disabled Accounts report, even though the administrator only has access to specific groups.

Workaround: Access the Disabled Accounts report with an administrative account that has permission to access all groups.

CSCed42439

Active Directory via LDAP - Group Mappings skip first group

When Active Directory is configured as Generic LDAP and group mappings are configured, the first group in the LDAP directory is skipped.

CSCed59826

CSAdmin stops responding when editing java using netscape

—

CSCed62260

Remote Agents entries are being deleted after restore

When restoring a dump file that is created on Cisco Secure ACS software version on Appliance, Remote Agent entries (inside Network Configuration) will be deleted.

This behavior should be taken into consideration, since ACS on Appliance behaves similarly as it behaves on the software version and runs over the existing data and settings.

CSCed77992

Action Code 211 does not return group settings to factory defaults

Action Code 211 doesn't work as documented.

Document states, this code "Resets a Group User record back to its original factory defaults". However, some settings are not reset to factory defaults like Shell (exec) and No escape check boxes.

CSCed83628

Replication displays error when nothing to be replicated

In a scheduled replication scheme, a secondary server incorrectly records an error in the replication log when scheduled replication does not occur; because no changes have occurred on the primary server. For example, this error can occur when the primary and secondary servers are only configured to replicate the user database and network configuration, and then a change is made to Network Configuration on the primary server; but no change is made in the user database. At the next scheduled replication, the primary server correctly sends only the network configuration, but the secondary logs an error message that the user database was not received. Disregard this error message.

Workaround: None.

CSCed83648

Renaming of NDG removes it from Selected Items of NAF UI

Once some NDG, which is in the Selected Items window of the NAF UI, changes it's name on Network Devices page, it's being removed from the Selected Items of NAF back to the source NDG window, where its known by its new name.

CSCed93251

Fail to locate ACL for updating when ACL uses the same name as NAF

Procedure to reproduce the problem:

1. Configure one Network Access Filtering (For example, Healthy)

2. Configure one Downloadable IP ACL with the same name as that of NAF (For example, Healthy)

Then the following error message appears:

"Failed to locate the ACL for updating".

Workaround: Create a different name for ACL other than those used by NAF.

CSCed90144

When deleting a NAF it should be deleted from the assigned dACLs

Deleting a NAF removes it from Cisco Secure ACS; however, the NAF is still referenced by any downloadable ACLs that referenced it before the NAF was deleted. This problem causes the downloadable ACLs to fail to download and, as a result, the user to whom the ACLs were to be applied fails to authenticate.

Workaround: When you delete a NAF, examine all downloadble ACL configurations and ensure that the NAF is not referenced by any of them.

CSCee13658

Failed attempts report statement is not clear enough

When user validation fails for any reason (external server down, wrong SSL certificate, or key mismatch with NAS), the csv failed attempts report states that the authentication failure code is 'external db account restriction' or 'CS password invalid'.

Workaround: This problem is cosmetic. No workaround.

CSCee38482

Admin account can see all users who are dynamically mapped

Local admin can see dynamic mapped users.

Workaround: It's a read only. No other workaround at this time until bug is fixed.

CSCee58593

CSAdmin restart during Replication between two ACS SW in slow link

Replication between two Cisco Secure ACSs in slow link (128k), the services of the primary ACS are restart after the timeout that is configured on the CiscoSecure Database Replication page is expired and replication was not completed. The services that restart are:

•CSAdmin

•CSAuth

•CSTacacs

•CSRadius

CSCee65671

Need to be able to roll back previously installed older patches

Once you use the CLI on the Appliance, you cannot go back to a previously installed older patch.

CSCee68644

SPC type created by EMBU DLL returns errors in Name field

In case of SPC component that was created by MC-based applications, the "Name" field is not limited to desired 31 chars, and allows entering many more, also returning an error message to the user. The following pattern of errors is received:

If name is less then 28chars - The name is accepted

If name is between 28 and 34 chars - "Internal Error, Failed to locate or create record for update" message appears.

If name is more then 34 chars - "Name is invalid or contains illegal characters" message appears.

The maximum length of the name should be limited in UI

CSCee73004

CSLog handles reach more than 11,000 after failed ODBC connections

The message queue was added to CSAuth for message store and dedicated thread which actually log the messages from the queue. The default message number in queue is 20K, but it can be managed by registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cisco\
CiscoAAAv3.3\CSAuth\MaxMsgInLogQueue

CSCee77099

navigation bar(buttons) disappear after exit from Global Auth page

The navigation bar (button bar on the left) in the HTML interface may disappear after the following sequence:

1. Click System Configuration > ACS Certificate Setup > Certificate Revocation Lists.

2. Click an "Issuer Friendly Name".

3. Click Cancel three times, which returns you to the System Configuration page.

4. Click Global Authenticate Setup.

5. Click Cancel.

6. The navigation bar disappears.

Workaround: Log out of the HTML interface and log in again.

CSCee81070

ACS install fails if installing on machine with running Remote Agent

If Cisco Secure ACS Remote Agent is already installed on a computer on which you later attempt to install Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server, the installation of Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server fails.

Workaround: Stop the remote agent service (CSAgent) before beginning the installation of Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server.

CSCee81203

DataType in SQL of int is different than int displayed in ACS

ACS shows the example of SQL query to create table. The integer field in that example might be not enough, depending on the particular SQl server, because of different integer interpretation (like unsigned int or signed)

So before you use the table creation example you need to check how this particular SQL server interprets the integer field and modify the query accordingly.

CSCee83677

NAC attrs type change can cause NAC GUI error

When an administrator changes the type of an existing NAC attribute by using the CSUtil (or because of backup/restore) and this attribute is used in NAC policies, the Local Policy Configuration page does not appear and error message "An error has occurred while processing the Authen DLL Configure Page because an error occurred in the DLL processing this request" appears.

For example, the attribute Trend:Software-Name is used in one of the rules and then its type was changed to integer. The bug can occur in the following situations:

1. Attribute was deleted and then added with different type by using the CSUtil.

2. Because policies are stored in VarsDB (user database) and dictionaries in registry, administrator can get the different attribute types in dictionary and in policy by doing the restore only on one of the components: user database or configuration.

3. Attribute type was modified do to CSCee83667

Workaround: On the NAC GUI page of the supplier configuration, an administrator can remove the problematic policy from the local policies list and thus the policy page appears without any problems. Go to the supplier config page, press "Local policies" button, remove the problematic policy from the selected list and submit this change.

CSCee83687

Wrong application name is being displayed

When more than one network admission control (NAC) attribute (also known as a credential) has the same application type ID, but the application names are different, Cisco Secure ACS always displays the application name associated with the lowest vendor ID.

For example, if there are two credential types, VENDOR:AV (3000:03) and Cisco:Example (9:3), on the mandatory credentials list for configuring a NAC database, where "VENDOR:AV" should appear, Cisco Secure ACS will display "VENDOR:Example".

This problem is not obvious at first because the default attributes in Cisco Secure ACS that have the same application ID, but different vendor IDs; coincidentally do use the same application name. The problem arises when you add attributes that use a different application name with an application ID that is used by other attributes.

Workaround: Avoid adding NAC attributes whose application name is different than the application name that are used by other NAC attributes with the same application ID.

CSCee83875

Restoring to ACS Win from ACS Sol. Engine lost Interface Cfg. data

When backing up from a Cisco 1112 appliance to Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server, all Interface Configuration attributes, including TACACS+ and RADIUS attributes, were not the same as they were on the appliance.

Also, when HTTPS was enabled on the appliance, HTTPS wasn't enabled after restoring the backup to Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server. Instead, only HTTP was used.

These problems did not occur when a backup from Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server was restored in Cisco Secure ACS Solution Engine.

CSCee83977

Change in NAF is not valid until the services are restarted

Given an IP-based NAR with NAF as its AAA client, if a change occurs in the NAF configuration, such as selection of a different NDG or a change to an IP range, the NAF change does not affect the NAR that is using the NAF until the ACS services are restarted.

Workaround: Restart ACS services.
CSCee85046

odbc logger can not log attribute with name > 32 chars
An imported NAC attribute that has more then total (vendor name + application name + attribute name) of 30 characters cannot be logged with ODBC logging.

When trying to log this attribute, the "show create table" generates an SQL statement with a column name <vendor name>_< application name>_<attribute name>.

The SQL has no problem in this column. But when ACS is trying to write to SQL, it will not succeed. When checking the CSlog.log the column name was found, but only the first 32 characters were there, the rest was cut. After renaming the column in the SQL to fit length of 32 characters, it was successfully logged.

For example the flowing attribute was added:
[attr#0]
vendor-id=666
vendor-name=Automation
application-id=1
application-name=AutoTest
attribute-id=00003
attribute-name=Attr-3-Version
attribute-profile=in out
attribute-type=version
the show create table generate the following SQL statement:
CREATE TABLE failedAttempts (
LoggedAt DATE NULL,
Automation_ AutoTest_ Attr_3_Version VARCHAR(255) 
NULL
)
in the CSlog.log, the following error was found:
CSLog 06/15/2004 11:09:59 E 9001 4404 [odbcDLL] ODBC 
error 207: [Microsoft]
[ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Invalid column 
name 'Automation_AutoTest_Attr_3_Versi'.
CSCee86310

Csutil -n delete all shared components and NAC policies

Using the -n option with CSUtil.exe deletes all shared profile components (shared NARs, downloadable ACLs, shared command authorization sets, and NAFs) and NAC policies (both local and external), in addition to users. References to the deleted SPCs remain in group profiles.

Backups of the user database, including the dump file created with the -d option of CSUtil.exe, do preserve SPCs and NAC policies in addition to users; therefore, if you use CSUtil.exe to perform database compaction, the SPCs and policies are not lost, since database compaction depends on the -d option to dump the database and the -l option to load it again after -n has been used to initialize the database.

Workaround: None at this time. We strongly recommend routine backups of ACS data and using the -d option to dump the database prior to using the -n option to initialize the database.

CSCee87826

A deleted policy is being reassign when created with the same name

If you delete a NAC policy while it was assigned to NAC databases and then create a new policy with the same name, ACS automatically assigns the newly created policy to the databases to which the deleted policy was assigned. An example scenario:

1. Local policy 'policy1' is assigned to NAC database 'NAC-DB1'.

2. 'policy1' is also assigned to NAC database 'NAC-DB2'.

3. Customer edits 'NAC-DB2' and deletes 'policy1'.

4. 'policy1' disappears from 'NAC-DB1' as well.

5. Customer creates a new policy named 'policy1'.

6. ACS assigns the new policy named 'policy1' to 'NAC-DB1'.

Workaround: Use unique names for policies and never reuse them. Also, before you delete a policy, remove it from all NAC databases; except the one database you use to access the policy when you delete it.

CSCee87899

Replication of NAC policies should be updated in the doc

Documentation incorrectly states that replication of NAC policies is affected by the order in which the NAC databases are created on the primary and secondary ACSs. This documentation is wrong.

Also, the following information is missing from the user guide and online documentation:

NAC databases are not replicated, just as any external user database configurations are not replicated, but local and external NAC policies are replicated; therefore, to ensure that replicated policies are associated with the correct NAC databases on secondary ACSs, you must take the following steps on each secondary ACS that receives replicated NAC policies:

1. For each NAC database on the primary ACS, create a NAC DB of the same name on the secondary ACS.

2. In each NAC database, define same mandatory credentials.

3. For each policy on the primary ACS, create policies with the same names on the secondary ACS.

4. Assign the policies to the NAC databases in the secondary ACS in the same way they assigned on the primary ACS.

When replication occurs, the NAC database configurations on the secondary are not affected, including how policies are assigned to them; but the contents of the policies are updated to reflect any changes on the primary ACS.

CSCee88831

days-since-last-update operator should compare to GMT

Whenever ACS uses the operator days-since-last-update to evaluate a network admission control attribute, ACS compares the time that it got from the NAC client to ACS local time; instead of comparing to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Workaround: Set local time on the ACS server to GMT.

CSCee88908

CSLog crash if a logged attribute is deleted due to replication

The CSLog service on a secondary ACS will not stop or start for the following reason:

1. Primary and secondary ACSs (Windows or Solution Engine) have custom NAC attributes

2. Custom NAC attributes on the primary ACS have been deleted

3. The NAC attributes deleted on the primary ACS are selected to be logged on the secondary ACS

4. Replication succeeded

If you encounter this problem, please call TAC for assistance.

Workaround: If you delete NAC attributes on a primary ACS, be sure that the NAC attributes are deleted on secondary ACSs BEFORE the next replication event.

CSCee89510

dates are logged in local time instead of GMT

NAC attributes that are in date format are in GMT. When ACS logs these attributes, it converts them to ACS local timezone (the timezone of the ACS server).

Workaround: Configure ACS to use the GMT timezone.

CSCef64318

CSTacacs process exhibits high CPU consumption

There was a problem with regexp code used by TACACS code. The regexp code was not multi-thread safe. The problem has been fixed. It is hard to reproduce the problem. However, probability of its occurrence grows with number of concurrent TACACS authorization requests for commands which arguments defined using regular expression syntax.

CSCef61117

ACS on 2003 huge performance impact when writing to registry

Cisco Secure ACS 3.2.3 or 3.3 running on Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise edition may cause huge delay when writing to the registry.

Therefore when more than six operations write to the Microsoft registry, a failure may occur. Refer to the field notices on Cisco.com for more details.

CSCef16320

Upgrading to 3.3 causes Attributes not to be seen in the R.Agent CSV

When upgrading Appliance 3.2.3 to 3.3, all the NAC Attributes (Cisco:PA, Cisco:HIP, Symantec:AV, NAI:AV, Trend:AV, Application-Posture-Token, System-Posture-Token, Reason) do not move to the "CSV Failed Attempts" and to the "CSV Passed Authentications" in the Remote Agent Logging Configuration.

The same problem occurs when upgrading software to 3.3, back up your data and restore it on Appliance 3.3.

CSCef28686

CSUtil password parsing errors when using marks

CSUtil parses tokens (strings) that are delimited by spaces, tabs and newlines OR set between a pair of quotation marks ("") if a user's password starts with " and includes another " within it (for example, "user1$"3) parsing is incorrect and potentially results in an error. The parsed password is different than the intended (user1$ rather than "user1$"3).

Workaround: None.

CSCef76208

CSAuth Thread not closed, blocks NDS authentication until timeout

CSAuth thread may not close connection, blocking subsequent authentication attempts until the thread timeouts.

CSCeg20307

Unable to authenticate user, found in unknown external DB after upgrade

Users that upgraded to version 3.3.1 or 3.3.2 and were previously authenticated with a Token Server database no longer see an "Unknown DB type 0d00" error in the Authenticate With field.

CSCeg40355

Authentication breaks when lost connectivity to remote log server

Symptom: An ACS server may fail an authentication attempt but log the attempt as successful.

Conditions: If one ACS server is configured to log remotely the passed authentications to another acs server AND that remote acs server is available, everything functions as expected.

If the remote acs server is not avail (link down) the user will be notified that authentication failed (that is, via Telnet) however, the acs server will log this as a successful authentication.c

Workaround: To restore service, do one of the following: bring the link back up on remote ACS or turn off remote logging on local ACS. This problem will be fixed in the next release.

CSCeg51873

ACS chooses wrong NDG for NAR with TACACS/RADIUS NAS on same IP

ACS chooses the wrong NDG for NAR matching if both a TACACS+ and RADIUS NAS are defined with the same IP, and placed in separate NDGs and the authentication is performed via RADIUS. The NDG that contains the TACACS+ NAS will always be used.

CSCeh01822

Radius-Proxy with MS-CHAPv2 authentication failed when using strip

When trying to authenticate dialup client using MS-CHAPv2 to the ACS proxy server which forwards the username without the suffix (i.e. with strip) to the second ACS, the authentication failed. When using prefix characters with ".", "/", "-" at the end, the authentication failed.

CSCeh09266

Errors occurs while installing ACS on directory with special chars

Do not install ACS in a directory which contains one of the following characters "~!@#$%^&()". Microsoft Windows cannot understand the path later.

CSCeh09351

ACS Appliance shows constantly high CPU

Symptom: Appliance Status Page shows always high CPU, which is inconsistent with the output of the 'Status' page and the information within the 'package.cab'.

Workaround: No workaround.

CSCeh17061

ACS Remote Agent uninstall program does not delete all files/folders

Not all files are deleted when an uninstall of RA is initiated.

Workaround: Stop RA before performing an uninstall.

CSCeh20969

Fully Qualified Novell names are not authenticated

If the username contains a period (.) it may not authenticate against NDS.

CSCeh24688

CSAuth mem leak after EAP-TLS authentications to LDAP

CSAuth memory consumption increases after EAP-TLS authentications to LDAP. The memory problem was found in LDAP SDK library. No workaround is available.

CSCeh25112

Network Access Filter (NAF) reedit requests restart.

After editing NAF data, no changes are updated on ACS. Workaround is to restart from the services control to update the changes.

CSCeh25166

Field src IP Address in NAR gets illegal values

An invalid src IP address value can be entered when editing the NAR. No workaround.

CSCeh27420

Uninstall cannot remove CSMsgDll.dll in Support folder

Uninstall of 3.3.3 fails to remove CSMsgDll.dll from the support folder.

Workaround: Stop the Windows performance monitor service to unlock this dll, or reboot the host and delete it manually.

CSCeh38960

Restoring from SW removes the Appliance entry inside the proxy

When restoring the database from the software version to an appliance the restore removes the default proxy entry (appliance itself) from the proxy table.

Workaround: Use the backup from the appliance version or add the default proxy entry manually.

CSCeh41690

Documentation does not include default TACACS+ NAS configuration

Documenting default TACACS+ NAS configuration to accommodate any non-configured NAS in ACS cannot be found in the User Guide. This feature is available, but is documented in the following location:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/sw/secursw/ps2086/products_user_guide_chapter09186a0080205a45.html

CSCeh44022

Replication errors in CSAuth on CryptDecrypt

There are some errors in csauth.log files related to replication and Windows Crypto API on win 2003.

CSCeh46130

Replication timeout causes csauth restart - no error in reports

Replication on Windows 2003 takes much more time and can result in a replication timeout error.

CSCeh52846

EAP-TLS against LDAP is responding Too Busy to handle connection

After heavy load of EAP-TLS authentications against LDAP DB all handles are occupied and the log shows : "Too Busy to handle connection" error message.

Workaround : Restart CSAuth.

CSCeh73375

No logs in Fail-Attempts when Authenticating with EAP-FAST

Fail-Attempts log doesn't contains entries when Authenticating with EAP-FAST. A related Bug for ACU (CSCed81231) was modified to include ACS 3.3.3.

CSCeh81080

ACS does not record an error when retyping same C-PEAP client Password

Cisco-PEAP client that has to change passwords at next logon and enters the same password, does not get any error from fail-attempts log in ACS.

CSCeh84997

Replication fails to create backup dir RegValues

Symptoms: The following error may be generated by the ACS appliance or ACS Windows server after a database replication.

Database Replication.csv file:

ERROR Outbound database replication failed - refer to CSAuth log file

CSAuth log file:

CSBackupRestore(OUT) Failed to create output directory C:\Program Files\CiscoSecure ACS v3.3\CSAuth\DbSyncScratch\\RegValues for DLL

Conditions: The target folder on the replication slave machine already exists.

Workaround: Delete the target folder.

CSCeh91809

VoIP messages cause CSRadius service unexpected termination

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CSCei01730

EAP-TLS authentication to the trusted DC doesnt succeeded

Authentication succeeded only when The EAP-TLS client authenticate to the DC which connected directly to the ACS, but when the user is in the Trusted DC (only in the trusted DC) which connected to the first DC, the authentication didn't succeed and the Fail Attempts message was: "External DB account Restriction."

Same message occurred whether enabling the domain stripping in Windows external database settings or not.

CSCei00338

MAR policy is applied on protocols that do not support machine auth.

Currently MAR can be applied on authentications protocols which do not support machine authentication.

(host/machinename@domain)

Example: cisco-peap, when using this protocol to pass authentication, ACS will map it to the group defined under MAR settings.

CSCei00356

Authentication failed when no initial message is provided under PEAP

When an external Windows database is used to perform authentication using Cisco PEAP, authentication fails when there is no initial message being specified under PEAP configuration under System configuration Global Authentication Setup "Cisco client initial message."
Resolved Problems

Table 5 describes problems that are resolved in Cisco Secure ACS 3.3.3. Table 5 describes problems that are resolved in Cisco Secure ACS 3.3.2. Table 6 describes problems that are resolved in Cisco Secure ACS 3.3.1.

Note Bug summaries in Table 4, Table 5, and Table 6 are printed word-for-word as they appear in our bug-tracking system.

Table 4 Resolved Problems in Cisco Secure ACS 3.3.3

Bug ID

Summary

Explanation

Resolved Problems Common to All Cisco Secure ACS Version 3.3 Platforms

CSCeg46059

Telnet 23 port open

Cisco Secure ACS appliance (Cisco 1111) does not close telnet(23) port and additional ports. Reimaging with 3.2.3, 3.3.2 software does not fix this problem.

Workaround: To resolve the issue, install the patch appl_All_Versions_HP_NIC_driver_7.80_fixPatch.zip from Cisco.com. Patch has new NIC drivers for HP appliance (Cisco 1111).

CSCee56978

ACS generates EAP packet flood if LEAP and EAP-X is enabled

ACS generates the EAP ID for new LEAP conversations and EAP resends are handled correctly.

CSCef35343

LDAP Multithreading does not work

LDAP Multithreading works correctly.

CSCef92064

Value PASS_TYPE_SDI for action code 108 missing though supported

Configure the password type "RSA SecurID Token Server" in the ACS graphical interface.

CSCeg20752

Cannot revoke certificate for intermediate CA

ACS no longer passes authentication for EAP-TLS users, even though their certificate has been revoked.

CSCeg52536

Failed PEAP authentication not shown up in ACS logs

During machine authentication, supplicant doesn't expect the retriable errors, so when machine authentication fails, ACS immediately rejects the attempt and updates the log.

CSCeg62666

Clarify cross-version remote logging is not supported

Information has been added to the release notes to clarify that you cannot backup, restore, replicate information, or login remotely when using different versions of Cisco Secure ACS.

CSCeg82604

CSAdmin.exe fails when long URL is requested

CSAdmin works correctly.

CSCeh00074

GUI/ LDAP group mapping submission failure

This behavior sometimes occurs sometimes of various browsers and java plug-in configurations.

CSCeh54669

CSAuth crashed when supplicant sent UPN without domain

When a username is different from a pre-Windows name and the supplicant sends the user name without a domain name, the CSAuth service does not break.

Resolved Problems Specific to Cisco Secure ACS Solution Engine

CSCsa85575

Lack of information on an ACS 1111 model

The Cisco 1111 stopped shipping in January 2005. For illustrations found in the Overview chapter, refer to the Installation and Setup Guide for Cisco Secure ACS Appliance 3.2 on Cisco.com. Those illustrations are of the Cisco 1111.

The Cisco 1112 started to ship exclusively in January 2005, so the current Installation and Setup Guide for Cisco Secure ACS Appliance 3.3 includes illustrations of that chassis front and back panel.

Table 5 Resolved Problems in Cisco Secure ACS 3.3.2

Bug ID

Summary

Explanation

CSCec60586

No Action id available to set Per User Cmd authorization

For enabling the per-user command authorization, an additional value "per user" was added for V1 field in action code 270.

CSCee86457

MS PEAP pwd change not work for unknown user with NAC

When using the external Windows database together with a different type of external user database, if a user is not cached in the internal database and user must change password on first login, the change password will no longer fail.

CSCef34765

Upgrades from ACS 3.1 to 3.3 will stop RSA Secure ID Authentication

Upgrades no longer stop RSA Secure ID authentication. Although, some Windows behavior problems may still occur. Since Windows AD returns code 1326L if user not present or password not valid - it is very difficult to distinguish between them. Hence, if Window AD is present in the list of external DBs and occupies first place, it will fail all authentication. The most appropriate workaround of this issue is to keep Windows AD _AFTER_ all other configured external DBs.

CSCef81506

ACS generates CSR with wrong version number.

ACS now generates CSR with the correct version.

CSCef62937

RA connection timeout required

When connection to RA is broken, the authentication now works properly.

CSCef61828

MSCHAPv2 Password change causes problems in special conditions

If a username does not include a domain name and AD initiated a password change procedure by it's policy, the user now receives a password change dialog.

CSCef61749

EndPoint leaks memory when an encrypted connection is closed

The end point no longer leaks memory. Resolved but not verified.

CSCef47975

Integer and IP radius attributes corrupted on RADIUS proxy

When ACS Windows is configured as RADIUS proxy for another Radius server, fields are no longer corrupted in the radius proxy message sent by ACS.

CSCef47917

ACS Appliance intermittently cannot talk with remote agent

Duplicate of CSCef00468. Fixed.

CSCef46527

Error in MAC list in Generic EAP causes CSRadius 100% CPU time

The MAC address list algorithm has been fixed.

CSCef46478

Supplier selection for CSDB users does not work

The supplier selection for CSDB users now works. Ensure that all Windows AD appears after all other configured external DBs.

CSCef46186

ODBC logging error 1830 says date format set by ACS 3.3 does not match the default format of Oracle

The ODBC is now logging all attributes successfully.

CSCef18815

HTTP parsing error results in a failed HCAP validation in NAC

The parsing error no longer occurs when the HTTP headers are broken into separate TCP packets.

CSCef05950

Access to ACS Admin without Authentication

User can access the ACS Admin Gui with the same port of the ACS admin as long as the browser of the ACS Admin is still open and ACS Admin Access policy is the default one (HTTP); otherwise, the user will be declined.

Table 6 Resolved Problems in Cisco Secure ACS 3.3.1

Bug ID

Summary

Explanation

CSCdy51214

fail to delete aaa server when its in sync table/aaa server side

Deletion of AAA server entries occurs without error.

CSCdy59706

CAA messaging wont work with ppp callback and callin authentication

Documentation is updated to explain CiscoSecure Authentication Agent limitations with respect to PPP.

CSCdz61875

Configured Default Proxy Distribution Entry is not restored

The "(Default)" entry in the Proxy Distribution Table is restored correctly.

CSCea67901

UCP has trouble with dots in usernames

HTML pages show whole usernames including the dot (.).

CSCea71759

Headline of UCP application stating Cisco Secure ACS

The headline of the User-Changeable Passwords application reads correctly.

CSCeb15219

Couldnt add NAS filter by CSDdsync

Action code 122 works appropriately.

CSCeb23766

Inconsistency with ACS response if username contains invalid chars

Cisco Secure ACS responds consistently to RADIUS requests that contains invalid usernames.

CSCeb32885

Schedule backup does not work properly

Scheduled backups operate correctly.

CSCeb47081

Using VOIP accounting with CID as user names cause to problem

Cisco Secure ACS properly handles VoIP accounting with the CID that is used for usernames.

CSCeb58021

Server Hello packet of TLS from ACS Server has garbage.

TLS packets contain valid data.

CSCeb58107

cisco-nas-port attribute should be included in VoIP accounting log

The cisco-nas-port attribute is available for VoIP accounting logs.

CSCeb62893

T+ does not closes registry key, causes windows error 1450

Cisco Secure ACS handles use of registry keys correctly when performing TACACS+ operations.

CSCeb63032

SPC names are limited to 31 characters in size

Names of shared profile components allow the correct number of valid characters.

CSCeb63188

database define with special chars permitted but unusable later

Cisco only permits databases to be named with valid characters.

CSCeb77357

ACS strips off CN from DN for GroupObjectType

Cisco Secure ACS displays LDAP group names correctly.

CSCeb78279

ACS 3.2 is unable to authenticate users in external database

Authentication works correctly.

CSCeb82133

PEAP re-keying type not logged to Failed log

PEAP rekeying is logged accurately.

CSCeb82136

ACL size 35K cannot be edited - The page cannot be displayed

The HTML interface handles large ACL content correctly.

CSCeb82554

External User database group mapping not works with NDS

NDS group mapping operates correctly.

CSCeb84811

ACS strips off CN from DN for GroupObjectType

Cisco Secure ACS displays LDAP group names correctly.

CSCec00119

SQL accouting causes cslog crash for Ascend acct packet >=529&<=535

ODBC logging of Ascend RADIUS packets does not cause the CSLog service to crash.

CSCec00299

SQL accouting causes cslog crash for Ascend acct packet >=529&<=535

ODBC logging of Ascend RADIUS packets does not cause the CSLog service to crash.

CSCec00789

Calling-Station-ID attribute description inaccurate

Cisco corrected the description of the Calling-Station-ID attribute.

CSCec05303

VPN3000 downloadable ACL not working on upgraded ACS

Downloadable ACLs that existed prior to upgrades work correctly.

CSCec06340

acs is miscalculating the user-password when proxying

Cisco Secure ACS proxies user passwords correctly.

CSCec09349

Replication over slow link fails - CSAUTH restarted

Replication timeout is configurable, allowing you to account for replication over slow connections.

CSCec18522

PIX downloadable ACLs do not allow -; no pix object groups

Hyphens are no longer allowed in downloadable ACL content.

CSCec18573

Replication of VMS configurations requires restart of CSAdmin

VMS configuration replication no longer requires restart of CSAdmin.

CSCec19050

acs might crash due to misbehavior under stress of endpoint.dll

Cisco Secure ACS operates correctly under stress of the endpoint.dll file.

CSCec39523

Proxy ACS changes upper case letters to lower in username RADIUS att

Usernames case is preserved in RADIUS proxying.

CSCec46370

Group mapping misbehavior

Group specification by the cisco-av-pair RADIUS VSA behaves correctly when the group number that is returned from the external RADIUS server is 500.

CSCec54370

DOC - Cross-domain group memberships cannot be used in mappings

Documentation reflects the limitations of group mapping for users who are authenticated by Windows user databases.

CSCec55657

doc wrongly says CSUtil imports SENDAUTH passwords

Documentation reflects the lack of CSUtil support for importing SENDAUTH passwords

CSCec57161

wrong ODBC logging causes major CSLog mem leak & stop local logging

Incorrect ODBD logging configuration is handled more gracefully.

CSCec61799

Eventhough the RDBMS synchronization succeds, error says it did not.

RDBMS Synchronization no longer produces an incorrect error message.

CSCec63624

ACS 3.2 admin gui locks and displays action canceled message

The HTML interface operates correctly.

CSCec73065

csutil messup NAR if CR/LF in description field

Newly submitted shared profile components, such as network access restrictions, downloadable ACLs, and network access filters, are scanned when you submit them and any carriage returns in the description are changed to blanks, which prevents a formatting error during database restoration.

CSCed01640

Memory leak in CSAuth caused with Leap-Proxy scenario

The memory leak is fixed.

CSCed33624

CSRadius fails to start if RDS.log is longer than 4GB

CSRadius can handle files much larger than 4 GB.

CSCed39969

PIX Command Authorization Sets assignment feature does not work.

Documentation explains the limitations inherent in the PIX Shell Command Authorization feature.

CSCed42094

RADIUS proxy fails due to small timeout value

Timeout for RADIUS proxy has been increased to 10 seconds.

CSCed43307

Administrator access to report User Change Password

Administrator permissions correctly grant or deny administrator's access to the User Password Changes report.

CSCed43496

acs 3.2 odbc fields limited to 50 characters

ODBC logging no longer inappropriately truncates attribute length.

CSCed61135

DOC - Certificate Signing Request for public CA

Documentation explains all valid values for certificate signing requests.

CSCed65806

no logging/wrong ODBC attr logging causes major performance issues

Cisco Secure ACS gracefully handles ODBC logging errors when the attributes in the packet that is received do not match the columns in the ODBC table.

CSCed71133

All Other Combinations mapping ignored when group fetch fails

The All Other Combinations group mapping is honored correctly.

CSCed82937

Password attribute malformed to external RADIUS token database

Password attributes sent to external RADIUS token servers are formed correctly.

CSCed95272

Document ACS Group Mapping Feature only supports up to 500 WinGroups

Documentation includes an explanation of the 400 group limit.

CSCee41393

Action Code 163 example is wrong in user guide

The documentation has been corrected.

CSCee49269

ACS server ignore EAP id of LEAP client challenge

Cisco Secure ACS handles the EAP ID of a LEAP client challenge correctly.

CSCee50132

Windows Callback does not work with EAP-TLS over dial-in

The callback feature operates with EAP-TLS dialin authentication.

CSCee58096

Cisco Generic EAP not associated with vendor RADIUS (Cisco VPN 3000)

Generic EAP is associated with the Cisco VPN 3000 RADIUS vendor.

CSCin45582

VMS2.2-BT:Shared Profile components are not overwritten

Unregistering and reregistering a management center application with Cisco Secure ACS causes the role-based settings for that application to be reset to default settings in Cisco Secure ACS.

Obtaining Documentation

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To ensure that all service requests are reported in a standard format, Cisco has established severity definitions.

Severity 1 (S1)—Your network is down, or there is a critical impact to your business operations. You and Cisco will commit all necessary resources around the clock to resolve the situation.

Severity 2 (S2)—Operation of an existing network is severely degraded or significant aspects of your business operation are negatively affected by inadequate performance of Cisco products. You and Cisco will commit full-time resources during normal business hours to resolve the situation.

Severity 3 (S3)—Operational performance of your network is impaired, but most business operations remain functional. You and Cisco will commit resources during normal business hours to restore service to satisfactory levels.

Severity 4 (S4)—You require information or assistance with Cisco product capabilities, installation, or configuration. There is little or no effect on your business operations.

Submitting a Service Request

Using the online TAC Service Request Tool is the fastest way to open S3 and S4 service requests. (S3 and S4 service requests are those in which your network is minimally impaired or for which you require product information.) After you describe your situation, the TAC Service Request Tool automatically provides recommended solutions. If your issue is not resolved by using the recommended resources, your service request will be assigned to a Cisco TAC engineer. The TAC Service Request Tool is located at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/techsupport/servicerequest

For S1 or S2 service requests or if you do not have Internet access, contact the Cisco TAC by telephone. (S1 or S2 service requests are those in which your production network is down or severely degraded.) Cisco TAC engineers are assigned immediately to S1 and S2 service requests to help keep your business operations running smoothly.

To open a service request by telephone, call one of the following numbers:

Asia-Pacific: +61 2 8446 7411 (Australia: 1 800 805 227)
EMEA: +32 2 704 55 55
USA: 1 800 553 2447

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http://www.cisco.com/techsupport/contacts

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•iQ Magazine is the quarterly publication from Cisco Systems that is designed to help growing companies learn how they can use technology to increase revenue, streamline their business, and expand services. The publication identifies the challenges facing these companies and the technologies to help solve them, using real-world case studies and business strategies to help readers make sound technology investment decisions. You can access iQ Magazine at this URL:

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This document is to be used in conjunction with the documents listed in the "Related Documentation" section.

Cisco Secure Access Control Server for Windows

Release Notes for the Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.3.3

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Release Notes for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server 3.3.3

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New Features

Supplemental License Agreement for Cisco Systems Network Management: Cisco Secure Access Control Server Software

Product Documentation

Related Documentation

Installation Notes

Evaluation Version

Purchasing the Commercial Version

Upgrading to the Commercial Version

Security Advisory

Limitations and Restrictions

Important Known Problems with NAC

Interoperability Testing

Supported Upgrade Versions

Supported Operating System

Tested Windows Security Patches

Upgrading from Windows NT 4.0

Supported Web Browsers

Supported Platforms for CiscoSecure Authentication Agent

Other Supported Devices and Software

Documentation Updates

Interoperability and Version Requirements

LDAP Multithreading

Unknown NAS Authentication Failure

Using the Certificate Revocation Lists Issuer Page

Known Problems

Cisco AAA Client Problems

Known Microsoft Problems

Known Problems in Cisco Secure ACS 3.3

Resolved Problems

Obtaining Documentation

Cisco.com

Ordering Documentation

Documentation Feedback

Obtaining Technical Assistance

Cisco Technical Support Website

Definitions of Service Request Severity

Submitting a Service Request

Obtaining Additional Publications and Information

This document is to be used in conjunction with the documents listed in the "Related Documentation" section.

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