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FIDO2#

Overview#

FIDO 2.0 (FIDO2) is an open authentication standard that enables people to leverage common devices to authenticate to online services in both mobile and desktop environments.

FIDO2 is comprised of the W3C’s Web Authentication specification (WebAuthn) and FIDO’s corresponding Client-to-Authenticator Protocol (CTAP). WebAuthn defines a standard web API that can be built into browsers and related web platform infrastructure to enable online services to use FIDO Authentication. CTAP enables external devices such as mobile handsets or FIDO Security Keys to work with WebAuthn and serve as authenticators to desktop applications and web services.

This document explains how to use the Gluu Server's included FIDO2 interception script to implement a two-step, two-factor authentication (2FA) with username / password as the first step, and any FIDO2 device as the second step.

Prerequisites#

FIDO2 devices#

Some well known FIDO2 devices and manufacturers include:

Purchase FIDO2 devices on Amazon. Or, check FIDO's certified products for a comprehensive list of FIDO2 devices (sort by Specification == FIDO2).

Properties#

The script has the following properties

Property Description Example
fido2_server_uri URL of the oxAuth FIDO2 server https://idp.mycompany.com

Enable FIDO2 script#

Follow the steps below to enable FIDO2 authentication:

  1. Navigate to Configuration > Manage Custom Scripts > Person Authentication.

  2. Find the fido2 script
    fido2-script

  3. Enable the script by checking the box
    enable

  4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Update

Now FIDO2 is an available authentication mechanism for your Gluu Server. This means that, using OpenID Connect acr_values, applications can now request FIDO2 authentication for users.

Note

To make sure FIDO2 has been enabled successfully, you can check your Gluu Server's OpenID Connect configuration by navigating to the following URL: https://<hostname>/.well-known/openid-configuration. Find "acr_values_supported": and you should see "fido2".

Enable FIDO2 endpoints#

By default, the FIDO2 endpoints are disabled in the Gluu Server for compatibility with older versions. To activate the endpoints, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Configuration > JSON Configuration

  2. Click on the oxAuth Configuration tab

  3. Scroll down to the Fido2 Configuration

  4. Set the disableFido2 field to False

  5. Set the mdsAccessToken field value. This is access token which FIDO Alliance provides to access MDS and TOC data.

  6. Click the Save Configuration button at the bottom of the page.

  7. Log into CE chroot

  8. cd /etc/gluu/conf/fido2/mds/toc

  9. wget https://mds2.fidoalliance.org/?token=<access_token> - o toc.jwt

  10. Put the https://mds.fidoalliance.org/Root.cer certificate file into the /etc/gluu/conf/fido2/mds/cert folder

  11. Restart oxauth services

Make FIDO2 the Default#

If FIDO2 should be the default authentication mechanism, follow these instructions:

  1. Navigate to Configuration > Manage Authentication.

  2. Select the Default Authentication Method tab.

  3. In the Default Authentication Method window you will see two options: Default acr and oxTrust acr.

fido2

  • oxTrust acr sets the authentication mechanism for accessing the oxTrust dashboard GUI (only managers should have acccess to oxTrust).

  • Default acr sets the default authentication mechanism for accessing all applications that leverage your Gluu Server for authentication (unless otherwise specified).

If FIDO2 should be the default authentication mechanism for all access, change both fields to fido2.

Note

If FIDO2 is set as a default authentication mechanism users will not be able to access the protected resource(s) while using a mobile device or a browser that does not support FIDO2 (e.g. Internet Explorer).

FIDO2 login page#

Below is an illustration of the Gluu Server's default FIDO2 login page:

fido2

The design is being rendered from the FIDO2 xhtml page. To customize the look and feel of this page, follow the customization guide.

Using FIDO2 tokens#

Credential enrollment#

FIDO2 device enrollment happens during the first authentication attempt.

Subsequent authentications#

All subsequent FIDO2 authentications for that user account will require the enrolled FIDO2 key.

FIDO2 credential management#

A user's FIDO2 devices can be removed by a Gluu administrator in LDAP under the user entry as shown in the below screenshot.

fidoldap

FIDO2 discovery endpoint#

A discovery document for FIDO2 is published by the Gluu Server at: https://<hostname>/.well-known/fido2-configuration This document specifies the URL of the registration and authentication endpoints.

FIDO2 in Linux#

Older versions of Linux may require a rules file to be backwards compatible with Hypersecu devices. From your terminal run the below commands and reboot your computer.

  • sudo curl https://hypersecu.com/downloads/files/configurations/70-u2f.rules > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-u2f.rules
  • chmod +x /etc/udev/rules.d/70-u2f.rules