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Configure Two Factor Authentication

Jared Wray
posted this on Feb 01 15:40

Creating two factor authentication is very easy to do with Client VPN Service. Here are the steps to take when needing to configure it:

WARNING: if you enable ad authentication all existing users will need to re-download their vpn certificates as their existing certificates will no longer function.

  1. Go to Network > VPN
  2. From the Client VPN Main screen go to the VPN Tasks drop down and click Edit VPN.
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Now lets go and set the settings:

  1. Max Connections: Just set it to the maximum as you are not billed by connections.
  2. Primary DNS and Secondary DNS: Set this to the DNS Servers (usually your Active Directory servers). NOTE: these need to be in the isolated network provided to you.
  3. AD Authentication: Make sure that is checked.
  4. Domain Controller IP: Specify the domain controller to do authentication on.
  5. Binding User DN: Specify the user to do the ldap query for authentication. Example: "CN=openvpn_user,CN=Users,DC=domainname,DC=local" which will allow the openvpn_user to do the authentication.
  6. Binding Password: This is the password of the user used in Binding User DN.
  7. User Location DN: Location of the domain to do the query on. Example: "DC=domainname,DC=local"
  8. User Group DN: This is the group location of the users to do the query on. Example: "CN=ManagedVPN,CN=Users,DC=domainname,DC=dom" this is the group where any user in this group has access to logon to the VPN service.
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