User Guide: AMF Security mini version 2.2.0

System Settings




Account List


Table 1: Target columns for sort operation
Item Name Sort
Account Name ×
Account Group ID ×

Table 2: Displayed columns
Item Name Description
Account Name Name of the login account.
When clicked, the Update Account page for the account is displayed.
Account Group ID Account group to which the Login Account belongs.
When clicked, the Update Account Group page for the account group is displayed.
If you delete the account group on the System Settings > Account Group List page after registering the account group to the login account, the link to the Update Account Group page above is deleted.

Table 3: Buttons
Item Name Description
Page Top
Add Account Go to Add Account page.
Account List
Heading Row
Delete Selected Delete all the checked accounts.
Each Row
Edit Go to Update Account page for the account.
Delete Delete the account.
Note
Default account "manager" cannot be deleted.

Add Account


Table 4: Sample Configuration Data
Item Name Description
Account Name (Mandatory) Name of the login account.
Maximum length is 64 characters. Allowed characters are as follows.
a-z, A-Z, 0-9, ' - _ .
Password Login password for the account. Click "Edit" to configure password.
Email Address Enter the Email Address associated with the account. If you forget your password, you can recover it by email.
Account Group ID Select the Account Group ID to which the Login Account belongs.
Permission
Modify authentication database Check this to grant permission to change authentication database to the account.
Configure system settings Check this to grant permission to change system configurations to the account.

Table 5: Buttons
Item Name Description
Password
Edit Open Password Configuration dialog to configure the account's password.
Page Bottom
Submit Add a new account with the input information.
Cancel Cancel the operation for adding a new account.
Note
If you forget the passwords for all accounts with the "Configure system settings" checkbox checked, the AMF Security mini instance needs to be initialized (deleted → recreated) on the AW+ Web GUI / Vista Manager mini --AMF Security mini page. Please make sure that you keep your passwords safely and never forget them.
Refer to the x950 Series / x908GEN2 documentation for working with AMF Security mini instances.
Note
Register your Email Address in your account and set the Email Notification on the System Settings > Email Notification Settings page. This allows you to recover your password by email if you forget it.
Refer to Appendix > If you forget your password for instructions on how to recover your password by email.


Password Configuration


Table 6: Sample Configuration Data
Item Name Description
Password (Mandatory) Login password for the account.
Password must be 6 to 64 characters long. Allowed characters are as follows.
a-z, A-Z, 0-9, ! # $ % & ' * + - / = ? ^ _ ` { | } ~ .
Confirm Password (Mandatory) Enter the password again.

Table 7: Buttons
Item Name Description
Bottom of the dialog
Submit Configure the input password.
Cancel Cancel the operation for configuring a password.

Update Account


Table 8: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
Account Name (Mandatory) Name of the login account.
Maximum length is 64 characters. Allowed characters are as follows.
a-z, A-Z, 0-9, ' - _ .
Password Login password for the account. Click "Edit" to configure password.
Email Address Enter the Email Address associated with the account. If you forget your password, you can recover it by email.
Account Group ID Select the Account Group ID to which the Login Account belongs.
Permission
Modify authentication database Check this to grant permission to change authentication database to the account.
Configure system settings Check this to grant permission to change system configurations to the account.

Table 9: Buttons
Item Name Description
Password
Edit Open Password Configuration dialog to configure the account's password.
Page Bottom
Submit Update the account with the input information.
Cancel Cancel the operation for updating the account.
Note
Account name and permissions of the default account "manager" cannot be changed.
Note
If you forget the passwords for all accounts with the "Configure system settings" checkbox checked, the AMF Security mini instance needs to be initialized (deleted → recreated) on the AW+ Web GUI / Vista Manager mini --AMF Security mini page. Please make sure that you keep your passwords safely and never forget them.
Refer to the x950 Series / x908GEN2 documentation for working with AMF Security mini instances.
Note
Register your Email Address in your account and set the Email Notification on the System Settings > Email Notification Settings page. This allows you to recover your password by email if you forget it.
Refer to Appendix > If you forget your password for instructions on how to recover your password by email.


Password Configuration


Table 10: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
Password (Mandatory) Login password for the account.
Password must be 6 to 64 characters long. Allowed characters are as follows.
a-z, A-Z, 0-9, ! # $ % & ' * + - / = ? ^ _ ` { | } ~ .
Confirm Password (Mandatory) Enter the password again.

Table 11: Buttons
Item Name Description
Bottom of the dialog
Submit Configure the input password.
Cancel Cancel the operation for configuring a password.

Account Group List


Table 12: Target columns for search and sort operations
Item Name Search Sort
Account Group ID × ×
Note × ×

Table 13: Displayed columns
Item Name Description
Account Group ID Account group name.
Note Arbitrary string (comment) for the Account Group.

Table 14: Buttons
Item Name Description
Page Top
Add Account Group Go to Add Account Group page.
Export to CSV Start downloading of a list of account groups in CSV format.
Account Group List
Heading Row
Delete Selected Delete all the checked account groups.
Each Row
Edit Go to Update Account Group page for the account group.
Delete Delete the account group.
Note
Refer to Appendix > CSV File for CSV Files.

Add Account Group


Table 15: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
Account Group ID (Mandatory) Account group to which the Login Account belongs.
Account Group ID must be unique.
Max 255 characters
Note Arbitrary string (comment) for the Account Group.

Table 16: Buttons
Item Name Description
Submit Add a new account group with the input information.
Cancel Cancel the operation for adding a new account group.

Update Account Group


Table 17: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
Account Group ID (Mandatory) Account group to which the Login Account belongs.
Account Group ID must be unique.
Max 255 characters
Note Arbitrary string (comment) for the Account Group.

Table 18: Buttons
Item Name Description
Submit Go to Update Account Group page for the account group.
Cancel Cancel the operation for updating the account group.



Network Settings

View and change network configurations for the AMF Security system.
Note
If you set the upload / delete of the SSL Certificate of the Web server, the connection with the connected AMF Master is temporarily disconnected.



Services


Table 19: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
Web Server Protocol Protocol (HTTP or HTTPS) to use for the web interface. Default is HTTPS.
Web Server Port Number TCP port number that AMF Security mini's web interface is listening on. Valid range is 1 to 65535. Default is 443.
Note
Only TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 are supported for HTTPS.
Note
AMF Security mini is using several ports internally. Refer to Appendix > TCP or UDP port used by AMF Security mini for the ports used by AMF Security mini.
Note
If you specify HTTP as the web server protocol and 80 as the port number when accessing the web setting screen, you will be redirected to the web server protocol and port number set above.
Note
The combination of web server protocol and port number HTTPS / 80 is non-configurable (reserved).


Table 20: Buttons
Item Name Description
Submit Save the input services configurations.


SSL Certificate

Register the SSL server certificate of the Web server (AMF Security mini) and the SSL server certificate of the whitelist authentication server installed in AMF Security mini.
If you want external applications to interact with AMF Security mini via HTTPS, you may have to install an SSL server certificate issued by a trusted certificate authority (CA).
If you want to encrypt control session between AMF Master and Whitelist Server (AMF Security mini), upload an SSL server certificate issued by a trusted certificate authority (CA).

"SSL Certificate" section shows a summary of the installed SSL server certificate.

Use the method best suited for your needs to get the certificate.

Table 22: Displayed columns
Item Name Description
Role Displays Web (Web server) or WhiteList (Authentication server).
Common Name(CN) Displays the common name of the Web server (AMF Security mini) or authentication server (AMF Security mini).
Organization(O) Displays the name of the organization to which the Web server (AMF Security mini) or authentication server (AMF Security mini) belongs.
Expiration Date [UTC] Expiration date of the certificate.

Table 23: Buttons
Item Name Description
Detail The detailed information of the registered SSL server certificate is displayed.
Upload Open the Upload SSL Certificate dialog to register the SSL Certificate with AMF Security mini.
Delete Delete the installed SSL server certificate and restore the default certificate which is self-signed by AMF Security mini.
Note
After setting the AMF Master, AMF Security mini accepts both unencrypted and encrypted sessions. You cannot disable one of them.

Upload SSL Certificate

This dialog lets you upload your own SSL Certificate for the White-list Authentication Server.


Table 24: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
Certificate Click the "Choose File" button and select the SSL Certificate to upload.
Private Key Click the "Choose File" button and select the SSL private key to upload.

Table 25: Buttons
Item Name Description
Submit Import the specified private key and certificate.
Cancel Cancel the operation for importing SSL Certificate.


Logging Settings

Note
With this setting, the connection with the connected AMF Master is temporarily disconnected.


◼ Log Output
You can view and configure levels for various types of logs.

Table 26: Configuration Parameters for Log Output
Item Name Description
Device Authentication Result Minimum level for device authentication logs to be output. Default is Informational.
OpenFlow Controller Not supported in this version.
OpenFlow Protocol Packets Not supported in this version.
GUI Operation Minimum level for the web interface logs to be output. Default is Informational.
Trap Monitor Minimum level for the trap monitor logs to be output. Default is Informational.
Escape double quotation characters in quoted string Escape double quotes in the log message. Default is disabled.

◼ Syslog

Table 27: Configuration fields for Syslog
Item Name Description
Syslog Server Set the IPv4 Address or hostname and UDP port number of the external Syslog server that sends the log.
The forwarding destination should be in the form of "A.B.C.D:P" where the A.B.C.D is an IPv4 Address and P is a port number.
Multiple Syslog servers can be specified by separating each address by a semicolon (;). A colon (:) and a port number can be omitted if the host is listening on the default syslog port (514).

Examples:
192.168.1.100 (IPv4 Address only)
192.168.1.100:60514 (Specify port number)
192.168.1.100; 192.168.2.100 (multiple settings separated by semicolons)
example100.co.jp (Hostname)

The following IPv4 Address formats with leading 0 (zero) can be entered, but they are not supported.
192.168.001.001
172.016.0.1
Note
AMF Security mini is using several ports internally. Refer to Appendix > TCP or UDP port used by AMF Security mini for the ports used by AMF Security mini.


Table 28: Buttons
Item Name Description
Page Bottom
Submit Save the input logging configurations.


Date / Time Settings


Table 29: Displayed columns
Item Name Description
Current Date / Time Display system date.

Table 30: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
Timezone Display the system timezone. Default is UTC.

Table 31: Buttons
Item Name Description
Edit Display the Select Timezone dialog and set the system timezone.

Select Timezone


Table 32: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
Timezone Select the timezone from the dropdown list.

Table 33: Buttons
Item Name Description
Submit Save the selected timezone.
Note
If you change the timezone setting, AMF Security mini restarts. After that, restart (Stop → Start) the AMF Security mini instance on the AW + Web GUI / Vista Manager mini - AMF Security mini page. Refer to the x950 Series / x908GEN2 documentation for working with AMF Security mini instances.

After that, the timezone setting is retained.


System Information

This page lets you perform maintenance operations such as backup, restore and system restart.
Note
When changing the hostname, the connection with the connected AMF Master is temporarily disconnected.
Note
System settings export and import features are intended for pure backup and restore. Do not modify an exported file nor imported a modified file using the feature.
When importing System Settings, you can specify a file with any extension as long as the contents of the file are correct.


◼ System Information

Table 34: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
Hostname Hostname of the system Default is "sesc".
To change the hostname, enter a new hostname and click "Update".
Max 63 characters. Allowed characters are as follows.
a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -
Hyphen (-) cannot be used for the first letter.
Database Synchronization Not supported in this version. "Disabled" is always displayed.

Table 35: Buttons
Item Name Description
Refresh Update the hostname.

◼ Software Info

Table 36: Displayed columns
Item Name Description
Version Version and build number (internal version) of the installed AMF Security mini.
Build Time Build date and time of the installed AMF Security mini software.

◼ System Settings

Table 37: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
Size Displays the file size of system setting data.
Updated Date / Time Displays the date and time when the system setting data was updated.

Table 38: Buttons
Item Name Description
Export Download system configuration for backup.
Import Import and restore system settings.
Reset Reset system configuration to factory default.
Some system settings that are exported, imported, or reset are not covered.
Manually backup, configure or delete those elements.

◼ Authentication Data

Table 39: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
Size Displays the file size of the authentication data.
Updated Date / Time Displays the date and time when the authentication data was updated.

Table 40: Buttons
Item Name Description
Export Download authentication data for backup.
Import Import authentication data from a CSV file.
Reset Delete all authentication data on this system.
Note
Authentication data file to import should be in CSV format. Refer to Appendix > CSV File for CSV Files.
Note
The Start Date / Time and End Date / Time of the schedule included in the Authentication Data are the date and time of the currently set timezone.
For details, refer to Policy settings > About the start date and time and end date and time of the schedule.
Note
When you import and update authentication data, AMF Security mini resets packet control flows for the devices which are contained in the Authentication Data.
Note
The method of uploading authentication data of AT-SESC software version 1.3.x or earlier cannot remove the network, location, and schedule settings from the security policy set for the device that has already been registered. To delete, delete the device once and then upload the authentication data, or update the security policy directly on the Device > Update Device page.

◼ Services

Table 41: Buttons
Item Name Description
Restart All Only restart AMF Security mini related services. The AlliedWare Plus device itself running AMF Security mini is not be restarted, only the application processes related to AMF Security mini is restarted.

◼ Technical Support Information

Table 42: Buttons
Item Name Description
Download Download technical support information for trouble shooting.


Trap Monitor Settings

This page lets you configure various parameters required for interaction with external applications.
You can also setup AMF Security mini to forward SNMP traps and syslog messages to other systems.
Note
Trap monitor only responds to specific set of log messages and SNMP traps. You cannot define actions for arbitrary messages and traps.
Note
When changing the Device Lookup, the connection with the connected AMF Master is temporarily disconnected.


◼ Protocols

Table 43: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
Syslog Port Number Listening port number to receive syslog messages. Valid range is 1 to 65535. Default is 514.
SNMP Trap Port Number Listening port number to receive SNMP traps. Valid range is 1 to 65535. Default is 162.
Note
AMF Security mini is using several ports internally. Refer to Appendix > TCP or UDP port used by AMF Security mini for the ports used by AMF Security mini.

◼ Networks
Specify the monitored or unmonitored network, Syslog message, and SNMP Trap transfer destination host.
If Monitored Networks and Excluded Networks overlap, Exclude Networks have precedence.
Note
Some external applications do not respect settings of Monitored Networks and Excluded Networks.

Table 44: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
Monitored Networks IPv4 networks to monitor using syslog and trap messages. Multiple networks can be specified by separating each network by a semicolon (;). If this field is empty or 0.0.0.0/0 is specified, all networks are monitored. Default is 0.0.0.0/0.
Excluded Networks IPv4 networks not to monitor. Multiple networks can be specified by separating each network by a semicolon (;).
Syslog Forwarding Destination Hosts Specify a host to which AMF Security forwards the received syslog messages. The forwarding destination should be in the form of "A.B.C.D:P" where the A.B.C.D is an IPv4 Address and P is a port number. Multiple hosts can be specified by separating each address by a semicolon (;). A colon (:) and a port number can be omitted if the host is listening on the default syslog port (514). Source IPv4 Address of the forwarded messages are the address of AMF Security mini.
SNMP Trap Forwarding Destination Hosts Specify a host to which AMF Security forwards the received trap messages. The forwarding destination should be in the form of "A.B.C.D:P" where the A.B.C.D is an IPv4 Address and P is a port number. A colon (:) and a port number can be omitted if the host is listening on the default trap port (162). Multiple hosts can be specified by separating each address by a semicolon (;). Source IPv4 Address of the forwarded messages are the address of AMF Security mini.

◼ Device Lookup
Specify a target range of the action to notify.

Table 45: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
None Notify actions on MAC address.
Device Notify actions on Device.
Tag Notify actions on Device Tag.
Note
Device Lookup is not supported for AMF Application Proxy's IP-Filter action.
Note
When the action is applied to the target device by the IP Address of the device, the IP Address is displayed as "ip =" in the "MAC address" item of the Device > Active Device List page. This IP Address is the IP Address that caused the action to be applied.

Table 46: Buttons
Item Name Description
Submit Save the settings.

◼ Rules
Trap monitor rules can be updated and added through trap monitor rule files.
By default, trap monitor rules for the UTM functions of AT-AR3050S/AT-AR4050S routers are installed.

Note
Trap monitor rule files are provided by our "AMF-SEC Technology Partner Program". Contact our sales engineer for the Technology Partner Program.



Rules


Table 51: Displayed columns
Item Name Description
Name Name of the Trap Monitor Rules

Table 52: Buttons
Item Name Description
Choose File Select the rule settings file to upload.
Upload Upload the selected rule settings file.
Delete Delete the registered rule settings.
Close Go back to the Trap Monitor Settings page.



Email Notification Settings

This page lets you configure Email Notifications.
AMF Security can send email to the set address when an event such as device authentication or blocking occurs or when you forget your password.
AMF Security mini also sends emails to forward the contents of syslog messages and SNMP traps it receives.
Note
Email Notification of syslog and trap messages are always enabled and cannot be disabled.
Note
With this setting, the connection with the connected AMF Master is temporarily disconnected.
Note
To recover your password if you forget it, you need to register your Email Address on the Add Account page or Update Account page in advance.

AMF Security queues the notification emails by the following rules and tries to resend them upon failure.
To enable Email Notifications, check the "Enable Email Notification" on the page.


◼ Email Notification Settings
You can enable or disable email notification for each event with checkboxes.
Note
"Send Email Notification on Block Event" or "Send Email Notification on Quarantine Event" is checked, AMF Security also sends notification email when a device is blocked or quarantined by AMF Application Proxy.
If you want to notify by email in the AMF Action Log, check "Send Email Notification on Block Event".

◼ SMTP Server Settings

Table 53: Configurable fields
Item Name Description
SMTP Server IPv4 Address of a SMTP server which AMF Security uses to send out emails.
SMTP Port Listening port of the SMTP server.
Sender Mail address of the sender.
Receiver Mail address of the recipient. Multiple addresses can be specified by separating them with a semicolon (;).
Username Username for SMTP authentication.
Password Password for SMTP authentication.
Encryption Check this to use TLS connection to the SMTP server.
Language Select a language used in emails.
Note
AMF Security mini is using several ports internally. Refer to Appendix > TCP or UDP port used by AMF Security mini for the ports used by AMF Security mini.
Note
If your browser is configured to use Japanese, some part of emails is written in Japanese even if Language setting for Email Notification is English. If both browser and Email Notification are configured to use English, mail body is written in English. Note that strings contained in authentication data or messages received from an external application are left unchanged.
Note
When you want AMF Security to send notification emails when a device is blocked by the AMF Application Proxy with "Drop Packets", "Link-Down" or "IP-Filter" action, check "Send Email Notification on Block Event" .


Table 54: Buttons
Item Name Description
SMTP Server Settings
Send Test Email Send a test email.
Page Bottom
Submit Save the SMTP server settings.


AMF Security Log

This page shows log messages generated by AMF Security mini service. The latest 1000 messages are displayed in this page.
You can view messages for a specific date by selecting a date at the right side of the page.


Table 55: Buttons
Item Name Description
Clear All Logs Clear all log messages.
Download Download the latest log messages.
Refresh Refresh the AMF Security Log page.


Action Log

This page shows AMF Security mini services' log messages related to actions.
It is possible to filter messages by each field's content.
Note
Depending on the specifications of the Web browser, it may not be possible to display all action logs on this page. In that case, download and check the action log.
Note
When clearing the action log, the connection with the connected AMF Master is temporarily disconnected.



Table 56: Displayed columns
Item Name Description
Date / Time Date / Time the action was applied to a device.
MAC Address MAC address of the device.
Device ID Device ID
Device IPv4 Address IPv4 Address of the device.
Device Tag Device Tag
Connected Switch ID ID of the switch to which the device is connected.
Connected Switch IPv4 Address IPv4 Address of the connected switch
Connected Port ID ID of the port to which the device is connected.
Connected Port Number Port number of the port to which the device is connected.
Status Type of action applied to the device.
VLAN ID VLAN ID to which the device belongs
Network ID Network ID to which the device belongs
Action ID ID of the action applied to the device
Priority Priority of the action applied to the device
Action Originator Originator of the action applied to the device
Reason Reason of the action applied to the device.

Table 57: Buttons
Item Name Description
Refresh Refresh the Action Log page.
Download Download the latest log messages.
Clear Action Log Deletes action logs.

Table 58: Target columns for search and sort operations
Item Name Search Filter Sort
Duration ×
MAC Address ×
Device IPv4 Address ×
Device Tag ×
Action Originator ×
Status ×


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