The RSA® Authentication
Agent for UNIX/Linux consists of two solutions:
RSA Authentication Agent for PAM
The Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) for UNIX and Linux
allows the integration of various authentication technologies
such as UNIX, Kerberos, RSA, smart cards and DCE into system
entry services such as login, dtlogin, passwd, rlogin, telnet,
ftp, and su without changing any of these services.
By leveraging the strength of RSA SecurID® and the flexibility
of PAM, organizations can eliminate security risks associated
with using static passwords for user authentication. While enhancing
security, the RSA SecurID solution can help organizations reduce
Help desk costs from password-related calls and increase user
productivity.
RSA Authentication Agent 5.2 for UNIX
RSA Authentication Agent 5.2 for UNIX protects UNIX environments
when they are accessed via terminal services or the X Window
System.
RSA Authentication Agent 5.2 for UNIX is the last in the
family of Authentication Agents that is not built on the contemporary
PAM architecture. RSA Authentication Agent 5.2 for UNIX is still
supported but is no longer recommended.
User and Agent administration is centralized by RSA Authentication
Manager.
Technical Specifications
Currently
Shipping Version:
RSA Authentication Agent for UNIX/Linux (includes
PAM 6.0, PAM 5.3.4 and RSA Authentication Agent
5.2 for UNIX)
RSA
Authentication Agent 6.0 for PAM
Supported
Platforms
Platform set I:
Red HatTM Enterprise Linux® AS/ES/WS 4.0 on
64-bit (Intel® Xeon and AMD Opteron)
HP-UX 11.00, 11i (PA-RISC 2.x)
Sun® SolarisTM 10 x86 on 32-bit (Intel®)
Platform set II:
Sun® SolarisTM 10 x86 on 64-bit (Intel® Xeon
and AMD Opteron)
Sun® SolarisTM 10 on 64-bit (UltraSPARC)
HP-UX 11iv2 (Itanium®)
Platform set III:
AIX® 5L 5.3 with TL5 (SP6) 64-bit (RISC/6000®
PowerPC®)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SP3) on 64-bit
(Intel® Xeon, AMD Opteron)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on 64-bit (Intel®
Xeon, AMD Opteron)
Platform set IV:
Red HatTM Enterprise Linux® AS/ES/WS 4.6 on 32-bit (Intel®)
Red HatTM Enterprise Linux® 5.1 (Enterprise Server, Advanced Platform and Desktop) on 32-bit (Intel®)
Red HatTM Enterprise Linux® 5.1 (Enterprise Server, Advanced Platform and Desktop) on 64-bit (Intel® Xeon and AMD Opteron)
(Other platforms will be released later)
RSA strongly recommends using OpenSSH.
PAM Agent for platform set I was qualified with
OpenSSH 4.3p2.
PAM Agents for platform sets II and III were
qualified with OpenSSH 4.5p1.
Other Requirements:
9 MB free disk space
RSA ACE/Server 5.2, RSA Authentication Manager
6.0, or RSA Authentication Manager 6.1 or later
RSA
Authentication Agents for Unix / Linux