RSA Security - The Security Division of EMC.RSA Authentication Agents for Unix / Linux

The RSA® Authentication Agent for UNIX/Linux consists of two solutions:

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 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 RSA Authentication Agent 7.0, 6.0 and 5.3.4 for PAM and RSA Authentication Agent 5.2 for UNIX)
RSA Authentication Agent 7.0 for PAM
Supported Platforms: RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.8 (AS and ES) (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron
  • VMWare VSphere 4
SuSE Enterprise Linux 11 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron
  • VMWare VSphere 4
AIX 5.3 TL12 (SP1) (32-bit and 64-bit) on POWER6
AIX 6.1 TL5 (SP2) 64 bit on POWER6

HP-UX 11iv2 and 11iv3 Update 5
  • Itanium 64-bit
Solaris 10 (Update 8) with Zones (32 and 64 bit)
  • Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron
Solaris 10 (Update 8) with Zones 64 bit
  • UltraSPARC 64-bit
Other Requirements:
  • RSA Authentication Manager 6.1 or later
  • RSA Authentication Manager 7.1 or later
Pricing and Availability: Download this agent for free:
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
Pricing and Availability: Download this agent for free:
RSA Authentication Agent 5.3.4 for PAM
Supported Platforms RSA Authentication Agent 5.3.4 for PAM supports only the 32-bit version of the following operating systems:
  • Sun® SolarisTM 8, 9 and 10
  • Red HatTM Enterprise Linux® AS/ES 3.0 and 4.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
  • AIX® 5L v5.3 with ML2, ML3, TL4
  • HP-UX 11i

The PAM Agent supports OpenSSH 4.1p1 for all platforms and OpenSSH 4.3p1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.0. RSA strongly recommends using OpenSSH.
Other Requirements:
  • 6 MB free disk space
  • RSA ACE/Server 5.1 or later, or RSA Authentication Manager 6.0 or later
Pricing and Availability: Download this agent for free:
RSA Authentication Agent 5.2 for UNIX
Supported Platforms
  • Sun® SolarisTM 8 and 9 on UltraTMSPARCTM processors
    IBM® AIX® 5L v5.1 and 5.2 on PowerPC® and RISC System/6000® processors
  • HP-UX 11i on PA-RISC 2.x processors
Other Requirements:
  • 10.1 MB free disk space
  • RSA Authentication Manager (5.2 or later recommended)
  • RSA ACE/Server 5.1 or later, or RSA Authentication Manager 6.0 or later
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