RSA SecurID and Microsoft Mobile Information Server 2002 Integration

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Microsoft Mobile Information Server 2002 (MIS) provides secure access to internal resources and services for wireless device users. Using MIS, your companys users can access resources, such as their Microsoft Exchange 2000 mailboxes, anywhere, anytime on a range of devices. The flexibility that MIS provides, however, comes with the need for enhanced security for your corporate intranet.

If you already deployed MIS or plan to deploy MIS, and you use RSA ACE/Server to manage authentication policies for your network, you can use the RSA SecurID solution to authenticate users who will use MIS to browse their Exchange data with Outlook Mobile Access.

This article explains the RSA SecurID solution and describes how to use the RSA SecurID solution to authenticate users to MIS servers on the intranet. This article covers the following topics:

  • Two-factor authentication

  • How RSA SecurID works

  • RSA SecurID and MIS

  • Issues with the wireless authentication process

  • Deploying RSA SecurID with MIS

  • To benefit from using RSA ACE/Server and RSA SecurID with MIS, you must have a thorough understanding of how RSA SecurID and MIS work together. This article assumes that you are familiar with standard MIS concepts and deployment topologies and that you have a basic understanding of RSA ACE/Server and RSA SecurID. If you are unfamiliar with MIS, RSA ACE/Server, or RSA SecurID, review the product documentation for both products before implementing the scenario described in this paper.

  • For MIS documentation, see https://www.microsoft.com/miserver/support/.

  • For RSA SecurID documentation, see https://www.rsasecurity.com/.

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Authors: Joey Masterson

Publication Date: March 2002

Number of Pages: 14

Table of Contents

  • Introduction

    • Two-Factor Authentication

    • How RSA SecureID Works

    • MIS and RSA SecurID

  • Deploying RSA SecurID with MIS

    • Uninstall MIS

    • Prepare the Network Environment

    • Install MIS Using RSA SecurID Setup

    • Install the RSA ACE/Agent on the MIS Server

    • Activate the RSA ACE/Agent on the MIS Server

    • Configure the RSA ACE/Agent to Protect MIS Virtual Directories

    • Tell Your Users How to Use the RSA SecurID Authenticator