Security Authentication and Authorization
Whats New in security in QlikView 11
Fredrik Lautrup Ralph Senseny
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Agenda
Overview Ways to customize authentication
Header Solution Web Tickets QlikViews Authentication.aspx API
Authorization between services
Certificates
Questions and Answers
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Overview
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Basic Architecture
Trust QlikView
Authentication server
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Cutomizing Authentication
Get user id and credentials
Verify credentials
Transfer user identity to QlikView
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Web Server
Authentication Who are you?
QlikView Server
Authorisation What documents can I see?
User Docs
Authorisation What data sources can I use?
QlikView Publisher
Source Docs
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Back End
Front End
Header Solution
High
Low
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Header Solution - Architecture
Trust zone A Header Authentication server
Trust Zone B
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Use case Integration using proxy
Trust zone A
Header: QVUSER=A
Trust Zone B
User ID A
Apache reverse proxy
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Use case SSO using filter
Header
IIS
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Web Tickets
High
High
Low
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Web Tickets
Trust
Authenticating system
User Directory
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Use case SAML using Webtickets
SAML Identity Provider
Trust SAML Service provider
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QlikViews Authentication.aspx API
High
High
Low
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Authenticate.aspx - Architecture
User Directory
Authenticate to external directory Login Transfer user identity to Qlikview
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Authenticate.aspx flow
Login failure
No Get user credentials Authenticate to external system Success Resolv user groups Transfer user to QlikView
Yes
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Pseudo code
//Validate credentials with external authentication system List<string> groups = new List<string>(); groups.Add(NTDOMAIN\\EXPORTXLS"); //Allow him to export to Excel for this session groups.Add(MOBILE"); //He can see data that is allowed from mobile devices IUser user = new NamedUser("NTDOMAIN\\XXX", groups, true); QlikView.AccessPoint.User.GenericAuthentication(context, user); //Ready to use QV
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Use Case Authenticate.aspx
Group resolution using Directory Service Connector Authenticate to external directory Login Transfer user identity to Qlikview
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LDAP Directory
Use Case Authenticate.aspx
LDAP Directory
Group resolution using Directory Service Connector Request
Verify certificate
Transfer user identity to Qlikview
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Gererall security requirements
All authentication needs to be protected from evesdropping Use encrypted communication such as HTTPS or VPN All authentication is done outside the QlikView system therefore there needs to be established trust between the systems IP address whitelists Firewall restrictions Authentication using something you have Hardening of the IIS platform in accordance with local security policy
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How to Choose a Solution
Yes
Web frontend to integrate with
No
No
Yes
Need to integrate content into portal using IFrames
Authenticate.aspx
WebTicket
Yes
Need to transfer groups from authentication system
Yes
No
SSO system with header support
No
WebTicket
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Header
WebTicket
Certificates
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Certificates
Features
Configuring Certificates, in a multiple server deployment within QlikView, removes the dependency of a QlikView Administration Group Certificates allows the use of certificates to build a trust domain between services that can be located between different domains/areas such as internal networks, extranets and internet Eliminates the need to share an Active Directory (AD) or other user directories. The architecture is based on the QlikView Management Service (QMS) as the certificate manager (CA, Certificate Authority). The QMS will be able to create and distribute certificates to all services in the QlikView installation.
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Certificates
Certificate Structure
When deploying Certificates all QlikView servers must be configured for certificates. QlikView services participating in the installation will receive certificates signed using this root certificate when added to the QMS. QMS as the Certificate Authority(CA) issues digital certificates that contain keys and the identity of the owner QlikView Management Service is an important part of the security solution and needs to be managed from a secure location to keep the certificate solution secure. The QMS is responsible for saying "yes, this service deployed on this server is a service in my installation".
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Questions
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With QlikView there are many ways to solve authentication its just a matter of selecting the appropriate one based on the pre requisites of the customer
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