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Authentication Proxy - Release Notes

Last Updated: June 10th, 2020

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Release notes for recent Authentication Proxy versions.

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Version 4.0.1 - June 10, 2020

  • Fixed a bug where certain vendor-specific RADIUS attributes were not passed through correctly.
  • The Authentication Proxy will not attempt to constantly connect to the Duo Single Sign-on service with expired credentials.
  • Fixed a bug with binary LDAP attributes that caused certain authentications to fail.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Windows authproxy_passwd tool to fail for secrets containing the % character.
  • The error output when the Authentication Proxy cannot start TLS encryption due to missing configuration is clearer.

Version 4.0.0 - May 11, 2020

  • The Authentication Proxy is now packaged with and runs on Python 3.
  • When installed on Windows, directory permissions restrict access to the conf directory to the built-in Administrators group.
  • Improved directory sync performance when syncing large groups from Active Directory.
  • Fixed a bug causing RADIUS authentications to fail for usernames with non-ASCII characters.
  • Duo application ikey values are now properly captured in the authentication log during RADIUS authentication.

Version 3.2.4 - March 17, 2020

Version 3.2.3 - March 10, 2020

  • RADIUS Challenge responses now correctly include Proxy-State attribute values.

Version 3.2.2 - February 25, 2020

  • Fixed a bug causing NTLM and SSPI authentications to fail in rare cases.
  • Support for Windows Server 2008 R2 ended in January 2020. The minimum supported Windows version is Windows Server 2012. Future releases of the Authentication Proxy may not function on unsupported operating systems.

Version 3.2.1 - December 2019

  • Fixed a bug preventing the initialization script from being created on Linux systems during proxy upgrade.

Version 3.2.0 - December 2019

  • Fixed a bug causing failmode and prompt_format configuration values to be case-sensitive.
  • The primarygroup is now checked when determining if an AD/LDAP (ad_client) user is a member of the configured security_group_dn group.
  • Added support for LDAPCompareRequest LDAP message when the proxy is acting as an LDAP server.
  • Support additional username formats for exempt_ou matching when the proxy is acting as an LDAP server.
  • When using the "Integrated" (SSPI) authentication type for Active Directory sync, service account credentials are ignored if provided in the [cloud] configuration.
  • Events in the SIEM-consumable authevents.log now contain the authentication proxy hostname and the IKEY (Integration key) of the protected application.
  • Fixed case where logging incorrectly indicated failmode was invoked when an invalid SKEY (Secret key) was used.
  • The Windows installer now reports if there was an error installing the "Duo Authentication Proxy" service.
  • Proxy startup is prevented if an ldap_server_auto section has no associated ad_client section.
  • Bug fixes and enhancements to the connectivity tool.

Version 3.1.1 - September 2019

  • Third-party cryptography library update to address a known issue which could cause memory leaks that affected performance.

Version 3.1.0 - July 2019

  • New delimited_password_length optional configuration setting for RADIUS Auto, RADIUS Concat, and LDAP Auto supports Duo factor or passcode append after a fixed-length password without specifying a delimiter character.
  • Improved logging when the Authentication Proxy cannot contact Duo for directory sync.
  • The authproxy_support tool reports the full path to the generated output file.
  • Fixed a memory leak that could manifest with specific types of certificate files which affected the proxy's performance.
  • Allows mixed-case values for the prompt, type, and failmode configuration settings.
  • Logging of RADIUS and LDAP messages now contain the username.

Version 3.0.0 - March 2019

  • Now defaults to TLS 1.2 when acting as an SSL server ([radius_server_eap] or [ldap_server_auto]). Opt into a lower TLS version with the minimum_tls_version configuration option.
  • Now creates a new user (default name duo_authproxy_svc) during installation to run the proxy server on Linux.
  • Now creates a new group (default name duo_authproxy_grp) during installation on Linux. This group owns the /opt/duoauthproxy/log folder and all of its files.
  • Fixed a bug that prevent the authproxy_support tool from being run from in any directory.
  • Fixed a bug that caused errors when clients connected and disconnected very quickly.
  • Fixed small bugs in the connectivity tool configuration validation.

Version 2.14.0 - February 2019

  • Created a script that puts the Authentication Proxy into primary only mode, which temporarily only validates first factor authentication and skips secondary authentication for any configuration that allows "fail open" behavior.
  • Added a support tool that sanitizes and packages config and log files into a zip file you can send to Duo Support when troubleshooting issues.
  • Improved logging during Active Directory or OpenLDAP directory synchronization.
  • Introduced support for [http_proxy] sections to use a configured interface.

Version 2.13.0 - January 2019

Version 2.12.1 - January 2019

  • Corrects an issue which prevented usage of unicode characters in the authproxy.cfg file.

Version 2.12.0 - January 2019

  • Introduces new configuration options minimum_tls_version and cipher_list for hardening the TLS configuration of the Authentication Proxy when acting as an SSL server ([radius_server_eap] or [ldap_server_auto]).
  • OpenSSL is now built along with the Authentication Proxy on Linux. Admins no longer need to install OpenSSL separately as a prerequisite.
  • Perl and zlib are now prerequisites for building the Authentication Proxy on Linux.
  • The Authentication Proxy now validates parts of your configuration at startup and when running the connectivity tool.
  • FIPS mode for Windows and Linux.
  • Corrected an issue with logins from authorized networks not bypassing 2FA.

Version 2.11.0 - November 2018

  • Added support for channel binding validation during LDAP authentication over SSL\TLS on Windows Server. See KB 4034879 for more information about the LdapEnforceChannelBinding setting.
  • The connectivity troubleshooting tool now checks that the api_host in a [cloud] section is accessible.
  • Corrected an installation issue on Linux systems due to the PYTHON environment variable.
  • Reworded fail mode result messages to improve logging consistency.

Version 2.10.1 - September 2018

  • Corrected an installation issue on Linux systems.

Version 2.10.0 - September 2018

Version 2.9.0 - May 2018

  • Introduced new connectivity troubleshooting tool
  • Python 2.7 now bundled with Authentication Proxy install
  • The HTTP Proxy feature now accepts CIDR ranges as permitted client_ip values.
  • Previous 2.8.1 Windows-only EAP/TLS 1.2 fix for NetMotion implemented in Linux proxy as well

Version 2.8.1 - March 2018

Version 2.7.0 - December 2017

  • Supports OpenSSL 1.1.0
  • New LDAP server option: allow_unlimited_binds
  • Additional bug fixes

Version 2.6.0 - October 2017

This is the minimum required version for OpenLDAP sync and the minimum recommended version for AD sync.

  • Password authentication for OpenLDAP and AD sync
  • Fixed bug that caused an authentication event to be logged twice in authevents.log
  • Additional bug fixes

Version 2.5.4 - August 2017

  • SIEM-consumable authentication event logging with new configuration option log_auth_events
  • Corrected ad_client host failover behavior when using ldap_server_auto
  • Additional bug fixes

Note: Interim versions between 2.4.21 and 2.5.4 are internal builds not released to customers.

Version 2.4.21 - March 2017

  • Linux logging fix
  • Bug fixes

Version 2.4.20 - February 2017

  • Bug fix for premature TLS disconnect

Version 2.4.19 - December 2016

  • LDAPS bug fixes

Version 2.4.18 - December 2016

  • Ease-of-use improvements to authproxy.cfg file
  • Updated to OpenSSL 1.0.2h and PyOpenSSL to 16.2
  • RADIUS and LDAP bug fixes
  • Fixed inappropriate fail open behavior when api_timeout is reached (DUO-PSA-2016-002)

Version 2.4.17 - May 2016

  • Enhanced authentication proxy configuration reporting to Duo
  • Fixed handling of primary authentication failures in radius_server_eap (DUO-PSA-2016-001)

Version 2.4.16 - May 2016

Version 2.4.15 - May 2016

  • Debug logging to file obscures password information
  • Improved handling of NTLM and UPN Active Directory authentication
  • Improved handling of mixed format line endings in the config file
  • Checks config file for duplicate sections at proxy start

Version 2.4.14.1 - February 2016

  • Directory Sync and HTTP Proxy bug fixes

Version 2.4.14 - December 2015

  • New LDAP server option: allow_searches_after_bind
  • Updated EULA

Version 2.4.13 - November 2015

Version 2.4.12 - August 2015

  • Updated to OpenSSL 1.0.1p
  • Handling for Palo Alto Client-IP attribute

Version 2.4.11 - March 2015

  • Updated to OpenSSL 1.0.1m

Version 2.4.10 - March 2015

  • Updated to OpenSSL 1.0.1l
  • LDAP enhancements and improved logging
  • Fix proxy startup on Ubuntu LTS
  • New RADIUS exemption option: exempt_username_1
  • RADIUS client Message-Authenticator validation

Version 2.4.9 - February 2015

This is the minimum required version for AD sync.

  • Improved logging
  • AD Sync improvements

Version 2.4.8 - November 2014

  • AD Sync connection detection

Version 2.4.7 - November 2014

  • Fixes for Linux hosts

Version 2.4.6 - October 2014

  • Updated to OpenSSL 1.0.1j
  • AD Sync performance enhancement

Version 2.4.5 - September 2014

  • AD domain discovery feature in ad_client: domain_discovery
  • AD Sync improvements

Version 2.4.4 - August 2014

  • AD Sync improvements
  • Fix LDAP filter extensions

Version 2.4.3 - July 2014

  • Update ad_client time out logic
  • RADIUS and LDAP bug fixes

Version 2.4.2 - June 2014

This is the minimum supported version.

  • Updated to OpenSSL 1.0.1h
  • TLS v1.2 support
  • HTTPS proxy support for AD Sync
  • Support for syslog forwarding (Linux/Unix only): log_file, log_syslog, syslog_facility