Sophos Mobile
Network Access Control interface guide
Product Version: 8
Contents
About this guide...................................................................................................................................................... 1
Sophos Mobile NAC support................................................................................................................................. 2
Prerequisites............................................................................................................................................................ 3
Configure NAC support.......................................................................................................................................... 4
NAC web service interface....................................................................................................................................5
API description.........................................................................................................................................................6
Login ( rs/login
)................................................................................................................................................ 6
Logout ( rs/logout
)........................................................................................................................................... 7
Devices ( rs/nac/mac
).......................................................................................................................................8
Users with denied devices ( rs/nac/denieduser
).............................................................................. 10
Migrate to the web service interface............................................................................................................... 13
Technical support................................................................................................................................................. 14
Legal notices..........................................................................................................................................................15
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1 About this guide
This guide explains how to connect a third-party Network Access Control system to the RESTful web service interface of Sophos Mobile.
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2 Sophos Mobile NAC support
To support Network Access Control (NAC), Sophos Mobile manages the network access status of mobile devices based on compliance rules. When a device violates a compliance rule that is assigned to it, the network access status of the device is set to Deny . If required, you can set the status of certain devices to a fixed value, independent of their compliance status.
Sophos Mobile only manages the network access status of devices. It does not actually restrict network communication. Instead, Sophos Mobile offers a web service interface that delivers the
MAC addresses and corresponding network access status of the managed devices. Third-party NAC systems can retrieve this information to permit or deny access to network segments.
The connection of the NAC system to the web service interface has to be implemented by the thirdparty vendor.
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3 Prerequisites
The following tasks must be completed in Sophos Mobile before you can use the NAC interface:
1. Install and configure Sophos Mobile.
• For Sophos Mobile on Premise, see the Sophos Mobile installation guide and the Sophos
Mobile super administrator guide .
• For Sophos Mobile as a Service, this has already been performed by Sophos.
2. Enroll your mobile devices with Sophos Mobile. See the Sophos Mobile administrator help .
3.
Configure NAC support (page 4).
Note
For information on Sophos Mobile on Premise and Sophos Mobile as a Service, see the Sophos
Mobile administrator help .
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4 Configure NAC support
Network Access Control (NAC) support is configured through the Sophos Mobile web console.
Unless otherwise noted in the description below, you find detailed information about each step in the
Sophos Mobile administrator help .
To configure network access:
1. For Sophos Mobile on Premise, log in to the web console with a super administrator account and then enable NAC support.
From the menu sidebar, go to Setup > System setup > Network Access Control and then select
Web service from the list. For details, see the Sophos Mobile super administrator guide .
Sophos Mobile also includes product-specific NAC integration for Sophos UTM, Cisco ISE and
Check Point. If you use one of these system, you can select the relevant option from the list.
These options also enable the web service interface.
Note
For Sophos Mobile as a Service, this step is not required. NAC support is always enabled.
2. Log in to the web console with a standard administrator account.
3. Configure compliance policies.
From the menu sidebar, go to Compliance policies and then create or edit compliance policies.
For each rule within a compliance policy, you can select the Deny network action to block network access for devices that violate the rule.
4. Assign the compliance policies to device groups.
From the menu sidebar, go to Device groups and then create or edit a device group. Assign a compliance policy to the device group. You can select different compliance policies for corporate and personal devices.
5. Assign devices to device groups.
From the menu sidebar, go to Devices and then add or edit a device. Under Device group , select the device group that has the relevant compliance policy assigned.
6. In addition to network access based on compliance policies, you can set the network access status of certain devices to a fixed value.
From the menu sidebar, go to Devices . Select the devices for which you want to set network access unconditionally. Then click Actions > Set network access and select either Allow or
Deny .
When devices synch with the Sophos Mobile server, they are checked for compliance. You can also check the current compliance status of all devices by using Check now on the Compliance policies page. If a compliance rule that contains the Deny network action is violated, the network access status of the device is set to Deny .
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5 NAC web service interface
Sophos Mobile offers a RESTful web service to retrieve a list of the devices for a customer and their network access status.
For security reasons, the service only supports HTTPS access. Communication is encrypted with the same SSL/TLS certificate that is used for the Sophos Mobile web console and Self Service Portal.
Basically, you need to implement the following workflow in your third-party NAC system to retrieve the network access status of mobile devices from the web service:
1. Perform a
POST /rs/login
request, sending the credentials (that is customer name, login name, password) of a Sophos Mobile administrator account.
The service returns a session authentication token that is required to access the web service resources.
2. Perform a
GET /rs/nac/mac
request.
The service returns the MAC addresses of all devices for the customer, divided into devices with network access status Allow and Deny .
3. Optionally, perform a
GET /rs/nac/denieduser
request.
The service returns a list of users that are assigned one or more devices with network access status Denied .
4. When you are finished, perform a
POST /rs/logout
request to log out from Sophos Mobile.
Note
The session authentication token expires after 60 seconds of inactivity.
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6 API description
6.1 Login (
rs/login
)
Login to the Sophos Mobile server.
The login resource returns a session authentication token that is required to access the other web service resources.
URL https://<smc_server_address>/rs/login
Method
POST
Request header
Key content-type
Value application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Request body
Form data, containing these properties:
Key customer user password
Description
Customer name
Administrator login name
Administrator password
Response body
JSON object with the following structure:
Key userName authToken loginDate
Type
String
String
Integer
Description
Administrator login name
Session authentication token
Login timestamp in epoch milliseconds
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Key rights
Type
Array of strings
Description
List of rights that are granted to the administrator
The administrator must have the
DEVICE_BROWSE
right to be able to retrieve network access status.
HTTP response status
Status code
200 OK
401 Unauthorized
Description
Administrator was successfully logged in
Administrator is not authorized to access the resource
Example request
POST /rs/login HTTP/1.1
Host: smc.yourcompany.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded customer=your_customer&user=your_admin_name&password=your_password
Example response
{
"userName": "your_admin_name",
"authToken": "da81d6d2-3c02-4f18-8115-f4188d84e851",
"loginDate": 1452258438634,
"rights": [
<array of granted rights>
]
}
6.2 Logout (
rs/logout
)
Log out from the Sophos Mobile server.
URL https://<smc_server_address>/rs/logout
Method
POST
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Request header
Key
X-SMCRS-Auth-Session
Value
Session authentication token from the login response
Request body empty
Response body empty
HTTP response status
Status code
200 OK
401 Unauthorized
Description
Administrator was successfully logged out
Administrator is not authorized or the authentication token has expired
Example request
POST /rs/logout HTTP/1.1
Host: smc.yourcompany.com
X-SMCRS-Auth-Session: da81d6d2-3c02-4f18-8115-f4188d84e851
6.3 Devices (
rs/nac/mac
)
This resource returns the MAC addresses of all devices for the customer, divided into devices with network access status Allowed and Denied .
URL https://<smc_server_address>/rs/nac/mac
Method
GET
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Request header
Key
X-SMCRS-Auth-Session
Value
Session authentication token from the login response
Request body empty
Response body
JSON object with the following structure:
Key allowed denied
Type Description
Array of device objects List of devices with network access status Allow
Array of device objects List of devices with network access status Deny
Device objects have the following structure:
Key deviceId mac deniedReason
Type
Integer
String
String
Description
Internal device identifier
MAC address of the device
Possible values: null
: Network access is allowed.
denied by compliance violation
:
Network access is denied because of a compliance violation.
denied by admin
: Network access is unconditionally denied in device settings.
HTTP response status
Status code
200 OK
401 Unauthorized
403 Forbidden
Description
Request was successfully processed
Administrator is not authorized or the authentication token has expired
Administrator does not have sufficient rights
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Example request
POST /rs/nac/mac HTTP/1.1
Host: smc.yourcompany.com
X-SMCRS-Auth-Session: da81d6d2-3c02-4f18-8115-f4188d84e851
Example response
{
"allowed": [
{
"deviceId": 12060,
"mac": "021111111111",
"deniedReason": null
},
{
"deviceId": 12066,
"mac": "022222222222",
"deniedReason": null
}
],
"denied": [
{
"deviceId": 12069,
"mac": "023333333333",
"deniedReason": "denied by admin"
},
{
"deviceId": 22079,
"mac": "024444444444",
"deniedReason": "denied by compliance violation"
}
]
}
6.4 Users with denied devices (
rs/nac/ denieduser
)
This resource returns a list of device users that are assigned one or more devices with network access status Deny .
Only users from an external LDAP directory are listed.
URL https://<smc_server_address>/rs/nac/denieduser
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Method
GET
Request header
Key
X-SMCRS-Auth-Session
Value
Session authentication token from the login response
Request body empty
Response body
JSON array containing objects with the following structure:
Key userIdentifier deniedDevices
Type
String
Description
User name
Array of device objects List of devices with network access status Deny
Device objects have the following structure:
Key deviceId deniedReason
Type
Integer
String
Description
Internal device identifier
Possible values: denied by compliance violation
:
Network access is denied because of a compliance violation.
denied by admin
: Network access is unconditionally denied in device settings.
Note
For customers with internal user management, the service responds with an empty JSON array
[]
.
HTTP response status
Status code
200 OK
Description
Request was successfully processed
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Status code
401 Unauthorized
403 Forbidden
Description
Administrator is not authorized or the authentication token has expired
Administrator does not have sufficient rights
Example request
POST /rs/nac/denieduser HTTP/1.1
Host: smc.yourcompany.com
X-SMCRS-Auth-Session: da81d6d2-3c02-4f18-8115-f4188d84e851
Example response
[
{
"userIdentifier": "a user name",
"deniedDevices": [
{
"deviceId": 12069,
"mac": "023333333333",
"deniedReason": "denied by admin"
},
{
"deviceId": 22079,
"mac": "024444444444",
"deniedReason": "denied by compliance violation"
}
]
}
]
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7 Migrate to the web service interface
In addition to the RESTful web service interface that is described in this document, Sophos
Mobile offers a second NAC interface that uses a custom HTTP-based protocol. It is available at https://<smc_server_address>/servlets/nac/
.
That last-mentioned NAC interface is deprecated and will be removed from Sophos Mobile with a future release.
If you have implemented a connection of a third-party NAC system to the deprecated NAC interface, perform the following steps to migrate to the web service interface:
1. Using a REST client implementation of your choice, set up a workflow that connects to the web service interface and retrieves the lists of MAC addresses for devices with network access status
Allow and Deny
. See NAC web service interface
(page 5).
2. Provide these lists to your third-party NAC system instead of the lists that you retrieved from the deprecated NAC interface.
3. Using the Sophos Mobile web console, change the Network Access Control mode from Custom to Web service . For details, see the Sophos Mobile super administrator guide .
You do not need to upload a specific certificate for communication with the web service.
Note
For details about the deprecated NAC interface, see the Network Access Control interface guide for Sophos Mobile product version 6.
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8 Technical support
You can find technical support for Sophos products in any of these ways:
• Visit the Sophos Community at community.sophos.com/ and search for other users who are experiencing the same problem.
• Visit the Sophos support knowledgebase at www.sophos.com/en-us/support.aspx
.
• Download the product documentation at www.sophos.com/en-us/support/ documentation.aspx
.
• Open a ticket with our support team at https://secure2.sophos.com/support/contact-support/ support-query.aspx
.
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9 Legal notices
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