AuthLite Interactive Documentation
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AuthLite Interactive Documentation
Quick Start: Install and protect Domain Admins AuthLite Features Supported Tokens
How AuthLite uses YubiKeys
Installation and Upgrading
What platforms are supported? Prerequisites and Installation Linux systems MacOS machines
Configuration
Licensing AuthLite Set up User Groups
Configuring AuthLite to use your Group Pairs
Setting up the "Group for New Users"
Enforce 2-factor Logons
Use Group Policy to enforce 2-factor on Windows servers/workstations Secure Administrative Accounts with 2-factor Authentication Enforce 2-factor on File Shares using Access Control Lists (ACLs) Permit 1-factor Network Access to a Server Partial enforcement of a server (e.g. Exchange) with "Forced 2-factor Processes" Enforce non-Windows machines with "Forced 2-factor Computers" Enforce 2-factor logon to Office 365 with AuthLite LDAP logon support/enforcement
Extra Logon Restrictions Windows Workstation (Endpoint) Protection
Cached (Offline) Workstation logon with YubiKeys Cached (Offline) Workstation logon with OATH tokens Zero-client two-factor workstation logons Workstation Safe mode operations
Remote Desktop
2FA over Remote Desktop Protocol 2FA with Remote Desktop Gateway / RemoteApp / RDWeb / RD Web Client
Replay Windows to support RDP and other re-authenticating protocols Replay Behavior setting VPN and RADIUS Configuration
Using IAS/NPS for RADIUS with AuthLite Microsoft VPN Client settings Wireless 802.1x Authentication DirectAccess and NetMotion Mobility XE Configure Watchguard SSL VPN with AuthLite
2FA for File Shares Active Directory Deployment Notes Delegate access to Configuration settings
Token Management
First: Configure Token Settings Provisioning Tokens Administratively
YubiKeys (Soft) OATH Tokens (Hardware) OATH Tokens OnlyKeys
User Self-Service
"Enroll in AuthLite" Windows program SET UP the Self-Service Web Portal USING the Self-Service Web Portal
View/Edit Existing Tokens Delegate Token Management Recovery Tokens Multiple OTP Tokens for the Same User Multiple users with the same OTP Token Password Operations
How to Log In Troubleshooting
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Extra Logon Restrictions

Create a Security Group
Create a Security Group
Add user accounts to the group
Add user accounts to the group
Tell AuthLite to restrict the group
Tell AuthLite to restrict the group

The Extra Logon Restrictions feature is a control to limit all logons by accounts in designated groups. You can enforce that these accounts are only permitted to log on from a designated set of IPs or computers. It can be used for any account, not just users who use AuthLite for 2-factor logon.

Existing built-in controls in Active Directory do not provide complete coverage for this need. Partial solutions include:

  • Group Policy -> Computer -> User Rights Assignment: If carefully and completely applied, it is possible to enforce logon restrictions this way, but the policy is applied by the endpoints and only Windows machines will see it.
  • The Logon Workstations list: Ths is not a security control. The Workstation field of a logon is provided by the authenticating client, which can set the value to anything they want and it is not validated in any way at the server. Some client systems (e.g. macOS) do not set this field to anything.

If, for example, you have a privileged service account that logs on to Domain Controllers over LDAP, neither of the above settings are able to affect it.

With the Extra Logon Restrictions setting, AuthLite will block any logon by users in the selected security group(s), unless the IP address connecting to the DC matches the list of IP ranges / computers that you designate.

Domain Controllers authenticate to themselves over their own loopback address (127.0.0.1) so if you intend to restrict interactive logons to DCs, make sure to include 127.0.0.1.

At this time, This feature is not compatible with Read-Only Domain Controllers.

CAUTION: Unlike most AuthLite features, this setting is capable of affecting ANY domain account. Since the goal is to restrict powerful accounts, you have to be extremely careful which accounts you add to the restricted groups. DO NOT add the 1-factor break-glass admin account. Otherwise in the event AuthLite stops working, you might lose the ability to log in with the break-glass account.