Contents

Introduction

Prerequisites

Requirements

Components Used

Network Diagram

Problem

Solution

Final Configuration

Related Information

Introduction

This document describes a common problem encountered when you configure Cisco Cloud Web Security (CWS) (previously known as ScanSafe) on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASAs) Versions 9.0 and later.

With CWS, the ASA transparently redirects selected HTTP and HTTPS to a CWS proxy server. Administrators have the ability to allow, block, or warn end-users in order to protect them from malware with the appropriate configuration of security policies on the CWS portal.

Prerequisites

Requirements

Cisco recommends that you have knowledge of these configurations:

- Cisco ASAs via CLI and/or Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM)

- Cisco Cloud Web Security on Cisco ASAs

Components Used

The information in this document is based on Cisco ASAs.

The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.

Network Diagram

Problem

A common problem encountered when you configure Cisco CWS on the ASA occurs when the internal web servers become inaccessible through the ASA. For example, here is a sample configuration that corresponds to the topology illustrated in the previous section:

hostname ASA1

!

<snip>

interface GigabitEthernet0/0

nameif outside

security-level 0

ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0

!

interface GigabitEthernet0/1

nameif inside

security-level 100

ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0

!

<snip>

object network inside-network

subnet 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0

object network web-server

host 192.168.1.10

!

<snip>

access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any host 192.168.1.10 eq www

access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any host 192.168.1.10 eq https

access-list http-traffic extended permit tcp any any eq www

access-list https-traffic extended permit tcp any any eq https

!

<snip>

scansafe general-options

server primary fqdn proxy193.scansafe.net port 8080

server backup fqdn proxy1363.scansafe.net port 8080

retry-count 5

license <license key>

!

<snip>

object network inside-network

nat (inside,outside) dynamic interface

object network web-server

nat (inside,outside) static 10.1.1.10

!

access-group outside_access_in in interface outside

!

<snip>

class-map http-class

match access-list http_traffic

class-map https-class

match access-list https_traffic

!

policy-map type inspect scansafe http-pmap

parameters

http

policy-map type inspect scansafe https-pmap

parameters

https

!

policy-map outside-policy

class http-class

inspect scansafe http-pmap fail-close

class https-class

inspect scansafe https-pmap fail-close

!

service-policy outside-policy interface inside

With this confguration, the internal web server from outside that uses the IP address 10.1.1.10 might become inaccessible. This issue can be caused by multiple reasons, such as:

- The type of content hosted on the web server.

- The Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate of the web server is not trusted by the CWS proxy server.

Solution

Content hosted on any internal server(s) is generally considered trustworthy. Hence, it is not necessary to scan traffic to these servers with CWS. You can add traffic to such internal servers to the allowed list with this configuration:

ASA1(config)# object-group network ScanSafe-bypass

ASA1(config-network-object-group)# network-object host 192.168.1.10

ASA1(config-network-object-group)# exit

ASA1(config)# access-list http_traffic line 1 deny tcp

any object-group ScanSafe-bypass eq www

ASA1(config)# access-list https_traffic line 1 deny tcp

any object-group ScanSafe-bypass eq https

With this configuration, traffic to the internal web server at 192.168.1.10 on TCP ports 80 and 443 are no longer redirected to the CWS proxy servers. If there are multiple servers of this type in the network, you can add them to the object-group named ScanSafe-bypass.

Final Configuration

Here is an example of the final configuration:

hostname ASA1

!

interface GigabitEthernet0/0

nameif outside

security-level 0

ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0

!

interface GigabitEthernet0/1

nameif inside

security-level 100

ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0

!

interface GigabitEthernet0/2

no nameif

no security-level

no ip address

!

interface GigabitEthernet0/3

no nameif

no security-level

no ip address

!

interface Management0/0

management-only

no nameif

no security-level

no ip address

!

object network inside-network

subnet 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0

object network web-server

host 192.168.1.10

object-group network ScanSafe-bypass

network-object host 192.168.1.10

!

access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any host 192.168.1.10 eq www

access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any host 192.168.1.10 eq https

access-list http_traffic deny tcp any object-group ScanSafe-bypass eq www

access-list http-traffic extended permit tcp any any eq www

access-list https_traffic deny tcp any object-group ScanSafe-bypass eq https

access-list https-traffic extended permit tcp any any eq https

!

scansafe general-options

server primary fqdn proxy193.scansafe.net port 8080

server backup fqdn proxy1363.scansafe.net port 8080

retry-count 5

license <license key>

!

pager lines 24

mtu outside 1500

mtu inside 1500

no asdm history enable

arp timeout 14400

!

object network inside-network

nat (inside,outside) dynamic interface

object network web-server

nat (inside,outside) static 10.1.1.10

!

access-group outside_access_in in interface outside

!

route outside 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.1.1.254 1

timeout xlate 3:00:00

timeout pat-xlate 0:00:30

timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 icmp 0:00:02

timeout sunrpc 0:10:00 h323 0:05:00 h225 1:00:00 mgcp 0:05:00 mgcp-pat 0:05:00

timeout sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00 sip-invite 0:03:00 sip-disconnect 0:02:00

timeout sip-provisional-media 0:02:00 uauth 0:05:00 absolute

timeout tcp-proxy-reassembly 0:01:00

timeout floating-conn 0:00:00

!

class-map http-class

match access-list http_traffic

class-map https-class

match access-list https_traffic

!

policy-map type inspect scansafe

http-pmap

parameters

http

policy-map type inspect scansafe https-pmap

parameters

https

!

policy-map inside-policy

class http-class

inspect scansafe http-pmap fail-close

class https-class

inspect scansafe https-pmap fail-close

!

service-policy inside-policy interface inside

Related Information

- Cisco ASA Connector Quick Configuration Guide

- Cisco ASA 9.0 CLI Configuration Guide

- Technical Support & Documentation - Cisco Systems