Software Secure Access
Activity Manage

Procedure

To define a network as trusted, perform the following steps:

  1. In Secure Access, navigate to Connect End User Connectivity > Zero Trust Access.

  2. In the Default Profile section, click Manage Trusted Networks.

  3. Click + Trusted Network to add the first network. (After the first network is added, the + Add option is displayed for adding additional networks.)

  4. In the Trusted Network Name field, enter a name for the trusted network.

  5. In the Inspect section, click one of the following radio buttons:

    • Physical adapters: This ensures that TND inspects only physical network interfaces in an endpoint.
    • Physical and virtual adapters: This ensures that TND inspects both physical and virtual network interfaces in an endpoint.

       
      The Physical and virtual adapters option is a beta feature intended for limited testing. You must not use this option in production environments.
  6. From the Criterion drop-down list, select one of the following options:

    • DNS Servers: If you choose this option, enter all the DNS server addresses (comma separated) for the trusted network in the adjacent DNS Servers field. Cisco Secure Client detects a trusted network only if it matches any of the specified DNS servers.

    • DNS Domains: If you choose this option, enter the DNS domain suffixes (comma separated) for the trusted network in the adjacent DNS Domains field. Cisco Secure Client detects a trusted network only if it matches any of the specified DNS domain suffixes.

    • Trusted Servers: If you choose this option, enter a trusted server address in the adjacent Trusted Servers field. A DNS server specified in this profile must translate the domain name of this server to its corresponding IP address and provide a TLS certificate. (Optional) In the Certificate Hash field, enter the hash of the public key of this certificate.


       
      Certificate hash is not applicable for iOS devices.

  7. (Optional) Click +Add Trusted Server to add up to 10 trusted servers. Only one of the trusted servers is required to pass validation.

  8. (Optional) Click +Add Criterion to add more criteria.


     
    You can add a criteria only once.
  9. Click Save.

Note that if you provide multiple criteria for DNS domains, DNS servers, and trusted servers, the client will recognize a trusted network using any of the criteria provided.

The following is an example of this:

You provide the following criteria for these fields:

  • DNS Domains: YourCompany.com and AcquiredCompany.com

  • DNS Servers: 10.10.10.10 and 10.10.10.11

  • Trusted Servers: server1.YourCompany.com with hash _xyz _ and server2.YourCompany.com with hash abc

The client recognizes a trusted network based on any of the criteria provided by you.

  • AcquiredCompany.com
  • 10.10.10.11
  • server2.YourCompany.com with hash abc