When a user signs in with an RSA on-demand code, the code is sent by SMS through SMSEagle, your own hardware SMS gateway. SMSEagle is RSA Ready certified, and the request stays in your local network.
RSA Authentication Manager’s on-demand tokencode delivery normally goes through a cloud SMS provider. The certified SMSEagle HTTP Plug-in keeps the request on your local network and sends the tokencode from your own device over the cellular network.
Cloud tokencode delivery needs outbound internet access from your authentication infrastructure. SMSEagle sends messages on-premises over its own cellular connection, delivering tokencodes even in fully offline installations.
Cloud SMS OTP is billed per message, often at premium authentication rates. SMSEagle sends over a standard SIM at local carrier rates – no per-message fees, no external contract.
A user signs in to an agent using their username and on-demand PIN through RSA Authentication Manager.
RSA Authentication Manager sends the on-demand tokencode and the user’s mobile number to SMSEagle using the certified HTTP Plug-in.
SMSEagle delivers the code over its own cellular connection, not through a third-party service, as an SMS to the user’s own phone.
Install the RSA Ready certified plug-in and point it at SMSEagle, and codes are sent by SMS.
An SMS code needs no app: people receive it on any mobile phone.
SMSEagle records every code it sends, together with its status, so you can check whether it was received.
Two SMSEagle devices can work as an HA cluster: if one fails, the other takes over sending codes.
SMSEagle has passed RSA’s official certification process and carries the RSA Ready certification. Install the certified plug-in using the setup guide linked below, then point it at your SMSEagle device.
On the SMSEagle side the plug-in authenticates with the login and password of an API user (APIv1):
RSA Authentication Manager can be configured to use SMSEagle for delivering on-demand tokencodes. When a user authenticates with an on-demand PIN, RSA Authentication Manager sends the tokencode and mobile number to SMSEagle over HTTP, and SMSEagle delivers it to the user’s phone via SMS.
See the configuration manual: Proximus_SMSEagle1_2_HTTPPlug-In.pdf.
See also the SMSEagle entry in RSA Community: RSA SecurID Access SMS Implementation Guide.
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