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Chapter50 Configuring Cisco Mobility Advantage
Information about the Cisco Mobility Advantage Proxy Feature
Figure50-1 MMP Stack
The TCP/TLS default port is 5443. There are no embedded NAT or secondary connections.
Cisco UMA client and server communications can be proxied via TLS, which decrypts the data, passes
it to the inspect MMP module, and re-encrypt the data before forwarding it to the endpoint. The inspect
MMP module verifies the integrity of the MMP headers and passes the OML/HTTP to an appropriate
handler. The ASA takes the following actions on the MMP headers and data:
•Verifies that client MMP headers are well-formed. Upon detection of a malformed header, the TCP
session is terminated.
•Verifies that client to server MMP header lengths are not exceeded. If an MMP header length is
exceeded (4096), then the TCP session is terminated.
•Verifies that client to server MMP content lengths are not exceeded. If an entity content length is
exceeded (4096), the TCP session is terminated.
Note 4096 is the value currently used in MMP implementations.
Because MMP headers and entities can be split across packets, the ASA buffers data to ensure consistent
inspection. The SAPI (stream API) handles data buffering for pending inspection opportunities. MMP
header text is treated as case insensitive and a space is present between header text and values.
Reclaiming of MMP state is performed by monitoring the state of the TCP connection.
Mobility Advantage Proxy Deployment Scenarios
Figure 50-2 and Figure50 -3 show the two deployment scenarios for the TLS proxy used by the Cisco
Mobility Advantage solution. In scenario 1 (the recommended deployment architecture), the ASA
functions as both the firewall and TLS proxy. In scenario 2, the ASA functions as the TLS proxy only
and works with an existing firewall. In both scenarios, the clients connect from the Internet.
In the scenario 1 deployment, the ASA is between a Cisco UMA client and a Cisco UMA server. The
Cisco UMA client is an executable that is downloaded to each smartphone. The Cisco UMA client
applications establishes a data connection, which is a TLS connection, to the corporate Cisco UMA
server. The ASA intercepts the connections and inspects the data that the client sends to the Cisco UMA
server.
Note The TLS proxy for the Cisco Mobility Advantage solution does not support client authentication because
the Cisco UMA client cannot present a certificate. The following commands can be used to disable
authentication during the TLS handshake.
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