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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I have started to use Openswan on Centos6 and was able to configure Host to Host using the following document: <br><br>https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Security_Guide/Host-To-Host_VPN_Using_Openswan.html<br><br><br>My configuration is following (on both sides):<br><br><br>        conn tunnel1<br>        left=x.x.0.2<br>        leftrsasigkey=0sA…iww==<br>        right=x.x.0.1<br>        rightrsasigkey=0sA…qrQ==<br>        authby=rsasig<br>        # load and initiate automatically<br>        auto=start<br>        <br><br>    <br>I have enabled tunnel using the following command:<br><br>    ipsec auto --add tunnel1           <br>    ipsec auto --up tunnel1<br><br><br>Why when I stop ipsec service on both sides ping from server to server stop to work on both sides?<br>I need to restart both servers to allow to ping to work again.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>                                        </div></body>
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