[Openswan Users] OpenSwan 2.3.1 implements AES on Phase 1?

Stephan Scholz sscholz at astaro.com
Mon Jul 18 11:38:46 CEST 2005


Openswan 2.3.1 has a bug concerning AES 256. It falsely uses
AES128 instead of AES256 for encryption. I believe this is fixed in CVS.

Stephan

Cassio Bobsin Machado wrote:
> I'm trying to connect with a CiscoPIX that requires AES-256, SHA1,
> DHG2 for Phase 1 and, after some log analisys, I've reached a problem.
> 
> When preparing ISAKMP Proposal, OpenSwan does not try to make any
> combination with AES, only tries with 3DES for encryption.
> 
> I couldn't find in any documentation from OpenSwan (they're a bit
> confusing, mixing old FreeSwan info) that covers this issue.
> 
> I tried to force with parameters like "ike=aes" or a dozen of other
> variations but, when I try any of these, it simply does not parse
> IPSEC.CONF.
> 
> Do I have to apply any patch? Modify any config file?
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Cassio Bobsin Machado
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