[Openswan Users] Re: fire pluto[2196]: "test" #11880: Informational Exchange message is invalid because it has a previously used Message ID (0x55dccabb)

[Paul Wouters]

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, openswan wrote:

> What does this message mean?
>
>  fire pluto[2196]: "test" #11880: Informational Exchange message is
> invalid because it has a previously used Message ID (0x55dccabb)
>
>
> It appears only if I set dpddelay parameter to whatever value. Does it
> mean that the remote end (NETGEAR router) does not support DPD (Death
> Peer Detection) or DPD is not switched on?

No it means you restarted the openswan end, but did not restart the netgear,
or you restarted the netgear but in fact, the netgear re-uses it's old phase
1 SA. Reboot the netgear to make sure it starts fresh.

Paul
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