[Openswan Users] No ipsec0 interfaces in routeing table

ted leslie tleslie at tcn.net
Wed Jul 5 16:32:04 CEST 2006


when you attempt your test conenction,
are you doing that from the openswan server or from one of the hosts on the 
private-lan behind the VPN gateway?
explain what exactly you are doing to test this connection.




you might also want to post your barf

ipsec barf

as it has more info 

-tl



On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:59:55 -0400
jack <jrlowry376 at adelphia.net> wrote:

> ted leslie wrote:
> > i have never actually used the --route option, i'll have to see what it does.
> > maybe you should skip it, maybe its breaking something.
> >
> > you should probably post your configs, and network topo here so people can examine it.
> > When ever i have had the problem you just discribed it was because i was doing a 
> > SNAT, and thus it didnt match the policy of the vpn and routed it non-vpn.
> >
> > you should also check that you are not simply blocking yourself with a iptables rule.
> > remember about port 4500  NAT-T if you are traversing.
> > if your iptables has logs hooked up, just  dmesg  to see the rejects.
> > you say your clearing iptables, but   "iptables -L" to be sure.
> >
> > you can do a tcpdump and see if its routing the packets to your default gw non-ESP'd, or
> > where ever else it might.
> >
> > do you have multiple interfaces, maybe that is factoring in.
> >
> > -tl
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:38:17 -0400
> > jack <jrlowry376 at adelphia.net> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> ted leslie wrote:
> >>     
> >>> unless you put the Klips patch in, the 2.6 kernel version of freeswan/openswan
> >>> don't have ipsecX interfaces
> >>>
> >>> thats not to say that this is your problem, if yuor doing a DNAT and SNAT translation
> >>> in your setup , then it could be.
> >>>
> >>> -tl
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:06:51 -0400
> >>> Jack Lowry <jrlowry376 at adelphia.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> I've been using freeswan 1.99 for years and I've decided
> >>>> to upgrade to openswan 2.4.6 on kernel 2.6.17.
> >>>>
> >>>> I fairly certain I'm getting connected to my peer
> >>>> (a checkpoint 4.1 firewall) as ipsec auto --status gives
> >>>> me a message "500 STATE_MAIN_I4 (ISAKMP SA established)"
> >>>> among other things (but nothing that sicks out a problem.
> >>>>
> >>>> I can't connect to a host on the remote end.
> >>>>
> >>>> On thing that I find odd is the routing table does not include
> >>>> routes for the network behind the peer that I am trying to connect
> >>>> to using ipsec0 as the interface.
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >> I'm not doing DNAT or SNAT, the IP  addresses in use on both side don't 
> >> conflict, and both sides know
> >> how to route to the other sides private IP address space.
> >>
> >> I tried to bring up the tunnel after having done a iptables -F to clear 
> >> any firewall rules. Same results tunnel comes up but no esp traffic.
> >>
> >> I guess the question is "How does the Openswan 2.4.6rc1/linux 2.6.17 
> >> network stack know to encrypt a specific
> >> combination of source and  destination packets?"
> >>
> >> I think I have a functional understanding of how freeswan 1.99(based on 
> >> traffic entering a IPSEC interface based on a systems routing table) and 
> >> Checkpoint 4.1 (based on matching up encryption domains and rules) work. 
> >> I clearly don't understand how it's supposed to happen with Openswan 
> >> 2.4.6rc1/linux 2.6.17 maybe I'm missing a step in openswan startup.
> >>
> >> I do:
> >>
> >> ipsec setup --start
> >> ipsec auto --add rfd # add the remote site I'm trying to get working
> >> ipsec auto --up rfd # initate the tunnel negotiate keys SA and stuff.
> >> ipsec auto --route rfd # I'm guessing this is supposed to tell the 
> >> kernel what to encrypt the traffic.
> >>
> >>     
> A network diagram is here http://home.adelphia.net/~jrlowry376/topology.gif
> 
> and Ipsec.conf is
> 
> # /etc/ipsec.conf - Openswan IPsec configuration file
> # RCSID $Id: ipsec.conf.in,v 1.15.2.2 2005/11/14 20:10:27 paul Exp $
> 
> # This file:  /usr/local/share/doc/openswan/ipsec.conf-sample
> #
> # Manual:     ipsec.conf.5
> 
> 
> version 2.0     # conforms to second version of ipsec.conf specification
> 
> # basic configuration
> config setup
>         interfaces=%defaultroute
>         # plutodebug / klipsdebug = "all", "none" or a combation from below:
>         # "raw crypt parsing emitting control klips pfkey natt x509 private"
>         # eg:
>         plutodebug="all"
>         #       interfaces="ipsec0=eth0"
>         #
>         # Only enable klipsdebug=all if you are a developer
>         #
>         # NAT-TRAVERSAL support, see README.NAT-Traversal
>         # nat_traversal=yes
>         # virtual_private=%v4:10.0.0.0/8,%v4:192.168.0.0/16,%4:172.16.0.0/12
> 
> # Add connections here
> 
> # sample VPN connection
> #conn sample
> #               # Left security gateway, subnet behind it, nexthop 
> toward right.
> #               left=10.0.0.1
> #               leftsubnet=172.16.0.0/24
> #               leftnexthop=10.22.33.44
> #               # Right security gateway, subnet behind it, nexthop 
> toward left.
> #               right=10.12.12.1
> #               rightsubnet=192.168.0.0/24
> #               rightnexthop=10.101.102.103
> #               # To authorize this connection, but not actually start it,
> #               # at startup, uncomment this.
> #               #auto=start
> 
> conn rfd
>         keylife=60m
>         ikelifetime=480m
>         rekey=yes
>         type=tunnel
>         left=69.174.129.33
>         leftsubnet=192.168.3.0/24
>         leftnexthop=69.174.129.1
>         right=206.107.146.8
>         rightsubnet=172.16.24.0/21
>         rightnexthop=206.107.146.1
>         keyexchange=ike
>         compress=no
>         authby=secret
>         auth=esp
>         pfs=yes
> 
> #Disable Opportunistic Encryption
> include /etc/ipsec.d/examples/no_oe.conf
> 
> I am pretty sure ipsec.secrets is okay as I get the tunnel up
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