[Openswan Users] Firewall rules for openswan behind NAT
Nick Howitt
n1ck.h0w1tt at gmail.com
Tue Nov 19 13:20:48 UTC 2013
What are you getting in /var/log/secure - just the bit where the tunnel
is negotiating, not the bit where ipsec loads?
Also what do you have in the "config setup" sections of your conf files?
On 2013-11-19 13:14, Fred Weston wrote:
> So here's something interesting…this morning just for the heck of it, I added ICMP to the permit list and that immediately got ping working.
>
> Since the tunnel shouldn't require ICMP, that got me thinking that the traffic isn't actually being encrypted. I verified that by trying to remote desktop to a host on the far side of the tunnel. It didn't work when I have the firewall rules set to only allow the few ports/protocols the tunnel should need, but as soon as I changed the ruleset to permit all traffic RDP worked, so it seems the problem is actually that the tunnel isn't encrypting the traffic.
>
> I'm not quite sure why this is.
>
> Here are the configs from each side, can someone comment as to what I need to add to get the traffic to be encrypted?
>
> conn vpc1-to-vpc2
>
> type=tunnel
>
> authby=secret
>
> left=%defaultroute
>
> leftid=107.21.17.86
>
> leftnexthop=%defaultroute
>
> leftsubnet=10.0.0.0/16
>
> leftsourceip=10.0.0.82
>
> right=50.18.211.121
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> rightsubnet=10.1.0.0/16
>
> pfs=yes
>
> auto=start
>
> phase2=esp
>
> conn vpc2-to-vpc1
>
> type=tunnel
>
> authby=secret
>
> left=%defaultroute
>
> leftid=50.18.211.121
>
> leftnexthop=%defaultroute
>
> leftsubnet=10.1.0.0/16
>
> leftsourceip=10.1.0.67
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> right=107.21.17.86
>
> rightsubnet=10.0.0.0/16
>
> pfs=yes
>
> auto=start
>
> phase2=esp
>
> FROM: Nick Howitt [mailto:n1ck.h0w1tt at gmail.com]
> SENT: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:19 AM
> TO: Fred Weston
> CC: users at lists.openswan.org
> SUBJECT: RE: [Openswan Users] Firewall rules for openswan behind NAT
>
> Yes, I was picturing firewalling in the hosts.
>
> Have a look in the logs and see if Openswan is connecting with or without NAT-T when your firewall is not up. Then, with your firewalling, try forceencaps=yes in the conn and nat_traversal=yes in config setup.
>
> For minor tunnel info I use "service ipsec status", but it depends on your distro and the information is almost useless. You can also have a look at "ip xfrm" and "ip route".
>
> Nick
>
> On 2013-11-19 10:03, Fred Weston wrote:
>
> I think you're picturing the firewalling taking place on the openswan hosts, which isn't the case. There isn't a firewall on either openswan box (other than any standard firewall that may be enabled by default). The firewall rules I am manipulating are in the network / NAT device in front of openswan. Since the tunnel works when I permit all traffic to openswan, that would seem to discount the possibility of any firewall issues on the hosts themselves.
>
> I'll take a look at the logs to see if they show anything interesting. Is there a utility that will show tunnel status?
>
> FROM: Nick Howitt [mailto:n1ck.h0w1tt at gmail.com]
> SENT: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 3:44 AM
> TO: Fred Weston
> CC: users at lists.openswan.org
> SUBJECT: RE: [Openswan Users] Firewall rules for openswan behind NAT
>
> For your rules, I was hoping for something like the output to "iptables -L -n -v" and "iptables -t nat -L -n -v" rather than a description of the rules.
>
> Forceencaps is unlikely but can be useful
>
> Openswan/ipsec logs are typically found in /var/log/secure depending on your system. If you have dpd enabled you should see constant tunnel renegotiation if the tunnel has gone down. You'll see nothing odd if the tunnel is up but no traffic is passing. When the tunnel is up you should see in the logs something like "IPSec SA Established". Available status information is not particulrly helpful.
>
> Can you also try adding a firewall rule something like:
>
> iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -m policy --dir out --pol ipsec -j ACCEPT
>
> Either that or somthing in the post routing chain which allows traffic between the local and remote subnets, but this rule is more flexible as you don't need to specify the subnets.
>
> Nick
>
> On 2013-11-18 23:28, Fred Weston wrote:
>
> FROM: users-bounces at lists.openswan.org [mailto:users-bounces at lists.openswan.org] ON BEHALF OF Nick Howitt
>
> Can you post the exact rules you are using?
>
> I included those in my original message.
>
> *:* > UDP 500
>
> *:* > UDP 4500
>
> * > IP Protocol 50
>
> * > IP Protocol 51
>
> Also have you tried forcing encapsulation with forceencaps=yes in your conns?
>
> No, I haven't tried that.
>
> When you say "things stop working" does the tunnel come down, or does traffic just fail to pass?
>
> I'm not sure how to tell the difference, my test methodology was to ping a host on the far side of the tunnel and when I change the firewall rules from wide open to those above the ping starts timing out. How can I tell what state the tunnel is in?
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick
>
> On 2013-11-17 17:13, Fred Weston wrote:
>
> Does anyone else have any suggestions? I would like to implement this in production but I am hesitant to do so when the only way I can get it to work is permit all traffic from the Internet into the openswan boxes.
>
> FROM: users-bounces at lists.openswan.org [mailto:users-bounces at lists.openswan.org] ON BEHALF OF Fred Weston
> SENT: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:49 AM
> TO: Leto
> CC: users at lists.openswan.org
> SUBJECT: Re: [Openswan Users] Firewall rules for openswan behind NAT
>
> Let me clarify - when I reference ports/protocols that I'm allowing inbound, I'm allowing it from the opposite host and not specifying a source port.
>
> Thanks,
>
> FW
>
> FROM: Leto [mailto:letoams at gmail.com]
> SENT: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:27 AM
> TO: Fred Weston
> CC: users at lists.openswan.org
> SUBJECT: Re: [Openswan Users] Firewall rules for openswan behind NAT
>
> sent from a tiny device
>
> On 2013-11-13, at 10:44, Fred Weston <fred.weston at lpga.com> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I'm using OpenSwan with AWS to link two private VPC networks in different regions.
>
> I'm having trouble getting my firewall ACLs right. Everything works if I permit all traffic to the OpenSwan boxes, however when I try to get more restrictive and permit only the necessary ports things stop working.
>
> One side has all traffic permitted inbound for the time being and I'm making ACL changes trying to restrict traffic to certain ports/protocols on the other side.
>
> Both endpoints are behind 1:1 NAT. Everything is permitted outbound on both sides.
>
> From reading online, I understand that the following ports and protocols should be all I need:
>
> UDP 500
>
> UDP 4500
>
> IP Protocol 50
>
> IP Protocol 51
>
> I tried the above and had no luck. As soon as I change from permitting all inbound to permitting only the above list the tunnel comes down.
>
> You should really allow icmp.
>
> Note that you need to accept from a random high port to dest udp 4500, not just 4500 <-> 4500. Same for 500
>
> I also tried permitting tcp/1721 and tcp/1723 and IP Protocol 47.
>
> I am using AWS 'security groups' to control filtering and according to the docs (and my observations) security groups are stateful, so I am not sure why this isn't working.
>
> Can anyone offer any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> FRED WESTON
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