[strongSwan-dev] How to configure openssl

Andreas Steffen andreas.steffen at strongswan.org
Mon Mar 28 15:55:07 CEST 2011


Hi Aaron,

strange, charon is *not* supposed to crash! I'm not
aware that there were any issues with strongSwan 4.3.6
and ECP. Could you generate a core dump with
ulimit -c unlimited and send me the debugger output:

gdb /usr/libexec/ipsec/charon core
>where

Regards

Andreas

On 28.03.2011 15:34, Aaron (Bo) Zhang wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> I input the command,
> 
>  
> 
> ipsec statusal
> 
>  
> 
> It show that:
> 
>  
> 
> Status of IKEv2 charon daemon (strongSwan 4.3.6):
> 
>   uptime: 4 minutes, since Mar 28 20:00:20 2011
> 
>   worker threads: 9 idle of 16, job queue load: 0, scheduled events: 0
> 
>   loaded plugins: aes des sha1 md5 sha2 hmac pkcs1 openssl pem gmp
> random pubkey xcbc x509 stroke kernel-netlink eap-mschapv2 eap-identity
> eap-md5 updown
> 
> Virtual IP pools (size/online/offline):
> 
>   windows7: 255/0/0
> 
> Listening IP addresses:
> 
>   10.103.49.148
> 
>   192.168.169.88
> 
>   3ffe:501:ffff::1
> 
> Connections:
> 
>         test:  10.103.49.148...10.103.49.142
> 
>         test:   local:  [10.103.49.148] uses pre-shared key authentication
> 
>         test:   remote: [10.103.49.142] uses any authentication
> 
>         test:   child:  192.168.169.0/24 === 192.168.168.0/24
> 
> Security Associations:
> 
>   none
> 
>  
> 
> Then I start the ipsec with the command
> 
>  
> 
>  ipsec stroke loglevel any 4
> 
> ipsec stroke up test
> 
>  
> 
> It only show that:
> 
> initiating IKE_SA test[1] to 10.103.49.142
> 
>  
> 
> The log is :
> 
>  
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG] stroke message => 313 bytes @
> 0xaf30e180
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]    0: 39 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 01
> 00 00 00 34 01 00 00  9...........4...
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]   16: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]   32: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]   48: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]   64: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]   80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]   96: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]  112: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]  128: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]  144: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]  160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]  176: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]  192: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]  208: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]  224: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]  240: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]  256: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]  272: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]  288: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG]  304: 00 00 00 00 74 65 73 74
> 00                       ....test.
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 15[CFG] received stroke: initiate 'test'
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[MGR] created IKE_SA
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE] queueing IKE_INIT task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE] queueing IKE_VENDOR task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE] queueing IKE_NATD task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE] queueing IKE_CERT_PRE task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE] queueing IKE_AUTHENTICATE task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE] queueing IKE_CERT_POST task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE] queueing IKE_CONFIG task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE] queueing IKE_AUTH_LIFETIME task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE] queueing CHILD_CREATE task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE] activating new tasks
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE]   activating IKE_INIT task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE]   activating IKE_VENDOR task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE]   activating IKE_NATD task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE]   activating IKE_CERT_PRE task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE]   activating IKE_AUTHENTICATE task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE]   activating IKE_CERT_POST task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE]   activating IKE_CONFIG task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE]   activating CHILD_CREATE task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE]   activating IKE_AUTH_LIFETIME task
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE] initiating IKE_SA test[1] to
> 10.103.49.142
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron charon: 07[IKE] IKE_SA test[1] state change:
> CREATED => CONNECTING
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:15 Aaron ipsec_starter[26273]: charon has died -- restart
> scheduled (5sec)
> 
> Mar 28 20:00:20 Aaron ipsec_starter[26273]: charon (26347) started after
> 20 ms
> 
>  
> 
> My ipsec.conf is :
> 
>  
> 
>  config setup
> 
>          nat_traversal=yes
> 
>          charonstart=yes
> 
>  conn %default
> 
>          authby=secret
> 
>          keyexchange=ikev2
> 
>  conn test
> 
>        ike=aes128-sha256-ecp224
> 
>        esp=3des-sha1-ecp256
> 
>        left=10.103.49.148
> 
>             leftid=10.103.49.148
> 
>        leftsubnet=192.168.169.0/24
> 
>        right=10.103.49.142
> 
>        rightid=10.103.49.142
> 
>        rightsubnet=192.168.168.0/24
> 
>        auto=add
> 
>  
> 
> I capture the packet , but got nothing. It seems that it did not send
> any IKEv2 packet. From the log above, it seems that the demon charon crash.
> 
> But after I modify the configuration from ecp224 to modp1024, it works
> fine. So I think there only may be some problems to use the EC group. I
> am not sure what should I do?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks
> 
> --Aaron
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Steffen [mailto:andreas.steffen at strongswan.org]
> Sent: 2011年3月28日18:30
> To: Aaron (Bo) Zhang
> Cc: dev at lists.strongswan.org
> Subject: Re: [strongSwan-dev] How to configure openssl
> 
>  
> 
> Hello Aaron,
> 
>  
> 
> the linking to the OpenSSL library should be done automatically.
> 
> Just make sure that the strongSwan openssl plugin is loaded.
> 
> You can verify this with the command
> 
>  
> 
>   ipsec statusall
> 
>  
> 
> which should produce the following output:
> 
>  
> 
>   loaded plugins: curl aes des sha1 sha2 md5 pem pkcs1 gmp x509 openssl
> 
> revocation random hmac stroke kernel-netlink socket-default updown
> 
>  
> 
> If you built strongSwan with the --enable-openssl in a source
> 
> directory where you first built strongSwan with the default plugins,
> 
> make sure to execute
> 
>  
> 
>   make clean
> 
>  
> 
> before make and make install so that the implicit plugin load list
> 
> will be updated and will include the openssl plugin.
> 
>  
> 
> A configuration example can be found here:
> 
>  
> 
> http://www.strongswan.org/uml/testresults/openssl-ikev2/alg-ecp-high/
> 
>  
> 
> Regards
> 
>  
> 
> Andreas
> 
>  
> 
> On 28.03.2011 11:34, Aaron (Bo) Zhang wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
> 
>> 
> 
>> 
> 
>> 
> 
>> I want to use the openssl lib to test the ECP group. It is highly
> 
>> appreciated that anyone can give me a example. I have built the
> 
>> strongswan with the configuration “--enable- openssl”and I also built
> 
>> the openssl lib. But I do not know how to link the openssl lib to
> 
>> strongswan.
> 
>> 
> 
>> 
> 
>> 
> 
>> Thanks
> 
>> 
> 
>> --Aaron

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Andreas Steffen                         andreas.steffen at strongswan.org
strongSwan - the Linux VPN Solution!                www.strongswan.org
Institute for Internet Technologies and Applications
University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
CH-8640 Rapperswil (Switzerland)
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