[strongSwan] Doubt regarding Certificate updation in IKEv2 Stack

vivek bairathi bairathi.vivek at gmail.com
Thu May 27 11:00:47 CEST 2010


Hi,

Some doubts regarding certificates updation in IKEv2 Stack. Consider
the following scenario:-

CACERT1(old with new) & CACERT2 (new with new) are both from same CA.
CERT1 : signed with CACERT1
CERT2: signed with CACERT2

         PC1                                                       PC2
1. certificates on pc1:                                  1. certificates on pc2:
CACERT1 CACERT2                                  CACERT1 CACERT2
CERT2 (signed with cacert2)                        CERT1 (signed with cacert1)
       IKE and IPSEC SA<----PC1----------------PC2-------->creation is
successfull.

2. certificates on pc1:                               2. certificates on pc2:
CACERT2                                                CACERT1 CACERT2
CERT2 (signed with cacert2)                     CERT1 (signed with cacert1)
  IKE and IPSEC SA<----PC1-----????--------PC2-------->creation is successfull.

In the second step, when IKEv2 stack on PC1 is given only CACERT2 and
CERT2 through ipsec.conf file by firing "ipsec update" command.

Q. Now If I try to create another IKE SA between PC1 and PC2 will it
be successfull as PC1 will not be able to decrypt PC2's certificate
(CERT1) because of the non-availability of the CACERT1 on PC1?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Vivek




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