[strongSwan] no private key found and unable to initiate to %any

Daniel Gartmann daniel.gartmann.sel at gmail.com
Thu Oct 21 11:14:57 CEST 2010


  Hi I am trying to setup an ipsec tunnel but I have got some errors 
that I couldn't solve.

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moon:

# ipsec.conf - strongSwan IPsec configuration file

# basic configuration

config setup
         # plutodebug=all
          crlcheckinterval=180
          strictcrlpolicy=no
         # cachecrls=yes
         # nat_traversal=yes
         # charonstart=no
          plutostart=no

# Add connections here.

conn %default
         ikelifetime=60m
         keylife=20m
         rekeymargin=3m
         keyingtries=1
         keyexchange=ikev2
         #ike=aes128-sha256-modp2048!
         #esp=aes128-sha256-modp2048!
         left=147.87.107.20
         leftsubnet=10.1.0.0/16
         leftcert=moonCert.pem
         leftid="C=CH,O=BFH, CN=gad"
         leftfirewall=yes

conn rw
         right=%any
         rightsourceip=%dhcp
         auto=add



# /etc/ipsec.secrets - strongSwan IPsec secrets file

: RSA moonKey.pem "mypassword"

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

carol:

# ipsec.conf - strongSwan IPsec configuration file

# basic configuration

config setup
         # plutodebug=all
          crlcheckinterval=180
          strictcrlpolicy=no
         # cachecrls=yes
         # nat_traversal=yes
         # charonstart=no
          plutostart=no

# Add connections here.

# Sample VPN connections

conn %default
         ikelifetime=60m
         keylife=20m
         rekeymargin=3m
         keyingtries=1
         keyexchange=ikev2
         #ike=aes128-sha256-modp2048!
         #esp=aes128-sha256-modp2048!


conn home
         left=147.87.107.19
         leftsourceip=%config
         leftcert=carolCert.pem
         leftid="C=CH, O=BFH, CN=carol"
         leftfirewall=yes
         right=147.87.107.20
         rightsubnet=10.1.0.0/16
         rightid="C=CH, O=BFH, CN=gad"
         auto=add


# /etc/ipsec.secrets - strongSwan IPsec secrets file

: RSA carolKey.pem "mypassword"

--------------------------------------------------------------

moon error:

[root at moon ~]# ipsec  restart
Stopping strongSwan IPsec...
Starting strongSwan 4.4.0 IPsec [starter]...
[root at moon ~]# ipsec up rw
unable to initiate to %any


carol error:

[root at carol log]# cat /etc/ipsec.secrets
# /etc/ipsec.secrets - strongSwan IPsec secrets file

: RSA carolKey.pem "daniel"
[root at carol log]# ^C
[root at carol log]# ipsec restart
Stopping strongSwan IPsec...
Starting strongSwan 4.4.0 IPsec [starter]...
[root at carol log]# ipsec up home
initiating IKE_SA home[1] to 147.87.107.20
generating IKE_SA_INIT request 0 [ SA KE No N(NATD_S_IP) N(NATD_D_IP) ]
sending packet: from 147.87.107.19[500] to 147.87.107.20[500]
received packet: from 147.87.107.20[500] to 147.87.107.19[500]
parsed IKE_SA_INIT response 0 [ SA KE No N(NATD_S_IP) N(NATD_D_IP) 
CERTREQ N(MULT_AUTH) ]
received cert request for "C=CH, ST=Bern, L=Biel, O=BFH, OU=SEL, CN=gad, 
E=gad at bfh.ch"
sending cert request for "C=CH, ST=Bern, L=Biel, O=BFH, OU=SEL, CN=gad, 
E=gad at bfh.ch"
*no private key found* for 'C=CH, ST=Bern, O=BFH, OU=SEL, CN=carol, 
E=carol at bfh.ch'
[root at carol log]#

Thank you for your help!

cheers

Daniel










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