[strongSwan] Error "no IKE config found" when trying to connect a roadwarrior

[Larsen]

I am still totally stuck on this. Still get the error "no IKE config  
found" with multiple clients.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Lars


On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:23:43 +0100, Larsen <larsen007 at web.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am new to IPsec and trying to get a roadwarrior connection from a
> Windows XP box to work, but I only get the error "no IKE config found".
>
> I have tried many different settings and looked into even more search
> results without luck.
> VPN server is strongSwan 5.0.2 on an IPfire 2.13 rc2 where I have
> configured all the certificates via GUI.
> The user certificate is loaded in the ShrewSoft VPN client.
> Out of nescience I simply used the default values where I didn´t
> understand something.
>
> For my ipsec.conf see http://pastebin.com/3XV1S5AK
>
> # cat /var/ipfire/vpn/ipsec.secrets
> include /etc/ipsec.user.secrets
> : RSA /var/ipfire/certs/hostkey.pem
>
> ipsec.user.conf and ipsec.user.secrets are empty beside some comments.
>
>
> On startup of the VPN server I get this warning/error and don´t know if
> that is a problem or can be safely ignored:
>
> Feb 11 16:27:03 atl-ipfire charon: 08[CFG] invalid subnet: vhost:%no,
> skipped
> Feb 11 16:27:03 atl-ipfire charon: 08[CFG] invalid subnet: %priv, skipped
>
>
> Screenshots of my ShrewSoft Client configuration:
> http://photobucket.com/albums/a587/larsen17/capture_20130214_120503_zpscfa99a6c.png
> http://photobucket.com/albums/a587/larsen17/capture_20130214_120510_zps2b31d8c2.png
> http://photobucket.com/albums/a587/larsen17/capture_20130214_120513_zps24759140.png
> http://photobucket.com/albums/a587/larsen17/capture_20130214_120514_zps020b99c2.png
> http://photobucket.com/albums/a587/larsen17/capture_20130214_120518_zps689e7a6f.png
> http://photobucket.com/albums/a587/larsen17/capture_20130214_120519_zpsdcbf1bb4.png
> http://photobucket.com/albums/a587/larsen17/capture_20130214_120521_zpsb50b961a.png
> http://photobucket.com/albums/a587/larsen17/capture_20130214_120524_zps2e568ced.png
> http://photobucket.com/albums/a587/larsen17/capture_20130214_120526_zps2b7573b4.png
> http://photobucket.com/albums/a587/larsen17/capture_20130214_120529_zps1468d09d.png
>
> Also tried it with the following instead of "auto":
> dh: group 2
> cipher: 3des
> hash: sha1
>
>
>
> When I try to connect, I get the error "no IKE config" in
> "/var/log/messages":
>
> Feb 14 11:03:02 atl-ipfire charon: 10[NET] received packet: from
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500]
> Feb 14 11:03:02 atl-ipfire charon: 10[NET] waiting for data on sockets
> Feb 14 11:03:02 atl-ipfire charon: 05[MGR] checkout IKE_SA by message
> Feb 14 11:03:02 atl-ipfire charon: 05[MGR] created IKE_SA (unnamed)[2]
> Feb 14 11:03:03 atl-ipfire charon: 05[NET] received packet: from
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] (3080 bytes)
> Feb 14 11:03:03 atl-ipfire charon: 05[IKE] no IKE config found for
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, sending NO_PROPOSAL_CHOSEN
> Feb 14 11:03:03 atl-ipfire charon: 05[NET] sending packet: from
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] (40 bytes)
> Feb 14 11:03:03 atl-ipfire charon: 06[NET] sending packet: from
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500]
> Feb 14 11:03:03 atl-ipfire charon: 05[MGR] checkin and destroy IKE_SA
> (unnamed)[2]
> Feb 14 11:03:03 atl-ipfire charon: 05[IKE] IKE_SA (unnamed)[2] state
> change: CREATED => DESTROYING
> Feb 14 11:03:03 atl-ipfire charon: 05[MGR] check-in and destroy of IKE_SA
> successful
>
> I get the same error when I try to connect with an iPhone or the GreenBow
> VPN client, so I guess there must be something wrong on the server side.
>
>
> How can I fix this? What else can I test?
>
>
> Lars
>
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