[strongSwan] strongswan-5.1.1 keep alive setting

[Noel Kuntze]

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Hello,

Did you try setting dpddelay?
I think parameters in strongswan.conf are deprecated,
if a parameter with the same function exists in ipsec.conf.

Regards,
Noel Kuntze

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Am 30.08.2014 um 17:08 schrieb s s:
> Hello,
>
> We have finally resolved the missing frw policy issue for the
> Linux strongSwan U5.1.1/K2.6.18-371.11.1.el5 behind the non-administered
> NAT.
>
> Now the site-site tunnel routes transparently to our satisfaction.
>
> In the effort to improve the behind the NAT configuration and decrease
> the generated network traffic, I have set the charon.keep_alive key
> value in the  /etc/strongswan.conf :
>
> # strongswan.conf - strongSwan configuration file
>
> charon {
>
>         # number of worker threads in charon
>         threads = 16
>
>         # plugins to load in charon
>         # load = aes des sha1 md5 sha2 hmac gmp random pubkey xcbc x509
> stroke
>
>         plugins {
>
>                 sql {
>                         # loglevel to log into sql database
>                         loglevel = -1
>
>                         # URI to the database
>                         # database = sqlite:///path/to/file.db
>                         # database =
> mysql://user:password@localhost/database
>                 }
>         }
>
>         # ...
>
>         dns1 = 192.168.3.56
>         nbns1 = 192.168.3.56
>
>         #
> https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/StrongswanConf
>         # Defaults for options in this section can be configured in the
> libstrongswan section.
>         # NAT keep alive interval in seconds
>         keep_alive = 180s
>
> }
>
>
> Despite the new 180s value
> sending keep alive to xx.xx.xx.170[4500] packets are sent at a default
> 20s intervals.
>
>
> Is there an error in the key notation of the strongswan.conf or another
> issue? How is it possible to debug that the proper value is loaded by
> the strongswan?
>
> Thanks,
> Serge
>
>
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