[strongSwan] FW: Traffic dropped when IKE initiation happen between two nodes simultaneously.

Noel Kuntze noel at familie-kuntze.de
Wed Feb 4 19:37:11 CET 2015


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Hello Krishna,

Yes, that is relevant. I have a net-to-net setup here with the newest strongSwan
version and PSK authentication, that does not show this bad behaviour.
You might want to try a newer version.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Regards,
Noel Kuntze

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Am 04.02.2015 um 11:07 schrieb Krishna G, Suhas (NSN - IN/Bangalore):
> Hi Noel,
>
> Thanks for the quick response. I tested with the combination of changes you suggested but am still facing the same issue. I found a thread relating to this: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.network.vpn.strongswan.devel/671
> Is this of any relevance? The charon does not check for duplicate SAs and delete them? The duplicate SAs persist even after rekeying.
>
> Regards
> Suhas Krishna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at lists.strongswan.org [mailto:users-bounces at lists.strongswan.org] On Behalf Of ext Noel Kuntze
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 1:23 AM
> To: users at lists.strongswan.org
> Subject: Re: [strongSwan] FW: Traffic dropped when IKE initiation happen between two nodes simultaneously.
>
>
> Hello Kirshna,
>
> You set "uniqueids=no". That causes that behaviour.
> Use "uniqueids=yes", "uniqueids=keep" or  "uniqueids=replace".
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Regards,
> Noel Kuntze
>
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> Am 03.02.2015 um 11:05 schrieb Krishna G, Suhas (NSN - IN/Bangalore):
> > Hi,
>
> > I am testing a simple scenario using ikev2. The setup is as follows:
>
> > (Traffic generator2)30.0.0.1-------(30.0.0.2)node2(20.0.0.1)----------(20.0.0.2)node1(40.0.0.1)------------40.0.0.2(Traffic generator1)
> >                                                       eth2                                                       eth3                                                           eth2
> >                                                                                                                   (vlan201)
>
> > Node1:
> > # ipsec.conf
>
> > config setup
> >         charonstart=yes
> >         plutostart=no
> >         uniqueids=no
> >         charondebug="knl 0,enc 0,net 0"
> > conn %default
> >         auto=route
> >         keyexchange=ikev2
> >         reauth=no
> > conn r2~v2
> >         rekeymargin=150
> >         rekeyfuzz=100%
> >         left=20.0.0.2
> >         right=20.0.0.1
> >         leftsubnet=40.0.0.2/32
> >         rightsubnet=30.0.0.1/32
> >         authby=secret
> >         leftid=20.0.0.2
> >         rightid=%any
> >         ike=aes128-sha1-modp1024!
> >         esp=aes128-sha1!
> >         type=tunnel
> >         ikelifetime=2000s
> >         keylife=1500s
> >         mobike=no
> >         auto=route
> >         reauth=no
>
> > addresses configured:
> > 1.  vlan201 at eth3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP
> >     link/ether 00:30:64:26:2f:5f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >     inet 20.0.0.2/24 brd 20.0.0.255 scope global vlan201
> >     inet6 fe80::30:6400:a26:2f5f/64 scope link
> >        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>
> > 2.  eth2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000
> >     link/ether 00:30:64:26:2f:5e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >     inet 40.0.0.1/24 brd 40.0.0.255 scope global eth2
> >     inet6 fe80::30:6400:426:2f5e/64 scope link
> >        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>
>
> > routes:
> > 40.0.0.0/24 dev eth2  proto kernel  scope link  src 40.0.0.1
> > 20.0.0.0/24 dev vlan201  proto kernel  scope link  src 20.0.0.2
> > 30.0.0.0/24 via 20.0.0.1 dev vlan201  proto gated
>
>
>
> > Node2 :
> > # ipsec.conf
>
> > config setup
> >         charonstart=yes
> >         plutostart=no
> >         uniqueids=no
> >         charondebug="knl 0,enc 0,net 0"
> > conn %default
> >         auto=route
> >         keyexchange=ikev2
> >         reauth=no
> > conn r2~v2
> >         rekeymargin=150
> >         rekeyfuzz=100%
> >         left=20.0.0.1
> >         right=20.0.0.2
> >         leftsubnet=30.0.0.1/32
> >         rightsubnet=40.0.0.2/32
> >         authby=secret
> >         leftid=20.0.0.1
> >         rightid=%any
> >         ike=aes128-sha1-modp1024!
> >         esp=aes128-sha1!
> >         type=tunnel
> >         ikelifetime=2000s
> >         keylife=1500s
> >         dpdaction=clear
> >         dpddelay=20
> >         mobike=no
> >         auto=route
> >         reauth=no
>
>
> > addresses configured:
> > 1.  vlan201 at eth3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP
> >     link/ether 00:30:64:26:32:02 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >     inet 20.0.0.1/24 brd 20.0.0.255 scope global vlan201
> >     inet6 fe80::30:6400:a26:3202/64 scope link
> >        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>
>
> > 2.  eth2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000
> >     link/ether 00:30:64:26:32:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >     inet 30.0.0.2/24 brd 30.0.0.255 scope global eth2
> >     inet6 fe80::30:6400:426:3201/64 scope link
> >        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>
>
> > routes:
> > 40.0.0.0/24 via 20.0.0.2 dev vlan201  proto gated
> > 20.0.0.0/24 dev vlan201  proto kernel  scope link  src 20.0.0.1
> > 30.0.0.0/24 dev eth2  proto kernel  scope link  src 30.0.0.2
>
>
> > In my setup, I am pumping traffic from both ends simultaneously. I see that IKE initiations happen simultaneously from both ends and two pair of SAs are formed instead of one as shown below:
>
> > 20.0.0.2 20.0.0.1
> >         esp mode=tunnel spi=3303990082(0xc4eee342) reqid=1(0x00000001)
> >         E: aes-cbc  2d2d6603 aa9bc830 1c3ee36a d964b1f1
> >         A: hmac-sha1  3889f511 69cd3c4e 6f416739 e5c685cc 3f316067
> >         seq=0x00000000 replay=64 flags=0x00000000 state=mature
> >         created: Jan 23 20:22:13 2015   current: Jan 23 20:22:37 2015
> >         diff: 24(s)     hard: 300(s)    soft: 268(s)
> >         last: Jan 23 20:22:13 2015      hard: 0(s)      soft: 0(s)
> >         current: 285648670(bytes)       hard: 0(bytes)  soft: 0(bytes)
> >         allocated: 283945       hard: 0 soft: 0
> >         sadb_seq=1 pid=24064 refcnt=0
> > 20.0.0.1 20.0.0.2
> >         esp mode=tunnel spi=3422609051(0xcc00de9b) reqid=1(0x00000001)
> >         E: aes-cbc  37be21d3 79d00867 968bcc4e 21c3a5c8
> >         A: hmac-sha1  f46a45e7 c3b90b4e 20e3e68e 782a8b48 5d2d7758
> >         seq=0x00000000 replay=64 flags=0x00000000 state=mature
> >         created: Jan 23 20:22:13 2015   current: Jan 23 20:22:37 2015
> >         diff: 24(s)     hard: 300(s)    soft: 265(s)
> >         last:                            hard: 0(s)      soft: 0(s)
> >         current: 0(bytes)       hard: 0(bytes)  soft: 0(bytes)
> >         allocated: 0    hard: 0 soft: 0
> >         sadb_seq=2 pid=24064 refcnt=0
> > 20.0.0.2 20.0.0.1
> >         esp mode=tunnel spi=3272081281(0xc307ff81) reqid=2(0x00000002)
> >         E: aes-cbc  6c9cbd30 0aa302bb 9741ca7f 231ce550
> >         A: hmac-sha1  9c21160b a03990f5 a07d2c29 a18d8b7f 02c020a7
> >         seq=0x00000000 replay=64 flags=0x00000000 state=mature
> >         created: Jan 23 20:22:13 2015   current: Jan 23 20:22:37 2015
> >         diff: 24(s)     hard: 300(s)    soft: 264(s)
> >         last: Jan 23 20:22:13 2015      hard: 0(s)      soft: 0(s)
> >         current: 20120(bytes)   hard: 0(bytes)  soft: 0(bytes)
> >         allocated: 20   hard: 0 soft: 0
> >         sadb_seq=3 pid=24064 refcnt=0
> > 20.0.0.1 20.0.0.2
> >         esp mode=tunnel spi=3466205953(0xce9a1b01) reqid=2(0x00000002)
> >         E: aes-cbc  465a0a5f 454ffbcc d4a63bf7 f3f102e5
> >         A: hmac-sha1  36cefc1d 6c9729fe 4a142a0d 66033097 4b6e9d3a
> >         seq=0x00000000 replay=64 flags=0x00000000 state=mature
> >         created: Jan 23 20:22:13 2015   current: Jan 23 20:22:37 2015
> >         diff: 24(s)     hard: 300(s)    soft: 261(s)
> >         last: Jan 23 20:22:13 2015      hard: 0(s)      soft: 0(s)
> >         current: 285656718(bytes)       hard: 0(bytes)  soft: 0(bytes)
> >         allocated: 283953       hard: 0 soft: 0
> >         sadb_seq=0 pid=24064 refcnt=0
>
>
> > Due to this there is a 100% traffic drop seen at both ends. I referred to a similar query posted - _https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2012-October/003765.html_ but no conclusion was drawn out of that.
>
> > According to my investigation, the two nodes are using different set of SAs for communication resulting in the problem. tcpdump of the packets flowing is as below:
>
> > 20:23:48.400585 IP 20.0.0.2 > 20.0.0.1: ESP(spi=0xc4eee342,seq=0x11556a), length 1044
> > 20:23:48.400629 IP 20.0.0.1 > 20.0.0.2: ESP(spi=0xce9a1b01,seq=0x115573), length 1044
> > 20:23:48.400669 IP 20.0.0.2 > 20.0.0.1: ESP(spi=0xc4eee342,seq=0x11556b), length 1044
> > 20:23:48.400713 IP 20.0.0.1 > 20.0.0.2: ESP(spi=0xce9a1b01,seq=0x115574), length 1044
> > 20:23:48.400752 IP 20.0.0.2 > 20.0.0.1: ESP(spi=0xc4eee342,seq=0x11556c), length 1044
> > 20:23:48.400796 IP 20.0.0.1 > 20.0.0.2: ESP(spi=0xce9a1b01,seq=0x115575), length 1044
> > 20:23:48.400836 IP 20.0.0.2 > 20.0.0.1: ESP(spi=0xc4eee342,seq=0x11556d), length 1044
> > 20:23:48.400881 IP 20.0.0.1 > 20.0.0.2: ESP(spi=0xce9a1b01,seq=0x115576), length 1044
> > 20:23:48.400919 IP 20.0.0.2 > 20.0.0.1: ESP(spi=0xc4eee342,seq=0x11556e), length 1044
> > 20:23:48.400963 IP 20.0.0.1 > 20.0.0.2: ESP(spi=0xce9a1b01,seq=0x115577), length 1044
> > 20:23:48.401003 IP 20.0.0.2 > 20.0.0.1: ESP(spi=0xc4eee342,seq=0x11556f), length 1044
> > 20:23:48.401047 IP 20.0.0.1 > 20.0.0.2: ESP(spi=0xce9a1b01,seq=0x115578), length 1044
>
>
> > Is there any fix to this issue. The scenario of simultaneous ike initiations happening for the first time when tunnel is being established is something which is not addressed I feel.
>
>
> > Regards
> > Suhas Krishna
>
>
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