[strongSwan] Tunnels are fluctuating in case of ppp connection

Andreas Steffen andreas.steffen at strongswan.org
Thu Jul 30 09:22:19 CEST 2015


Hi Nitin,

for this time span I just see

Jul 27 23:28:37 s5-gw-sing charon: 03[IKE] 27.97.11.233 is initiating an 
IKE_SA
Jul 27 23:28:41 s5-gw-sing charon: 04[IKE] 27.97.11.233 is initiating an 
IKE_SA
Jul 27 23:28:49 s5-gw-sing charon: 04[IKE] 27.97.11.233 is initiating an 
IKE_SA
Jul 27 23:29:01 s5-gw-sing charon: 01[IKE] 27.97.11.233 is initiating an 
IKE_SA
Jul 27 23:29:07 s5-gw-sing charon: 03[JOB] deleting half open IKE_SA 
after timeout

I suspect that the IKE_SA_INIT response from the server gets somehow
garbled by the transmission channel, so that the VPN client cannot
parse the incoming IKE message correctly. This would explain why the
errors differ from message to message.

Best regards

Andreas

On 30.07.2015 08:35, Nitin Agarwal wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am attaching server [AWS] side logs [messages] .
> Server is 10 hours behind from modem.
> And, server is connected to many modems, this particular modem is 619703
> [10.4.39.36].
>
>
>
> *Best Regards*
> *Nitin Agarwal*
> _nitin.agarwal at symstream.com <mailto:nitin.agarwal at symstream.com>_ |
> Skype: nitin_symstream
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Andreas Steffen
> <andreas.steffen at strongswan.org <mailto:andreas.steffen at strongswan.org>>
> wrote:
>
>     So can you show me the corresponding strongSwan server log?
>
>     Andreas
>
>     On 07/28/2015 02:33 PM, Nitin Agarwal wrote:
>     > Hi Andreas
>     >
>     > On server side, I am using :-
>     > Linux strongSwan U4.6.2/
>     >
>     > And, on modem side :-
>     > Linux[Debian, Voyage] strongSwan U4.4.1
>     >
>     >
>      > *Best Regards*
>      > *Nitin Agarwal*
>      > *Team Leader R&D*
>      > *Symstream Technology Group*
>      > M +91 9818893018
>      > _nitin.agarwal at symstream.com <mailto:nitin.agarwal at symstream.com>
>     <mailto:nitin.agarwal at symstream.com
>     <mailto:nitin.agarwal at symstream.com>>_ |
>     > Skype: nitin_symstream
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Andreas Steffen
>      > <andreas.steffen at strongswan.org
>     <mailto:andreas.steffen at strongswan.org>
>     <mailto:andreas.steffen at strongswan.org
>     <mailto:andreas.steffen at strongswan.org>>>
>      > wrote:
>      >
>      >     Hi Nitin,
>      >
>      >     what VPN product is running on the server, since 1) it produces
>      >     notifications in an invalid format and 2) it probably speaks
>      >     IKEv1 only, because it replies with INVALID_MAJOR_VERSION to
>      >     an IKEv2 request?
>      >
>      >     Best regards
>      >
>      >     Andreas
>      >
>      >     On 28.07.2015 10:40, Nitin Agarwal wrote:
>      >
>      >         Hi Noel
>      >
>      >         I have done the changes, But still the tunnels are down
>     for upto 10
>      >         minutes, sometime.
>      >         This is what I got from Syslog, and these errors are
>     different at
>      >         different times :-
>      >
>      >         1)
>      >         Jul 28 09:28:36 alix6f2-619703 charon: 12[IKE] initiating
>     IKE_SA
>      >         52.64.105.113_cnc[2] to 52.74.240.246
>      >         Jul 28 09:28:36 alix6f2-619703 charon: 12[ENC] generating
>      >         IKE_SA_INIT
>      >         request 0 [ SA KE No N(NATD_S_IP) N(NATD_D_IP) ]
>      >         Jul 28 09:28:36 alix6f2-619703 charon: 12[NET] sending
>     packet: from
>      >         100.116.187.100[500] to 52.74.240.246[500]
>      >         Jul 28 09:28:37 alix6f2-619703 charon: 16[NET] received
>     packet: from
>      >         52.74.240.246[500] to 100.116.187.100[500]
>      >         Jul 28 09:28:37 alix6f2-619703 charon: 16[ENC] invalid
>     notify data
>      >         length for INVALID_MAJOR_VERSION (20)
>      >         Jul 28 09:28:37 alix6f2-619703 charon: 16[ENC] *NOTIFY
>     payload
>      >         verification failed *
>      >         Jul 28 09:28:37 alix6f2-619703 charon: 16[IKE] IKE_SA_INIT
>      >         response with
>      >         message ID 0 processing failed
>      >         Jul 28 09:28:40 alix6f2-619703 charon: 13[IKE] retransmit
>     1 of
>      >         request
>      >         with message ID 0
>      >
>      >
>      >         2) Jul 28 09:29:40 alix6f2-619703 charon: 13[ENC] generating
>      >         IKE_SA_INIT
>      >         request 0 [ SA KE No N(NATD_S_IP) N(NATD_D_IP) ]
>      >         Jul 28 09:29:40 alix6f2-619703 charon: 13[NET] sending
>     packet: from
>      >         100.116.187.100[500] to 52.74.240.246[500]
>      >         Jul 28 09:29:41 alix6f2-619703 charon: 16[NET] received
>     packet: from
>      >         52.74.240.246[500] to 100.116.187.100[500]
>      >         Jul 28 09:29:41 alix6f2-619703 charon: 16[ENC] parsed
>     IKE_SA_INIT
>      >         response 0 [ N(INVAL_SYN) ]
>      >         Jul 28 09:29:41 alix6f2-619703 charon: 16[IKE]*received
>      >         INVALID_SYNTAX
>      >         notify error *
>      >
>      >
>      >         can anybody please suggest why this is happening ?
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >         *Best Regards*
>      >         *Nitin Agarwal*
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >         On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Noel Kuntze
>      >         <noel at familie-kuntze.de <mailto:noel at familie-kuntze.de>
>     <mailto:noel at familie-kuntze.de <mailto:noel at familie-kuntze.de>>
>      >         <mailto:noel at familie-kuntze.de
>     <mailto:noel at familie-kuntze.de> <mailto:noel at familie-kuntze.de
>     <mailto:noel at familie-kuntze.de>>>>
>      >         wrote:
>      >
>      >
>      > Hello Nitin,
>      >
>      > You're using IKEv2, which uses a global timeout setting in
>      > strongswan.conf,
>      > not dpdtimeout.
>      > - From the man page for ipsec.conf:
>      >         dpdtimeout = 150s | <time>
>      >                defines the timeout interval, after which all
>      > connections to a peer are deleted in case of inactivity.
>      >>         This only
>      > applies to IKEv1,  in  IKEv2  the  default  retransmission
>      >                timeout applies, as every exchange is used to
>      >>         detect
>      > dead peers.
>      >
>      > Look at the "IKEv2 RETRANSMISSION" section of the man page for
>      > strongswan.conf.
>      >
>      > Alternatively, use IKEv1.
>      >
>      > Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind Regards,
>      > Noel Kuntze
>      >
>      > GPG Key ID: 0x63EC6658
>      > Fingerprint: 23CA BB60 2146 05E7 7278 6592 3839 298F 63EC 6658
>      >
>      > Am 22.07.2015 um 07:26 schrieb Nitin Agarwal:
>      >> Hello Guys
>      >
>      >> I am trying to achieve stable tunnel connectivity between
>      >>         two systems.
>      >> My System 1 is a modem having ppp connection.And, System 2
>      >>         is a server.
>      >
>      >> On System 1, IP use to change and whenever IP changes,
>      >>         sometime system takes upto 20 minutes to form stable tunnel.
>      >>         Sometime is just 50 seconds also. PPP connection takes
>     around 25
>      >>         seconds to release old IP and acquire new one.
>      >
>      >> I am attaching the existing configuration.
>      >> Please suggest, if I need to modify the configurations or
>      >>         I am missing something.
>      >
>      >
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