[strongSwan] Nested IPsec Tunnels

Ryan Ruel ryan at ryanruel.com
Tue Mar 3 01:48:44 CET 2015


I have an application scenario where I need to test Nested IPsec Tunnels.

In other words,

Linux Box <----->  IPsec GW 1  <------>  IPsec GW 2

Outer IPsec Tunnel
|<---------------->|

Inner IPsec Tunnel
|<-------------------------------------->|

The Linux Box client cannot directly talk to IPsec GW 2.  It's unusual, I
know.

I've set this up before with Linux Box being a Cisco router, and I've also
done this using setkey and manual keying on a Linux box (although in that
case, I had the traffic first running through a GRE tunnel interface, and
then applied the outer tunnel to that, I'm not sure if that makes a
difference).

I googled and came up with some old threads talking about how this isn't
supported with strongSwan unless I use two boxes, or a VM to route the
traffic through again.  Is this still the case?

/Ryan
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