[strongSwan] Strongswan IKEv2 AES-GCM in IKE_SA

Tobias Brunner tobias at strongswan.org
Thu May 12 13:32:59 CEST 2016


Hi,

> AES-GCM Is used for both IKE and ESP but in the newest version of pfsense
> 
> AES-GCM is removed in IKE_SA (aka phase 1) with the reason that AES GCM
> 
> isn't a valid option for IKE_SA.
> 
> 
> So my question is if AES-GCM is a valid option in IKE_SA.

Not for IKEv1.  But it is for IKEv2, which you are using.  Its use is
defined in RFC 5282.

Regards,
Tobias

[1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5282



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