[strongSwan] cipher choice causing issue

Tobias Brunner tobias at strongswan.org
Wed Jul 5 14:48:09 CEST 2017


Hi Jamie,

> Server is Ubuntu 17, Client LEDE trunk. Authentication happens, but I think client and server cannot agree on an algorithm?

They do, but the chosen algorithm (probably AES-GCM) apparently is not
supported by the client's kernel:

> 16[KNL] received netlink error: Function not implemented (89)
> 16[KNL] unable to add SAD entry with SPI c09ec43d (FAILED)
> 16[KNL] received netlink error: Function not implemented (89)
> 16[KNL] unable to add SAD entry with SPI ca9fa951 (FAILED)

Either change the kernel or include a supported algorithm in the ESP
proposal (e.g. esp=aes256gcm16-aes256-sha256! on the server and
esp=aes256-sha256! on the client to use AES in CBC mode).

Regards,
Tobias


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