[strongSwan] problem connecting linux laptop to VPN using network-manager-strongswan 1.4.5-2.1

David H Durgee dhdurgee at verizon.net
Sun Jun 27 23:41:32 CEST 2021


I am encountering a problem attempting to access a VPN using strongswan 
from my linux laptop.  I have it working from an android phone and 
tablet as well as a windows laptop, so I know the server is configured 
properly.

The connection appears to start normally and then fails at the EAP 
stage.  Log on the linux laptop shows:

> Jun 27 17:05:15 Z560 charon-nm: 06[IKE] authentication of 
> 'durgeeenterprises.publicvm.com' with RSA_EMSA_PKCS1_SHA2_384 successful
> Jun 27 17:05:15 Z560 charon-nm: 06[IKE] server requested EAP_IDENTITY 
> (id 0x00), sending 'dhdurgee'
> Jun 27 17:05:15 Z560 charon-nm: 06[IKE] EAP_IDENTITY not supported, 
> sending EAP_NAK
> Jun 27 17:05:15 Z560 charon-nm: 06[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH request 2 
> [ EAP/RES/NAK ]
> Jun 27 17:05:15 Z560 charon-nm: 06[NET] sending packet: from 
> 192.168.1.114[60298] to 108.31.28.59[4500] (76 bytes)
> Jun 27 17:05:15 Z560 charon-nm: 09[NET] received packet: from 
> 108.31.28.59[4500] to 192.168.1.114[60298] (76 bytes)
> Jun 27 17:05:15 Z560 charon-nm: 09[ENC] parsed IKE_AUTH response 2 [ 
> EAP/FAIL ]
> Jun 27 17:05:15 Z560 charon-nm: 09[IKE] received EAP_FAILURE, EAP 
> authentication failed
> Jun 27 17:05:15 Z560 charon-nm: 09[ENC] generating INFORMATIONAL 
> request 3 [ N(AUTH_FAILED) ]
> Jun 27 17:05:15 Z560 charon-nm: 09[NET] sending packet: from 
> 192.168.1.114[60298] to 108.31.28.59[4500] (76 bytes)

While on the server end I see:

> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[CFG] looking for peer configs 
> matching 192.168.80.11[%any]...172.58.187.218[dhdurgee]
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[CFG] selected peer config 'ikev2-vpn'
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[IKE] initiating EAP_IDENTITY method 
> (id 0x00)
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[IKE] peer supports MOBIKE
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[IKE] authentication of 
> 'durgeeenterprises.publicvm.com' (myself) with RSA_EMSA_PKCS1_SHA384 
> successful
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[IKE] sending end entity cert "C=US, 
> O=Durgee Enterprises LLC, CN=durgeeenterprises.publicvm.com"
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH response 1 
> [ IDr CERT AUTH EAP/REQ/ID ]
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[ENC] splitting IKE message with 
> length of 2092 bytes into 5 fragments
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH response 1 
> [ EF(1/5) ]
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH response 1 
> [ EF(2/5) ]
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH response 1 
> [ EF(3/5) ]
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH response 1 
> [ EF(4/5) ]
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH response 1 
> [ EF(5/5) ]
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[NET] sending packet: from 
> 192.168.80.11[4500] to 172.58.187.218[54591] (544 bytes)
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: message repeated 3 times: [ 06[NET] 
> sending packet: from 192.168.80.11[4500] to 172.58.187.218[54591] (544 
> bytes)]
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 06[NET] sending packet: from 
> 192.168.80.11[4500] to 172.58.187.218[54591] (176 bytes)
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 05[NET] received packet: from 
> 172.58.187.218[54591] to 192.168.80.11[4500] (76 bytes)
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 05[ENC] parsed IKE_AUTH request 2 [ 
> EAP/RES/NAK ]
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 05[IKE] received EAP_NAK, sending 
> EAP_FAILURE
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 05[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH response 2 
> [ EAP/FAIL ]
> Jun 27 17:05:15 DG41TY charon: 05[NET] sending packet: from 
> 192.168.80.11[4500] to 172.58.187.218[54591] (76 bytes)

What am I doing wrong here?  I assume I have an error in the linux 
client configuration, since android and windows clients work with the 
server.  What did I miss?

Dave

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