Re: [strongSwan] peer cert verification: X509: temporary cert import operation failed

[Thomas Jarosch]

Hi,

On Thursday, 15 February 2018 17:37:24 CET Thomas Jarosch wrote:
> Feb 15 17:20:11.324390: "companyserver" #1: Peer ID is ID_DER_ASN1_DN:
> 'CN=firewall.company.com, O=Company, OU=HQ' Feb 15 17:20:11.324416: |
> checking for CERT payloads
> Feb 15 17:20:11.324426: | found at last one CERT payload, calling
> pluto_process_certs() Feb 15 17:20:11.324498: | nothing to decode
> Feb 15 17:20:11.324509: "companyserver" #1: X509: temporary cert import
> operation failed Feb 15 17:20:11.324524: "companyserver" #1: cert verify
> failed with internal error Feb 15 17:20:11.324535: "companyserver" #1:
> X509: Certificate rejected for this connection Feb 15 17:20:11.324547:
> "companyserver" #1: X509: CERT payload bogus or revoked Feb 15
> 17:20:11.324558: | Peer ID failed to decode
> Feb 15 17:20:11.324567: | complete v1 state transition with
> INVALID_ID_INFORMATION
> 
> What's puzzles me is the "X509: temporary cert import operation failed"
> error message. The output is from "plutodebug=all" already.

problem solved in the morning: Using the "ipsec" systemd service
was wrong and actually belonged to the libreswan package.

I confused these two as a few strongswan versions back the initscript
for strongswan was in fact /etc/rc.d/init.d/ipsec :)

After using the "strongswan" systemd service everything went smooth.
That also explains why it was suddenly using the nssdb
instead of the certificates from disk as I was used to it.

Cheers,
Thomas

[strongSwan] peer cert verification: X509: temporary cert import operation failed

[Thomas Jarosch]

Hello together,

I'm currently trying to set up a IKEv1 connection with strongswan 5.6.0 on 
Fedora 27.
It uses a local nssdb in /etc/ipsec.d to handle certificates / private keys.

The connection definition loads fine. When I tell the client
to connect, it fails to verify the certificate from the right (=server) side:

Feb 15 17:20:11.324390: "companyserver" #1: Peer ID is ID_DER_ASN1_DN: 
'CN=firewall.company.com, O=Company, OU=HQ'
Feb 15 17:20:11.324416: | checking for CERT payloads
Feb 15 17:20:11.324426: | found at last one CERT payload, calling 
pluto_process_certs()
Feb 15 17:20:11.324498: | nothing to decode
Feb 15 17:20:11.324509: "companyserver" #1: X509: temporary cert import 
operation failed
Feb 15 17:20:11.324524: "companyserver" #1: cert verify failed with internal 
error
Feb 15 17:20:11.324535: "companyserver" #1: X509: Certificate rejected for this 
connection
Feb 15 17:20:11.324547: "companyserver" #1: X509: CERT payload bogus or revoked
Feb 15 17:20:11.324558: | Peer ID failed to decode
Feb 15 17:20:11.324567: | complete v1 state transition with 
INVALID_ID_INFORMATION


What's puzzles me is the "X509: temporary cert import operation failed"
error message. The output is from "plutodebug=all" already.

May be that happens because I imported the cert
of the right side into the nssdb already?

# certutil -d sql:/etc/ipsec.d -L

Certificate Nickname Trust Attributes
 SSL,S/MIME,JAR/XPI

cert.pem CTu,u,u
server.pem   CT,,


The server certificate is a self-signed one,
the nickname is the original filename "server.pem".

Any idea what might cause the
"cert verify failed with internal error" message?

Cheers,
Thomas