[strongSwan] XFRM Policy Lookups

2016-12-15 Thread Brian O'Connor
the ip xfrm man page overwhelming. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Netfilter-packet-flow.svg Regards, Brian O'Connor ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.strongswan.org https://lists.strongswan.org/mailman/listinfo/users

Re: [strongSwan] Diagram

2016-10-18 Thread Brian O'Connor
Noel, I note your last message clearly emphasised that packets from a local process are processed twice via the output path of the graphic. So, for forwarded traffic (as distinct from locally source packets), I understand the packet to flow through the mangle and nat postrouting chains twice,

Re: [strongSwan] Diagram

2016-10-18 Thread Brian O'Connor
Thank you, Noel. I am trying to understand how the inner and outer IP headers for tunneled IPsec packets are processed by iptables, to help troubleshoot an anomalous situation I found. I think I have the decryption process clear but was not clear on the iptables processing for encrypted

[strongSwan] Diagram

2016-10-18 Thread Brian O'Connor
Hello, The commonly quoted packet flow diagram at [1] does not show where NAT-T is implemented for IPsec MOBIKE. Questions are: 1. Where in the diagram is NAT-T de-capsulation performed? 2. Where in the diagram is NAT-T encapsulation performed? 3. Does the NAT-T UDP header have to

Re: [strongSwan] Abbreviations

2016-10-14 Thread Brian O'Connor
Thank you, Andreas. Is there any way I can display the presently set numerical logging levels (-1 to 4) for the 18 daemon subsystems that can originate log messages, please? Thanks, Brian ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.strongswan.org

[strongSwan] Abbreviations

2016-10-13 Thread Brian O'Connor
Hi, In the logging output of IKE exchanges, the terms [ HASH CPRQ(X_USER X_PWD) ] [ HASH CPRP(X_USER X_PWD) ] are often encountered. What does CPRQ and CPRP stand for, please? Is there a dictionary of strongSwan abbreviations somewhere? TIA, Brian

[strongSwan] IKEv1 XAuth EAP Plugin

2016-09-28 Thread Brian O'Connor
I have the XAuth EAP Plugin enabled in my IPsec VPN responder, along with a number of eap plugins. I did not build this version of strongSwan (5.2.1) but downloaded it from a Raspberry Pi repository. My /etc/ipsec.secrets file contains entries similar to: Fred : EAP "1234567" fred :

[strongSwan] kernel-libipsec charon plugin and Android VPN Client

2016-08-03 Thread Brian O'Connor
Hello, I have recently been doing some tests with an Android tablet version of strongSwan. It appears that the Android app uses the kernel-libipsec charon plugin to avoid limitations imposed by the app running in a very restricted user environment in the tablet. My tablet is not rooted. What I