When using auto=route, current xfrm_acq_expires default value
implies that tunnel can be down for up to 165 seconds, if
other peer rejected first IKE request with an AUTH_FAILED or
NO_PROPOSAL_CHOSEN error message. These error messages are
completely normal in setups where another application
pushes configuration to both strongSwans without waiting
for acknowledgment that they have updated their configurations.
This patch allows strongswan to override xfrm_acq_expires default
value by setting charon.plugins.kernel-netlink.xfrm_acq_expires in
strongswan.conf.
Signed-off-by: Ansis Atteka <[email protected]>
Commit 940e1b0f66 "Filter ignored
interfaces in kernel interfaces (for events, address enumeration,
etc.)" made charon to ignore routes with unusable interfaces.
Unusable interface is one where charon has not seen RTM_NEWLINK
message from the kernel.
Sometime RTM_NEWLINK message can be 1048 bytes large. This is
24 bytes more than currently allocated buffer of 1024 bytes.
If kernel sends such a large message, then it would be silently
ignored by charon and corresponding interface would never become
usable. Hence strongSwan might resolve invalid source IP address
in get_route() function. This would prevent IPsec tunnel to be
established.
To reproduce create a VLAN interface with following command:
vconfig add eth1 12
Ansis Atteka