Hello,

I have some questions about the sysctl "net.key.preferred_oldsa":
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/netipsec/key.c?view=markup#l971

When I set the net.key.preferred_oldsa to 0 (similar to Linux's behavior, 
according to what I have read so far):
- why does the kernel delete itself the old SA ? Why not just selecting the 
newest one?
- why does it delete the old SA only if it has been created in another "second" 
of time?

strongSwan does not expect that behavior and I can see a lot of errors in its 
logs: the SA has been deleted but it does not know about that (strongSwan wants 
to control the SA installation/deletion itself).
Two pairs of SA may be negotiated and installed at the same time due to high 
load, bidirectional traffic. It seems to be quite questionable to delete the 
old one in that case.

What do you think?

Emeric
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