I received a request to share my updated configuration, so I thought I
would send it to the list in case others might also find it useful.
## Router 1
# cat /etc/hostname.gre0
169.254.0.1 169.254.0.2 netmask 0xffffffff link0 up
tunnel 172.16.5.1 172.16.5.2
!route add -net 172.16.6.0/24 169.254.0.2
!route add -net 172.16.7.0/24 169.254.0.2
# cat /etc/ipsec.conf
ike passive esp transport \
from 172.16.5.1 to 172.16.5.2 \
main auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256 group modp2048 \
quick auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr group modp2048 \
srcid "<SNIP: Router 1>" \
dstid "<SNIP: Router 2>"
# cat /etc/sysctl.conf
net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
net.inet.gre.allow=1
kern.bufcachepercent=50
net.inet.ip.ifq.maxlen=2048
# cat /etc/rc.conf.local
ipsec=YES
<SNIP>
isakmpd_flags="-K -T"
# ifconfig
<SNIP>
gre0: flags=29011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK0,MULTICAST,NOINET6> mtu 1476
priority: 0
groups: gre
tunnel: inet 172.16.5.1 -> 172.16.5.2
inet 169.254.0.1 --> 169.254.0.2 netmask 0xffffffff
# ipsecctl -sa
FLOWS:
flow esp in from 172.16.5.2 to 172.16.5.1 peer 172.16.5.2 srcid <SNIP:
Router 1> dstid <SNIP: Router 2> type use
flow esp out from 172.16.5.1 to 172.16.5.2 peer 172.16.5.2 srcid <SNIP:
Router 1> dstid <SNIP: Router 2> type require
SAD:
esp transport from 172.16.5.1 to 172.16.5.2 spi 0x6b898652 auth
hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr
esp transport from 172.16.5.2 to 172.16.5.1 spi 0xf4bff52e auth
hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr
# route -n show
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Mtu Prio
Iface
default <SNIP: ISP Router> UGS 1125 6077357 - 8
vlan0
<SNIP>
169.254.0.1 127.0.0.1 UHl 0 0 - 1 lo0
169.254.0.2 169.254.0.1 UH 2 100720 - 4 gre0
<SNIP>
172.16.5/24 link#11 UC 1 0 - 4
vlan7
172.16.5.1 <SNIP> UHLl 0 0 - 1 lo0
172.16.5.2 <SNIP> UHLc 2 113643 - L 4
vlan7
172.16.6/24 169.254.0.2 UGS 0 2 - 8 gre0
172.16.7/24 169.254.0.2 UGS 0 5928 - 8 gre0
<SNIP>
Encap:
Source Port Destination Port Proto
SA(Address/Proto/Type/Direction)
172.16.5.2/32 0 172.16.5.1/32 0 0
172.16.5.2/esp/use/in
172.16.5.1/32 0 172.16.5.2/32 0 0
172.16.5.2/esp/require/out
## Router 2
# cat /etc/hostname.gre0
169.254.0.2 169.254.0.1 netmask 0xffffffff link0 up
tunnel 172.16.5.2 172.16.5.1
!route add -net default 169.254.0.1
# cat /etc/ipsec.conf
ike esp transport \
from 172.16.5.2 to 172.16.5.1 \
main auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256 group modp2048 \
quick auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr group modp2048 \
srcid "<SNIP: Router 2>" \
dstid "<SNIP: Router 1>"
# cat /etc/sysctl.conf
net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
net.inet.gre.allow=1
kern.bufcachepercent=50
net.inet.ip.ifq.maxlen=1024
# cat /etc/rc.conf.local
ipsec=YES
<SNIP>
isakmpd_flags="-K -T"
# ifconfig
<SNIP>
gre0: flags=29011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK0,MULTICAST,NOINET6> mtu 1476
priority: 0
groups: gre egress
tunnel: inet 172.16.5.2 -> 172.16.5.1
inet 169.254.0.2 --> 169.254.0.1 netmask 0xffffffff
# ipsecctl -sa
FLOWS:
flow esp in from 172.16.5.1 to 172.16.5.2 peer 172.16.5.1 srcid <SNIP:
Router 2> dstid <SNIP: Router 1> type use
flow esp out from 172.16.5.2 to 172.16.5.1 peer 172.16.5.1 srcid <SNIP:
Router 2> dstid <SNIP: Router 1> type require
SAD:
esp transport from 172.16.5.1 to 172.16.5.2 spi 0x6b898652 auth
hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr
esp transport from 172.16.5.2 to 172.16.5.1 spi 0xf4bff52e auth
hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr
# route -n show
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Mtu Prio
Iface
default 169.254.0.1 UGS 4 85718 - 8 gre0
<SNIP>
169.254.0.1 169.254.0.2 UH 1 0 - 4 gre0
169.254.0.2 127.0.0.1 UHl 0 0 - 1 lo0
172.16.5/24 link#4 UC 2 0 - 4
vlan0
172.16.5.1 <SNIP> UHLc 2 85781 - 4
vlan0
172.16.5.2 <SNIP> HLl 0 0 - 1 lo0
172.16.5.3 <SNIP> HLl 0 0 - 1 lo0
172.16.5.21 <SNIP> UHLc 0 2 - 4
vlan0
172.16.6/24 link#5 UC 0 0 - 4
vlan1
172.16.6.1 <SNIP> HLl 0 0 - 1 lo0
172.16.7/24 link#6 UC 0 0 - 4
vlan2
172.16.7.1 <SNIP> HLl 0 0 - 1 lo0
<SNIP>
Encap:
Source Port Destination Port Proto
SA(Address/Proto/Type/Direction)
172.16.5.1/32 0 172.16.5.2/32 0 0
172.16.5.1/esp/use/in
172.16.5.2/32 0 172.16.5.1/32 0 0
172.16.5.1/esp/require/out
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Joseph Crivello <josephcrive...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I was able to resolve my own problem.
>
> The solution I found was to create a gre tunnel between the two routers
> using the gre(4) pseudo-device. Once I had that working, I used IPSEC
> transport mode to protect the GRE tunnel. This method eliminates all
> default
> encap routes from both routers; which was the root cause of the problem.
>
> -Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Crivello [mailto:josephcrive...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 2:24 PM
> Subject: Problem With Default Route Over IPSEC Site-To-Site Tunnel VPN
>
> Hello,
>
> I am having a problem with a particular aspect of my attempt to establish
> an
> IPSEC site-to-site tunnel between two gateways using ISAKMPD/IKEv1. I seem
> to be doing something wrong, but I have exhausted all of the resources that
> I know of in my quest to fix the problem (MAN pages, OpenBSD.org FAQ,
> Google, etc). I am hoping that someone with more OpenBSD experience than
> myself will be able to help me... either way, thanks so much for your time!
>
> The routers in question both run OpenBSD 5.6, situated at either end of
> long
> range wifi bridge link. Router "1" also has a interface connecting to an
> ISP
> router, which provides a route to the Internet:
>
> Internet <==> Router 1
> 172.16.5.1
> ||
> Wifi
> ||
> 172.16.5.2
> Router 2 <==> Local Networks
> (172.16.6.1/24, 172.16.7.1/24)
>
> The intention is to establish an IPSEC tunnel between Router 1 and Router
> 2,
> over which Router 2 should send all traffic not destined for one of it's
> local networks. Accordingly, I set the default route of Router 2 to
> 172.16.5.1, and I configured the tunnel like so:
>
> ## Router 1
>
> ike passive esp \
> from any to { 172.16.5.2/32, 172.16.6.0/24, 172.16.7.0/24 } \
> local 172.16.5.1 peer 172.16.5.2 \
> main auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256 group modp2048 \
> quick auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr group modp2048 \
> srcid "<SNIP: Router 1>" \
> dstid "<SNIP: Router 2>"
>
> ## Router 2
>
> ike active esp \
> from { 172.16.5.2/32, 172.16.6.0/24, 172.16.7.0/24 } to any \
> local 172.16.5.2 peer 172.16.5.1 \
> main auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256 group modp2048 \
> quick auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr group modp2048 \
> srcid "<SNIP: Router 2>" \
> dstid "<SNIP: Router 1>"
>
> This configuration (correctly) causes six SAs to be established:
>
> ## Router 1
>
> # ipsecctl -sa
> FLOWS:
> flow esp in from 172.16.5.2 to 0.0.0.0/0 peer 172.16.5.2 srcid <SNIP:
> Router 1> dstid <SNIP: Router 2> type use flow esp out from 0.0.0.0/0 to
> 172.16.5.2 peer 172.16.5.2 srcid <SNIP:
> Router 1> dstid <SNIP: Router 2> type require flow esp in from
> 172.16.7.0/24
> to 0.0.0.0/0 peer 172.16.5.2 srcid <SNIP:
> Router 1> dstid <SNIP: Router 2> type use flow esp out from 0.0.0.0/0 to
> 172.16.7.0/24 peer 172.16.5.2 srcid <SNIP:
> Router 1> dstid <SNIP: Router 2> type require flow esp in from
> 172.16.6.0/24
> to 0.0.0.0/0 peer 172.16.5.2 srcid <SNIP:
> Router 1> dstid <SNIP: Router 2> type use flow esp out from 0.0.0.0/0 to
> 172.16.6.0/24 peer 172.16.5.2 srcid <SNIP:
> Router 1> dstid <SNIP: Router 2> type require
>
> SAD:
> esp tunnel from 172.16.5.2 to 172.16.5.1 spi 0x0eec4a02 auth hmac-sha2-512
> enc aes-256-ctr esp tunnel from 172.16.5.1 to 172.16.5.2 spi 0x1cde0906
> auth
> hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr esp tunnel from 172.16.5.2 to 172.16.5.1 spi
> 0x6769c99e auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr esp tunnel from 172.16.5.2 to
> 172.16.5.1 spi 0xad29e69c auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr esp tunnel
> from
> 172.16.5.1 to 172.16.5.2 spi 0xaf8c3502 auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr
> esp tunnel from 172.16.5.1 to 172.16.5.2 spi 0xcdad877e auth hmac-sha2-512
> enc aes-256-ctr
>
> ## Router 2
>
> # ipsecctl -sa
> FLOWS:
> flow esp in from 0.0.0.0/0 to 172.16.5.2 peer 172.16.5.1 srcid <SNIP:
> Router 2> dstid <SNIP: Router 1> type use flow esp out from 172.16.5.2 to
> 0.0.0.0/0 peer 172.16.5.1 srcid <SNIP:
> Router 2> dstid <SNIP: Router 1> type require flow esp in from 0.0.0.0/0
> to
> 172.16.7.0/24 peer 172.16.5.1 srcid <SNIP:
> Router 2> dstid <SNIP: Router 1> type use flow esp out from 172.16.7.0/24
> to
> 0.0.0.0/0 peer 172.16.5.1 srcid <SNIP:
> Router 2> dstid <SNIP: Router 1> type require flow esp in from 0.0.0.0/0
> to
> 172.16.6.0/24 peer 172.16.5.1 srcid <SNIP:
> Router 2> dstid <SNIP: Router 1> type use flow esp out from 172.16.6.0/24
> to
> 0.0.0.0/0 peer 172.16.5.1 srcid <SNIP:
> Router 2> dstid <SNIP: Router 1> type require
>
> SAD:
> esp tunnel from 172.16.5.2 to 172.16.5.1 spi 0x0eec4a02 auth hmac-sha2-512
> enc aes-256-ctr esp tunnel from 172.16.5.1 to 172.16.5.2 spi 0x1cde0906
> auth
> hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr esp tunnel from 172.16.5.2 to 172.16.5.1 spi
> 0x6769c99e auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr esp tunnel from 172.16.5.2 to
> 172.16.5.1 spi 0xad29e69c auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr esp tunnel
> from
> 172.16.5.1 to 172.16.5.2 spi 0xaf8c3502 auth hmac-sha2-512 enc aes-256-ctr
> esp tunnel from 172.16.5.1 to 172.16.5.2 spi 0xcdad877e auth hmac-sha2-512
> enc aes-256-ctr
>
> The problem is that as soon as these flows are established, Router 2
> becomes
> unreachable from all of it's local networks (and vice-versa). This appears
> to occur because the flows specify that all traffic originating from Router
> 2's IP addresses (172.16.5.2, 172.16.6.1, and 172.16.7.1) should be
> protected with ESP. Thus, Router 2 starts to encapsulate all traffic
> originating from it's IPs, even if it is destined for one of it's local
> networks. Normally this wouldn't happen because the local networks wouldn't
> be included in the networks of the other side of the tunnel.
>
> For example, if I try to ping 172.16.5.21 (the wireless bridge local to
> Router 2) from Router 2, then it should send ICMP echo requests out over
> the
> local interface connecting to the wireless bridge. This works fine before
> ISAKMPD establishes the tunnel. After the tunnel is established, it starts
> encapsulating the ICMP echo packets and sending them down the tunnel, where
> they get blackholed:
>
> # ping 172.16.5.21
> PING 172.16.5.21 (172.16.5.21): 56 data bytes
> --- 172.16.5.21 ping statistics ---
> 11 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
>
> # tcpdump -nvvvpi enc0
> tcpdump: listening on enc0, link-type ENC
> tcpdump: WARNING: compensating for unaligned libpcap packets <SNIP>
> 13:21:13.960188 (authentic,confidential): SPI 0x67eec1f6: 172.16.5.2 >
> 172.16.5.1: 172.16.5.2 > 172.16.5.21: icmp: echo request (id:1370 seq:0)
> [icmp cksum ok] (ttl 255, id 35507, len 84) (ttl 255, id 35507, len 84)
> <SNIP>
> 13:21:14.960396 (authentic,confidential): SPI 0x67eec1f6: 172.16.5.2 >
> 172.16.5.1: 172.16.5.2 > 172.16.5.21: icmp: echo request (id:1370 seq:1)
> [icmp cksum ok] (ttl 255, id 39619, len 84) (ttl 64, id 24561, len 104)
> <SNIP> ^C
> 65 packets received by filter
> 0 packets dropped by kernel
>
> So, I think I understand the problem, but I don't have any idea what the
> solution would be. I tried adding manual "bypass" flows to the ipsec.conf
> of
> Router 2, to no avail:
>
> flow esp from 172.16.5.0/24 to 172.16.5.0/24 type bypass flow esp from
> 172.16.6.0/24 to 172.16.6.0/24 type bypass flow esp from 172.16.7.0/24 to
> 172.16.7.0/24 type bypass
>
> What is the correct way to implement this scenario, while still directing
> the default route over the IPSEC tunnel?
>
> Thanks so much...!
>
> Joe Crivello
