Hello everybody. AFAIK ipsec policy aren't related to routing tables: if there is an ipsec policy to deliver traffic, for example, from 192.168.0.0/16 to 10.0.0.0/8, xfrm will eat the packets ignoring the routing table.
Here is the ipsec gateway schema: [-] cisco ISP router default gateway for | the linux box ip=cisco-genova | | | | _____ eth0 ip=osw-genova | / |/ +--+--+ | | | +---- eth1 dmz-genova/28 ip=osw-genova | | +--+--+ | | |------- eth2 172.23.0.0/23 ip=172.23.1.8 Take a look: # ip ru sh 0: from all lookup local 601: from all to x.y.z.214 iif eth2 lookup test 32766: from all lookup main 32767: from all lookup default # ip r sh table test default via 172.23.1.254 dev eth2 metric 1 When I insert the rule number #601 packets to x.y.z.214 aren't ate by xfrm anymore. This happens when rp_filter is set to 1 on eth0. Disabling rp_filter on eth0 resolve the problem: xfrm eat the packets. Is this the expected behaviour? Why should rp_filter broken ipsec policy when rule #601 is inserted? I have enabled log_martinans on eth0 and when rp_filter is set to 1 I see this messages: martian source 172.23.1.4 from x.y.z.214, on dev eth0 ll header: 00:30:05:cb:27:c1:00:1b:54:fb:fd:78:08:00 martian source 172.23.1.4 from x.y.z.214, on dev eth0 ll header: 00:30:05:cb:27:c1:00:1b:54:fb:fd:78:08:00 # ip x p src x.y.z.214 dst 172.23.0.0/23 dir in priority 2376 ptype main tmpl src osw-napoli dst osw-genova proto comp reqid 16390 mode tunnel level use tmpl src 0.0.0.0 dst 0.0.0.0 proto esp reqid 16389 mode transport src 172.23.0.0/23 dst x.y.z.214 dir out priority 2376 ptype main tmpl src osw-genova dst osw-napoli proto comp reqid 16390 mode tunnel tmpl src 0.0.0.0 dst 0.0.0.0 proto esp reqid 16389 mode transport src x.y.z.214 dst 172.23.0.0/23 dir fwd priority 2376 ptype main tmpl src osw-napoli dst osw-genova proto comp reqid 16390 mode tunnel level use tmpl src 0.0.0.0 dst 0.0.0.0 proto esp reqid 16389 mode transport Here are the others routing tables: # ip r sh table main cisco-genova dev eth0 scope link dmz-genova/28 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src osw-genova 172.23.0.0/23 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 172.23.1.8 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo scope link default via cisco-genova dev eth0 metric 1 # ip r sh table local broadcast 127.255.255.255 dev lo proto kernel scope link src 127.0.0.1 broadcast dmz-genova dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src osw-genova broadcast dmz-genova dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src osw-genova broadcast broadcast-genova dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src osw-genova broadcast broadcast-genova dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src osw-genova local osw-genova dev eth0 proto kernel scope host src osw-genova local osw-genova dev eth1 proto kernel scope host src osw-genova broadcast 172.23.0.0 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 172.23.1.8 broadcast 172.23.1.255 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 172.23.1.8 local 172.23.1.8 dev eth2 proto kernel scope host src 172.23.1.8 broadcast 127.0.0.0 dev lo proto kernel scope link src 127.0.0.1 local 127.0.0.1 dev lo proto kernel scope host src 127.0.0.1 local 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo proto kernel scope host src 127.0.0.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html