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    [Completed] Working eap-tls / pfSense 2.2 - $100 USD

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      hege
      last edited by

      I can import the cert without private key in the CAs tab.
      In the Certificates tab i get the error "The field Key data is required."

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        eri--
        last edited by

        Anyway can you perform the test from console and after can see this issue as well.

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          hege
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          strongswan seems to ignore the cert completly if it's not referenced in the conf.

          I added the pub, and even the private key to the right directories and after "ipsec rerreadall" it only shows my used pfSense cert with "ipsec listcerts" (and only the CA cert with listcacerts)

          If I add this to the config, the peer cert is available with listcerts
          "rightcert=/var/etc/ipsec/ipsec.d/certs/peercert.crt"
          but than I get
          "charon: 01[CFG] no matching peer config found"

          I can also see my peer cert after the first successfully connection
          (with eap_identity = "C=, ST=, L=, O=, OU=, CN=, E=*")

          very strange…

          I will build a new test deployment with different certs and clients(also a strongswan client) at the weekend....

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            eri--
            last edited by

            Can you try instead of eap_identity to put aaa_identity = %any and retry?

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              hege
              last edited by

              Unfortunately,

              aaa_identity=%any
              and
              aaa_identity=%any
              eap_identity=%any

              Jan 15 20:06:56 charon: 10[IKE] EAP method EAP_TLS failed for peer CLIENT-IP
              Jan 15 20:06:56 charon: 10[TLS] sending fatal TLS alert 'certificate unknown'
              Jan 15 20:06:56 charon: 10[TLS] no trusted certificate found for 'CERT-CN' to verify TLS peer
              Jan 15 20:06:56 charon: 10[TLS] received TLS peer certificate 'C=XX, ST=XXXXXX, L=XXX, O=XXX, OU=XXX, CN=CERT-CN, E=XXX'

              aaa_identity=%identity

              Jan 15 20:08:27 charon: 07[TLS] sending fatal TLS alert 'handshake failure'
              Jan 15 20:08:27 charon: 07[TLS] no usable TLS server certificate found for '%identity'

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                eri--
                last edited by

                What algo is the signature on the client cert, SHA1 something else?

                Can you validate this cert with the pki –verify tool of strongswan?

                It is available with pfSense.

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                  hege
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                  sha512 :)

                  pki –verify --in /tmp/VPN-Client.crt --cacert /var/etc/ipsec/ipsec.d/cacerts/1eb57a16.0.crt

                  using certificate  'C=XX, ST=XXXXXX, L=XXX, O=XXX, OU=XXX, CN=CERT-CN, E=XXX'
                    using trusted ca certificate  'C=XX, ST=XXXXXX, L=XXX, O=XXX, OU=XXX, CN=CA-CERT-CN, E=XXX'
                    reached self-signed root ca with a path length of 0
                  certificate trusted, lifetimes valid

                  I do this tests currently in my private network, at weekend I will create a new test setup with weaker and non sensible certs, so I can give you more information if needed.

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                    eri--
                    last edited by

                    Oh can you try removing the leftid settings from the profile and see if that fixes it?

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                      hege
                      last edited by

                      nope,

                      Jan 15 22:06:23 charon: 13[TLS] no trusted certificate found for 'CERT-CN' to verify TLS peer

                      (with and without eap_identity)

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                        eri--
                        last edited by

                        What if you do even leftauth=eap-tls or as usual but adding rightsendcert=never?

                        Also can you post full ipsec.conf section of the connection?

                        EDIT: also can you see based on this https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/Win7EapMultipleConfig

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                          hege
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                          Jan 15 22:15:53 charon: 07[IKE] configured EAP-only authentication, but peer does not support it
                          Jan 15 22:15:53 charon: 07[IKE] <con3|43>configured EAP-only authentication, but peer does not support it

                          
                          conn con3
                                  reqid = 3
                                  fragmentation = yes
                                  keyexchange = ikev2
                                  reauth = yes
                                  forceencaps = no
                                  rekey = yes
                                  installpolicy = yes
                                  type = tunnel
                                  dpdaction = none
                                  auto = add
                                  left = WAN-IP
                                  right = %any
                                  compress = yes
                                  ikelifetime = 28800s
                                  lifetime = 3600s
                                  rightsourceip = 172.16.94.0/24
                                  ike = aes256-sha256-modp1024!
                                  esp = aes256-sha1-modp1024,aes256-sha256-modp1024!
                                  eap_identity=%identity
                                  leftauth=eap-tls
                                  rightauth=eap-tls
                                  leftcert=/var/etc/ipsec/ipsec.d/certs/cert-3.crt
                                  rightsubnet = 172.16.94.0/24
                                  leftsubnet = 0.0.0.0/0
                          
                          

                          edit: with usual but rightsendcert=never same as always

                          Jan 15 22:19:11 charon: 13[TLS] sending fatal TLS alert 'certificate unknown'
                          Jan 15 22:19:11 charon: 13[TLS] no trusted certificate found for 'Client-CN' to verify TLS peer</con3|43>

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                            eri--
                            last edited by

                            Can you try with as usual but adding rightsendcert=never?

                            Can you also try a config as per  https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/Win7EapMultipleConfig

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                              hege
                              last edited by

                              Your link is pointing to a working eap-mschapv2 config (the one I used for my first tests with mschap)

                              I tried it now, and some days ago, with this config and many variations without success
                              https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/Win7UserMultipleConfig

                              Windows 8
                              Jan 15 22:36:08 charon: 11[JOB] deleting half open IKE_SA after timeout
                              Jan 15 22:36:00 charon: 11[NET] sending packet: from Server-IP[500] to Client-IP[500] (108 bytes)

                              Windows Phone
                              Jan 15 22:19:11    charon: 13[TLS] sending fatal TLS alert 'certificate unknown'
                              Jan 15 22:19:11    charon: 13[TLS] no trusted certificate found for 'Client-CN' to verify TLS peer

                              conn con3
                                      reqid = 3
                                      fragmentation = yes
                                      keyexchange = ikev2
                                      reauth = yes
                                      forceencaps = no
                                      rekey = yes
                                      installpolicy = yes
                                      type = tunnel
                                      dpdaction = none
                                      auto = add
                                      left = 123.123.123.123
                                      right = %any
                                      compress = yes
                                      ikelifetime = 28800s
                                      lifetime = 3600s
                                      rightsourceip = 172.16.94.0/24
                                      ike = aes256-sha256-modp1024!
                                      esp = aes256-sha1-modp1024,aes256-sha256-modp1024!
                                      leftauth=pubkey
                                      rightauth=eap-tls
                                      leftcert=/var/etc/ipsec/ipsec.d/certs/cert-3.crt
                                      rightsubnet = 172.16.94.0/24
                                      leftsubnet = 0.0.0.0/0
                                      rightsendcert=never
                              

                              I really need some sleep, I will continue until tomorrow evening, and I hope that with the windows 8 debug files it should be easier to find the issue. - Windows Phone is hard to debug.

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                                hege
                                last edited by

                                After hours of testing and searching I finally could connect with a workaround, which is unusable for productive use :(

                                My test environment: (I can give you direct access if you like - just pm me)

                                Certs generated by pfSense (root cert / vpn cert / client cert - vpn cert with the DNS name as SAN)

                                
                                pfSense 2.2 RC Config
                                	WAN	84.123.123.122
                                	Lan	192.168.123.1 
                                	EAP-TLS:
                                		My identifier: fw.test.domain.local
                                		My Cert:	fw.test.domain.local (Server Cert / Alt.Name: fw.test.domain.local/ issued by Test-CA)
                                		My CA:		Test-CA
                                	P1:	AES 256 / SHA256 / DH2 / Lifetime 28800 / NAT AUto / DPD 10,5
                                	P2:	Network: 0.0.0.0/0 / ESP / AES256 / SHA1 / PFS OFF / Lifetime 3600
                                Win 8 Config
                                	LAN: 84.123.123.123 (direct WAN Access)
                                	IKEv2 Config:
                                		Hostname: fw.test.domain.local
                                		Type: 	IKEv2
                                		encryption:	Require encryption
                                		Authentication: EAP
                                			Use a certificate on this computer (advanced: issued by Test-CA)
                                			Verify the servers identity
                                			Connect to these servers
                                				fw.test.private.domain
                                			Trusted Root CA:
                                				Test-CA
                                			Use a different user name for the connection
                                
                                

                                Connect:
                                Cert: Test-VPNCLient
                                Connection user name: C=US, ST=Vienna, L=Vienna, O=Test, E=test@domain.local, CN=Test-VPNClient

                                Connection and successful traffic to 192.168.123.1 !

                                Successful connection logs:
                                Edit: removed connection log

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                                  hege
                                  last edited by

                                  Connection without "Use a different user name for the connection" option and with variations of eap_identity (%any / %identity)

                                  charon: 16[IKE] EAP method EAP_TLS failed for peer 84.123.123.123
                                  ..
                                  charon: 16[TLS] no trusted certificate found for 'Test-VPNClient' to verify TLS peer
                                  ..
                                  charon: 16[TLS] received TLS peer certificate 'C=US, ST=Vienna, L=Vienna, O=Test-Hege, E=test@test.domain, CN=Test-VPNClient'
                                  ..
                                  charon: 13[IKE] received EAP identity 'Test-VPNClient'

                                  Edit: removed the log file

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                                    eri--
                                    last edited by

                                    What do you mean by unusable ?
                                    I did not understand why its unusable for production use?

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                                      hege
                                      last edited by

                                      The VPN-user have to paste the full cert value as his username, which is very long and you can't save this value, so you have to insert this "username" every time.

                                      eap-tls have to work without any user-input.

                                      Also this workaround is not possible on Windows Phone, because you can't specify an username there.

                                      Edit: Maybe that is the solution https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2010-October/000814.html - I will try that as soon as possible!
                                      Edit2: Yep, just a client cert issue, such a waste of free time…

                                      Cert requirements,

                                      • Full trust of chain (Root CA have to be installed on the client)

                                      • pfSense Server cert needs the EKU "Server Authentification", also the FQDN in the Subject Alternative Names

                                      • pfSense Client Cert needs the EKU "Client Authentification", also the CN name as a FQDN in the SAN

                                      ermal, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

                                      Please let me know, how I can donate my bounty to pfSense.

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                                        eri--
                                        last edited by

                                        I think buying the gold package is the nearest donate approach :)

                                        Thank you, hege for confirming it works.

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                                          hege
                                          last edited by

                                          done, bit I still owe you a dollar :)

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