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

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      eri--
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      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
            last edited by

            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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