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    PfSense 2.2 crashes (hard) when accessing Web Configurator from remote IPsec VPN

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    • K Offline
      kejianshi
      last edited by

      I suspect they ALL are…  Gained some function but lost some stability.

      However, CMB pointed out, some of the functioning IPSEC configs out there never should have worked in the 2.15 - they just happened to.

      And so people with badly configured IPSEC on 2.15 that happen to work anyway break upon upgrade.

      Anyway - sounds like a reasonable explanation.

      I never found IPSEC that reliable compared to PPTP or openvpn and since PPTP isn't secure, the choice is clear for me.

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        onehso
        last edited by

        @pvoigt:

        Well, after two days of hard work to make my Windows 7 notebook connect to my pfSense 2.2 using IKEv2 and EAP-TLS I successfully connected just a few minutes ago for the first time.

        My first test was to access the pfSense webGUI over the IPsec connection which resulted in the same hard crash of my pfSense machine (net6501, nanoBSD). I had to power cycle to restart it.

        Regards,
        Peter

        I'm having the exact same problem.

        It's a clean 2.2 install on soekris net6501-70

        I used this guide to setup ipsec. https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/IKEv2_with_EAP-MSCHAPv2

        I'm able to browse other clients on my network but as soon as i try to access the pfsense GUI it chrashes.

        Regards.

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          volandg
          last edited by

          What is the status of this issue? Is it recognized as a bug and being addressed ?

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            georgeman
            last edited by

            This is a VERY serious problem. Here's another topic which I bet is related: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=88606

            I guess you can try what's suggested there. I'm also expericing crashes but couldn't find a specific trigger

            If it ain't broke, you haven't tampered enough with it

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              sgorbach
              last edited by

              I've seen the same issue on v2.2 over VMware (both ends virtual, IPSec between them), so it's not a hardware problem. Worked fine for years on v2.0x before, even on beta versions and on the same host hardware.
              In my case it SEEMS to be fixed by disabling IPcomp (IP Compression) on the Advanced tab under IPsec, and begins to fail again with a double fault as soon as I re-enable compression. Went from crashing more than once per hour to staying stable for more than 24h and counting.
              I already submitted one of the crash dumps for evaluation.

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                volandg
                last edited by

                Should we report this as possible  bug on pfSense bugtracker and refer to this thread ?

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                  edinburgh1874
                  last edited by

                  Exact same issue here on a Sokeris net6501. Does anyone know if this is in the bug tracker? I had a look but couldn't see it.

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                    volandg
                    last edited by

                    Just completed the upgrade to 2.2.1.

                    The issue is still there. Accessing the webUI while connected over IPSec VPN will crash the box.

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                      volandg
                      last edited by

                      https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4537

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                        georgeman
                        last edited by

                        Could you all test by setting net.inet.ipsec.directdispatch to 0 as ermal outlined in this post? I believe this is all the same issue

                        If it ain't broke, you haven't tampered enough with it

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                          lxa
                          last edited by

                          I think I ran into the same problem (2.2.1-RELEASE on AMD G-T40E) and submitted a few crash dumps.

                          I set net.inet.ipsec.directdispatch to 0 and have not had another crash since then.

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                            nambi
                            last edited by

                            I have the exact same issue, my remote pfsense instantly crashes when I access it via remote ip. if I remote desktop to the server on the local network, I can access the box, but using ipsec and accessing the box from a different subnet the box crashes. I removed all squid and squid guard rebooted and It still crashes.

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                              KOM
                              last edited by

                              Nambi, did you try the fix that georgeman suggested??

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                                nambi
                                last edited by

                                I'm not too sure how to enter in that command.

                                do i add this into this the "Execute Shell command"
                                net.inet.ipsec.directdispatch=0

                                I entered this in there, but when I remote connected it still crashed I probably didn't put it in properly.

                                Thanks for the assistance.

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                                  KOM
                                  last edited by

                                  I'm not too sure how to enter in that command.

                                  System - Advanced - System Tunables

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                                    nambi
                                    last edited by

                                    Thank you, there was no entry so i added "net.inet.ipsec.directdispatch" and set it to 0 and this fixed the issue.

                                    Thanks for your patience.

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                                      georgeman
                                      last edited by

                                      Go to System, Advanced and enter it as a tunable. Reboot just in case and test again

                                      Are you on 32-bit??

                                      If it ain't broke, you haven't tampered enough with it

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                                        nambi
                                        last edited by

                                        yes we are running 32 bit, ,my system is capable for 64 bit, but I installed pfsesne a while back when 32 bit was the norm.

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                                          georgeman
                                          last edited by

                                          Alright, it is confirmed to be the same issue then, thanks

                                          If it ain't broke, you haven't tampered enough with it

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                                            wazadex
                                            last edited by

                                            @georgeman:

                                            Alright, it is confirmed to be the same issue then, thanks

                                            thanks it works ! :)

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