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    IPSec outbound traffic being blocked on IPSec interface

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      bradsm87
      last edited by

      Can anyone confirm this issue?

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        bradsm87
        last edited by

        This is sill an issue. ICMP works but not TCP.

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          Confirmed, https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/6937

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            ysdtkhr
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            Hi

            Please let me write about the phenomena reported here.

            Apparently, the same phenomenon occurs not only for mobile communication but also for NAT-T communication.

            In FreeBSD11, the IPsec function was incorporated into the Generic kernel, but NAT-T seems to need a custom kernel

            as usual.

            Please test with custom kernel which added "options IPSEC_NAT_T"

            Thank you

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              Already there.

              : sysctl kern.conftxt | grep IPSECĀ  
              options IPSEC_NAT_T
              options IPSEC
              

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                ysdtkhr
                last edited by

                I understand that's right.
                I thought it would be useful for solving bugs

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                • w0wW
                  w0w
                  last edited by

                  Is there a workaround?

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    Add some very forgiving floating rules outbound on enc0 that allow any TCP flags and use sloppy state.

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                    • w0wW
                      w0w
                      last edited by

                      Thanks jimp! You are the best.

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                        w0203j
                        last edited by

                        @jimp:

                        Add some very forgiving floating rules outbound on enc0 that allow any TCP flags and use sloppy state.

                        Any idea how to do so? sloppy state how to set this?
                        Also I don't see enc0 only see lan wan and ipsec interface.

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                        • w0wW
                          w0w
                          last edited by

                          See attached. This one will be inĀ  Firewall->Rules->Floating->Add/Edit

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                            w0203j
                            last edited by

                            @w0w:

                            See attached. This one will be inĀ  Firewall->Rules->Floating->Add/Edit

                            Thank you so much! It's all working now.

                            Still would be good to see 2.4 working without work around …

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Anyone seeing this if you check the states created for traffic across the VPN do you see odd destination IPs?

                              Such as shown here: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/7015

                              And if so what type of VPN are you using? Mobile IPSec? NAT-T? Helpful to narrow down the cause here.

                              Steve

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                              • w0wW
                                w0w
                                last edited by

                                Steve, I have mobile IPSEC running.
                                When I lookedĀ  atĀ  Diagnostics/States/States, then the first thing that I have found is that I can not select IPSEC as interface just because it's not listed in the drop down menu, but if I select 'all' I see IPSEC in the listĀ  and it's full of odd IP's, there are a lot of them.

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  Yup, I noted that while doing exactly this.Ā  Jimp added it: https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/c1f1072e147e2b77fc1bbf7d6230267b9d340c83

                                  Steve

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                                    ysdtkhr
                                    last edited by

                                    Steve

                                    I'm using on NAT-T

                                    The WAN interface is behind NAT

                                    Written by jimp
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                                    Add some very forgiving floating rules outbound on enc0 that allow any TCP flags and use sloppy state.

                                    Registering floating while looking at errors that occur every time you communicate, such as SMB and RDP, was hard work

                                    After enabling System / Advanced / Firewall & NAT / Disable Firewall, VPN communication was done without registering a floating

                                    It is possible because the WAN interface is behind NAT

                                    ysdtkhr

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      Yes, this does seem to be caused by or a symptom of the WAN being behind NAT.

                                      Progress on this will be reported on the bug: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/7015

                                      Steve

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                                      • w0wW
                                        w0w
                                        last edited by

                                        Looks like it fixed on latest snapshot.

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Great, thanks for the feedback.Ā  :)

                                          Steve

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                                            megapearl
                                            last edited by

                                            Working for me too!Ā  :D

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