<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Problems with IKEv2 VP from iOS, with certificate based user auth]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi All,</p>
<p dir="auto">Has anyone managed to successfully connect a VPN tunnel using IKEv2 from an iOS mobile device eg. iPad / iPhone to pfsense 2.5.1 using a certificate for user auth? I'm using Apple Configurator 2 to create the VPN profile for the device.</p>
<p dir="auto">Using a Mutual PSK in the Phase 1 Proposal works just fine, and the tunnel works perfectly.</p>
<p dir="auto">I just cant seem to get this to work using a Mutual Certificate. The most success I've had is using a SHA256 RSA cert with v3 extension alt DNS name, which as far as I'm able to tell seems to get through the Phase 1 stage, but then fails with little to go on in the logs other than</p>
<p dir="auto">IKE_SA checkout not successful</p>
<p dir="auto">similarly to described here: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/142583/ipsec-won-t-connect-beyond-phase-1</p>
<p dir="auto">For obvious reasons I'd much rather use a certificate over a PSK, but no matter what I try and with so many options I'm struggling.</p>
<p dir="auto">I've sen mention of EAP-MSChapv2 working, but running through the available guides eg.</p>
<p dir="auto">https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/ipsec-mobile-ikev2-eap-mschapv2.html</p>
<p dir="auto">hasn't got me anywhere. Theres some usefully info here</p>
<p dir="auto">https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/hwrskn/ikev2_w_ios_issues/</p>
<p dir="auto">but the settings on the iOS side aren't clarified.</p>
<p dir="auto">Any help / advice would be really appreciated.</p>
<p dir="auto">Thanks</p>
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