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authorAndreas Steffen <andreas.steffen@strongswan.org>2007-01-29 08:38:17 +0000
committerAndreas Steffen <andreas.steffen@strongswan.org>2007-01-29 08:38:17 +0000
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added configuration of XAUTH and ModeConfig push mode
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@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Contents
6.1 Loading private key files in PKCS#1 format
6.2 Entering passphrases interactively
6.3 Multiple private keys
- 7. Configuring CA properties - ipsec.conf
+ 7. Configuring CA properties - ipsec.onf
8. Smartcard support
8.1 Configuring a smartcard-based connection
8.2 Entering the PIN code
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Contents
10. Monitoring functions
11. Firewall support functions
11.1 Environment variables in the updown script
- 11.2 Automatic insertion and deletion of iptables firewall rules (NEW)
+ 11.2 Automatic insertion and deletion of iptables firewall rules
11.3 Sample Linux 2.6 _updown_espmark script for iptables < 1.3.5
12. Authentication with raw RSA public keys
13. Authentication with OpenPGP certificates
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ Contents
14.1 Authentication and encryption algorithms
14.2 NAT traversal
14.3 Dead peer detection
- 14.4 IKE Mode Config
+ 14.4 IKE Mode Config Pull Mode
+ 14.5 IKE Mode Config Push Mode
+ 14.6 XAUTH - Extended Authentication (NEW)
15. Copyright statement and acknowledgements
@@ -104,7 +106,10 @@ and currently supports the following features:
* NAT-Traversal (RFC 3947)
- * Support of Virtual IPs via static configuratin and IKE Mode Config
+ * Support of Virtual IPs via static configuration and IKE Mode Config
+
+ * XAUTH client and server functionality in conjunction with either PSK
+ or RSA IKE Main Mode authentication.
* Support of Delete SA and informational Notification messages.
@@ -2918,8 +2923,8 @@ even if they might be supported by the responder.
Currently please refer to README.NAT-Traversal document in the strongSwan
distribution.
-
-
+
+
14.3 Dead peer detection
--------------------
@@ -2969,14 +2974,15 @@ dpdaction=clear for dynamic roadwarrior connections. The default value is
dpdaction=none, which disables DPD.
-14.4 IKE Mode Config
- ---------------
-
+14.4 IKE Mode Config Pull Mode
+ -------------------------
+
The IKE Mode Config protocol <draft-ietf-ipsec-isakmp-mode-cfg-04.txt> allows
the dynamic assignment of virtual IP addresses and optional DNS and WINS server
-information to IPsec clients. Currently only "Mode Config Pull Mode" is
-implemented where the client actively sends a Mode Config request to the server
-in order to obtain a virtual IP.
+information to IPsec clients. As a default the "Mode Config Pull Mode" is
+used where the client actively sends a Mode Config request to the server
+in order to obtain a virtual IP. The server answers with a Mode Config reply
+message containing the requested information.
Client side configuration (carol):
@@ -3008,6 +3014,60 @@ the virtual IP address defined by the rightsourceip parameter. In the future
an LDAP-based lookup mechanism will be supported.
+14.5 IKE Mode Config Push Mode
+ -------------------------
+
+Cisco VPN equipment uses the alternative "Mode Config Push Mode" where the
+initiating clients waits for the server to push down a virtual address via
+a Mode Config set message. The receipt is acknowledged by the client with a
+Mode Config ack message.
+
+Mode Config Push Mode is activated by the parameter
+
+ modeconfig=push
+
+as part of the connection definition in ipsec.conf. The default value is
+modeconfig=pull.
+
+
+14.6 XAUTH - Extended Authentication
+ -------------------------------
+
+The XAUTH protocol <draft-beaulieu-ike-xauth-02.txt> allows an extended
+client authentication using e.g. a username/password paradigm in addition
+to the IKE Main Mode authentication. Thus XAUTH can be used in conjunction
+with Pre-Shared Keys (PSK) by defining
+
+ authby=xauthpsk
+
+or with RSA signatures
+
+ authby=xauthrsasig
+
+in the connection definition, correspondingly. strongSwan can act either as
+an XAUTH client with
+
+ xauth=client
+
+or as an XAUTH server with
+
+ xauth=server
+
+with xauth=client being the default value. strongSwan integrates a default
+implementation where the XAUTH user credentials are stored on both the
+server and the client in the /etc/ipsec.secrets file, using the syntax
+
+ : XAUTH john "rT6q!V2p"
+
+The client must not have more than one XAUTH entry whereas the server can
+contain an unlimited number of user credentials in ipsec.secrets.
+
+Either the prompting on the client side or the verification of the user
+credentials on the server side can be implemented as a customized XAUTH
+dynamic library module. The corresponding library interface is defined
+by the pluto/xauth.h header file.
+
+
15. Copyright statement and acknowledgements
----------------------------------------
@@ -3041,7 +3101,7 @@ an LDAP-based lookup mechanism will be supported.
Copyright (c) 2002, Stephane Laroche
- IKE Mode Config protocol:
+ IKE Mode Config and XAUTH protocol:
Copyright (c) 2001-2002, Colubris Networks
@@ -3058,7 +3118,7 @@ an LDAP-based lookup mechanism will be supported.
Copyright (c) 2000, Kai Martius
X.509, OCSP and smartcard functionality:
-
Copyright (c) 2000, Andreas Hess, Patric Lichtsteiner, Roger Wegmann
Copyright (c) 2001, Marco Bertossa, Andreas Schleiss
Copyright (c) 2002, Uli Galizzi, Ariane Seiler, Mario Strasser
@@ -3072,7 +3132,7 @@ an LDAP-based lookup mechanism will be supported.
scepclient:
Copyright (c) 2005, Jan Hutter, Martin Willi
- Copyright (c) 2005-2006, Andreas Steffen
+ Copyright (c) 2005-2007, Andreas Steffen
University of Applied Sciences in Rapperswil, Switzerland
@@ -3087,5 +3147,5 @@ an LDAP-based lookup mechanism will be supported.
for more details.
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-This file is RCSID $Id: README,v 1.33 2006/04/24 21:27:49 as Exp $
+This file is RCSID $Id: README,v 1.38 2007/01/14 18:16:51 as Exp $