If one selector has a wider IP range than the other, but the other has a
wider port/protocol selector than the first one, none is completely contained
in the other. The check for a match using is_contained_in() therefore would
fail. Using get_subset() can handle such cases, fixing configuration selection.
This new flag gives the kernel-interface a hint how it should priorize the
use of newly installed SAs during rekeying.
Consider the following rekey procedure in IKEv2:
Initiator --- Responder
I1 -------CREATE-------> R1
I2 <------CREATE--------
-------DELETE-------> R2
I3 <------DELETE--------
SAs are always handled as pairs, the following happens at the SA level:
* Initiator starts the exchange at I1
* Responder installs new SA pair at R1
* Initiator installs new SA pair at I2
* Responder removes old SA pair at R2
* Initiator removes old SA pair at I3
This makes sure SAs get installed/removed overlapping during rekeying. However,
to avoid any packet loss, it is crucial that the new outbound SA gets
activated at the correct position:
* as exchange initiator, in I2
* as exchange responder, in R2
This should guarantee that we don't use the new outbound SA before the peer
could install its corresponding inbound SA.
The new parameter allows the kernel backend to install the new SA with
appropriate priorities, i.e. it should:
* as exchange inititator, have the new outbound SA installed with higher
priority than the old SA
* as exchange responder, have the new outbound SA installed with lower
priority than the old SA
While we could split up the SA installation at the responder, this approach
has another advantage: it allows the kernel backend to switch SAs based on
other criteria, for example when receiving traffic on the new inbound SA.
RFC 5996 compatible implementations MAY send an INFORMATIONAL message
with an AUTHENTICATION_FAILED if the initiator failed to authenticate us.
Handle such a message like a DELETE for an IKE_SA.
According to RFC 5996, we MAY send an INFORMATIONAL message having an
AUTHENTICATION_FAILED. We don't do any retransmits, though, but just close
the IKE_SA after one message has been sent, avoiding the danger that an
unauthenticated IKE_SA stays alive.
While this was problematic in earlier releases, it seems that it works just
fine the way we handle compression now. So there is no need to disable it over
NATed connections or when using forceencaps.
The previous code did not properly check for the situation when the
DELETE for a redundant CHILD_SA created by a responder during a
CHILD_SA rekey collision arrives before the responder's answer to the
initiator's winning CREATE_CHILD_SA request.
With the new implementation the plugins don't have to be listed in any
special order, dependencies are properly resolved. The order only
matters if two plugins provide the same feature.
Martin Willi