Which kind of OVPN: site to site or road warrior? With PF 1.2.2 or 2.0?
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Odette Nsaka <odette.ns...@libero.it>

Il giorno ven, 26/08/2011 alle 10.29 +0530, A Mohan Rao ha scritto:

> Could u pls guide me how i configure open vpn..
> 
> On 8/26/11, Odette Nsaka <odette.ns...@libero.it> wrote:
> > It's a lot of time I'm using PF and I really appreciate it. Guys
> > you are doing a very good job.
> >
> > I'm successfully using PF 2.0-RC3, even on Alix (embedded)  and
> > installed on PC,  with ipsec vpn, OVPN, carp for failover, WiFi, WAN in
> > load
> > balancing on 2 different ADSL lines, etc. Everything is working really
> > fine.
> >
> > But a few days ago I encountered a problem that I cannot understand and
> > resolve: I've been upgrading a couple of PF installed on pc (configured
> > in failover with CARP, 5 nics) from release 1.2.3 to 2.0-RC3.
> >
> > In version 1.2.3 and all the previous updates have everything been
> > working fine.
> >
> > After the upgrade to 2.0-RC3 I had just one problem, but because of
> > this I had to revert to 1.2.3.
> >
> > Here is the problem.
> >
> > After the upgrade to version 2.0-RC3 every protocol has been filtered
> > by PF as expected. But the SMTP traffic from the e-mail provider mta
> > (postfix) to the internal MailReley server had a strange behaviour. On
> > the internal mail relay I saw the connection estabilished from the
> > provider mta, but at the moment of receiving the the mail body the
> > connection hanged up and reset  at timeout. Just small e-mails, sent as
> > a test by the provider, have been successfully delivered.
> >
> > Reverting to 1.2.3 everything works fine again.
> >
> > An inspection to the traffic, made through a mirror port on the switch
> > (verified sniffing directly on PF)
> > shows the different behaviours reported below.
> >
> > Here are the data captured with 2.0-RC3, related to an attempt of the
> > MTA to send an e-mail messages to the internal mail relay.
> >
> >
> >         226970 684.515289 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp TCP 57715 >
> >         smtp [SYN] Seq=0 Win=5840 Len=0 MSS=1460 TSV=68980421 TSER=0
> >         WS=7
> >         226971 684.515768 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp TCP smtp >
> >         57715 [SYN, ACK] Seq=0 Ack=1 Win=64240 Len=0 MSS=1460 WS=0 TSV=0
> >         TSER=0
> >         226973 684.526527 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp TCP 57715 >
> >         smtp [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=1 Win=5888 Len=0 TSV=68980427 TSER=0
> >         226977 684.529562 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp SMTP S: 220
> >         mail.mycompany.com ESMTP Service (Lotus Domino Release 8.5.1FP2)
> >         ready at Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:52:04 +0200
> >         226978 684.537048 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp TCP 57715 >
> >         smtp [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=110 Win=5888 Len=0 TSV=68980443 TSER=625882
> >         226979 684.537070 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: EHLO
> >         fedora.provider.org
> >         226980 684.537868 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp SMTP S:
> >         250-mail.mycompany.com Hello fedora.provider.org
> >         ([ProviderMtaIp]), pleased to meet you | 250-TLS | 250-ETRN |
> >         250-STARTTLS | 250-DSN | 250-SIZE 18432000 | 250 PIPELINING
> >         226992 684.551654 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: MAIL
> >         FROM:<user@domain> SIZE=86045 | RCPT TO:<user@domain> | DATA
> >         226996 684.552697 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp SMTP S: 250
> >         user@domain Sender OK | 250 user@domain Recipient OK | 354 Enter
> >         message, end with "." on a line by itself
> >         227503 686.321903 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp SMTP [TCP
> >         Retransmission] S: 250 user@domain Sender OK | 250 user@domain
> >         Recipient OK | 354 Enter message, end with "." on a line by
> >         itself
> >         227505 686.329892 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp TCP [TCP
> >         Previous segment lost] 57715 > smtp [ACK] Seq=3001 Ack=404
> >         Win=8064 Len=0 TSV=68982235 TSER=625901 SLE=274 SRE=404
> >         343904 1013.873824 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp TCP smtp >
> >         57715 [FIN, ACK] Seq=404 Ack=105 Win=64136 Len=0 TSV=629175
> >         TSER=68980454
> >         343909 1013.883338 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp TCP 57715 >
> >         smtp [RST] Seq=105 Win=0 Len=0
> >
> >
> > As I can see the traffic between the provider's MTA and the mai relay
> > starts and, initially it goes on, but packet ID 226996 get lost, then
> > retransmitted (227503) and acknowledged by  ProviderMtaIp but with a
> > grater Seq. number. It looks like the mail data packets have been lost.
> > Then, after about 5 min. the connection reaches the time out, mail
> > relay sends a FIN request and the  ProviderMtaIp resets the connection.
> >
> > On PF's logs there's nothing about dropped packets related to the
> > connection.
> >
> >
> >
> > Here's, what happens reverting to 1.2.3 (everything works fine).
> >
> >         ...
> >         19377  46.958958 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: MAIL
> >         FROM:<user@domain> SIZE=56892 | RCPT TO:<user@domain> | DATA
> >         19378  46.960259 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp SMTP S: 250
> >         user@domain Sender OK | 250 user@domain Recipient OK | 354 Enter
> >         message, end with "." on a line by itself
> >         19386  46.971715 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: DATA
> >         fragment, 1248 bytes
> >         19387  46.974048 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: DATA
> >         fragment, 1248 bytes
> >         19388  46.974082 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: DATA
> >         fragment, 1248 bytes
> >         19389  46.974425 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp TCP smtp > 33359
> >         [ACK] Seq=420 Ack=2617 Win=64240 Len=0 TSV=706364 TSER=77029773
> >         19393  46.987139 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: DATA
> >         fragment, 1248 bytes
> >         19394  46.987663 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp TCP smtp > 33359
> >         [ACK] Seq=420 Ack=5113 Win=63248 Len=0 TSV=706365 TSER=77029773
> >         19395  46.987686 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp TCP [TCP Dup ACK
> >         19394#1] smtp > 33359 [ACK] Seq=420 Ack=5113 Win=63248 Len=0
> >         TSV=706365 TSER=77029773
> >         19396  46.989640 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: DATA
> >         fragment, 1248 bytes
> >         19397  46.989661 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: DATA
> >         fragment, 1248 bytes
> >         19398  46.990342 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp TCP smtp > 33359
> >         [ACK] Seq=420 Ack=7609 Win=64240 Len=0 TSV=706365 TSER=77029787
> >         19407  46.999000 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: DATA
> >         fragment, 1248 bytes
> >         19408  46.999026 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: DATA
> >         fragment, 1248 bytes
> >         ...
> >         19492  47.067918 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: DATA
> >         fragment, 1248 bytes
> >         19493  47.068921 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: DATA
> >         fragment, 1248 bytes
> >         19494  47.069291 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp TCP smtp > 33359
> >         [ACK] Seq=420 Ack=54809 Win=64240 Len=0 TSV=706365 TSER=77029856
> >         19495  47.070644 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp SMTP C: DATA
> >         fragment, 1248 bytes
> >         19507  47.078352 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp IMF from: "user"
> >         <user@domain>, subject xxx Masked Subject xxx,  (text/plain)
> >         (text/html)
> >         19508  47.078846 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp TCP smtp > 33359
> >         [ACK] Seq=420 Ack=57023 Win=63530 Len=0 TSV=706365 TSER=77029856
> >         19509  47.078867 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp TCP [TCP Dup ACK
> >         19508#1] smtp > 33359 [ACK] Seq=420 Ack=57023 Win=63530 Len=0
> >         TSV=706365 TSER=77029856
> >         19517  47.084957 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp SMTP S: 250
> >         Message accepted for delivery
> >         19518  47.085306 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp SMTP S: 221
> >         mail.mycompany.com SMTP Service closing transmission channel
> >         19519  47.085405 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp TCP smtp > 33359
> >         [FIN, ACK] Seq=519 Ack=57023 Win=63530 Len=0 TSV=706365
> >         TSER=77029856
> >         19527  47.096111 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp TCP 33359 > smtp
> >         [FIN, ACK] Seq=57023 Ack=519 Win=8064 Len=0 TSV=77029898
> >         TSER=706365
> >         19528  47.096609 MyMailRelayIp -> ProviderMtaIp TCP smtp > 33359
> >         [ACK] Seq=520 Ack=57024 Win=63530 Len=0 TSV=706366 TSER=77029898
> >         19529  47.098002 ProviderMtaIp -> MyMailRelayIp TCP 33359 > smtp
> >         [ACK] Seq=57024 Ack=520 Win=8064 Len=0 TSV=77029900 TSER=706365
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I've also tried to play around with the MTU value, with no effect.
> >
> > Mail Relay is    Lotus Domino Release 8.5.1FP2   and the mta is
> > Fedora, kernel 2.6.18-1, server postfix 2.2.8-1.2
> > During the tests the provider also tried Debian, kernel 2.6.26-2, server
> > postfix 2.5.5-1.1
> >
> > The provider's mta lies in internet (WAN side of the PF), while the the
> > mail relay is in one of the DMZs of the PF, with public IP, no nat.
> > Even WAN and DMZ are over CARP for fault tolerance.
> >
> > The provider have been delivering the e-mails to all other customers,
> > with no problem, and asserts that all his servers are strictly compliant
> > the RFCs
> > The router connecting to Internet is set up with MTU=1476.
> >
> > Please, does someone have an idea of what is going on, or did already
> > see a similar behaviour?
> > Every suggestion will be appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Odette Nsaka
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 

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