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From: Dax Kelson <dax@gurulabs.com>
To: Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de>
Cc: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>,
	netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org,
	netfilter@lists.netfilter.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: port-based filtering of ESP packets with in-kernel IPsec?
Date: 30 Jul 2003 16:51:34 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1059605494.3284.141.camel@mentor.gurulabs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1059597421.3284.7.camel@mentor.gurulabs.com>

On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 14:37, Dax Kelson wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 08:51, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote:
> > [netfilter]
> > incoming encrypted packets are seen as ESP/AH in INPUT
> > and then as decrypted packet in INPUT or FORWARD.
> 
> Just to clarify, the packets will travel INPUT *twice* (once as ESP and
> then in the clear)?

If this is the case, then I see a problem.

If you have an explicit drop/reject all the bottom (or have a DROP
policy) of INPUT then no IPSEC traffic would be allowed.

I supposed you could add a rule that allowed all ESP traffic before the
the explicit drop.

Dax

      reply	other threads:[~2003-07-30 22:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1059540296.16545.305.camel@k7.localnet>
2003-07-30 14:24 ` port-based filtering of ESP packets with in-kernel IPsec? Harald Welte
2003-07-30 14:51   ` Andreas Jellinghaus
2003-07-30 15:16     ` Harald Welte
2003-07-30 20:37     ` Dax Kelson
2003-07-30 22:51       ` Dax Kelson [this message]

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