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Libreswan 3.8
I have installed Libreswan and am kinda stuck at getting things started. Â It appears to me that IPsec is starting then stopping due to pluto not starting. Â I see errors but the man page referenced as no information.
Here is some info:
sudo ipsec verify
Verifying installed system and configuration files
Version check and ipsec on-path             [OK]
Libreswan 3.8 (netkey) on 3.13.0-29-generic
Checking for IPsec support in kernel           [OK]
 NETKEY: Testing XFRM related proc values
     ICMP default/send_redirects           [OK]
     ICMP default/accept_redirects          [OK]
     XFRM larval drop                [OK]
Pluto ipsec.conf syntax                 [OK]
Hardware random device                  [N/A]
Checking rp_filter                    [ENABLED]
 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/al
 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/de
 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/et
 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/lo
 rp_filter is not fully aware of IPsec and should be disabled
Checking that pluto is running              [FAILED]
Checking NAT and MASQUERADEing              [TEST INCOMPLETE]
Checking 'ip' command                  [OK]
Checking 'iptables' command               [OK]
Checking 'prelink' command does not interfere with FIPSChecking for obsolete ipsec.conf options         [OK]
Opportunistic Encryption                 [DISABLED]
ipsec verify: encountered 11 errors - see 'man ipsec_verify' for help
sudo ipsec setup status
Redirecting to: status ipsec
ipsec stop/waiting
sudo ipsec status
whack: Pluto is not running (no "/var/run/pluto/pluto.ctl"
sudo ipsec whack --status
whack: Pluto is not running (no "/var/run/pluto/pluto.ctl"
The OS is correct in that there is nothing in /var/run/pluto. Â I don't know what should be there though.
Thanks
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Encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it. In an encryption scheme, the intended communication information or message, referred to as plaintext, is encrypted using an encryption algorithm, generating ciphertext that can only be read if decrypted. For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually uses a pseudo-random encryption key generated by an algorithm. An authorized recipient can easily decrypt the message with the key provided by the originator to recipients, but not to unauthorized interceptors.