Strange issue with IPv6 through ipsec
From: Niccolò Belli <hidden>
Date: 2012-02-29 23:43:28
Hi, I'm not sure if netdev is the right place, that's a strange behavior but I'm not sure if it's a bug because I'm an IPv6 newbie. I'd like to give my servers IPv6 connectivity for the World IPv6 Launch, so I bought a virtual machine with IPv6 connectivity and I asked to route a /56, then I extruded it through an IKEv2 ipsec tunnel (Strongswan 4.5.3 on Debian Squeeze amd64). A is the virtual machine with IPv6 connectivity. B is the other peer. A has IPv6 a:b:c:d::1/64 The routed subnet is a:b:c:300::/56 After the tunnel creation I add an IPv6 to B external interface: ip -6 addr add a:b:c:301::1/6 dev nas0 Then I create a default route: ip -6 route add default via a:b:c:0301::2 dev nas0 Now I can ping A from B and B from A. If I destroy and re-create the tunnel everything keep working. If instead of adding an IPv6 to nas0 I add it to eth0 (an internal interface): ip -6 addr add a:b:c:301::1/6 dev eth0 ip -6 route add default via a:b:c:0301::2 dev eth0 it still works (A con ping B and B can ping A) *BUT* if I destroy and re-create the tunnel it doesn't work anymore! I have to type: ip -6 addr del a:b:c:301::1/6 dev eth0 ip -6 addr add a:b:c:301::1/6 dev eth0 ip -6 route add default via a:b:c:0301::2 dev eth0 to make it work again O_O Cheers, Niccolò