IPsec: Setup OPNsense for IKEv2 EAP-TLS

Index

• IPsec: Setup OPNsense for IKEv2 EAP-TLS

  • Step 1 - Create Certificates

  • Step 2 - Mobile Clients

    • IKE Extensions

  • Step 3 - Phase 1 Mobile Clients

    • Phase 1 General information

    • Phase 1 proposal (Authentication)

    • Phase 1 proposal (Algorithms)

  • Step 3 - Phase 2 Mobile Clients

    • General information

    • Local Network

    • Phase 2 proposal (SA/Key Exchange)

  • Step 4 - Add IPsec Users

EAP-TLS via IKEv2 is based on client certificate authentication. Be sure to install the client certificate on your enduser device.

Step 1 - Create Certificates

For EAP-TLS with IKEv2 you need to create a Root CA and a server certificate for your Firewall.

Go to System ‣ Trust ‣ Authorities and click Add. Give it a Descriptive Name and as Method choose Create internal Certificate Authority. Increase the Lifetime and fill in the fields matching your local values. Now go to System ‣ Trust ‣ Certificates and create a new certificate for the Firewall itself. Important is to change the Type to server. The Common Name can be the hostname of the Firewall and set as Alternative Name the FQDN your Firewall how it is known to the WAN side. This is most important as your VPN will drop when the FQDN does not match the ones of the certificate.

If you already have a CA roll out a server certificate and import the CA itself via System ‣ Trust ‣ Authorities and the certificate with the key in System ‣ Trust ‣ Certificates.

Step 2 - Mobile Clients

First we will need to setup the mobile clients network and authentication source. Go to VPN ‣ IPsec ‣ Mobile Clients

For our example we will use the following settings:

IKE Extensions

Enable	checked	check to enable mobile clients
User Authentication	Local Database	For the example we use the Local Database
Group Authentication	none	Leave on none
Virtual Address Pool	10.10.0.0/24	Enter the IP range for the remote clients

You can select other options, but we will leave them all unchecked for this example.

Save your settings and select Create Phase1 when it appears. Then enter the Mobile Client Phase 1 setting.

Step 3 - Phase 1 Mobile Clients

Phase 1 General information

Connection method	default	default is ‘Start on traffic’
Key Exchange version	V2	only V2 is supported for EAP-TLS
Internet Protocol	IPv4
Interface	WAN	choose the interface connected to the internet
Description	MobileIPsec	freely chosen description

Phase 1 proposal (Authentication)

Authentication method	EAP-TLS	This is the method we want here
My identifier	Distinguished Name	Set the FQDN you used within certificate
My Certificate	Certificate	Choose the certificate from dropdown list

Note

Some clients require RSA as remote like Strongswan Android App. If you encounter problem with your client devices replace Authentication method to RSA (local) + EAP-TLS (remote)

Phase 1 proposal (Algorithms)

Encryption algorithm	AES	For our example we will use AES/256 bits
Hash algoritm	SHA1, SHA256	SHA1 and SHA256 for compatibility
DH key group	1024, 2048 bit	1024 and 2048 bit for compatibility
Lifetime	28800 sec	lifetime before renegotiation

Advanced Options are fine by default.

Save your settings.

Step 3 - Phase 2 Mobile Clients

Press the button that says ‘+ Show 0 Phase-2 entries’

You will see an empty list:

Now press the + at the right of this list to add a Phase 2 entry.

General information

Mode	Tunnel IPv4	Select Tunnel mode
Description	MobileIPsecP2	Freely chosen description

Local Network

Local Network

LAN subnet

Route the local LAN subnet

Phase 2 proposal (SA/Key Exchange)

Protocol	ESP	Choose ESP for encryption
Encryption algorithms	AES / 256	For this example we use AES 256
Hash algorithms	SHA1, SHA256	Same as before, mix SHA1 and SHA256
PFS Key group	off	Most mobile systems do not support PFS in Phase2
Lifetime	3600 sec

Save your settings and Enable IPsec, Select:

Note

If you already had IPsec enabled and added Road Warrior setup, it’s important to restart the whole service via services widget in the upper right corner of IPSec pages or via System ‣ Diagnostics ‣ Services ‣ Strongswan since applying configuration only reloads it, but a restart also loads the required modules of strongSwan.

Step 4 - Add IPsec Users

Go to System ‣ Trust ‣ Certificates and create a new client certificate. Just click Add, choose your CA and probably increase the lifetime. Everything else besides the CN can be left default. Give a Common Name and Save. Download the newly created certificate as PKCS12 and export it to your end user device.