[svn-upgrade] Integrating new upstream version, strongswan (4.1.3)

5 files changed, 718 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/src/charon/network/receiver.c b/src/charon/network/receiver.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b4bf71ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/charon/network/receiver.c
@@ -0,0 +1,377 @@
+/**
+ * @file receiver.c
+ *
+ * @brief Implementation of receiver_t.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Martin Willi
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Jan Hutter
+ * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.  See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#include "receiver.h"
+
+#include <daemon.h>
+#include <network/socket.h>
+#include <network/packet.h>
+#include <processing/job_queue.h>
+#include <processing/jobs/job.h>
+#include <processing/jobs/process_message_job.h>
+
+/** length of the full cookie, including time (u_int32_t + SHA1()) */
+#define COOKIE_LENGTH 24
+/** lifetime of a cookie, in seconds */
+#define COOKIE_LIFETIME 10
+/** how many times to reuse the secret */
+#define COOKIE_REUSE 10000
+/** require cookies after half open IKE_SAs */
+#define COOKIE_TRESHOLD 10
+/** how many half open IKE_SAs per peer before blocking */
+#define BLOCK_TRESHOLD 5
+/** length of the secret to use for cookie calculation */
+#define SECRET_LENGTH 16
+
+typedef struct private_receiver_t private_receiver_t;
+
+/**
+ * Private data of a receiver_t object.
+ */
+struct private_receiver_t {
+	/**
+	 * Public part of a receiver_t object.
+	 */
+	 receiver_t public;
+
+	 /**
+	  * Assigned thread.
+	  */
+	 pthread_t assigned_thread;
+	 
+ 	/**
+ 	 * current secret to use for cookie calculation
+ 	 */
+ 	char secret[SECRET_LENGTH];
+ 	
+ 	/**
+ 	 * previous secret used to verify older cookies
+ 	 */
+ 	char secret_old[SECRET_LENGTH];
+ 	
+ 	/**
+ 	 * how many times we have used "secret" so far
+ 	 */
+ 	u_int32_t secret_used;
+ 	
+ 	/**
+ 	 * time we did the cookie switch
+ 	 */
+ 	u_int32_t secret_switch;
+ 	
+ 	/**
+ 	 * time offset to use, hides our system time
+ 	 */
+ 	u_int32_t secret_offset;
+ 	
+ 	/**
+ 	 * the randomizer to use for secret generation
+ 	 */
+ 	randomizer_t *randomizer;
+ 	
+ 	/**
+ 	 * hasher to use for cookie calculation
+ 	 */
+ 	hasher_t *hasher;
+};
+
+/**
+ * send a notify back to the sender
+ */
+static void send_notify(message_t *request, notify_type_t type, chunk_t data)
+{
+	if (request->get_request(request) &&
+		request->get_exchange_type(request) == IKE_SA_INIT)
+	{
+		message_t *response;
+		host_t *src, *dst;
+		packet_t *packet;
+		ike_sa_id_t *ike_sa_id;
+		
+		response = message_create();
+		dst = request->get_source(request);
+		src = request->get_destination(request);
+		response->set_source(response, src->clone(src));
+		response->set_destination(response, dst->clone(dst));
+		response->set_exchange_type(response, request->get_exchange_type(request));
+		response->set_request(response, FALSE);
+		response->set_message_id(response, 0);
+		ike_sa_id = request->get_ike_sa_id(request);
+		ike_sa_id->switch_initiator(ike_sa_id);
+		response->set_ike_sa_id(response, ike_sa_id);
+		response->add_notify(response, FALSE, type, data);
+		if (response->generate(response, NULL, NULL, &packet) == SUCCESS)
+		{
+			charon->sender->send(charon->sender, packet);
+			response->destroy(response);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * build a cookie
+ */
+static chunk_t cookie_build(private_receiver_t *this, message_t *message,
+							u_int32_t t, chunk_t secret)
+{
+	u_int64_t spi = message->get_initiator_spi(message);
+	host_t *ip = message->get_source(message);
+	chunk_t input, hash = chunk_alloca(this->hasher->get_hash_size(this->hasher));
+	
+	/* COOKIE = t | sha1( IPi | SPIi | t | secret ) */
+	input = chunk_cata("cccc", ip->get_address(ip), chunk_from_thing(spi),
+					  chunk_from_thing(t), secret);
+	this->hasher->get_hash(this->hasher, input, hash.ptr);
+	return chunk_cat("cc", chunk_from_thing(t), hash);
+}
+
+/**
+ * verify a received cookie
+ */
+static bool cookie_verify(private_receiver_t *this, message_t *message,
+						  chunk_t cookie)
+{
+	u_int32_t t, now;
+	chunk_t reference;
+	chunk_t secret;
+
+	now = time(NULL);
+	t = *(u_int32_t*)cookie.ptr;
+
+	if (cookie.len != COOKIE_LENGTH || 
+		t < now - this->secret_offset - COOKIE_LIFETIME)
+	{
+		DBG2(DBG_NET, "received cookie lifetime expired, rejecting");
+		return FALSE;	
+	}
+	
+	/* check if cookie is derived from old_secret */
+	if (t + this->secret_offset > this->secret_switch)
+	{
+		secret = chunk_from_thing(this->secret);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		secret = chunk_from_thing(this->secret_old);
+	}
+	
+	/* compare own calculation against received */
+	reference = cookie_build(this, message, t, secret);
+	if (chunk_equals(reference, cookie))
+	{
+		chunk_free(&reference);
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+	chunk_free(&reference);
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * check if cookies are required, and if so, a valid cookie is included
+ */
+static bool cookie_required(private_receiver_t *this, message_t *message)
+{
+	bool failed = FALSE;
+		
+	if (charon->ike_sa_manager->get_half_open_count(charon->ike_sa_manager,
+													NULL) >= COOKIE_TRESHOLD)
+	{
+		/* check for a cookie. We don't use our parser here and do it
+		 * quick and dirty for performance reasons. 
+		 * we assume to cookie is the first payload (which is a MUST), and 
+		 * the cookies SPI length is zero. */
+		packet_t *packet = message->get_packet(message);
+		chunk_t data = packet->get_data(packet);
+		if (data.len < 
+			 IKE_HEADER_LENGTH + NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_HEADER_LENGTH + COOKIE_LENGTH ||
+			*(data.ptr + 16) != NOTIFY || 
+			*(u_int16_t*)(data.ptr + IKE_HEADER_LENGTH + 6) != htons(COOKIE))
+		{
+			/* no cookie found */
+			failed = TRUE;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			data.ptr += IKE_HEADER_LENGTH + NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_HEADER_LENGTH;
+			data.len = COOKIE_LENGTH;
+			if (!cookie_verify(this, message, data))
+			{
+				DBG2(DBG_NET, "found cookie, but content invalid");
+				failed = TRUE;
+			}
+		}
+		packet->destroy(packet);
+	}
+	return failed;
+}
+
+/**
+ * check if peer has to many half open IKE_SAs
+ */
+static bool peer_to_aggressive(private_receiver_t *this, message_t *message)
+{
+	if (charon->ike_sa_manager->get_half_open_count(charon->ike_sa_manager,
+								message->get_source(message)) >= BLOCK_TRESHOLD)
+	{
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of receiver_t.receive_packets.
+ */
+static void receive_packets(private_receiver_t *this)
+{
+	packet_t *packet;
+	message_t *message;
+	job_t *job;
+	
+	pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, NULL);
+	DBG1(DBG_NET, "receiver thread running, thread_ID: %06u", 
+		 (int)pthread_self());
+	
+	charon->drop_capabilities(charon, TRUE);
+	
+	while (TRUE)
+	{
+		/* read in a packet */
+		if (charon->socket->receive(charon->socket, &packet) != SUCCESS)
+		{
+			DBG2(DBG_NET, "receiving from socket failed!");
+			/* try again after a delay */
+			sleep(1);
+			continue;
+		}
+		
+		/* parse message header */
+		message = message_create_from_packet(packet);
+		if (message->parse_header(message) != SUCCESS)
+		{
+			DBG1(DBG_NET, "received invalid IKE header from %H - ignored",
+				 packet->get_source(packet));
+			message->destroy(message);
+			continue;
+		}
+		
+		/* check IKE major version */
+		if (message->get_major_version(message) != IKE_MAJOR_VERSION)
+		{
+			DBG1(DBG_NET, "received unsupported IKE version %d.%d from %H, "
+				 "sending INVALID_MAJOR_VERSION", message->get_major_version(message), 
+				 message->get_minor_version(message), packet->get_source(packet));
+			send_notify(message, INVALID_MAJOR_VERSION, chunk_empty);
+			message->destroy(message);
+			continue;
+		}
+		
+		if (message->get_request(message) &&
+			message->get_exchange_type(message) == IKE_SA_INIT)
+		{
+			/* check for cookies */
+			if (cookie_required(this, message))
+			{
+				u_int32_t now = time(NULL);
+				chunk_t cookie = cookie_build(this, message, now - this->secret_offset,
+											  chunk_from_thing(this->secret));	
+				
+				DBG2(DBG_NET, "received packet from: %#H to %#H",
+					 message->get_source(message),
+					 message->get_destination(message));
+				DBG2(DBG_NET, "sending COOKIE notify to %H",
+					 message->get_source(message));
+				send_notify(message, COOKIE, cookie);
+				chunk_free(&cookie);
+				if (++this->secret_used > COOKIE_REUSE)
+				{
+					/* create new cookie */
+					DBG1(DBG_NET, "generating new cookie secret after %d uses",
+						 this->secret_used);
+					memcpy(this->secret_old, this->secret, SECRET_LENGTH);	
+					this->randomizer->get_pseudo_random_bytes(this->randomizer,
+													SECRET_LENGTH, this->secret);
+					this->secret_switch = now;
+					this->secret_used = 0;
+				}
+				message->destroy(message);
+				continue;
+			}
+			
+			/* check if peer has not too many IKE_SAs half open */
+			if (peer_to_aggressive(this, message))
+			{
+				DBG1(DBG_NET, "ignoring IKE_SA setup from %H, "
+					 "peer to aggressive", message->get_source(message));
+				message->destroy(message);
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+		job = (job_t *)process_message_job_create(message);
+		charon->job_queue->add(charon->job_queue, job);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of receiver_t.destroy.
+ */
+static void destroy(private_receiver_t *this)
+{
+	pthread_cancel(this->assigned_thread);
+	pthread_join(this->assigned_thread, NULL);
+	this->randomizer->destroy(this->randomizer);
+	this->hasher->destroy(this->hasher);
+	free(this);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Described in header.
+ */
+receiver_t *receiver_create()
+{
+	private_receiver_t *this = malloc_thing(private_receiver_t);
+	u_int32_t now = time(NULL);
+
+	this->public.destroy = (void(*)(receiver_t*)) destroy;
+	
+	this->randomizer = randomizer_create();
+	this->hasher = hasher_create(HASH_SHA1);
+	this->secret_switch = now;
+	this->secret_offset = random() % now;
+	this->secret_used = 0;
+	this->randomizer->get_pseudo_random_bytes(this->randomizer, SECRET_LENGTH,
+											  this->secret);
+	memcpy(this->secret_old, this->secret, SECRET_LENGTH);
+
+	if (pthread_create(&this->assigned_thread, NULL,
+					   (void*)receive_packets, this) != 0)
+	{
+		free(this);
+		charon->kill(charon, "unable to create receiver thread");
+	}
+	
+	return &this->public;
+}
diff --git a/src/charon/network/receiver.h b/src/charon/network/receiver.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bfa7b764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/charon/network/receiver.h
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/**
+ * @file receiver.h
+ *
+ * @brief Interface of receiver_t.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Martin Willi
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Jan Hutter
+ * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.  See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef RECEIVER_H_
+#define RECEIVER_H_
+
+typedef struct receiver_t receiver_t;
+
+#include <library.h>
+#include <utils/host.h>
+
+/**
+ * @brief Receives packets from the socket and adds them to the job queue.
+ * 
+ * The receiver starts a thread, wich reads on the blocking socket. A received
+ * packet is preparsed and a process_message_job is queued in the job queue.
+ *
+ * To endure DoS attacks, cookies are enabled when to many IKE_SAs are half
+ * open. The calculation of cookies is slightly different from the proposed
+ * method in RFC4306. We do not include a nonce, because we think the advantage
+ * we gain does not justify the overhead to parse the whole message.
+ * Instead of VersionIdOfSecret, we include a timestamp. This allows us to
+ * find out wich key was used for cookie creation. Further, we can set a
+ * lifetime for the cookie, which allows us to reuse the secret for a longer
+ * time.
+ *         COOKIE = time | sha1( IPi | SPIi | time | secret )
+ *
+ * The secret is changed after a certain amount of cookies sent. The old
+ * secret is stored to allow a clean migration between secret changes.
+ * 
+ * Further, the number of half-initiated IKE_SAs is limited per peer. This
+ * mades it impossible for a peer to flood the server with its real IP address.
+ * 
+ * @b Constructors:
+ *  - receiver_create()
+ * 
+ * @ingroup network
+ */
+struct receiver_t {
+	
+	/**
+	 * @brief Destroys a receiver_t object.
+	 *
+	 * @param receiver 	receiver object
+	 */
+	void (*destroy) (receiver_t *receiver);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create a receiver_t object.
+ * 
+ * The receiver thread will start working, get data
+ * from the socket and add those packets to the job queue.
+ * 
+ * @return	receiver_t object
+ * 
+ * @ingroup network
+ */
+receiver_t * receiver_create(void);
+
+#endif /*RECEIVER_H_*/
diff --git a/src/charon/network/sender.c b/src/charon/network/sender.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..933b8c192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/charon/network/sender.c
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/**
+ * @file sender.c
+ *
+ * @brief Implementation of sender_t.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Martin Willi
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Jan Hutter
+ * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.  See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#include "sender.h"
+
+#include <daemon.h>
+#include <network/socket.h>
+
+
+typedef struct private_sender_t private_sender_t;
+
+/**
+ * Private data of a sender_t object.
+ */
+struct private_sender_t {
+	/**
+	 * Public part of a sender_t object.
+	 */
+	 sender_t public;
+
+	 /**
+	  * Assigned thread.
+	  */
+	 pthread_t assigned_thread;
+	 
+	/**
+	 * The packets are stored in a linked list
+	 */
+	linked_list_t *list;
+
+	/**
+	 * mutex to synchronize access to list
+	 */
+	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
+
+	/**
+	 * condvar to signal for packets in list
+	 */
+	pthread_cond_t condvar;
+};
+
+/**
+ * implements sender_t.send
+ */
+static void send_(private_sender_t *this, packet_t *packet)
+{
+	host_t *src, *dst;
+	
+	src = packet->get_source(packet);
+	dst = packet->get_destination(packet);
+	DBG1(DBG_NET, "sending packet: from %#H to %#H", src, dst);
+	
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&this->mutex);
+	this->list->insert_last(this->list, packet);
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&this->mutex);
+	pthread_cond_signal(&this->condvar);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of private_sender_t.send_packets.
+ */
+static void send_packets(private_sender_t * this)
+{
+	/* cancellation disabled by default */
+	pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, NULL);
+	DBG1(DBG_NET, "sender thread running, thread_ID: %06u", (int)pthread_self());
+	
+	charon->drop_capabilities(charon, TRUE);
+
+	while (TRUE)
+	{
+		packet_t *packet;
+		int oldstate;
+	
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&this->mutex);
+		/* go to wait while no packets available */
+		while (this->list->get_count(this->list) == 0)
+		{
+			/* add cleanup handler, wait for packet, remove cleanup handler */
+			pthread_cleanup_push((void(*)(void*))pthread_mutex_unlock, (void*)&this->mutex);
+			pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE, &oldstate);
+			pthread_cond_wait(&this->condvar, &this->mutex);
+			
+			pthread_setcancelstate(oldstate, NULL);
+			pthread_cleanup_pop(0);
+		}
+		this->list->remove_first(this->list, (void**)&packet);
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&this->mutex);
+		
+		charon->socket->send(charon->socket, packet);
+		packet->destroy(packet);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of sender_t.destroy.
+ */
+static void destroy(private_sender_t *this)
+{
+	/* send all packets in the queue */
+	while (this->list->get_count(this->list))
+	{
+		sched_yield();
+	}
+	pthread_cancel(this->assigned_thread);
+	pthread_join(this->assigned_thread, NULL);
+	this->list->destroy(this->list);
+	free(this);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Described in header.
+ */
+sender_t * sender_create()
+{
+	private_sender_t *this = malloc_thing(private_sender_t);
+
+	this->public.send = (void(*)(sender_t*,packet_t*))send_;
+	this->public.destroy = (void(*)(sender_t*)) destroy;
+
+	this->list = linked_list_create();
+	pthread_mutex_init(&this->mutex, NULL);
+	pthread_cond_init(&this->condvar, NULL);
+
+	if (pthread_create(&this->assigned_thread, NULL,
+					   (void*)send_packets, this) != 0)
+	{
+		charon->kill(charon, "unable to create sender thread");
+	}
+
+	return &(this->public);
+}
diff --git a/src/charon/network/sender.h b/src/charon/network/sender.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f2a06891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/charon/network/sender.h
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/**
+ * @file sender.h
+ *
+ * @brief Interface of sender_t.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Martin Willi
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Jan Hutter
+ * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.  See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef SENDER_H_
+#define SENDER_H_
+
+typedef struct sender_t sender_t;
+
+#include <library.h>
+#include <network/packet.h>
+
+/**
+ * @brief Thread responsible for sending packets over the socket.
+ * 
+ * @b Constructors:
+ *  - sender_create()
+ * 
+ * @ingroup network
+ */
+struct sender_t {
+	
+	/**
+	 * @brief Send a packet over the network.
+	 *
+	 * This function is non blocking and adds the packet to a queue.
+	 * Whenever the sender thread things it's good to send the packet,
+	 * it'll do so.
+	 *
+	 * @param this		calling object
+ 	 * @param packet	packet to send
+	 */
+	void (*send) (sender_t *this, packet_t *packet);
+	
+	/**
+	 * @brief Destroys a sender object.
+	 *
+	 * @param this	 	calling object
+	 */
+	void (*destroy) (sender_t *this);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create the sender thread.
+ * 
+ * The thread will start to work, getting packets
+ * from its queue and sends them out.
+ * 
+ * @return		created sender object
+ * 
+ * @ingroup network
+ */
+sender_t * sender_create(void);
+
+#endif /*SENDER_H_*/
diff --git a/src/charon/network/socket.c b/src/charon/network/socket.c
index 00ba22d5a..dd231ebed 100644
--- a/src/charon/network/socket.c
+++ b/src/charon/network/socket.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static status_t receiver(private_socket_t *this, packet_t **packet)
 		bytes_read = recv(this->recv4, buffer, MAX_PACKET, 0);
 		if (bytes_read < 0)
 		{
-			DBG1(DBG_NET, "error reading from IPv4 socket: %m");
+			DBG1(DBG_NET, "error reading from IPv4 socket: %s", strerror(errno));
 			return FAILED;
 		}
 		DBG3(DBG_NET, "received IPv4 packet %b", buffer, bytes_read);
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static status_t receiver(private_socket_t *this, packet_t **packet)
 		bytes_read = recvmsg(this->recv6, &msg, 0);
 		if (bytes_read < 0)
 		{
-			DBG1(DBG_NET, "error reading from IPv6 socket: %m");
+			DBG1(DBG_NET, "error reading from IPv6 socket: %s", strerror(errno));
 			return FAILED;
 		}
 		DBG3(DBG_NET, "received IPv6 packet %b", buffer, bytes_read);
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ status_t sender(private_socket_t *this, packet_t *packet)
 
 	if (bytes_sent != data.len)
 	{
-		DBG1(DBG_NET, "error writing to socket: %m");
+		DBG1(DBG_NET, "error writing to socket: %s", strerror(errno));
 		return FAILED;
 	}
 	return SUCCESS;
@@ -477,13 +477,14 @@ static int open_send_socket(private_socket_t *this, int family, u_int16_t port)
 	skt = socket(family, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
 	if (skt < 0)
 	{
-		DBG1(DBG_NET, "could not open send socket: %m");
+		DBG1(DBG_NET, "could not open send socket: %s", strerror(errno));
 		return 0;
 	}
 	
 	if (setsockopt(skt, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (void*)&on, sizeof(on)) < 0)
 	{
-		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to set SO_REUSEADDR on send socket: %m");
+		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to set SO_REUSEADDR on send socket: %s",
+			 strerror(errno));
 		close(skt);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -497,7 +498,8 @@ static int open_send_socket(private_socket_t *this, int family, u_int16_t port)
 	
 	if (setsockopt(skt, sol, ipsec_policy, &policy, sizeof(policy)) < 0)
 	{
-		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to set IPSEC_POLICY on send socket: %m");
+		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to set IPSEC_POLICY on send socket: %s",
+			 strerror(errno));
 		close(skt);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -507,7 +509,8 @@ static int open_send_socket(private_socket_t *this, int family, u_int16_t port)
 	policy.sadb_x_policy_dir = IPSEC_DIR_INBOUND;
 	if (setsockopt(skt, sol, ipsec_policy, &policy, sizeof(policy)) < 0)
 	{
-		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to set IPSEC_POLICY on send socket: %m");
+		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to set IPSEC_POLICY on send socket: %s", 
+			 strerror(errno));
 		close(skt);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -515,7 +518,8 @@ static int open_send_socket(private_socket_t *this, int family, u_int16_t port)
 	/* bind the send socket */
 	if (bind(skt, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0)
 	{
-		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to bind send socket: %m");
+		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to bind send socket: %s",
+			 strerror(errno));
 		close(skt);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -525,7 +529,8 @@ static int open_send_socket(private_socket_t *this, int family, u_int16_t port)
 		/* enable UDP decapsulation globally, only for one socket needed */
 		if (setsockopt(skt, SOL_UDP, UDP_ENCAP, &type, sizeof(type)) < 0)
 		{
-			DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to set UDP_ENCAP: %m; NAT-T may fail");
+			DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to set UDP_ENCAP: %s; NAT-T may fail",
+				 strerror(errno));
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -606,14 +611,15 @@ static int open_recv_socket(private_socket_t *this, int family)
 	skt = socket(family, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_UDP);
 	if (skt < 0)
 	{
-		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to create raw socket: %m");
+		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to create raw socket: %s", strerror(errno));
 		return 0;
 	}
 	
 	if (setsockopt(skt, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ATTACH_FILTER,
 				   &ikev2_filter, sizeof(ikev2_filter)) < 0)
 	{
-		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to attach IKEv2 filter to raw socket: %m");
+		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to attach IKEv2 filter to raw socket: %s",
+			 strerror(errno));
 		close(skt);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -623,7 +629,8 @@ static int open_recv_socket(private_socket_t *this, int family)
 		 * 2 or 50 depending on kernel header version */
 		setsockopt(skt, sol, IPV6_2292PKTINFO, &on, sizeof(on)) < 0)
 	{
-		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to set IPV6_PKTINFO on raw socket: %m");
+		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to set IPV6_PKTINFO on raw socket: %s",
+			 strerror(errno));
 		close(skt);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -637,7 +644,8 @@ static int open_recv_socket(private_socket_t *this, int family)
 	
 	if (setsockopt(skt, sol, ipsec_policy, &policy, sizeof(policy)) < 0)
 	{
-		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to set IPSEC_POLICY on raw socket: %m");
+		DBG1(DBG_NET, "unable to set IPSEC_POLICY on raw socket: %s",
+			 strerror(errno));
 		close(skt);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -682,6 +690,7 @@ static void destroy(private_socket_t *this)
  */
 socket_t *socket_create(u_int16_t port, u_int16_t natt_port)
 {
+	int key;
 	private_socket_t *this = malloc_thing(private_socket_t);
 
 	/* public functions */
@@ -698,6 +707,15 @@ socket_t *socket_create(u_int16_t port, u_int16_t natt_port)
 	this->send4_natt = 0;
 	this->send6_natt = 0;
 	
+	/* we open a AF_KEY socket to autoload the af_key module. Otherwise
+	 * setsockopt(IPSEC_POLICY) won't work. */
+	key = socket(AF_KEY, SOCK_RAW, PF_KEY_V2);
+	if (key == 0)
+	{
+		charon->kill(charon, "could not open AF_KEY socket");
+	}
+	close(key);
+	
 	this->recv4 = open_recv_socket(this, AF_INET);
 	if (this->recv4 == 0)
 	{