Hello, One basic question related to IPSec processing on gateway. I have established IPSec tunnels between two gateway (gw1 and gw2). On gw1 I am using Linux kernel IPSec (a normal linux server which will act as gateway). The SPD and SAD database on gw1 is- gw1#ip xfrm policy src 172.16.80.1/32 dst 0.0.0.0/0 dir fwd priority 1024 tmpl src 198.168.68.2 dst 192.168.101.101 proto esp spi 0x00000000 reqid 0 mode tunnel src 0.0.0.0/0 dst 172.16.80.1/32 dir fwd priority 1024 tmpl src 192.168.101.101 dst 198.168.68.2 proto esp spi 0x00000000 reqid 0 mode tunnel src 172.16.80.1/32 dst 0.0.0.0/0 dir out priority 1024 tmpl src 198.168.68.2 dst 192.168.101.101 proto esp spi 0x00000000 reqid 0 mode tunnel src 0.0.0.0/0 dst 172.16.80.1/32 dir in priority 1024 tmpl src 192.168.101.101 dst 198.168.68.2 proto esp spi 0x00000000 reqid 0 mode tunnel gw1#ip xfrm state src 198.168.68.2 dst 192.168.101.101 proto esp spi 0x010000b8 reqid 0 mode tunnel replay-window 32 auth hmac(sha1) 0x00c530455c9b7a4f3ed3824220a4c05e8b5edf97 enc cbc(aes) 0x03d8c8ac752c2a9c4745f1a25a9f7da9 sel src 172.16.80.1/32 dst 0.0.0.0/0 src 192.168.101.101 dst 198.168.68.2 proto esp spi 0x00007aa1 reqid 0 mode tunnel replay-window 32 auth hmac(sha1) 0x8d05b76456c9a52b51b6193f01c48a2fc27ada48 enc cbc(aes) 0x75d062288ccb7355b0b8358f83323dd9 sel src 0.0.0.0/0 dst 172.16.80.1/32 Now I am trying to send data from host1(behind gw1) 172.16.80.1 to host2 172.16.60.1 which is behind gw2. But gw1 IPSec is not processing the packets- host1#ping 172.16.60.1 -I 172.16.80.1 gw1#tcpdump –I eth1 13:58:03.648171 IP 172.16.80.1 > 172.16.60.1: icmp 64: echo request seq 1 – plain icmp packets 13:58:04.647301 IP 172.16.80.1 > 172.16.60.1: icmp 64: echo request seq 2 13:58:05.647116 IP 172.16.80.1 > 172.16.60.1: icmp 64: echo request seq 3 Please correct me if I my understanding is wrong. Also, if the question is not appropriate for this list, please point me to the correct mailing list for Linux kernel IPSec. Thanks, Prahsant -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs