Vpnc
net-misc/vpnc no longer in Gentoo ebuild repository.
本文档适用于希望在家中或旅行期间连接到其办公网络的用户。许多公司使用 Cisco 3000 VPN 集中器来满足他们的 VPN 需求,我敢打赌,大多数 Linux 新手认为他们只能使用 Windows 来接入。本文档解释了使用 Linux 连接到 Cisco VPN 绝对是可能的,并且有望使用 Gentoo 工作站或笔记本电脑来设置工作隧道。
介绍
这个文档是什么
- vpnc 基本工作指南
- 讨论与 VPN 相关的 DNS 和路由问题
- 管理 VPN 会话的示例
- 有用的提示和技巧(希望如此)
这个文档不是什么
- VPN /加密技术的深入指南
- vpnc 的逐个功能说明
假设
此时所做的假设是:
- Gentoo 已安装
- Internet 访问可用并已配置
- 连接指向 Cisco 3000 VPN 集中器
- 配置、构建和安装新内核对读者来说并不是一项艰巨的任务
安装
内核
为了使 Linux 能够打开 VPN 连接,必须在内核中启用 Universal TUN/TAP device driver support。它是什么,为什么需要它?以下是内核配置对话框中相对直接的解释:
TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
via physical media writes them to the user space program.
When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
all routes corresponding to it.
要验证内核是否支持 TUN/TAP,grep 内核的配置文件:
root #
grep "TUN" /usr/src/linux/.config
CONFIG_INET_TUNNEL=m # CONFIG_INET6_TUNNEL is not set # CONFIG_IPV6_TUNNEL is not set (TUN/TAP enabled as a module) CONFIG_TUN=m # CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER is not set
As can be seen above, CONFIG_TUN=m
is compiled as a module. If it is disabled in the setup, enable it in the kernel of choice, rebuild, install, reboot and return to this document before continuing with the next steps.
Device Drivers --->
Network device support --->
[*] Universal TUN/TAP device driver support
如果内核中直接内置了 TUN/TAP 支持,则 dmesg 输出应如下所示:
root #
dmesg | grep TUN
Universal TUN/TAP device driver 1.5 (C)1999-2002 Maxim Krasnyansky
If TUN/TAP support is built as a module, then first load the tun
module:
root #
modprobe tun
root #
lsmod
Module Size Used by tun 7296 0
现在 tun
模块已加载,检查 dmesg 输出。应显示如下内容:
root #
dmesg | grep TUN
Universal TUN/TAP device driver 1.5 (C)1999-2002 Maxim Krasnyansky
Emerge
现在工作内核的设置已完成,接下来安装 net-misc/vpnc 包:
root #
emerge --ask net-misc/vpnc
Make sure to check the supported USE flag combinations and see if they apply to the environment. When encountering a problem later with the following error, enable the hybrid-auth
USE flag:
vpnc was built without openssl: Can't do hybrid or cert mode.
配置
In order to make the following sections more clear, we need an example setup to work from. For the purpose of this exercise, we will assume that the home network consists out of several computers. All computers are on the 192.168.0.0 / 255.255.255.0 network. The LAN in question is run by a Gentoo box using an iptables firewall, DHCP, caching DNS, etc ... and it masquerades the LAN behind the public IP address it receives from an ISP. A workstation is also on the LAN from which the VPN into the office will be configured.
我们的示例工作站配置如下所示:
nameserver 192.168.0.1
127.0.0.1 desktop localhost
192.168.0.1 router
192.168.2.2 mediacenter
root #
ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:2F:8D:08:08 inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::211:2fff:fe8d:808/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3657889 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2305893 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:2193722103 (2092.0 Mb) TX bytes:1415104432 (1349.5 Mb) Interrupt:185 Memory:fac00000-0 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:35510 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:35510 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:16023838 (15.2 Mb) TX bytes:16023838 (15.2 Mb)
root #
netstat -r
Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 loopback desktop 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo default router 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
vpnc
Now that vpnc is installed and we have an example to work from, let's discuss the basics of setting up vpnc. The configuration file for vpnc connection settings can be located in a couple places, depending on how many profiles need to be configured. By default, vpnc looks for /etc/vpnc/vpnc.conf for its connection settings. This setup will only address a single profile example and will use the configuration file location /etc/vpnc/vpnc.conf .
IPSec gateway vpngateway.domain.org
IPSec ID group_id
IPSec secret group_password
Xauth username network_signon
Xauth password network_password
The configuration file example above should be modified to reflect the appropriate values for the local setup. The gateway option vpngateway.domain.org
can be a fully qualified domain name or an IP address. The ID and secret options should be given by a network administrator. If this information cannot be obtained but a working setup on a Windows box is available which utilizes the official Cisco VPN client, then it suffices to export the profile. The user name and password options are for the normal network sign-on, such as a Windows NT domain account.
When the profile is exported from a Windows machine, then the result is most likely a file ending in .pcf . This file will have all the necessary information. Below is an example:
[main]
Description=
Host=VPNGATEWAY.DOMAIN.ORG
AuthType=1
GroupName=group_id
GroupPwd=
enc_GroupPwd=F3256220AA200A1D532556024F4F314B0388D48B0FBF2DB12
EnableISPConnect=0
ISPConnectType=0
ISPConnect=FOOBAR
ISPCommand=
Username=
SaveUserPassword=0
UserPassword=
enc_UserPassword=
NTDomain=
EnableBackup=0
BackupServer=
EnableMSLogon=1
MSLogonType=0
EnableNat=1
TunnelingMode=0
TcpTunnelingPort=10000
CertStore=0
CertName=
CertPath=
CertSubjectName=
CertSerialHash=00000000000000000000000000000000
SendCertChain=0
VerifyCertDN=
DHGroup=2
ForceKeepAlives=0
PeerTimeout=90
EnableLocalLAN=0
EnableSplitDNS=1
ForceNetLogin=0
In the above example, we can see entries for Host
, GroupName
, and enc_GroupPwd
. The Username
and UserPassword
may or may not be exported depending on the setup. To generate a working vpnc configuration out of it, use pcf2vpnc
, included with vpnc.
The password can be decrypted with the help from the cisco-decrypt program, shipped with the latest vpnc.
Testing the setup
Now that a configuration is in place it is time to test the setup. To start vpnc do the following:
root #
vpnc
Enter password for username@vpngateway.domain.org: VPNC started in background (pid: 14788)...
The above command output shows that, once vpnc (as root) is executed, a prompt comes up asking for a password. After entering the password (which will not be echoed to the terminal), the vpnc process will automatically become a background process.
If the
Xauth password
option is specified in the vpnc config file, then at vpnc startup no password will be asked. Additionally, if vpnc needs some extra options not specified in the configuration file, or if something is forgotten, don't worry, it will ask for it.root #
ifconfig -a
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:2F:8D:08:08 inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::211:2fff:fe8d:808/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2101119 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1577559 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1757862627 (1676.4 Mb) TX bytes:732200131 (698.2 Mb) Interrupt:177 Memory:faa00000-0 sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4 NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) tun0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 inet addr:192.168.160.42 P-t-P:192.168.160.42 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1412 Metric:1 RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 RX bytes:60 (60.0 b) TX bytes:616 (616.0 b)
root #
netstat -r
Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface vpn01.domain.or router 255.255.255.255 UGH 1500 0 0 eth1 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 loopback desktop 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo default * 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 tun0
As can be seen from the above command output(s), vpnc has done the following:
- Created the tun0 network interface, a virtual interface to handle the traffic across the VPN tunnel
- Obtained the IP address for the tun0 device from the VPN provider
- Set the default route to the VPN gateway
At this point, the workstation is capable of communicating with hosts via the VPN. Because vpnc sets the default route to the VPN gateway, all network traffic will travel across the VPN, even if it destined for the Internet or elsewhere not specifically specified by additional routes. For some, this basic type of connection may be satisfactory, but for most, additional steps need to be taken.
Additional things that might be interesting to have:
- DNS for the VPN
- A routing setup that will only send traffic destined for the VPN down the virtual tunnel. This way, browsing the Internet will originate directly from the local network even when connected to the VPN, without the personal web/p2p etc. traffic going across the tunnel.
- A script to manage all this, because vpnc just doesn't do enough by default.
To end the VPN session, execute vpnc-disconnect. An example is shown below.
Don't disconnect yet, because we have additional things to test. The example below is just for informational purposes.
root #
vpnc-disconnect
Terminating vpnc daemon (pid: 26250)
设置 DNS
Unfortunately, vpnc doesn't handle the setup and management of DNS for the newly established tunnel. The user is left to decide how DNS should be handled. Although /etc/resolv.conf can be written during the connection, that would utilize the VPN DNS for all DNS queries regardless of whether or not the traffic is destined for the VPN tunnel. This is a very functional solution and if all that is needed is to connect to the tunnel, work, and then disconnect, read no further. But, to be able to leave the tunnel connected for lengthy periods of time without the work DNS servers handling requests for the personal traffic, read on.
The ideal setup would allow users to separate the DNS queries into two categories: VPN-related and other. Under this setup, all VPN-related DNS queries would be answered by DNS servers located at the other end of the VPN tunnel and all other queries would continue to be answered by local or ISP supplied DNS servers. This is the setup that will be demonstrated here.
We will consider VPN-related DNS queries to be any query belonging to the example.org domain, such as host1.example.org or server1.example.org.
So how to make sure that requests made to hosts on the example.org domain get sent to VPN supplied DNS servers? Well, first install a local DNS server, but don't worry, it's much easier than it sounds. There are several software packages that can handle the type of setup we desire, but for the purposes of this demonstration, dnsmasq will be utilized. Let's emerge it now:
This DNS server software will not be available to the network, and will only answer requests from localhost,
127.0.0.1
.root #
emerge --ask net-dns/dnsmasq
Next add an option to dnsmasq's startup options. Edit the following option and substitute .example.org with the appropriate domain and the IP address with a valid DNS server that belongs to the VPN tunnel.
# See the dnsmasq(8) man page for possible options to put here.
DNSMASQ_OPTS="-S /.example.org/192.168.125.10"
Next, make sure that the first entry in /etc/resolv.conf is the local host 127.0.0.1
, followed by the location of the backup DNS servers that should handle the DNS traffic in case dnsmasq fails to start, or if it needs to forward a DNS query it doesn't currently have in its cache. An example /etc/resolv.conf is shown below.
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 192.168.0.1
Now that a rule is setup for the VPN tunnel DNS, start dnsmasq.
root #
/etc/init.d/dnsmasq start
root #
rc-update add dnsmasq default
The routing table
The ideal scenario would be if only the traffic destined for the VPN tunnel would travel across the link. At this point, a VPN tunnel setup exists and all traffic will travel across the tunnel, unless additional routes are specified. In order to fix this situation, know what networks are available on the VPN. The easiest way to find out the needed information is to ask a network administrator, but sometimes they are reluctant to answer such questions. If the local network admin doesn't provide the needed information, some trial and error experiments will be required.
When the VPN tunnel was started, vpnc set the default route to the tunnel. So set the default route back to normal, so that things work as expected.
root #
route add default gw 192.168.0.1
Earlier, when DNS services were being configured for the VPN, a DNS server was specified to handle the example.org domain. Add a route for the 192.168.125.0 subnet so that DNS queries will work:
root #
route add -net 192.168.125.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev tun0
At this point, any additional routes for known networks (such as for the subnet 192.168.160.0, which includes the IP address received by the TUN/TAP virtual device) should be added. If a friendly network administrator gave the required info, great. Otherwise, start pinging hosts that will be connected to frequently, to give an idea about what the routing table should look like.
Due to the setup, when using VPN network services by name, specify the fully qualified domain name, for instance: webserver1.example.org
root #
ping intranet1.example.org
PING intranet1.example.org (172.25.230.29) 56(84) bytes of data. --- intranet1.example.org ping statistics --- 18 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 16997ms
As seen from the above example, the ping probes to intranet1.example.org
were unsuccessful. So we need to add a route for that subnet.
root #
route add -net 172.25.230.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev tun0
稍后执行一些 ping 和 route 命令,系统应该会顺利到达一个运行良好的路由表。
管理连接
需要时调用 vpnc
Next is an example script to manage the VPN connection. Execute it (as root) from an xterm to start a connection to the VPN. Then all that is left to do is to press return to disconnect the VPN. Obviously this needs to be modified on the current setup, remembering to add all the additional routes that may be necessary.
#!/bin/bash
source /sbin/functions.sh
ebegin "Connecting to the VPN"
vpnc
eend
ebegin "Modifying the routing table"
route add default gw 192.168.0.1
route add -net 172.25.230.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev tun0
route add -net 192.168.160.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev tun0
route add -net 192.168.125.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev tun0
eend
einfo "Press any key to disconnect ..."
read $disconnect
ebegin "Disconnecting from the VPN"
vpnc-disconnect
eend
ebegin "Reconfiguring the default routing table"
route add default gw 192.168.0.1
eend
einfo "VPN should now be disconnected"
Start vpnc on boot
Version 0.4.0-r1 of vpnc contains an init script (/etc/init.d/vpnc) which can handle multiple configurations. The default script looks for /etc/vpnc/vpnc.conf, but as many configurations as can be imagined are possible. Before and after shutdown and start-up custom-made scripts can be executed that are connected by their name to the corresponding init script (since version 0.5.1-r1). Their names end in -preup.sh, -postup.sh, -predown.sh and -postdown.sh, stored in the /etc/init.d/scripts.d/ directory. The general naming scheme is sketched in the following table.
Init script name | Needed configuration file | Pre-up script name |
---|---|---|
/etc/init.d/vpnc | /etc/vpnc/vpnc.conf | /etc/vpnc/scripts.d/vpnc-preup.sh |
/etc/init.d/vpnc.work | /etc/vpnc/work.conf | /etc/vpnc/scripts.d/work-preup.sh |
Add vpnc to default runlevel with the following commands (in this case for the standard configuration). Do not forget to add the tun
module (if built that way) to the kernel's autoload mechanism at startup.
root #
rc-update add vpnc default
To not have to save the password in the configuration file, tell the init script to show all output and prompts on standard output by editing /etc/conf.d/vpnc. Set the VPNCOUTPUT variable to yes
or no
, where its default is to not display screen output.
The init scripts don't handle DNS separation, but can use custom scripts to achieve that.
提示与技巧
图形化远程访问
When looking for a Linux application that supports RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) then give net-misc/grdesktop a try. It is a GUI app written in GTK that fits in well with a Gnome desktop, but doesn't require it. As an alternative to the GUI configuration dialog that grdesktop provides, just install net-misc/rdesktop. Ultimately, grdesktop is just a frontend for rdesktop.
KDE users might want to try out net-misc/kvpnc. It appears to be a very mature VPN management GUI.
To connect to a Windows machine which doesn't have a DNS entry, but for which the address of an available WINS server is known, use a tool called nmblookup to query the WINS server for the host name of the machine to connect to. Unfortunately, net-fs/samba needs to be installed to get it, but when working with boxes running Windows installing samba is usually a given, because it includes several other useful tools.
root #
emerge --ask net-fs/samba
When samba and its tools are installed, test nmblookup by asking the WINS server at IP address 192.168.125.11 about a host named wintelbox1.
root #
nmblookup -U 192.168.125.11 -R 'wintelbox1'
querying wintelbox1 on 192.168.125.11 172.25.230.76 wintelbox1
Custom scripts on boot
The custom-made scripts for the init.d file can be used to setup a user-defined routing for the vpnc connection. The examples below show how to setup the routing table so that only connections to 123.234.x.x are routed over the VPN and all other connections use the default gateway. The example uses work-preup.sh to save the current default gateway before starting vpnc (which resets the default gateway using the VPN connection). Once vpnc has been started, work-postup.sh deletes this new default gateway, restores the old default gateway and sets the route for all connections to 123.234.x.x to use the vpnc connection.
#!/bin/sh
route -n | grep -E '^0.0.0.0 ' | cut -c 17-32 >/var/tmp/defaultgw
#!/bin/sh
route del -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 dev tun1
route add default gw $(cat /var/tmp/defaultgw)
route add -net 123.234.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev tun1
The example scripts assume that the vpnc connection uses tun1 as tun device. Set the device name in the connection's configuration file.
Interface name tun1
IPSec gateway vpn.mywork.com
Pidfile /var/run/vpnc.work.pid
外部资源
This page is based on a document formerly found on our main website gentoo.org.
The following people contributed to the original document: David H. Askew, Christian Faulhammer, Thomas Fischer, nightmorph
They are listed here because wiki history does not allow for any external attribution. If you edit the wiki article, please do not add yourself here; your contributions are recorded on each article's associated history page.