OPNsense Forum

English Forums => 26.1, 26,4 Series => Topic started by: garroz on June 15, 2026, 04:52:56 PM

Title: IPsec IKEv1 Phase 2 rejected by FortiGate (PFS enabled) - Quick Mode sent withou
Post by: garroz on June 15, 2026, 04:52:56 PM
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to establish a site-to-site IPsec VPN between OPNsense 26.1.9 and a FortiGate.
The IKE Phase 1 comes up successfully, but Phase 2 is always rejected by the FortiGate.
FortiGate configuration
Phase 1

IKE Version: IKEv1
Mode: Main
Authentication: PSK
Proposal: AES128-SHA256
DH Group: 5 (MODP1536)
Lifetime: 86400
NAT-T: enabled


Phase 2

PFS: enabled
DH Groups: 14,5
Proposals:
- AES128-SHA1
- AES256-SHA1
- AES128-SHA256
- AES256-SHA256
- AES128-GCM
- AES256-GCM
Lifetime: 43200


Traffic selectors:

Local:  10.202.159.192/26
Remote: 10.200.0.0/14


There is also a second Phase2 on the FortiGate:

Local:  10.202.159.192/26
Remote: 10.224.0.0/11


OPNsense configuration
Phase 1

IKEv1
Main Mode
PSK
AES128-SHA256
DH Group 5


Phase 2

ESP: AES128-SHA256
PFS Group: 5 (also tested with 14)
Local TS: 10.202.159.192/26
Remote TS: 10.200.0.0/14


Generated swanctl.conf:

children {
    fae426f8-xxxx {
        esp_proposals = aes128-sha256-modp1536
        local_ts = 10.202.159.192/26
        remote_ts = 10.200.0.0/14
    }
}


What works
IKE Phase 1 is established successfully.
StrongSwan log:

selected proposal:
IKE:AES_CBC_128/HMAC_SHA2_256_128/PRF_HMAC_SHA2_256/MODP_1536
IKE_SA established


Problem
Immediately after IKE_SA establishment, OPNsense sends:

generating QUICK_MODE request [ HASH SA No KE ID ID ]

The FortiGate immediately responds with:

received (24576) notify

and rejects Phase 2.
Full log excerpt:

IKE_SA established
generating QUICK_MODE request [ HASH SA No KE ID ID ]
received (24576) notify


Packet capture
The Quick Mode exchange is visible:

phase 2/others I oakley-quick[E]

followed immediately by an encrypted Informational packet from the FortiGate.
Question
Even though OPNsense generates:

esp_proposals = aes128-sha256-modp1536

the Quick Mode log still shows:

[ HASH SA No KE ID ID ]

which appears to indicate that no PFS/DH exchange is being included in Phase 2.
Is this expected behavior in StrongSwan/OPNsense for IKEv1?
Could this indicate that the Phase2 PFS group is not actually being applied, despite the generated proposal containing
modp1536?
Has anyone seen FortiGate reject Quick Mode with Fortinet vendor notify
(24576) under similar circumstances?
Any suggestions on additional debugging steps would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Title: Re: IPsec IKEv1 Phase 2 rejected by FortiGate (PFS enabled) - Quick Mode sent withou
Post by: franco on June 15, 2026, 04:54:55 PM
Why not IKEv2?


Cheers,
Franco
Title: Re: IPsec IKEv1 Phase 2 rejected by FortiGate (PFS enabled) - Quick Mode sent withou
Post by: garroz on June 15, 2026, 05:08:15 PM
Ciao Franco,
the client on his fortinet has these parameters and I have to respect them
(about:invalid)

Title: Re: IPsec IKEv1 Phase 2 rejected by FortiGate (PFS enabled) - Quick Mode sent withou
Post by: franco on June 15, 2026, 05:28:00 PM
Been a long time since I had a Fortinet, but your settings look ok when I compare to some ancient configuration I still have in my backups.  It has to be some other mismatch with the traffic selector or behaviour setting.


Cheers,
Franco
Title: Re: IPsec IKEv1 Phase 2 rejected by FortiGate (PFS enabled) - Quick Mode sent withou
Post by: garroz on June 15, 2026, 05:45:31 PM
The FortiGate has two Phase2 definitions under the same Phase1:

10.202.159.192/26 <-> 10.200.0.0/14
10.202.159.192/26 <-> 10.224.0.0/11

OPNsense currently has only the first Child SA configured.

Could FortiGate reject Quick Mode if it expects both selectors to be configured on the peer?

Also, OPNsense generates start_action=start while FortiGate has auto-negotiate disable.
Title: Re: IPsec IKEv1 Phase 2 rejected by FortiGate (PFS enabled) - Quick Mode sent withou
Post by: Monviech (Cedrik) on June 15, 2026, 05:50:37 PM
Strongswan logs if the traffic selectors are unacceptable.

For IPsec in general its a good idea if both peers are configured exactly the same, especially for IKEv1 which is pain.

Create both children.
Title: Re: IPsec IKEv1 Phase 2 rejected by FortiGate (PFS enabled) - Quick Mode sent withou
Post by: franco on June 15, 2026, 06:08:58 PM
But as far as I remember you need separate phase 1 for the Fortigate so it should accept the first one already.


Cheers,
Franco