Re: [Astlinux-devel] Bug with ipsec.php

[Michael K. <mic...@ip...>]

Thanks Lonnie
Good to know.

Regards
Michael Knill
On 23/1/18, 4:25 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...> wrote:

    
    On Jan 21, 2018, at 10:43 PM, Michael Knill <mic...@ip...> wrote:
    
    > Hi Devs
    >  
    > Found a bug with ipsec.php where a $ in the preshare key will not get written into /etc/psk.txt
    > Simple workaround but it caught me out ☹
    >  
    > Regards
    > Michael Knill
    
    Yes, shell special characters are not allowed (stripped) in the IPSEC_PSK_ASSOCIATIONS structure, that decision was make long-long ago before I was actively involved with AstLinux.
    
    We do support shell special characters (properly escaped) in a few select cases, such as for these rc.conf variables:
    --
    PPPOEPASS
    SMTP_PASS
    DDPASS
    UPS_MONITOR_PASS
    --
    But that solution does not easily translate to the IPSEC_PSK_ASSOCIATIONS case.
    
    Though, I'm not aware of a "simple" workaround other than choosing a new password, possibly from the output of "openssl rand -base64 33"
    
    Lonnie
    
    
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