[openssl-users] DTLS for SCTP connections

Fri Feb 24 11:59:19 UTC 2017

> On 24 Feb 2017, at 10:31, mahesh gs <mahesh116 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I did some more search regarding this problem and found that its a defect in kernel SCTP. OS was built with linux kernel version 2.6 which is quite old.
> 
> Defect Link : https://sourceforge.net/p/lksctp/mailman/message/27729264/
> 
> I upgraded to RHEL 7.1 and the problem resolved.
> 
Great. Thanks for letting us know.

Best regards
Michael
> Thanks for your support.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 10:43 AM, mahesh gs <mahesh116 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> I am using "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 (Santiago)" and openssl version is 1.1.0.
> 
> SCTP version :
> 
> [root at localhost DIAMETER]# rpm -qa | grep -i "sctp"
> lksctp-tools-1.0.10-5.el6.x86_64
> [root at localhost DIAMETER]# rpm -qi lksctp-tools-1.0.10-5.el6.x86_64
> Name        : lksctp-tools                 Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 1.0.10                            Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
> Release     : 5.el6                         Build Date: Mon 22 Feb 2010 12:24:33 PM CET
> Install Date: Wed 08 Feb 2017 10:08:12 AM CET      Build Host: hs20-bc1-2.build.redhat.com
> Group       : System Environment/Libraries   Source RPM: lksctp-tools-1.0.10-5.el6.src.rpm
> Size        : 203688                           License: GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2 and BSD
> Signature   : RSA/8, Mon 16 Aug 2010 08:17:01 PM CEST, Key ID 199e2f91fd431d51
> Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
> URL         : http://lksctp.sourceforge.net
> Summary     : User-space access to Linux Kernel SCTP
> Description :
> This is the lksctp-tools package for Linux Kernel SCTP (Stream Control
> Transmission Protocol) Reference Implementation.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Mahesh G S
> 
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 8:33 PM, Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen at lurchi.franken.de> wrote:
> > On 22 Feb 2017, at 07:47, mahesh gs <mahesh116 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thank you for sharing the sample code.
> >
> > I tried running SCTP DTLS Echo server and client. I am facing strange problem "ssl_connect" hangs on the client side, even the "ssl_accept" hangs on the server side.
> >
> > Client side back trace
> >
> > (gdb) bt
> > #0  0x0000003db4c0ea10 in __recvmsg_nocancel () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
> > #1  0x00007ffff7a64dc5 in dgram_sctp_read (b=0x6223f0, out=0x629073 "\026\376\377", outl=17741) at bss_dgram.c:1178
> > #2  0x00007ffff7a597a9 in BIO_read (b=0x6223f0, out=0x629073, outl=17741) at bio_lib.c:210
> > #3  0x00007ffff7db80e4 in ssl3_read_n (s=0x622c70, n=13, max=17741, extend=<value optimized out>) at s3_pkt.c:258
> > #4  0x00007ffff7dcaf75 in dtls1_get_record (s=0x622c70) at d1_pkt.c:676
> > #5  0x00007ffff7dcb6b8 in dtls1_read_bytes (s=0x622c70, type=22, buf=0x7ffffffedfd0 "\006", len=12, peek=0) at d1_pkt.c:938
> > #6  0x00007ffff7dcdda5 in dtls1_get_message_fragment (s=0x622c70, st1=<value optimized out>, stn=4449, max=30, ok=0x7ffffffee09c)
> >     at d1_both.c:908
> > #7  0x00007ffff7dce414 in dtls1_get_message (s=0x622c70, st1=4448, stn=4449, mt=14, max=30, ok=0x7ffffffee09c) at d1_both.c:512
> > #8  0x00007ffff7dacaf9 in ssl3_get_server_done (s=0x622c70) at s3_clnt.c:2458
> > #9  0x00007ffff7dc8467 in dtls1_connect (s=0x622c70) at d1_clnt.c:466
> > #10 0x0000000000402f75 in start_client(char*, char*, int, int, int) ()
> > #11 0x0000000000403573 in main ()
> >
> >
> > Server side back trace
> >
> > (gdb) info threads
> >   2 Thread 0x7ffff793c700 (LWP 20161)  0x0000003db4c0ea2d in recvmsg () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
> > * 1 Thread 0x7ffff793e720 (LWP 20155)  0x0000003db4c0e84d in accept () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
> > (gdb) t 2
> > [Switching to thread 2 (Thread 0x7ffff793c700 (LWP 20161))]#0  0x0000003db4c0ea2d in recvmsg () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
> > (gdb) bt
> > #0  0x0000003db4c0ea2d in recvmsg () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
> > #1  0x00007ffff7a633a6 in BIO_dgram_sctp_wait_for_dry (b=0x7ffff0001930) at bss_dgram.c:1803
> > #2  0x00007ffff7dc7830 in dtls1_accept (s=0x7ffff00008c0) at d1_srvr.c:403
> > #3  0x00000000004021ee in connection_handle(void*) ()
> > #4  0x0000003db4c07851 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
> > #5  0x0000003db48e890d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6
> > (gdb)
> >
> >
> > I am also attaching the wireshark trace (port 4443) and a server key for decoding wireshark.
> >
> > Command used on server side: ./dtls_sctp_echo -L 16.181.38.161 -p 4443
> >
> > Command used on client side : ./dtls_sctp_echo -L 16.181.38.161 -p 4443 -l 50 -n 5 16.181.38.161
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your valuable input
> I've CCed Irene, who did some testing recently on FreeBSD, where the implementation works.
> The server is waiting for a sender dry event which it should get.
> 
> Which version of OpenSSL are you using and which OS are you using?
> 
> Best regards
> Michael
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mahesh G S
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen at lurchi.franken.de> wrote:
> > > On 21 Feb 2017, at 09:53, mahesh gs <mahesh116 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We have a client, server applications that is using SCTP as a transport protocol. We have to secure the connections using DTLS. I am using openssl version 1.0.2 which supports DTLS. But the problem i am facing is usage of DTLS SCTP related API's. Openssl documentation does not clearly explain all the SCTP related API's and usage sequence.
> > >
> > > I have tried going though internet and found most of the sites redirect to one link for SCTP DTLS sample code. But this link is not working.
> > >
> > > http://sctp.fh-muenster.de/dtls-samples.html
> > Try
> > http://web.archive.org/web/20150617012520/http://sctp.fh-muenster.de/dtls-samples.html
> > and yes, we need to bring the machine up again.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Michael
> > >
> > > If any of you has an sample code of DTLS adaptation for SCTP. It would immensely help me for my work.
> > >
> > > Looking forward to your valuable inputs.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mahesh G S
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