Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 08:22:25 -0500 From: John Lyon <johnllyon@gmail.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> Subject: Re: Need Netgraph Help [fixed] Message-ID: <47C0E33A-E815-4860-A25C-F29BBB8D6787@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKfTJoXdqm0Bj%2B85omHg6oiKhqDNkxfW5rs9nxsqH79qdCd9Gw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKfTJoUMxo7gsio7JJD8Vj_xPgFx5YEBH3_XViFhR0dt59==Dw@mail.gmail.com> <5A3225BF.6020205@omnilan.de> <CAKfTJoX78JhqsvB669Gxsr5UtZkbwuZrnVhOdU2UMacF7FmP1g@mail.gmail.com> <5A32F63E.8010205@grosbein.net> <5A338C5A.20300@omnilan.de> <CAKfTJoW5H82VLyBZ_5_sa9HU7Xbot7imeiP-ogVCNkHGe0_30Q@mail.gmail.com> <2e0525c8-2251-a5f5-45d1-fe44ebe318f7@freebsd.org> <CAKfTJoXe%2BZjDEMbF12-JcwBAs0uQoAFYAC3g1A_d0yM8by-z6g@mail.gmail.com> <ac0e236e-f27c-d4ed-8527-010dd025efff@freebsd.org> <4fee4ea6-9b35-afba-6d5d-24ecca3e28c6@freebsd.org> <CAKfTJoUuxKKkZEo5%2Bnv98jqk3T2D77-CS-rdqvVUQE%2BczHpzrw@mail.gmail.com> <3b8d46da-75e3-79f2-379c-b27a88e80733@freebsd.org> <CAKfTJoXdqm0Bj%2B85omHg6oiKhqDNkxfW5rs9nxsqH79qdCd9Gw@mail.gmail.com>
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I just woke up with a follow-up question that may be my aha moment. Are Net=
graph edges between nodes always bidirectional? I have been treating all of t=
he edges as unidirectional, requiring me to create two separate Netgraphs. B=
ut if they are bidirectional, that would explain some things.
Thanks.
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> On Jan 5, 2018, at 11:16 PM, John Lyon <johnllyon@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Julian,
>=20
> So this didn't work when I tried to implement it on hardware in real life a=
nd I can't figure out why. I am sure it's really basic, but the error messa=
ge is not very descriptive.
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> I use the following script to create a graph that filters the EAP traffic a=
nd forwards directly from the first Ethernet interface to the second. It wo=
rks perfectly.
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> kldload ng_etf
> ngctl mkpeer igb0: etf lower downstream
> ngctl name igb0:lower waneapfilter
> ngctl connect waneapfilter: igb0: nomatch upper
> ngctl connect wanfilter: igb1: waneapout lower
> ngctl msg wanfilter: 'setfilter { matchhook=3D"waneapout" ethertype=3D=
0x888e }'
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> The end result is that EAPOL frames are forwarded directly from igb0 (WAN)=
to igb1 (LAN). Graphically, it looks like (arrows indicating flow of traff=
ic):
> igb0]lower--->>downstream[ETF0]nomatch--->>upper[igb0...
> waneapout
> |
> |------>>lower[igb1....
> However, I also need to do the reverse and forward EAPOL frames in the opp=
osite direction from igb1 (LAN) to igb0 (WAN). Graphically, I want (arrows i=
ndicating flow):
> igb1]lower--->>downstream[ETF1]nomatch--->>upper[igb1...
> laneapout
> |
> |------>>lower[igb0....
> So I try a mirror image of my first script. However, when I type the firs=
t line of:
> ngctl mkpeer igb1: etf lower downstream
> I get the following error message:
> ngctl: send msg: File exists.
> My guess (based on an earlier email in this thread) is that because I've a=
lready connected my first NG_ETF node to the lower hook of igb1 (in order to=
forward traffic out that interface), I am getting the error that the "File e=
xists" when I try to connect a second ETF node to igb1 lower. If this is th=
e case, how can I write traffic out the interface, while filtering incoming t=
raffic on the same interface? I tried to used two different ETF nodes, as su=
ggested, but get an error message when I try.=20
> Thanks for any help. I feel like I am so close. At this point, I probabl=
y should have just jumped ship and tried an alternate solution, but I just c=
an't allow the machine to win. :-) I have to get this working!
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> --------------------------------
> John L. Lyon
> PGP Key Available At:=20
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/skmedtscs0tgex7/02150BFE.asc
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>> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 4:06 AM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> wro=
te:
>>> On 29/12/17 10:52 am, John Lyon wrote:
>>> It works!!! In virtual machine land at least, it works! It will be int=
eresting to see what happens when the rubber meets the road and I actually t=
est it "in the field."
>>>=20
>>> The issue was a missing single line that was not obvious from the man pa=
ges:
>>>=20
>>> sudo ngctl connect eapfilter: ix1: eapout lower
>> your next issue will be that you can only attach em1:lower to a single pe=
er at a time. So return packets can not DTRT.
>>=20
>> You will need to either put a multiplexing node in each interface, OR if I=
wrote it correctly, use the fact that packets fed into an etf match hook wi=
ll feed back out the input hook.
>>=20
>> so you need this:
>>=20
>> em0]lower---downstream[ETF0]nomatch---upper[em0...
>> eapout
>> |
>> |
>> eapout
>> em1]lower---downstream[ETF1]nomatch---upper[em1...
>>=20
>> =20
>> ie. use an etf node on each interface.
>>=20
>>=20
>> =20
>>=20
>>>=20
>>> Apparently, I had not created an alias for the connection between the ET=
F and the ether nodes. Once this connect command was issued, the connection=
to the lower hook of the ether node was ready to be connected to the ETF.
>>>=20
>>> Thanks so much for your help.
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> --------------------------------
>>> John L. Lyon
>>> PGP Key Available At:=20
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/skmedtscs0tgex7/02150BFE.asc
>>>=20
>>>> On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> w=
rote:
>>>>> On 28/12/17 9:59 pm, Julian Elischer wrote:
>>>>>> On 28/12/17 1:37 am, John Lyon wrote:
>>>>>> Julian,
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Unfortunately, this issue remains unresolved. I would like to think t=
hat this is just a PEBKAC issue, but I have tried every permutation of escap=
e characters in case it's an issue with my syntax and I get the same set of e=
rrors. No matter what I do, I can't connect the no match hook of an ETF nod=
e to the upper hook of an ng_ether node. Do you have any insights into why t=
his might be occurring?
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> By the way, thanks for reaching out to me! I was going to email you d=
irectly after the holidays since your name and email address are at the bott=
om of the relevant Netgraph man pages. I figured that must mean if you didn=
't know the answer, no one does. :-)
>>>>>=20
>>>>> what is EAP?
>>>>> what about return EAP packets? (are there any?)
>>>>=20
>>>> oops left out a line from the cut-n-paste...
>>>>>=20
>>>>> I think this is what you want:
>>>>> $ sudo ngctl list
>>>>> There are 7 total nodes:
>>>>> Name: igb0 Type: ether ID: 00000001 Num hooks=
: 0
>>>>> Name: igb1 Type: ether ID: 00000002 Num hooks=
: 0
>>>>> Name: ix0 Type: ether ID: 00000003 Num hooks=
: 0
>>>>> Name: ix1 Type: ether ID: 00000004 Num hooks=
: 0
>>>>> Name: tap0 Type: ether ID: 00000005 Num hooks=
: 0
>>>>> Name: bridge3 Type: ether ID: 00000006 Num hooks=
: 0
>>>>> Name: ngctl7372 Type: socket ID: 00000007 Num hooks=
: 0
>>>>> $ sudo kldload ng_etf
>>>> $ sudo ngctl mkpeer ix0: etf lower downstream
>>>>> $ sudo ngctl name ix0:lower eapfilter
>>>>> $ sudo ngctl connect eapfilter: ix0: nomatch upper
>>>>> $ sudo ngctl connect eapfilter: ix1: eapout lower
>>>>> $ sudo ngctl show eapfilter:
>>>>> Name: eapfilter Type: etf ID: 00000021 Num hooks=
: 3
>>>>> Local hook Peer name Peer type Peer ID Peer hook
>>>>> ---------- --------- --------- ------- ---------
>>>>> eapout ix1 ether 00000004 l=
ower
>>>>> nomatch ix0 ether 00000003 upper
>>>>> downstream ix0 ether 00000003 lower
>>>>> $ sudo ngctl msg eapfilter: 'setfilter { matchhook=3D"eapout" ethertyp=
e=3D0x888e }'
>>>>> $
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> --------------------------------
>>>>>> John L. Lyon
>>>>>> PGP Key Available At:
>>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/skmedtscs0tgex7/02150BFE.asc
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org=
<mailto:julian@freebsd.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> John did you get a resolution to this issue?
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> On 16/12/17 2:59 am, John Lyon wrote:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Harry and Eugene (and others),
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> I appreciate all of your help. It's been really
>>>>>> insightful. Although I
>>>>>> feel like I'm getting much closer to the solution, I don't
>>>>>> think my problem
>>>>>> has been diagnosed. I've outlined my thought process
>>>>>> below. Can you
>>>>>> please tell me if I am misunderstanding something?
>>>>>> Admittedly, I am not a
>>>>>> kernel developer and my C language skills have atrophied the
>>>>>> last few
>>>>>> years. However, I've reviewed my script and I looked in the
>>>>>> code for
>>>>>> ng_etf.c and I don't think I am violating any of the
>>>>>> requirements for
>>>>>> linking a hook for no match.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> As Eugene stated:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> 1) referenced "matchook" exists and you should not
>>>>>> use "indirect name"
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> here,
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> only hook own name, or else you get error ENOENT (No
>>>>>> such file or
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> directory);
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> This does not seem to be a problem as the upper and lower
>>>>>> hooks for the em1
>>>>>> already exist (I can confirm this).
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> 2) referenced "matchook" is *not* downstream hook,
>>>>>> or else you get error
>>>>>> EINVAL (Invalid argument);
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> I read the ng_etf.c file in the source tree and found this
>>>>>> little snippet:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> /* and is not the downstream hook */
>>>>>> if (hook =3D=3D etfp->downstream_hook.hook) {
>>>>>> error =3D EINVAL;
>>>>>> break;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> This appears to be an error check to make sure you are not
>>>>>> creating a cycle
>>>>>> in the graph by referencing the ETF node's own downstream
>>>>>> hook (i.e.
>>>>>> filtering incoming traffic and circularly feeding
>>>>>> non-matching frames back
>>>>>> into the ETF's own filter). I'm not doing this. I am
>>>>>> feeding non-matching
>>>>>> packets into the *lower* hook of another ether node and not
>>>>>> back into the
>>>>>> *downstream* hook of the etf node I am creating. As a
>>>>>> result, my netgraph
>>>>>> should not be triggering this error condition.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> 3) it was not already configured, or else you get
>>>>>> error EEXIST (File
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> exists).
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> I am not getting this error, so it appears not to be an
>>>>>> issue in my case.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> What am I missing here? The man page states that "*any
>>>>>> other *hook" can be
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> used for the non-matching packets. So the man page says
>>>>>> this should work,
>>>>>> and there's no explicit error condition that I see (caveat,
>>>>>> I have not
>>>>>> written in C for at least 10 years - PEBKAC is entirely
>>>>>> possible) that
>>>>>> would be triggered in the ng_etf code. So what is going wron=
g?
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Thanks for all of your help, patience, and understanding.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> --------------------------------
>>>>>> John L. Lyon
>>>>>> PGP Key Available At:
>>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/skmedtscs0tgex7/02150BFE.asc
>>>>>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/skmedtscs0tgex7/02150BFE.asc>
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Harry Schmalzbauer
>>>>>> <freebsd@omnilan.de <mailto:freebsd@omnilan.de>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Bez=C3=BCglich Eugene Grosbein's Nachricht vom 14.12.2017=
>>>>>> 23:07 (localtime):
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> 15.12.2017 4:27, John Lyon wrote:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> I'm a new Netgraph user, but am having
>>>>>> some problems with a simple
>>>>>> Netgraph
>>>>>> script I have written. Unfortunately,
>>>>>> the error message is cryptic
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> and I
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> can't tell what I am doing wrong since
>>>>>> my script closely follows the
>>>>>> example provided in the n=
g_etf man page.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> For some context, I'm trying to filter
>>>>>> EAP traffic coming in on my LAN
>>>>>> interface. Any ethernet f=
rames that
>>>>>> correspond to EAP traffic need
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> to be
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> immediately forwarded from the LAN
>>>>>> interface to my WAN interface. All
>>>>>> other ethernet frames coming in on my
>>>>>> LAN interface need to be
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> handled by
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> the kernel's network stack. A (horrid)
>>>>>> ASCII art representation of my
>>>>>> desired netgraph would look like this:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> lower -> em0 -> downstream -> ETF -> no
>>>>>> match -> upper em0
>>>>>> -> match ->
>>>>>> lower em1
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> The script I have written is this:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> #! /bin/sh
>>>>>> ngctl mkpeer em0: etf lower downstre=
am
>>>>>> ngctl name em0:lower lan_filter
>>>>>> ngctl connect em0: lan_filter:
>>>>>> upper nomatch
>>>>>> ngctl msg lan_filter: setfilter {
>>>>>> matchhook=3D"em1:lower"
>>>>>> ethertype=3D0x888e }
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Unfortunately, the last line of my
>>>>>> script generates the following
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> error
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> message:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> ngctl: send msg: Invalid Argument
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> For "setfilter" command to work, ng_etf requires that=
:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> 1) referenced "matchook" exists and you should not
>>>>>> use "indirect name"
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> here,
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> only hook own name, or else you get error ENOENT (No
>>>>>> such file or
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> directory);
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> 2) referenced "matchook" is *not* downstream hook,
>>>>>> or else you get error
>>>>>> EINVAL (Invalid argument);
>>>>>> 3) it was not already configured, or else you get
>>>>>> error EEXIST (File
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> exists).
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Eugene kindly looked into the code and found that the
>>>>>> error is due to
>>>>>> wrong matchhook definition.
>>>>>> I've never had any contact with ng_etf yet, but
>>>>>> according to the man
>>>>>> page, you need to set the (additional) filter hook by
>>>>>> 'nghook -a
>>>>>> lan_filter: mydrain' and use 'matchhook=3Dmydrain' for th=
e
>>>>>> 'msg' command.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Do idea about the intention, so for the rest you have to
>>>>>> tweak as needed.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> -harry
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
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