Wireguard Handshake failures

Bjarne Nilsson bjarne-priv at holmedal.net
Fri Jan 13 08:55:42 UTC 2023


Hello
The server needs a peer section for the client, listing the clients public key and the addresses the cliets is alowed to use ( on its interface). Hope this helps

> On 12 Jan 2023, at 01:40, Venkatakrishna S <venkata at instasafe.com> wrote:
> 
> I came across a weird problem when I connect and disconnect
> continuously. The handshakes are failing and the wireguard(server) is
> generating and destroying key pairs continuously for the client. I
> have added the wireguard logs ,client and server configuration below.
> Checked the iptable input rules for the client , those are correct.
> But the wireguard traffic is blocked. Tried with persistent-keepalive
> enabled and disabled. The same conf below works if I do not connect
> and disconnect continuously within a short span of time. It starts
> working after I stop the wireguard on my client and remove the peer on
> the server. Need help as I'm unable to figure out the root cause.
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Server conf :
> # interface_server start Created by wrapper @ 2022-12-28
> 17:02:22.645524175 +0000 UTC
> [Interface]
> Address = 10.0.0.48/26
> ListenPort = 443
> PrivateKey = <privateKey>
> PostUp = sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1; iptables -t nat -A
> POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE;
> PostDown = iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE;
> SaveConfig = false
> # interface_server end
> 
> 
> Client conf :
> 
> PrivateKey = <privatekey>
> Address = 10.0.0.41/32
> DNS = 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4
> [Peer]
> PublicKey = <public key>
> AllowedIPs = <ip1>, <ip2>  , <ip3> ,   8.8.8.8/32, 8.8.4.4/32
> Endpoint = endpointip:443
> 
> 
> Server Wireguard logs :
> 
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:21 2023] wireguard: wg0: Sending handshake response
> to peer 247 (ip:port)
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:21 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12666 destroyed for peer 247
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:21 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12667 created for peer 247
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:26 2023] wireguard: wg0: Receiving handshake
> initiation from peer 247 (ip:port)
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:26 2023] wireguard: wg0: Sending handshake response
> to peer 247 (ip:port)
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:26 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12667 destroyed for peer 247
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:26 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12668 created for peer 247
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:31 2023] wireguard: wg0: Receiving handshake
> initiation from peer 247 (ip:port)
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:31 2023] wireguard: wg0: Sending handshake response
> to peer 247 (ip:port)
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:31 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12668 destroyed for peer 247
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:31 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12669 created for peer 247
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:36 2023] wireguard: wg0: Receiving handshake
> initiation from peer 247 (ip:port)
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:36 2023] wireguard: wg0: Sending handshake response
> to peer 247 (ip:port)
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:36 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12669 destroyed for peer 247
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:36 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12670 created for peer 247
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:41 2023] wireguard: wg0: Receiving handshake
> initiation from peer 247 (ip:port)
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:41 2023] wireguard: wg0: Sending handshake response
> to peer 247 (ip:port)
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:41 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12670 destroyed for peer 247
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:41 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12671 created for peer 247
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:46 2023] wireguard: wg0: Receiving handshake
> initiation from peer 247 (ip:port)
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:46 2023] wireguard: wg0: Sending handshake response
> to peer 247 (ip:port)
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:46 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12671 destroyed for peer 247
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:46 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12672 created for peer 247
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:51 2023] wireguard: wg0: Receiving handshake
> initiation from peer 247 (ip:port)
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:51 2023] wireguard: wg0: Sending handshake response
> to peer 247 (ip:port)
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:51 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12672 destroyed for peer 247
> [Wed Jan 11 11:42:51 2023] wireguard: wg0: Keypair 12673 created for peer 247
> 
> 
> Client Logs :
> 
> 2023-01-11 17:10:28.493: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:10:33.601: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:10:33.601: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:10:38.616: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:10:38.616: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:10:43.637: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:10:43.637: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:10:48.699: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:10:48.699: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:10:53.781: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:10:53.781: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:10:58.835: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:10:58.835: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:03.922: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:03.922: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:08.968: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:08.968: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:14.079: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:14.079: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:19.183: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:19.183: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:24.196: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:24.196: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:29.345: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:29.345: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:34.360: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:39.376: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:39.376: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:44.537: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Handshake for peer
> 7 (endpoint:port) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)
> 2023-01-11 17:11:44.537: [TUN] [ZTNATunnelService] Sending handshake
> initiation to peer 7 (endpoint:port)


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