openswan only allows one tunnel at a time to use the same x509 certificate in RHEL5

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Issue

  • When using x509 certificates for authentication, openswan version 2.6.21 does not allow more than one tunnel at the same time to use the same x509 certificate
  • When a second tunnel using the same x509 certificate is brought up, the existing tunnel is removed

  • In openswan version 2.6.14 multiple connections between peers using the same x509 certificates work

  • Should openswan support using the same x509 client certificate for more than one tunnel at the same time?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5)
  • openswan version 2.6.21 and newer

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