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| author | Srikant Patnaik | 2015-01-13 15:08:24 +0530 |
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| committer | Srikant Patnaik | 2015-01-13 15:08:24 +0530 |
| commit | 97327692361306d1e6259021bc425e32832fdb50 (patch) | |
| tree | fe9088f3248ec61e24f404f21b9793cb644b7f01 /Documentation/networking/secid.txt | |
| parent | 2d05a8f663478a44e088d122e0d62109bbc801d0 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/secid.txt b/Documentation/networking/secid.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..95ea0678 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/secid.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +flowi structure: + +The secid member in the flow structure is used in LSMs (e.g. SELinux) to indicate +the label of the flow. This label of the flow is currently used in selecting +matching labeled xfrm(s). + +If this is an outbound flow, the label is derived from the socket, if any, or +the incoming packet this flow is being generated as a response to (e.g. tcp +resets, timewait ack, etc.). It is also conceivable that the label could be +derived from other sources such as process context, device, etc., in special +cases, as may be appropriate. + +If this is an inbound flow, the label is derived from the IPSec security +associations, if any, used by the packet. |