From 871480933a1c28f8a9fed4c4d34d06c439a7a422 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Srikant Patnaik Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:28:04 +0530 Subject: Moved, renamed, and deleted files The original directory structure was scattered and unorganized. Changes are basically to make it look like kernel structure. --- Documentation/networking/secid.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/secid.txt (limited to 'Documentation/networking/secid.txt') 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. -- cgit