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Date:      Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:13:02 +0800
From:      blue <susan.lan@zyxel.com.tw>
To:        aditya kiran <adityaa.kiran@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ipsec - PF_KEY and set_policy
Message-ID:  <46A7E70E.70204@zyxel.com.tw>
In-Reply-To: <994cd1cf0707251039j7eaf167fh5851fc979ee2b60@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <994cd1cf0707251039j7eaf167fh5851fc979ee2b60@mail.gmail.com>

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As far as I know, setkey is used for IPsec SP and SA configuration. 
ipsec_set_policy() could transfer a string to "policy request", which is 
defined in RFC 2367 PF_KEY. Internally, setkey() will call 
ipsec_set_policy() to construct the message then send it down to the 
kernel. However, ipsec_set_policy() is used only for SP, not SA.

blue

aditya kiran wrote:

> Hi,
> I was just trying to understand PF_KEY interface for ipsec settings. So,
> setkey uses it to do that. but i could find another  system call -
> ipsec_set_policy. Could any body let me know why there are two 
> interfaces to
> configure ipsec?
> Thanks,
> Aditya
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