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NAME
ipsec_set_policy, ipsec_get_policylen, ipsec_dump_policy — manipulate IPsec policy specification
structure from human-readable policy string
LIBRARY
IPsec Policy Control Library (libipsec, -lipsec)
SYNOPSIS
#include <netinet6/ipsec.h>
char *
ipsec_set_policy(char *policy, int len);
int
ipsec_get_policylen(char *buf);
char *
ipsec_dump_policy(char *buf, char *delim);
DESCRIPTION
ipsec_set_policy() generates an IPsec policy specification structure, namely struct sadb_x_policy and/or
struct sadb_x_ipsecrequest from a human-readable policy specification. The policy specification must be
given as a C string policy and its length len. ipsec_set_policy() will return a buffer with the
corresponding IPsec policy specification structure. The buffer is dynamically allocated, and must be
free(3)'d by the caller.
You can get the length of the generated buffer with ipsec_get_policylen() (i.e. for calling
setsockopt(2)).
ipsec_dump_policy() converts an IPsec policy structure into human-readable form. Therefore,
ipsec_dump_policy() can be regarded as the inverse function to ipsec_set_policy(). buf points to an
IPsec policy structure, struct sadb_x_policy. delim is a delimiter string, which is usually a blank
character. If you set delim to NULL, a single whitespace is assumed. ipsec_dump_policy() returns a
pointer to a dynamically allocated string. It is the caller's responsibility to free(3) it.
policy is formatted as either of the following:
direction [priority specification] discard
direction must be in, out, or fwd. direction specifies in which direction the policy needs to
be applied. The non-standard direction fwd is substituted with in on platforms which do not
support forward policies.
priority specification is used to control the placement of the policy within the SPD. The
policy position is determined by a signed integer where higher priorities indicate the policy is
placed closer to the beginning of the list and lower priorities indicate the policy is placed
closer to the end of the list. Policies with equal priorities are added at the end of the group
of such policies.
Priority can only be specified when libipsec has been compiled against kernel headers that
support policy priorities (Linux >= 2.6.6). It takes one of the following formats:
{priority,prio} offset
offset is an integer in the range -2147483647..214783648.
{priority,prio} base {+,-} offset
base is either low (-1073741824), def (0), or high (1073741824).
offset is an unsigned integer. It can be up to 1073741824 for positive offsets, and up
to 1073741823 for negative offsets.
The interpretation of policy priority in these functions and the kernel DOES differ. The
relationship between the two can be described as p(kernel) = 0x80000000 - p(func)
With discard policy, packets will be dropped if they match the policy.
direction [priority specification] entrust
entrust means to consult the SPD defined by setkey(8).
direction [priority specification] bypass
bypass means to bypass the IPsec processing. (the packet will be transmitted in clear). This
is for privileged sockets.
direction [priority specification] ipsec request ...
ipsec means that the matching packets are subject to IPsec processing. ipsec can be followed by
one or more request strings, which are formatted as below:
protocol / mode / src - dst [/level]
protocol is either ah, esp, or ipcomp.
mode is either transport or tunnel.
src and dst specifies the IPsec endpoint. src always means the “sending node” and dst
always means the “receiving node”. Therefore, when direction is in, dst is this node
and src is the other node (peer). If mode is transport, Both src and dst can be
omitted.
level must be set to one of the following: default, use, require, or unique. default
means that the kernel should consult the system default policy defined by sysctl(8),
such as net.inet.ipsec.esp_trans_deflev. See ipsec(4) regarding the system default.
use means that a relevant SA can be used when available, since the kernel may perform
IPsec operation against packets when possible. In this case, packets can be
transmitted in clear (when SA is not available), or encrypted (when SA is available).
require means that a relevant SA is required, since the kernel must perform IPsec
operation against packets. unique is the same as require, but adds the restriction
that the SA for outbound traffic is used only for this policy. You may need the
identifier in order to relate the policy and the SA when you define the SA by manual
keying. You can put the decimal number as the identifier after unique like unique:
number. number must be between 1 and 32767 . If the request string is kept
unambiguous, level and slash prior to level can be omitted. However, it is encouraged
to specify them explicitly to avoid unintended behavior. If level is omitted, it will
be interpreted as default.
Note that there are slight differences to the specification of setkey(8). In the specification
of setkey(8), both entrust and bypass are not used. Refer to setkey(8) for details.
Here are several examples (long lines are wrapped for readability):
in discard
out ipsec esp/transport//require
in ipsec ah/transport//require
out ipsec esp/tunnel/10.1.1.2-10.1.1.1/use
in ipsec ipcomp/transport//use
esp/transport//use
RETURN VALUES
ipsec_set_policy() returns a pointer to the allocated buffer with the policy specification if successful;
otherwise a NULL pointer is returned. ipsec_get_policylen() returns a positive value (meaning the buffer
size) on success, and a negative value on errors. ipsec_dump_policy() returns a pointer to a dynamically
allocated region on success, and NULL on errors.
SEE ALSO
ipsec_strerror(3), ipsec(4), setkey(8)
HISTORY
The functions first appeared in the WIDE/KAME IPv6 protocol stack kit.
Debian May 5, 1998 IPSEC_SET_POLICY(3)