Title :
Research on application of Netlink socket communication in linux IPSec support mechanism
Author :
Zhou Li ; Tan Fang-yong ; Gao Xiao-hui
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Suzhou Vocational Univ., Suzhou, China
Abstract :
As a comparatively new IPC, Netlink socket has its own predominance in the communication between user process and kernel space. This paper has analyzed the application of Netlink socket in the IPSec support mechanism, summarized the Netlink socket message supported by kernel IPSec module, implemented the IPSec configuration with Netlink sockets.
Keywords :
Linux; application program interfaces; operating system kernels; security of data; IPC; IPSec configuration; Linux IPSec support mechanism; Netlink socket communication; Netlink socket message; kernel IPSec module; user process-kernel space communication; IP networks; Kernel; Linux; Logic gates; Protocols; Security; Sockets; IPSec; Netlink socket; SA; SAD; SP; SPD;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science and Education (ICCSE), 2010 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hefei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6002-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCSE.2010.5593459
