[strongSwan] Is there any document on strongswan and pf_key usage ?

[Thomas Egerer]

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Mahendra,

The link provided in [1] contains all information required to run stongswan
on FreeBSD from a user's perspective. 

On 01/29/2016 06:06 PM, Mahendra SP wrote:
> Hi Thomas
> 
> Thank you for the valuable inputs. I looked at the link and it is useful.
> 
> I am trying to understand the PF_KEY usage ( as I would like to use
> strongswan with FreeBSD ). Looking at the available documents, I am not
> finding one which has the latest info like all the PK key extensions and
> their usage for SPD and SAD update.
The link provided in [1] contains all information required to run stongswan
on FreeBSD from a user's perspective.

> I found the below link. Looks to be incomplete. Whats the best way to know
> PF key usage with IPsec and strongswan? Please provide any links.
> 
> http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20021210/
This link is 15 years old, I wouldn't expect any latest information here.
> 
> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/include/uapi/linux/pfkeyv2.h#L372
This link refers to a *LINUX* header file, not FreeBSD.
If you're looking for detailed information on FreeBSD, maybe you refer to
FreeBSD mailing lists.
Even though this is far beyond a user's scope, you may want to look at
[2] to get into the nuts and bolts of charon's pf_key communication.

Thomas

[2] https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/tree/master/src/libhydra/plugins/kernel_pfkey

> Thanks
> Mahendra
> 
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 1:19 AM, Thomas Egerer <hakke_007 at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mahendra,
> 
> On 01/25/2016 01:26 PM, Mahendra SP wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Could you please let me know if there is any document/links on usage of
>>>> pf_key in strongswan ? I am trying to use strongswan for FreeBSD and need
>>>> to understand pf_key usage.
> see [1].
>>>>
>>>> If I need to post this query to dev group, do let me know.
> No, that's not necessary!
> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Mahendra
>>>>
> 
> Cheers,
> Thomas
> 
> [1] https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/1/wiki/FreeBSD
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