Re: How Fedora linux kernel handles ipsec packets

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On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 06:50:57AM -0800, Irfan Ahmed wrote:
> I am using kernel 2.6.18 version in fedora linux which has built-in
> support for ipsec. I am interested to know how kernel handles ipsec
> encrypted packets.  I have studied e1000 network driver which I am
> currently using but could not find any code that handles such
> functionalities.

Network cards don't care what they send over the line, that explains
why you can't find any Ipsec functionality in a network driver. You
want to look at a higher layer, like the IP layer.


Erik

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