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Re: SECMARK

From: Stephen Smalley <sds_at_tycho.nsa.gov>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:11:48 -0400


On Sun, 2007-09-02 at 03:02 +0500, shahbaz khan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wanted to know how secmark adds labeling information to packets.
> Does it strip off to packet to do so or what? Could'nt find any
> relevant reading stuff on it either.

There is a secmark field in the sk_buff structure. See: http://james-morris.livejournal.com/11010.html for a description of secmark by its creator, James Morris. 

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Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency


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