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docs: netlabel: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst
Convert netlabel documentation to ReST. This was trivial: just add proper title markups. At its new index.rst, let's add a :orphan: while this is not linked to the main index.rst file, in order to avoid build warnings. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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NetLabel CIPSO/IPv4 Protocol Engine
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==============================================================================
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===================================
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Paul Moore, paul.moore@hp.com
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May 17, 2006
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* Overview
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Overview
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========
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The NetLabel CIPSO/IPv4 protocol engine is based on the IETF Commercial
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IP Security Option (CIPSO) draft from July 16, 1992. A copy of this
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it to an RFC standard it has become a de-facto standard for labeled
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networking and is used in many trusted operating systems.
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* Outbound Packet Processing
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Outbound Packet Processing
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==========================
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The CIPSO/IPv4 protocol engine applies the CIPSO IP option to packets by
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adding the CIPSO label to the socket. This causes all packets leaving the
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configured to use CIPSO for packet labeling then a CIPSO IP option will be
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generated and attached to the socket.
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* Inbound Packet Processing
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Inbound Packet Processing
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=========================
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The CIPSO/IPv4 protocol engine validates every CIPSO IP option it finds at the
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IP layer without any special handling required by the LSM. However, in order
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This is typically done at the socket layer using the 'socket_sock_rcv_skb()'
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LSM hook.
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* Label Translation
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Label Translation
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=================
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The CIPSO/IPv4 protocol engine contains a mechanism to translate CIPSO security
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attributes such as sensitivity level and category to values which are
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NetLabel user space communication layer. Each DOI definition can have a
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different security attribute mapping table.
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* Label Translation Cache
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Label Translation Cache
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=======================
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The NetLabel system provides a framework for caching security attribute
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mappings from the network labels to the corresponding LSM identifiers. The
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Draft IETF CIPSO IP Security
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----------------------------
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.. include:: draft-ietf-cipso-ipsecurity-01.txt
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========
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NetLabel
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========
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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introduction
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cipso_ipv4
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lsm_interface
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draft_ietf
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.. only:: subproject and html
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Indices
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=======
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* :ref:`genindex`
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=====================
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NetLabel Introduction
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=====================
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Paul Moore, paul.moore@hp.com
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August 2, 2006
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* Overview
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Overview
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========
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NetLabel is a mechanism which can be used by kernel security modules to attach
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security attributes to outgoing network packets generated from user space
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is composed of three main components, the protocol engines, the communication
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layer, and the kernel security module API.
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* Protocol Engines
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Protocol Engines
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The protocol engines are responsible for both applying and retrieving the
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network packet's security attributes. If any translation between the network
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Detailed information about each NetLabel protocol engine can be found in this
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directory.
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* Communication Layer
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Communication Layer
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===================
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The communication layer exists to allow NetLabel configuration and monitoring
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from user space. The NetLabel communication layer uses a message based
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names can be found in the 'net/netlabel/' directory as comments in the
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header files as well as in 'include/net/netlabel.h'.
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* Security Module API
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Security Module API
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===================
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The purpose of the NetLabel security module API is to provide a protocol
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independent interface to the underlying NetLabel protocol engines. In addition
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========================================
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NetLabel Linux Security Module Interface
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==============================================================================
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========================================
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Paul Moore, paul.moore@hp.com
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May 17, 2006
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* Overview
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Overview
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========
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NetLabel is a mechanism which can set and retrieve security attributes from
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network packets. It is intended to be used by LSM developers who want to make
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The NetLabel security module API is defined in 'include/net/netlabel.h' but a
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brief overview is given below.
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* NetLabel Security Attributes
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NetLabel Security Attributes
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Since NetLabel supports multiple different packet labeling protocols and LSMs
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it uses the concept of security attributes to refer to the packet's security
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security attributes into whatever security identifiers are in use for their
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particular LSM.
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* NetLabel LSM Protocol Operations
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NetLabel LSM Protocol Operations
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================================
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These are the functions which allow the LSM developer to manipulate the labels
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on outgoing packets as well as read the labels on incoming packets. Functions
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level functions are translated into low level protocol operations based on how
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the administrator has configured the NetLabel subsystem.
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* NetLabel Label Mapping Cache Operations
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NetLabel Label Mapping Cache Operations
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Depending on the exact configuration, translation between the network packet
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label and the internal LSM security identifier can be time consuming. The
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