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author | Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> | 2012-04-16 19:21:14 +0200 |
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committer | Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> | 2012-04-16 19:21:14 +0200 |
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diff --git a/openvpn/doc/doxygen/doc_data_crypto.h b/openvpn/doc/doxygen/doc_data_crypto.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ee72b8cd --- /dev/null +++ b/openvpn/doc/doxygen/doc_data_crypto.h @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +/* + * OpenVPN -- An application to securely tunnel IP networks + * over a single TCP/UDP port, with support for SSL/TLS-based + * session authentication and key exchange, + * packet encryption, packet authentication, and + * packet compression. + * + * Copyright (C) 2010 Fox Crypto B.V. <openvpn@fox-it.com> + * + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 + * as published by the Free Software Foundation. + * + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU General Public License for more details. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + * along with this program (see the file COPYING included with this + * distribution); if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., + * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + */ + +/** + * @file + * Data Channel Crypto module documentation file. + */ + +/** + * @addtogroup data_crypto Data Channel Crypto module + * + * The Data Channel Crypto Module performs cryptographic operations on + * data channel packets. + * + * @par Security parameters + * This module is merely the user of a VPN tunnel's security parameters. + * It does not perform the negotiation and setup of the security + * parameters, nor the %key generation involved. These actions are done + * by the \link control_processor Control Channel Processor\endlink. This + * module receives the appropriate security parameters from that module in + * the form of a \c crypto_options structure when they are necessary for + * processing a packet. + * + * @par Packet processing functions + * This module receives data channel packets from the \link data_control + * Data Channel Control module\endlink and processes them according to the + * security parameters of the packet's VPN tunnel. The \link data_control + * Data Channel Control module\endlink uses the following interface + * functions: + * - For packets which will be sent to a remote OpenVPN peer: + * - \c tls_pre_encrypt() + * - \c openvpn_encrypt() + * - \c tls_post_encrypt() + * - For packets which have been received from a remote OpenVPN peer: + * - \c tls_pre_decrypt() (documented as part of the \link + * external_multiplexer External Multiplexer\endlink) + * - \c openvpn_decrypt() + * + * @par Settings that control this module's activity + * Whether or not the Data Channel Crypto module is active depends on the + * compile-time \c ENABLE_CRYPTO and \c ENABLE_SSL preprocessor macros. How it + * processes packets received from the \link data_control Data Channel + * Control module\endlink at runtime depends on the associated \c + * crypto_options structure. To perform cryptographic operations, the \c + * crypto_options.key_ctx_bi must contain the correct cipher and HMAC + * security parameters for the direction the packet is traveling in. + * + * @par Crypto algorithms + * This module uses the crypto algorithm implementations of the external + * OpenSSL library. More precisely, it uses the OpenSSL library's \c + * EVP_Cipher* and \c HMAC_* set of functions to perform cryptographic + * operations on data channel packets. + */ |