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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Fixing SA/SP dumps on netlink/af_key
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=46rom: Timo_Ter=E4s <timo.teras@iki.fi>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:27:14 +0200

> I don't know about netlink. But pfkey works in *BSD too and it is RFC=
'd.
> So I'd say pfkey might be a bit more portable. Though netlink is defi=
nitely
> more robust and extensive.

The RFCs say absolutely nothing about policy interfaces for AF_KEY,
everybody rolls their own in slightly incompatible ways.

It is therefore anything but standardized.