Socket API Extensions to Extract Packet Header Information List (PHIL)

Abstract

The following thesis focuses on the current standards and practices employedin the IP security domain. It presents an overview of the existing protocolsand proposes extensions to the socket API such that the currently available IPsecurity mechanisms can be employed by a wider range of user applications whichcomprise of the present generation application programs and the futuregeneration security applications (such as the Intrusion detection Systems).Further an implementation of the proposed extensions on the Linux operatingsystem platform is presented and the usage of the API is demonstrated withexample applications based on the API extensions.