llsec.h

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/**
 * \file
 *         Link layer security header file.
 * \author
 *         Konrad Krentz <konrad.krentz@gmail.com>
 */

/**
 * \ingroup net
 * \defgroup llsec Link Layer Security
 * 
 * Layer for implementing link layer security.
 *         
 * NETSTACK_LLSEC sits in between NETSTACK_MAC and NETSTACK_NETWORK
 * protocols. All NETSTACK_MAC protocols invoke NETSTACK_LLSEC.input()
 * for incoming packets. Likewise, all NETSTACK_NETWORK protocols
 * invoke NETSTACK_LLSEC.send(...) for outgoing packets.
 * 
 * The bootstrap function of llsec_drivers can be used to defer the start
 * of upper layers so as to bootstrap pairwise keys. Only contiki-sky-main.c
 * supports this at the moment.
 * 
 * @{
 */

#ifndef LLSEC_H_
#define LLSEC_H_

#include "net/mac/mac.h"

typedef void (* llsec_on_bootstrapped_t)(void);

/**
 * The structure of a link layer security driver.
 */
struct llsec_driver {
  char *name;
  
  /** Bootstraps link layer security and thereafter starts upper layers. */
  void (* bootstrap)(llsec_on_bootstrapped_t on_bootstrapped);
  
  /** Secures outgoing frames before passing them to NETSTACK_MAC. */
  void (* send)(mac_callback_t sent_callback, void *ptr);
  
  /**
   * Once the NETSTACK_FRAMER wrote the headers, the LLSEC driver
   * can generate a MIC over the entire frame.
   * \return Returns != 0 <-> success
   */
  int (* on_frame_created)(void);
  
  /**
   * Decrypts incoming frames;
   * filters out injected or replayed frames.
   */
  void (* input)(void);
  
  /** Returns the security-related overhead per frame in bytes */
  uint8_t (* get_overhead)(void);
};

#endif /* LLSEC_H_ */

/** @} */