Added a note about DH/keymat lifecycle for custom implementations

[strongswan.git] / src / libcharon / sa / keymat.h

diff --git a/src/libcharon/sa/keymat.h b/src/libcharon/sa/keymat.h
index 11e0fa7..6c2b5d4 100644 (file)
--- a/src/libcharon/sa/keymat.h
+++ b/src/libcharon/sa/keymat.h
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ struct keymat_t {
         *
         * The diffie hellman is either for IKE negotiation/rekeying or
         * CHILD_SA rekeying (using PFS). The resulting DH object must be passed
-        * to derive_keys or to derive_child_keys and destroyed after use
+        * to derive_keys or to derive_child_keys and destroyed after use.
+        *
+        * Only DH objects allocated through this method are passed to other
+        * keymat_t methods, allowing private DH implementations. In some cases
+        * (such as retrying with a COOKIE), a DH object allocated from a different
+        * keymat_t instance may be passed to other methods.
         *
         * @param group                 diffie hellman group
         * @return                              DH object, NULL if group not supported