aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.h')
-rw-r--r--src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.h3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.h b/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.h
index 3e89974f4..e6a9fe1c6 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.h
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.h
@@ -307,6 +307,9 @@ struct identification_t {
* dns:, asn1dn:, asn1gn: and keyid:. If a # follows the :, the remaining data
* is interpreted as hex encoded binary data for that ID, otherwise the raw
* string following the prefix is used as identity data, without conversion.
+ * To specify a non-standard ID type, the numerical type may be prefixed
+ * between curly backets, building a prefix. For instance the "{1}:" prefix
+ * defines an ID_IPV4_ADDR type.
*
* This constructor never returns NULL. If it does not find a suitable
* conversion function, it will copy the string to an ID_KEY_ID.