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| 1.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Robert N. M. Watson 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. --- 8 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" | 1.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Robert N. M. Watson 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. --- 8 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" |
| 25.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/audit.4 159273 2006-06-05 15:26:09Z rwatson $ | 25.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/audit.4 161875 2006-09-02 11:55:38Z rwatson $ |
| 26.\" 27.Dd May 5, 2006 28.Os 29.Dt AUDIT 4 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm audit 32.Nd Security Event Audit 33.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 68 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 102.An Robert Watson Aq rwatson@FreeBSD.org . 103.Sh HISTORY 104The OpenBSM implementation was created by McAfee Research, the security 105division of McAfee Inc., under contract to Apple Computer Inc. in 2004. 106It was subsequently adopted by the TrustedBSD Project as the foundation for 107the OpenBSM distribution. 108.Pp 109Support for kernel audit first appeared in | 26.\" 27.Dd May 5, 2006 28.Os 29.Dt AUDIT 4 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm audit 32.Nd Security Event Audit 33.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 68 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 102.An Robert Watson Aq rwatson@FreeBSD.org . 103.Sh HISTORY 104The OpenBSM implementation was created by McAfee Research, the security 105division of McAfee Inc., under contract to Apple Computer Inc. in 2004. 106It was subsequently adopted by the TrustedBSD Project as the foundation for 107the OpenBSM distribution. 108.Pp 109Support for kernel audit first appeared in |
| 110.Fx 6.1 . | 110.Fx 6.2 . |
| 111.Sh BUGS 112The audit facility in 113.Fx 114is considered experimental, and production deployment should occur only after 115careful consideration of the risks of deploying experimental software. 116.Pp 117The 118.Fx 119kernel does not fully validate that audit records submitted by user 120applications are syntactically valid BSM; as submission of records is limited 121to privileged processes, this is not a critical bug. 122.Pp 123Instrumentation of auditable events in the kernel is not complete, as some 124system calls do not generate audit records, or generate audit records with 125incomplete argument information. 126.Pp 127Mandatory Access Control (MAC) labels, as provided by the 128.Xr mac 4 129facility, are not audited as part of records involving MAC decisions. | 111.Sh BUGS 112The audit facility in 113.Fx 114is considered experimental, and production deployment should occur only after 115careful consideration of the risks of deploying experimental software. 116.Pp 117The 118.Fx 119kernel does not fully validate that audit records submitted by user 120applications are syntactically valid BSM; as submission of records is limited 121to privileged processes, this is not a critical bug. 122.Pp 123Instrumentation of auditable events in the kernel is not complete, as some 124system calls do not generate audit records, or generate audit records with 125incomplete argument information. 126.Pp 127Mandatory Access Control (MAC) labels, as provided by the 128.Xr mac 4 129facility, are not audited as part of records involving MAC decisions. |