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6.\" Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under
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1.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by Chris Costello
5.\" at Safeport Network Services and Network Associates Laboratories, the
6.\" Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under
7.\" DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the
8.\" DARPA CHATS research program.

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31.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/mac_partition.4 115211 2003-05-21 15:55:40Z ru $
32.Dd DECEMBER 9, 2002
31.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/mac_partition.4 115643 2003-06-01 21:52:59Z ru $
32.\"
33.Dd December 9, 2002
33.Os
34.Dt MAC_PARTITION 4
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm mac_partition
34.Os
35.Dt MAC_PARTITION 4
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm mac_partition
37.Nd process partition policy
38.Nd "process partition policy"
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39To compile the process partition policy into your kernel,
40place the following lines in your kernel
41configuration file:
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40To compile the process partition policy into your kernel,
41place the following lines in your kernel
42configuration file:
43.Bd -ragged -offset indent
42.Cd "options MAC"
43.Cd "options MAC_PARTITION"
44.Cd "options MAC"
45.Cd "options MAC_PARTITION"
46.Ed
44.Pp
45Alternately, to load the process partition module at boot time,
46place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
47.Pp
48Alternately, to load the process partition module at boot time,
49place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
50.Bd -ragged -offset indent
47.Cd "options MAC"
51.Cd "options MAC"
52.Ed
48.Pp
49and in
50.Xr loader.conf 5 :
53.Pp
54and in
55.Xr loader.conf 5 :
51.Cd mac_partition_load= Ns \&"YES"
56.Bd -literal -offset indent
57mac_partition_load="YES"
58.Ed
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Nm
55policy module implements a process partition policy,
56which allows administrators to place running processes into
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The
61.Nm
62policy module implements a process partition policy,
63which allows administrators to place running processes into
57.Dq partitions,
64.Dq partitions ,
58based on their numeric process partition
59(specified in the process's MAC label).
60Processes with a specified partition can only see processes that are in the
61same partition.
62If no partition is specified for a process, it can see all other processes
63in the system
64(subject to other MAC policy restrictions not defined in this man page).
65based on their numeric process partition
66(specified in the process's MAC label).
67Processes with a specified partition can only see processes that are in the
68same partition.
69If no partition is specified for a process, it can see all other processes
70in the system
71(subject to other MAC policy restrictions not defined in this man page).
65No provisions for placing processes into multiple partitions is available.
72No provisions for placing processes into multiple partitions are available.
66.Ss Label Format
67Partition labels take on the following format:
68.Pp
73.Ss Label Format
74Partition labels take on the following format:
75.Pp
69.Dl partition/ Ns Sy value
76.Sm off
77.Dl Li partition / Ar value
78.Sm on
70.Pp
71Where
79.Pp
80Where
72.Sy value
81.Ar value
73can be any integer value or
82can be any integer value or
74.Dq none .
83.Dq Li none .
75For example:
84For example:
76.Pp
77.Bd -literal -offset indent
78partition/1
79partition/20
80partition/none
81.Ed
82.Sh SEE ALSO
83.Xr lomac 4 ,
84.Xr mac 4 ,

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93.Xr mac_test 4 ,
94.Xr maclabel 7 ,
95.Xr mac 9
96.Sh HISTORY
97The
98.Nm
99policy module first appeared in
100.Fx 5.0
85.Bd -literal -offset indent
86partition/1
87partition/20
88partition/none
89.Ed
90.Sh SEE ALSO
91.Xr lomac 4 ,
92.Xr mac 4 ,

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101.Xr mac_test 4 ,
102.Xr maclabel 7 ,
103.Xr mac 9
104.Sh HISTORY
105The
106.Nm
107policy module first appeared in
108.Fx 5.0
101and was developed by the TrustedBSD Project.
109and was developed by the
110.Tn TrustedBSD
111Project.
102.Sh AUTHORS
103This software was contributed to the
104.Fx
105Project by Network Associates Labs,
106the Security Research Division of Network Associates
112.Sh AUTHORS
113This software was contributed to the
114.Fx
115Project by Network Associates Labs,
116the Security Research Division of Network Associates
107Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"),
117Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
118.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
108as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
109.Sh BUGS
110See
111.Xr mac 9
112concerning appropriateness for production use.
119as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
120.Sh BUGS
121See
122.Xr mac 9
123concerning appropriateness for production use.
113The TrustedBSD MAC Framework is considered experimental in
124The
125.Tn TrustedBSD
126MAC Framework is considered experimental in
114.Fx .
115.Pp
116While the MAC Framework design is intended to support the containment of
117the root user, not all attack channels are currently protected by entry
118point checks.
119As such, MAC Framework policies should not be relied on, in isolation,
120to protect against a malicious privileged user.
127.Fx .
128.Pp
129While the MAC Framework design is intended to support the containment of
130the root user, not all attack channels are currently protected by entry
131point checks.
132As such, MAC Framework policies should not be relied on, in isolation,
133to protect against a malicious privileged user.