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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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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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24.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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31.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/mac_test.4 115211 2003-05-21 15:55:40Z ru $
32.Dd DECEMBER 1, 2002
31.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/mac_test.4 115643 2003-06-01 21:52:59Z ru $
32.\"
33.Dd December 1, 2002
33.Os
34.Dt MAC_TEST 4
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm mac_test
37.Nd MAC framework testing policy
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39To compile the testing policy
40into your kernel, place the following lines in your kernel
41configuration file:
34.Os
35.Dt MAC_TEST 4
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm mac_test
38.Nd MAC framework testing policy
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40To compile the testing policy
41into your kernel, place the following lines in your kernel
42configuration file:
43.Bd -ragged -offset indent
42.Cd "options MAC"
43.Cd "options MAC_TEST"
44.Cd "options MAC"
45.Cd "options MAC_TEST"
46.Ed
44.Pp
45Alternately, to load the testing module at boot time, place the following line
46in your kernel configuration file:
47.Pp
48Alternately, to load the testing module at boot time, place the following line
49in 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_test_load= Ns \&"YES"
56.Bd -literal -offset indent
57mac_test_load="YES"
58.Ed
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Nm
55policy module implements a testing facility for the MAC framework.
56Among other things,
57.Nm
58will try to catch corrupt labels the system is attempting to destroy and
59drop to the debugger.

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77.Xr mac_portacl 4 ,
78.Xr mac_seeotheruids 4 ,
79.Xr mac 9
80.Sh HISTORY
81The
82.Nm
83policy module first appeared in
84.Fx 5.0
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The
61.Nm
62policy module implements a testing facility for the MAC framework.
63Among other things,
64.Nm
65will try to catch corrupt labels the system is attempting to destroy and
66drop to the debugger.

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84.Xr mac_portacl 4 ,
85.Xr mac_seeotheruids 4 ,
86.Xr mac 9
87.Sh HISTORY
88The
89.Nm
90policy module first appeared in
91.Fx 5.0
85and was developed by the TrustedBSD Project.
92and was developed by the
93.Tn TrustedBSD
94Project.
86.Sh AUTHORS
87This software was contributed to the
88.Fx
89Project by Network Associates Labs,
90the Security Research Division of Network Associates
95.Sh AUTHORS
96This software was contributed to the
97.Fx
98Project by Network Associates Labs,
99the Security Research Division of Network Associates
91Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"),
100Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
101.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
92as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
93.Sh BUGS
94See
95.Xr mac 9
96concerning appropriateness for production use.
102as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
103.Sh BUGS
104See
105.Xr mac 9
106concerning appropriateness for production use.
97The TrustedBSD MAC Framework is considered experimental in
107The
108.Tn TrustedBSD
109MAC Framework is considered experimental in
98.Fx .
99.Pp
100While the MAC Framework design is intended to support the containment of
101the root user, not all attack channels are currently protected by entry
102point checks.
103As such, MAC Framework policies should not be relied on, in isolation,
104to protect against a malicious privileged user.
110.Fx .
111.Pp
112While the MAC Framework design is intended to support the containment of
113the root user, not all attack channels are currently protected by entry
114point checks.
115As such, MAC Framework policies should not be relied on, in isolation,
116to protect against a malicious privileged user.