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1.\" Copyright (c) 2001, 2003 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
2.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Robert N. M. Watson
3.\" All rights reserved.
4.\"
5.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by Chris
6.\" Costello at Safeport Network Services and Network Associates
7.\" Laboratories, the Security Research Division of Network Associates,
8.\" Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part

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26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
30.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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34.Dd August 7, 2009
34.Dd July 25, 2015
35.Dt MAC 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm mac
39.Nd introduction to the MAC security API
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libc
42.Sh SYNOPSIS

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158POSIX APIs were unable to express some notions required for flexible and
159extensible access control.
160.Sh HISTORY
161Support for Mandatory Access Control was introduced in
162.Fx 5.0
163as part of the
164.Tn TrustedBSD
165Project.
35.Dt MAC 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm mac
39.Nd introduction to the MAC security API
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libc
42.Sh SYNOPSIS

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158POSIX APIs were unable to express some notions required for flexible and
159extensible access control.
160.Sh HISTORY
161Support for Mandatory Access Control was introduced in
162.Fx 5.0
163as part of the
164.Tn TrustedBSD
165Project.
166.Sh BUGS
167The
168.Tn TrustedBSD
169MAC Framework and associated policies, interfaces, and
170applications are considered to be an experimental feature in
171.Fx .
172Sites considering production deployment should keep the experimental
173status of these services in mind during any deployment process.
174See also
175.Xr mac 9
176for related considerations regarding the kernel framework.