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31.\" $FreeBSD$
32.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:
42.Cd "options MAC"
43.Cd "options MAC_TEST"
44.Pp
45Alternately, to load the testing module at boot time, place the following line
46in your kernel configuration file:
47.Cd "options MAC"
48.Pp
49and in
50.Xr loader.conf.5 :
51.Cd mac_test_load= Ns \&"YES"
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.
60Additionally, a set of statistics regarding the number of times various
61MAC framework entry points have been called is stored in the
62.Va security.mac.test
63.Xr sysctl 8
64tree.
65.Ss Label Format
66No labels are defined for
67.Nm .
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr mac 4 ,
70.Xr mac_biba 4 ,
71.Xr mac_bsdextended 4 ,
72.Xr mac_ifoff 4 ,
73.Xr mac_lomac 4 ,
74.Xr mac_mls 4 ,
75.Xr mac_none 4 ,
76.Xr mac_partition 4 ,
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
85and was developed by the TrustedBSD Project.
86.Sh AUTHORS
87This software was contributed to the
88.Fx
89Project by Network Associates Labs,
90the Security Research Division of Network Associates
91Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"),
92as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
93.Sh BUGS
94See
95.Xr mac 9
96concerning appropriateness for production use.
97The TrustedBSD MAC 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.
105