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33.Dd December 1, 2002
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
44.Cd "options MAC"
45.Cd "options MAC_TEST"
46.Ed
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
51.Cd "options MAC"
52.Ed
53.Pp
54and in
55.Xr loader.conf 5 :
56.Bd -literal -offset indent
57mac_test_load="YES"
58.Ed
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.
67Additionally, a set of statistics regarding the number of times various
68MAC framework entry points have been called is stored in the
69.Va security.mac.test
70.Xr sysctl 8
71tree.
72.Ss Label Format
73No labels are defined for
74.Nm .
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr mac 4 ,
77.Xr mac_biba 4 ,
78.Xr mac_bsdextended 4 ,
79.Xr mac_ifoff 4 ,
80.Xr mac_lomac 4 ,
81.Xr mac_mls 4 ,
82.Xr mac_none 4 ,
83.Xr mac_partition 4 ,
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
92and was developed by the
93.Tn TrustedBSD
94Project.
95.Sh AUTHORS
96This software was contributed to the
97.Fx
98Project by Network Associates Labs,
99the Security Research Division of Network Associates
100Inc.
101under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
102.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
103as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
104.Sh BUGS
105See
106.Xr mac 9
107concerning appropriateness for production use.
108The
109.Tn TrustedBSD
110MAC Framework is considered experimental in
111.Fx .
112.Pp
113While the MAC Framework design is intended to support the containment of
114the root user, not all attack channels are currently protected by entry
115point checks.
116As such, MAC Framework policies should not be relied on, in isolation,
117to protect against a malicious privileged user.
118