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diff --git a/lib/libc/posix1e/posix1e.3 b/lib/libc/posix1e/posix1e.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0935404 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/posix1e/posix1e.3 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Robert N. M. Watson +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd January 17, 2000 +.Dt POSIX1E 3 +.Os FreeBSD 4.0 +.Sh NAME +.Nm posix1e \- introduction to the POSIX.1e security API +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <sys/acl.h> +.Fd #include <sys/audit.h> +.Fd #include <sys/capability.h> +.Fd #include <sys/mac.h> +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The IEEE POSIX.1e specification never left draft form, but the interfaces +it describes are now widely used despite inherrent limitations. Currently, +only a few of the interfaces and features are implemented in FreeBSD, +although efforts are underway to complete the integration at this time. + +POSIX.1e describes five security extensions to the base POSIX.1 API: +Access Control Lists (ACLs), Auditing, Capabilities, Mandatory Access +Control, and Information Flow Labels. Of these, the ACL interfaces are +currently included with FreeBSD, Auditing, Capabilities, and Mandatory +Access Control are in the wings, and Information Flow Labels are not on +the calendar. + +POSIX.1e defines both syntax and semantics for these features, but fairly +substantial changes are required to implement these features in the +operating system. As shipped, FreeBSD 4.0 permits file systems to export +Access Control Lists via the VFS, and provides a library for userland +access to and manipulation of these ACLs, but support for ACLs is not +provided by any file systems shipped in the base operating system. + +The patches supporting other POSIX.1e features are not available in the +base operating system at this time--however, more information on them +may be found on the FreeBSD POSIX.1e implementation web page: + +http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/posix1e/ +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +FreeBSD's support for POSIX.1e interfaces and features is still under +development at this time. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +POSIX.1e assigns security labels to all objects, extending the security +functionality described in POSIX.1. These additional labels provide +fine-grained discretionary access control, fine-grained capabilities, +and labels necessary for mandatory access control. POSIX.2c describes +a set of userland utilities for manipulating these labels. These userland +utilities are not bundled with FreeBSD 4.0 so as to discourage their +use in the short term. +.Sh FILES +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr acl 3 , +.Xr acl 9 , +.Xr extattr 9 +.Sh STANDARDS +POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17. Discussion +of the draft continues on the cross-platform POSIX.1e implementation +mailing list. To join this list, see the FreeBSD POSIX.1e implementation +page for more information. +.Sh HISTORY +POSIX.1e support was introduced in FreeBSD 4.0, and development continues. +.Sh AUTHORS +Robert N M Watson, Ilmar S Habibulin +.Sh BUGS +These features are not yet fully implemented. In particular, the shipped +version of UFS/FFS does not support storage of additional security labels, +and so is unable to (easily) provide support for most of these features. |