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38 .Nd "interface silencing policy"
40 To compile the interface silencing policy into your kernel,
41 place the following lines in your kernel
43 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
45 .Cd "options MAC_IFOFF"
48 Alternately, to load the interface silencing policy module at boot time,
49 place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
50 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
56 .Bd -literal -offset indent
62 interface silencing module allows administrators to enable and disable
63 incoming and outgoing data flow on system network interfaces
68 To disable network traffic over the loopback
73 .Va security.mac.ifoff.lo_enabled
76 To enable network traffic over other interfaces,
80 .Va security.mac.ifoff.other_enabled
83 To allow BPF traffic to be received,
84 even while other traffic is disabled,
88 .Va security.mac.ifoff.bpfrecv_enabled
91 No labels are defined.
94 .Xr mac_bsdextended 4 ,
100 .Xr mac_seeotheruids 4 ,
106 policy module first appeared in
108 and was developed by the
112 This software was contributed to the
114 Project by Network Associates Labs,
115 the Security Research Division of Network Associates
117 under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
119 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
123 concerning appropriateness for production use.
126 MAC Framework is considered experimental in
129 While the MAC Framework design is intended to support the containment of
130 the root user, not all attack channels are currently protected by entry
132 As such, MAC Framework policies should not be relied on, in isolation,
133 to protect against a malicious privileged user.