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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-12-29 14:45:07 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-12-29 14:45:07 +0000
commitf796e00479b092a85a79b04ac4015f11f85e483d (patch)
tree386058719747192ff0edc6e7093656cd8ba4a910 /lib/libposix1e/posix1e.3
parent248ebf7c840bb8b426f01faa521d6badbfa797ba (diff)
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@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ it describes are now widely used despite inherent limitations. Currently,
only a few of the interfaces and features are implemented in
.Fx ,
although efforts are underway to complete the integration at this time.
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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
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ currently included with
Auditing, Capabilities, and Mandatory
Access Control are in the wings, and Information Flow Labels are not on
the calendar.
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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,
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ access to and manipulation of these ACLs, but support for ACLs is not
provided by any file systems shipped in the base operating system.
Available API calls relating to ACLs are described in detail in
.Xr acl 3 .
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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:
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http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/posix1e/
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