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31.Dd July 25, 2015
32.Dt MAC_IFOFF 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm mac_ifoff
36.Nd "interface silencing policy"
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38To compile the interface silencing policy into your kernel,
39place the following lines in your kernel
40configuration file:
41.Bd -ragged -offset indent
42.Cd "options MAC"
43.Cd "options MAC_IFOFF"
44.Ed
45.Pp
46Alternately, to load the interface silencing policy module at boot time,
47place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
48.Bd -ragged -offset indent
49.Cd "options MAC"
50.Ed
51.Pp
52and in
53.Xr loader.conf 5 :
54.Bd -literal -offset indent
55mac_ifoff_load="YES"
56.Ed
57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58The
59.Nm
60interface silencing module allows administrators to enable and disable
61incoming and outgoing data flow on system network interfaces
62via the
63.Xr sysctl 8
64interface.
65.Pp
66To disable network traffic over the loopback
67.Pq Xr lo 4
68interface, set the
69.Xr sysctl 8
70OID
71.Va security.mac.ifoff.lo_enabled
72to 0 (default 1).
73.Pp
74To enable network traffic over other interfaces,
75set the
76.Xr sysctl 8
77OID
78.Va security.mac.ifoff.other_enabled
79to 1 (default 0).
80.Pp
81To allow BPF traffic to be received,
82even while other traffic is disabled,
83set the
84.Xr sysctl 8
85OID
86.Va security.mac.ifoff.bpfrecv_enabled
87to 1 (default 0).
88.Ss Label Format
89No labels are defined.
90.Sh SEE ALSO
91.Xr mac 4 ,
92.Xr mac_bsdextended 4 ,
93.Xr mac_lomac 4 ,
94.Xr mac_mls 4 ,
95.Xr mac_none 4 ,
96.Xr mac_partition 4 ,
97.Xr mac_portacl 4 ,
98.Xr mac_seeotheruids 4 ,
99.Xr mac_test 4 ,
100.Xr mac 9
101.Sh HISTORY
102The
103.Nm
104policy module first appeared in
105.Fx 5.0
106and was developed by the
107.Tn TrustedBSD
108Project.
109.Sh AUTHORS
110This software was contributed to the
111.Fx
112Project by Network Associates Labs,
113the Security Research Division of Network Associates
114Inc.
115under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
116.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
117as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
118.Sh BUGS
119While the MAC Framework design is intended to support the containment of
120the root user, not all attack channels are currently protected by entry
121point checks.
122As such, MAC Framework policies should not be relied on, in isolation,
123to protect against a malicious privileged user.
124