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	.Dd December 25, 2013			.Dd July 27, 2019
	.Dt SECURITY 7			.Dt SECURITY 7
	.Os			.Os
	.Sh NAME			.Sh NAME
	.Nm security			.Nm security
	.Nd introduction to security under FreeBSD			.Nd introduction to security under FreeBSD
	.Sh DESCRIPTION			.Sh DESCRIPTION
	Security is a function that begins and ends with the system administrator.			Security is a function that begins and ends with the system administrator.
	While all			While all
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	that Kerberos is unsuited to).			that Kerberos is unsuited to).
	We also recommend that you either turn off			We also recommend that you either turn off
	key-forwarding in the SSH configuration, or that you make use of the			key-forwarding in the SSH configuration, or that you make use of the
	.Va from Ns = Ns Ar IP/DOMAIN			.Va from Ns = Ns Ar IP/DOMAIN
	option that SSH allows in its			option that SSH allows in its
	.Pa authorized_keys			.Pa authorized_keys
	file to make the key only usable to entities logging in from specific			file to make the key only usable to entities logging in from specific
	machines.			machines.
				.Sh KNOBS AND TWEAKS
				System provides several knobs and tweak handles that make some introspection
				emasteUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions Maybe `.Fx provides`? emaste: Maybe `.Fx provides`?
				information access more restricted.
				Some people consider this as improving system security, so the knobs are
				briefly listed there, together with controls which enable some mitigations
				of the hardware state leaks.
				.Bl -tag -width security.bsd.unprivileged_proc_debug
				.It Dv security.bsd.see_other_uids
				Controls visibility of the processes owned by different uid.
				emasteUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions of <remove the> processes owned by a different uid emaste: of //<remove the>// processes owned by //a// different uid
				The knob directly affects the
				.Dv kern.proc
				sysctls filtering of data, which results in restricted output from
				utilities like
				bjkUnsubmitted Not Done Inline Actions "sysctl's" is a possessive here; since there's only one sysctl in question the apostrophe should go before the final 's'. bjk: "sysctl's" is a possessive here; since there's only one sysctl in question the apostrophe…
				kibAuthorUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions No, kern.proc is the node under which real sysctls are located, like kern.proc.all etc. kib: No, kern.proc is the node under which real sysctls are located, like kern.proc.all etc.
				.Xr ps 1 .
				.It Dv security.bsd.see_other_gids
				Same, for processes owned by different gid.
				.It Dv security.bsd.see_jail_proc
				Same, for processes belonging to a jail.
				.It Dv security.bsd.conservative_signals
				When enabled, only allows to send job control and usual termination signals
				like
				bjkUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions Maybe "only allows unprivileged users to send"? bjk: Maybe "only allows unprivileged users to send"?
				kibAuthorUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions It sounds strange that way, for me at least. I reformulated it differently. kib: It sounds strange that way, for me at least. I reformulated it differently.
				.Dv SIGKILL ,
				.Dv SIGINT ,
				and
				.Dv SIGTERM ,
				to the processes executing programs with changed uids.
				.It Dv security.bsd.unprivileged_proc_debug
				Controls availability of the process debugging facilities to non-root users.
				See also
				.Xr proccontrol 1
				mode
				.Dv trace .
				.It Dv vm.pmap.pti
				Tunable, amd64-only.
				Enables mode of operation of virtual memory system where usermode page
				tables are sanitized to prevent so called Meltdown information leak on
				some Intel CPUs.
				bjkUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions "so-called" is hyphenated. I'd consider wrapping Meltdown in .Dq as well, but that's less clear. bjk: "so-called" is hyphenated. I'd consider wrapping Meltdown in .Dq as well, but that's less clear.
				By default system detects that CPU needs the workaround, and enables it
				automatically.
				bjkUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions "By default, the system detects whether the CPU needs the workaround". bjk: "By default, the system detects whether the CPU needs the workaround".
				See also
				.Xr proccontrol 1
				mode
				.Dv kpti .
				.It Dv hw.mds_disable
				amd64 and i386.
				Controls Microarchitectural Data Sampling hardware information leak
				mitigation.
				.It Dv hw.spec_store_bypass_disable
				amd64 and i386.
				Controls Speculative Store Bypass hardware information leak mitigation.
				.It Dv hw.ibrs_disable
				amd64 and i386.
				Controls Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation hardware information leak
				mitigation.
				bjkUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions spurious space here. bjk: spurious space here.
				.It Dv machdep.syscall_ret_l1d_flush
				amd64.
				Controls force-flush of L1D cache on return from syscalls which report
				the errors different from
				.Ev EEXIST ,
				bjkUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions Maybe, "which report errors other than" bjk: Maybe, "which report errors other than"
				.Ev EAGAIN ,
				.Ev EXDEV ,
				.Ev ENOENT ,
				.Ev ENOTCONN ,
				and
				.Ev EINPROGRESS .
				This is mostly a paranoid setting added to prevent hypothetical exploitation
				of unknown gadgets for unknown hardware issues.
				The error codes exclusion list is composed of the most common errors which
				typically occurs on normal system operation.
				.It Dv machdep.nmi_flush_l1d_sw
				amd64.
				Controls force-flush of L1D cache on NMI,
				provides software assist for bhyve mitigation of L1 terminal fault
				hardware information leak.
				bjkUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions I think the grammar is better as "on NMI; this provides" bjk: I think the grammar is better as "on NMI; this provides"
				.It Dv hw.vmm.vmx.l1d_flush
				amd64.
				Controls the mitigation of L1 Terminal Fault in bhyve hypervisor.
				.It Dv kern.elf32.aslr.enable
				Controls system-global Address Space Layour Randomization (ASLR) for
				normal (non-PIE) 32bit binaries.
				See also
				.Xr proccontrol 1
				mode
				.Dv aslr ,
				also affected by the per-image control note flag.
				.It Dv kern.elf32.aslr.pie_enable
				Controls system-global Address Space Layour Randomization for
				juan.molina_club.frUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions s/Layour/Layout juan.molina_club.fr: s/Layour/Layout
				position-independent (PIE) 32bit binaries.
				.It Dv kern.elf32.aslr.honor_sbrk
				Makes ASLR less aggressive and more compatible with old binaries
				relying on the sbrk area.
				.It Dv kern.elf64.aslr.enable
				64bit binaries ASLR control.
				.It Dv kern.elf64.aslr.pie_enable
				bjkUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions "a non-zero value" bjk: "a non-zero value"
				32bit PIE binaries ASLR control.
				val_packett.coolUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions s/32/64 val_packett.cool: s/32/64
				emasteUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions And we should probably write "Position Independent Executable (PIE)" (Correct pluralization is left as an exercise) emaste: And we should probably write "Position Independent Executable (PIE)" (Correct pluralization is…
				bjkUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions "the end of the aux vector" bjk: "the end of the aux vector"
				.It Dv kern.elf64.aslr.honor_sbrk
				64bit binaries ASLR sbrk compatibility control.
				bjkUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions comma both before and after "i.e.". bjk: comma both before and after "i.e.".
				.It Dv kern.elf32.nxstack
				Enables non-executable stack for 32bit processes.
				Enabled by default if supported by hardware and corresponding binary.
				.It Dv kern.elf64.nxstack
				Enables non-executable stack for 64bit processes.
				.El
	.Sh SEE ALSO			.Sh SEE ALSO
	.Xr chflags 1 ,			.Xr chflags 1 ,
	.Xr find 1 ,			.Xr find 1 ,
	.Xr md5 1 ,			.Xr md5 1 ,
	.Xr netstat 1 ,			.Xr netstat 1 ,
	.Xr openssl 1 ,			.Xr openssl 1 ,
				.Xr proccontrol 1 ,
				.Xr ps 1 ,
	.Xr ssh 1 ,			.Xr ssh 1 ,
	.Xr xdm 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xorg-clients ,			.Xr xdm 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xorg-clients ,
	.Xr group 5 ,			.Xr group 5 ,
	.Xr ttys 5 ,			.Xr ttys 5 ,
	.Xr accton 8 ,			.Xr accton 8 ,
	.Xr init 8 ,			.Xr init 8 ,
	.Xr sshd 8 ,			.Xr sshd 8 ,
	.Xr sysctl 8 ,			.Xr sysctl 8 ,
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