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diff --git a/share/man/man4/capsicum.4 b/share/man/man4/capsicum.4 index 0dbd3067e0ea..d9ff9c489fd0 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/capsicum.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/capsicum.4 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 18, 2017 +.Dd April 19, 2022 .Dt CAPSICUM 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ .Nm is a lightweight OS capability and sandbox framework implementing a hybrid capability system model. +Capabilities are unforgeable tokens of authority that can be delegated and must +be presented to perform an action. +.Nm +makes file descriptors into capabilities. +.Pp .Nm can be used for application and library compartmentalisation, the decomposition of larger bodies of software into isolated (sandboxed) |