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Re:Show HN: Using eBPF to see through encryption without a p... by brendangregg on Thursday May 08, 2025 @09:47PM (#43933105)
To everyone building these things: Please add a disclaimer to say something like:

"This is not a vulnerability: eBPF currently requires root access to do this. Also, eBPF makes this easy but does not make it possible, as debuggers, interposers/shims, and other tools can also attach to pre-encryption points, and therefore banning eBPF (as some people want to do after seeing projects like this) would not actually improve security, but it would instead _reduce_ security as it would prevent eBPF-based security solutions from being used."

Re:Show HN: Using eBPF to see through encryption without a p... by tylerflint on Thursday May 08, 2025 @09:55PM (#43933140)
Great idea!

On an unrelated note, your work has inspired most of my career in Solaris/Illumos/Linux systems and honestly this project likely wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for all of your books/blogs/projects to help me along the way. Thank you!

Re:Show HN: Using eBPF to see through encryption without a p... by brendangregg on Friday May 09, 2025 @09:50AM (#43936729)
Thanks, glad it's useful!