Limited Resources: Using Linux’s Ptrace to Achieve Your Ends

Hello — It’s WittsEnd2 again. As Linux continues to mature, advanced security features are added to both the userspace and kernel space for users to protect their systems including Auditd, system logging, and SELinux. Some of these features require complex configuration; thus, these are often misconfigured by developers and IT specialists.

For this article, we will be exploring Secure Computing Mode (seccomp). seccomp is a feature in the Linux kernel that transitions a process …

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