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eBPF implementation that runs on top of Windows

16 mentions on Hacker News by 16 people: 3 stories, 13 comments · first 2021-05-10 · latest 2024-09-09

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  1. https://github.com/microsoft/ebpf-for-windows
    comment by dan-robertson · 2024-09-09 · in QUIC is not quick enough over fast internet
  2. There is eBPF for Windows: https://github.com/microsoft/ebpf-for-windows I'd hope security products in the future leverage this more than custom kernel-mode sensors.
    comment by gclawes · 2024-07-28 · in Microsoft technical breakdown of CrowdStrike incident
  3. …for CrowdStrike to use it, but Microsoft has been developing eBPF support for Windows since 2019: https://github.com/microsoft/ebpf-for-windows/
    comment by noisem4ker · 2024-07-24 · in CrowdStrike CEO summoned to explain epic fail to US Homeland Security committee
  4. …However, doing so is no easy feat. The first version of eBPF was released over 10 years ago. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/ebpf-for-windows
    comment by Sayrus · 2024-07-23 · in Microsoft says EU to blame for the worst IT outage
  5. …That puts everyone on a level playing field, and makes the ecosystem more secure overall. https://github.com/microsoft/ebpf-for-windows
    comment by pradn · 2024-07-22 · in Microsoft Blames European Commission for Major Worldwide Outage
  6. …communication channels where you're invited to air your concerns. They're listed on their github: https://github.com/microsoft/ebpf-for-windows Who knows, maybe they already have answers to your concerns. If not, they can address them…
    comment by ohmyiv · 2024-07-22 · in No More Blue Fridays
  7. …then. Apparently on Linux they use EBPF and Microsoft is researching that for Windows as well: https://github.com/microsoft/ebpf-for-windows . So maybe that's actually the solution they'll go with? It would certainly help solving this…
    comment by _flux · 2024-07-22 · in CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor also linked to Linux kernel panics and crashes
  8. Doesn't microsoft support eBPF on Windows? https://github.com/microsoft/ebpf-for-windows
    comment by sm_1024 · 2024-07-21 · in Initial details about why CrowdStrike's CSAgent.sys crashed
  9. …credit, they have begun copying the eBPF methodoloy to Windows, but it is still in it's infancy https://github.com/Microsoft/ebpf-for-windows/ ).
    comment by Daviey · 2024-07-19 · in Microsoft has serious questions to answer after the biggest IT outage in history
  10. There already is an eBPF for Windows, it's even Microsoft's own project https://github.com/microsoft/ebpf-for-windows
    comment by kryptiskt · 2023-11-01 · in Why ACPI?
  11. …a proof of safety that the kernel checks, which seems sensible to me). I believe you meant to link https://github.com/microsoft/ebpf-for-windows/ instead (discussed on HN recently) which is an implementation by Microsoft using the above…
    comment by deredede · 2023-06-23 · in eBPF Verification Is Untenable
  12. …exploring the use of eBPF in the Windows kernel too[2]. [1]: https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME [2]: https://github.com/Microsoft/ebpf-for-windows
    comment by rossy · 2022-02-21 · in Linux developers patch security holes faster than anyone else, says Google
  13. …Windows implementation. Wait, what now !? After checking : he wasn't joking[0]. Good job MS. [0]: https://github.com/microsoft/ebpf-for-windows
    comment by Bayart · 2021-07-04 · in How to add eBPF observability to your product