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Tony Bark to Linux@lemmy.world •
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Microsoft Proposes "Hornet" Security Module For The Linux Kernel

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  • @HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    25•7 months ago

    Damn, kernal level anti cheat on linux? Not good :(

    • @far_university190@feddit.org
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      3•7 months ago

      Where do it say that?

      • @HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        4•7 months ago

        eBPF allows for programs to run in the kernel level. This could potentially be used to make kernal level anti cheats.

  • SkrufiMonki
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    20•7 months ago

    Cause Microsoft’s history with security has been stellar so far.

    • @Omgboom@lemmy.zip
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      2•7 months ago

      Lol and Microsoft just caused a global outage with this kind of thing (Crowdstrike)

  • That Weird Vegan she/her
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    6•7 months ago

    I’m too dumb to understand what this is. Can someone give me an ELI5? thanks.

    • Tony BarkOP
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      4•7 months ago

      Based on my findings, I think it’s a debugging and inspecting library for machine learning classifiers.

      • That Weird Vegan she/her
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        5•7 months ago

        no, ELI5 means explain like I’m five. It means to dumb something down so people like me can comprehend.

        • Tony BarkOP
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          4•7 months ago

          Oh. xD I’ve never seen that abbreviation before.

      • @FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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        3•7 months ago

        No, this has nothing to do with machine learning.

        eBPF is a technology that allows you to modify how a system works in a very deep way, while also being very fast. This is neat, but also opens new attack vectors. Signature verification helps you ensure that you’re only loading eBPF programs that you trust.

        Theoretically at least.

        • Tony BarkOP
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          2•7 months ago

          I get it. Misinterpreted the question when I saw “ELI5.”

          • @FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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            2•7 months ago

            Oh lol, sorry!

            • Tony BarkOP
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              2•7 months ago

              No worries. xD

  • @GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pub
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    3•7 months ago

    Yea they have to ban the contributor who proposed this.

  • nanook
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    1•6 months ago

    Only situation where I’d consider including this in a kernel is for use on a gaming platform where it could enable kernel based anti-cheats and thus be attractive to game developers that would otherwise avoid Linux.

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