Strace

Devel::STrace::Monitor is a monitor interface component for Devel::STrace. SYNOPSIS # # open the mmaped file # use Devel::STrace::Monitor; my $view = Devel::STrace::Monitor->open(somefile.map); my $cycles = 0; while (1) { print "n**************************************n"; # #... Platforms: *nix

strace is a system call tracer, i.e. a debugging tool which prints out a trace of all the system calls made by a another process/program. Platforms: *nix

xtrace is a tracing utility similar to truss and strace. It produces a trace of system or arbitrary function calls made by the specified process. Each line of a trace output shows either a system or a user function call details with arguments and return values. It has a few unique features, that... Platforms: *nix

Makejail employs short configuration files to help administrators create and maintain chroot jails. Makejails attempts to guess and install into the jail all files required by the daemon. You have to understand how it is designed to make it work efficiently. To have an idea of how the... Platforms: *nix

Devel::RingBuffer is a Perl module with shared memory ring buffers for Perl scripts diagnosis/debug. SYNOPSIS # # create ringbuffer # use Devel::RingBuffer; use Devel::RingBuffer::TieInt; my $ringbuf = Devel::RingBuffer->new( File => somefile.trace, Rings => 20, Slots => 20,... Platforms: *nix

ImSafe (Immune Security For your Enterprise) is a host-based intrusion detection tool. After a learning phase, it is able to detect changes in processes behavior, to detect buffer overflows, etc. It is implemented through a device driver (as a kernel patch) for the Linux kernel, but can also be... Platforms: *nix

The Plastic File System project is an LD_PRELOAD module for manipulating what the file system looks like for programs. This allows virtual file systems to exist in user space, without kernel hacks or modules. PlasticFS includes the following file systems: chroot The chroot filter may be... Platforms: *nix

pretrace is a preload library that allows specified (dynamically linked) applications to always be executed under a debugging environment. pretrace library allows you to specify the percentage of invocations which will be traced, to help you "keep an eye" on applications without bringing the... Platforms: *nix

Fenris is a suite of tools suitable for code analysis, debugging, protocol analysis, reverse engineering, forensics, diagnostics, security audits, vulnerability research and many other purposes. The main logical components are: - Fenris: high-level tracer, a tool that detects the logic used... Platforms: *nix

Spyps is a "visual" process tracing utility. Conceptually, it is similar to strace, as it displays system calls invoked by processes. It also offers several other features, such as the ability to slow down or pause the execution of traced processes. Platforms: *nix