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author | Dave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com> | 2009-06-11 12:00:11 -0400 |
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committer | Dave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com> | 2009-06-11 12:00:11 -0400 |
commit | d4d8b581532460c89895a751df5ef64e5e5088e6 (patch) | |
tree | 04b77a48d305f9507429cd3fd248b245331a5475 /NEWS | |
parent | b12c8986778619db5bec0a5e52f2d49247e6b5ba (diff) | |
parent | 6766808e165cd3ba3c8d514529e292761e7cb650 (diff) | |
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@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@ * What's new -- Module signing: If the appropriate nss libraries are available on your system, - stap will sign each compiled module using a self-generated certificate. - This is the first step toward extending authority to load certain modules to - unprivileged users. For now, if the system administrator adds a certificate - to a database of trusted signers (stap-authorize-signing-cert), modules signed - using that certificate will be verified by staprun against tampering. - Otherwise, you should notice no difference in the operation of stap or staprun. +- Dwarfless syscalls: The nd_syscalls tapset is now available to probe + system calls without requiring kernel debugging information. All of + the same probepoints in the normal syscalls tapset are available with + an "nd_" prefix, e.g. syscall.open becomes nd_syscall.open. Most + syscall arguments are also available by name in nd_syscalls. + +- Module signing: If the appropriate nss libraries are available on your + system, stap will sign each compiled module using a self-generated + certificate. This is the first step toward extending authority to + load certain modules to unprivileged users. For now, if the system + administrator adds a certificate to a database of trusted signers + (stap-authorize-signing-cert), modules signed using that certificate + will be verified by staprun against tampering. Otherwise, you should + notice no difference in the operation of stap or staprun. * What's new in version 0.9.7 |