[Savannah-register-public] [task #5011] Submission of Sticker - System call spy

[Mayank Jain]

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                 Summary: Submission of Sticker - System call spy
                 Project: Savannah Administration
            Submitted by: makuchaku
            Submitted on: Sun 12/04/05 at 18:13
         Should Start On: Sun 12/04/05 at 00:00
   Should be Finished on: Wed 12/14/05 at 00:00
                Category: Project Approval
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Percent Complete: 0%
             Open/Closed: Open
                  Effort: 0.00

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Details:

A new project has been registered at Savannah 
The project account will remain inactive until a site admin approve or
discard the registration.


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######### REGISTRATION DETAILS ######### 

Full Name:
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  Sticker - System call spy

System Group Name:
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  sticker

Type:
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  non-GNU software &amp; documentation

License:
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  GNU Lesser General Public License

Description:
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  |-------------------|
|---+| Sticker |+---|
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* Temporary source code URL...
Doxygen docs -
http://makuchaku.info/stuff/projects/sticker/docs/html/index.html
Code - http://makuchaku.info/stuff/projects/sticker/


Abstract
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Sticker is a system call spy utility, running in user mode.
It can spy on any program(victim) and produce a log of the system calls it
makes & their agruments. The spying activity will remain transparent to the
victim.


Working
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*) Initiation modes
Sticker can initialize itself to spy on a program using 
        - Outproc Spying
                + PID of the victim will be used
                + The victim must be already running in this case
        - Inproc Spying
                + Executable name (command line) of the victim will be used 
                + The victim will be forked from the sticker driver
        - Self Spying
                + Sticker is capable of spying on itself
                + Perfect mode for programs of which source code is available

*) Sticker will consist of an API, using which, an end user will apply
Sticker to a victim (Stick to a victim). Such a driver will be called as
"Sticker Driver"


Future
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-> Programable API returning system call names to a driver, or perhaps
invoking certain callbacks as and when the system call to which it was
registered occurs.
-> Other TODO's



Other Software Required:
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  Sticker heavily relies on ptrace() system call. Any operating system that
can support ptrace() as in original form (GNU/Linux) or as an emulation
(cygwin) will be able to use Sticker & its API's. 

Other Comments:
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  I've just started the project. The source code is not even 5% complete. I
would require Savannah services specially for version management &
collaboration perposes. I hope in to rope 2 more developers/testers in the
project.








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