Compel

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Usage ideas

One thing parasite code can do is call clone() and create thread having access to main process VM, FDT, FS, etc. The new thread can then

  • Check socket FDs to get stuck/closed by polling them
  • Apply "logrotate" on the fly

Another is to do some activity on the victim and then just unload. With this we can

  • Death detection. Open pipe/socket and pass the other end outside. Once the victim dies the pipe/socket will wake up.
  • Binary updates. E.g. live patching or libr relink
  • Inject socket spy -- instead of opened socket create a unix one, put it in place of original one and send the latter back to caller so that any traffic flow in one goes "through" the spy
  • Do "nohup" on the fly
  • Debug stuff by MSG_PEEK-ing sockets messages of tee+splice sockets
  • Re-connect sleeping sockets to other addresses (not 100% safe)