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		jeffbee on Feb 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Osquery: An sqlite3 virtual table exposing operati... I don't feel like I need to be nice to Facebook. The raison d'etre of this thing is to allow interactive ad hoc exploration of large-scale systems. It is, in other words, a thoroughly bad idea.

convolvatron on Feb 25, 2024 | [–]

there may be problems with the implementation, or its usage, but I don't see why that's fundamentally a bad idea at all

mikermcneil on Feb 25, 2024 | | [–]

(used in production directly or via major EDRs by much of silicon valley, governments, and the F1000)

Contributions: https://github.com/osquery/osquery

mikermcneil on Feb 25, 2024 | [–]

osquery after Meta: https://devops.com/the-linux-foundation-breathes-new-life-in...

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