The kernel watches syscalls, sockets and short-lived processes that userspace agents polling every few seconds never meet. Know what eBPF adds, what it costs, and the security conversation it starts.
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What can eBPF-based observability see that a normal agent cannot, and when is it not worth adding?
The kernel watches syscalls, sockets and short-lived processes that userspace agents polling every few seconds never meet. Know what eBPF adds, what it costs, and the security conversation it starts.
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