NAME¶

sslsniff - Print data passed to OpenSSL, GnuTLS or NSS. Uses Linux eBPF/bcc.

SYNOPSIS¶

sslsniff [-h] [-p PID] [-u UID] [-x] [-c COMM] [-o] [-g] [-n] [-d] [--hexdump] [--max-buffer-size SIZE] [-l] [--handshake] [--extra-lib EXTRA_LIB]

DESCRIPTION¶

sslsniff prints data sent to write/send and read/recv functions of OpenSSL, GnuTLS and NSS, allowing us to read plain text content before encryption (when writing) and after decryption (when reading).

This works reading the second parameter of both functions (*buf).

Since this uses BPF, only the root user can use this tool.

REQUIREMENTS¶

CONFIG_BPF and bcc.

OPTIONS¶

-h

Print usage message.

-p PID

Trace only functions in this process PID.

-u UID

Trace only calls made by this UID.

-x

Show extra fields: UID and TID.

-c COMM

Show only processes that match this COMM exactly.

-o, --no-openssl

Do not trace OpenSSL functions.

-g, --no-gnutls

Do not trace GnuTLS functions.

-n, --no-nss

Do not trace GnuTLS functions.

--hexdump

Show data as hexdump instead of trying to decode it as UTF-8

--max-buffer-size SIZE

Sets maximum buffer size of intercepted data. Longer values would be truncated. Default value is 8 Kib, maximum possible value is a bit less than 32 Kib.

-l, --latency

Show function latency in ms.

--handshake

Show handshake latency, enabled only if latency option is on.

--extra-lib EXTRA_LIB

Consist type of the library and library path separated by colon. Supported library types are: openssl, gnutls, nss. Can be specified multiple times.

EXAMPLES¶

Print all calls to SSL write/send and read/recv system-wide:

# sslsniff

Print only OpenSSL calls issued by user with UID 1000

# sslsniff -u 1000 --no-nss --no-gnutls

Print SSL handshake event and latency for all traced functions:

# sslsniff -l --handshake

Print only calls to OpenSSL from /some/path/libssl.so

sslsniff --no-openssl --no-gnutls --no-nss --extra-lib openssl:/some/path/libssl.so

FIELDS¶

FUNC

Which function is being called (write/send or read/recv)

TIME

Time of the command, in seconds.

COMM

Entered command.

PID

Process ID calling SSL.

LEN

Bytes written or read by SSL functions.

UID

UID of the process, displayed only if launched with -x.

TID

Thread ID, displayed only if launched with -x.

LAT(ms)

Function latency in ms.

SOURCE¶

This is from bcc.

https://github.com/iovisor/bcc

Also look in the bcc distribution for a companion _examples.txt file containing example usage, output, and commentary for this tool.

OS¶

Linux

STABILITY¶

Unstable - in development.

AUTHORS¶

Adrian Lopez and Mark Drayton

SEE ALSO¶

trace(8)