On May 1, 2012, at 6:04 PM, Eric Gorr <mail...@ericgorr.net> wrote: > I found this old message: > > http://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2010/Mar/msg01042.html > > in which stated: > > If you think this is going to help you avoid piracy, it's not. OS X > has a flag (PT_DENY_ATTACH) that the kernel checks for when a debugger > asks to attach to a process. If that flag is set, the kernel refuses > to allow the debugger to attach. iTunes famously does this to prevent > people from inspecting the operations of the DRM system. It's a > trivial matter to patch the kernel to not respect this flag, > > I was just wondering if this is still true or true in general...that it is > not possible to conceal an application from DTrace.
It is true and will be true as long as your are able to compile your own kernel. Think about it. --Kyle Sluder _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
