Introducing osquery
Oct 29, 2014
Summary
Introduced osquery, a framework that exposes an operating system as a high-performance relational database, allowing SQL-based queries for low-level operating system monitoring. Key components include osqueryi (interactive query console) and osqueryd (host monitoring daemon). The system is cross-platform (Ubuntu, CentOS, Mac OSX) and designed for modularity and extensibility, with a focus on security and operational insight.
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