Tracing TLS Traffic — eBPF style

Introduction

TLS traffic inspection — the holy grail of any troubleshooter deep in the network stack scratching his head in despair, or the chance for stealing confidential data and profiting in the black market for a more ill intended user.

Let me clarify before we move on. This article does not showcase or explain any way to intercept TLS traffic using man-in-the-middle…