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  \u003cimg src=\"https://travis-ci.com/KVM-VMI/kvm-vmi.svg?branch=master\" alt=\"CI\"\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://kvm-vmi.slack.com\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/Slack-KVM--VMI-important\" alt=\"Slack\"\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"https://kvm-vmi.herokuapp.com/badge.svg\" alt=\"Slack_Users\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://kvm-vmi.herokuapp.com\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/Slack-Join%20KVM--VMI-blue\"\u003e\n  \u003ca\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://kvm-vmi.github.io/kvm-vmi/master/\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/-Documentation-green\"\u003e\n  \u003ca\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## Table of Contents\n\n- [Overview](#overview)\n- [Installation](#installation)\n- [Presentations](#presentations)\n- [References](#references)\n- [Maintainers](#maintainers)\n- [License](#license)\n\n## Overview\n\nThis project adds virtual machine introspection to the KVM hypervisor.\n\n_Virtual Machine Introspection_ is a technology that aims to understand the guest's execution context, solely based on the VM's hardware state, for various purposes:\n\n- Debugging\n- Malware Analysis\n- Live-Memory Analysis\n- OS Hardening\n- Monitoring\n- Fuzzing\n\nSee the [presentations](#presentations) section for more information.\n\nThis project is divided into 4 components:\n- `kvm`: linux kernel with _vmi_ patches for KVM\n- `qemu`: patched to allow introspection\n- `nitro` (legacy): userland library which receives events, introspects the virtual\n  machine state, and fills the semantic gap\n- `libvmi`: virtual machine instrospection library with unified API\n  across `Xen` and `KVM`\n\nAt the moment, 2 versions of VMI patches are available for `QEMU/KVM`\nin this repository:\n\n## Installation\n\nFollow the [Setup guide](https://kvm-vmi.github.io/kvm-vmi/master/setup.html)\n\n## Presentations\n\n- [Bringing Commercial Grade Virtual Machine Introspection to KVM](https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/7/72/KVMForum2017_Introspection.pdf)\n- [KVM Forum 2019: Advanced VMI on KVM - A Progress Report](https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/kvmforum2019/f6/Advanced%20VMI%20on%20KVM%3A%20A%20progress%20Report.pdf)\n- [Hack.lu 2019: Leveraging KVM as a Debugging Platform](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nFoCM62BWKSz2TKhNkrOjVwD8gP51VGK/view?usp=sharing)\n- [Advanced VMI on KVM: A Progress Report](https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/kvmforum2019/f6/Advanced%20VMI%20on%20KVM%3A%20A%20progress%20Report.pdf)\n\n## References\n\nThe legacy VMI system contained in this repo (_Nitro_) is based on `Jonas Pfoh`'s work:\n- [Nitro: Hardware-based System Call Tracing for Virtual Machines](https://www.sec.in.tum.de/assets/staff/pfoh/PfohSchneider2011a.pdf)\n- [Nitro - VMI Extensions for Linux/KVM](http://nitro.pfoh.net/)\n\n## Maintainers\n\n[@Wenzel](https://github.com/Wenzel)\n\n## License\n\n[GNU General Public License v3.0](https://github.com/KVM-VMI/kvm-vmi/blob/master/LICENSE)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fwenzel%2Fkvm-vmi","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fwenzel%2Fkvm-vmi","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fwenzel%2Fkvm-vmi/lists"}