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Generating an elf header
To get a basic understanding of the ELF format, I'm writing a basic program to generate a valid elf file from the most basic assembly output. I'm going step-by-step so I'll probably ask a few ...
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How to find out if PE executable was compiled with gcc or VisualStudio?
I looked at two ways so far. Both did not convince me in regard to false positives or false negatives:
Using strings: How to retrieve the GCC version used to compile a given ELF executable?
Using the ...
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How to SUCCESSFULLY add a code section to an executable file in Linux?
I am in Linux, and I have seen this question a few times but never, nobody answered how to really make this work.
I need to add a section to an already compiled binary. Lets say for a moment is an ...
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Order of architecture headers in fat (universal) executables
I'm working on a reverse engineering project with fat executables on OS X. So far I have established the structure of the fat_header, fat_arch and macho_header, but am having trouble finding ...
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Difference between Win7 and Win8 PE loader?
Is it known what the differences between the Window 7 and Windows 8 PE loader are?
I'm trying to hand-craft a simple executable PE image file. It runs well in Windows 7, but is rejected by Windows 8....
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