What is RVA and VA?
Please explain what RVA and VA means ...
executable-format
Strange Value in EXE header!
I've seen a strange value placed in EXE header 00000000 :4D 5A 90 00 03 00 00 00 - 04 00 00 00 FF FF 00 00 00000010 :B8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00000020 :00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00000030 :00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 A8 00 00 00 00000030 :00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 A...
What is symbol table and how is it integrated into the executable?
When I tried to debug an executable: (gdb) break +1 No symbol table is loaded. Use the "file" command. What does that mean exactly? Is the symbol table appended to the executable? ...
How to change the assemblyIdentity of an executable?
I want to hide the tool I used to create an .exe file. I am not doing anything illegal, I just want to protect my intellectual property from being copied. If I open the exe file in a text editor I see the following section. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifes...
GNAT - GVD: not in executable format: File format not recognized
I'm on an XP Virtual Machine running the GNU Visual Debugger 1.2.6, trying to open an Ada file (.adb), but keep getting the following error: not in executable format: File format not recognized I should also mention that I've installed both the Ada compiler kit and win32 tools for GNAT 3.14p. I've since tried opening other .adb ...
What sections are required for a usable ELF executable?
I'm creating an ELF executable file and I need to know what sections are required by the operating system in order to load and execute it. Details: OS: Ubuntu 10.04 (64-bit) Kernel version: 2.6.32-24 Architecture: i386 I realize that the following would probably be necessary: .text .symtab .rel.text Are t...