HomeCalendarCertificationsColumnsFeaturesForumResourcesVitals
 
Image
 
linkedin_logo.png rss_logo.jpg
twitter_logo.png youtube_logo.jpg
Latest Additions
 
EH-Net Login
Welcome Guest.
Lost Password?
No account yet? Register
Who's Online
We have 85 guests and 3 members online
EH-Net News Feeds
Latest Additions
 
Advertisement

You are here: Home arrow Forum arrow Ethical Hacking Discussions and Related Certificationsarrow Programmingarrow Reverse engineering non-executable files
EH-Net
May 26, 2012, 07:58:26 AM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Login with username, password and session length
News: Advertise on EH-Net!! - Reasonable Rates, Highly Targeted Audience.
 
   Home   Help Calendar Login Register  
Pages: [1]   Go Down
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: Reverse engineering non-executable files  (Read 1758 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
ShadowReaper
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6


View Profile
« on: October 26, 2011, 11:24:55 AM »
Hello,
how can I reverse engineer a file that is not executable, for example a firmware file.
Either in Windows or in Linux.

Thank you
Logged
mambru
Jr. Member
**
Offline Offline

Posts: 98


View Profile
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2011, 04:18:00 PM »
RE is a way to get some knowledge about the workings of something, so you can. There are good tools for both platforms.
Logged
ShadowReaper
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6


View Profile
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2011, 03:07:12 AM »
Could someone name a few?
Logged
nebu10uz
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Posts: 363



View Profile WWW
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2011, 10:09:58 AM »
Here are some tools you can try:

ExifTool
McAfee FileInsight
FileAlyzer

Try them and see what you can get.
Logged
Security+, OSCP, CEH
mambru
Jr. Member
**
Offline Offline

Posts: 98


View Profile
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2011, 10:25:33 AM »
The tools you will use will depend on the type of files you're working with and what you want to achieve. The most basic tools are strings, file and hex editors. It's very common to find compressed data, so then you'll have to user some other tools. For a very good example read the next post:

http://www.devttys0.com/2011/05/reverse-engineering-firmware-linksys-wag120n/
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.16 | SMF © 2011, Simple Machines
Joomla Bridge by JoomlaHacks.com 		Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
Page created in 0.232 seconds with 22 queries.
 

gk_static-ad_feb2012.jpg
Global Knowledge: Build Security Skills to Protect & Defend

els_130x200fixed2.gif
eLearnSecurity Student Course Now Live!
5% Off with Code
ELS-EH-5

SANS Deals 4 EH-Netters
$150 OFF Any SANS Course in Any Format!
Coupon Code: EHN_Connect Including SANS Security West 2012 & SANSFIRE 2012
Recent Forum Topics

cbtnuggets_logo_125.jpg
Try CBT Nuggets Free!

Vote For EH-Net

Add to Technorati Favorites
technorati fave

 
         
Advertisement

© 2012 The Ethical Hacker Network
Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License.