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Sockets, Shellcode, Porting, and Coding: Reverse Engineering Exploits and Tool Coding for Security Professionals
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Sockets, Shellcode, Porting, and Coding: Reverse Engineering Exploits and Tool Coding for Security Professionals

by James C Foster
April 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
700 pages
20h 39m
English
Syngress
Content preview from Sockets, Shellcode, Porting, and Coding: Reverse Engineering Exploits and Tool Coding for Security Professionals
Q: Do I need to know how to write shellcode to develop exploits with Metasploit?
A: No.Through either the msfweb interface or msfpayload and msfencode, an
exploit developer can completely avoid having to deal with shellcode besides
cutting and pasting it into the exploit. If an exploit is developed within the
Framework, the exploit developer may never even see the payload.
Q: Do I have to use an encoder on my payload?
A: No. As long as you avoid the bad characters, you can send over any payload
without encoding it.The encoders are there primarily to generate payloads that
avoid bad characters.
Q: Do I have to use the nop generator when integrating an ...
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