Hacker News
new
|
past
|
comments
|
ask
|
show
|
jobs
|
submit
login
samatman
on March 27, 2024
|
parent
|
context
|
favorite
| on:
Show HN: A (marginally) useful x86-64 ELF executab...
The installation instructions made me smile. "turn this Base64 string into an executable" is the new "curl | sh"!
Why did you decide to build the string backward?
meribold
on March 27, 2024
[–]
I don't remember if it's why I initially did it, but it allows hardcoding the final characters of the output string ("%)\n") somewhere into the ELF header where they don't do damage ahead of execution.
Guidelines
|
FAQ
|
Lists
|
API
|
Security
|
Legal
|
Apply to YC
|
Contact
Search:
Why did you decide to build the string backward?