Re: [go-nuts] Is it possible to build a Go binary without the runtime ?

[Jaon Dorb]

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في الأربعاء، 24 يناير 2024 في تمام الساعة 2:50:40 ص UTC+3، كتب Raffaele 
Sena رسالة نصها:

Well, if it's a package/module you could build it as a library archive (go 
build -buildmode=archive) and then disassemble/decompile the library.


On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 3:18 PM Def Ceb  wrote:

No, this is not possible. This is the case for practically every other 
language, even C. Unless you intend on inspecting assembly text instead 
of a real working binary.
The symbol table + debug symbols built into the binary by default should 
make finding the `main.main` function trivial with just about any 
reverse engineering tool.

'Karolina GORNA' via golang-nuts:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I would like to build my Go program and to reverse-engineer it. I would 
> find it easier to build it without the runtime and to statically analyse 
> only the binary of the program.
> 
> Is it possible and if yes, how please ?
> 
> Thank you for your time.
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Re: [go-nuts] Is it possible to build a Go binary without the runtime ?

[Def Ceb]

Ah, true.
Though you'd be limited to analyzing the assembly text instead of a 
binary. And RE typically involves tools that work on binaries rather 
than pre-compilation assembly in a text file.
Unless there's some way to convert this assembly into a working 
stand-alone .o/.obj file which could be analyzed with typical reverse 
engineering tools, then for the purposes of learning how to reverse 
engineer binaries, I'd stick to full binaries. With debug info as 
training wheels to start off with.


Raffaele Sena:
Yes, but there are tools to access the object files. I.e. you can do "go 
tool objdump module.a" and get the assembly for your module.



On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 4:14 PM Def Ceb > wrote:


Interesting proposition, though from what I can tell, you're just going
to end up with goobj files, a somewhat obscure internal format of the
compiler, rather than a more typical object file format.

Raffaele Sena:
 > Well, if it's a package/module you could build it as a library
archive
 > (go build -buildmode=archive) and then disassemble/decompile the
library.
 >
 >
 > On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 3:18 PM Def Ceb mailto:mikk.mar...@gmail.com>
 > >> wrote:
 >
 >     No, this is not possible. This is the case for practically
every other
 >     language, even C. Unless you intend on inspecting assembly
text instead
 >     of a real working binary.
 >     The symbol table + debug symbols built into the binary by default
 >     should
 >     make finding the `main.main` function trivial with just about any
 >     reverse engineering tool.
 >
 >     'Karolina GORNA' via golang-nuts:
 >      > Hi everyone,
 >      >
 >      > I would like to build my Go program and to
reverse-engineer it. I
 >     would
 >      > find it easier to build it without the runtime and to
statically
 >     analyse
 >      > only the binary of the program.
 >      >
 >      > Is it possible and if yes, how please ?
 >      >
 >      > Thank you for your time.
 >      >
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Re: [go-nuts] Is it possible to build a Go binary without the runtime ?

[Raffaele Sena]

Yes, but there are tools to access the object files. I.e. you can do "go
tool objdump module.a" and get the assembly for your module.


On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 4:14 PM Def Ceb  wrote:

> Interesting proposition, though from what I can tell, you're just going
> to end up with goobj files, a somewhat obscure internal format of the
> compiler, rather than a more typical object file format.
>
> Raffaele Sena:
> > Well, if it's a package/module you could build it as a library archive
> > (go build -buildmode=archive) and then disassemble/decompile the library.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 3:18 PM Def Ceb  > > wrote:
> >
> > No, this is not possible. This is the case for practically every
> other
> > language, even C. Unless you intend on inspecting assembly text
> instead
> > of a real working binary.
> > The symbol table + debug symbols built into the binary by default
> > should
> > make finding the `main.main` function trivial with just about any
> > reverse engineering tool.
> >
> > 'Karolina GORNA' via golang-nuts:
> >  > Hi everyone,
> >  >
> >  > I would like to build my Go program and to reverse-engineer it. I
> > would
> >  > find it easier to build it without the runtime and to statically
> > analyse
> >  > only the binary of the program.
> >  >
> >  > Is it possible and if yes, how please ?
> >  >
> >  > Thank you for your time.
> >  >
> >
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Re: [go-nuts] Is it possible to build a Go binary without the runtime ?

[Def Ceb]

Interesting proposition, though from what I can tell, you're just going 
to end up with goobj files, a somewhat obscure internal format of the 
compiler, rather than a more typical object file format.


Raffaele Sena:
Well, if it's a package/module you could build it as a library archive 
(go build -buildmode=archive) and then disassemble/decompile the library.



On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 3:18 PM Def Ceb > wrote:


No, this is not possible. This is the case for practically every other
language, even C. Unless you intend on inspecting assembly text instead
of a real working binary.
The symbol table + debug symbols built into the binary by default
should
make finding the `main.main` function trivial with just about any
reverse engineering tool.

'Karolina GORNA' via golang-nuts:
 > Hi everyone,
 >
 > I would like to build my Go program and to reverse-engineer it. I
would
 > find it easier to build it without the runtime and to statically
analyse
 > only the binary of the program.
 >
 > Is it possible and if yes, how please ?
 >
 > Thank you for your time.
 >

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Re: [go-nuts] Is it possible to build a Go binary without the runtime ?

[Raffaele Sena]

Well, if it's a package/module you could build it as a library archive (go
build -buildmode=archive) and then disassemble/decompile the library.


On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 3:18 PM Def Ceb  wrote:

> No, this is not possible. This is the case for practically every other
> language, even C. Unless you intend on inspecting assembly text instead
> of a real working binary.
> The symbol table + debug symbols built into the binary by default should
> make finding the `main.main` function trivial with just about any
> reverse engineering tool.
>
> 'Karolina GORNA' via golang-nuts:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I would like to build my Go program and to reverse-engineer it. I would
> > find it easier to build it without the runtime and to statically analyse
> > only the binary of the program.
> >
> > Is it possible and if yes, how please ?
> >
> > Thank you for your time.
> > 
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Re: [go-nuts] Is it possible to build a Go binary without the runtime ?

[Def Ceb]

No, this is not possible. This is the case for practically every other 
language, even C. Unless you intend on inspecting assembly text instead 
of a real working binary.
The symbol table + debug symbols built into the binary by default should 
make finding the `main.main` function trivial with just about any 
reverse engineering tool.


'Karolina GORNA' via golang-nuts:

Hi everyone,

I would like to build my Go program and to reverse-engineer it. I would 
find it easier to build it without the runtime and to statically analyse 
only the binary of the program.


Is it possible and if yes, how please ?

Thank you for your time.

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[go-nuts] Is it possible to build a Go binary without the runtime ?

['Karolina GORNA' via golang-nuts]

Hi everyone,

I would like to build my Go program and to reverse-engineer it. I would 
find it easier to build it without the runtime and to statically analyse 
only the binary of the program.

Is it possible and if yes, how please ?

Thank you for your time.
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