John Smith wrote:
I was wondering if it was possible to determine for what version of
FreeBSD a binary was compiled, purely by examining the binary?
As a suggestion, use the 'ldd' command to see what version of the libc
is linked in with the binary. You didn['t mention if the binary was
lin
In the last episode (Nov 08), Erik Osterholm said:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 03:47:54PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > In the last episode (Nov 08), John Smith said:
> > > On Nov 8, 2007 6:59 PM, Yuri Pankov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > May be not entirely correct, but close:
> > > >
> > > > ld
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 03:47:54PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Nov 08), John Smith said:
> > On Nov 8, 2007 6:59 PM, Yuri Pankov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > May be not entirely correct, but close:
> > >
> > > ldd binary | grep libc.so
> >
> > Yes, that helps somewhat. At l
In the last episode (Nov 08), John Smith said:
> On Nov 8, 2007 6:59 PM, Yuri Pankov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > May be not entirely correct, but close:
> >
> > ldd binary | grep libc.so
>
> Yes, that helps somewhat. At least I now know that it's FreeBSD 4.x.
> And before I again forget somethi
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 10:16:38PM +0100, John Smith wrote:
> On Nov 8, 2007 6:59 PM, Yuri Pankov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > May be not entirely correct, but close:
> >
> > ldd binary | grep libc.so
> >
>
> Yes, that helps somewhat. At least I now know that it's FreeBSD 4.x.
> And before I
On Nov 8, 2007 6:59 PM, Yuri Pankov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> May be not entirely correct, but close:
>
> ldd binary | grep libc.so
>
Yes, that helps somewhat. At least I now know that it's FreeBSD 4.x.
And before I again forget something I forgot to mention earlier on: I
also have a file cal
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 06:01:40PM +0100, John Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
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> I was wondering if it was possible to determine for what version of
> FreeBSD a binary was compiled, purely by examining the binary?
>
>
> Any and all help and suggestions are greatly appreciated,
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
On Nov 8, 2007 6:45 PM, Chris Haulmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Try using strings to examine the binary file for clues.
>
Thanks, but... exactly what kind of 'clues' should I be looking for ?
Is there anything in particular that could be helpful or give me some
kind of hint ?
Regards,
Jo
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I was wondering if it was possible to determine for what version of
> FreeBSD a binary was compiled, purely by examining the binary?
Try using strings to examine the binary file for clues.
Chris
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>
> Any and all help and suggestions are greatly appreciated,
>
>
>
> Tha
