hi ryan. it's because sqlmap doesn't know if it's ASCII or BINARY file at the other hand.
hence, HEXing is the safest way to do it (especially for e.g. UNION based technique). kind regards On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 3:04 PM, ryan cartner <ryan.cart...@gmail.com> wrote: > why does --file-read retrieve a hex stream when downloading an ascii file? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense > Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud > computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT > space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased > reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ > _______________________________________________ > sqlmap-users mailing list > sqlmap-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sqlmap-users > > -- Miroslav Stampar http://about.me/stamparm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ _______________________________________________ sqlmap-users mailing list sqlmap-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sqlmap-users
