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Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

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Post by int_19h »

ChrisSD wrote: post #40
modeless wrote: post #16

I believe that scripts without a shebang line cannot be executed by execve. They will only run if the shell sees them before the kernel does. It's an annoying limitation of this approach and it wasn't clear to me whether this technique includes a workaround for this. Also the push for code signing everywhere is going to make this harder in the future as well. (I heard a rumor that the workaround to run unsigned execu…

> C compiler is installed It's a great idea but that part is a big ask for any Windows user who doesn't develop desktop applications.

On Windows, though, there's C# compiler out of the box on every OS since Vista. And C# has a bunch of rarely-used syntax for things like raw pointers, that can work on more or less the same level as C, and even look pretty similar. It might be possible to do something with that.

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#102

Post by keiferski »

hvenev wrote: post #78
mastazi wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"actmally rdrtable execmtable" that's more or less how it reads to someone who knows the Greek alphabet :-D (I might be partially wrong because I've studied Greek many years ago and my memory is not good)

It's somehow worse than "toys ya us".

Or Nee (Nine Inch Nails: NIИ)

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

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Post by NKosmatos »

082349872349872 wrote: post #44
quickthrower2 wrote: post #37

"Actually Portable Executable" Incase anyone searches on hn.aloglia in future!

"Όντως φορητό εκτελέσιμο" ?

IMHO a better meaning would be "Πραγματικά φορητό εκτελέσιμο", but yours is also pretty close ;-) Having being involved with translation of software into Greek it's the small differences that bring the meaning as close to real usage as possible and not the transliteration that makes a great translation.

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#104

Post by int_19h »

user5994461 wrote: post #86
ChrisSD wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed. The Win32 API (and UWP et al) is the only one that's officially stable. Kernel syscalls themselves are entirely unstable. Not even just the numbers but the calling convention and everything else. Microsoft reserves the right to add, remove or modify anything in or exposed by the NT kernel. Of course they won't do so frivolously but syscall numbers are especially prone to change with a new build of the kernel.…

I might not be following here. Windows kernel functions are those in ntdll.dll. They've been stable for a very long time as far as I am aware. Well, the 30% of them that are documented at least. It's used by drivers, antivirus and rootkits. C headers with the prototypes are available from the Windows Driver Development Kit. It's not something you want to use though, the average kernel function takes 10 arguments to s…

There are different rules for drivers. Which is also why it's common and normal for a driver written for an older version of Windows to not work on a new version, but it's rare (and considered a bug) for userspace software.

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#106

Post by mkup »

user5994461 wrote: post #86
ChrisSD wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed. The Win32 API (and UWP et al) is the only one that's officially stable. Kernel syscalls themselves are entirely unstable. Not even just the numbers but the calling convention and everything else. Microsoft reserves the right to add, remove or modify anything in or exposed by the NT kernel. Of course they won't do so frivolously but syscall numbers are especially prone to change with a new build of the kernel.…

I might not be following here. Windows kernel functions are those in ntdll.dll. They've been stable for a very long time as far as I am aware. Well, the 30% of them that are documented at least. It's used by drivers, antivirus and rootkits. C headers with the prototypes are available from the Windows Driver Development Kit. It's not something you want to use though, the average kernel function takes 10 arguments to s…

Symbol names and function prototypes in ntdll.dll are stable (albeit not officially stable), but system call numbers change frequently: https://j00ru.vexillium.org/syscalls/nt/64/

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#107

Post by Gerrish »

mastazi wrote: post #77
axegon_ wrote: post #74

People... Please stop using foreign alphabets like that! It's a nightmare for those of us who know the alphabets. It took me a good 20 seconds to read the title. And it's magnitudes worse when someone uses cyrillic for instance and it's native to me.

"actmally rdrtable execmtable" that's more or less how it reads to someone who knows the Greek alphabet :-D (I might be partially wrong because I've studied Greek many years ago and my memory is not good)

actmally r-thee-ta-blae execm-ta-blae

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#108

Post by numerobis »

mastazi wrote: post #77
axegon_ wrote: post #74

People... Please stop using foreign alphabets like that! It's a nightmare for those of us who know the alphabets. It took me a good 20 seconds to read the title. And it's magnitudes worse when someone uses cyrillic for instance and it's native to me.

"actmally rdrtable execmtable" that's more or less how it reads to someone who knows the Greek alphabet :-D (I might be partially wrong because I've studied Greek many years ago and my memory is not good)

Really confusing that they use mu when upsilon is available...

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#109

Post by 0-_-0 »

phlummox wrote: post #92
Cthulhu_ wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a massive issue on Twitter when people use "vanity" display names as well.

It's the Cyclopean, non-Euclidean display names that really grind my gears.

Oh yes, the Cyclopean usernames of titan blocks and sky-flung monoliths, all dripping with green ooze and sinister with latent horror. Definitely not screen-reader friendly.

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

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Post by learnstats2 »

nurettin wrote: post #85
axegon_ wrote: post #74

People... Please stop using foreign alphabets like that! It's a nightmare for those of us who know the alphabets. It took me a good 20 seconds to read the title. And it's magnitudes worse when someone uses cyrillic for instance and it's native to me.

Foreign alphabet transliteration drama thread under the best hacking-grade article in years. Thanks, hn.

Yep - if you want people to focus on what you actually wrote, don't do this. I couldn't get past the title.
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