The Automatic Identification of Text During the Disassembly of Binary Machine Language

Jarrells, Michael F

ISBN 10: 1288302363 / ISBN 13: 9781288302369

Published by Biblioscholar, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Automatic Identification of Text During the Disassembly of Binary Machine Language
• Publisher: Biblioscholar
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1288302363
• ISBN 13: 9781288302369
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The goal of the research presented was to find a way to effectively identify text data and instructions in a machine language program written for Intel's 80 x 86 architecture and Microsoft's Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) following the command (.com) file format. A review of disassembler technology suggested that a pattern matching technique could be an effective technique for identifying text data in a machine language file. A series of tests were conducted to determine the effectiveness of a pattern matching technique. Results from the tests suggest that using a pattern matching technique is effective at identifying text data in a binary machine language file. The pattern matching algorithm presented in this research was eighty-six percent effective at identifying text data in fifteen test machine language files written for MS-DOS following the .com format.