How to analyze a binary file?
In this article, we will describe how to understand a binary file format by mapping the file to a hierarchical list of data structures and analyzing their properties and relations. We will first introduce the private key blobs briefly and provide a private key blob as a sample binary file. We will then create a document template for the private key blobs using Hexprobe template techniques and parse the sample file to a hierarchical list of simpler data members. We will finally analyze some components contained by the sample blob using two Hexprobe utilities to verify their properties and mathematic relations.
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