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on the executable
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SHT_SYMTAB
on the executable
by
Ciro Santilli
37
Updated
2025-07-16
By default, NASM
places
a
.symtab
on the executable
as
well.
This is only used for
debugging
. Without the
symbols
,
we
are completely blind, and must reverse
engineer
everything
.
You can strip it with
objcopy
, and the executable will still run. Such executables are called "stripped executables".
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