Executing the same binary on several operating systems
Operating Systems
2015-04-14 v2
Authors:
Steffen Grønneberg
Abstract
We notice a way to execute a binary file on Windows and ELF-based systems. It can be used to create software installers and other applications not exceeding 64 kilo bytes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cs/0612079,
title = {Executing the same binary on several operating systems},
author = {Steffen Grønneberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0612079},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
The technique is outdated
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