full-disclosure - Re: DLL hijacking POC (failed, see for yourself)

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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:38:36 -0400
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com>
To: Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@...il.com>
Cc: Stefan Kanthak <stefan.kanthak@...go.de>, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: DLL hijacking POC (failed, see for yourself)

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@...il.com> wrote:
>> Yes. Once again: get your homework done!
>>
>>> http://www.codeproject.com/KB/DLL/dynamicdllloading.aspx
>>
>> That's a double DYNAMIC there!
>
> Did you even bother to read the article? The very first paragraph
> states the difference between the two.
>
> Oh, and for the records, you can't statically link to dll files. At
> least, not in the way you're imagining.
> Static linking (in your case) only works for object files (.o or .lib).
>
> Dlls are inherently dynamic. Which is why they can be *loaded* both
> *statically* and *dynamically*.
> You can call that "implicit" vs "explicit" all you want, but the fact
> remains that one is static and the other is not.
Hmmm.... you should probably revisit this one. Also see Richter's
"Programming Windows" series (the latest is Windows via C++).

[SNIP]

> By the way, oldie...
Lol.... You will probably be old one day also (statistically, if you
made it to 18, you'll most likely make it to old age).

[SNIP]

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