To get the most out of this book
In order not to miss any detail in the text, you should already have some knowledge in the following areas:
- General knowledge of operating systems and, ideally, the specifics of POSIX-compliant systems
- The C and Python programming languages
- Some basic knowledge of embedded devices and/or electronics
This book assumes that you have the following tools installed on your system (see the following table):
|
Software/hardware covered in the book |
Other requirements/instructions |
|
QEMU |
[Refer to Chapter 1] |
|
AFL/AFL++ |
[Refer to Chapter 1] |
|
Ghidra |
[Refer to Chapter 1] |
|
Avatar2 |
[Refer to Chapter 1] |
The The utility belt section found in Chapter 1 provides a brief background on each of the aforementioned tools, together with installation instructions. Additionally, a working installation of some common tools such as Git and Python 3 is assumed present.
If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.
