Foundations of Linux Debugging, Disassembling, and Reversing

Chapter One - x64.1: Memory, Registers, and Simple Arithmetic.- Chapter Two - x64.2: Code Optimization.- Chapter Three - x64.3: Number Representations.- Chapter Four - x64.4: Pointers.- Chapter Five - x64.5: Bytes, Words, Double, and Quad Words.- Chapter Six - x64.6: Pointers to Memory.- Chapter Seven - x64.7: Logical Instructions and RIP.- Chapter Eight - x64.8: Reconstructing a Program with Pointers.- Chapter Nine - x64.9: Memory and Stacks.- Chapter Ten - x64.10: Frame Pointer and Local Variables.- Chapter Eleven - x64.11: Function Parameters.- Chapter Twelve - x64.12: More Instructions.- Chapter Thirteen - x64.13: Function Pointer Parameters.- Chapter Fourteen - x64.14: Summary of Code Disassembly Patterns.

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