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reverse_engineering:ghidra:create_a_project [2022/03/13 15:59] kitorreverse_engineering:ghidra:create_a_project [2022/04/01 17:46] (current) – [Initial analysis] kitor
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 Project is now ready to start disassembling. Project is now ready to start disassembling.
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 +=== Configure auto analysis ===
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 +Navigate to ''Analysis -> Auto analysis "<file_name>"''.
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 +There's no good answer on what should be selected here (some tools may even crash Ghidra), but as a rule of thumb:
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 +  * Disable "Non-returning functions - discovered"
 +  * Disable "Embedded Media".
 +  * Disable "Create Address Tables". In worst cases this option exhausts system memory and crashes Ghidra. 
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 +Click ''Apply'' (do not click ''Analyze''!). Close the window.
  
 === Run disassembly === === Run disassembly ===
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 === Run auto analysis === === Run auto analysis ===
  
-Navigate to ''Analysis -> Auto analysis "<file_name>"''+Go back to ''Analysis -> Auto analysis "<file_name>"''.
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-There's no good answer on what should be selected here (some tools may even crash Ghidra), but as a rule of thumb: +
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-  * Disable "Non-returning functions - discovered" +
-  * Disable "Embedded Media"+
-  * Disable "Create Address Tables". In worst cases this option exhausts system memory and crashes Ghidra+
  
 Run the analysis - it will take a long time. After it is done, you may want to run "one shot" analysis for Embedded media and for Create Address Tables - but YMMV. Run the analysis - it will take a long time. After it is done, you may want to run "one shot" analysis for Embedded media and for Create Address Tables - but YMMV.
  
reverse_engineering/ghidra/create_a_project.txt · Last modified: 2022/04/01 17:46 by kitor