IDA 👠

Installation

• Go to the official webpage and download the free version.
• Once downloaded:
  • chmod +x idafreeXX_linux.run
  • idafreeXX_linux.run
  • Choose the desired destination to install (default /home/USER)
• Start it by: /LOCATION/idafree-X.X/ida64

Create a permanent alias for IDA

vim ~/.bashrc
## Add thew following at the end:
 
# custom aliases
alias ida="/LOCATION/idafree-X.X/ida64"
 
## Then do the following:
source ~/.bashrc

Remember to change the version and location :D

Opening strings

• Go to View >> Open subviews >> Strings or press Shift + F12

Using the breakpoint

• Click on Right click >> Add a breakpoint or press F2
• In this case, we are going to analyze the previous operation of an elf binary which uses the strcmp() function:

• For text view → Right click >> Text View

• Now we want to execute the binary by adding some parameters. For this we are going to do: Debugger >> Process options and add the argument:

• Now we can run the program by clicking the green button