An overview of the makesig plugin

makesig plugin overview

The makesig plugin was introduced in the IDA 8.4 release, and it is a convenient tool for generating FLIRT signatures from a current database. As you probably already know, FLIRT stands for Fast LibrarybIdentification and Recognition Technology, allowing IDA to recognize standard library functions generated by supported compilers. This technology improves the disassembly listing by making it more readable and usable. It is important to mention that it isn’t possible for IDA to cover all existing libraries, …

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