Mailing List Archive: FW: how to convert binary file to text file ?

FW: how to convert binary file to text file ?

Nov 14, 2005, 6:40 AM

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Hi Rich,

I want to read metabase.bin from Microsoft IIS5.0 and chech its
configuration .
Metabase.bin is a binary file which stores the configuration for IIS4.0
or IIS5.0
I need to convert it to text format to check the configuration.

Allen

PS: IIS6.0 replace metabase.bin to Metabase.xml and MBSchema.xml and
both of them are text files.

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Any particular type of binary file?

Rich.

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Re: FW: how to convert binary file to text file ? [ In reply to ]

theall at tenablesecurity

Nov 14, 2005, 10:06 AM

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On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 09:33:17PM +0800, ????(allen) wrote:

> I want to read metabase.bin from Microsoft IIS5.0 and chech its
> configuration .
> Metabase.bin is a binary file which stores the configuration for IIS4.0
> or IIS5.0
> I need to convert it to text format to check the configuration.

How would you do this generally, I mean, outside of a plugin? Is there
an algorithm that doesn't involve using MetaEdit?

George
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RE: FW: how to convert binary file to text file ? [ In reply to ]

jtm at ms15

Nov 14, 2005, 10:56 AM

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I can use IISDUMP to dump metabases to XML file and then use
smb_file_read( ) to do the pattern match test.
I just desire to know is it possible to write a plugin that can covert
metabase.ini to text file directly ?
If yes , that would be a wonderful thing.

allen

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file ?

On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 09:33:17PM +0800, ????(allen) wrote:

> I want to read metabase.bin from Microsoft IIS5.0 and chech its
> configuration . Metabase.bin is a binary file which stores the
> configuration for IIS4.0 or IIS5.0
> I need to convert it to text format to check the configuration.

How would you do this generally, I mean, outside of a plugin? Is there
an algorithm that doesn't involve using MetaEdit?

George
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Re: FW: how to convert binary file to text file ? [ In reply to ]

theall at tenablesecurity

Nov 14, 2005, 1:00 PM

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On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 02:56:16AM +0800, ??(Allen) wrote:

> I can use IISDUMP to dump metabases to XML file and then use
> smb_file_read( ) to do the pattern match test.
> I just desire to know is it possible to write a plugin that can covert
> metabase.ini to text file directly ?

Plugins can't generally call external programs so you need to figure out
a way to parse the file directly.

George
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