Introduction ============ What is FrIDA? -------------- Frida is a tool to better understand how some binary program works -- an Interactive Disassembler. Instead of the long instruction listing you get by running objdump, FrIDa provides you with a control flow graph and lets you annotate parts of the program you already understood. It lets you add names to things (like functions) to actually describe their function -- even if the binary has been stripped and the original names are gone. Why use FrIDa? -------------- The competition in this field isn't particularly large and FrIDa may well be the only tool available that works for you and fits your wallet. FrIDa uses the LLVM library and, as a result, can handle almost any binary program you encounter. It can do ELF binaries just as well as PE (Windows) and Mac binaries for every CPU architecture LLVM supports -- including x86 and ARM but also less common targets like Power, SPARC or MIPS. FrIDa is Free Software ---------------------- FrIDa is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.