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Title: Why is it that most conventional applications are incapable of copying live memory from a computer system?
Post by: billyhilly on May 5, 2019

Why is it that most conventional applications are incapable of copying live memory from a computer system?



▸ They're not incapable. It's easy to capture memory.

▸ Because memory is constantly shifting. The mere fact that you are copying the memory causes it to change.

▸ Because direct access to system memory requires a kernel-mode procedure call. Most applications only have user-mode access.

▸ Because system memory is not part of the regular file system.


Title: Why is it that most conventional applications are incapable of copying live memory from a computer system?
Post by: coltonf1 on May 5, 2019
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