Binary Instrumentation

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Binary_instrumentation¹⁾ is the process of introducing new code into a program without changing its overall behavior. Binary instrumentation can be done either at:

• runtime - Dynamic Binary Instrumentation (DBI)
• offline - Static Binary instrumentation (SBI)

See also:

• Instrumentation
• Source Instrumentation

Source: http://seclab.cs.sunysb.edu/seclab/pubs/soumyakant_rpe.pdf