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Symbol tables zip files must be placed, as named, into the `volatility/symbols` directory (or just the symbols directory next to the executable file).
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Symbol tables zip files must be placed, as named, into the `volatility3/symbols` directory (or just the symbols directory next to the executable file).
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Windows symbols that cannot be found will be queried, downloaded, generated and cached. Mac and Linux symbol tables must be manually produced by a tool such as [dwarf2json](https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/dwarf2json).
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* Templates and Objects
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* Symbol Tables
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Volatility 3 stores all of these within a :py:class:`Context <volatility.framework.interfaces.context.ContextInterface>`,
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Volatility 3 stores all of these within a :py:class:`Context <volatility3.framework.interfaces.context.ContextInterface>`,
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which acts as a container for all the various layers and tables necessary to conduct memory analysis.
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Memory layers
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processor, but these are all translations (either in the geometric or linguistic sense) of the original data.
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In Volatility 3 this is represented by a directed graph, whose end nodes are
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:py:class:`DataLayers <volatility.framework.interfaces.layers.DataLayerInterface>` and whose internal nodes are
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specifically called a :py:class:`TranslationLayer <volatility.framework.interfaces.layers.TranslationLayerInterface>`.
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:py:class:`DataLayers <volatility3.framework.interfaces.layers.DataLayerInterface>` and whose internal nodes are
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specifically called a :py:class:`TranslationLayer <volatility3.framework.interfaces.layers.TranslationLayerInterface>`.
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In this way, a raw memory image in the LiME file format and a page file can be
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combined to form a single Intel virtual memory layer. When requesting addresses from the Intel layer, it will use the
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Intel memory mapping algorithm, along with the address of the directory table base or page table map, to translate that
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Once we can address contiguous chunks of memory with a means to translate a virtual address (as seen by the programs)
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into the actual data used by the processor, we can start pulling out
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:py:class:`Objects <volatility.framework.interfaces.objects.ObjectInterface>` by taking a
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:py:class:`~volatility.framework.interfaces.objects.Template` and constructing
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it on the memory layer at a specific offset. A :py:class:`~volatility.framework.interfaces.objects.Template` contains
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:py:class:`Objects <volatility3.framework.interfaces.objects.ObjectInterface>` by taking a
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:py:class:`~volatility3.framework.interfaces.objects.Template` and constructing
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it on the memory layer at a specific offset. A :py:class:`~volatility3.framework.interfaces.objects.Template` contains
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all the information you can know about the structure of the object without actually being populated by any data.
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As such a :py:class:`~volatility.framework.interfaces.objects.Template` can tell you the size of a structure and its
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As such a :py:class:`~volatility3.framework.interfaces.objects.Template` can tell you the size of a structure and its
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members, how far into the structure a particular member lives and potentially what various values in that field would
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mean, but not what resides in a particular member.
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Using a :py:class:`~volatility.framework.interfaces.objects.Template` on a memory layer at a particular offset, an
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:py:class:`Object <volatility.framework.interfaces.objects.ObjectInterface>` can be constructed. In Volatility 3, once an
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:py:class:`Object <volatility.framework.interfaces.objects.ObjectInterface>` has been created, the data has been read from the
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Using a :py:class:`~volatility3.framework.interfaces.objects.Template` on a memory layer at a particular offset, an
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:py:class:`Object <volatility3.framework.interfaces.objects.ObjectInterface>` can be constructed. In Volatility 3, once an
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:py:class:`Object <volatility3.framework.interfaces.objects.ObjectInterface>` has been created, the data has been read from the
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layer and is not read again. An object allows its members to be interrogated and in particular allows pointers to be
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followed, providing easy access to the data contained in the object.
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Most compiled programs know of their own templates, and define the structure (and location within the program) of these
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templates as a :py:class:`Symbol <volatility.framework.interfaces.symbols.SymbolInterface>`. A
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:py:class:`Symbol <volatility.framework.interfaces.symbols.SymbolInterface>` is often an address and a template and can
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templates as a :py:class:`Symbol <volatility3.framework.interfaces.symbols.SymbolInterface>`. A
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:py:class:`Symbol <volatility3.framework.interfaces.symbols.SymbolInterface>` is often an address and a template and can
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be used to refer to either independently. Lookup tables of these symbols are often produced as debugging information
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alongside the compilation of the program. Volatility 3 provides access to these through a
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:py:class:`SymbolTable <volatility.framework.interfaces.symbols.SymbolTableInterface>`, many of which can be collected
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within a :py:class:`~volatility.framework.contexts.Context` as a :py:class:`SymbolSpace <volatility.framework.interfaces.symbols.SymbolSpaceInterface>`.
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A :py:class:`~volatility.framework.contexts.Context` can store only one :py:class:`~volatility.framework.symbols.SymbolSpace`
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at a time, although a :py:class:`~volatility.framework.symbols.SymbolSpace` can store as
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many :py:class:`~volatility.framework.symbols.SymbolTable` items as necessary.
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:py:class:`SymbolTable <volatility3.framework.interfaces.symbols.SymbolTableInterface>`, many of which can be collected
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within a :py:class:`~volatility3.framework.contexts.Context` as a :py:class:`SymbolSpace <volatility.framework.interfaces.symbols.SymbolSpaceInterface>`.
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A :py:class:`~volatility3.framework.contexts.Context` can store only one :py:class:`~volatility.framework.symbols.SymbolSpace`
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at a time, although a :py:class:`~volatility3.framework.symbols.SymbolSpace` can store as
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many :py:class:`~volatility3.framework.symbols.SymbolTable` items as necessary.
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Volatility 3 uses the de facto naming convention for symbols of `module!symbol` to refer to them. It reads them from its
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own JSON formatted file, which acts as a common intermediary between Windows PDB files, Linux DWARF files, other symbol
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formats and the internal Python format that Volatility 3 uses to represent
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a :py:class:`~volatility.framework.interfaces.objects.Template` or
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a :py:class:`~volatility3.framework.interfaces.objects.Template` or
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.. note:: Volatility 2's name for a :py:class:`~volatility3.framework.symbols.SymbolSpace` was a profile, but it could
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not differentiate between symbols from different modules and required special handling for 32-bit programs that
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collisions. It read the symbols using a format called *vtypes*, written in Python code directly.
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specific form of analysis on the :py:class:`Context <volatility3.framework.interfaces.context.ContextInterface>`
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(containing whatever symbol tables and memory layers it may). The means of communication between the user interface and
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the library is the configuration tree, which is used by components within the :py:class:`~volatility.framework.contexts.Context`
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the library is the configuration tree, which is used by components within the :py:class:`~volatility3.framework.contexts.Context`
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to store configurable data. After the plugin has been run, it then returns the results in a specific format known as a
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:py:class:`~volatility.framework.interfaces.renderers.TreeGrid`. This ensures that the data can be handled by consumers of
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:py:class:`~volatility3.framework.interfaces.renderers.TreeGrid`. This ensures that the data can be handled by consumers of
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every plugin with a :py:class:`~volatility.framework.renderers.TreeGrid`, and the user interface can then determine how
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every plugin with a :py:class:`~volatility3.framework.renderers.TreeGrid`, and the user interface can then determine how
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best to display it. For the Command Line Interface, that might be via text output as a table, or it might output to an
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SQLite database or a CSV file. For a web interface, the best output is probably as JSON where it could be displayed as
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library (such as a :py:class:`Plugin <volatility.framework.interfaces.plugins.PluginInterface>`,
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an :py:class:`Automagic <volatility3.framework.interfaces.automagic.AutomagicInterface>`, etc.) can use the configuration
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taking a raw memory image and automatically providing the plugin with an appropriate Intel translation layer and an
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accurate symbol table without either the plugin or the calling program having to specify all the necessary details.
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