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x64 Architecture and Programming (Part 2)

Continuing from where part 1 left off, this course digs deeper into the x64 architecture.

43 Lessons

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Pavel Yosifovich

Developer, trainer, author and (sometimes) speaker. Founder of TrainSec academy.

25+ years as Software developer, trainer, consultant, author, and speaker. Co-author of “Windows Internals”. Author of “Windows Kernel Programming”, “Windows 10 System Programming, as well as System and kernel programming courses on PentesterAcademy, and “Windows Internals” series of courses on PluralSight.

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x64 Architecture and Programming Part 2 Course Contents

Chapters included in this course

Advanced Architecture

x64ArchAndProg (Part 2
StructVisualize
Privilege Levels • 18 mins
Rings (Extended) • 10 mins Preview
Mode Transistions • 10 mins
CPUID • 9 mins
MSRs • 7 mins
Control Registers • 19 mins
Segmentation • 12 mins
Segment Data Structures and Registers • 11 mins
64-Bit Changes • 10 mins
Segment Registers • 7 mins Preview
Segment Selectors • 9 mins
Descriptor Tables • 2 mins
Segment Descriptors • 16 mins
Segment Descriptors (cont.) • 12 mins
Gate Descriptors • 9 mins
Far Calls • 9 mins
Privilege Level Types • 7 mins
Data Access Checks • 8 mins
Call Transfer Access Checks • 16 mins
Call Gate Transfers • 8 mins
Task Management • 11 mins

Virtual Page Translation

CPUs, Cores, and Caches • 20 mins
Page Translation Overview • 17 mins
Virtual Address Translation • 23 mins
x86 Legacy Address Translation • 14 mins
x86 PAE Address Translation • 11 mins
x64 4 Level Page Translation • 6 mins
Address Translation Demo • 19 mins
5 Level Trabslation • 5 mins
Page Translation Entries • 11 mins
Page Translation Fields • 5 mins
TLB • 4 mins
Page Protection Mechanisms • 6 mins

Miscellaneous Topics

System Calls • 12 mins
SWAPSG • 13 mins
Interrupts and Exceptions • 8 mins
External Interrupts • 13 mins
Interrupts and Windows • 5 mins
Shellcode • 24 mins
Floating Point Arithmetic • 2 mins
Summary • 8 mins

Pavel Yosifovich

Developer, trainer, author and (sometimes) speaker. Founder of TrainSec academy.

25+ years as Software developer, trainer, consultant, author, and speaker. Co-author of “Windows Internals”. Author of “Windows Kernel Programming”, “Windows 10 System Programming, as well as System and kernel programming courses on PentesterAcademy, and “Windows Internals” series of courses on PluralSight.

Books and publications

x64 Architecture and Programming (Part 2)

Continuing from where part 1 left off, this course digs deeper into the x64 architecture.