import address table (IAT)

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  • George3

    import address table (IAT)


    Hello everyone,


    1.

    After my study, the address of IAT of an executable is known at
    compile/link time, other than known at load/runtime, right?

    I have this confusion because if an EXE needs to link with an import
    library, some of the instructions in the import library contains
    pointers to the address to the IAT entries of the EXE (right?) which
    needs to be fixed-up during load time. So, if IAT address is not known
    at compile/link time, import library will not be able to contain
    pointers to the address of IAT.

    2.

    IAT address of an EXE is some default address which has the same values
    for all EXE?


    thanks in advance,
    George



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