Re: [Capstone-users] epic: bin to llvm

[Nguyen A. Q. <aq...@gm...>]

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Peter Matula <p3t...@gm...>
wrote:

>  Hello,
> I was looking at "Blackhat USA 2014 slides" and found a mention about
> something that interests me: "Epic: framework to translate binaries of any
> arch to LLVM bitcode". I watched a video of this presentation on youtube,
> where Nguyen Anh Quynh said that it is something he is working on, and that
> it is a work in progress.
>
> So, I would like to ask if this is still true.
>

that is true, yes.
note that this requires a lot of work on design & implementation to have a
proper product, so it takes time.



> Is someone working on it? If yes, how far is it? Can we hope for a release
> in some not so distant future? I think such a tool would come in handy in
> many projects.
>
> I have been experimenting with both capstone and LLVM, and I'm thinking
> about writing some simple prototype (probably for MIPS) just to see what it
> takes. However, it would be a waste of time if there already is an almost
> finished implementation just around the corner.
>
>
i hope to be able to shed some lights & talk more about this in few months
time.


cheers,
Q