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#REDIRECT [[Shellcode#Alphanumeric]]
{{Original research|date=February 2008}}
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In general, in [[computing]], an '''alphanumeric code''' is a series of letters and numbers (hence the name) which are written in a form that can be processed by a computer.
In [[BSCS]] the alphanumeric characte have meaning: "a"-"z", "A"-"Z", "0"-"9". No special characters are included.
More specifically, in computer underground terminology, alphanumeric code is [[machine code]] that is written so that it assembles into entirely alphanumeric [[ASCII]] characters such as 0-9, A-Z and a-z. This type of encoding was created by [[Hacker (computer security)|hackers]] to be able to pass machine code through a filter that removes any non-alphanumeric character and still be able to have it perform it's intended tasks succesfully. (Because normal machine code frequently uses non-alphanumeric characters, these would get removed by such a filter and the code would not be able to pass the filter without being modified to the point where it no longer works). A slightly less restrictive form of this type of encoding is printable code, which uses all [[Control character|printable]] characters such as 0-9, A-Z, a-z, !@#%^&*() etc...
Writing alphanumeric or printable code requires a good understanding of the [[instruction set architecture]] of the machine on which the code is to be executed.
==External links==
* [http://www.phrack.org/issues.html?issue=57&id=15#article Writing ia32 alphanumeric shellcodes], an article on how to write alphanumeric shellcode.
* [http://www.phrack.org/issues.html?issue=61&id=11#article Building IA32 'Unicode-Proof' shellcodes], an article on how to write unicode proof shellcode.
* [http://www.edup.tudelft.nl/~bjwever/whitepaper_shellcode.html.php Writing IA32 restricted instruction set shellcodes], an article on how to write code that is very limited in the number of characters it can use (such as alphanumeric code).
* [http://www.edup.tudelft.nl/~bjwever/documentation_alpha2.html.php ALPHA2], an alphanumeric shellcode encoder: Utility to encode normal machine code into alphanumeric (upper-case or mixed-case) ASCII or Unicode text
* [http://www.vividmachines.com/shellcode/shellcode.html#ps Shellcoding for Linux and Windows — Printable Shellcode]: Explanation and tutorial
[[Category:Security exploits]]
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