Interaction betwen desktop app and browser

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Hello,
I need to read specific program memory address ( ReadProcessMemory c++ like) from a client desktop and retrive this to client browser for making some opération like simply print the result.

I need advicve , there is a best way to achieve this simply.

i have no restricton, ex: if i can achieve this from browser without any desktop app or browser extension it's ok but i doubt in that.

Posted 6-Jul-13 1:37am

ekim0z

Updated 6-Jul-13 1:43am

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Richard MacCutchan 6-Jul-13 10:10am

How do you know what address to read?

pasztorpisti 6-Jul-13 16:27pm

You will need a binary browser extension to do that for sure. To create a hack like that javascript won't be enough. You will have to write the native code as a library and you have to use that library to create plugins for the most popular browsers (firefox, chrome, IE, ...). And of course you need the trust of the user who installs your plugin.

ekim0z 7-Jul-13 3:17am

Can you tell me more about "binary browser extension" and "You will have to write the native code as a library and you have to use that library to create plugins" ?

I can write c++ lib to do this but with tools we can create a plugin and add my library to this plugin ?

I found that : FireBreath

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KarstenK · Answer 1 · 2013-07-08T20:36:00

It is a titanic task because every browser comes from different vendor and has a different API. If you dont beleive it now - you believe it some cumbersome days.

I wrote a simpel demo for Firefox:

A simple Firefox Addon with XP-COM Component[^]

And there is now another interface:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/js-ctypes/Using_js-ctypes?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=js-ctypes%2FUsing_js-ctypes[^]

For the Internet Exploder you need some tricky stuff:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb250462.aspx#wpm_elebp[^]

Chrome:

https://developers.google.com/native-client/

Read this stuff carefully and try your luck the needed methods. You will need it.

After all: think about another solution because it is PAIN IN THE ASS.

Graham Breach · Answer 2 · 2013-07-08T20:57:00

Solution 2

A less-complicated option might be to write some desktop software to supply whatever information you need in the browser using an embedded web server interface. That way it should work in all browsers without having to create plugins for each one.

Posted 8-Jul-13 20:57pm

Graham Breach