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Re: Parse binary files into XML, sanitize the XML,reconstitute

• From: Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 21:13:37 +0000

On 12/13/2016 02:19 PM, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
[...]
> Let’s recap: using a standard technology (DFDL) I parsed a binary
> file (JPEG). The output is XML. I then processed the XML using the
> full suite of XML technologies (XSLT, Schematron, XML Schema, etc.).
> Lastly, I unparsed the XML to reconstitute the binary.

Very interesting. Can it be used to detect the Stegano exploit of hiding
malware in the byte-values of the transparency of pixels?

///Peter

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