[Q] How to find recv/send function addresses

Hi.

I've read some general tutorials about that, but most of them use OllyDbg, which is detected by hack shield.
I wonder how do you guys get those addresses which are then used for detouring ...
Maybe some hints which tools to use ... ?
And maybe how to find the functions?

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EDIT:
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Seems like the sending is done in ntdll ... do I get anything closer .. waaaawh


EDIT2: So, the mov edi, edi actually does nothing. Or in other words, it provides a space for hooking.
If I use this as a sending function:
push ebp
mov ebp, esp
sub esp, 18
JMP PBACK

.. what address does needs to be in PBACK? Before "mov edi, edi", right on that address, after or on PUSH?

y normal hackshield detects Ollydbg but with modded it works.
But for normal People like u, understand what and how search patterns work -> then download Private server without an Hackshield and work there to find those addresses.
(at Pserv sup esp, 14) <- just change to 18 in ur Pattern

Or just unpack engine.exe and search for ws2_32 send or string 'send() fail' and jump backwards till u come to the push ebp mov ebp, esp sup esp, 18

normaly u breakpoint ws2_32 send and write 'hello' into the chat and u just jump backwards till u got the decrypted packet and use those function for your own code.

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So, if I'm correct, those are send and recv functions. But here the data is already encrypted isn't it? So I need to go backward.


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This function starts as you've said and it's calling the send function on the first picture. So that might be it?
In this case, what is the search pattern?
55 8B EC 83 EC 18 57 89 4D E8

That is the unpacked engine I found ... I think it's from year 2010. That pattern should still be the same?

Thanks for your answer.

sure patterns never changed
and u can just run engine.exe with ollydbg, runtime = unpacked

you can also use IDA by hex-rays or any disassembler and search for send/recv/connect etc..

Thanks for the answers. :)
I've tried IDA and I'm lost there lol ... I like ollydbg

i only using IDA with the plugin Hex-Rays for copy&paste long asm functions into c++
not for reversing

I've used this pattern to search for (encrypted) receive function:
"55 8B EC 83 EC 08 89 4D F8 8B 45 14 50 8B 4D 10 51 8B 55 0C 52 8B 45 08 50 FF 15".
Scan from 0x00400000 to 0x007FFFFFF.
As a result I got the address 5D23C0.
Then I hook it and my function is never called. Could be that my search pattern is wrong? Am I getting the right address back?

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Thanks for this, but I'm still stuck here.

I've tried this signature:
\x55\x8B\xEC\x83\xEC\x08\x89\x4D\xF8\x8B\x45\x14\x 50\x8B\x4D\x10\x51\x8B\x55\x0C\x52\x8B\x45\x08\x50 \xFF\x15\x00\x00\x00\x00\x89\x45\xFC\x83\x7D\xFC\x FF\x75\x25\xFF\x15\x00\x00\x00\x00\x3D\x00\x00\x00 \x00\x74\x18\xB9\x00\x00\x00\x00\x85\xC9\x74\x02\x EB\x0D\x68\x00\x00\x00\x00\xE8\x00\x00\x00\x00\x83 \xC4\x04\x8B\x45\xFC\x8B\xE5\x5D\xC2\x10\x00
Mask: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx????xxxxxxxxxxx????x??? ?xxx????xxxxxxx????x????xxxxxxxxxxxx

and
\x55\x8B\xEC\x83\xEC\x20\x89\x4D\xE0\x8B\x45\xE0\x 83\xB8\x48\x5F\x00\x00\x02\x0F\x83\x00\x00\x00\x00 \x8B\x4D\xE0\xBA\x00\x00\x00\x00\x2B\x91\x00\x00\x 00\x00\x89\x55\xF8\x8B\x45\xE0\x8B\x88\x00\x00\x00 \x00\x8B\x55\xE0\x8D\x84\x0A\x00\x00\x00\x00\x89\x 45\xF4\x8B\x4D\xE0\x8B\x91\x00\x00\x00\x00\x89\x55 \xF0\x6A\x00\x8B\x45\xF8\x50\x8B\x4D\xF4\x51\x8B\x 55\xF0\x8B\x42\x04\x50\x8B\x4D\xF0\xE8\x00\x00\x00 \x00
Mask:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx????xxxx????xx????xxxxxxxx??? ?xxxxxx????xxxxxxxx????xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx??? ?

The address is found but my hook function is still not getting called. :|

the pattern exist more then once (;?

And i guess the hook is detected, so hackshield remove it u can hook the recv normaly just with

But its normaly the encrypted but ur lucky, kal Recv crypt works such -> Kal function crypt it and before the Recv call it decrypt again XD(But send is rly crypted and the engine functions hook is detected at Send, So ur Pro or just use Send to Send ur Packets not hook it..)

So its ~0,5sec slower but works very well too but my old source still works fine i guess just with my tipp: Hackshield remove detours/hook at the start from the Recv/Send so u need to place them +5 bytes