Windows API

In this exercise, you will learn about the Windows API, the Native API, and how they provide the interface between user-mode processes and the Windows kernel. You'll examine how executables resolve API function addresses through both static Import Address Table entries and dynamic resolution. Finally, you'll observe how handles serve as references to system resources, allowing processes to interact with files, other processes, and system objects through consistent API calls.

This hands-on, browser-based exercise demonstrates the practical application of concepts covered in this module and provides the foundational skills needed to analyze how any Windows executable leverages the API layer.