What is a HANDLE??

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does it say somewhere that a handle is a pointer to a
pointer??? in that case if i open a process twice they
should point to the same location??? try doing it with
openprocess.
if i have a handle to a process then how can i get
other info (ie PID, etc) in kernel mode.
thankx
kudrt

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does it say somewhere that a handle is a pointer to a
pointer??? in that case if i open a process twice they
should point to the same location??? try doing it with
openprocess.
if i have a handle to a process then how can i get
other info (ie PID, etc) in kernel mode.
thankx
kudrt

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A handle could be one of many things, including a pointer.
But it could also be an index into an array of private structures etc.

Read the article “Give Me a Handle, and I’ll Show You an Object” in the
MSDN.

Rob Linegar
Software Engineer
Data Encryption Systems Limited

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Subject: [ntdev] What is a HANDLE??

does it say somewhere that a handle is a pointer to a
pointer??? in that case if i open a process twice they
should point to the same location??? try doing it with
openprocess.
if i have a handle to a process then how can i get
other info (ie PID, etc) in kernel mode.
thankx
kudrt

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