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title: "A stripped bzip2 build: what REA returned, checked against the source"
url: "https://reamcp.dev/en/cases/a-stripped-bzip2-build-what-rea-returned-checked-against-the-6cc58d"
source: "https://github.com/morluto/rea/discussions/2254"
source_type: "github-discussion"
author: "CassieFox23"
author_handle: "CassieFox23"
stars: 0
category: "CTF & learning"
categories: ["ctf-learning"]
tags: []
added: "2026-10-12T22:38:05.242Z"
updated: "2026-10-13T00:26:30Z"
locale: "en"
content_locale: "en"
---

# A stripped bzip2 build: what REA returned, checked against the source

Asks REA which function prints one message in a stripped, optimised bzip2 binary; the answer and 24 callees matched an unstripped build and the source, and the post lists what this does not prove.

## Description

Why it is listed: Open-source target, careful verification against the known source.

## Original README

Asks REA which function prints one message in a stripped, optimised bzip2 binary; the answer and 24 callees matched an unstripped build and the source, and the post lists what this does not prove.

Why it is listed: Open-source target, careful verification against the known source.