Cross Compiling Rust Code for Windows

Cross Compiling Rust Code for Windows using Docker.

Author: Whitecat18

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+# Cross Compile Rust-Programs using Docker
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+* Docker
+
+## Steps
+
+I have created an Dockerfile in my main branch of [Rust-for-Malware-Development](https://github.com/Whitecat18/Rust-for-Malware-Development.git). lets build our image
+
+
+```
+docker build . -t windows_compile 
+```
+
+> ⚠️ : This build takes upto 3 GB Space
+
+Next run the container in the following project Directory ! 
+
+Once you’ve created the image, then you can run the container by executing the following command:
+
+```
+docker run --rm -v ‘your-pwd’:/app rust_cross_compile/windows
+```
+
+The -rm option will remove the container when the command completes. The -v command allows you to persist data after a container has existed by linking your container storage with your local machine. Replace ‘your-pwd’ with the absolute path to your Rust directory
+
+Example i have compiled [EDRChecker](https://github.com/Whitecat18/Rust-for-Malware-Development/tree/main/EDRChecker) and executed on my Virtual Machine. 
+
+![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f36dd530-9da8-4e64-9180-078af6bfb37c)
+
+![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/57272c70-de5c-4435-acc8-7899c1ea7a7a)
+
+
+## Modifying Dockerfile 
+
+Here is the Default version of Rust Container
+```
+FROM rust:latest
+
+RUN apt update ; apt upgrade -y 
+RUN apt install -y g++-mingw-w64-x86-64
+
+RUN rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-gnu 
+RUN rustup toolchain install stable-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu 
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+CMD ["cargo", "build", "--target", "x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"]
+```
+
+For **--release** you can modify the Dockerfile as Follows 
+
+```
+FROM rust:latest
+
+RUN apt update ; apt upgrade -y 
+RUN apt install -y g++-mingw-w64-x86-64
+
+RUN rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-gnu 
+RUN rustup toolchain install stable-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu 
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+CMD ["cargo", "build", "--target", "x86_64-pc-windows-gnu", "--release"]
+```
+
+Here is the Image: 
+
+![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b1220909-c0c8-4645-b7a2-94acb5722bf6)
+
+![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/35efd900-2f61-4c7d-89d2-815ec318639e)
+
+THE PATH WHERE IT COMPILES AND KEEPS BINARY FILES: 
+
+![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/66fc1c4f-6759-413d-a417-3609d5bd14c2)
+