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The process of extracting the knowledge or design blueprints from anything man-made.
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Reverse engineering
LG-1.1 – Define Reverse Engineering (A) [Slide #7, Eilam P. 3] |
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To obtain missing knowledge, ideas, and design philosophy when such information is unavailable. In some cases, the information is owned by someone who isn’t willing to share them. In other cases, the information has been lost or destroyed.
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Reverse engineering is usually conducted
LG-1.2 – Identify when reverse engineering is conducted (A) [Slide #8, Eilam P. 3-4] |
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This category of reversing is Used by malware developers, security software developers, crackers, and for encryption research.
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Security-related
LG-1.3 – Distinguish between the different categories of reverse engineering (B) [Slide #9-22, Eilam P. 5-9] |
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This category of reversing deals with Malicious Software;
Reversing is used extensively in both ends of the malicious software chain. Developers of malicious software often use reversing to locate vulnerabilities in operating systems and other software. |
Security-related
LG-1.3 – Distinguish between the different categories of reverse engineering (B) [Slide #9-22, Eilam P. 5-9] |
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This category of reversing deals with Reversing Cryptographic Algorithms;
Restricted algorithms are the kind some kids play with; writing a letter to a friend with each letter shifted several letters up or down. The secret in restricted algorithms is the algorithm itself. |
Security-related
LG-1.3 – Distinguish between the different categories of reverse engineering (B) [Slide #9-22, Eilam P. 5-9] |
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This category of reversing Digital Rights Management;
This topic is highly related to reverse engineering because crackers routinely use reverse-engineering techniques while attempting to defeat DRM technologies. The reason for this is that to defeat a DRM technology one must understand how it works. |
Security-related
LG-1.3 – Distinguish between the different categories of reverse engineering (B) [Slide #9-22, Eilam P. 5-9] |
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This category of reversing deals with Auditing Program Binaries; With open-source software, having open access to the program’s source code means that certain vulnerabilities and security holes can be discovered very early on, often before malicious programs can take advantage of them.
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Security-related
LG-1.3 – Distinguish between the different categories of reverse engineering (B) [Slide #9-22, Eilam P. 5-9] |
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This category of reversing can be incredibly useful to software developers to achieve interoperability, develop competing software and to evaluate quality and robustness. Reversing can be incredibly useful to software developers to achieve interoperability, develop competing software and to evaluate quality and robustness.
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Software development–related
LG-1.3 – Distinguish between the different categories of reverse engineering (B) [Slide #9-22, Eilam P. 5-9] |
