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Learning Reverse Engineering

Posted by michael on from the click-and-drag dept.

TheBoostedBrain writes "Mike Perry and Nasko Oskov have written a very complete article about reverse engineering. It provides an introduction to reverse engineering software under both Linux and Windows."

12 of 211 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Betting pool anyone? by phalse+phace · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... taken down for DMCA violations?

    No need to. We'll take care of it just fine.

  2. Re:Mirror by SweetAndSourJesus · · Score: 5, Funny

    What would we do without wget --recursive?

    We would use wget -r.

    GNU-style flags are annoying to us lazy folk :P

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  3. Oh come on, it's easy by BabyDave · · Score: 5, Funny

    mimosa: ~ $ echo 'engineering' | rev
    gnireenigne

    What more do you need to know?

    1. Re:Oh come on, it's easy by kurosawdust · · Score: 5, Funny
      What more do you need to know?

      How to make it stop, that's what!

      bash-2.05a$ rev
      moo
      oom
      exit
      tixe
      quit
      tiuq
      Ctrl-D
      D-lrtC

      OK now it's just being a smartass.

  4. What happens when the original 404s? by kilogram · · Score: 5, Funny

    This. One of the funnier 404 messages I've seen. Take a look at the source for the page so you won't have to wait for the slow version of the text. :)

    1. Re:What happens when the original 404s? by RestiffBard · · Score: 2, Funny

      hilarious. now we're trying to slashdot 404s?

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    2. Re:What happens when the original 404s? by mkb137 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Here's another good one: http://www.valhallalegends.com/notfound

  5. Re:Betting pool anyone? by __past__ · · Score: 2, Funny

    DMCA? They have weapons of mass decompilation, dammit!

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  6. That'll come in handy by SHEENmaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    When the Thought Police arrest you so that the MPAA can sue you for intent to possibly defraud, larsony of imaginary profits, and programming without a liquor license.

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  7. Reverse Engineered by yintercept · · Score: 1, Funny

    Undoubtedly, someone will have a copyright/patent on reverse engineering methodologies.

    So, I would suspect the site will have to be taken down if it is just a copy of the copyrighted reverse enginieering process. However, if it was properly reversed engineered, then it would not be considered a copy...or, uh, something like that.

  8. Complete? My ass! by christoofar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only two sections are complete.

    When will I be able to get this in paperback so I can read it while I'm sittin' on the can?

  9. Program in Pascal by Latent+Heat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or your could release the source code -- in Pascal. Anyone without enough programming skill to understand your system will rather go blind than read Pascal code.