| ??? 09/25/06 20:33 Read: times |
#125040 - Modifying the code Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Erik Malund said:
If not integrated with a debugger, they, as far as I can see, have only two purposes
a) outright thievery b) sloppy practices ("I lost the source") c) Making changes to the operation of a piece of equipment if the manufacturer is unwilling, unable, or out of business. F'rinstance: I made some changes in the way my burglar alarm system works. After disassembling the code, I also found a really *nasty* bug that could cause the BA to freeze up. It had never frozen, but it was a possibility. Note I said "was" :-) I'm sure that if you ask enough people, you'll hear about reasons d) through z) and then some, all of them valid. |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| D52 disassembler update | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| what's the fascination with disassemblers | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Reverse Engineering | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I call it | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Legitimate Reverse Engineering | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| OK, you got c) | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Other side of the coin | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Other side | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Technique | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Modifying the code | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| valid vs legal | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I'll make it clear | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
ethics? | 01/01/70 00:00 |