A FORMAL INTRODUCTION WITH REVERSE ENGINEERING

 

When I was a kid I had the habit of or say the passion of opening up machines and looking inside with deep enthusiasm the parts and particles inside. Even the battery used in torchlight couldn’t escape. And in this process many a times I ended with mending some of my toy cars and breaking down our old radio, VCR several watches and many and took some really memorable electric jolts. So before becoming nostalgic let me come to the topic and here we go.. 

What is reverse Engineering?
Often stated in EULAs (End User Licence Agreement) as being forbidden, however it is rarely ever “defined” Reverse engineering is the process of extracting the knowledge or design blueprints from anything man-made or sometimes natural. The concept of reversing has been around since long before computers or modern technology, and probably dates back to the days of the industrial revolution or may be even before.

Like software engineering, software reverse engineering is a purely virtual process, involving only a CPU, and human intelligence. Reverse Engineering understands how a proprietary piece of software works. Software reverse engineering integrates several arts: code breaking, puzzle solving, programming, and logical analysis. All this stuff makes reversing quite interesting. Try and you will realize.

Uses

Generally, there are two categories of reverse engineering applications: security-related(both good and bad) and software development–related.

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