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ReverseEngineering

Reverse Engineering is the art of studying a process, machine, software program?, etc... , and then using that information to create a new device that will perform the same function(s).

Reverse engineering is legal in the US for many things, but be careful to understand what you can and can't do unless you want to get in trouble with lawyers from big companies!

Websites

• Basics of reverse engineering for Linux -- http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigmil/RevEng/t1.htm

• Reverse engineer Java bytecode?
  • http://www.devdaily.com/java/edu/pj/pj010022/index.shtml
  • http://home.att.net/~phildonnics/Phil/PJP/ReverseEngineer/

• How to revese engineer Steganos (?) -- http://fravia.anticrack.de/mrf_steg.htm

• ..

Legal and Ethical Issues

Check out

• How to [[reverse engineer] and still be Legal -- http://www.advogato.org/article/302.html

• Dartmouth's very own class on computer science ethics, etc.. -- Computer Science 99

As well, some of the other links above provide information on what you can (and can't do) under current law.

Be warned that new legislation such as the DMCA is severely restricting your right to reverse engineer products, computers, etc... You might be thrown in jail if you even attempt to "break copy protection?" or it is shown that you circumvented such a device or code. Be careful!

At Dartmouth

• We're currently working on a version of sidecar for linux, and it looks like we'll have to reverse engineer the protocols and code that currently exists. More on the Sidecar for Linux developer page

RobinsonTryon - 20 Mar 2003