Reversing

Beginning with a basic primer on reverse engineering-including computer internals, operating systems, and assembly language-and then discussing the various applications of reverse engineering, this book provides readers with practical, in-depth techniques for software reverse engineering. The book is broken into two parts, the first deals with security-related reverse engineering and the second explores the more practical aspects of reverse engineering. In addition, the author explains how to reverse engineer a third-party software library to improve interfacing and how to reverse engineer a competitor's software to build a better product. * The first popular book to show how software reverse engineering can help defend against security threats, speed up development, and unlock the secrets of competitive products * Helps developers plug security holes by demonstrating how hackers exploit reverse engineering techniques to crack copy-protection schemes and identify software targets for viruses and other malware * Offers a primer on advanced reverse-engineering, delving into "e;disassembly"e;-code-level reverse engineering-and explaining how to decipher assembly language

Beginning with a basic primer on reverse engineering-includingcomputer internals, operating systems, and assembly language-andthen discussing the variousapplications of reverse engineering, this book provides readerswith practical, in-depth techniques for software reverseengineering. The book is broken into two parts, the first dealswith security-related reverse engineering and the second exploresthe more practical aspects of reverse engineering. In addition, theauthor explains how to reverse engineer a third-party softwarelibrary to improve interfacing and how to reverse engineer acompetitor's software to build a better product.* The first popular book to show how software reverse engineeringcan help defend against security threats, speed up development, andunlock the secrets of competitive products* Helps developers plug security holes by demonstrating how hackersexploit reverse engineering techniques to crack copy-protectionschemes and identify software targets for viruses and othermalware* Offers a primer on advanced reverse-engineering, delving into"disassembly"-code-level reverse engineering-and explaining how todecipher assembly language

Foreword viiAcknowledgments xiIntroduction xxiiiPart I Reversing 101 1Chapter 1 Foundations 3Chapter 2 Low-Level Software 25Chapter 3 Windows Fundamentals 69Chapter 4 Reversing Tools 109Part II Applied Reversing 139Chapter 5 Beyond the Documentation 141Chapter 6 Deciphering File Formats 199Chapter 7 Auditing Program Binaries 243Part III Cracking 307Chapter 9 Piracy and Copy Protection 309Chapter 10 Antireversing Techniques 327Chapter 11 Breaking Protections 357Part IV Beyond Disassembly 421Chapter 12 Reversing .NET 423Chapter 13 Decompilation 457Appendix A Deciphering Code Structures 479Appendix B Understanding Compiled Arithmetic 519Appendix C Deciphering Program Data 537Appendix D Citations 561Index 567