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Reverse Engineering for Beginners [pdf]

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Re: Reverse Engineering for Beginners [pdf]

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Post by Havoc »

voltagex_ wrote: post #29
Havoc wrote: post #6

For beginners...1054 pages of assembly. Sometimes I think the entire IT sector is on the spectrum.

Please don't use that as an insult.

>Please don't use that as an insult.

Wasn't intended as an insult. Pretty sure I'm on it myself on the mild side

Re: Reverse Engineering for Beginners [pdf]

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Post by non-entity »

booleandilemma wrote: post #36
tropo wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Real Men program web sites in assembly, and they like it.

https://m.imgur.com/44zhZ37

I swear the FreeBSD handbook used to (or still does?) have a section documenting writing a CGI program in x86 assembly

Re: Reverse Engineering for Beginners [pdf]

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Post by gen_greyface »

strbean wrote: post #7
Havoc wrote: post #6

For beginners...1054 pages of assembly. Sometimes I think the entire IT sector is on the spectrum.

Ackshually, all matter emits black body radiation and is therefore on the spectrum. /s

Sarcasm that needs to be declared with /s is not sarcasm. /s

Re: Reverse Engineering for Beginners [pdf]

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Post by nickysielicki »

reidacdc wrote: post #3

I more or less compulsively downloaded this, and started skimming it. I'm not an assembly-language programmer, but I thought I at least knew how to read an assembly listing. But right there on page 8, in the MIPS and ARM "functions that return a constant", is an example of "branch delay slots", which (a) I've never heard of, and (b) failure to grok them makes a two line function incomprehensible. Fortunately, I like…

Branch delay slot gives you something to do while you're not sure where you're going. In the best case, you don't take the branch, and you have made progress down the correct path without knowing that it was the correct path. However, it's not always possible to fill the branch delay slot with useful instructions, so a lot of the time it ends up just being a nop.

Re: Reverse Engineering for Beginners [pdf]

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Post by 80486dx2 »

wingerlang wrote: post #37
bowmessage wrote: post #27

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how much is "more than typical"? Sounds interesting!

Informally I was told I could get a 40% instant raise by joining a company like this. I bet it can be more than that though. I haven’t pursued it yet because I don’t think my skill is enough.

Defense contractors dont pay well. No stocks n peanuts bonus

Re: Reverse Engineering for Beginners [pdf]

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Post by burfog »

80486dx2 wrote: post #48
wingerlang wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Informally I was told I could get a 40% instant raise by joining a company like this. I bet it can be more than that though. I haven’t pursued it yet because I don’t think my skill is enough.

Defense contractors dont pay well. No stocks n peanuts bonus

All of that is false.

I've seen people doing that stuff get yearly pay that is about the price of a house. That is good pay. I've seen stock given, and I've seen bonuses that seem nice, but it makes more sense to focus on pay. The pay is fine.

Re: Reverse Engineering for Beginners [pdf]

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Post by jki275 »

burfog wrote: post #49
80486dx2 wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Defense contractors dont pay well. No stocks n peanuts bonus

All of that is false. I've seen people doing that stuff get yearly pay that is about the price of a house. That is good pay. I've seen stock given, and I've seen bonuses that seem nice, but it makes more sense to focus on pay. The pay is fine.

I work in the field and maybe there are people out there getting paid like that, but that’s not the norm at all.
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