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You can get knowledge of the internals and ideas of the algorithms from reverse engineering the released Windows binaries

• TomMarius 7y ago
  Do you believe that is what Microsoft employees do while writing Windows Internals? I have serious trouble believing it. I'm not saying that it's not possible, just that it might not be the case there and these facts seem to confirm it.
  • asvitkine 7y ago
    Alex Ionescu wasn't a Microsoft employee, though.
    • TomMarius 7y ago
      I'm not so sure, maybe he was a contractor if that's what you mean (I don't see any real difference). He had a @microsoft.com e-mail address, which is a pretty clear indicator of being on the inside.