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the definiton on wikipedia fits here. reverse engineering isn't always some clandestine thing > Reverse engineering, also called back engineering, is the proce
by derision 7y ago
the definiton on wikipedia fits here. reverse engineering isn't always some clandestine thing
> Reverse engineering, also called back engineering, is the process by which a man-made object is deconstructed to reveal its designs, architecture, or to extract knowledge from the object; similar to scientific research, the only difference being that scientific research is about a natural phenomenon
- OJFord 7y agoSure, it fits, but I just think it's over-selling it some. As an aside, I just reverse-engineered HN and found the first ever submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1
- capableweb 7y agoYeah, you basically reverse-engineered something there. Good job! For the average programmer, it might not seem too much. But for a normal user, seeing something and figure out how it's working, without knowing internals beforehand, can be said to be reverse-engineering. I guess we should start rating reverse-engineering so people can know what to expect.
- ship_it 7y agoI think he just showed us what is insecure direct object reference and not reverse engineered anything. Both op of your comment, and one from the post.