An Introduction to Software Reverse Engineering

This is looking like a book I would buy!

The reversing background information looks very good. The one suggestion I would make is in Chapter 7 (How to protect). It is likely that most people interested in this book would be looking to unprotect software. You give them the mental tools to decompile, modify and rebuild but there does not seem to be alot of discussion around the target. The hardest thing I found when I started was understanding how serial number generation, key generation and other copy protection methods are implemented in the first place. Until I figured out what the targets were, I spent I alot of time spinning my wheels. An extended discussion of common protection systems would help alot.

Just My 2 Cents

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