A Survey of Reverse Engineering Tools by Raymond J. Canzanese + JR Matthew Oyer + Spiros Mancoridis + Moshe Kam
Reverse engineering is defined by Chikosfky and Cross as the process of analyzing a subject system to identify the system's components and their relationships, and to create representations of the system in another form or at a higher level of abstraction. The process of reverse engineering is accomplished using specific tools that, for the 32-bit Microsoft Windows environment, are categorized as hex editors, disassemblers/debuggers, decompilers, or related technologies such as code obfuscators, unpackers, and PE editors. An evaluation of each tool is provided that identifies its domain of applicability and usability.
