Unit 3 Research Assignment 1
PT1420
Exploring Reverse Engineering

Reverse engineering in computer programming is a technique used to analyze software in order to identify and understand the parts it’s composed of. The usual reasons for reverse engineering a piece of software are to recreate the program, to build something similar to it, to exploit its weaknesses or strengthen its defense. A reverse engineering advantage could be that one can repair certain bugs, see how a program operates and improve the operation of the program. You can learn the kind of system functions a target program is using. You can learn the files the target program accesses. You can learn the protocols the target software uses and how it communicates with other parts of the target network. The disadvantages to this is that certain other bugs might be introduced during this process.
Reverse Engineering Tool [AX 2012] Microsoft
Five features of tool
Table view
The name of the table or view in the AOT and the physical name of the table in the database
Each table or view's classification (from the EntityRelationshipType property)
Each table or view description (from the DeveloperDocumentation property)
Table field Name of the field in the AOT and the physical name of the field in the database
Each field's description (from the HelpText property)
The field's data type
Whether the field is required
Whether the field is part of the primary key
View field Name of the field in the AOT and the physical name of the field in the database
Each field's description (from the HelpText property)
The field's data type
Field Index
Field Name of the index in the AOT and the physical name of the index in the database
List of fields that are part of the index
Whether the index is unique Index
Table relation
Name of the relation
Role of the relation (from the EntityRelationshipRole property)
Cardinality