Re: On2's VP5

Arpi <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:00:55 +0200 (CEST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.xine.codec.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

> > 	Still, from a cursory review, this Java obfuscation is *nothing*
> > compared to reverse engineering C/C++ code compiled & optimized into
> > machine opcodes. Seriously, RE'ing this obfuscated Java reminds me of
> > solving a substitution-cipher cryptogram. All of the algorithmic logic
> > appears to be right there in the code. The only trick to understanding the
> > algorithm is to recover the identifier strings.
> > 
> > --
> > 	-Mike Melanson
> > 
> 
> The biggest challenge with rev-eng C or C++ code is working out which 
> bits are code and which are data. With Java that is not a problem.
> I don't think Java does self modifying code either.

And in java, all constants are data constants, not pointers/addresses.

> I am starting a project to hopefully make rev-eng C or C++ easier.

what about hte ? we used it with success at quicktime works.


A'rpi / MPlayer, Astral & ESP-team

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