Re:Ask HN: Ever worked with a service that can never be rest...
by ashish5887 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @03:02PM
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What good is a memory dump if you don't have the codebase to navigate? without the code and structure of how its managed a memory dump would just look like an alien language.
Re:Ask HN: Ever worked with a service that can never be rest...
by dsr_ on Thursday January 16, 2020 @03:15PM
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The phrase you want to google is "reverse engineering from memory dump". Prepare to be astounded.
You need to know how machine instructions work, details of the operating system, and a bunch of other things... but any number of copy-protection systems have been bypassed this way. Any number of devices have had their firmware dumped, their memory scanned, and the resulting data analyzed to make patches or build compatible systems.
One is technical, and to do with the service and how to deal with it.
One is political, and to do with who gets the blame when the service inevitably fails.
OP needs to work out if they're being tasked with the job as the answer to the technical problem or the political problem. Because management could be very aware that this is a ticking bomb with no technical solution, and have appointed OP as a scapegoat to take the blame when it blows up.