Some decompiling, reverse engineering, and keygen tutorials

Re:Some decompiling, reverse engineering, and keygen tutorials by adr_ on Monday April 08, 2013 @03:45AM (#5510445)

For a mere US$1129...

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Re:Some decompiling, reverse engineering, and keygen tutorials by Auguste on Monday April 08, 2013 @04:36AM (#5510591)

Given the nature of the hobby, I get the feeling that few people have paid for it. That said, the older IDA Pro 5.0 has been released as freeware: https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/support/download_freew...

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Re:Some decompiling, reverse engineering, and keygen tutorials by michael_miller on Monday April 08, 2013 @10:26AM (#5511838)

If price is an issue, consider the freeware version: [1]. It disallows commercial use, and lacks recent features, but it should be great for a hobbyist. If you need more than this feature set, $1199 is a bargain for what you get with IDA Pro, as others have mentioned.

[1] https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/support/download_freew...

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Re:Some decompiling, reverse engineering, and keygen tutorials by emillon on Monday April 08, 2013 @02:15PM (#5513470)

It is also windows only.

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Re:Some decompiling, reverse engineering, and keygen tutorials by zorlem on Monday April 08, 2013 @10:12AM (#5511750)

Given the maturity of the tool, the breadth of functionality, plugins, scriptability, etc. these are petty money for what IDA Pro has to offer to a professional that has to do Reverse Engineering for a living.

I do agree that for a tool used for a hobby it is expensive, but for hobbyists there are other, simpler tools that could be used.

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Re:Some decompiling, reverse engineering, and keygen tutorials by adr_ on Monday April 08, 2013 @09:59PM (#5516027)

Absolutely agreed, I just thought it was a bit of an expensive suggestion for someone thinking about getting back into the hobby.

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