| ??? 12/14/08 16:29 Read: times |
#160918 - More dangerous than that Responding to: ???'s previous message |
I don't agree.
The lazy people don't need the disassembler. If they have a binary, they can just duplicate the product without bothering about trying to understand what the software does. If a chip gets obsolete, they don't have to care - they just rip the replacement firmware from the original companys replacement product. The guys who disassemble on the other hand do wants to make a better product. But first, they have to learn proprietary protocols so that they can offer a direct replacement for one of your products. They know that to compete the normal way, they would have to pay licensing fees for the protocols, or run expensive field tests after they have black-box-tested your product for a long while. When companies do work with disassemblers, there are basically two reasons: - because they fumbled very, very, very badly with their own source code management. - because they want to learn everything about a competitors product before releasing something better. Disassembling to just get to the same level is way too expensive unless there is a real gain somewhere! |
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