You know those tight little rollercoasters that surprise you when they make an incredibly sharp turn that you weren’t expecting? I’m trying to follow the t7g exe file in OllyDbg, and it’s a bit like that. I’m not really at the stage where it’s useful, it’s just for fun and to try out OllyDbg. Though hopefully it’ll all soak in by diffusion as I stare at the screens of assembly language…
Month: September 2007
Despite thinking that I would not get a chance to do anything with the project this week, I have. I’m slowing collecting reversing tools and information, and I’m making progress. I should point out that, at the moment, I’m only studying my extract_gjd tool, but I’m getting much more to grips with the way IDA works, and some of the basic processes involved in reversing. I’m still a little confused by what the first few lines of assembly do (in seemingly every program), but I can pick out most of the rest. I’m pretty sure it’s just a case of getting my head properly screwed on and really sitting and working at it.
I’m currently getting through the Reversing book that I mentioned in a comment to my last post. I realized early on that it wasn’t a magic wand, the process is still going to involve a lot of learning-by-doing on my part, but it certainly puts me on the right track and has some helpful tips (even though it is directed at Win32). The problem is that I’m reading an electronic copy from our Uni library, and I’m much slower at reading electronic books (and find it less pleasant): it’s not too expensive, I might have to buy a copy.
Have RL events to attend to for the next couple of weeks, then I’ll be back to it…