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Application of reverse engineering








         Reverse engineering has been used broadly in so many field nowadays.

         Some of the field that directly implement this technology are as follow:


           ◦ Military or commercial espionage


           ◦ Creation of unlicensed/unapproved duplicate

           ◦ Improve documentation shortcomings

           ◦ Obsolescence


           ◦ Software modernization

           ◦ Product security analysis


           ◦ Bug fixing

           ◦ Academic/learning purpose


           ◦ Competitive technical intelligences

           ◦ Saving money

           ◦ Repurpose
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