Re: The art of reverse-engineering

Ben Laurie (ben@algroup.co.uk)
Thu, 24 Dec 1998 10:28:27 +0000

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Andreas Bogk wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> A nice overview of the reverse-engineering process of the RCX, a
> controller designed for building robots using Lego parts, can be
> found at
>
> http://graphics.stanford.edu/~kekoa/rcx/talk/
>
> It looks like a reverse-engineering 101, and should be required reading
> for businessmen like the Divx group, who build a multi-million
> business on an encryption scheme where both the algorithm and the key
> are stored in a device physically accessible to the user.

You forgot to mention that the RCX (also known as MindStorms) is a damn
fine toy!

Cheers,

Ben.

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