If you want to master the art and science of reverse engineering code with IDA Pro for security R & D or software debugging, this is the book for you. 'Nuff said. * Download the Code! Companion Web site for this book offers up really evil code for you to do reverse engineering and code is very nice for you to automate tasks with the IDC Scripting Language. * Portable Executable (PE) and the execution and Linking Format (ELF) Understanding the physical layout of the PE and ELF files, and analyze the components that are essential for reverse engineering. * Break Hostile Code Armor and Write your own Exploits Understand execution flow, trace functions, recover hard code passwords, find vulnerable functions, backtrace execution, and craft a buffer overflow. * Master Debugging Debug in IDA Pro, use the debugger while reverse engineering, perform heap and stack access modification, and use other debugger. * Stop Anti-Reversing Anti-reversing, like reverse engineering or coding in assembly, is an art form. Find out how! * Track Protocol via Binary and Recover its Message Structure Trace execution flow from the activity of reading, determine the structure of the protocol, to determine whether the protocol has a message not documented, and use IDA Pro to determine the functions that process the specific message. * Develop IDA Scripts and Plug-ins Learn the basics of IDA scripting and syntax, and write IDC scripts and plug-ins to automate even the most complex tasks.