Re: Allowed reverse engineering methods

[Roderick Colenbrander]

> > But which methods are allowed? I assume that "obvious"
> > methods (reading header files, registry dumps, etc.) are
> > acceptable, but can I e.g. analyze .pdb symbol files
> > (availble in e.g. Microsoft's DirectX SDK)?
>
> You can do the above as long as they are readily available.   The .pdb files
> are accessible to all, then you can use them.  If you have to copy them from
> a running Windows installation, they are not.

.pdb files should not be used. For instance they show internal data
structures, internal functions and much more. Stay away from them.

Roderick