Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Zachary Michael Steudel; Joshua Craig Hunter, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division

to a lot of other reverse engineering tools thatcater to only Linux and Windows. IDA was written initially by Ilfak Guilfanov in the early2000’s, and has since then expanded to become a combination of not only a disassembler, butalso a decompiler, hex editor, and debugger.IDA is previously known as the best all-in-one tool that predates Ghidra. However, although itseems like a superior application to the others mentioned, it comes with some serious drawbacks:complex and non-user-friendly implementation, as well as a very big price tag.Other facets of IDA include the debugger and the hex editor. Both of these are present in theIDA application and can be used to trace through the AL code. The combination of all thesethings make IDA an