Fry, C. C., & Kulda, K., & Mansi, G. (2020, June), Reverse Software Engineering: A Sophomore-level Project in Computer Systems  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--35160

\bibitem{asee_peer_35160}
  Fry, C. C., \& Kulda, K., \& Mansi, G. (2020, June), \emph{Reverse Software Engineering: A Sophomore-level Project in Computer Systems}
  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line .
  10.18260/1-2--35160

Cynthia C. Fry, Kevin Kulda, and Gennie Mansi.  "Reverse Software Engineering: A Sophomore-level Project in Computer Systems".  2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2020.  https://peer.asee.org/35160 Internet.  04 Feb, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_35160}
  Cynthia C. Fry, Kevin Kulda, and Gennie Mansi.
  "Reverse Software Engineering: A Sophomore-level Project in Computer Systems".
  \emph{2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2020.
  https://peer.asee.org/35160 Internet.  04 Feb, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - On your first day on the job with a new company, you are placed on a team and presented with a challenge.  A piece of executable code has been found on an older server, and you must determine what the code is designed to do.  How do you begin?  How will you find out if the file is safe to open?  What could happen if the program is executed without knowing it’s intention?  Is there a way to tell what the file does before opening it?

In CSI 2334, “Introduction to Computer Systems,” we introduce a group project to the students whose purpose is to simulate such an event.  Group projects are used very frequently to provide a similar learning environment which capitalizes on the benefits of peer-to-peer instruction, or cooperative learning.

The challenge is presented, the students are put on teams, and then the work begins.  The first steps are to investigate tools that allow you to “see,” in disassembly, the contents of a binary file.  This paper will document the process taken by the student teams to:
•	determine how to view a binary file
•	determine what tools are available that might be of use
•	begin to work with the tools and the executable file to determine whether the file is
        o	an old game, 
        o	a piece of malicious code, or
        o	both
•	once the nature of the binary file is known, students will
        o	modify game play,
        o	quarantine the malicious code, or
        o	both

This paper will document the process conducted by one of the student teams from the spring 2019 semester, and the methods of assessment used to evaluate each team’s results.

AU  - Cynthia C. Fry
AU  - Kevin Kulda
AU  - Gennie Mansi
CY  - Virtual On line 
DA  - 2020/06/22
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Reverse Software Engineering: A Sophomore-level Project in Computer Systems
UR  - https://peer.asee.org/35160
DO  - 10.18260/1-2--35160
ER  -