Hey all

Does anyone know of a good C/C++ decompiler for linux?

Thanks.

Disclaimer: I don't do this. I don't know how to do this. I don't want to do this. I don't want to know how to do this.

However...

Thanks to some of my not-so-whitehat "friends," I have heard some references to the book Hacker Disassembling Uncovered by Kris Kaspersky. (I do not own the book, and I have not read the book.)

Note that, generally speaking, compiling and linking a C++ program is not a simple 1-1 mapping from source to executable. Therefore, the chances of just feeding an executable file to some program and getting anything close to readable C++ out of it are pretty remote. (That's just an opinion, of course. I could be wrong---it wouldn't be the first time.)

However, the book seems to give lots of clues as to how to take disassembled code and (manually) recognizing certain C++ constructs that may allow you to end up with something useful.

Good Luck! (And if you come up with anything "interesting", let us know.)

Regards,

Dave

Thanks. Yeah, I'm white-hat with whatever I know, so the reason I wanted to know was for fooling with an open source game I've got on my pc. I was able to view the source code online, but I have no idea how to put all the different pieces together into a single executable, but now I see that it wouldn't be much easier to use a disassembler. Well, thanks for the help!

So am I. That's my story, and I'm sticking with it. See footnote.

Regards,

Dave

Footnote:
"Roses are red,
violets are blue.
I'm schizophrenic,
and so am I."
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