On Reverse Engineering of Vendor Databases

Authors:
Michael Blaha
Affiliations:
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Venue:
WCRE '98 Proceedings of the Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE'98)
Year:
1998

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Abstract

This is a position paper. We articulate the notion of reverse engineering of vendor databases and argue that this is a compelling technology that organizations should be routinely practicing. We take the perspective of a large organization that is a consumer of software (and not the perspective of a software vendor). We frequently reverse engineer vendor databases in our consulting practice and the technology has been enthusiastically received by industry.