BCIT
                  Forensic Programming (COMP 7615)
                      Instructor: Robert Slade

                            Assignment 2

Ethics of Reverse Engineering

Various levels of forensic programming may require reverse
engineering, to some extent.  This may range from simple "black box"
analysis of output and operations, to disassembly, to recreation of
high level source code.  However, a number of recent laws, such as the
proposed UCITA as well as the DCMA in the United States, seek to limit
or restrict the legality of reverse engineering.

You paper will examine ethical considerations in this debate.  You may
include references to legal and technical standards in your analysis:
you *must* specify an ethical framework.  Your paper should address
the aspects of free speech, protection of intellectual property,
information security requirements, and concerns about the general
"chilling" of research and development.

Marks:

    structure and presentation
    ethical framework
    legal background
    analysis
    complete coverage

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Due in class 8 20020827