Prerequisites and Expectations

• Formal prerequisite: CSC 302 (Systems Programming / equivalent).
• You should be comfortable with:
• C: pointers, structs, memory layout, how source becomes a binary.
• Linux: shell, SSH, file permissions, basic tooling.
• x86 basics: registers, stack, calling conventions (we will deepen this).
• Mindset: patience, curiosity, and a habit of taking notes. Reversing is 90 percent reading and hypothesizing.
• If your assembly is rusty, that is expected — Lab 2 rebuilds it deliberately.