At work, I sometimes have to encode or decode binary data, to which I have full specs, and a hex editor is an extremely valuable tool.
A hex editor is to binary data what a debugger is to code, a packet analyzer is to networking, and an oscilloscope is to electronics. These tools can be used for reverse engineering, but it is certainly not their only purpose.
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At work, I sometimes have to encode or decode binary data, to which I have full specs, and a hex editor is an extremely valuable tool.
A hex editor is to binary data what a debugger is to code, a packet analyzer is to networking, and an oscilloscope is to electronics. These tools can be used for reverse engineering, but it is certainly not their only purpose.
What tool do you use now ?
010 Editor (commercial). But I may give ImHex a try.