Greetings
The other day, comrades from Hex-Rays announced a new IDA Home , which, like IDA Starterjust for one specific platform (against more than 20), with local debugger and support x64, scripting for Pythonand costs $ 365 per year (versus $ 979 ). Next, a contest for the bestdrawinglogo for a new one IDA, for which the author of the best work will receive a Home version for free.
In this “ review ” I would like to take a closer look at what the new version of the product is, I’ll try to figure out who it was oriented to (the central audience) and draw some conclusions.
Briefly
So, according to the developers, the new version is designed to satisfy the needs of people for whom reverse-engineering is a hobby. I belong to such people. The price of one dollar a day for a hobby, which is really the most important for me, did not seem too big to me. PE-files I revershu, decompiler to Motorola 68khave Hex-Raysthere, and therefore demand it, I can not - with this in mind, I began to consider the possibility of acquisition IDA Home.
And then there were questions
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UPD. VEG Home-.
Clarified the moment with the ability to use the old version, if you do not pay for the renewal, which is possible when using IDA Pro. They said that it is necessary to renew a subscription to IDA Home - you simply cannot stay on the old version.