Reverse Engineering - Legality

[chintan dave <davechintan () gmail com>]

Hi Experts,

I need a small help from you.

Is RE legal for security assessments of products purchased from vendors?

There has been a bit of confusion around RE topic.

I know it is illegal to do RE to steal the idea, however this one, I
need feedback from you folks.

If you can share some authoritative resources that could confirm on
the legality/illegality, it would be great.

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Regards,
Chintan Dave,

LinkedIn: http://in.linkedin.com/in/chintandave
Blog:http://www.chintandave.com

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