Cost Estimate
The time taken for this analysis includes writing my own tools, researching on
the web, performing the analysis and writing the reports. As I now have tools
and processes in place and ready, future reverse engineering attempts would
take much less time.
|
Hours |
Cost/Hr. |
Total |
+15% |
-15% |
| Investigation |
80 |
$33.65 |
$2692 |
$3096 |
$2288 |
| Benefits @ 28% |
|
|
$754 |
$867 |
$641 |
| Total Labor Cost |
|
|
$3446 |
$3963 |
$2929 |
| Median Cost +/- 15% |
|
|
|
$3446 |
+/- $517 |
Table 1. Worker's Cost Estimate
Background
I am a linux advocate and a reluctant programmer (I love the sun too much). I
have run and administered a home linux system since 1995, but have no
official system administration experience. I have 3 years professional
programming experience, and now have a total of 80 hours of security
experience. My programming interests include reverse engineering file formats
and computer communications, which helped in this analysis.