Old Red Cracker (abbreviated +ORC) is an anonymous
reverser. He was one of the pioneers of publishing cracking lessons on the
Internet
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. While his identity is unknown, reverse engineer
Fravia had email correspondence with him and spread his tutorials.
Fravia post on de.org.ccc
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Old Red Cracker founded the so-called "High Cracking University" (+HCU), to conduct research into Reverse Code Engineering (RCE). The addition of the "+" sign in front of the nickname of a reverser signified membership in the +HCU. +HCU published a new reverse engineering problem annually.
See also
*Security hacker
A security hacker or security researcher is someone who explores methods for breaching or bypassing defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, pro ...
*Software cracking
Software cracking (known as "breaking" mostly in the 1980s) is an act of removing copy protection from a software. Copy protection can be removed by applying a specific ''crack''. A ''crack'' can mean any tool that enables breaking software p ...
Notes and references
External links
http://www.woodmann.com/crackz/Orc.htm
Unidentified people
Hacking (computer security)
Year of birth unknown
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