Old Red Cracker Explained

Old Red Cracker (abbreviated +ORC) is an anonymous reverser. He was one of the pioneers of publishing cracking lessons on the Internet. While his identity is unknown,^[1] reverse engineer Fravia had email correspondence with him and spread his tutorials.^[2]

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.^[3]

See also

• Security hacker
• Software cracking

External links

• http://www.woodmann.com/crackz/Orc.htm
• In search of an Enigma - the Hunt for the Old Red Cracker

Notes and References

1. Web site: Study of +ORC identity on www.neperos.com . 4 August 2019 . 2023-05-05 . 2023-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230207040026/https://www.neperos.com/article/pvpb3kd8df9dd369 . live .
2. http://groups.google.de/group/de.org.ccc/tree/browse_frm/month/1996-04/85a988bcd936a757?hide_quotes=no#msg_279597bb53306c1d Fravia post on de.org.ccc
3. Book: Cyrus Peikari. Anton Chuvakin. Anton Chuvakin. Security Warrior. registration. 12 January 2004. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". 978-0-596-55239-8. 31.