Old Red Cracker

Old Red Cracker (abbreviate +ORC) is a pseudonym/handle for a reverser that wrote the now famous +ORC "how to crack" lessons. He was one of the pioneers of publishing cracking lessons on the Internet and therefore very well known among the reverser scene. Not much is known about +ORC since he has never revealed his identity but he has left clues and puzzles on how to reach him^[1]. This has led to so called "+ORC Stalking" where individuals have tried to find out who he really is. Some have speculated that he might be from Europe but this has never been confirmed. Among people who have tried to find +ORC's true identity is +Fravia who has even had email correspondence with him and spread his tutorials.^[2]

Notes and references

1. ^ THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HACKING (Internetika 1.37) on Hacker Kulture
2. ^ Fravia post on de.org.ccc

See also

• Reverse engineering
• Hacker (computer security)
• Software cracking
• Fravia

External links

• http://www.woodmann.com/crackz/Orc.htm
• http://www.home.aone.net.au/byzantium/orc.html "In search of an Enigma - the Hunt for the Old Red Cracker"
• http://207.218.156.34/fravia/orc.htm A page from the "old" Fravia site with some information

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