Short review of
 +ORC'S Tutorials
by +MaLaTTiA


Lesson 1, An approach to cracking
SIZE........: 26780
OS..........: dos
CRACKED.....: ARCADE POOL DEMO
EXPLAINED...: snap save/compare, hooked vectors, dos clock interrupt, I/O 21 trick
TOOLS.......: softice (debugger), debug (hexed)

Lesson 2, Tools and tricks of the trade
SIZE........: 29854
OS..........: dos
CRACKED.....: INDY500
EXPLAINED...: detecting interrupt vector addresses, address conversions, archie tricks, tools
TOOLS.......: softice (debugger), debug (hexed), sourcer (disassembler)

Lesson 3.1, Hands on, paper protections (basic)
SIZE........: 27143
OS..........: dos
CRACKED.....: UMS 1, LIGHTSPEED 461.01, PERFECT GENERAL I
EXPLAINED...: asm basics (strings/jumps), encoded matrix technique
TOOLS.......: softice (debugger), debug (hexed)

Lesson 3.2, Hands on, paper protections (advanced)
SIZE........: 23484
OS..........: dos
CRACKED.....: TIGER ON THE PROWL, F19, POPULOUS, MAP (tool)
EXPLAINED...: pw protection types, pw access inside setup, memory snuffing
TOOLS.......: softice (debugger), debug (hexed)

Lesson 4.1, A short history of time - Time protections in Windows, an introduction
SIZE........: 83484
OS..........: win
CRACKED.....: PCFILE, WLCHECK 16 bit, WLCHECK 32 bit
EXPLAINED...: time protection types, getsystemdate, brw trick, null terminator trick, registry functions
TOOLS.......: winice (debugger), psedit (hexed)

Lesson 4.2, A short history of time - Microsoft's trial time protections - Strainer to the +HCU
SIZE........: 82004
OS..........: win
CRACKED.....: MS-WINPROJECT, MS PUBLISHER 97, MS-MONEY 94, MS MONEY 97
EXPLAINED...: date/time stamps, dos_getdate function, parameters in functions, ice tricks
TOOLS.......: winice (debugger), SR32exe (string fetcher), Borland Winsight (object analyzer)

*Lesson 4.3, Time protections in Windows, advanced cracking


*Lesson 4.4, Quiver protections in Window


Lesson 5.1, Hands on, Disks and CD-Rom access (basic)
SIZE........: 25798
OS..........: dos
CRACKED.....: MARIO ANDRETTI, REACH FOR THE SKIES, MS FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2.12
EXPLAINED...: bypasses (loader progs), hooking interrupts, disk basics (FDPB, INT 13), interrupt hiding tricks
TOOLS.......: an assembler

*Lesson 5.2, Hands on, Disks and CD-Rom access (advanced)


Lesson 6.1, Funny tricks (some)
SIZE........: 25365
OS..........: dos
CRACKED.....: LARRY in search of the King
EXPLAINED...: xor encryption, junk filling, sliding keys and mutating decryptors, polymorphic engines, patented protection systems, dos4gw cracking
TOOLS.......: softice (debugger)

*Lesson 6.2, Funny tricks (some other)


*Lesson 7, Intuition and luck


Lesson 8.1, How to Wincrack, an approach (I)
SIZE........: 19058
OS..........: win
CRACKED.....: WINPGP 4.1
EXPLAINED...: some tools, debugging windoze progs
TOOLS.......: Windows Codeback (disasm)

Lesson 8.2, How to Wincrack, a deeper approach (II)
SIZE........: 24997
OS..........: win
CRACKED.....: SNAP95, WINZIP 5/5.5, WINCAT 3.4
EXPLAINED...: windoze crackin', cracking information, registration codes
TOOLS.......: winice (debugger)

*Lesson 8.3, How to Wincrack, a first conclusion (III)


Lesson 9.1, How to Wincrack, Hands on (1)
SIZE........: 30332
OS..........: win
CRACKED.....: WINFORMANT 4, SNAP32
EXPLAINED...: pw cracking, data constraint trick, pinpointing, "handle" trick, how to search the Internet
TOOLS.......: Winice (debugger)

Lesson 9.2, How to Wincrack, Hands on, Nagscreens
SIZE........: 26889
OS..........: win
CRACKED.....: PSP 2.01, 3.0, 3.12 (32)
EXPLAINED...: nagscreens, pinpointing, stack trick
TOOLS.......: Winice (debugger), symdeb (hexed)

Lesson 9.3, How to Wincrack, Hands on, Nagscreens (dead listing)
SIZE........: 49920
OS..........: win
CRACKED.....: HexWorkshop, PSP32, PSP4.1
EXPLAINED...: the dead listing approach, the 111 wm_command, bitblt
TOOLS.......: winice (debugger), w32dasm (disasm), snap32, hexworkshop (hexed)

*Lesson 9.4, How to Wincrack, Hands on (4)


Lesson A.1, Advanced cracking (Internet-Unix)
SIZE........: 19801
OS..........: unix
CRACKED.....:
EXPLAINED...: firewalls (dual homed gateway, screened host gateway, others), xinetd
TOOLS.......:

*Lesson A.2, Advanced cracking (Internet-Dos)


*Lesson B.1, Zen cracking (basic)


*Lesson B.2, Zen cracking (exercises)


Lesson C.1, Cracking as an art: Barcodes and Instant access I
SIZE........: 25436
OS..........: win
CRACKED.....: Instant access (first part)
EXPLAINED...: barcodes, win cracking
TOOLS.......: softice (debugger)

Lesson C.2, Cracking as an art: Instant access II - strainer to the +HCU
SIZE........: 33286
OS..........: win
CRACKED.....: Instant Access (second part)
EXPLAINED...:
TOOLS.......: softice (debugger), wdasm (disasm)

Lesson C.3, Cracking as an art: Instant access revealed
SIZE........: 33286
OS..........: win
CRACKED.....: Instant Access (solution of the strainer), winformant 4
EXPLAINED...: webtrends, the proximity trick
TOOLS.......: softice (debugger), wdasm (disasm)