papers.htm +HCU 1998: special papers on reverse engineering

+HCU: Academy of reverse engineering

Founded by +ORC in April 1996

+HCU's PAPERS

Project start:
March 1998

Last update:
September 1999

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Papers on software reverse engineering arguments

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"cracking posters" collection

"I'll be with you boys!"
(1941)

The +HCU PAPERS
(1998)

Our own "papers"
Well, dear fellow crackers, reversers and protectors (and readers), I'm sure you'll enjoy the 1998 'shift': no more 'blind' cracking around. We need good and powerful doucuments not only to reverse the hell out of it... but to understand what we are doing as well!
In fact: what is the purpose of our work? Why do we crack? Did you ever stop and asked yourself such questions?
I believe that we crack in order to spread KNOWLEDGE!... I believe that we crack in order to SURVIVE (in a society where all what you should know is NOT teached and all what you do not need to know is hammered inside your brain :-)
I believe that we tackle difficoult tasks and that we reverse code (and other things as well :-), in order to TEACH! Show me other sites on the web, apart from crackers' and (to a certain extent) hackers' sites, that give you knowledge like this for FREE, without asking anything more than your (free) contribution... LEARN ALL WHAT YOU CAN and give us in return THAT WHAT YOU CAN... a very simple "magic" recipe for development... on this web of ours.
Indeed I believe that we want people to develop, to gain power and knowledge to build on our shoulders for free... the more, the better
So we'll NEVER just spread around some ready-made cracks (why should we?), on the contrary: we will less and less publish 'cracks' and more and more concentrate on HOW TO DO things... therefore a "HCU papers" section will be very important for REAL crackers and reversers, and wont help leechers and lusers... that's nice! In fact, let's utter it: we DO NOT LIKE leechers and lusers... and we (firmly) believe that only people that DO contribute have a right to learn and grow and develop... that's why we will ALWAYS be able to develop ourselves... :-)

Now let's see if we can put some deeds where our mouth is... as usual a project like this one will florish and prosper if many will contribute, will pepper out and die if you do not contribute and if you think it's a smart move just to leech things out, without giving anything in exchange... you're not doing just that, are you?
14 March 1998 __EXPERT__
Well, Iceman, for one, certainly was no leecher! his "paper" inaugurates this section... Enjoy!

More background readings

PHASE 1

Tweaking with memory in Window95 - An API approach -
(Things you need to know on our beloved/hated operating system)
by Iceman
14 March 1998

PHASE 2

In memory patching: three approaches
(how to introduce breakpoints in an automated debugger and other marvels)
by Stone
20 March 1998

PHASE 3

WIN32 - Inside Debug API
(Things you need to know: the mysterious CONTEXT structure)
by Iceman
20 March 1998

PHASE 4

The supression and resurrection of assembler programming.
(Recent programming history cracking for crackers! A "must read" paper)
by SLH
08 May 1998

08 May 98	Masta	~	winasm_0.htm	The resurrection of assembly programming - Essay nr. 0	papers	~	fra_0118
11 May 98	Iceman	~	iceext1.htm	"Extending Softice serie" ("Zauberreversing")	advanced papers	~	fra_011A
16 May 98	SLH	~	hutch_61.htm	The Bridge: In Pursuit Of Lost Knowledge	papers	~	fra_011C
16 May 98	Tek	~	tek1.htm	Palmpilot reversing: Experience a brand new taste in cracking	papers	~	fra_011D
21 May 98	SLH	~	hutquest.htm	THE QUEST: Building the launch pad	papers	~	fra_011F
25 May 98	Masta	~	winasm_1.htm	The resurrection of assembly programming - Essay nr. 1	papers	~	fra_0121
29 May 98	SLH	~	hutch28.htm	Software warriors through the warp	papers	~	fra_0123
05 June 98	Joa	~	crunchi1.htm	Little essay about the various methods and viewpoints of crunching	papers	~	fra_0126
05 June 98	SLH	~	hutch_65.htm	The Eye Of The Warrior (a "graphical" windows' paper)	papers	~	fra_0128
10 June 98	Joa	~	crunchi2.htm	Little essay about the various methods and viewpoints of crunching II	papers	~	fra_0129
10 June 98	SLH	~	hutchif1.htm	The iron fist (Keeping The Crackers Amused)	papers	~	fra_012A
15 June 98	SLH	~	hutsting.htm	Applying the sting	papers	~	fra_012C
17 June 98	Joa	~	crunchi3.htm	Little essay about the various methods and viewpoints of crunching III	papers	~	fra_012E
17 June 98	Joa	~	crunchi4.htm	Little essay about the various methods and viewpoints of crunching IV	papers	~	fra_012F
10 July 98	Joa	~	crunchi5.htm	Little essay about the various methods and viewpoints of crunching - V	papers	~	fra_0133
25 July 98	bb	~	bbnag1.htm	Simulating User Input to Eliminate Nag Screens	papers	~	fra_013F
06 Sep 98	PNA	~	pna3.htm	How to hook any API function in kernel32.dll	advanced papers	~	fra_0149
16 Sep 98	Joa	~	crunchi6.htm	Little essay about the various methods and viewpoints of crunching - VI	papers	~	fra_014E
23 Sep 98	Dr. Fuhrball	~	dvdfuhr.htm	DIVX and DVD reversing	papers	~	fra_0153
21 Oct 98	Svd	~	bulga_1.htm	Data-reverse-engineering - Lesson 1	papers	~	fra_015C
12 Dec 98	Victor Porguen	~	porvbo1.htm	Redirection Revisited -- Achieving Redirection Through API Spoofing	Papers	~	fra_0172
12 Dec 98	Joa	~	crunchi7.htm	Little essay about the various methods and viewpoints of crunching VII	papers	~	fra_0175
20 Jan 99	SvD	~	svd_last.htm	The Great Dead-Listing Excavations or what we (could) see in disassembled code	advanced papers	~	fra_0185
Spring 99	SvD	~	How to dead list (ameliorated)	The Great Dead-Listing Excavations or what we (could) see in disassembled code	advanced papers	~	****
Spring 99	anarchriz	~	CRC and how to Reverse it	A CRC Tutorial & The c00l way to Reverse CRC	papers	~	****
June 99	+Aitor	~	Delphi reversing	Delphi Reverse Engineering DFM Files, Windows RCDATA and Object Conversion Routines	papers	~	****
June 99	+Spath	~	Theory and practice of menus reversing	An essay to understand how menus and messages work, to be able to efficiently reverse function-disabled programs.	advanced papers	~	****
28 June 99	SLH	~	hutch_su.htm	The succession: secrets of writing elegant and fast assembler	papers	~	fra_xxxx
10 July 99	c0v3rt+	~	covert1.htm	Adding sections to PE Files: Enhancing functionality of programs by adding extra code	papers	~	fra_xxxx
16 July 99	Pavel V. Semjanov	~	cryptunt.htm	On cryptosystems untrustworthiness	papers	~	fra_xxxx
20 July 99	LaZaRuS	~	laza_s11.htm	Finding standard functions in Delphi/C++ Builder	papers	~	fra_xxxx
30 July 99	Nolan Blender	~	tp_flex.htm	Analysis of Key Generation Techniques within FlexLM (Unix reversing)	papers	~	fra_xxxx
September 99	+Spath	~	Attacks against the BEST encryption algorithm	chaos is definitely not randomness	advanced papers	~	****
September 99	LaZaRuS	~	Adding functionality to the Windows Calculator	A small example of the most interesting part of reverse engineering: Adding functionality to a program	advanced papers	~	****