I'm confused and I'm trying to follow the Radare 2 Crackme Challanges. In it, they say,
This seems to be a goodboy/badboy.
Is a "goodboy/badboy" lingo for a specific thing, and if so what?
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Sign up to join this communityI'm confused and I'm trying to follow the Radare 2 Crackme Challanges. In it, they say,
This seems to be a goodboy/badboy.
Is a "goodboy/badboy" lingo for a specific thing, and if so what?
The "good boy" is the thing that lets you know you were successful in your cracking/patching. The "bad boy" is the thing that lets you know you're unsuccessful.
In a commercial app, a "good boy" would be akin to a message box saying, "Thank you for entering a valid license! You're now fully registered." Whereas the "bad boy" would be the message box that says, "I'm sorry. That's an invalid license. Please enter a valid license."