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I have heard countless stories on the Old Red Cracker, also known as +ORC, being the founding father of reverse engineering tutorials.

I also read somewhere that he left some riddles to find his "secret page" and he disappeared into thin air.

Did anyone really solve these riddles? Is the identity, or some of the background, of that person known?

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    This question appears to be off-topic because it is about a person, a persona, or Internet culture, but not about reverse engineering.
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    @Gilles: Do you have any idea where this sort of question would be on-topic, then?
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Yes, the riddle was solved. See http://www.home.aone.net.au/~byzantium/found/found4.html

As for +ORC himself, there's some more info at http://www.woodmann.com/crackz/Orc.htm

The last time I spoke with Fravia+ about +ORC, Fravia+ said that +ORC became obsessed with the pyramids in Egypt and went there to study them. He contracted some kind of illness while there and died rather suddenly. If I remember correctly, Fravia+ learned of +ORC's death through +ORC's son.

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    Strange, both Fravia+ and +ORC died "suddenly". I smell a conspiracy! In any case, CrackZ and Basilisk both give some suggestions. But it seems that no one will ever know for sure. Certainly not if +ORC is dead now. Him having a son (which is old enough to contact Fravia+, I guess) means that he's probably older than suggseted in CrackZ's page.
    – visor raised
    Commented Jul 7, 2013 at 23:22
  • No offence, but I think what you say is just a tale...
    – user1156544
    Commented Nov 10, 2016 at 17:16

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