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What is a CrackMe?

 
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:08 pm    Post subject: What is a CrackMe? Reply with quote

I think i know what it is... but i need a little more explanation... like EXTREMELY IN DEPTH!
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Crackme is an application that hides a password and you must find the password.
People make it harder to find the password using encryptions.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Quoted of Wikipedia:

A crackme (often abbreviated by cm) is a small program designed to test a programmers reverse engineering skills.

They are programmed by other reversers to have a legal way to "crack" software.

Crackmes, Reversemes and Keygenmes have similar protection schemes and algorithms to those found in commercial protections. Also some crackmes are even harder than their commercial counterparts.

A Keygenme specifically is designed for the reverser to not only find the algorithm used in the application, but also write a small Keygen in the programming language of their choice.

Often anti-debugging and anti-disassemble routines are used to confuse debuggers or make the disassembly useless. Code-obfuscation is also used to make the reversing even harder.

But most crackmes are hard by design, not by long obfuscated code. Because most reversers solve crackmes for fun! That's the reason why most reversers define rules for their crackmes.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Basically, a CrackMe is for people to test their skills and improve them
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