FOREWORD

Previously there is list of RCE-related links created by CrashTest. I am, however, sad to say that many of the links listed there are already down due to the proactive legal steps taken by law-keepers recently to shut down sites of such nature. However the emergence of some very good sites after that has brought the RCE scene to a totally new era. It is hoped the current good sites can be maintained and at the same time new sites would mushroom just in to time to revive the RCE scene to what it was like before or even lift it into a higher level. Below are some of the good RCE sites currently available.

http://www.anticrack.de/
Internet-Portal for Scientific Software-Protection, Scientific Reverse-Engeneering and IT-Security. This is the best place for the latest (including some older) RCE-related news, articles, downloads and links. Also in my personal opinion this site and its affiliates are the most revolutionary RCE effort ever. You'll know how good this site really is when you realize that some of its best affiliates are also listed here.

The Reverse-Engineering-Academy
I regard this as the most organized RCE revolution. The REA is open to everyone, it's free, members can learn and proceed at their own pace and best of all it is also 100% legal. Anyone who completed all the tasks can really regard themselves as truly capable reverse engineers. This site is the answer to the fall of many great sites in recent months. It deserves freqeunt visits, participation and undivided supports from our community.

http://www.crackmes.de
The good old crackmes site which has survived thus far. It now has new interface as well as efficient web database system (and of course the crew behind it) to maintain crackmes and their solutions effectively. A mine of legal protections for you to try your hand on.

Code_Inside's Manual Unpacking (MUP) Page
As the name suggests, this site is about manual unpacking. Thus it contains a whole lot of unpacking tutorials and some stuffs on PE information. Deserves some browsing if you're keen to learn unpacking.

http://www.protools.cjb.net
Well what can I say? This site has served many reverse engineers, programmers as well as power users through all thick and thin. An always up-to-date site, (almost) daily updates, and offering extremely good collections of utilities we would ever have needed. Thumbs up to the person behind it and hope this site could stay with us for as long as possible.

Last Fravia's mirror of Reverse code engineering
Last Fravia's mirror of Reverse code engineering. Contains full archive of (old) fravia's RCE contents, and new articles, tutorials and stuffs which the old sites never and would not have. However I notice that updates are rare now, and this site may be good only for keeping and archiving now, rather than being depended upon as a means of up-to-date knowledge and studies. Nevertheless, it's a good site to check out the Revirgin tool, which is a very good tool to assist in unpacking tasks.

http://www.tres2000.cjb.net
This is one nice group's site with contents which certainly worth viewing. It seemed it has not been updated since late 2001 but there is statement saying that the group is alive again which was posted in late 2002. Let's hope we can see how lively the group could be then.

http://execution.cjb.net/
This group really deserves anything beyond praise. The members have produced many quality tools and utilities which have certainly helped ease some RCE tasks. Besides I have heard a few times that this was barely alive in the past. However, congratulations to them, owing to the members perseverance, they managed to maintain the group thus far. Keep up the good work guys.

BiW Reversing
This is a great site. Some creative crackmes and good solutions available. Besides there are also some good tutorials, reversemes, and tools.

New 2 Cracking
This is the site of a group of people who have broken off the links with C4N and probably against the way it was run, somehow of an outcast. However, they are keen on helping newbies and wannabes to learn about cracking, and I think they deserve to be listed just based on that reason. What more with their effort and desire to really spread cracking knowledge?

Unpacking Gods
They call themselves the unpacking gods. I don't know what the other thinks but I think they deserve such a name, judging from the excellent unpackers for various packers as well as crypters that they produce. There are also some invaluable source of unpackers for studying purposes. This group is nothing short of a miracle, assembling all the best people in the unpacking business.

http://kickme.to/dbc
A very large lists of tutorials and tools. Some are really good, and worth checking out.

http://evidence.6x.to/
To start with, what a nice site design. There is also equally good tutorials, utilities and releases section. All to all a good site to visit, although most crackers would appreciate to do with more tutorials on it.

http://www.lockless.com/
A very good site. I am especially attracted to its (quite) big cryptography content. Nevertheless, it also offers some tutorials, artworks, and tools. It already has so much to offer even when some of its sections are still under construction. I think I would have great pleasure browsing around this site when it is 100% complete.

Alfred Lo's Information Security Page
Page of the author of "Software Protection and its Annihilation". Quite a detailed piece of article explaining, well, as the name says, software protection, ways around it and how to protect better. I would recommend anyone who do not consider themselves as master of cracking to obtain and read this.

icedump page
Homepage of the excellent icedump tool. icedump is a free plug-in that extends NuMega's SoftICE with new commands and features.

tKC's site
This is tKC's latest site. Many crackers just love his tutorials collections. However I realize that the quality of the tutorials in his most recent collections are way beyond what it should be. Not that tKC's own essays are bad, his most recent one is damn good. I guess he just had to stop publishing some lamers' tutorials which do not teaching anything at all. This page definitely worth a look, for it has all tKC's tutorials and some of his own programs.

http://www.pilotwarez.com/
The best site for PDA cracking. There are many tutorials, tools and links which you point you into the right way of PalmOS software cracking.

http://scared.at/scarebyte
ScareByte has some nice tutorials here.

+Fravia's General Reversing Board
A real good messageboard for the cracking community. It is popular among us and is a good place for active discussions and feedback.

Reverse-Engineering Forums
This is the only RCE messageboard which has gained fastest popularity, I think. It has its reasons and uniqueness for such success. A more than complete messageboard anyone would have needed. Check it out and do participate actively.

Trainerology: The School of Advanced Game Hacking
One of the rare and excellent game training site. It's one of the interesting RCE path. I don't if many people like the idea of game training, so I provided only one link. This site, however, will provide you with the links you need if you ever want to know more about game training.

The Art of Disassembly
Have you ever wondered how disassemblers work? Want to be closely involved in building a real disassembler? Then look no further than this. This is an excellent effort by the crew of the ANTICRACK portal. Art of Disassembly understands itselves as a Handbook for writing a disassembler.

f0dder's site
f0dder is a very good cracker and coder. It seemed to me that he made it sure that his site only contains quality stuffs like crackmes, tools, articles and tutorials. He certainly emphasises most on quality and least on quantity. Nice site worth looking into and learning from.

http://www.crudd.cjb.net
Creative site design. Has some nice tutorials, crackmes and reversemes. Worth checking into.

Kanal23
A new RCE group.

Flying Horse Cracking Force
A Norwegian cracking group. Has a nice web design, plenty of cracks and a bunch of (mostly) Norwegian tutorials. I just hope there will be more tutorials in English.

CrackZ's Reverse Engineering Page
This has been the best RCE (cracking) information site for quite some time. It was well maintained, quite up-to-date and received many contributions from aspiring crackers. The site was closed, but now it is being re-launched. Despite its disappearance for a while, it is still among the top few sites worth viewing. 100% support for CrackZ and his effort.

Reverse Engineering Team (RET)
A new RCE group that really deserves a link here. This group is made up of some of the best people available for their respective jobs. This site features great design, a very useful essay database and search engines, as well as some rare contents such as steganography and reality reversing (in its forum).

#Cracking4Newbies (C4N) FAQ
Be sure to visit #cracking4newbies on EFNET, this is the public channel where most crackers, ranging from absolute newbies to venerable experts (the g0ds?) usually hang out, and naturally it becomes sort of a source of knowledge as well. This is the frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the channel and the issues which it mainly deals with.

See4N
Would you like to see what your heroes (or enemies?) and friends in #cracking4newbies look like (in real photos)? Then surf over to this site, though you will have tough time telling apart who from who as identities of the people who submit their photos are not revealed for security purposes. If you feel that you are somehow bonded to the IRC channel, really like being in there and cherish the moments you spend with friends in there, then you are welcomed to submit your own photo too.