hello fravia,
just read the plan to change your site. Sounds interesting after all.
The problem with all the "how i cracked xyz: take softice, bpx here,
patch there, done"-essays is that the THINKING behind the patch,
the how-did-he-get-there is seldomly explained in full detail.
When i (just a mere hobby-cracker) cracked some of the progs
found in the essays (and others :) i took a whole different direction
before i landed in the parts that were described in the essays.
And after some readings i had my faves from which i awaited eagerly
new essays to study the elegance of their cracks - to improve my own
analystic abilities and/or to see if their ways were more
intelligent than mine.
But after some time one's hunger is stilled. Something else has to
be the challenge. And that were the Reality-Crackings. Huh, there
was so much knowledge. Some old, some new, but definitively in the
right place, because - as you already said - your page is about
REVERSING. From the corner where i come from this is called
stalking. Another word - same attitude. It's true: there are only
a few sites that deal with reversing in general as your site does.
That's why i and a lot of other surfer really like it!
And your idea to break down your site in smaller labs will give it a
fresh look, i bet.
From what i see you plan, the second scenario is the one i - IMHO -
think is the best. Let quality and the content reign over the form.
Who cares if some protection comes from Adobe or Micro$oft? It's the
mechanism itself that's interests and not much else.
I just hope that my essays will still have a place in your
new order :)
Bye
Joa