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Sin Vraal
Decorated
Joined: 28 Nov 2002 Posts: 219 Location: NJ
UPDATE: www.hcrd.org - New In-Game Website! Hey guys!
After talking with Addlepated and Magesteff about some of the stuff posted in the forum recently, I went website-hunting and I believe I have found HCRD!
www.hcrd.org
It seems to fit with everything we've read so far... I don't see any puzzles yet, but I haven't delved too deeply into it.
-SV
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 3:14 am
enaxor
I Have No Life
Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 2395
Whois Info Good find Sin. Here's the whois info:
HCRD.ORG
Website Title: Historical Crimes Research Department
Server Type: Apache/1.3.22 (Unix) PHP/4.3.4 mod_perl/1.26 FrontPage/5.0.2.2623 AuthMySQL/2.20 mod_ssl/2.8.5 OpenSSL/0.9.6a (Spry.com also uses Apache)
Website Status: Active
Reverse IP: Web server hosts 11 websites (reverse ip tool requires free login)
IP Address: 66.223.106.58 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location: United States - Georgia - Atlanta - Interland
Cached Whois: Cached today
Record Type: Domain Name
Monitor: Monitor or Backorder
Wildcard search: 'hcrd' in all domains.
Other TLDs: .com .net .org .info .biz .us
X X [4 available domains]
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Domain ID:D101495538-LROR
Domain Name:HCRD.ORG
Created On:24-Sep-2003 03:08:54 UTC
Last Updated On:23-Nov-2003 03:57:52 UTC
Expiration Date:24-Sep-2004 03:08:54 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:R91-LROR
Status:OK
Registrant ID:GODA-04091783
Registrant Name:Registration Private
Registrant Organization:Domains by Proxy, Inc.
Registrant Street1:15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160
Registrant Street2:PMB353
Registrant City:Scottsdale
Registrant State/Province:Arizona
Registrant Postal Code:85260
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.4806242599
Registrant Email:HCRD.ORG@domainsbyproxy.com
Admin ID:GODA-24091783
Admin Name:Registration Private
Admin Organization:Domains by Proxy, Inc.
Admin Street1:15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160
Admin Street2:PMB353
Admin City:Scottsdale
Admin State/Province:Arizona
Admin Postal Code:85260
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.4806242599
Admin Email:HCRD.ORG@domainsbyproxy.com
Tech ID:GODA-14091783
Tech Name:Registration Private
Tech Organization:Domains by Proxy, Inc.
Tech Street1:15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160
Tech Street2:PMB353
Tech City:Scottsdale
Tech State/Province:Arizona
Tech Postal Code:85260
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.4806242599
Tech Email:HCRD.ORG@domainsbyproxy.com
Name Server:NS1.NAMESERVE.NET
Name Server:NS2.NAMESERVE.NET
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 3:32 am
grumpyboy
Unfettered
Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 660
interesting find sin. certainly fits into the theme of things but reverse IP finds out that hcrd.org maybe related to http://www.hiddenalliance.net. if i remember correctly wasnt that another ARG that was/is waiting to be launched. maybe acheron and hiddenalliance merged or was always the same thing?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 4:51 am
AnthraX101
Entrenched
Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 797
That site looks really unfinished to me. There is still a lot of extra crust around the edges, and the pages all haven't been linked together correctly. I'm not sure that we were supposed to find that yet, or that it's even part of this particular game.
AnthraX101
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 6:59 pm
MageSteff
Pretty talky there aintcha, Talky?
Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 2716 Location: State of Denial
AnthraX101 wrote:
That site looks really unfinished to me. There is still a lot of extra crust around the edges, and the pages all haven't been linked together correctly. I'm not sure that we were supposed to find that yet, or that it's even part of this particular game.
AnthraX101
Along with the Catalina First pages, we will keep it in the back of the file until we find where it fits in. Still a nice find, and not be reverese lookup.
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 7:11 pm
carlitoxxi
Veteran
Joined: 26 Sep 2002 Posts: 140
AnthraX101 wrote:
That site looks really unfinished to me. There is still a lot of extra crust around the edges, and the pages all haven't been linked together correctly. I'm not sure that we were supposed to find that yet, or that it's even part of this particular game.
AnthraX101
PS: I think this website is related at the previous ARG (never started) Hidden Alliance, but the old address was www.hiddenalliance.org
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:43 am
lurker
Boot
Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 52 Location: uk
HCRD / NSA Please delete me if I'm getting carried away / talking tripe , but has anyone else noticed that HCRD http://www.hcrd.org/index.html is a replica of the NSA Cryptology site http://www.nsa.gov/index.html?
The HTML for HCRD seems to have been copied directly from the NSA site - I found these meta tags in the HCRD index page:
<META content="The official public Web site for the National Security Agency, U.S. Department of Defense." name=description>
<META content="National Security Agency, NSA, Central Security Service, CSS, NSA/CSS, cryptology, cryptologic, cryptography, cryptographic, Signals Intelligence, SIGINT, Information Assurance, IA, Information Security, INFOSEC, security, technology, National Cryptologic Museum, museum, history, employment, jobs, careers, opportunities, math, mathematics, mathematicians, computer science, engineering, engineers" name=keywords>
I'm guessing the NSA site isn't in-game, so surely it's a bit risky copying a government site?
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:10 am
AnthraX101
Entrenched
Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 797
It may be worthwhile to note the similarity between www.hcrd.org and www.nsa.gov.
AnthraX101
EDIT: Heh, beat me to the post by seconds, lurker. Also note that http://www.hcrd.org/outreach/archomepage.htm was saved directly from http://www.nsaarc.net/. See the source of the first page, second line.
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:10 am
Muffin
Unfettered
Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 306 Location: UK, Leicester
Re: HCRD / NSA
lurker wrote:
I'm guessing the NSA site isn't in-game, ...
Weeeellllllll, I just suppose that depends on how much of a hardcore ARG'er you are!
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:37 am
addlepated
Unfictologist
Joined: 17 Aug 2003 Posts: 1885 Location: Austin, Texas
Re: HCRD / NSA
Muffin wrote:
Weeeellllllll, I just suppose that depends on how much of a hardcore ARG'er you are!
Where's my tin foil hat smiley when I need it??
(and even more off-topic, I have a friend from Leicester. I'll have to tell him I ran across one of his town-mates - he gets so tickled when Leicester turns up randomly)
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 2:01 pm
ThomasRStevenson
Boot
Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 53 Location: Wayne State University
In case this site changes, and we want to see the original, I've saved the 29 pages I've found to http://tom.cc.wayne.edu/Acheron/in-game/www.hcrd.org
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:33 pm
konamouse
Official uF Dietitian
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 8010 Location: My own alternate reality
carlitoxxi wrote:
AnthraX101 wrote:
That site looks really unfinished to me. There is still a lot of extra crust around the edges, and the pages all haven't been linked together correctly. I'm not sure that we were supposed to find that yet, or that it's even part of this particular game.
AnthraX101
PS: I think this website is related at the previous ARG (never started) Hidden Alliance, but the old address was www.hiddenalliance.org
Typos on a government site? Tsk. Here it is before the PM catches it
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
If you're supposed to be here then you know what to do. If you are hear for any other reason then please be aware that you tread close to the edge of the curtian . If you have an interest in becoming a PM then contact the webmaster directly.
If you think this is a joke then by all means laugh.
ha
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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:19 am
MageSteff
Pretty talky there aintcha, Talky?
Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 2716 Location: State of Denial
konamouse wrote:
Typos on a government site? Tsk. Here it is before the PM catches it
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
If you're supposed to be here then you know what to do. If you are hear for any other reason then please be aware that you tread close to the edge of the curtian . If you have an interest in becoming a PM then contact the webmaster directly.
If you think this is a joke then by all means laugh.
ha
The typos didn't just get caught, the site is now 404/underconstruction.
Curious. Maybe the PMs took over the domain from the other ARG?
_________________Magesteff
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 12:13 pm
scrivener22
Veteran
Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 71 Location: Kahleefohnia
From acceptance.pdf :
Quote:
If these stipulations are in agreement with your department, I will look forward to your letter outlining our financial arrangements, HCRD research goals , and details of my move to NRU.
And 030103.pdf talks about 'HCRD Agent Jonathon [sic] Clark.'
Regardless of how the HCRD ties into NRU, I'm sure we can expect hours of entertainment from the 'fun puzzles for students'...
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:11 pm
talax
Guest
interesting notes:
www.hiddenalliance.net, now is a blank page with a "." in the title.
www.hiddenalliance.org doesn't seem to work anymore.
www.hcrd.org still works.
does any of the above have anything to do with the recent "change" in the otherwebsites?
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 12:00 am
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