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==Phrack Magazine==
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Volume Five, Issue Forty-Five, File 3 of 28
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Phrack Loopback Part II
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How sad the state of affairs is. Companies do _not_ care about
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security. My father would be the last one to think about ways
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into the "systems" that are out there. We had a good talk tonite
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about the lack of security in the corporate world. I told him
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about PGP public key encryption software, and it's political
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gibberish etc. Then he hits me with this outstanding story of
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the stupidity displayed at his credit union (AEA, yes he works in
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the silicon valley). He went to get some $$ at the branch office
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near his work, and he notices they have upgraded their computer
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systems. It was apparent that it was no 'internal' updating of
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the tellers' equipment, but a major overhaul of the entire
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structure at AEA credit union. This was obvious when every teller
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was reading manuals as they helped customers. The greatest part
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of his story (which made him laugh out loud) was that on the tellers'
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computer screens were taped up pieces of paper detailing how to
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access the computers at AEA. As the teller was in the back room,
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my dad leaned over and saw what it was, and memorized the things.
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Its the things like that which make me want to trust my money to
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fabulous behemoths like credit unions.
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[That's typical. You should have gone straight to that bank and taken notes.
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You never know...you could have ended up with SWIFT access. Let's face it,
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if the BND's Project Rahab can, so can we.]
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TO: The Hack/Phreak Community
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From: Amitech USA
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Subject: Explaining About What Amitech USA IS!
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Amitech is a group that teaches and learns... What I mean by this is
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The Hack/Phreak community should teach the inexperienced more than put them
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down, especially if they want to learn but no one is willing to teach
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them.. This is were we come in... The definition of Hacking is learning the
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holes in different telephone equipment and different computer equipment.
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People these days don't use there knowledge correctly... They abuse what
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they get and sometimes even harass people because of hatred and
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reasons of revenge.. The H/P community isn't about this... We are releasing
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this to invite anyone in the H/P community with a lot or little experience
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to join us, to learn and to teach us..
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Amitech USA does not condone any board crashing, harassing,
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Underground Board password stealing etc. We will not be responsible or
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accept anyone who condones such activity....
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Amitech has two levels of members.. 1. Trial members 2. Regular
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members. The trial members are on a basis of two weeks which in such time
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they have to show us that they are willing to learn and is not into the
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group just to use the groups name in there signature. Members decide who
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is acceptable for a group and who is not. Each member will get the users
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application except their real name and phone #. We will decide and will
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contact you within a week of when the application comes to me...
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We are going to be mostly underground for the simple fact that the
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group does not need recognition. Are members may stand out but for the
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most part we will not be shown and or do not want to be shown for the
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simple fact that underground is better for the newer user as will as the
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older users.
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Please send all applications to Either burntkid@spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu
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or The Crime Scene 516-873-8903...Anyone who wants information may send a
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message. Anyone interested in joining please fill out the application below.
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First Name: Handle:
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Phone #: How many years experience:
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Specialties: Boards you're on:
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Email/Internet:
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Please Spread This Message Around...
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[Good luck with your group. And remember, when you're a group, you're
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subject to prosecution under RICO. God Bless America.]
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Dear Phrack:
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I know you guys take an interest in what happens at 2600
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meetings, so I thought you might like to hear about a mainstay of the
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Washington D.C. meeting. BTW, I am also submitting to 2600. (They
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should have a PGP key)
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------ Cut ----
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For the past few meetings a guy from MCI has showed up. He
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works at some sort of Pentagon City mall branch of MCI and on the Fridays
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he sticks around and gets drunk. He is usually a great source of
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entertainment and this time he was undoubtedly the best part of the 2600
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meeting. That was the highest form of entertainment (except for the
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threats on The Monk's life). At a meeting before this he was saying
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(I'm not sure how many beers he had had) how he was going to bomb
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(physically) all the hackers computers by using the system batteries.
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And he also said something like "We didn't have time for this kind of
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stuff in Vietnam." Anyway, I was listening to his drunken ramblings and
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I was thinking "I should be writing his wisdom down." So I did, and
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Maverick later started to type it down. The hardest part of all of this
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was not laughing in his face. Here is where I started the notes:
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MCI Guy: I mean it's really small, it's only like 1 microliter long.
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Vance: Yeah, that's pretty short.
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MCI Guy: I work on computers and they go in nanoseconds.
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Vance: Nanoseconds are really short.
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MCI Guy: A nanosecond is about this long.
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< Denotes with his fingers a length of about 6 inches >
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Vance: That's great if you can visualize it.
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MCI Guy: Yeah, it's short. Most of the instructions that I do take
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less than 3 nanoseconds, and that's short. But it's still too
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slow.
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--- Ok, from here it somehow jumped to a discussion of Rebel Lion's
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modem that was sitting out:
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MCI Guy: That's a good modem, it has memory because of it's external
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capacitance. The capacitor can store the memory since it's
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outside.
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Vance: Yeah, it must have a lot of memory. How much would you say?
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MCI Guy: A lot, gigabytes of it. The computer can talk directly to it.
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Vance: You need software to access that, that's where the
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intelligence is, in 2 gigabyte capacitor technology software.
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MCI Guy: It's because it's outside and it has it's memory.
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Vance: Gigaboobs of memory. Megamammaries. It must have
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Megamammaries in it's external capacitance.
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-- At this point, everybody is cracking up, I can't believe Vance kept
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a straight face.
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MCI Guy: Yeah. < Looking confused. >
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-- After this, I was really laughing and wasn't sure of exactly what was
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said. But in just a few minutes, the MCI guy left to get some more
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beer. He didn't come back to our table, he went to another one. We
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ignored him for awhile. But as he was sitting there, a woman sat down
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next to him. She was undoubtedly a prostitute, and there were many
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cracks about her gigaboobs and megamammaries. She must have spotted
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the fact that he was wasted and was trying to make some easy cash.
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After a while, the MCI guy didn't bite, and her pimp came along and
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picked her up. (There is no other logical explanation that I can
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think of.) After a few minutes, we went back to the table for the
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final round, but Vance had left, so I conducted the search for
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knowledge. It starts as I was approaching the table and trying to get
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him to talk to me.
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GD: When you were talking Rebel Lion's modem, I wasn't quite sure
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of what you said, could you explain it to me?
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< I get out my pencil and paper, like I'm taking notes on his
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every word. (Actually I was) >
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MCI Guy: < He is giving me a look of utter contempt, like I'm just a
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stupid kid who is not worthy to partake in his knowledge >
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Well you see it's external.
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GD: What do you mean? It's obviously external, but what does that
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mean? < Gives me another look >
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--- Maverick accidentally spills some of Mr. MCI's beer.
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MCI Guy: What was that? What are you doing?!?
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Maverick: I didn't do anything, you spilled it!
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MCI Guy: < Just forgets about it in his drunken stupor >
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It has it's own memory, it doesn't have to take up the core
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like an internal.
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GD: Core?
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MCI Guy: Or something like that, you know. It's outside the main
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frame.
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GD: Right, so it saves memory.
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MCI Guy: Hmmph, I work with so much memory. I throw out tapes.
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GD: Tapes? You mean tape backups.
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MCI Guy: Yeah.
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GD: Why? Don't you want the memory?
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MCI Guy: I have too much memory.
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GD: Yeah, I guess you're right, if you have too much memory, it is
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hard to get rid of.
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MCI Guy: I even use records.
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GD: You mean like the spinning kind of records? On a turntable?
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MCI Guy: Yeah, they hold a lot of memory.
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GD: Why don't you use CD's? They hold a lot more you know.
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MCI Guy: No they don't, you don't even know.
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GD: So you are saying that records hold more than CD's?
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MCI Guy: Yeah, and I can save space on records, I use "shrinker". It
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shrinks the space on a record.
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GD: You mean shrink the space on one of those spinning records?
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< I was trying too hard to keep from laughing to speak
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articulately >
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MCI Guy: It saves space by shrinking everything, and I can fit
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more on it.
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GD: Yeah, I guess that is a good idea.
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MCI Guy: < Incredulous at my stupidity >
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Do you even know about comp?
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GD: Comp? Sorry, I've never heard of "comp". What is it?
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MCI Guy: It's bits and bytes.
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GD: Keep on going, I want to learn about this.
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< And boy did I >
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MCI Guy: 4 bytes make a bit, 2 bytes make a double word, 2 words make a
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double word.
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GD: 2 words make a double word? Isn't that obvious since 2 means
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double?
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MCI Guy: < Ignoring me >
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It's called 32 bits. Above that you have to deal with 36 bits.
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GD: Ok, I get it. That's pretty cool.
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MCI Guy: That's called the IBM logo.
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GD: The IBM logo? It's made up of bits and bytes and comp?
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MCI Guy: Yeah, if you go above or below the line.
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--- Ok, at this point I was reeling from the bit-byte-word conversions
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and I didn't even want to try pursuing the "line" question since I had
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to leave. I really wish I could have stayed, but I also don't know how
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long he would have been benign; this guy was drunk and still had 2
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large beers in front of him.
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All through this time, people were cracking up and laughing
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in his face. It wasn't that hard for the guy currently talking to him
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to not laugh, but when you thought for a second about this guy's slurred
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speech and his look of superiority, it was damn hard not to laugh. And
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how sad is this guys life? He comes to a mall to get drunk! It
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must cost him $15 for those beers. Oh well, maybe we will spring for
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some grain alcohol next time so we can get him to say even more.
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Last thing, if you are talking to a guy like this. Don't do
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what I did, don't confront him. You won't get as much out of him. Do
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what Vance did; agree with everything he says. This will get him more
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comfortable and he will talk more. Then give a summary of everything he
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said, while inserting things like "megamammaries" and "gigaboobs".
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-- Disclaimer: I tried to be as accurate as possible but there were
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some small changes made because I couldn't remember the exact wording.
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But overall this is fairly true to life.
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[I've noticed that everyone I've ever met involved with LE or security
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at corporations drinks and drinks and drinks and drinks. And drinks.
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What's with that? Jesus...no wonder they are so slow to react. They
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are fucking hammered all the time. They need to invest in some
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stimulants. Swap that Gin & Tonic for a handful of Ephedrine or something.
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(Notice I said Ephedrine...gotta stay legal, eh?) ]
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Dear Phrack,
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I am Knightkrawler. About a month ago Mephisto, a fellow hacker friend of
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mine, discovered a dialup for a Taco Bell computer while scanning some
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numbers. Just for the hell of it, I called up the Taco Bell manager and
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posed as the Sys Admin. THE PHUCKER FELL FOR IT!!!!!!
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Conversation
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^^^^^^^^^^^^
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me: Hi, I'm the SYS Admin for The Taco Bell Login. My staff and I will be
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running some routine diagnostics for the next week. I'll need a passwd and
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login name to enter the system.
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Corey (the manager): Sure! My passwd is 1A2B3C, and my login name is Corey.
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me: Thank you. If you need anything, you know where to reach me.
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END
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^^^
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WHAT A DUMBASS!!! I was able to log on and Change fuckin' payrolls!!!!
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First thing I did was to change the price of tacos to 5 cents a piece!
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What I want to know is, have any of you out there had any similar
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experiences with bastards like these? Are all restaurant managers so
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lame?
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L8R,
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-=KnIgHtKrAwLeR=-
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[The Taco Bell SCO's have been a source of amusement for some time.
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It would appear that all restaurants in the PepsiCo chain have
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SCO's in-house. Something to keep in mind.
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And, uh, I've never seen anything that you could do like "change prices"
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without special terminal emulation. So, uh, don't bullshit a bullshitter.
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But, hey, it's a funny hack, and there are several in every city to
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play with, if you are so inclined.]
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Hello there, I was wondering if you could help me (wait, wait,
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hear me out!). I am looking for some up-to-date info on COSMOS. I've read
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all of the Phrack articles, yours in ish 31 was particularly good, and I was
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wondering if there have been any developments lately that I should be aware
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of?
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Basically, I am looking for a manual that will show me how to use
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COSMOS. Kind of like a DOS reference guide or something similar. Your
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article was dated 1990, almost 4 years ago, and I'm sure there have been
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some new things introduced since then.
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I was thinking that if you had the raw info, you could pass it
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along to me and I could whip up a readable format for the next issue of
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Phrack. Believe me, I've got far too much time on my hands. I love Phrack
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and would do anything to help out! Anyway, I'll cut this off here before I
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waste too much of your time.
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Mr. Wizard
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[COSMOS is being phased out. I would suggest you look for info on
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SWITCH. There have been some articles on it in 2600, so you may want
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to check some back issues. Otherwise, I'll see if I can't get some
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more detailed articles on its use for future Phrack issues.
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But as far as COSMOS goes, I think my article from a few years back ended
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up as the most complete ever done, so I doubt there are any others that
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covered things I didn't.]
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VIRTUAL REALITY NOW AVAILABLE TO GENERAL PUBLIC AT CYBERMIND
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What is Virtual Reality?
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Virtual Reality (VR) is a computer generated, interactive 3D environment in
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which the computer serves as a window to an alternate reality. Once immersed in
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this environment, the players interact with each other as well as the computer.
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Each VR system includes a head mounted display which provides a 3D graphical
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image along with full stereo sound. By placing the display over your eyes, you
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are "virtually" transported to a computer-generated world that you control.
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Wherever you move, the computer tracks the movement of your body and displays
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the appropriate image to your eyes. (If you looked up you would see the sky.
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If you looked down you would see your "feet.") The unlimited choices you can
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make in these virtual worlds make the experience one-of-a-kind.
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Development of Virtual Reality: Past and Future
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Early VR was confined to multi-million dollar systems in research labs and
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military simulations. However, the decreasing cost of computing power and
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display technology, VR now has more widespread applications: entertainment,
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education, worker training, telerobotics, medicine, teledildonics (virtual sex)
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and communication, among others.
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In the future, VR technology will allow you to travel, shake hands with people
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in other countries, walk on the moon or go shopping -- all without actually
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leaving the home or office.
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What is CyberMind?
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CyberMind is San Francisco's first location-based virtual reality entertainment
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center. CyberMind center features eight interactive virtual reality machines
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that allow the general public to experience and learn about 3D virtual reality
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technology by playing imaginative, roleplaying games such as Dactyl Nightmare,
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Legend Quest, Flying Aces and ExoRex II.
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CyberMind Virtual Reality Center
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WHAT: Out of this world entertainment for families, couples, singles and groups.
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WHERE: One Embarcadero, Lobby Level (second floor). At the top of the
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escalators.
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WHEN: Normal Center Hours are 10:00 am to Midnight, seven days a week.
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HOW MUCH: Normal Pricing is $5.00 per play per person for a six minute
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experience.
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20% discount for groups over 12 persons.
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CYBERMIND CENTER RENTALS: For catered parties and receptions, contact
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Chris Figge at 415.693.0861
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WHY: It will blow your mind
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CyberMind Corp: Telephone 415.693.0861. FAX: 415.693.0171.
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737 Pine Street, Suite 65, San Francisco, CA 94108
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[Uh, yeah. And Stand in line with Beavis & Butthead. Huh Huh, Cyber Stuff
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is cool. Heh heh. Cool. Yeah, I'm a Cyberpunk with $5 dollars. Let's set
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it on fire and throw it in the street. No, Ass Munch, you can get stuff
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with money. Oh yeah, heh heh heh.]
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Phrack:
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Sorry to inconvenience you and PGP this message, but I fail to trust
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the people in charge of the server in which this message is being sent from.
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Approximately six months ago I was playing around with the idea for a
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crypto-chat program. In short: You and the other people in the chat area,
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(IRC for example), would pick the same password or random seed number. This
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would tell the chat program what algorithms to use, etc. Hence forth whatever
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you type is encrypted and whatever is displayed remotely is automatically
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decrypted.
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My only problem is that I do not know enough regarding cryptology to
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write a very secure encryption routine. I have tried a few times to contact
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Cypherpunks, but to no avail, I have not received any letters back from them
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even regarding my request to be put on their mailing list. I write to you,
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Phrack, in hopes that you can set me in the correct direction for making my
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crypto-chat program a reality. I feel it would be an asset to the hack/phreak
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community and its struggle for more privacy.
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Thanx.
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-----------------------------------------guerilla AnArchy---------------------
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[Actually, it wouldn't be that hard to do, but you'd probably want to do
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it as a DCC chat type thing, rather than going through a server at all.
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I may be wrong, but I think someone may have worked on such a beast.
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You may want to try again to contact the cypherpunks list
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(cypherpunks@toad.com) (or to get added, cypherpunks-request@toad.com)
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and ask around. Otherwise, use the existing DCC Chat source, but
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just change it to incorporate a public key exchange, and use those
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exchanged keys to encrypt messages. It would be harder for more than
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one to one chat, but hell...no pain, no gain.
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Notice, I didn't volunteer to do it. Much too much work for me.]
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Dear Phrack,
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Just finished reading Issue #42 (so I'm a little behind). Must say,
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it was very kewl. I have a little addition to the "Car Light Hack"
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in the Loopback section. When coming up to an intersection with the
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pressure sensitive panels in the tar, pump the brakes hard so the
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car rocks back and forth. This will fool the panel into thinking
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there's more weight (more cars) sitting on it and it will change the
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light faster. This also works great with intersections where there
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are two panels--one at the light, and one six or seven car lengths
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back. Either way, the light is guaranteed to change green quickly!
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[Yes. Pressure pads are quiet common. Probably much more so than the
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light sensors. Whatever works.]
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Hi there !
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Last week I got in contact with your magazine (#44) and a soft
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called Bluebeep, because I wanted to call BBSs all over the world.
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Reading Phrack, I got more interested is hacking stuff, which I do since
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I first touched a computer when I was 9 (now I'm 20).
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So, since you offered in the magazine :), I'd like to get some
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info about the subject, specially about free callings. Here is the
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story.
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Here in Brazil most of the computers have been IBM mainframes
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for a long time, only now changing to UNIX & LANs. Phone lines were a
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shit too, I could say that batter than most since my father works for
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the Brazilian phone co. (Embratel) And that's my point. Brazilian phone
|
||
co. is (still) owned by the federal government. NEC and AT&T are trying
|
||
to end the monopoly. But I think it's much easier to hack it since there
|
||
aren't many hackers here and they don't do a big mess. What should I do
|
||
and have to try this. See, I'm very rookie, so would like some
|
||
guidelines... People here is very afraid to talk about. BTW, could a
|
||
AT&T guy bust me (here, in Rio de Janeiro) for using Bluebeep in the
|
||
000-8010 ?!?
|
||
|
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Are there other means of doing free calls ? Embratel has it's
|
||
own Calling Card...
|
||
|
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Wish I can have your help... I'm a RPG-fanatic and would like to
|
||
connect to Illuminati BBS and others, so I could get more info.
|
||
|
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Thanx,
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||
|
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[]s CAD
|
||
|
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[I wouldn't worry as much about the AT&T guy busting you, as I would
|
||
the Brazilian Secret Police shooting you for boxing. I mean, if the
|
||
government still owns the phone company, they are the ones to watch out for.
|
||
|
||
To contact Steve Jackson Games and the Illuminati BBS, you should think
|
||
about signing on to io.com. That is their Internet site. It's very
|
||
cool, and has a huge MUD, (if you are into those sort of things.)
|
||
|
||
Good luck in Brazil, and please consider doing a file for our International
|
||
Scene section on your Country!]
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||
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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||
|
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- Translation by MIND-NRG (Rome, Italy)
|
||
|
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[All words between [] are additional comments made by the translator]
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||
|
||
Speciale Cyber September, 1993
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
by Sergio Stingo (King) [ A good italian magazine ] (P. 131)
|
||
|
||
CyberPunk: everbody is talking about it, but only few people really know what
|
||
it really is. Electronic Books ? A disturbing view of the next future ?
|
||
Electronical conferences ? A new sort of fashion-wears ? The biggest
|
||
democratic revolution of our age ? A silent and creeping revolution ?
|
||
Our Stingo [perhaps a male journalist ?], always curious about everything
|
||
that is <<new>>, is travelling around Italy to investigate about this
|
||
phenomenon.
|
||
|
||
It was like taking the lid off a brewing pot. The more He met <<cyber>>
|
||
the more He understood that there was much more to be discovered;
|
||
from the supporter of the <<brain machine>>, who is testing the mysterious
|
||
machine into discos and universities, to the first art gallery where
|
||
hackers' work of art are exhibited; from the cyber magazines, as <<Decoder>>,
|
||
to the bands that are discovering a new style of music. Not mentioning sex,
|
||
that, thanks to technology, is trying to increase the range of possible
|
||
sensations. So, the trip beyond the borders of the universe was so rich and
|
||
adventurous, that We have had to divide this articles into two issues.
|
||
In this issue We introduce you to the first one. And, as cybernauts are used
|
||
to say, have a good navigation.
|
||
|
||
|
||
[ This is the translation for you boys interested into this article. Have a
|
||
good time with it <g>.CyberPunks are unknown in Italy. It's possible to find
|
||
poor articles on them, but no serious issues.]
|
||
|
||
- MIND-NRG -
|
||
|
||
|
||
[Hey Man! Thanks for the translation! I was wondering what that King
|
||
Magazine article was saying. Hehe, I ought to get you to translate the
|
||
whole article! Haha...Spanish I could do myself, but Italian is a
|
||
little too different.
|
||
|
||
BTW: We don't have an article on the Italian Hacking scene either.
|
||
Obviously you guys have developed quite a subculture. We'd really
|
||
like to hear more!]
|
||
|
||
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
This message is in regard to the following article in Phrack #42.
|
||
I was just wondering if there was a way to convert the newer
|
||
sportsters. My modem does have 4.1 roms, at least that is what
|
||
ati6 displays. however my modem has problems with the second line
|
||
of command:
|
||
|
||
|
||
"Turning your USR Sportster w/ 4.1 roms
|
||
into a 16.8K HST Dual Standard"
|
||
|
||
by
|
||
|
||
The Sausage with The Mallet
|
||
|
||
|
||
If you have a USRobotics Sportster FAX modem, Ver 4.1, you can issue
|
||
the following commands to it to turn it into an HST 16.8K dual standard.
|
||
In effect, you add HST 16.8K to its V32.bis 14.4k capability.
|
||
|
||
ats11=40v1L3x4&h1&r2&b1e1b1&m4&a3&k3
|
||
atgw03c6,22gw05cd,2f
|
||
ats14=1s24=150s26=1s32=8s34=0x7&w
|
||
|
||
I would appreciate it if you could somehow forward the message to
|
||
either the authors. I realize that this is an old article, but
|
||
I would really appreciate any reply to this question.
|
||
|
||
Sincerely,
|
||
Sam F.
|
||
|
||
[Wow. I have no idea. I do know that later versions of the modem
|
||
took out that, uh, "Feature." But keep in mind, as modems progress
|
||
they big feature that everyone wants is flash eprom for the
|
||
software, so that you can upgrade the modem through software.
|
||
|
||
The future holds a lot of fun for the person who gets his or her hands
|
||
upon the reprogramming tool and rom images of upgrades for faster
|
||
modems.]
|
||
|
||
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Phrack:
|
||
|
||
I would like first to express all my gratitude to you, the Phrack
|
||
editor, and to all of its contributors. You are doing a great job and
|
||
should get credit for it. What really kills me are those wanna-be
|
||
hackers writing you in an often offensive manner, requesting for
|
||
information that no real hacker would expect to see in Phrack. Or
|
||
those sending the /etc/passwd file of their local University and
|
||
thinking they've achieved the hack of the century.
|
||
|
||
I've been reading Phrack for quite long time now and was wondering how
|
||
to contribute to it, considering that almost every hackable subject has
|
||
been covered in one of the 44 Phrack issues.
|
||
I saw in issue 42 that you were sort of interested to collect H/P field
|
||
information from countries other than United States. And I thought it
|
||
might be an opportunity for me to send you something that was uncovered
|
||
before. I'm quite sure that you can easily find foreign contributors for
|
||
European countries so I will probably not bother you with H/P-related
|
||
data in France and Sweden (where I used to live). Few months ago, I
|
||
settled in the Asian country you'll identify from my e-mail address and
|
||
have started investigating, in a relaxed mode, hacking and phreaking
|
||
areas. This country is a virgin territory and maybe my researches and
|
||
experiments would provide guidelines for H/P-ers in the same lonely
|
||
situation.
|
||
|
||
I was wondering though if you had any kind of recommendations for such
|
||
reports (style, length, depth of details to be given, etc...)
|
||
If anybody in the Far-East area is interested to participate in the
|
||
writing of the report, or just willing to share knowledge with me,
|
||
please feel free to forward my e-mail address to such people.
|
||
|
||
Disclaimer:
|
||
Even if I really have the intention to write such a report, no warranty
|
||
should be made upon the delivery time of it. My job is time-consuming
|
||
and leave me very few time for investigations. Apart from that, life in
|
||
this country is also highly entertaining and week-ends are mostly spent
|
||
on parties with nice, nice people.
|
||
|
||
~~ Long live Phrack and its famous skilled contributors. ~~
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
-- Otto Sync --
|
||
|
||
[Thanks for the letter of appreciation! As far as contributions go,
|
||
we are interested in anything and everything. For your scene file,
|
||
just use some of the files on other countries as examples, and I'm sure
|
||
yours will be fine.
|
||
|
||
Don't worry about getting it to me in any hurry. Phrack 46 is 3 months
|
||
away. :) ]
|
||
|
||
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Hey, guyz!
|
||
|
||
What happened to the magazine, I haven't seen any number after 43... In any
|
||
case, send the stuff to me, as soon as possible. Preferably in some kind of
|
||
compressed format.
|
||
|
||
I have got here a small question. Firstly, I noticed that a number of
|
||
hackers have E-Mail addresses such as *@phantom.com. Is it possible to get
|
||
one just like this, or you've gotta be some kind of a masquotte?
|
||
|
||
I myself am a god-fearing character, not hacking outside my own domain. I
|
||
prefer to produce than to steal. However, I lack chatting and I lack money,
|
||
but I wouldn't steal it. Just to get a different view - for you. Not every
|
||
curious person has to be a criminal.
|
||
|
||
Greetings,
|
||
Verdura (aka Vegetable)
|
||
|
||
[Phantom Access is a public access unix that you can get access to just
|
||
by telnetting to phantom.com and applying as a new user.
|
||
|
||
Yes, indeed, there are a lot of hackers on phantom.com. In fact, a large
|
||
number of us ancient LOD types are on there. More than you would
|
||
imagine, really. But it is open to the public, and anyone who cares to
|
||
pay the usage fees can hang out.
|
||
|
||
As far as back issues, I don't send them out to anyone. They are available
|
||
for ftp from ftp.netsys.com in /pub/phrack as .zip files.
|
||
|
||
I do make exceptions for people without ftp access, and will mail
|
||
(US Mail) disks to whoever sends me postage to:
|
||
|
||
Phrack Magazine
|
||
603 W. 13th #1A-278
|
||
Austin, TX 78701 ]
|
||
|
||
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Dear phrack type person:
|
||
|
||
I am working on a carding scheme involving stripe-writers. I have looked
|
||
into getting one but it seems impossible to find someone to sell me one!
|
||
I know publishing information like that is VERY stupid seeing as many
|
||
government officials read phrack without paying for it. And many lamer
|
||
asswipes read it to. That company would stop selling faster than a lamer
|
||
on IRC gets kicked! I need any information on acquiring such a PERFECTLY
|
||
LEGAL device because of the places I tried I could not find one that would
|
||
sell me one! I also need any tips on magstipe encoding and atm machines
|
||
available. I am adept in the circles of phreekdom and can call Boards if
|
||
need be. And by the way this board I am mailing from has a dickhead for a
|
||
sysop. I would mail from the public access internet site here, but
|
||
They found my uid shells and kicked me off. They called the cops but being
|
||
the most advanced police force in the nation they haven't a clue how to
|
||
contact me. (the system only asks for you name to get an account) But now
|
||
they require picture ID to get an account. It's a bitch but I have to get
|
||
a fake ID and a fake parent. I was also attempting to DL cracker jack
|
||
when They kicked me off and I would like to know were I could gopher for it
|
||
or ftp if need be. I lost most internet access except gopher and mail from
|
||
this crap board. ENCRYPT EVERYTHING cause the sysop sux. I would like to
|
||
subscribe to phrack but this bastard would delete 1 meg of mail quite quickly
|
||
unless it is small, zipped and uuencoded I guess. Well anyway I hope to hear
|
||
from you.
|
||
|
||
The government can have my encryption keys when they pry them from my cold
|
||
dead hands.
|
||
|
||
-Phiber Phreak
|
||
|
||
[It's pretty hard to get such a magstripe writer, but the keyword here is
|
||
MONEY. If you have money, they will sell you damn near anything. You may
|
||
want to check Bank Technology News (800-835-8403 for subscription) as they
|
||
have periodic vendor lists. Additionally you can ask them for a copy of
|
||
their Card Industry Directory which will have all the info on suppliers that
|
||
you could ever dream of. It has a 15 day trial period too, so read it,
|
||
get what you need and return it (for a full refund).
|
||
|
||
As far as Cracker Jack goes, get on #hack sometime and ask. I don't have
|
||
a copy, but i imagine someone online will be able to DCC it to you.]
|
||
|
||
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
==Phrack Magazine==
|
||
|
||
Volume Five, Issue Forty-Five, File 3a of 28
|
||
|
||
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
||
|
||
I try my best to keep Phrack unbiased. For those of you who know me,
|
||
you know that I am not the most soft-spoken individual in the world, and
|
||
not being able to totally flame everyone and everything puts a great deal
|
||
of stress on me. This editorial space is my one saving grace. In this
|
||
I can spew out incredible amounts of crap and everyone should know that
|
||
it is MY OPINION only.
|
||
|
||
If anyone else wants to write a "guest" editorial, feel free to email
|
||
it to phrack@well.com.
|
||
|
||
---------------------
|
||
|
||
This issue I'm going to rant and rave about assholes on the net.
|
||
|
||
You know who you are.
|
||
|
||
You break into sites without any purpose, you delete files, you harass
|
||
and annoy, you attempt blackmail, you fake mail, you fake news, you
|
||
sling racial insults and you generally have nothing to offer the
|
||
world.
|
||
|
||
You are a disgrace to the hacker community.
|
||
|
||
--------------------
|
||
|
||
There have always been confrontations online. It's unavoidable on
|
||
the net, as it is in life, to avoid unpleasantness. However, on the net
|
||
the behavior is far more pronounced since it effects a much greater
|
||
response from the limited online environments than it would in the real
|
||
world. People behind such behavior in the real world can be dealt with or
|
||
avoided, but online they cannot.
|
||
|
||
In the real world, annoying people don't impersonate you in national
|
||
forums. In the real world, annoying people don't walk into your room
|
||
and go through your desk and run through the town showing everyone your
|
||
private papers or possessions. In the real world, people can't readily
|
||
imitate your handwriting or voice and insult your friends and family by
|
||
letter or telephone. In the real world people don't rob or vandalize
|
||
and leave your fingerprints behind.
|
||
|
||
The Internet is not the real world.
|
||
|
||
All of the above continually happens on the Internet, and there is
|
||
little anyone can do to stop it. The perpetrators know full well how
|
||
impervious they are to retribution, since the only people who can put
|
||
their activities to a complete halt are reluctant to open cases against
|
||
computer criminals due to the complex nature of the crimes.
|
||
|
||
The Internet still clings to the anarchy of the Arpanet that spawned it,
|
||
and many people would love for the status quo to remain. However, the
|
||
actions of a few miscreants will force lasting changes on the net as a
|
||
whole. The wanton destruction of sites, the petty forgeries, the
|
||
needless breakins and the poor blackmail attempts do not go unnoticed
|
||
by the authorities.
|
||
|
||
I personally could care less what people do on the net. I know it is
|
||
fantasyland. I know it exists only in our minds, and should not
|
||
have any long lasting effect in the real world. Unfortunately, as the
|
||
net's presence grows larger and larger, and the world begins to accept
|
||
it as an entity in and of itself, it will be harder to convince
|
||
those inexperienced users that the net is not real.
|
||
|
||
I have always played by certain rules and they have worked well for me
|
||
in the nearly 15 years I've been online. These rules can best be
|
||
summed up by the following quote, "We are taught to love all our
|
||
neighbors. Be courteous. Be peaceful. But if someone lays his hands
|
||
on you, send them to the cemetery."
|
||
|
||
The moment someone crosses the line, and interferes with my
|
||
well-being in any setting (even one that is arguably unreal such as the
|
||
Internet) I will do whatever necessary to ensure that I can once again
|
||
go about minding my own business unmolested. I am not alone in this
|
||
feeling. There are hundreds of net-loving anarchists who don't want the
|
||
extra attention and bad press brought to our little fantasyland by
|
||
people who never learned how to play well as children. Even these
|
||
diehard anti-authoritatians are finding themselves caught in a serious
|
||
quandary: do they do nothing and suffer attacks, or do they make the
|
||
phone call to Washington and try to get the situation resolved?
|
||
|
||
Many people cannot afford the risk of striking back electronically,
|
||
as some people may suggest. Other people do not have the skill set needed
|
||
to orchestrate an all out electronic assault against an unknown, even
|
||
if they pay no heed to the legal risk. Even so, should anyone attempt
|
||
such retribution electronically, the assailant will merely move to a new
|
||
site and begin anew.
|
||
|
||
People do not like to deal with police. No one LOVES to
|
||
call up their local law enforcement office and have a nice chat.
|
||
Almost everyone feels somewhat nervous dealing with these figures
|
||
knowing that they may just as well decide to turn their focus on you
|
||
rather than the people causing problems. Even if you live your life
|
||
crime-free, there is always that underlying nervousness; even in the
|
||
real world.
|
||
|
||
However, begin an assault directed against any individual, and I
|
||
guarantee he or she will overcome such feelings and make the needed
|
||
phone call. It isn't the "hacking" per se that will cause anyone's
|
||
downfall nor bring about governmental regulation of the net, but the
|
||
unchecked attitudes and gross disregard for human dignity that runs
|
||
rampant online.
|
||
|
||
What good can come from any of this? Surely people will regain the
|
||
freedom to go about their business, but what of the added governmental
|
||
attentions?
|
||
|
||
Electronic Anti-Stalking Laws?
|
||
Electronic Trespass?
|
||
Electronic Forgery?
|
||
False Electronic Indentification?
|
||
Electronic Shoplifting?
|
||
Electronic Burglary?
|
||
Electronic Assault?
|
||
Electronic Loitering?
|
||
Illegal Packet Sniffing equated as Illegal Wiretaps?
|
||
|
||
The potential for new legislation is immense. As the networks
|
||
further permeate our real lives, the continual unacceptable behavior
|
||
and following public outcry in that setting will force the ruling
|
||
bodies to draft such laws. And who will enforce these laws? And who
|
||
will watch the watchmen? Oftimes these issues are left to resolve
|
||
themselves after the laws have passed.
|
||
|
||
Is this the future we want? One of increased legislation and
|
||
governmental regulation? With the development of the supposed
|
||
National Information Super-Highway, the tools will be in place for a new
|
||
body to continually monitor traffic for suspect activity and uphold
|
||
any newly passed legislation. Do not think that the ruling forces have
|
||
not considered that potential.
|
||
|
||
We are all in a serious Catch-22, brought about by a handful of
|
||
sociopaths. When an unwanted future arises as a direct, or indirect,
|
||
result of their actions, REMEMBER. |