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| Volume Three, Issue Thirty-Three, File 1 of 13 |
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| Issue XXXIII Index |
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| P H R A C K 3 3 |
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| September 15, 1991 |
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| ~Technology for Survival~ |
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| On December 24, 1989, Taran King and I released the 30th issue of Phrack |
| and began to prepare for the new decade. The future of Phrack seemed bright |
| and full of great potential. A few weeks later, Phrack was shut down by the |
| United States Secret Service as part of a large scale attack on the world |
| famous hacking group, the Legion of Doom. |
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| The legend of Phrack died... or did it? Several months later, a |
| newsletter called Phrack and listed as issue 31 appeared under the editorship |
| of Doc Holiday. Of course it was not the original Doc Holiday from Tennessee, |
| but instead one of the founding members of Comsec Data Security, Scott Chasin. |
| It may have called itself Phrack, but it wasn't. |
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| On November 17, 1990, another attempt was made to resurrect Phrack. |
| Crimson Death and Doc Holiday were back to try again, this time calling their |
| product "Phrack Classic." That issue was not absolutely terrible, but the tone |
| behind the articles was misplaced. The introduction itself showed a lack of |
| responsibility and maturity at a time when it was needed most. To complicate |
| matters, Crimson Death failed to produce another issue of Phrack Classic until |
| September 1, 1991, almost 10 months later. This lack of predictability and |
| continuity has become too much of a burden on the hacker community. |
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| I am proud to announce that a new era of Phrack has thus begun. The new |
| Phrack is listed as Phrack 33 despite the Phrack Classic issue of September |
| 1st. To help ease the transition, the new Phrack staff has borrowed files |
| from the PC 33 so they are chronicled correctly. Even Crimson Death has agreed |
| that it is once again time to pass the torch. |
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| The new Phrack editor is Dispater and other people involved in working on |
| this issue include Ninja Master, Circuit, and The Not. Of course they are |
| always looking for help and good articles. The new Phrack will be run slightly |
| different than the old. The kind of information likely to be found in Phrack |
| will not change drastically, but Phrack is intended for people to learn about |
| the types of vulnerabilities in systems that some hackers might be likely to |
| exploit. If you are concerned about your system being disrupted by computer |
| intruders, allow the hackers who write for Phrack to point out some flaws you |
| might wish to correct. Phrack still strongly supports the free exchange of |
| information and will never participate in censorship except when it would be |
| necessary to protect an individual's personal privacy. There is a delicate |
| balance to be found in this arena and hopefully it can be discovered. Be |
| patient and do not judge the new Phrack without really giving it a chance to |
| work out the bugs. |
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| I've said my piece, now it is time to turn over the reigns to Dispater. |
| I wish him the best of luck, and for you the readers, I hope you enjoy the new |
| Phrack as much as you have enjoyed the previous. |
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| Sincerely, |
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| :Knight Lightning (kl@STORMKING.COM) |
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| A few words from Dispater: |
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| Phrack will be introducing a new regular column similar to a "letters to |
| the editor" section. It will be featured as the second file in each issue, |
| beginning with issue 34. Any questions, comments, or problems that you the |
| reader would like to air with Phrack publically will be answered there. |
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| I'd really like to thank Crimson Death for his cooperation in helping us |
| get Phrack started again. He is one of the coolest hackers I have met. We |
| could not have done it without him. Other important people to mention are the |
| The Monk and Twisted Pair. |
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| Thanks to Tuc, Phrack will soon be using an Internet listserver. See |
| Phrack 34 for more details. Phrack will also be found on various anonymous FTP |
| sites across the Internet, including the anonymous ftp site at EFF.ORG, a Unix |
| machine operated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an organization to |
| which we at Phrack respect. It can also be found at the anonymous ftp site at |
| CS.WIDENER.EDU |
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| Off the Internet, we hope to establish several bulletin board systems |
| as archive sites including Digital Underground (812)941-9427, which is operated |
| by The Not. Submissions or letters to Phrack can be made there or on the |
| Internet by sending mail to "phracksub@STORMKING.COM". |
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| The new format will be a little more professional. This is because I |
| have no desire to find myself in court one day like Knight Lightning. However, |
| I have no intention of turning Phrack Inc. into some dry industry journal. |
| Keeping things lite and entertaining is one of the ways that I was attracted |
| to Phrack. I think most people will agree that there is a balance of fun |
| and business to be maintained. If this balance is not met, you the reader, |
| will get bored and so will I! |
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| Check out Phrack World News Special Edition IV for the "details" on |
| CyberView '91, the SummerCon-ference hosted by Knight Lightning that took place |
| this past summer in St. Louis, Missouri. |
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| Phrack XXXIII Table of Contents |
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| 1. Introduction to Phrack 33 by Knight Lightning and Dispater |
| 2. Phrack Profile of Shooting Shark by Crimson Death |
| 3. A Hacker's Guide to the Internet by The Gatsby |
| 4. FEDIX On-Line Information Service by Fedix Upix |
| 5. LATA Referance List by Infinite Loop |
| 6. International Toll Free Code List by The Trunk Terminator |
| 7. Phreaking in Germany by Ninja Master |
| 8. TCP/IP: A Tutorial Part 1 of 2 by The Not |
| 9. A REAL Functioning RED BOX Schematic by J.R."Bob" Dobbs |
| 10. Phrack World News Special Edition IV (CyberView '91) by Bruce Sterling |
| 11. PWN/Part01 by Crimson Death |
| 12. PWN/Part02 by Dispater |
| 13. PWN/Part03 by Dispater |
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