| ==Phrack Magazine== |
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| Volume Four, Issue Forty-Three, File 3 of 27 |
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| Phrack Loopback |
| Part II |
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| The front features an "anti-bell" logo, with your favorite corporate |
| symbol in blue under a slashed circle in red. The ToneLoc logo appears |
| above, with an appropriate quote below. |
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| The back has six Tonemaps, visual representations of exchange scans, |
| contributed by ToneLoc'ers from around the globe. The exchange and |
| scanner's handle is printed below each Tonemap. The handles of the beta |
| testing team are listed below the maps. |
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| - Mucho Maas |
| - Minor Threat |
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| [Editor: I have one of these. The only hacker program immortalized in |
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| S O U T H W E S T |
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| A Neon Knights/Metal Communications Experience |
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| cDc |
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| [ x x ] |
| cDc \ / cDc |
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| (U) |
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| '..and none but the Bovine survived the onslaught' |
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| -cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc- |
| cDc communications |
| -cDc- D0PE SYSTEM -cDc- |
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| Very K-Rad |
| 713-468-5802 |
| No Lame Ratios |
| Running Baphomet |
| Sysd00d : Drunkfux |
| 86,400 Seconds A Day |
| OoOOooOdlez o' T-Files |
| The Official HoHoCon BBS |
| New Pimping Tips Every Day |
| Tonz o' Nifty Ascii Pictures |
| Talk To Satan Himself.. Live!! |
| Free 5-Digit Metro K0DEZ For All |
| d0Pe Gifs Of Gail Thackeray Online |
| Read Hate Filled Nazi Skinhead Poemz |
| Home Of K-RAP : The K-Rad Ascii Possee |
| Learn How To Make Money! Just Ask Byron! |
| Necropheliacs & Kidporn Kollekt0rz Welcome |
| Y0 Y0 Y0 Lonely D00dz! We gotz girlie uzerz! |
| Lots Of Message Bases With Really K-KeWL Names |
| Is This Whole "Volcano Ad" Thing Stupid Or What? |
| GNU Warez From The Future! We Have A Time Machine! |
| I Think We Have One Of Those Big, EL8 Drive Thingies |
| No Net Access? Submit Your cDc & Phrack Articles Here! |
| The Only System Authorized By The Debbie Gibson Fan Club |
| The Neon Knights Did NOT Die, We Just Went Way Underground |
| This Thing Is Starting To Look Like That Album St0nerzz Like |
| Mega KooL Games Like Lemonade Stand And Hunt The Wumpus Deluxe |
| Hey! It's The Mashed Potato Mountain Thing From Close Encounters |
| Users Include Lots Of Elite Peoplez You See On Shows Like Dateline |
| That Really Trendy Super High Speed Modem All Those Warez DooDz Have |
| cDc / CuD / dFx / Neon Knights / NIA / Phrack / uXu / Video Vindicator |
| Telco / Systems / Networks / Security / Cellular / Satan / Death / K0DEZ |
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| Hi there! |
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| As a beginner in Cyberspace & a new reader of Phrack, I just wanna say thiz... |
| IT'S X-CELLENT DUDES!!!!!. |
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| Keep the good work!!!!!. |
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| I only have your latest issue, and I never read previous ones, so this |
| is maybe old stuff... but I would like to see the Infonet network and |
| Datapac covered in some of UR articles... let me know if u published something |
| in recent issues. |
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| Greetings from South America, |
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| LawEnforcer. |
| (yes, it's an Alias!!!) |
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| [Editor: Well, InfoNet we've never done. Any takers? Datapac I |
| personally scanned some time ago, but almost ALL of the |
| 100K of NUA's I found still work. Maybe someone should |
| take my script and re-scan it. Anyone? Class? Bueler?] |
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| begin contribution------------------------------- |
| VMS machines that have captive accounts often have accounts such as HYTELNET. |
| This is an account which will archie for you, or take you to a few select BBSs |
| or any of many boring things to do. You simply log in as HYTELNET, there isn't |
| a password, and go through the menus. Now, that's where the fun begins. If |
| you use HYTELNET to telnet anywhere, while it is connecting, simply type your |
| local telnet escape key (something like ^\ or ^]) and then........you have a |
| telnet prompt. Unfortunately, if you close or disconnect, it will return to |
| the HYTELNET menus, and you can't open a new connection, since you're already |
| connected. So, what you do is SPAWN whatever process you want.....you could |
| SPAWN TELNET or SPAWN FTP or SPAWN anything else for that matter. SPAWN with |
| no arguments (the shell escape) does not work, however. This works from any |
| captive account that telnets. So, you can telnet to a VAX that has HYTELNET, |
| log in as HYTELNET, do what I told you, and then hack to wherever, since the |
| reports from the target site will show that HYTELNET@insert.vax.site committed |
| the heinous crimes that you did. |
| Kaneda |
| end contribution-------------------------------- |
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| [Editor: Kaneda: thanks for that tidbit. Now I'm sure to get grief |
| on IRC from someone coming from an odd site. :) |
| Give my regards to Tetsuo. "But some day...we will be"] |
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| [ x x ] cDc communications |
| \ / Global Domination Update |
| (' ') #12 - April 1st, 1993 |
| (U) |
| Est. 1986 |
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| New gNu NEW gnU new GnU nEW gNu neW gnu nEw releases for April, 1993: |
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| _________________________________/Text Files\_________________________________ |
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| 221: "Sickness" by Franken Gibe. Paralyzed by thoughts. Rage! Fight! Dark! |
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| 222: "A Day in the Life of Debbie G1bs0n" by The Madwoman. The pop idol faces |
| her arch enemy on the fields of ninja combat and in the arms of love. |
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| 223: "The B!G Envelope Stuffing Scam" by Hanover Fiste. How to get money. |
| Make Sally Struthers proud of you. |
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| 224: "The Bird" by Obscure Images. Story 'bout a sad guy who laughs at birds. |
| It's depressing. Oi's a kooky guy. |
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| 225: "Tequila Willy's Position Paper" by Reid Fleming and Omega. Unknown to |
| most, Tequila Willy thew his hat in the ring for the 1992 presidential |
| election. Here's the paper detailing his positions on all the important |
| issues. Better luck in '96, eh? |
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| 226: "Simple Cryptology" by Dave Ferret. Introductory guide to cryptology |
| which also includes a good list of other sources to look into. |
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| 227: "Big Ol' Heaping Pile of Shit" by Suicidal Maniac. Buncha poems about |
| lots of things. Wacky. |
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| 228: "ISDN: Fucking the Vacuum Cleaner Attachments" by Reid Fleming. Intended |
| for _Mondo 2000_, this file drops science about everyone's favorite future |
| phone system. |
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| 229: "The Evil Truth About Peter Pan" by Lady Carolin. It's a whole mess of |
| things you and your puny little mind might not have noticed about this popular |
| kiddie (hah!) story. |
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| 230: "The 2:00 O'Clock Bus" by Tequila Willy and Bambi the Usurper. Geriatric |
| porn with some doggy flavor. |
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| _____________________________/Other Stuff to Get\_____________________________ |
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| From: cDc communications/P.O. Box 53011/Lubbock, TX 79453 |
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| This is Swamp Ratte's stuff: |
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| All the cDc t-files on disk by mail, for convenience sake! Specify |
| MS-DOS or Apple II format 3.5" disks. $3.00 cash. |
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| cDc stickers! Same design as were flying around at HoHoCon, with the |
| scary-lookin' cow skull. k00l. Send a SASE and 50 cents for a dozen of |
| 'em (or just send a dollar). |
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| Weasel-MX tape! _Obvious_ 45-minute cassette. This is Swamp Ratte's |
| funk/punk-rock/hip-hop band. It's a mess, but fun. $3.00 cash. |
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| cDc hat! Yeah, get yer very own stylin' black baseball cap embroidered |
| with the cDc file-header-type logo on the front in white. This isn't the |
| foam-and-mesh cheap kind of hat; it's a "6-panel" (the hat industry term) |
| quality deal. Roll hard with the phat cDc gear. $15.00 plus a buck for |
| postage. |
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| _Swingin' Muzak_ compilation tape! An hour of rockin' tuneage from |
| Weasel-MX (all new for '93), Counter Culture, Acid Mirror, Truth or |
| Consequences, Grandma's V.D., and Sekrut Squirrel. Lotsa good, catchy, |
| energetic stuff for only $5.00 cash. |
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| This is Obscure Images' stuff: |
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| FNORD! 'zine #1 & #4 - $2.00 Each |
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| Demo Tape (7 songs of joy) - $5.00 |
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| From: Freeside Orbital Data Network/ATTN:dFx-HoHoCon-cDc/11504 Hughes Road #124 |
| Houston, TX 77089 |
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| This is Drunkfux's stuff: |
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| HoHoCon '92 T-Shirts : Black : XL : Elite : Stylish : Dope : Slammin' |
| Only $15 + $2 shipping ($2.50 for two shirts). |
| Your choice of either "I LOVE FEDS" or "I LOVE WAREZ" on front, where |
| "LOVE" is actually a red heart, ala "I LOVE N.Y." or "I LOVE SPAM." |
| On the back of every beautimus shirt is... |
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| dFx & cDc Present |
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| HOHOCON '92 |
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| December 18-20 |
| Allen Park Inn |
| Houston, Texas |
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| HoHoCon '92 VHS Video : 6 Hours : Hilariously Elite : $18 + $2 Shipping |
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| Please make all checks payable to O.I.S. Free cDc sticker with every |
| order! w0w! |
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| From: Bill's Shirt Thing/P.O. Box 53832/Lubbock, TX/79453 |
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| This is Franken Gibe's stuff: |
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| AIDS sucks! Order a catalog! Nifty t-shirts that make you happy. |
| Proceeds go to local AIDS Resource Center. Send a $0.29 stamp for the |
| cat'. |
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| From: Teach Me Violence magazine/61 East 8th St./Suite 202/New York, NY 10003 |
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| This is The Pusher's stuff: |
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| Teach Me Violence 'zine: |
| Issue #1 (Mr. Bungle, COC, Murphy's Law) |
| Issue #2 (Helmet, Supertouch, Agnostic Front, American Standard) |
| Issue #3 (Faith No More, Chris Haskett, Cathedral, Iceburn, Venom) |
| $3.00 cash each |
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| From: A Day In The Life Of.../P.O. Box 94221/Seattle, WA 98124 |
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| This is Lady Carolin's stuff: |
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| A Day In The Life Of... 'zine, free with two stamps. |
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| Bi-monthly contact list of girlie bands/grrrl bands/female vocalists. $1. |
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| __________________________________/cDc Gnuz\__________________________________ |
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| "cDc: savin' trees in '93" |
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| Hiya once again, here's whassup: |
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| NEW Internet FTP site: zero.cypher.com. This is Drunkfux and Louis Cypher's |
| chilly-the-most deal. Login as "anonymous" and get all the cDc stuph fast fast |
| fast. |
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| NEW cDc Mailing list: Get on the ever-dope and slamagnifiterrific cDc mailing |
| list! Send mail to cDc@cypher.com and include some wonderlessly elite message |
| along the lines of, "ADD ME 2 DA MAILIN LIZT!!@&!" |
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| NEW Official cDc Global Domination Factory Direct Outlets: |
| Cyberspace.Nexus +31-67-879307 [Belgium] |
| Mirrorshades BBS 903/668-1777 |
| The Ministry of Knowledge 401/043-3446 |
| The Crowbar Hotel 713/373-4031 |
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| We're always taking t-file submissions, so if you've got a file and want to |
| really get it out there, there's no better way than with cDc. Upload text to |
| The Polka AE, or my Internet address, or send disks or hardcopy to the cDc post |
| office box in Lubbock, TX. |
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| NEW updated CDCKC0W.TXT file. All the information for sysops to get going |
| running Factory Direct Outlets. It should be available from wherever you got |
| this Update. |
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| NEW CDCV9.ZIP is out containing cDc t-files 201-225. Factory Direct Outlet |
| sysops should get this and put it up on their systems. |
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| See ya in May. |
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| S. Ratte' |
| cDc/Editor and P|-|Ear13zz |_3@DeRrr |
| "We're into t-files for the girlies and money." |
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| Write to: cDc communications, P.O. Box 53011, Lubbock, TX 79453. |
| Internet: sratte@cypher.com, sratte@mindvox.phantom.com. |
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| [Editor: Whew. Any word on those cDc Glow in The Dark Toilet |
| Seat Covers? I've got my 29.95 ready!] |
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| Hey there a few of us use this account and wuld like to get phrack |
| sent to us here if at all possible... :) |
| We are all Australians and all read your magazine to death.. |
| a friend of mine runs a board called shred til ya ded which is basically |
| a hpac and warez assortment... nothing 0 day but definately good for hacking |
| info... we are in the middle of getting all of your mags online at the moment |
| you mentioned in phrack 42 that you would like people from other countries |
| to write pieces about the scene there... well depending on the kind of thing |
| you want i would be more than happy to give it a go with some mates |
| thanks |
| Darkstar |
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| [Editor: Darkstar and anyone else--send me your files about your |
| scenes in other countries. Nearly everyone who promised me |
| a file about their country flaked out. You'll see who did |
| send me a file later in this issue. Other countries: get |
| off your duffs and send me a file! We want to know what |
| goes on there! Boards, Busts, History, Hackers, Hangouts, |
| Groups, Greats, Legends, Lore, EVERYTHING!] |
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| I remember seeing a message somewhere on the WELL saying an issue of |
| Phrack carried listings of Viruses. Could you tell me which one(s)? |
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| Also, do you know of any sites which have virus listings archived ? |
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| Thanks, |
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| Jon Barber |
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| [Editor: Well, John, Phrack doesn't carry virii info. You might |
| check around for 40hex. Personally, I think virii |
| are vastly overrated hype driven onward by McAffee |
| and other self-serving interests. That is why we |
| ignore them. (That is also why I don't mention them |
| when I lecture on computer security...they are no |
| big thing.)] |
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| Ok, |
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| So I was reading Phrack 42's listing for SprintNET nodes... But there was |
| no information on how to access it.. |
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| What are the ACNS For the Sprintnet? Is there a Phrack out that details |
| use of the SprintNET.. |
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| Would appreciate ANY and ALL, as I've never heard of it being used widely |
| like the Internet, and would like to know how to use it.. |
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| Jack Flash... |
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| [Editor: Jack...you kids are spoiled. You and your Internet. Hrumph. |
| Remember when Arpanet was like a 20 or so Universities and |
| Contractors, and tied to about 100 bases thru Milnet? No? |
| Sheesh. |
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| To answer your question, Sprintnet (used to be Telenet, and |
| always will be to me) is a public packet switched network. |
| It can be accessed in nearly EVERY city in the USA, and in |
| many large cities in other countries. |
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| The Toll-Free dialups are: 300-2400: 800-546-1000 |
| 9600 v.32: 800-546-2500 |
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| At the TERMINAL= prompt, type D1. Then to find a local |
| dialup, at the @ prompt type MAIL. Login as username |
| PHONES password PHONES.] |
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| RE: Loop-Back |
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| I was wondering if it would be possible for you to do something on Novell LAN |
| security, as we have one at my high school. I was also wondering about |
| bluebox tones...in my area, if you call into the next county, sometimes you |
| hear what sounds like bluebox tones. I had thought these lines were digital, |
| and therefore, would not require tones of any type.. any ideas? |
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| RF Burns |
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| [Editor: As for the Novell...check later in this issue. |
| As for the MF tones...when calls go from one area to another |
| it is quite common to hear multi-frequency tones. Depending |
| upon the way the call is routed, your particular pick of LD |
| carrier and the equipment between you and the destination, |
| you may hear these tones. You may even be one of the lucky |
| ones, and be able to seize a trunk. Using certain LD carriers |
| you can still box, but usually you are stuck with a trunk that |
| can't get out of the area. Alas.] |
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| Hi - |
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| I'm a student in the MLS program here at SUNY Albany. I |
| found out about Phrack while researching a paper for my public policy class, |
| on the ECPA and shit. |
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| Well, I gave a fabulous 45-minute presentation on it all and then wrote |
| an even better paper for which I was rewarded with an A as well as an A |
| for the class. Turns out John Perry Barlow and Mitch Kapor are heroes of |
| my professor as well. |
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| So now I'm hooked. For my thesis I'm writing a user manual for librarians |
| on the Internet and helping teach a class in telecommunications. |
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| Just wanted to let you phrack-types know you're my heroes and I want to be |
| a member of the phrack phamily. Can't send any money, though. *:( |
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| Keep the faith, |
| hopey t |
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| [Editor: That's really great! Usually profs are terribly anal about |
| anything regarding Phrack and/or hacking. You are very |
| lucky to have had such an instructor. Congrats on the |
| class and good luck with your thesis!] |
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| **************************************************************************** |
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| Hi! |
| I was just glancing through Phrack #42, and read the portion |
| that sez that all computer professionals (essentially) have to |
| delete this and even old copies of Phrack. |
| Coupla questions: I'm a Network Administrator for a University, |
| do I have to comply? It's not like I am a thug from Bellcore or |
| anything like that. Although one of the things I am concerned with, |
| professionally, is the security of our systems, I am no Cliff Stoll. |
| If I were to catch an unauthorized visitor, I would give him the boot, |
| not chase him down with prosecution in mind. |
| I have, of course, deleted all my old Phracks as well as #42, |
| but I would like to be able to re-snarf them. Let me know... |
| Thanks! |
| Dan Marner |
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| [Editor: Well, Dan, technically Phrack could quite possibly |
| be beneficial to you and assist you with your career, and |
| this is the typical scenario in which we request that you |
| register your subscription and pay the registration fee. |
| Of course, we don't have the SS as our own personal |
| thugs to go break your legs if you don't comply. :) |
| You might at least try to get your employer to pay for |
| the subscription. |
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| As far as issues prior to 42 go, KEEP THEM! They are |
| exempt from anything, and are arguably public domain.] |
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| Hey, |
| I need to get in touch with some Macintosh phreakers. Know any? |
| Anyway, are there any good war dialers or scanners out there for |
| Macintosh? I need something that picks up PBXs and VMBs as well as |
| Carriers. |
| Thanx in advance... |
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| [Editor: I personally avoid the little toadstools like the plague, |
| and I was unable to get a hold of the only hacker I know who |
| uses one. If anyone out there on the net could email us |
| with the scoop on Mac hacking/phreaking utilities it would |
| be most appreciated.] |
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| ***************************************************************************** |
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| Hello! I was just wondering if you knew of any FidoNet site that carries |
| back issues of phrack. The main reason behind this, as my link through the |
| Internet is basically through a FidoNet-type network and I am unable to ftp |
| files. Any help would be appreciated! |
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| Thanks! |
| Jason K |
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| [Editor: Phrack pops up everywhere. I would be very surprised if |
| it wasn't on a ton of fido sites. However, I have no idea |
| of what those sites may be. If anyone knows of any, |
| let us know!] |
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| **************************************************************************** |
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| Can you give me the email address for the 2600 Magazine or |
| whomever the person in charge. |
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| I've no idea how to contact them, so that's why I'm asking you. |
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| I'm much obliged. |
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| Thanks, |
| MJS |
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| [Editor: 2600 magazine can be reached at 2600@well.sf.ca.us |
| To subscribe send $21 to 2600 Subscriptions, P.O. Box 752, |
| Middle Island, NY, 11953-0752. |
| To submit articles write to 2600 Editorial Dept., P.O. Box 99, |
| Middle Island, NY, 11953-0099. |
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| Note: If you are submitting articles to 2600 and to us, |
| please have the courtesy of LETTING BOTH MAGAZINES KNOW |
| IN ADVANCE. Ahem.] |
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| Do you know if there has been a set date and place for the next HoHoCon? |
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| Best Regards, |
| Mayon |
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|
| [Editor: Actually, it's looking more and more like HoHoCon will |
| be December 17, 18, 19 in Austin, TX. It may still |
| be in Houston, but methinks the Big H has had about enough |
| of dFx. We'll let you know when we know for sure.] |
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| Reporter for major metro paper is interested in help finding out anything |
| there is to find on four prominent people who have volunteered to have their |
| privacy breached. |
| Financial fundamentals. Lives of crime. Aches and pains. How rich they are, |
| where they vacation, who they socialize with. You name it, we're interested in |
| seeing if it's out there. |
| All for a good cause. |
| If you're willing to advise this computer-ignorant reporter, or dig in and |
| get the dope on these volunteers, please contact him at tye@nws.globe.com |
| Or call at 617-929-3342. |
| Help especially appreciated from anyone in the BOSTON area. |
| Soon. |
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|
| Thanks. |
|
|
| [Editor: Interesting. This showed up in my box in late June, so it should |
| still be going. I would recommend watching yourselves in any |
| dealings with journalists. Take it form one who has been |
| burned by the press. (And who has a journalism degree himself.)] |
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| Hey there... |
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|
| I don't know if this will get to Dispater or to the new editor. Since the |
| change in editorship, the proper way to contact Phrack has become sort of a |
| mystery. (The new address wasn't included in Phrack 31.) |
|
|
| Anyway, I'm writing to bitch about the quality of #31. I've got two main beefs: |
| 1. The article about fake-mail was GREAT until it turned into a "how-to" |
| primer on using the info given to cause damage. That is exactly the |
| kind of thing that will end up getting you sued. I have some legal |
| background, and I'm pretty sure that the author of that article and |
| possibly even Phrack itself and its editors are now open to a damn |
| good argument for tortuous negligence if anyone follows the instructions |
| and damages someone on Compuserve, etc. |
|
|
| The argument will go something like, "Phrack set into motion a chain of |
| events that led to my client being damaged." You guys should have |
| just given the info, and left off the moronic ways to abuse it. |
|
|
| 2. The article on "Mall Security Frequencies" was copied directly from |
| Popular Communications, Nov. 1992 issue. Hell, that was even their |
| cover story. Can we say "copyright enfringement?" If not, I'm sure |
| you'll be _hearing_ it a few more times. If I was still practicing, |
| I'd call 'em up and ask their permission to sue on contingency. |
| Split the damages obtained on a motion for summary judgment 50/50 with |
| them. It would only take a week and one filed complaint... |
|
|
| Point is, you have opened yourselves up to get sued and lose EASILY. |
| As much as I've enjoyed reading Phrack over the years, if this new |
| staff continues in this manner, I'll be stuck with back-issues. |
|
|
| Cyber (305) |
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|
| [Editor: I think you meant 41, not 31. But to answer your points: |
|
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| 1) As long as there is a first amendment, Phrack will |
| continue to print articles that some may or may not |
| agree with. Printing the blueprints for an atomic bomb |
| does not make you an accomplice to those who build it |
| and detonate it. |
| 2) Numbers are numbers. Can we even spell "copyright |
| infringement?" If you were still "practicing..." |
| We at Phrack wholeheartedly encourage you to again pick |
| it up, and keep practicing and practicing until you |
| get whatever it is you were practicing down pat. |
| Obviously it must have been guitar, and not law. |
|
|
| Such a litigious society we live in. Suing Phrack would |
| accomplish nothing. It would not even hinder its |
| publication. Since Phrack has no money, nothing would |
| be gained. Even if fined, Phrack could not be forced to |
| sell its computer equipment to pay fines, since this would |
| be removing the livelihood of the publisher, thus it would |
| continue its quarterly publication. Where on Earth did |
| you get such ideas? You obviously know nothing about |
| lawsuits. Any lawyer would laugh at the thought of suing |
| Phrack since it would gain nothing financially, and provide |
| such a huge amount of bad publicity that even if a judgement |
| were reached in their behalf it would not be worth it. |
| Oh wait, you were a lawyer. Now I know why the past tense. |
|
|
| But you are correct on one point: we cannot print |
| copyrighted material without permission. You may have |
| noted that last issue (among other changes) Phrack |
| no longer includes full text of news items without |
| prior permission from the publisher. That was the |
| ONLY thing that worried me about publishing Phrack, and |
| so I changed it. |
|
|
| We at Phrack welcome constructive criticism, but at least |
| have the nerve to email directly, rather than hide behind |
| an anonymous remailer. That way, someone could have |
| responded to you in a more direct and expeditious manner.] |
|
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| **************************************************************************** |
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|
| Dear Sir/Madam, |
|
|
| I am a student at ukc in England and wish to subscribe to Phrack receiving |
| it as email at the following address ks16@ukc.ac.uk thank you and keep up the |
| good work. |
|
|
| We use unix and I would be interested in getting a copy of su (switch user) |
| which looks for the user file passwd.su in the users home directory. I don't |
| know much about unix, but I do know it would need to run from my home directory |
| and access the kernel. |
|
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| Many thanks for any help you may be able to give. |
|
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| S |
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|
| [Editor: Its "SIR" hehe. Sir Bloodaxe. In any case, if anyone would |
| care to draft up this modification to su and send it in |
| I'll print it in the next issue's line noise.] |
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| **************************************************************************** |
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|
| I had some beef with Rack's article in PHRACK 42. I've attached a |
| writeup of comments; you're welcome to a) forward it to him, b) |
| shitcan it, or c) publish it. |
|
|
| thx, |
| -Paul |
|
|
| My background: I've been into the scene for about 12 years. My day job |
| is writing unix s/w for a NASA contractor. My night job... well, never |
| mind that. I have a strong amateur interest in crypto, and I'd like to |
| share some of what people in the usenet/Internet community have been |
| kind enough to teach me. |
|
|
| Racketeer sez: |
| > If you think that the world of the Hackers is deeply shrouded with |
| >extreme prejudice, I bet you can't wait to talk with crypto-analysts. These |
| >people are traditionally the biggest bunch of holes I've ever laid eyes on. In |
| >their mind, people have been debating the concepts of encryption since the |
| >dawn of time, and if you come up with a totally new method of data encryption, |
| > -YOU ARE INSULTING EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER DONE ENCRYPTION-, mostly by saying |
| >"Oh, I just came up with this idea for an encryption which might be the best |
| >one yet" when people have dedicated all their lives to designing and breaking |
| >encryption techniques -- so what makes you think you're so fucking bright? |
|
|
| One real reason for this reaction is that people _have_ been studying |
| encryption for 100 years or so. As a result, many simple cryptosystems |
| are continually being reinvented by people who haven't ever made even |
| a simple study of cryptosystems. |
|
|
| Imagine if someone came up to you and said "Wow! I just found a |
| totally K00L way to send fake mail! It's radical! No one's ever |
| thought of it before!" |
|
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| You'd laugh, right? _Anyone_ can figure out how to forge mail. |
|
|
| Well, _anyone_ can come up with the n-th variation of the Vigniere or |
| substitution cipher. |
|
|
| An even more important reason for their 'tude is that cypherpunks are |
| suspicious by nature. A key principle of crypto is that you can only |
| trust algorithms that have been made public and thoroughly picked |
| over. Without that public scrutiny, how can you trust it? |
|
|
| The fedz' Digital Signature Standard (DSS) got raked in the crypto and |
| industry press because the fedz wouldn't disclose details of the |
| algorithm. "How do we know it's secure?" the cypherpunks asked. "We |
| won't use it if we don't know it's secure!" |
|
|
| Point being: (for those of you who skipped over) cypherpunks trust NO |
| ONE when the subject is encryption algorithms. Maybe J. Random Hacker |
| has come up with a scheme faster and more secure than, say, RSA. If |
| JRH won't share the details, no one will use it. |
|
|
| Racketeer goes on to talk about DES. One important thing to note is |
| that the unix crypt() function has NOTHING to do with DES. Here's part |
| of the SunOS 4.1.2 man page for crypt(): |
|
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| crypt implements a one-rotor machine designed along the |
| lines of the German Enigma, but with a 256-element rotor. |
| Methods of attack on such machines are widely known, thus |
| crypt provides minimal security. |
|
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| It's fairly clear that for a known-ciphertext attack (i.e. you |
| have a block of encoded text, but neither the key nor the plaintext) |
| will, at worst, require 2^56 decryption attempts. Various schemes for |
| parallel machines and so forth have been posted in sci.crypt. Does the |
| NSA have something that can crack DES? Probably. |
|
|
| Remember that DES is mostly used for short-lived session keys. ATMs |
| are a good example; they typically use a DES key for one communication |
| session with the central bank. New session, new key. DES is _not_ very |
| well suited for long-term encryption, since it can probably be |
| attacked in "reasonable" time by a determined, well-equipped opponent. |
|
|
| Now, on to PGP. Pretty Good Software was indeed threatened with a |
| lawsuit by Public Key Partners (PKP). PKP holds the patent on the RSA |
| public-key algorithm. (Many people, me included, don't think that the |
| patent would stand up in court; so far, no one's tried.) |
|
|
| The nice thing about PGP is that it offers IDEA and RSA in a nice |
| package. When you encrypt a file, PGP generates an IDEA session key, |
| which is then encrypted with RSA. An opponent would have to either a) |
| exhaustively search the entire IDEA key space or b) break RSA to |
| decrypt the file without the password. |
|
|
| Racketeer also mentions that PGP can optionally compress files before |
| encryption. There's a solid crypto reason behind this, too. One |
| well-known and successful way to attack an encrypted file is to look |
| for patterns of repeated characters. Since the statistical frequencies |
| of word and letter use in English (and many other languages; some |
| folks have even compiled these statistics for Pascal & C!) are |
| well-known, comparing the file contents with a statistical profile can |
| give some insight into the file's contents. |
|
|
| By compressing files before encrypting them, PGP is moving the |
| redundancy out of the text and into the small dictionary of |
| compression symbols. You'd still have to decrypt the file before you |
| could do anything useful with that dictionary, or even to determine |
| that it _had_ a signature! |
|
|
|
|
| [Editor: Well, Rack is not to blame for all complaints I got about the |
| file. I printed a file that was several KBytes short of |
| complete. I noticed it seemed odd, but was assured by |
| Rack, TK & Presence that I had received the correct file. |
| I was misinformed, and should have known better than to |
| print a file I should have known was incomplete. I apologize |
| to Rack & to all of you. |
|
|
| About the other gripes: Rack, care to reply?] |
|
|
| ***************************************************************************** |
|
|
| In issue #42 of Phrack there was an article about the USPS' practice of |
| selling change of address information without consumer consent. I sent |
| the supplied form letter and carbon copied my congressman and senators. |
| Today I received a reply from the USPS Records Office. |
|
|
| April 1, 1993 |
|
|
| Dear Mr. Rosen: |
|
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| This concerns your recent Privacy Act request for accountings of |
| disclosure of mail forwarding information you have provided to the Postal |
| Service. |
|
|
| Disclosure of your forwarding address might have been made to individual |
| requesters by post offices or to subscribers to the National Change of |
| Address File (NCOA) by an NCOA licensee. The NCOA is a consolidated file |
| of all forwarding information provided by postal customers and stored on |
| automated media. Listholders may subscribe to NCOA to obtain the new |
| addresses of individuals for whom they already have in their possession |
| the old address. |
|
|
| For disclosures made by post offices, we are in the process of querying |
| the Washington, DC postmaster for any accountings. |
|
|
| For disclosures made from the NCOA system, we will begin querying NCOA |
| licensees all of which keep logs identifying the particular subscribers to |
| whom they have given NCOA information. This accounting will not identify |
| with certainty the subscribers who have in fact received your new address, |
| but will give you a list of all subscribers receiving NCOA service for the |
| relevant time period and thus might have received your address. |
|
|
| Because a large number of requests like yours are being received, there |
| will be a delay in responding. Requests are being processed in order of |
| receipt and you will be sent the accountings as soon as possible. Your |
| patience is appreciated. |
|
|
| Sincerely, |
|
|
| Betty E. Sheriff |
| USPS Records Officer |
|
|
|
|
| [Editor: Thanks for sending that letter in! Amazing that someone |
| in the maze of red tape even thought to make a form letter |
| to respond. I think I'll demand a disclosure as well.] |
| **************************************************************************** |
|
|
| Phrack 42 Errata |
|
|
| We mistakenly noted that the TRW video shown at HoHoCon was dubbed by |
| Dispater and Scott Simpson. It was actually made by Dispater and ZIBBY. |
|
|
| **************************************************************************** |
|
|
| ==Phrack Magazine== |
|
|
| Volume Four, Issue Forty-Three, File 3a of 27 |
|
|
| EDITORIAL |
|
|
| My Problems With Clipper |
|
|
| by Chris Goggans |
|
|
| The introduction of the new government backed encryption chip, Clipper, |
| has become a much debated issue. I like many others have a large number |
| of problems with the chip and the problems it may bring in the future. |
|
|
| Why should we believe that this algorithm is robust? For years |
| and years the NSA has backed DES as the encryption standard, when |
| cryptoanalysts have consistently brought its strength into question. |
| Additionally, the NSA has forced companies to submit their routines |
| for analysis before allowing them to be distributed commercially. At |
| times they have even requested that the algorithms be purposely |
| weakened (we will assume that this was so they could more easily |
| decipher the encrypted data.) |
|
|
| With this in mind, why should we now meet anything endorsed by the NSA |
| with anything but suspicion? And the fact that they refuse to release |
| the algorithm for security reasons even further adds to the suspicion |
| that this chip is either inherently weak and easily broken by the NSA |
| or that there is a backdoor in the algorithm that will allow the NSA |
| to effortlessly view any data encrypted with the Clipper. |
|
|
| Assuming that the government is on the level (for once), and they cannot |
| decipher Clipper-encrypted data without legally obtaining keys from |
| the assigned escrow agents. The idea that the government will have to |
| go before a judge and show just cause for needing the keys pacifies some, |
| but from my own personal experience, the government will always get |
| what they want. If the Secret Service could get a search warrant to |
| enter my home based solely upon one posting to an electronic bulletin board, |
| they could certainly obtain the necessary keys needed to decipher my |
| speech. In fact, most non-technical persons will become needlessly |
| suspicious upon the mere mention of someone using encrypted speech mechanisms |
| and be more easily swayed to release the keys to law enforcement. |
|
|
| Should Clipper be adopted by various government agencies for use, this could |
| have serious trickle-down effects upon the lives of regular citizens. |
| Let's say the military decides that they will use Clipper. They will then |
| most likely require their various contractors to use it as well. Then |
| after continued use, the contractor may begin to tell its other customers |
| to communicate with them using Clipper also. Usage could grow |
| exponentially as more and more people become comfortable with the use |
| of the secure communications devices until it becomes a defacto standard |
| without any legal pressures to use it ever mandated by Congress. |
| Should Congress mandate its use in any form, even if only within the |
| government itself, this potentiality will rapidly become reality. |
|
|
| If Clipper eventually receives such accepted use, anyone using any other |
| type of encryption will be immediately suspect. "Why aren't you using |
| the chip? What do you have to hide?" The government may even outlaw |
| the use of any other encryption technologies, and if America |
| has become comfortable and satisfied with Clipper such a law may go |
| unchallenged, after all, only spies, child pornographers and drug dealers |
| would have something to hide, right? |
|
|
| As the world's computer networks creep ever further into our daily lives, |
| and the speed and power of supercomputers multiplies every year a rather |
| frightening scenario emerges. Since the government is a major funder of |
| the Internet, who is to say that Clipper won't become the basis for |
| encrypting over its lines? As our country moves closer to ISDN and the |
| PSTN and the PSDN's become more intertwined, who is to say that Clipper |
| won't be the basis for encryption since companies like AT&T already |
| endorse it? |
|
|
| Imagine if you will, a massively parallel supercomputer, the likes of which |
| may not exist yet, in a special room in Ft. Meade, or buried underground |
| in New Jersey, that consistently decrypts all communications and |
| sorts it according to communicating parties. Then through the use of |
| AI, the computer decides whether or not such communication presents a threat |
| "to national security." |
|
|
| The structure of the telephone network already supports such an arrangement. |
| The purpose of the NSA allows for such an arrangement. The advances in computer |
| technology will give the potential for such an arrangement. If Clipper is |
| tainted, yet accepted, there will be no more privacy in America. |
|
|
| Perhaps my view of the government and their ultimate intentions is way off |
| base. I sincerely hope so, as I do not want to be forced to take the mark |
| of this beast to conduct my business dealings and to live my life in peace. |
