| ==Phrack Magazine== |
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| Volume Seven, Issue Forty-Eight, File 2 of 18 |
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| Phrack Loopback |
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| This is a response to the letter from KoV included in "Line Noise |
| Part I" from Phrack #47. After reading this open letter, I nearly died of |
| laughter. The inaccuracies of KoV's story were numerous and comical. |
| However, from the way KoV presented themselves, they are acting as if |
| it was their BBS network and a government conspiracy that has gotten |
| them into trouble. As a result, they will appear to many as a |
| wrongfully persecuted group of computer users. |
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| Apparently, KoV likes to fancy themselves as a group that |
| spread "open-minded" and "sociopolitical" beliefs through their BBS |
| network, KoVNet. They claim that they "questioned [the] authority" of |
| those who "tried to oppress [their] free-thinking minds." They then |
| state that this caused the "AmeriKKKan" government to monitor their |
| actions, "stalk [them] in public places", and and attempt to destroy |
| them "from the moment of KoV's conception." |
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| This is ridiculous. First off, their BBS network was not |
| enough to cause the government to stalk them in public. If a BBS |
| network that contains disdain for the American government justifies |
| the stalking of its users, then NUMEROUS people in this country are |
| currently being followed in public. Therefore, KoV's claim about |
| their threatening BBS network is an attempt to make |
| themselves look bigger and more important than they were. |
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| Now, let us look at the real reason they are facing legal |
| actions. KoV is blaming "false accusations from a local university" |
| for their troubles. However, the accusations are not false and |
| after you read what led them to be caught, you will reallize that KoV |
| was never a threat to the government. |
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| I do not know exactly how many universities they hacked. |
| However, if it is one local university as they claim, it is Skidmore |
| in Saratoga Springs NY, the university which I attend. I myself have played |
| around with Skidmore's computers and do not feel any loyalty or |
| patriotism to my school. Therefore, it is not a grudge I am harboring |
| against KoV for hacking Skidmore's system that is causing me to write |
| this. It is merely the fact that KoV is distorting the truth in an |
| attempt to turn themselves into martyrs. |
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| Personally, I cannot blame anyone for breaking into Skidmore's |
| system. Since Skidmore was relatively new to the Internet, their |
| security was very lax making it very easy to explore and play around |
| with the system. If KoV had any knowledge whatsoever, they would not have |
| been caught or even detected by Skidmore. It was their egos and lack |
| of knowledge that led to their investigation. I myself saw with my |
| own eyes how they were detected. |
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| The system that was hacked by KoV was wopr.skidmore.edu. |
| Well, one day I took a look at the system logs for WOPR and saw "root |
| login from [some out of domain ip address]" standing out quite well. |
| If KoV was really so Knowledgable and dangerous, wouldn't they know how to |
| edit system logs? However, they did not which shows KoV is another |
| example of people who managed to obtain root access and did not know |
| what to do with it. |
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| Some people would think, "Big deal! Just because they didn't |
| edit the system logs does not mean that they could ever be linked to |
| the crime." This is very true. However, this would have required KoV |
| to keep their mouths shut about the incident. Yet, they did not. |
| Apparently, Lord Valgamon made a post to some of the BBS networks he |
| frequented where he showed off about hacking Skidmore and told |
| everyone how he did it. |
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| This hurt KoV greatly. As a result, a narc on the BBS network |
| alerted CERT about Lord Valgamon's claims who, in turn, reported the |
| incident to Skidmore. This caused Skidmore to now have a name, though |
| anonymous, to apply to the break in. Consequently, the proper |
| authorities became involved and they began to track down Lord Valgamon |
| on the BBS networks. |
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| From the above facts, you can probably guess that the |
| "AmeriKKKan" government would never have a special interest in KoV |
| because they are the typical stereotype of an "ELiTE M0DeM d00d." If |
| Lord Valgamon and KoV had kept their mouths shut about the incident, |
| they never would have been caught. However, KoV needed to tell their |
| ELiTE BBS scene how bad-ass they were and, as a result, their |
| bad-asses are getting spanked hard. |
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| KoV had not done any crime or brought up any controversy |
| against the government. Their only crime was that they were stupid. |
| I understand that KoV is now asking for the support of the h/p and |
| political groups in the scene. However, I would not recomend anyone |
| to give them support. There was no government conspiracy against KoV |
| and everything that has happened to them was brought on by their own |
| stupidity. Do not turn a bunch of egotistical and immature criminals |
| into martyrs. I will end this with the same words KoV started their |
| letter with: "Don't believe the hype." - Public Enemy. |
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| Sincerely, |
| Mr. Sandman |
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| [ Wow. Well, we always like to hear all sides to any story, and each |
| time something gets published that gets under someone else's skin, we |
| inevitably do. Thanks for writing! ] |
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| Hello! |
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| Let me tell some words about myself. Computers and |
| telecommunications take quite important place in my life. In |
| past I worked as a programmer, system administrator and finally |
| I ran my own business selling computer hardware (now I have |
| closed this business because I have lost my interest for trade |
| and due to some financial reasons). I owned my own BBS for |
| several years but now I have it shut down because I do not want |
| support lamers leeching files 2-3 years old and having no ideas |
| what email is. Now almost every day I spent many hours reading |
| Internet newsgroups, mainly dedicated to phreaking/hacking. |
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| A friend of mine, gave me some Phrack issues (newest was #42 of 1993). |
| I have read them and like them very much. |
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| If it is possible, please drop me a line how could I subscribe |
| to Phrack magazine. If you do, please encrypt your reply and |
| send it via anonymous remailer, because now Russian government |
| begun to control email messages very thoroughtly. |
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| I have private information from friend Internet provider about |
| the FAPSI (Federal Agency of Government Communications and |
| Information -- some form of Russian NSA/FCC hybrid formed from |
| ex-KGB agents) actions aimed to control data passed through |
| Internet channels in Russia. FAPSI ordered all Internet |
| providers in St.Petersburg to install software which task will |
| be to copy all messages addressed to/from persons which FAPSI |
| interested in and to scan for some keywords specified by FAPSI. |
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| Providers will get their licences for providing communication |
| service only after installing such spy software. There is a |
| rumour that FAPSI has installed hidden microphones (bugs) in |
| providers' offices to control any "illegal" activity (free |
| information exchange always was illegal in USSR/Russia). I say |
| "rumour" because I have heared it only from one trusted source, |
| other information came from several trusted sources |
| simultaneously. |
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| BTW, using a PGP is illegal in Russia too, because FAPSI can not |
| break the PGP-encrypted messages. |
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| If you find information written above meaningful, you may use it |
| in your own discretion but with some precautions -- remember |
| that country I live in have barbaric laws and Russian |
| Police/Security Services have _absolute_ power to put in jail |
| anyone they want without any court or warrant. |
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| [ Normally I strip out all anonymous remailers, because they |
| interfere with the bulk mailing process, bounce mail, and generally |
| screw things up...however, there are always exceptions. |
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| The FAPSI requirements are extremely interesting to hear about. It |
| certainly makes sense, and I fear that our country is likewise heading |
| towards that goal. |
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| If you get the chance, you ought to write more about being a hacker |
| in your country, since I am sure the rest of the world would be |
| fascinated by it. ] |
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| Greetings... |
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| I looking for just a nibble of information... |
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| When one logs into a remote system and gets login and passwords questions |
| how does one write a program to crack a password... |
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| I'm sure that is not an easy question or even a nibble perhaps a byte... |
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| Seeking Info, |
| SPY |
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| [ Well, I can't tell you how to write a program to crack passwords |
| without knowing what kind of system you want to crack passwords for. |
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| I can't tell you how to say "Where is the bathroom" in a foreign |
| language without first knowing what language you want to say it in. |
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| If you are talking about UNIX passwords, there are already numerous |
| programs written to "crack" passwords. I would suggest you go poke around |
| and look for programs like "crack" or "killer cracker." If you |
| can't find reference to either of these on the net, then you really |
| ought to consider finding a new hobby. ] |
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| Wuzup! I have a pager that I don't use anymore because I can't afford the |
| bill. So I was wondering if there is anyway I can hook-up my pager for free |
| without going through a paging service. |
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| [ Depending upon the pager, you can possibly change or add capcodes through |
| special programming software. Almost all Motorola pagers allow you to do |
| this. |
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| This won't allow you to "really" get free service, but you can piggy back |
| on top of some known person's pager service (or just intercept their pages.) |
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| The only way to get "free" service is to reactivate the pager's current |
| capcode in the paging system from the local provider who owns the frequency |
| the pager is crystaled for. ] |
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| I was browsing through Issue 47, and saw something that had caught |
| my eye. |
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| ""THE HACKER WAR -- LOD vs MOD" |
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| This t-shirt chronicles the infamous "Hacker War" between rival |
| groups The Legion of Doom and The Masters of Destruction. The front |
| of the shirt displays a flight map of the various battle-sites |
| hit by MOD and tracked by LOD. The back of the shirt |
| has a detailed timeline of the key dates in the conflict, and |
| a rather ironic quote from an MOD member." |
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| A few weeks ago, I read the book Masters of Deception, a book about |
| the "war". Wasn't the name of the rival group Masters of Deception? |
| I assume that Erik would know, he appeared to be the main "villain" in |
| this version of the story. Any response would be appreciated. |
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| [ I was the villain? Well corn my pone. |
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| In any case, you should always take everything you read with a grain of |
| salt. In my opinion, the book was a piece of shit. Since many of the |
| MOD members decided to viciously attack the author, Josh Quittner, posing |
| as the ILF, I can only assume that they felt likewise. |
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| So you decide for yourself about all that. Oh, and buy the damn |
| t-shirt. http://www.fc.net/phrack/shirts.html ] |
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| Hi Can you teach me to be a hacker i think that that would be cool so what do |
| you think can you teach me to be a hacker and to be cool you are one of the |
| biggest hackers in the world |
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| [ No, I'm afraid as one of the biggest hackers in the world, I'm far too |
| important to expend any energy on the likes of you. |
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| Now go back to your PlayStation and get better at Toshinden. ] |
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| Where culd i find some zipped red box tones? Or blue box. |
| CyberOptik |
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| [ Make your own tones with the Blue Beep program. |
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| Follow some of the links from the Phrack Home page, and you should |
| find this program on any number of sites. ] |
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| Hallo, din Gamle rn!! |
| (Norwegian for: Hello, you Old Eagle!!(direct.translated.) |
| (rn(Eagle) is pronounced like: earn ) End of Norw. lesson. |
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| This is a question from one viking to another; I am a newbie in the H/P |
| division so I spend my days(and nights!) dwnloading all i can find about the |
| subject. But I do have some problems with the cellular phone system over |
| here, NMT 900. Which your system AMPS have stolen all the good parts from! |
| Untill last year i could program my cellular phone, Ericsson NH 99, by |
| programming and switching the 27c512 prom. But now the norwegian |
| telecompany Telenor Mobil has inserted pin codes, i.e. if my cellular phone |
| number used to be 12 34 56 78 (we have 8 digits), then my phone number now |
| has changed to 12 34 56 78 XX X. Where the 3 last digits are unknown to the |
| owner of the phone. |
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| I do have programs and cables for programming the phone with all 8+3 digits, |
| but then I have to know the 3 digits, the pin code, and I do NOT know how |
| to download them from the cellular traffic going around my place. Can you |
| help me beat the system? How do I dwnload the pin code???? I read that they |
| are going to use the same system i the N.Y. area within this year, so someone |
| is going to ask you these qst. sooner or later. Be prepared! Or is my qst. |
| old news? Maybe everyone knows how to do this? Exept the norwegian newbie.... |
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| Vennlig hilsen |
| (thats:Best regards) |
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| Stian(Mr.Phonee) Engerud |
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| [ I'm not sure I understand how the last 3 digits can be unknown to the |
| owner of the phone. If your number changes, then obviously you have to |
| know the new number. Are you sure this isn't just a touch-tone PIN |
| entered in when you use phone, like systems over here in the states? |
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| If it is, then you'll still need some kind of ESN reader, or other means |
| to decode the reverse channel, and a 900 mhz-capable radio and a touch-tone |
| decoder to grab the PINS as well. It's incredibly annoying. |
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| On another note, I thought Telenor Mobil had AMPS, ETACS and GSM systems |
| in place. Have they upgraded their ETACS systems as well? If not, |
| use those. ] |
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| From: zadox@mindspring.com (Ron Zalkind) |
| Subject: Phrack Magazine: Strategic Marketing Partnership |
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| I'm one of the principals of a new Internet-based, second-generation, |
| Information Technology service. This new Internet service debuted last week |
| at the Culpepper Forum in Atlanta. I'd like to propose a strategic marketing |
| partnership with Phrack Magazine. This proposal will spell out what it is |
| our service does (including a product demo), how we think a partnership with |
| Phrack Magazine might work, and how we can all increase profits by doing so. |
| Please reply to this E-mail with the name and E-mail address of the |
| 'director of online strategy', or the 'circulation director', for Phrack |
| Magazine. Thank you. |
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| Ron Zalkind, President |
| R.E. Zalkind & Co. Inc. |
| Voice: 770-518-1600 |
| Fax: 770-642-0802 |
| E-mail: zadox@mindspring.com (Ron Zalkind) |
| Ron Zalkind |
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| [ WOW! I can't wait to hook up with THESE incredibly savvy people |
| so Phrack can dramatically increase our profits. Let's see, if we |
| make any money, we'll see a 100% increase! It's a no-lose |
| situation. |
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| Man, I hate Internet mass-mailers. Don't these people attempt to qualify |
| their leads even a LITTLE? Strategic Marketing Opportunities with |
| free computer hacker magazines? Ron? Hello? ] |
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| First of all, great work on the 'zine all these years, hope to see 48 |
| soon. |
| |
| I have an article from "Airman" magazine (I believe it was the April |
| 1996 issue), the US Air Force magazine given to military members. It |
| details the efforts of AFOSI (Air Force Office of Special Investigations) |
| to prevent hackers from breaking in to military computers. Considering |
| it's coming from the military, it's not too badly written (the author |
| actually knew the difference between "crackers" and "hackers"). I don't |
| have a scanner, but I'd be more than willing to snail mail it to you. I |
| just wanted to check and see if you guys already had it of not. If you |
| don't, let me know, and I'll get it to you ASAP. |
| |
| Keep up the good work.... |
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| [ We would definately like to see the text from this article. Please |
| forward it! |
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| In fact, if any of you readers ever come across ANYTHING you think is cool, |
| email it to us, or snail mail it. We love getting mail. |
| We will print anything cool. (And a lot of lame things too!) |
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| Just stop sending us credit histories and password files. :) ] |
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| need access to w.gov xxx now |
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| [ w.gov? Uh, ok, let's see: |
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| Reserved Domain (W-GOV-DOM) |
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| Domain Name: W.GOV |
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| Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact: |
| Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) iana@isi.edu |
| (310) 822-1511 |
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| Record last updated on 02-Dec-93. |
| Record created on 01-Dec-93. |
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| Do you know what this means? Duh. ] |
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| From: health@moneyworld.com |
| Subject: Scientific Discoveries Minimize Aging (DHEA) |
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| http://dhea.natureplus.com |
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| Take advantage of the amazing benefits of DHEA. In the search for the |
| FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, DHEA is a must README. People, age 70, feeling and |
| acting 25. |
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| Read the medical research at http://dhea.natureplus.com .A quote from |
| an article published by the New York Academy of Science written by Dr. |
| S.S.C.YEN; |
| "DHEA in appropriate replacement doses appears to have remedial effects |
| with respect to its ability to induce an anabolic growth factor, increase |
| muscle strength and lean body mass, activate immune function, and enhance |
| quality of life in aging men and women, with no significant adverse effects." |
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| Regain the eye of the tiger! Don't wait ! Click on: http://dhea.natureplus.com |
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| To terminate from the Health Catalog, Reply to health@moneyworld.com with |
| "remove" in the subject field. Bob Williams 206-269-0846 |
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| P.S. You will find a full line of Vitamin, Supplements and OTC Health |
| Catalog at http://natureplus.com. |
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| [ Yet another Mass mailing! How many lame mailing lists are we on? |
| You have to wonder about these things. |
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| But how angry can one get, knowing that DHEA is the FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH! |
| I need to get me some of that. A little DHEA, a little GHB, a little |
| DMT, and you'll look younger, feel younger, and have the brain of |
| a two year old. |
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| And besides, Jesus loves acronyms. ] |
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| Do you listen to 2nur radio? If so have you ever heard a band named |
| SOYLENT GREEN or GOITER on any of their shows? |
| please email me back |
| thanx, |
| Nick |
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| [ Nick, I hate to break it to you, but: |
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| SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!! |
| IT'S PEOPLE!!!!! ] |
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| From: Pete Shipley <shipley@dis.org> |
| To: best-of-security@suburbia.org, cert@cert.org, cudigest@sun.soci.niu.edu, |
| daddict@l5.com, dc-stuff@fc.net, dtangent@defcon.org, |
| emmanuel@2600.com, grayarea@gti.gti.net, letters@2600.com, |
| mycroft@fish.com, phrack@freeside.fc.net, phrack@well.sf.ca.us, |
| proff@suburbia.org, root@iss.net, root@l0pht.com, root@lod.com, |
| root@newhackcity.com, spaf@cs.purdue.edu, strat@uu.net, |
| will@command.com.inter.net, zen@fish.com |
| Subject: Shipley owned, hacked and thrashed |
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| Please distribute this letter freely: |
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| This posting is being made from dis.org, and this is not forged e-mail. |
| Even though this mail is coming from Peter Shipley's account, I am not him. |
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| Who am I? |
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| That is unimportant except to say that I cannot take anymore of the |
| "DoC" crowd's BULLSHIT. I would like to raise an issue with them, mostly |
| (but not all related to the incident at defcon). |
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| To you drunken losers at defcon who had to fuck with Netta's speech (DoC |
| on hold here for a second, it wasn't just them): If you didn't want to hear |
| Netta's speech (though in your opinion it may be monotone, boring or even |
| wrong) you DIDN'T HAVE TO STAY AND LISTEN TO IT. There were some people that |
| WANTED to listen to the speech, but you all had to act like POMPOUS ELITIST |
| ASSES. How different are you now from a government that would like to |
| enforce censorship upon it's own people? |
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| All I can say is "getbacks are a bitch". A few things to consider: |
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| 1. Shipley is an utter tool. His whole appearance is a front. If he's |
| such an awesome security specialist then why was he so easily owned? Also |
| I bring into question some of the motives he has for harassing Netta Gilboa. |
| Her boyfriend (who is currenlty in jail) was known for continually hacking |
| (yes CONTINUALLY hacking) Peter Shipley. I know this because I spoke with |
| Chris (n00gz) many times and was aware of this fact. |
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| In my opinion Petey, anyone that is foolish enough to hire you to secure their |
| systems are idiots; whether it's the military, government, industry, a |
| business -- they should all just ask for their money back. You are a discredit |
| to your profession. |
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| 2. Shipley is a coward. Only cowards attack people weaker than them |
| but back away from a confrontation with someone of equal size or power. |
| Careful Peter -- next time don't piss off Bootleg, he might hurt that pretty |
| boy face of yours (though I admit, I would like to see it) |
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| 3. Hackman was a gob of shit. Peter Shipley has come to know his true |
| calling in life now (to wit: Webmaster). |
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| 4. The fangs make you look like a homo. Maybe you are (nothing against |
| them actually, just stating a fact). |
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| Shipley, se7en, (ayoung, where's your piglet account?). Get a fucking life. |
| Maybe instead of contstantly going around "Searching for intelligent life" |
| perhaps you should stay home and secure your own systems. You are all owned, |
| now don't you feel stupid? You should. You are. |
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| DIS.ORG == DISORGANIZED. |
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| -- galf@upt |
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| [ This is almost funny. |
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| Notice I said, almost. |
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| You have to admit though, Shipley always comes with some damn fine |
| women in tow. Oh the things I did in my mind to that blonde... |
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| Something tells me that the author of this forged message could use a lot |
| of Shipley hand-me-downs: Women, contracts, references, etc... ] |
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| Hey, I just watched the movie Hackers, and I was just curious to know if They |
| used you and the LOD to models the characters in the movie after? Alot of the |
| handles, and choice phrases they used sounded awfully Farmiliar with what |
| went on, or at least what the book said went on. |
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| Meds:} |
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| [ Actually, meds, the screenwriter hung around with "MOD" and other people from |
| the New York hack scene and picked up some pointers, and then used |
| people like Dead Lord and Emmanuel Goldstein as technical assistants. |
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| Or something like that. |
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| Please, don't ever associate "LOD" with this piece of shit again. :) ] |
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| A lot of people have read the article about Joe Engressia and his time in |
| Memphis where he was arrested by the police and banned from his dream of |
| working on phone lines. Well, at the time when he was living on Union |
| avenue, my mother was in charge of payroll, hiring and the like at a local |
| switchboard. This was back in 1972 when the phone system was less of the |
| fuqup it is today. Well, a friend of my mother's taught Mr. Engressia how to |
| cook and other related houshold things despite his handicap. Shortly after |
| or before this, (I am unsure) he was arrested by the police. I think this |
| was also about the time the interview was made. Anyway, the local phone |
| companies would not touch him, not even to give him service. My mother, |
| after talking with him decided to hire him as a phone consultant. (Her |
| opinion of his was that "He was so brilliant, it was scary, I mean REALLY |
| scary.") She though he was a great "kid" (22 at the time) and was the best |
| consultant that they had. He worked there for three years before moving. |
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| The last my mother heard was that he was living in a Denver high rise |
| working as a consultant to a corporation or something out there. I only just |
| started talking with my parents about this today, but I am sure that they |
| will tell me more of him. |
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| Oh, and my father was good friends of Joe too, he and Joe were Ham Radio |
| operators here in Memphis and my father still phreaks on them so I am sure |
| that Mr. Engressia does too. Anyway, my father is teaching me how to hack, |
| and my mother is teaching me how to phreak, but she only knows a little of |
| outdated info and wants to get in touch with Joe. If anyone, ANYONE has any |
| information about Joe, or if somehow this article gets to Joe, please let me |
| know at the following e-mail address: |
| Kormed@aol.com. |
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| [ We used to call Joe on conferences a long time ago. I could probably |
| dig his contact information up, but I really doubt he'd appreciate his |
| number being published in Phrack. |
|
|
| Hell, if your parents are teaching you how to hack & phreak, then certainly |
| they can find Joe. He was always listed in Directory Assistance when |
| we tracked him down years back. |
|
|
| Have you even really looked for him? ] |
|
|
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| quick question For Bloodaxe. |
|
|
| Ok, I know you probably get this Alot,but I just have to ask?... |
|
|
| Did you Really Date Christina Applegate? |
|
|
| had to ask, |
|
|
| [ Man, now that is a rumor that I would love to have started myself. |
| No. Never dated her, never met her, never talked to her, never |
| had any contact whatsoever. Spent some time holding up some of her |
| posters with one hand, but that's about it. ] |
|
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| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| do you have any info on stealing magic cookies ?? |
|
|
|
|
| [ No, but I can trade you these magic beans for your cow. If you plant |
| them they will grow high into the sky, towards the castle in the clouds |
| where the giant lives with the talking harp and the goose that lays the |
| golden eggs. |
|
|
| Go read some of the WWW Security Lists, if you're talking about what |
| I think you are. There are also javascript routines that collect |
| navigator cookies from clients hitting your page. After briefly looking |
| around, I can't find the specific sites to snarf them from. Go do a |
| webcrawler search for WWW security or javascript security. ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| Dear Phracks - I'm a Free Journalist from Germany and I'm going to write |
| an articel about ISDN and the possible danger which might happen to a |
| company etc. getting hacked by some agnets, spies etc. from other |
| countries. So I'm looking for indos about ISDN-Viruses, Hackers and |
| background infos. |
|
|
| Can you help me? |
|
|
| [ Wow, a "Free Journalist." I thought that pesky national socialist party |
| imprisoned all you guys. |
|
|
| ISDN Viruses are quite possibly the worst thing to happen to computing |
| since the creation of the Cellular Trojan Horse. Basically, these viruses |
| travel over the wires using the X.224 transport protocol, and seize the |
| D channel using Q.931. All SS7 data sent over the D channel is quickly |
| compromized and re-routed to different signal transfer points, causing |
| massive ANI Failure over the entire routing mesh. |
|
|
| Rumor has it that the Internet Liberation Front was behind these viruses |
| with heavy investement coming from the German Bundesnachrichtendienst's |
| Project Rahab. These hackers were paid with AT&T calling cards encoded |
| with a polymorphic encryption scheme, and cocaine. |
|
|
| You can quote me on this. ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| Well, i wanna make an offer, and a nice deal. |
| i am n editor in an H/P/C magazine of HFA ( universal H/P/C |
| group..) |
| well, what i wanna offer is a joining both of the papers |
| 2gether, OR! u want more subscribes, we'll publish ya, |
| but adding 1 article from ya'r paper, saying from where it is. |
| so, if we can make this deal, contact me asap! |
| 10x. |
|
|
| [ Let me see if I understand this, your "universal H/P/C group" has |
| a magazine, and wants to do "Phrack" the great honor of merging |
| with us, or printing our articles? Wow. What a deal. You mean |
| by linking up with you guys, we will hit a greater audience |
| "universally?" |
|
|
| So, merging our roughly 10,000 direct email subscribers, and a roughly |
| 75,000 more WWW or misc. readers, adding in your readers, that should |
| bring us up to 85,001 readers! Universally! FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC! |
|
|
| Are there so many rocks for you people to crawl out from under? |
| Sheesh! ] |
|
|
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| Hello, |
|
|
|
|
| I have a need for a network sniffer. Specifically, one that will |
| sniff IEEE-802.3 packets and TCP/IP packets. Any leads? |
|
|
|
|
| [ Well, gee, are there network sniffers that won't? |
|
|
| Go do an archie search for tcpdump. ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| I was just strolling by you page: http://freeside.com/phrack.html, |
| and found my link "Showgirl Video" (link to vegaslive.com). |
|
|
| I am the creator and webmaster for the site. If I can ever be |
| of assistance to you let me know. |
|
|
| We are one of the few sites in the world that has a live stage and |
| live 1 on 1 conferencing in one place. |
|
|
| john... |
|
|
| [ Ya know, every time I'm in Vegas I make it out to Showgirl Video with |
| a bucket of quarters and a healthy dose of bad intent. I have to |
| congratulate you guys for going on-line. I love it when two of |
| my favorite things come together (smut and computers). |
|
|
| Unfortunately, The Vegaslive site is kind of pricey. You guys seriously |
| need a flat fee. I suggest you look at a SUPURB site: |
| http://www.peepshow.com |
|
|
| That place has a flat fee, all you can eat pricing structure, the way |
| God meant it to be. Take note, and follow suit. ] |
|
|
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| I have a Mitsubishi MT9 (MT-1097FOR6A) ..I program the NAM with the |
| passw: 2697435 ...I need the passw to have access to SCAN or TAC |
| function ...please, help me! |
|
|
| Thank |
| Regards |
|
|
| [NCG] |
|
|
| [ I'm not familiar with that phone, but I'd start off looking through |
| Dr. Who's archive of cellular info at: |
|
|
| http://www.l0pht.com/radiophone |
|
|
| If what you are looking for isn't there, there might be a link to |
| somewhere that has it. ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| my name is azreal! I am also known as the angel of death. why did you sell |
| out to the feds back when you running comsec. i think phiber optick was a |
| great guy and i would have been glad to work with a legend. do you know his |
| e-mail adress |
| azreal |
|
|
| [ Azrael? The Angel of Death? I thought Azrael was Gargamel's annoying cat. |
|
|
| But to answer your question, I sold out to the man ages ago for money. |
| Pure and simple. Once you hit puberty, you might have a need for cash. |
| Once mommie sends you off to college, you might need it even more. And |
| in the distant future, when you get out on your own, you will really |
| know. |
|
|
| Yes, phiber is swell. There have been good pictures of him in many |
| national magazines. Try not to get the pages stuck together. |
|
|
| And, yes, I do know his email address. Thanks for asking! ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| From: prodigy.com (MR MARK P DOLESH) |
|
|
| How do you hack? |
|
|
| [ Very carefully. ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| Did you ever write a edition that deals with breaking the screensavers |
| code? If so which one? How about breking the Win95 password. You know |
| the one that allows you into Win95? |
|
|
| [ We pass all articles about breaking Windows Screen Savers on to |
| the more technical forum at 2600 magazine. |
|
|
| To disable the Win95 password, install Linux. ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| A phriend of mine showed me your sight a few days ago at his house...I |
| thought it was pretty cool. I dloaded a few issues and stuff to check |
| out...I haven't been on the internet to long so I'm still trying to phined |
| more stuff that interest me, and I would like to set up my own page like |
| that but my account is thru the school...Is there anyway around that? So |
| it can be like border line legal? How underground can one go??? If you |
| still have the file on where the line is please send them...Thanks. |
|
|
| [ Your account is through your school, but you are looking for a way around |
| that? Hmmm...let me see. I'm just going to throw out something wild |
| and crazy, but, what the hell: Maybe, get another account through |
| another Internet provider? I know, it's just too outlandish. Forgive |
| me for being so zany. |
|
|
| How underground can you really go? I used to have that file you are looking |
| for, but I was so underground at the time, it got soiled with mud and |
| disintegrated, eventually polluting the water table, and was ultimately |
| drank by the city of Pasadena, Texas. ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| In regards to volume one ,issue four , Phile #8 of 11 ... |
| This shit has got to be a joke , I tryed to make some and |
| Was a great dissapointment ???? |
|
|
| [ The meth recipe works just fine. Obviously you DIDN'T try to make it. |
| If you feel like a REAL MORON, look at the cat recipe in the line noise |
| section of this issue. Stay up for a week, go into deep amphetamine |
| psychosis and die! Woo Woo! ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| I ve tried to locate these guys who have Black book for cracking |
| passwords in major software and some games as well.They go by the Names |
| of Jolly Reaper and Maugan Ra aka Manix.Iam doc X from London (not a |
| pig!!!) if U happpen to know these doodez let us know.TA from GB |
|
|
| [ Perhaps you have Phrack confused with something having to do with |
| pirated software. I'd ask that question in a posting to the USENET |
| group alt.warez or on the IRC #warez channels. ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| Eric, |
| i have been searching the internet for some kind of script that |
| will subscribe a certain email address to a shitload of |
| mailing lists...i have heard of such a thing. |
| what im lacking is that keyword to search for such as: |
|
|
| bombard |
| attack |
| flash |
|
|
| what is the technical term for this kind of attack? |
| or better yet, do you know where to get a hold of such a script. |
| im not familiar with mailing lists and id rather not spend the time |
| researching the topic...but i need vengeance quickly :-) |
|
|
| any help appreciated, |
| -roger |
|
|
| [ The name for this type of attack? Uh, an email bomb? |
|
|
| But let's take a closer look at your mail: |
|
|
| "id rather not spend the time researching the topic...but I need vengeance |
| quickly" |
|
|
| I'm not going to be your fucking research assistant, or your accomplice. |
| If you can't figure out how to look through our back issues to find any of |
| the tons of fake mailers we've printed, or figure out how to automate them |
| using shell script, then you don't deserve to live, much less |
| get your speedy vengeance. |
|
|
| Couldn't you even come up with a NON-LAME way to get back at someone? Hell, |
| even rewriting their .login to say "exit" or something silly like that is |
| more clever, and less cliche, than flooding their inbox. ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| The art of " information manipulation " has possessed my virgin soul ! I |
| turned into a fuckin' 2-year old (drool and all) when experiencing the free |
| local call system involving a paperclip . All I've been thinking is hack, |
| haCK, HACK ! I'm still drenched behind the ears but I'm a patient, turbo |
| learner (whatever the hell that means) ! |
|
|
| Here's the problem: I possess some info that could make you smile so |
| big, that your sphinctor would unwrinkle. I would like to experiment, if you |
| will . Perhaps, dabble with this stuff , but I am very uneducated in raping |
| mainframes. This could be a major wood producer |
| because my EX works at this establishment . |
|
|
| I need a trustworthy pro who possesses a plethora of tasty tactics . Whic |
| h way to the Dagobah System.....I seek YODA !! |
| |
| [ Drooling 2-year old. |
|
|
| Very uneducated in raping mainframes. |
|
|
| Major wood producer. |
|
|
| Well, gee, I'm sure your info would make my "sphinctor" unwrinkle, but I'm |
| wearing a new pair of jeans, so I guess I'll have to take a rain check. |
|
|
| God bless AOL for bringing the internet to the masses! ] |
|
|
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| i want to be added to your list. and could you send me unziped hacking |
| software or can you tell me how to unzip softwarre nd a beginners guide |
| to hacking. i would appreciate it i want to begin fun new field of |
| hacking thank you |
|
|
| [ You want to learn all about hacking, but you don't know how to unzip |
| files? |
|
|
| Crawl before you run, Kwai Chang. ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| VA'CH CO' TAI |
|
|
| Anh Ta'm ddi du li.ch xa, ngu? ta.i mo^.t kha'ch sa.n. DDa~ ma^'y |
| tie^'ng ddo^`ng ho^` ro^`i anh ngu? kho^ng ddu*o*.c vi` tie^'ng cu*o*`i |
| no'i huye^n na'o tu*` pho`ng be^n ca.nh vo.ng sang. Ro~ ra`ng la` ho. |
| ddang dda'nh ba`i, sa't pha.t nhau a(n thua lo*'n. |
|
|
| Ra'ng nhi.n cho to*'i 3 gio*` sa'ng va^~n cu*' tra(`n tro.c hoa`i, anh |
| Ta'm chi.u he^'t no^?i, be`n go~ nhe. va`o va'ch dde^? nha('c khe'o |
| pho`ng be^n ca.nh. |
|
|
| Anh Ta'm vu*`a go~ xong la^.p tu*'c anh nghe mo^.t gio.ng tenor he't le^n |
| tu*` pho`ng be^n: |
|
|
| - Tro*`i o*i! Co' bie^'t ba^y gio*` la` ma^'y gio*` sa'ng ro^`i |
| kho^ng? O*? ddo' ma` ddo'ng ddinh treo hi`nh! |
|
|
| - ?!?!? |
|
|
| [Uh, let's see...No Boom Boom with soul brother. Soul Brother too beaucoup. |
|
|
| Ddi Ma'o.] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
|
|
| Hola me gustaria tener mucha informacion de lo que ustedes hacen sobre |
| todo de como lo hacen. Es decir que me manden informacion de los secretos |
| de los sistemas operativos de internet de todo lo que me puedan mandar. |
| yo soy universitario, y me gusta todo lo relacionado con redes. |
|
|
| Muchos saludos. |
| Contestenme. |
|
|
|
|
| [ What is this, International Day? |
|
|
| !Si quieras mucha informacion, LEA MUCHOS LIBROS! !DIOS MIO! !No estoy |
| el maestro del mundo! Ehehe, esta fue solomente una chiste. No esta |
| nunca libros en espanol sobre <<computer security>>. Que lastima. |
|
|
| If you want to learn, start with english...then go buy the entire O'Reilly |
| Yellow series and Blue series. That will get you started learning |
| "los secretos de los sistemas operativos de internet." ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| From: "Erik K. Escobar" |
| Subject: Apology |
|
|
| This letter is to be forwared to the newsgroup io.general by madmagic, in |
| care of Mr. Escobar. |
|
|
| I would like to send a public apology to Internex Online for the |
| treatment I have given the staff and users of this system. I threw |
| around some threats and words that can incriminate me, and realized that |
| it was a stupid idea on my behalf. In the last week or so with the |
| negative attention I have gotten, I got to know the IO/ICAN staff a bit |
| better and everything in good standing. Me and Internex Online are now |
| even and there will be no retaliation or sour words from me. I just want |
| everything to go back to the norm. |
|
|
| Erik |
|
|
| [ * AND THEN * ] |
|
|
|
|
| From: "Erik K. Escobar" |
| Subject: Shit |
|
|
| As my understanding, A letter of apology under my name was redistributed |
| around within my mailing list and whatever. As some of you know, myself |
| and Zencor have been having problems with Internex in the past and near |
| the middle of this week, I got into a large battle with was ACC, ICAN, |
| and Internex Online -vs- Me. It is stupid to get into an argument with |
| that many corporations, and a few words and threats were thrown, they |
| locked my account. I wrote a letter in response of that and they |
| proceded to lock other Zencor staff accounts and hack our web site. Also |
| they posted the letter in the news groups and whatever. They eventually |
| decided to charge me and whatever, and to save me time outta the courts |
| and crap like that I made an apology for the threats, seeing that they |
| could incriminate me. Internex has done wrong and I probably won't be |
| seeing alot of apologies coming my way. If they didn't have certain info |
| about me..they could have me very well laughing at them but that is not |
| the case. |
|
|
| Erik |
| Lord Kaotik |
| [ ZENC0R TECHN0L0GIES ] |
|
|
|
|
| [ Can you say, LAME? ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| Been trying to locate for some time the file, plusmap.txt that used to be on |
| the phrack bbs (716-871-1915). This file outlined information regarding the |
| videopal in the videocipher II plus satellite decoder module. Any idea where |
| I might find this file? |
|
|
|
|
| [ I didn't know there was a "phrack" bbs. <Sigh> |
|
|
| In any case, I would look for information regarding this on the following |
| sites: |
|
|
| http://www.scramblingnews.com |
| http://www.hackerscatalog.com |
| http://ireland.iol.ie/~kooltek/welcome.html |
|
|
| Satellite Watch BBS : 517-685-2451 |
|
|
| This ought to get you in the right direction. ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| Hi, |
|
|
| Just a quick note to tell you about the Hawaii Education Literacy Project - |
| a non-profit organization - and our efforts to promote literacy by making |
| electronic text easier and more enjoyable to read. Given that we're both in |
| the reading biz, I thought you might be interested. |
|
|
| ReadToMe, our first program, reads aloud any form of electronic text, |
| including Web pages, and is free to anyone who wishes to use it. |
|
|
| The "Web Designers" section of our home page tells you how your pages can |
| literally speak to your audience. Actually, all you need to do to make your |
| pages audible is to add the following html code: |
|
|
| <P><A HREF="http://www.pixi.com/~reader1/readweb.bok">Hear |
| This Page!</A> Requires ReadToMe Software... Don't got it? <A |
| HREF="http://www.pixi.com/~reader1">GET IT FREE!</A> |
| </P> |
|
|
| A beta test version of the program can be obtained from |
| http://www.pixi.com/~reader1. I encourage you and your readers to download |
| a copy and take it for a spin. |
|
|
| Thank you for your time, |
|
|
| Rob Hanson |
| rhanson@freeway.net |
| Hawaii Education Literacy Project |
|
|
|
|
| [ Honestly, I don't know if this is a spam to a list of magazine people, or |
| really a phrack reader. I have this thing about jumk email, and the joy of |
| offering that info to our thousands of bored hacker readers looking for |
| an excuse to fuck with some system. |
|
|
| I'll let them decide if this was a spam. Thanks, Rob. ] |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
| ******************************** |
| SYNTHETIC PLEASURES opens in the US theaters |
| ******************************** |
| save the date, spread the word. forgive us if you got this before. |
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| eerily memorable is SYNTHETIC PLEASURES, a trippy, provocative tour through |
| the perfectly artificial worlds of cyberspace, plastic surgery, |
| mind-altering chemicals and controlled, man-made environments that |
| questions whether the natural world is redundant, or even necessary. those |
| who see it will want to pinch themselves when it's over. |
| (janet maslin- The New York Times) |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
|
|
| for further info contact: |
| caipirinha@caipirinha.com |
| http://www.syntheticpleasures.com |
|
|
| first opening dates: |
|
|
| Aug 29 Los Angeles, CA- Nuart Theatre |
| Aug 30 San Francisco, CA- Castro Theatre |
| Aug 30 Berkeley, CA- UC Theatre |
| Aug 30 San Jose, CA- Towne Theatre |
| Aug 30 Palo Alto, CA- Aquarius Theatre |
| Aug 30 Portland, OR- Cinema 21 |
| Sept 13 San Diego, CA- Ken Theatre |
| Sept 13 NYC, NY- Cinema Village |
| Sept 13 NYC, NY- City Cinemas |
| Sept 13 Larkspur, CA- Larkspur Theatre |
| Sept 20 Boston, MA- Kendall Square Theater |
| Sept 20 Cleveland, OH- Cedar Lee |
| Sept 20 Philadelphia, PA- Ritz |
| Sept 22 Vorheess, NJ- Ritz 12 |
| Sept 27 Austin, TX- Dobie Theater |
| Sept 27 New Haven, CT- York Theatre |
| Sept 27 Pittsburgh,PA- Rex |
| Oct 4 Washington, DC- Key Cinema |
| Oct 11 Providence, RI- Avon Theater |
| Oct 11 Kansas City, MO- Tivoli |
| Oct 11 Baltimore,MD - Charles Theatre |
| Oct 18 Waterville MA- Railroad Square |
| Oct 18 Durham,NC - Carolina Theater |
| Oct 18 Raleigh, NC - Colony Theater |
| Oct 18 Chapel Hill,NC -The Chelsea Theatre |
| Oct 25 Seattle, WA- Varsity |
| Nov 8 Ft Lauderdale FL- Fox Sunrise |
| Nov 15 Gainesville,FL - Plaza Theater |
| Nov 16 Hanover, NH- Dartmouth Theater |
| Nov 22 Miami, FL- Alliance |
| Nov 25,29,30 Tampa FL - Tampa Theatre |
| Dec 13 Chicago, IL - Music Box |
|
|
|
|
| [ THIS WAS DEFINATELY A SPAM. |
|
|
| I wonder what lovely cgi-bin holes that WWW site is sporting. |
|
|
| But wait, maybe they just want some k-rad cyber-press like |
| MGM got for the "Hackers" WWW page. Oh man, what a dilemma. |
| To hack, or not to hack. Assholes. ] |
|
|
|
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
|
|
| ==Phrack Magazine== |
|
|
| Volume Seven, Issue Forty-Eight, File 2a of 18 |
|
|
| Phrack Editorial |
| by |
| Erik Bloodaxe |
|
|
|
|
| This may very well be my last Phrack editorial, since I'm no longer going to |
| fill the day-to-day role of editor, so I figure I ought to close out my |
| crusade to piss everyone off. |
|
|
| I don't like most of you people. The hacking subculture has become a |
| mockery of its past self. People might argue that the community has |
| "evolved" or "grown" somehow, but that is utter crap. The community |
| has degenerated. It has become a media-fueled farce. The act of intellectual |
| discovery that hacking once represented has now been replaced by one of |
| greed, self-aggrandization and misplaced post-adolescent angst. |
|
|
| DefCon IV epitomized this change in such amazing detail, that I can only hope |
| to find words to describe it adequately. Imagine the bastard offspring |
| of Lollapalooza and a Star Trek convention. Imagine 300+ people out of their |
| homes, and away from Mother's watchful eye for the first time in their |
| pathetic lives. Imagine those same people with the ego of Rush Limbaugh and |
| the social skills of Jeffrey Dahmer, armed with laptops loaded with programs |
| they can't use, and talking at length to reporters about techniques they |
| don't understand. Welcome to DefCon. |
|
|
| If I were to judge the health of the community by the turnout of this |
| conference, my prognosis would be "terminally ill." |
|
|
| It would seem that "hacking" has become the next logical step for many people |
| looking for an outlet to strike back at "something." "Well, gee, I've already |
| pierced every available piece of skin on my body and dyed my hair blue...what |
| on earth can I do now to shock my parents? I know! I'll break some federal |
| laws, and maybe get my name in the paper! THAT WOULD BE COOL! It'll be |
| just like that movie!" |
|
|
| I hate to burst everyone's bubble, but you are so fucked up. |
|
|
| In this day and age, you really don't have to do anything illegal to be |
| a hacker. It is well within the reach of everyone to learn more, and use |
| more powerful computers legally than any of us from the late 70's and early |
| 80's ever dreamed. Way back then, it was ALL about learning how to use these |
| crazy things called computers. There were hundreds of different types of |
| systems, hundreds of different networks, and everyone was starting from ground |
| zero. There were no public means of access; there were no books in stores or |
| library shelves espousing arcane command syntaxes; there were no classes |
| available to the layperson. We were locked out. |
|
|
| Faced with these obstacles, normal, intelligent, law-abiding adolescents from |
| around the globe found themselves attempting to gain access to these |
| fascinating machines through whatever means possible. There simply was |
| no other way. There were no laws, and yet everyone knew it wasn't strictly |
| kosher behavior. This fact added a cheap rush to the actual break-in, but |
| the main drive was still simply to learn. |
|
|
| Now, with the majority of operating systems being UNIX-based, and the majority |
| of networks being TCP/IP-based the amount of knowledge to be gathered has |
| shrunk considerably. With the incredibly low prices of powerful personal |
| computers, and the free availablity of complex operating systems, the need |
| to break into remote systems in order to learn has been removed. The only |
| possible needs being met by remote intrusions would be a means to gather |
| specific information to be sold, or that base psychological rush from doing |
| something forbidden and getting away with it. Chasing any high only leads |
| to a serious crash, and in the case of breaking into computers, that |
| only leads to jail. |
|
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| There is absolutely nothing cool about going to jail. I know too many |
| people who are currently in jail, who have been in jail, and some who are |
| on their way to jail. Trust me on this, people. You will not be |
| respected by anyone if you act rashly, do something careless and |
| end up being convicted of several felonies. In fact, all of your "friends," |
| (those who didn't get busted along with you, and turn state's evidence against |
| you) will just think you were a moron for being so sloppy...until they also |
| get nailed. |
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| Get raided and you will almost certainly spend time in jail. Even once you |
| are released, you will lose your passport and your ability to travel freely, |
| you will lose your ability to do business in classified environments, you |
| will become unemployable by most companies, you may even lose your rights to |
| use computer or networking equipment for years. Is is still worth it? |
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| I break into computers for a living, and I love my job. However, I don't |
| kid myself about just how lucky I really am. Don't fool yourselves into |
| thinking that it was easy for me to achieve this, or that anyone else can |
| easily slip into such a role. Staking out a claim in the information security |
| industry is a continual battle for a hacker. Your past will constantly |
| stand in your way, especially if you try to hide it and lie to everyone. |
| (Read the recent Forbes ASAP article and spot the hacker from Garrison |
| Associates lying about his past, although he was raided for running |
| the Scantronics Publications BBS in San Deigo just a few short years ago. |
| Shame on you Kludge.) |
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| I've never lied about anything, so that can't be held over my head. I've |
| never been convicted of anything either, although I came closer to jail |
| than hopefully any of you will ever experience. The ONLY reason I avoided |
| prison was the fact that law enforcement was not prepared to deal with |
| that type of crime. Now, I've taught many of those same law enforcement |
| agencies about the nature of computer crimes. They are all learning and |
| not making the same mistakes any more. |
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| At the same time, the technology to protect against intrusions has increased |
| dramatically. Technology now exists that will not only stop attacks, but |
| identify the attack methodology, the location of the attacker, and take |
| appropriate countermeasures all in real-time. The company I work for makes it. |
| I've always said that anything that can stop me will stop almost anyone, |
| even through I'm not anywhere close to the world's best. There simply |
| aren't that many things to monitor, once you know what to look for. |
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| The rewards have diminished and the risks have increased. |
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| Hacking is not about crime. You don't need to be a criminal to be a hacker. |
| Hanging out with hackers doen't make you a hacker any more than hanging |
| out in a hospital makes you a doctor. Wearing the t-shirt doesn't |
| increase your intelligence or social standing. Being cool doesn't mean |
| treating everyone like shit, or pretending that you know more than everyone |
| around you. |
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| Of course, I'm just a bitter old sell-out living in the past, so |
| what do I know? |
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| Well, what I do know, is that even though I'm one of the few screaming about |
| how fucked up and un-fun everything has become, I'm not alone in my disgust. |
| There are a bunch of us who have reached the conclusion that the "scene" |
| is not worth supporting; that the cons are not worth attending; that the |
| new influx of would-be hackers is not worth mentoring. Maybe a lot of us |
| have finally grown up. |
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| In response, expect a great many to suddenly disappear from the cons. We'll be |
| doing our own thing, drinking a few cool drinks someplace warm, and reflecting |
| on the collective pasts we've all drawn from, and how the lack of that |
| developmental stage has ruined the newer generations. So those of us |
| with that shared frame of reference will continue to meet, enjoy each |
| other's company, swap stock tips in the same breath as operating system |
| flaws, and dream about the future of security. |
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| You're probably not invited. |
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