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==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
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Part I" from Phrack #47. After reading this open letter, I nearly died of
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laughter. The inaccuracies of KoV's story were numerous and comical.
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However, from the way KoV presented themselves, they are acting as if
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it was their BBS network and a government conspiracy that has gotten
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them into trouble. As a result, they will appear to many as a
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wrongfully persecuted group of computer users.
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Apparently, KoV likes to fancy themselves as a group that
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spread "open-minded" and "sociopolitical" beliefs through their BBS
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network, KoVNet. They claim that they "questioned [the] authority" of
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those who "tried to oppress [their] free-thinking minds." They then
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state that this caused the "AmeriKKKan" government to monitor their
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actions, "stalk [them] in public places", and and attempt to destroy
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them "from the moment of KoV's conception."
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This is ridiculous. First off, their BBS network was not
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enough to cause the government to stalk them in public. If a BBS
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network that contains disdain for the American government justifies
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the stalking of its users, then NUMEROUS people in this country are
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currently being followed in public. Therefore, KoV's claim about
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their threatening BBS network is an attempt to make
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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
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actions. KoV is blaming "false accusations from a local university"
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for their troubles. However, the accusations are not false and
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after you read what led them to be caught, you will reallize that KoV
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was never a threat to the government.
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I do not know exactly how many universities they hacked.
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However, if it is one local university as they claim, it is Skidmore
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in Saratoga Springs NY, the university which I attend. I myself have played
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around with Skidmore's computers and do not feel any loyalty or
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patriotism to my school. Therefore, it is not a grudge I am harboring
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against KoV for hacking Skidmore's system that is causing me to write
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this. It is merely the fact that KoV is distorting the truth in an
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attempt to turn themselves into martyrs.
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Personally, I cannot blame anyone for breaking into Skidmore's
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system. Since Skidmore was relatively new to the Internet, their
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security was very lax making it very easy to explore and play around
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with the system. If KoV had any knowledge whatsoever, they would not have
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been caught or even detected by Skidmore. It was their egos and lack
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of knowledge that led to their investigation. I myself saw with my
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own eyes how they were detected.
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The system that was hacked by KoV was wopr.skidmore.edu.
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Well, one day I took a look at the system logs for WOPR and saw "root
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login from [some out of domain ip address]" standing out quite well.
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If KoV was really so Knowledgable and dangerous, wouldn't they know how to
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edit system logs? However, they did not which shows KoV is another
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example of people who managed to obtain root access and did not know
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what to do with it.
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Some people would think, "Big deal! Just because they didn't
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edit the system logs does not mean that they could ever be linked to
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the crime." This is very true. However, this would have required KoV
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to keep their mouths shut about the incident. Yet, they did not.
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Apparently, Lord Valgamon made a post to some of the BBS networks he
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frequented where he showed off about hacking Skidmore and told
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everyone how he did it.
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This hurt KoV greatly. As a result, a narc on the BBS network
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alerted CERT about Lord Valgamon's claims who, in turn, reported the
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incident to Skidmore. This caused Skidmore to now have a name, though
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anonymous, to apply to the break in. Consequently, the proper
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authorities became involved and they began to track down Lord Valgamon
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on the BBS networks.
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From the above facts, you can probably guess that the
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"AmeriKKKan" government would never have a special interest in KoV
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because they are the typical stereotype of an "ELiTE M0DeM d00d." If
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Lord Valgamon and KoV had kept their mouths shut about the incident,
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they never would have been caught. However, KoV needed to tell their
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ELiTE BBS scene how bad-ass they were and, as a result, their
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bad-asses are getting spanked hard.
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KoV had not done any crime or brought up any controversy
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against the government. Their only crime was that they were stupid.
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I understand that KoV is now asking for the support of the h/p and
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political groups in the scene. However, I would not recomend anyone
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to give them support. There was no government conspiracy against KoV
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and everything that has happened to them was brought on by their own
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stupidity. Do not turn a bunch of egotistical and immature criminals
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into martyrs. I will end this with the same words KoV started their
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letter with: "Don't believe the hype." - Public Enemy.
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Sincerely,
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Mr. Sandman
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[ Wow. Well, we always like to hear all sides to any story, and each
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time something gets published that gets under someone else's skin, we
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inevitably do. Thanks for writing! ]
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Hello!
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Let me tell some words about myself. Computers and
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telecommunications take quite important place in my life. In
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past I worked as a programmer, system administrator and finally
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I ran my own business selling computer hardware (now I have
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closed this business because I have lost my interest for trade
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and due to some financial reasons). I owned my own BBS for
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several years but now I have it shut down because I do not want
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support lamers leeching files 2-3 years old and having no ideas
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what email is. Now almost every day I spent many hours reading
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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).
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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
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to Phrack magazine. If you do, please encrypt your reply and
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send it via anonymous remailer, because now Russian government
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begun to control email messages very thoroughtly.
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I have private information from friend Internet provider about
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the FAPSI (Federal Agency of Government Communications and
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Information -- some form of Russian NSA/FCC hybrid formed from
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ex-KGB agents) actions aimed to control data passed through
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Internet channels in Russia. FAPSI ordered all Internet
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providers in St.Petersburg to install software which task will
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be to copy all messages addressed to/from persons which FAPSI
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interested in and to scan for some keywords specified by FAPSI.
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Providers will get their licences for providing communication
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service only after installing such spy software. There is a
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rumour that FAPSI has installed hidden microphones (bugs) in
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providers' offices to control any "illegal" activity (free
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information exchange always was illegal in USSR/Russia). I say
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"rumour" because I have heared it only from one trusted source,
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other information came from several trusted sources
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simultaneously.
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BTW, using a PGP is illegal in Russia too, because FAPSI can not
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break the PGP-encrypted messages.
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If you find information written above meaningful, you may use it
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in your own discretion but with some precautions -- remember
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that country I live in have barbaric laws and Russian
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Police/Security Services have _absolute_ power to put in jail
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anyone they want without any court or warrant.
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[ Normally I strip out all anonymous remailers, because they
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interfere with the bulk mailing process, bounce mail, and generally
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screw things up...however, there are always exceptions.
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The FAPSI requirements are extremely interesting to hear about. It
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certainly makes sense, and I fear that our country is likewise heading
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towards that goal.
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If you get the chance, you ought to write more about being a hacker
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in your country, since I am sure the rest of the world would be
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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
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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,
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SPY
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[ Well, I can't tell you how to write a program to crack passwords
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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
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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
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programs written to "crack" passwords. I would suggest you go poke around
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and look for programs like "crack" or "killer cracker." If you
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can't find reference to either of these on the net, then you really
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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
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bill. So I was wondering if there is anyway I can hook-up my pager for free
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without going through a paging service.
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[ Depending upon the pager, you can possibly change or add capcodes through
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special programming software. Almost all Motorola pagers allow you to do
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this.
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This won't allow you to "really" get free service, but you can piggy back
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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
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capcode in the paging system from the local provider who owns the frequency
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the pager is crystaled for. ]
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I was browsing through Issue 47, and saw something that had caught
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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
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groups The Legion of Doom and The Masters of Destruction. The front
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of the shirt displays a flight map of the various battle-sites
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hit by MOD and tracked by LOD. The back of the shirt
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has a detailed timeline of the key dates in the conflict, and
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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
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the "war". Wasn't the name of the rival group Masters of Deception?
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I assume that Erik would know, he appeared to be the main "villain" in
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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
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salt. In my opinion, the book was a piece of shit. Since many of the
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MOD members decided to viciously attack the author, Josh Quittner, posing
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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
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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
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you think can you teach me to be a hacker and to be cool you are one of the
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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
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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.
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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
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find this program on any number of sites. ]
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Hallo, din Gamle rn!!
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(Norwegian for: Hello, you Old Eagle!!(direct.translated.)
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(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
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division so I spend my days(and nights!) dwnloading all i can find about the
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subject. But I do have some problems with the cellular phone system over
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here, NMT 900. Which your system AMPS have stolen all the good parts from!
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Untill last year i could program my cellular phone, Ericsson NH 99, by
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programming and switching the 27c512 prom. But now the norwegian
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telecompany Telenor Mobil has inserted pin codes, i.e. if my cellular phone
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number used to be 12 34 56 78 (we have 8 digits), then my phone number now
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has changed to 12 34 56 78 XX X. Where the 3 last digits are unknown to the
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owner of the phone.
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I do have programs and cables for programming the phone with all 8+3 digits,
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but then I have to know the 3 digits, the pin code, and I do NOT know how
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to download them from the cellular traffic going around my place. Can you
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help me beat the system? How do I dwnload the pin code???? I read that they
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are going to use the same system i the N.Y. area within this year, so someone
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is going to ask you these qst. sooner or later. Be prepared! Or is my qst.
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old news? Maybe everyone knows how to do this? Exept the norwegian newbie....
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Vennlig hilsen
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(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
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owner of the phone. If your number changes, then obviously you have to
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know the new number. Are you sure this isn't just a touch-tone PIN
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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
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to decode the reverse channel, and a 900 mhz-capable radio and a touch-tone
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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
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in place. Have they upgraded their ETACS systems as well? If not,
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use those. ]
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From: zadox@mindspring.com (Ron Zalkind)
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Subject: Phrack Magazine: Strategic Marketing Partnership
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I'm one of the principals of a new Internet-based, second-generation,
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Information Technology service. This new Internet service debuted last week
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at the Culpepper Forum in Atlanta. I'd like to propose a strategic marketing
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partnership with Phrack Magazine. This proposal will spell out what it is
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our service does (including a product demo), how we think a partnership with
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Phrack Magazine might work, and how we can all increase profits by doing so.
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Please reply to this E-mail with the name and E-mail address of the
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'director of online strategy', or the 'circulation director', for Phrack
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Magazine. Thank you.
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Ron Zalkind, President
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R.E. Zalkind & Co. Inc.
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Voice: 770-518-1600
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Fax: 770-642-0802
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E-mail: zadox@mindspring.com (Ron Zalkind)
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Ron Zalkind
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[ WOW! I can't wait to hook up with THESE incredibly savvy people
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so Phrack can dramatically increase our profits. Let's see, if we
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make any money, we'll see a 100% increase! It's a no-lose
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situation.
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Man, I hate Internet mass-mailers. Don't these people attempt to qualify
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their leads even a LITTLE? Strategic Marketing Opportunities with
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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
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soon.
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I have an article from "Airman" magazine (I believe it was the April
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1996 issue), the US Air Force magazine given to military members. It
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details the efforts of AFOSI (Air Force Office of Special Investigations)
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to prevent hackers from breaking in to military computers. Considering
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it's coming from the military, it's not too badly written (the author
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actually knew the difference between "crackers" and "hackers"). I don't
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have a scanner, but I'd be more than willing to snail mail it to you. I
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just wanted to check and see if you guys already had it of not. If you
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don't, let me know, and I'll get it to you ASAP.
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Keep up the good work....
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[ We would definately like to see the text from this article. Please
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forward it!
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In fact, if any of you readers ever come across ANYTHING you think is cool,
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email it to us, or snail mail it. We love getting mail.
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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:
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Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) iana@isi.edu
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(310) 822-1511
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Record last updated on 02-Dec-93.
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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
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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
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FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, DHEA is a must README. People, age 70, feeling and
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acting 25.
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Read the medical research at http://dhea.natureplus.com .A quote from
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an article published by the New York Academy of Science written by Dr.
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S.S.C.YEN;
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"DHEA in appropriate replacement doses appears to have remedial effects
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with respect to its ability to induce an anabolic growth factor, increase
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muscle strength and lean body mass, activate immune function, and enhance
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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
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"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
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Catalog at http://natureplus.com.
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[ Yet another Mass mailing! How many lame mailing lists are we on?
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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!
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I need to get me some of that. A little DHEA, a little GHB, a little
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DMT, and you'll look younger, feel younger, and have the brain of
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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
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SOYLENT GREEN or GOITER on any of their shows?
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please email me back
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thanx,
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Nick
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[ Nick, I hate to break it to you, but:
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SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!
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IT'S PEOPLE!!!!! ]
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From: Pete Shipley <shipley@dis.org>
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To: best-of-security@suburbia.org, cert@cert.org, cudigest@sun.soci.niu.edu,
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daddict@l5.com, dc-stuff@fc.net, dtangent@defcon.org,
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emmanuel@2600.com, grayarea@gti.gti.net, letters@2600.com,
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mycroft@fish.com, phrack@freeside.fc.net, phrack@well.sf.ca.us,
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proff@suburbia.org, root@iss.net, root@l0pht.com, root@lod.com,
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root@newhackcity.com, spaf@cs.purdue.edu, strat@uu.net,
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will@command.com.inter.net, zen@fish.com
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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.
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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
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"DoC" crowd's BULLSHIT. I would like to raise an issue with them, mostly
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(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
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on hold here for a second, it wasn't just them): If you didn't want to hear
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Netta's speech (though in your opinion it may be monotone, boring or even
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wrong) you DIDN'T HAVE TO STAY AND LISTEN TO IT. There were some people that
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WANTED to listen to the speech, but you all had to act like POMPOUS ELITIST
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ASSES. How different are you now from a government that would like to
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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
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such an awesome security specialist then why was he so easily owned? Also
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I bring into question some of the motives he has for harassing Netta Gilboa.
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Her boyfriend (who is currenlty in jail) was known for continually hacking
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(yes CONTINUALLY hacking) Peter Shipley. I know this because I spoke with
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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
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systems are idiots; whether it's the military, government, industry, a
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business -- they should all just ask for their money back. You are a discredit
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to your profession.
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2. Shipley is a coward. Only cowards attack people weaker than them
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but back away from a confrontation with someone of equal size or power.
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Careful Peter -- next time don't piss off Bootleg, he might hurt that pretty
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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
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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
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them actually, just stating a fact).
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Shipley, se7en, (ayoung, where's your piglet account?). Get a fucking life.
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Maybe instead of contstantly going around "Searching for intelligent life"
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perhaps you should stay home and secure your own systems. You are all owned,
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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
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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
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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
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used you and the LOD to models the characters in the movie after? Alot of the
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handles, and choice phrases they used sounded awfully Farmiliar with what
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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
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the New York hack scene and picked up some pointers, and then used
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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
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Memphis where he was arrested by the police and banned from his dream of
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working on phone lines. Well, at the time when he was living on Union
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avenue, my mother was in charge of payroll, hiring and the like at a local
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switchboard. This was back in 1972 when the phone system was less of the
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fuqup it is today. Well, a friend of my mother's taught Mr. Engressia how to
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cook and other related houshold things despite his handicap. Shortly after
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or before this, (I am unsure) he was arrested by the police. I think this
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was also about the time the interview was made. Anyway, the local phone
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companies would not touch him, not even to give him service. My mother,
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after talking with him decided to hire him as a phone consultant. (Her
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opinion of his was that "He was so brilliant, it was scary, I mean REALLY
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scary.") She though he was a great "kid" (22 at the time) and was the best
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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
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working as a consultant to a corporation or something out there. I only just
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started talking with my parents about this today, but I am sure that they
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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
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operators here in Memphis and my father still phreaks on them so I am sure
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that Mr. Engressia does too. Anyway, my father is teaching me how to hack,
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and my mother is teaching me how to phreak, but she only knows a little of
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outdated info and wants to get in touch with Joe. If anyone, ANYONE has any
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information about Joe, or if somehow this article gets to Joe, please let me
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know at the following e-mail address:
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Kormed@aol.com.
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[ We used to call Joe on conferences a long time ago. I could probably
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dig his contact information up, but I really doubt he'd appreciate his
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number being published in Phrack.
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Hell, if your parents are teaching you how to hack & phreak, then certainly
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they can find Joe. He was always listed in Directory Assistance when
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we tracked him down years back.
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Have you even really looked for him? ]
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quick question For Bloodaxe.
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Ok, I know you probably get this Alot,but I just have to ask?...
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Did you Really Date Christina Applegate?
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had to ask,
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[ Man, now that is a rumor that I would love to have started myself.
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No. Never dated her, never met her, never talked to her, never
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had any contact whatsoever. Spent some time holding up some of her
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posters with one hand, but that's about it. ]
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do you have any info on stealing magic cookies ??
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[ No, but I can trade you these magic beans for your cow. If you plant
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them they will grow high into the sky, towards the castle in the clouds
|
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where the giant lives with the talking harp and the goose that lays the
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golden eggs.
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Go read some of the WWW Security Lists, if you're talking about what
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I think you are. There are also javascript routines that collect
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navigator cookies from clients hitting your page. After briefly looking
|
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around, I can't find the specific sites to snarf them from. Go do a
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webcrawler search for WWW security or javascript security. ]
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Dear Phracks - I'm a Free Journalist from Germany and I'm going to write
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an articel about ISDN and the possible danger which might happen to a
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company etc. getting hacked by some agnets, spies etc. from other
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countries. So I'm looking for indos about ISDN-Viruses, Hackers and
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background infos.
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Can you help me?
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[ Wow, a "Free Journalist." I thought that pesky national socialist party
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imprisoned all you guys.
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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
|
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D channel using Q.931. All SS7 data sent over the D channel is quickly
|
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compromized and re-routed to different signal transfer points, causing
|
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massive ANI Failure over the entire routing mesh.
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Rumor has it that the Internet Liberation Front was behind these viruses
|
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with heavy investement coming from the German Bundesnachrichtendienst's
|
|
Project Rahab. These hackers were paid with AT&T calling cards encoded
|
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with a polymorphic encryption scheme, and cocaine.
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You can quote me on this. ]
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Well, i wanna make an offer, and a nice deal.
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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,
|
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but adding 1 article from ya'r paper, saying from where it is.
|
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so, if we can make this deal, contact me asap!
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10x.
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|
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[ 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?"
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|
|
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!
|
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|
|
Are there so many rocks for you people to crawl out from under?
|
|
Sheesh! ]
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Hello,
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|
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I have a need for a network sniffer. Specifically, one that will
|
|
sniff IEEE-802.3 packets and TCP/IP packets. Any leads?
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[ Well, gee, are there network sniffers that won't?
|
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|
|
Go do an archie search for tcpdump. ]
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|
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.
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|
|
|
john...
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|
|
|
[ 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. ]
|
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|
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|
|
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]
|
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|
|
[ 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. ]
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|
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|
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|
|
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! ]
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: prodigy.com (MR MARK P DOLESH)
|
|
|
|
How do you hack?
|
|
|
|
[ Very carefully. ]
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|
|
|
|
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. ]
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
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. ]
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
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! ]
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|
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|
|
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. ]
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|
|
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. ]
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|
|
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! ]
|
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|
|
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. ]
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VA'CH CO' TAI
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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.
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|
|
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.
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|
|
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:
|
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|
|
- 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.
|
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|
|
Ddi Ma'o.]
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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.
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|
|
Muchos saludos.
|
|
Contestenme.
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|
|
|
|
[ 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." ]
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|
|
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
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|
|
[ * AND THEN * ]
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|
|
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
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decided to charge me and whatever, and to save me time outta the courts
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and crap like that I made an apology for the threats, seeing that they
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could incriminate me. Internex has done wrong and I probably won't be
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seeing alot of apologies coming my way. If they didn't have certain info
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about me..they could have me very well laughing at them but that is not
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the case.
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Erik
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Lord Kaotik
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[ ZENC0R TECHN0L0GIES ]
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[ Can you say, LAME? ]
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Been trying to locate for some time the file, plusmap.txt that used to be on
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the phrack bbs (716-871-1915). This file outlined information regarding the
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videopal in the videocipher II plus satellite decoder module. Any idea where
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I might find this file?
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[ I didn't know there was a "phrack" bbs. <Sigh>
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In any case, I would look for information regarding this on the following
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sites:
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http://www.scramblingnews.com
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http://www.hackerscatalog.com
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http://ireland.iol.ie/~kooltek/welcome.html
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Satellite Watch BBS : 517-685-2451
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This ought to get you in the right direction. ]
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Hi,
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Just a quick note to tell you about the Hawaii Education Literacy Project -
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a non-profit organization - and our efforts to promote literacy by making
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electronic text easier and more enjoyable to read. Given that we're both in
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the reading biz, I thought you might be interested.
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ReadToMe, our first program, reads aloud any form of electronic text,
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including Web pages, and is free to anyone who wishes to use it.
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The "Web Designers" section of our home page tells you how your pages can
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literally speak to your audience. Actually, all you need to do to make your
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pages audible is to add the following html code:
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<P><A HREF="http://www.pixi.com/~reader1/readweb.bok">Hear
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This Page!</A> Requires ReadToMe Software... Don't got it? <A
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HREF="http://www.pixi.com/~reader1">GET IT FREE!</A>
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</P>
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A beta test version of the program can be obtained from
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http://www.pixi.com/~reader1. I encourage you and your readers to download
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a copy and take it for a spin.
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Thank you for your time,
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Rob Hanson
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rhanson@freeway.net
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Hawaii Education Literacy Project
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[ Honestly, I don't know if this is a spam to a list of magazine people, or
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really a phrack reader. I have this thing about jumk email, and the joy of
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offering that info to our thousands of bored hacker readers looking for
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an excuse to fuck with some system.
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I'll let them decide if this was a spam. Thanks, Rob. ]
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SYNTHETIC PLEASURES opens in the US theaters
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save the date, spread the word. forgive us if you got this before.
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eerily memorable is SYNTHETIC PLEASURES, a trippy, provocative tour through
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the perfectly artificial worlds of cyberspace, plastic surgery,
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mind-altering chemicals and controlled, man-made environments that
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questions whether the natural world is redundant, or even necessary. those
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who see it will want to pinch themselves when it's over.
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(janet maslin- The New York Times)
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for further info contact:
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caipirinha@caipirinha.com
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http://www.syntheticpleasures.com
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first opening dates:
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Aug 29 Los Angeles, CA- Nuart Theatre
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Aug 30 San Francisco, CA- Castro Theatre
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Aug 30 Berkeley, CA- UC Theatre
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Aug 30 San Jose, CA- Towne Theatre
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Aug 30 Palo Alto, CA- Aquarius Theatre
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Aug 30 Portland, OR- Cinema 21
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Sept 13 San Diego, CA- Ken Theatre
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Sept 13 NYC, NY- Cinema Village
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Sept 13 NYC, NY- City Cinemas
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Sept 13 Larkspur, CA- Larkspur Theatre
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Sept 20 Boston, MA- Kendall Square Theater
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Sept 20 Cleveland, OH- Cedar Lee
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Sept 20 Philadelphia, PA- Ritz
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Sept 22 Vorheess, NJ- Ritz 12
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Sept 27 Austin, TX- Dobie Theater
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Sept 27 New Haven, CT- York Theatre
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Sept 27 Pittsburgh,PA- Rex
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Oct 4 Washington, DC- Key Cinema
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Oct 11 Providence, RI- Avon Theater
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Oct 11 Kansas City, MO- Tivoli
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Oct 11 Baltimore,MD - Charles Theatre
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Oct 18 Waterville MA- Railroad Square
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Oct 18 Durham,NC - Carolina Theater
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Oct 18 Raleigh, NC - Colony Theater
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Oct 18 Chapel Hill,NC -The Chelsea Theatre
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Oct 25 Seattle, WA- Varsity
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Nov 8 Ft Lauderdale FL- Fox Sunrise
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Nov 15 Gainesville,FL - Plaza Theater
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Nov 16 Hanover, NH- Dartmouth Theater
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Nov 22 Miami, FL- Alliance
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Nov 25,29,30 Tampa FL - Tampa Theatre
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Dec 13 Chicago, IL - Music Box
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[ THIS WAS DEFINATELY A SPAM.
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I wonder what lovely cgi-bin holes that WWW site is sporting.
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But wait, maybe they just want some k-rad cyber-press like
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MGM got for the "Hackers" WWW page. Oh man, what a dilemma.
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To hack, or not to hack. Assholes. ]
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==Phrack Magazine==
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Volume Seven, Issue Forty-Eight, File 2a of 18
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Phrack Editorial
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by
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Erik Bloodaxe
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This may very well be my last Phrack editorial, since I'm no longer going to
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fill the day-to-day role of editor, so I figure I ought to close out my
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crusade to piss everyone off.
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I don't like most of you people. The hacking subculture has become a
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mockery of its past self. People might argue that the community has
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"evolved" or "grown" somehow, but that is utter crap. The community
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has degenerated. It has become a media-fueled farce. The act of intellectual
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discovery that hacking once represented has now been replaced by one of
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greed, self-aggrandization and misplaced post-adolescent angst.
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DefCon IV epitomized this change in such amazing detail, that I can only hope
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to find words to describe it adequately. Imagine the bastard offspring
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of Lollapalooza and a Star Trek convention. Imagine 300+ people out of their
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homes, and away from Mother's watchful eye for the first time in their
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pathetic lives. Imagine those same people with the ego of Rush Limbaugh and
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the social skills of Jeffrey Dahmer, armed with laptops loaded with programs
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they can't use, and talking at length to reporters about techniques they
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don't understand. Welcome to DefCon.
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If I were to judge the health of the community by the turnout of this
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conference, my prognosis would be "terminally ill."
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It would seem that "hacking" has become the next logical step for many people
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looking for an outlet to strike back at "something." "Well, gee, I've already
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pierced every available piece of skin on my body and dyed my hair blue...what
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on earth can I do now to shock my parents? I know! I'll break some federal
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laws, and maybe get my name in the paper! THAT WOULD BE COOL! It'll be
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just like that movie!"
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I hate to burst everyone's bubble, but you are so fucked up.
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In this day and age, you really don't have to do anything illegal to be
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a hacker. It is well within the reach of everyone to learn more, and use
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more powerful computers legally than any of us from the late 70's and early
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80's ever dreamed. Way back then, it was ALL about learning how to use these
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crazy things called computers. There were hundreds of different types of
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systems, hundreds of different networks, and everyone was starting from ground
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zero. There were no public means of access; there were no books in stores or
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library shelves espousing arcane command syntaxes; there were no classes
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available to the layperson. We were locked out.
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Faced with these obstacles, normal, intelligent, law-abiding adolescents from
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around the globe found themselves attempting to gain access to these
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fascinating machines through whatever means possible. There simply was
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no other way. There were no laws, and yet everyone knew it wasn't strictly
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kosher behavior. This fact added a cheap rush to the actual break-in, but
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the main drive was still simply to learn.
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Now, with the majority of operating systems being UNIX-based, and the majority
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of networks being TCP/IP-based the amount of knowledge to be gathered has
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shrunk considerably. With the incredibly low prices of powerful personal
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computers, and the free availablity of complex operating systems, the need
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to break into remote systems in order to learn has been removed. The only
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possible needs being met by remote intrusions would be a means to gather
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specific information to be sold, or that base psychological rush from doing
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something forbidden and getting away with it. Chasing any high only leads
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to a serious crash, and in the case of breaking into computers, that
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only leads to jail.
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There is absolutely nothing cool about going to jail. I know too many
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people who are currently in jail, who have been in jail, and some who are
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on their way to jail. Trust me on this, people. You will not be
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respected by anyone if you act rashly, do something careless and
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end up being convicted of several felonies. In fact, all of your "friends,"
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(those who didn't get busted along with you, and turn state's evidence against
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you) will just think you were a moron for being so sloppy...until they also
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get nailed.
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Get raided and you will almost certainly spend time in jail. Even once you
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are released, you will lose your passport and your ability to travel freely,
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you will lose your ability to do business in classified environments, you
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will become unemployable by most companies, you may even lose your rights to
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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
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kid myself about just how lucky I really am. Don't fool yourselves into
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thinking that it was easy for me to achieve this, or that anyone else can
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easily slip into such a role. Staking out a claim in the information security
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industry is a continual battle for a hacker. Your past will constantly
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stand in your way, especially if you try to hide it and lie to everyone.
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(Read the recent Forbes ASAP article and spot the hacker from Garrison
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Associates lying about his past, although he was raided for running
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the Scantronics Publications BBS in San Deigo just a few short years ago.
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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
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never been convicted of anything either, although I came closer to jail
|
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than hopefully any of you will ever experience. The ONLY reason I avoided
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prison was the fact that law enforcement was not prepared to deal with
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|
that type of crime. Now, I've taught many of those same law enforcement
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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.
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|
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
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|
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.
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|
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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