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==Phrack Inc.==
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Volume Three, Issue Thirty-Three, File 7 of 13
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|| P h r e a k i n g ||
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|| G e r m a n y ||
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|| -=+Ninja Master+=- ||
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|| -[The Hellfire Club]- ||
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Phreaking in Germany at this moment is at an all time high. The main reason is
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because of the German reunification. Most, if not all, of the equipment in
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Germany is still mechanical (especially on the former Communist side). So
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Boxing is VERY easy to do, as are line taps.
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Tracing on the other hand, is still hard to do. This is because with the
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mechanical switches they need many technicians who look at the switches and
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follow the wires on their own. They usually don't know where the wire leads,
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so they have to physically follow the wire to trace it.
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There are two main ways of phreaking in Germany at the moment. One is Boxing
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and the other is through Cordless Phones, both of which I will describe.
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|| Boxing ||
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Boxing in Germany is somewhat similar to the US, but I will describe to you
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the whole process.
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Most boxing in Germany is started with a call to a toll free number (most of
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which produce a connection to a firm in the US, AT&T.) To initiate the call,
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you dial 0130 - 81 and the number. Germany's toll free net starts with 0130.
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81 is for connection to the US. You wait for the connection, and blast the
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dissconect signal. As we all know, in the US it's 2600 Hz, but in Germany it's
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a mixture of 2400 and 2600 Hz. After that, you send a single 2400 Hz frequency
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to hold the line. Then you decide if you want a local US call, or an
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International call. Don't forget, you are connected to the US now, so it looks
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as if anything out of it as International, even though your calling from
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Germany. Calls within the US are done normally, with KP+0+AC+NNNNNNN.
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To make the international call, it's KP2+internalional code+0+number.
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You have to drop the zero though from the number you care calling. For
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example, in Germany all numbers start with a 02366.
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One big difference between boxing in the US and Germany, are the laws. In
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Germany, they look very strictly at data-security, but the laws are not clear
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in
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the area of phreaking. No one knows if a phreak is really stealin something
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from the German phone company, since he is using a normal phone number. This
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may sound stupid to us, but that's how they view it. Phreaks getting busted
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for in Germany is usually a rare occassion, if ever.
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|| Cordless Phones ||
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When I am refering to "cordless phones", I'm not talking about portable phones
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in the cellular phone system. I'm talking about simple cordless phones that
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you have in your home. Cordless phones broadcast on a speciffic radio
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frequency (around 46MHz) to a "base unit" that is connected to the wall jack.
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What the you do now is put a long antenna on the roof of your car. Then
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connect the antenna to your handset. The length of the antenna is usually
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best around 1.5 meters long. You only need the handset, because you are going
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to be connecting to another persons base, but make sure the batteries in the
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handset are fully charged. Now, the next step is to drive around in your car,
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until you hear a free line. Then, mearly call anywhere you like! Usually you
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have to situate yourself, and find where the best postion is to recieve the
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signal clearly, and that the person who's base your connected to can't see you.
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One reason this works quite well, is because most cordless phones in Germany
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don't have the code feature that is so prominent here (where you can
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select a scrambling code on the handset and base).
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One of the incentives to phreak in this manner is because, cordless phones
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being illegal, the person, who's dial tone you used, would much rather pay a
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few high long distance bills than the even higher fines for geting caught with
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a cordless phone.
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Cordless phones are forbidden in Germany, although you can buy them almost
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anywhere. What is illegal is to physically connect them to the phone
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system. The phone company there actually searches for people with cordless
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phones, by using a specially equiped van. Once they find that you have a
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cordless phone connected, they come with two policmen and a search warrant.
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You can be charged with anything from illegal connection of nontested equipment
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to forging of a document.
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|| Conclusion ||
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Well, I hope this gave you a little bit of understanding of how disorganized
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the phone system is in over there, and gave you a few helpfull hints in case
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you ever happen to find yourself in Germany.
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If you have any comments, corrections, or additions, you can reach me through
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Phrack, or the following boards:
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Lightning Systems 9th Dimension
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414-363-4282 818-783-5320
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Until next time!
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-=+Ninja Master+=-
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-[The Hellfire Club]-
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"Tell Telco We're Phreaking, Phreaking USA!"
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