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==Phrack Magazine==
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Volume Four, Issue Forty-Four, File 2 of 27
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Phrack Loopback
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Hey,
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Well, Im trying to set up a BBS here in small little old northeast pa, and
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I'm wondering if there is any way I could post the issues of phrack on it.
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I've gotten some issues from MindVOX and loved em. Thought others would
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like em. Please send mail back.
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the soon to be SySop of LLD.
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Rebls
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[I have no problems with people putting copies of Phrack online
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on bbses for others to download, as long as they stay complete, and
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as long as you are not charging your users for access to download
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the files. If you are, you are a business, and if you're planning on
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making money off of Phrack, you better email me right away. :) ]
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Control-Alt-Delete
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INSOC Network Newsletter
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Information Society is coming back with a harder, more alternative edge.
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16 pg magazine format, quarterly, $5. Strongly supported by Kurt Harland,
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lead singer. Back issues, merchandise available.
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Issue #3 - October 1. Join the Network!
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Control-Alt-Delete
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5822 Green Terrace Lane
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Houston, TX 77088-5414
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713/448-3815
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JBeck@AOL.COM
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[Here's a plug for a nifty little 'zine. It's amazing how much stuff
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someone can put out about Information Society. Definitely a must for
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the hardcore INSoc fan.]
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I consider myself pretty much an "individual" and an "end user," but
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I just recently contracted with Mesa State College (of Colorado) to write a
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simple computer program to organize the tool bin for the vocational
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technology department. Does this make me a computer consultation contractee
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of a government, business, or organization? Now that I think of it, the
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program is designed to keep track of tools so that students don't walk off
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with them, so that further makes me a "SECURITY computer consultation
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contractee." Geez. I didn't realize what an important job I had, nor how
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I am part of the global conspiracy of "computer professionals" to rip
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people off.
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Hm.
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What to do, what to do... Well I guess in the spirit of Phrack magazine,
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and ignoring the entirely hypocritical and pointless posturing that you have
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engaged in recently, I will go ahead and read it DESPITE the very sternly
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worded Copyright Warning which you have so prominently placed in file number
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one. If you feel that the information presented in Phrack 43 should be kept
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from certain types of people, and if you are frustrated by the fact that these
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people seem to be getting access to the information even when you have a LAW
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against it... Well.. "Tough shit."
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Bryce
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[Bryce:
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The "entirely hypocritical and pointless posturing" that we have engaged
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in is to prove a point. A point that is obviously "beneath" you
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as you have missed it entirely.
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Phrack has been, and always will be free. The copyright notice
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is to ensure that Phrack is not sold by third parties. The registration
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notice is only applicable to certain parties whose interests may be
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opposite those of Phrack Magazine. As you probably realize, it
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is up to the INDIVIDUAL to decide whether or nor they register. Most
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corporate/law enforcement/security officials chose not to, hence,
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they are guilty of the same thing they accuse hackers of.
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Now, this aside, I think your letter was real shitty, and you came off like
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a smarmy dickhead. I personally could care less if you read the magazine
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or wipe your ass with it. Its up to you. The information is provided
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for EVERYONE to do with whatever the hell the like.
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If my attitude is contrary to what you feel is "the spirit" of Phrack,
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well... Tough Shit.]
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Greetings,
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After reading/hearing about PHRACK, 2600 and others I was pleased to
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finally receive the latest issue of Phrack. I have a few questions and
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suggestions to make:
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+ I have an idea for an article and would like very much to
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contribute it to Phrack. How do I go about this? Does the article
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have to be in any particular format? Would it be a good idea to
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have submission details in every issue?
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+ Is it possible to submit an article to both Phrack and 2600?
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Would it go against me if I did so?
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+ I have heard of a zine similar to 2600, but specifically for the
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UK. I think it might be called 2800? Is it still going? And how
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do I get a hold of or in touch with it?
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+ With regards to your compilation of phone numbers of dialups
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to universities in the States, I have been trying for a year or
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so to compile a similar list specifically for the UK. It has
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been a bit difficult since those lovely people at the JNT dont
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like this sort of information being compiled. (Despite the fact
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you can probably walk into any Computer Centre at a site and pick
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up a free news letter containing such information ;-). Anyway, if
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any UK readers would like to help me in this task, I would very
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much appreciate it.
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And Keep up the good work!
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[I'll handle all of this in the order you asked:
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1) Submissions to phrack can be thru email at our well address
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phrack@well.sf.ca.us, or can be mailed via US mail to
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Phrack Magazine, 603 W. 13th #1A-278, Austin, TX, 78701.
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They don't have to be in any specific format (Style-wise) or
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on any particular type of media. I can read almost anything
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for almost any type of computer.
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2) You can certainly send your work to both Phrack and 2600.
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I would ask that if you do so, please indicate it to both
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myself and Emmanuel Goldstein of 2600 that you have sent it
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to both magazines. I don't want anyone ragging on me for
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"ripping of 2600" by publishing something they did, as our
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schedules are about a month apart.
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3) I have never heard of 2800. Perhaps our readers have.
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4) I will make sure to forward any UK dialups I get to
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you for any readers who send them in. I do want to
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publish your list once you get it compiled though.]
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I am currently in the final stages of writing my magna thesis in History
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here at the University of Minnesota. Over the past 6 months or so I have
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been looking at the whole Neidorf/Riggs fiasco and have decided to do a
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characterization piece about the Prophet. Bruce Sterling
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directed me towards you as someone who could give me some personal
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information on Riggs (His appearance, attitude, and even obscure things
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such as habits and behaviors). From past experience, I have seen that
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this information is absolutely necessary in writing these types of
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"unconventional" histories.
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Because I have never met the guy or even seen a picture of him, I must rely
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on people like yourself who may have met him or may know people who have known
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him. If you can help me by directing me towards people who have known him
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in the past or currently know him, it would be greatly appreciated. I
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really don't want to bother Riggs (and even if I did, I probably would not
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get much out of any encounter).
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Thanks in advance.
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Jason W. Esser
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[I'm sorry, but I really can't help you in that respect.
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I would suggest you talk to Rob if you want to write about him.
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Or at a minimum Frank or Adam. They are all very easy to contact.
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Try directory assistance.]
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**He writes back**
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THANKS! You have been EXTREMELY helpful in furthering research into the
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CU! You are a man of great genius and integrity. Jerk.
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Jason W. Esser
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[Jerk?
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You, a stranger, write me and want to know the details about a friend of
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mine, without even having the courtesy to let HIM know that
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you are doing such a thing?
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What would YOU think if someone out of the fucking blue phoned you
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up and asked for information about someone you knew, under the guise
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of some kind of psychological profile, and wanted to know
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what they looked like, personality quirks, etc...
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What you are doing has NO RELATIVE MERIT TO THE COMPUTER UNDERGROUND.
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In fact, I find it intrusive and repulsive. I am not some kind of
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fucking clearing house for information about people I know. Try
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his prosecutors for that. Of, if you had any balls at all, you
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could call Atlanta directory assistance and get phone numbers for
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Riggs, Darden and Grant.
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Since you've been such a dick, I suppose I'll call them myself and
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let them know that someone is trying to get personal information
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about at least one of them. I'm sure they will be thrilled.
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So, as for my great genius, you should have asked me questions about
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UNIX...you would have gotten a much more thorough reply.
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Asshole.]
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I would like to make my point in e-mail that I do not wish my
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program, ISS (Inet Security Scanner), to be in Phrack.
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Thank you.
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Christopher William Klaus
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[I would just like to make my point in e-mail that I do not give a shit
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about your program ISS (Inet Security Scanner), and it is not
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going to be in Phrack.]
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Hello, This message desires an urgent reply-thank you
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Recently a friend of mind came into some electronic trouble of sorts. I
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was wondering if it would be possible to obtain a list and an immediate
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way to contact lawyer(s) who specialize in such cases. Such as the lawyer
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who represented the infamous E911 case. As you could imagine, time is of
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essence. Thank you in advance for a quick reply.
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Shadowvex...
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[Depending upon where your friend is, and what he/she has done
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there are a number of people to talk to.
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If it is a case that may involve issues of constitutionality
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he should call Mike Godwin at the EFF. (godwin@eff.org)
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Or may want to contact a local ACLU office.
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If he just wants to talk to a lawyer who MIGHT offer him some
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advice on criminal matters he could try Steve Ryan
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(blivion@zero.cypher.com)
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Craig Neidorf's lawyer probably would not be
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interested in taking such a case, unless it would pay him well
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and was in the Midwest.
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Remember, if your friend got busted hacking, lawyers aren't going
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to help much.]
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I recently learned that when a prank caller calls you on a USDETEST
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DIRECT telephone all you have to do is hang up the phone and then pick
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it up again, then hit '*57' and hang up.
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This logs the prank callers info into the phone company's computer
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so that if he persists, they have proof of his deeds. After 5-6 prank calls
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and logging them every time, you may call the phone co. and demand that
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they give you the prank caller's name, and phone number. You may also have
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the police notified of the prank caller's address, for severe cases.
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After 5 logs of the activity, the phone co. is required by law to
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give you the person's information. We used it when my aunt was getting
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a silent caller last month.
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[I hope you know that each time you use the Call-Trace feature you
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get billed for it. Most modern places have that feature and
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many of the other custom calling feature upgrades like caller id
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implemented now a days.]
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Hey is phrack still alive? Also, do you know the whereabouts of Full Disclosure
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magazine and Hack-Tic the Dutch magazine? If so do you have the phone number
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and address to them?
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Plus, do you know any other mags, that's supports hacker/computer virus (for
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IBM, MAC, and AMIGA) cracker, anarchy and phreak information? I have the 2600.
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Are there others our there?
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[Phrack is still alive. Notice this response. That should be proof.
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Hack-Tic is easily reached by mailing the editor
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rop@hacktic.nl
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Full Disclosure has no phone.
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Full Disclosure
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P.O. Box 903
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Libertyville, IL 60048
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There really aren't any other "hacker" mags. Full Disclosure isn't one
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by the way. Hack-tic is entirely in Dutch, so unless you speak Dutch
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it won't do you much good. There are a few mags that kinda cover the whole
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net scene, like Boing Boing, Gray Areas, etc...there was a big list of cool
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magazines in the Line Noise section of Phrack 43.]
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If possible, I'd like to include an ad for my system in Phrack:
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][-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-][
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Silicon Valley
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Home of Freedom 2o4-669-7983 Phalcon/Skism Canada
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cDc Global Domination 1 N0de, 24oo 0nLY! Northern Phun Co.
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Factury Direct Outlet 2 3l33t for U! Dist. Site
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S00per 3l33t UUCP Mail (silicon.bison.mb.ca), N0 k0dez, war3z, ansi
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**** Thousands of the m0st eut1mat3-sp1ffy-krad3st Tf1l3s ar0und! ****
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Freedom,Phrack,cDc,PHUN,LoD,Cud,NSA,ATI,NIA,ANE,Chaos,uXu,AOTD,Chalisti,
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CERT,CIAC,DDN,LOL,40HEX,Iformatik,NFX,FBI,NuKE,Phantasy,Worldview,NARC,
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PPP,Telecom Archives,EFF,DFP,Legal Papers,CPI,Vindicator Productions,DoA,
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Virii,ource C0de,Scanners,Hackers,Cell Fraud,AWA,UN*X Security/Crackers,
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Anarkey,ArcV,Trident,Phalcon/Skism,Summercon GIFS,RL,RDT,Syndicate,UPI,
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Encryption,PGP,Networking,Radio Modification,Virus S0urce,USEnet,Email.
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The latest news in the hp and telecom community!
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To apply, type 'apply' at the 'local >' prompt
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for questions, mail iceman@silicon.bison.mb.ca
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][-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-]-[-o-][
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Two boys were charged with attempted murder for allegedly stuffing a
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3-year-old down a Chicago high-rise building's trash chute, police said.
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The boys, ages 11 and 13 were charged with aggravated battery and
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attempted murder. The 3-year-old fell six floors but his fall was
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broken by a pile of trash. He was rescued by a custodian who saw his feet
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and turned off a trash compactor just before it would have crushed him,
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police said.
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yeah, sign me up.
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thanks.
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[I have got to say, this was the weirdest subscription request I've gotten
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to date.]
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" To the free flow of information, the life-blood of a prosperous society "
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By
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The Philosophical Phreaker (a.k.a King Blutto)
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Introduction: Don't confuse me with KING BLOTTO in any way... The idea
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behind my name is -- THe man is gone, but let the legend live on.
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Univeristy of South Florida <-- One of the easiest target that I have
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ever come across... The worst security ever. Thanks goes to Hiawatha for
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some of the information.
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Just to prevent any loozer from using this information I am not including
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the address of this particular sight. If you are "mildly" qualified you
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can find the address... Anywaz, here are some account that I have found
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using the UNIX password hacker programs. I am also including the password
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file so all you bad-boyz, can use your 250,000 word dictionaries and beat
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the crap out of this system.
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[1500 line /etc/passwd file deleted]
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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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Southern Methodist Univeristy
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First of all, I must congragulate the operators of this system. There security
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was "almost" impregnable. With an abundance of traps.. It made attempts to
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identify its callers, and if it could not identify its callers it would
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disconnect. This system was a little bit of challenge, I am again
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including the password file for you'll to hack as many account as you want.
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Since I don't have an abudance of accounts on this system, I will only
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give you a hint on how the passwords work.
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Hint: Most password are like <lastname>123
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Go for it guyz.
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[1200 line /etc/passwd file deleted]
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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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Regards: Lex Luthor, The Ozone, Hiawatha, StolenProcess, Mark Zero and all
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you guyz who were on the The Atmosphere!
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[Ok, first off, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO SUBMIT TO PHRACK. This is something
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to submit to CERT.
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What the hell were you thinking?
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Anyone can get their own fucking password files man. And beyond that,
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if you still need a password file to get into a system, then you need to
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go read a few books on tcp/ip.
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People, please don't send Phrack this kind of bullshit. This piece of mail
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was about 250K. It was a worthless piece of shit, and only wasted time
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and energy for everyone involved.
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And get a new handle. Blotto would probably kick your ass for being so
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lame and having a handle so close to his. :) ]
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A warm welcome from across the sea from myself, and I'm sure on behalf of
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all the other hackers/phreakers who are in Great Britain.
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After reading about HoHoCon in #42, I would really appreciate it if
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you could assist me in getting hold of the following:
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a) When bootleg gave his presentation he handed out a diskette containing
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information on reprogramming cellular phones... I would dearly love to
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have a copy of this information.
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b) Also on the subject of HoHoCon, I would like to get in touch with Jim
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Carter, or, have a look at any notes/information that he handed out
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regarding 'tempest' electronic eavesdropping.
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Thanks, -> The Operator <-
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[Bootleg's file is called BOOTLEG.ZIP and I'm almost 98% sure that its
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somewhere on zero.cypher.com's ftp site. If it isn't I'll try to put
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it there.
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Jim Carter is in Houston, Texas and can be reached at 713-568-8408
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or 7035 Highway 6, S. #120, Houston, TX 77083. Jim didn't really hand
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anything out at HoHoCon, but if you were to call him, he MIGHT be able
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to direct you somewhere. He's a good guy, but this is his JOB so don't
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expect him to give anything away.]
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'lo,
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I was just wondering if there's any way I can subscribe to your 'zine,
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I can't subscribe through the method in phrack 39 because I send Internet
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mail through the Cserve - Internet gateway and compuserve can't accept
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messages with no subject.
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Also, I'm a Canadian Hacker who's just starting out, and since pretty much
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all the Hacking BBS's are in the U.S., I need to get into a Sprintnet PAD, and
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an out dial, so, is there anyway to get a copy of the SprintNet directory
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phrack 42 which still contains passwords? (fuck, what a leech)
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{Oh yeah, I miss the explosive recipes from early issues, here's one from my
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personal collection, you can publish it if you want.}
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AMMONIA TRIIODE CRYSTALS
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Chemicals Equipment
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~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
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1-Iodine Crystals 1-Funnel & filter paper
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(coffee filters work pretty well)
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2-Clear household Ammonia
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(or pure ammonia for the
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clinically insane) 2- 2 glass jars
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Ammonia Triiode is a blackish crystal which explodes under heat inpact
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producing a toxic gas which stains everything around it purple (some serious
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vandalism potential here). WARNING -- be sure to use an ammonia which is
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impure; crystals made with pure ammonia will explode if touched or in
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sunlight!
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1) Place about two teaspoons of iodine into one of the glass jars and add
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enough ammonia to completely cover the crystals.
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2) Put the paper into the funnel and place the funnel over the other jar.
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3) Let the iodine soak in the ammonia for a few minutes (5) and then filter
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the solution into the other jar.
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4) Take the purplish crystals from the filter paper and dry them on a piece of
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paper towel, separating them into smallish pieces. (you'll probably want to
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dry them in a cool, dark place which would look good painted a blackish purple,
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in case the crystals detonate)
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8) After the crystals dry gently place each piece onto a square of tape
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(opaque duct tape or, electrician's tape work best) and put a piece of tape
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over them. _GENTLY_ press the tape together _AROUND_ the crystal.
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Once made the crystals will last a week. When detonated they produce a
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bang and a cloud of gas but no flame. In other words, their perfect for
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putting on the ground in crowds, in the hinges of your University's doors,
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in front of the wheels of your favorite professor's car etc.
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/>ragline
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[Ahhh, sweet destruction. Listen, recipes like this one are very DANGEROUS.
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Do not attempt to do this. Phrack will take no responsibility for any
|
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damages or injuries resulting from anyone constructing the above.
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About the SprintNet scan...Phrack doesn't publish passwords. If you
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were any kind of hacker at all, you would enjoy trying to get them yourself.
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Does your mommie still tuck you in to bed too?
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About subscribing through CompuServe, I don't know what you may have read
|
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in the past, but Phrack has many CompuServe subscribers. Try requesting
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a subscription. Everything should work out fine.]
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Hey. I'm an editor of a magazine being put together in Toronto, and I'd
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like to ask to use your disclaimer. I'll not bore you with the blabberings
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of how 'el33+e' this mag will be, as I'm sure you just *love* those type of
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messages. (Note: The mag's called, 'Ban This', if you see it around, I'd
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appreciate any feedback you can give.)
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Anyhow, thanks for listening.
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[Feel free to use the disclaimer. It would be best if you mentioned Phrack
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somewhere in there as well.]
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We have Press Releases, Concert Information, National Tours, Local tours,
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and small tours (small bands) to the large world-wide known bands.
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Top 10 Music Lists, Information on how to get Free to Really Cheap info.
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from the music industry. PLUS poetry (alternative) and other info from
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what's coming out in the stores or who's recording and what not.
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all of this for $2 for US and Canada (US Funds only) And for Foreign People
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its 4 dollars Us funds.
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As my best deal goes.. if you send in a demo tape for review (it must be
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Hi Erik Bloodaxe,
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|
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I am a student of Computer Science at University of Salerno (South-Italy),
|
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near Naples.
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|
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I have so many copies of Phrack Magazine and I think that You are the Best
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in the Computer Underground Community.
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|
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So I leech Your Magazine from many BBS (the ones with the h0ttest H/P/CC
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Area) like this:
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|
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+49-58618795 NightBox
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+46-18262804 EaglesNest
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+1-5152553212 Down of Immortality (ex Pirate's Ship TRSi/WHQ)
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( here there the my friend SysOp Mike Bockert
|
||
best known a.k.a THE SKELETON / TRSi-TDT )
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+1-2018184894 TUGO The UnderGround OASIS ---> ZZC USHQ
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+598-2-497108 Abn0rmal States
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+598-2-421996 ( here there is another SysOp friend of mine
|
||
+598-2-421994 named Alex a.k.a L0neW0lf )
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+1-2019394543 Fastrax
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+1-2019397597 |||
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+1-2019398448 |||
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+1-2014607022 |||
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+1-2014609523 |||
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+1-7183975413 The Pit
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+1-7183975532 |||
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+1-7183975520 |||
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+1-7183975442 |||
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+1-7185074605 |||
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+1-3133832116 Pirates Heaven ( The best SysOp I've seen: Nitro)
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+1-7166554940 The Edge
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+39-744302593 Temple Of Gurus ( Tecn[0]brains WHQ ) SysOp: POWS/TCB
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+39-744305366 | | |
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+39-744305547 | | |
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+39-238003442 Asylum BBS
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+39-24500837 Pier BBS Node 0
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+39-24582105 ||| Node 1
|
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|
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Excuse me for the awful list (I am on many others BBS too !!!!) and
|
||
note the my handle is usually _/ane but my real Identity/Handle is
|
||
PLiNi0 iL VeCCHi0 and the Location I used to write is GReeNiSLaND (because
|
||
the second-name that usually identify the Island of Ischia where I live
|
||
with my parents: Ischia is a island located in middle Naples's Bay near
|
||
the Island of Capri)... so I like to be called as
|
||
PLiNi0 iL VeCCHi0 / uNiTeD PHReHaCKeRS oF GReeNiSLaND or best -u-.-P-.-G-
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|
||
My best works come in Unix Environment on BSD 4.x , Ultrix , SunOs and
|
||
Multimax of Encore Corporation: I hacked the Italtel Network, the National
|
||
Council of Research best known in Italy as C.N.R. or CNR, and many host
|
||
at University of Naples, Rome, Salerno and Venice... Starting by Italtel
|
||
Telematica in Milan I was at point of hack the HQ of AT&T in Bruxelles
|
||
because many users of Italtel Telematica in Milan worked in AT&T too...
|
||
but to get some examination at University (Like Fisics II and Cibernetica)
|
||
I must abandon this k()()l work (but I'm interested to restart at AT&T).
|
||
|
||
So in the -= Phrack 42 =- I read this as follow:
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|
||
In the same number of Phrack Magazine I read about TheNewHacker in North Italy
|
||
(in Torino) that was interested to get in contact with hackers. Ok, maybe I
|
||
was a little hacker, but I stay in South Italy ( I am located in Island of
|
||
Ischia, near Napoli, U know !!!)... Anyway if U can give my E-mail address to
|
||
TheNewHacker and give me the E-mail of TheNewHacker I will be so glad too...
|
||
I was interested in contributing to write for a compilation file on the hacking
|
||
scenes in Italy and France too (I have a friend that works at MATRA-ESPACE
|
||
for ESA best known as European Spazial Agency located in Toulouse). So lemme
|
||
known if I can help Your Magazine with my contributions and/or my work.
|
||
|
||
A last thing ....
|
||
can You, Dear Erik Bloodaxe, give me some Internet address of BBS or
|
||
FTP Sites with Underground Stuff or any kind of other K()()l stuff ?!
|
||
(P.S. Can I get Phrack Magazine via FTP at any sites ?!??!)
|
||
|
||
[Hey man, Thanks a lot for the BBS list. I don't really call BBSes much, but
|
||
I'm sure our readers will get a lot of use out of them!
|
||
|
||
About writing files, GO FOR IT! We always need files. Feel free to send us
|
||
anything you have written and want to publish!
|
||
|
||
I will forward your info on to TheNewHacker in Italy. Maybe you two can
|
||
take Italy by storm. Haha!
|
||
|
||
Phrack's FTP site is ftp.netsys.com. All issues can be found there.
|
||
also zero.cypher.com has a lot of files for ftp.]
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
Hi. I've been spending all my free time reading through phreaker files and
|
||
all of the old Phracks. And, I was wondering if you are still there???
|
||
|
||
If so, I need your help! Here's the story:
|
||
|
||
On August 3, 1993 I was indicted on charges that my company attempted to rip
|
||
AT&T off of nearly $2MM in 1991. They say we started a 900# and went around
|
||
the country calling it from Pay Telephones.
|
||
|
||
They say that we went to a truck stop in Oregon and called the number 43,000+
|
||
times racking up an $800,000+ phone bill.
|
||
|
||
They claim that computers were probably used, although I have seen no
|
||
evidence of that.
|
||
|
||
These pay telephones are those AT&T Black Phones; you know, the ones in the
|
||
airports. They are owned by AT&T, built by AT&T, designed by AT&T, and even
|
||
billed to AT&T.
|
||
|
||
The evidence consists of nothing more than ANI reports. Some phone bills to
|
||
back them up, but for the majority of it, they are using only ANI. Now, we
|
||
all know that any can be blocked by having the operator get you a call. And
|
||
it can be changed by dialing 0, having her get you 1-800-321-0288, then
|
||
having the toll free call be made. In some areas, 900 calls
|
||
slipped through that way, but it would be pretty hard to do 43,000 times.
|
||
|
||
My point is, there are probably flaws with ANI. Someone who knows what they
|
||
are doing may possibly be able to block or change ANI. Or maybe these calls
|
||
were never put through. Maybe someone got into the CO, etc...
|
||
|
||
What I need is someone who has knowledge of possible flaws with AT&T's
|
||
theory. Enough that could give reasonable doubt and appear as an expert
|
||
witness or point out where we could find someone.
|
||
|
||
If you know of someone who might be able to help, please respond. My
|
||
INTERNET ID is NOFRIENDS@AOL.COM or I have set up a FAX @ 1-800-572-4403.
|
||
|
||
Remaining,
|
||
NOFRIENDS
|
||
|
||
|
||
[43000? Like a 43 and 3 zeros? Jesus. That's a lot of calls. I really
|
||
don't understand how they can be charging you with something hey say
|
||
was done from a payphone. Do they have pictures of you at the phone
|
||
making the calls? Sounds like a load of crap and any lawyer should be
|
||
able to get the charges dropped based on such flimsy evidence.
|
||
|
||
As far as there being a problem with ANI, I don't think that's an issue.
|
||
I've never heard of anything like this happening in the past, but there
|
||
always could be a first time. Something is obviously amiss, but my gut
|
||
reaction is that the Phone Company is lying about there being such records.
|
||
|
||
Get a lawyer and demand the records be turned over during discovery. Then
|
||
maybe you can see what you are up against. GET A LAWYER!@#]
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
Hi, I'd like to subscribe to Phrack and all upcoming issues (44+). Thanks.
|
||
BTW, when is 44 scheduled for?
|
||
|
||
Ciao,
|
||
spirit-hex@prometheus.mtlnet.org
|
||
|
||
PS: My board carries all PHRACK issues. I have around 4000 *quality* text
|
||
files on my system. It's called operation prometheus at 514-735-4340. do you
|
||
think you could post a small ad. for it in your magazine? We have FTP
|
||
access/150 Usenet news/Internet accounts for members, ect.. (2 nodes at 14,400
|
||
baud). Thanks!
|
||
|
||
[There you go!]
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
Hey, if you are having problems with people breaking the registration
|
||
agreement as outlined in your last couple issues of Phrack. i may be able
|
||
to help, and then I may not. My neighbor is a good friend, and fraud
|
||
investigator. She is aware of my hobbies one of which involves Phrack. She
|
||
thinks it is really neat what I am able to do with computers / modem. I am
|
||
speaking somewhat candidly here but I am sure that you are smart enough to
|
||
get my point. Well she handles some stuff like the David Koresh thing
|
||
and helping the ATF/FBI with other cases. She likes the stuff that is too
|
||
complicated for the FBI, all in all she does the investigating and puts it
|
||
into words that the FBI, ATF, USDJ, SS, Dept of Treasury/IRS can
|
||
understand, so they can make an arrest. All in all what i am trying to say
|
||
is I may be able to pass the word on down the line to her about these
|
||
people breaking the copyright law now effective on Phrack magazine. If you
|
||
would like my help on this subject, just for the simple fact she loves to
|
||
do this stuff, and phrack is a regularly read magazine by myself. If you
|
||
would like maybe something can be done to these hypocrites that value laws,
|
||
and get people arrested for the same stuff that they are currently doing
|
||
by not registering Phrack. Just let me know if you want to try to push it.
|
||
I will get together w/ her and see what can be done. Hopefully she will
|
||
just ask for names and get an investigation started. Never can tell tho.
|
||
|
||
L8r Sparky
|
||
|
||
[I hope to God that I never have to go through the legal nightmare of
|
||
trying to prove financial damages incurred by companies "pirating" phrack.
|
||
|
||
It would be somewhat interesting to use some big company as an example, and
|
||
embarrass everyone into submission, but I keep hoping that people will just
|
||
be HONEST. Fuck, I may be a hacker, but I'm honest about it.
|
||
|
||
"Chris, have you broken into other people's computers?"
|
||
"Yes, yes I have."
|
||
|
||
"Company, do your people read Phrack without registering your subscriptions?"
|
||
"Uh, well, no, we used to read Phrack, uh, but we don't anymore."
|
||
|
||
You all suck. You know who you are. How can you live with yourselves?]
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
If you don't already have the direct-dialup number for
|
||
the student annex of the University of Adelaide for Phrack 44, here it is:
|
||
|
||
+61-8-223-2657
|
||
|
||
there are eight 2400 baud modems, but at the moment one is dead.
|
||
|
||
[Cool. International University Dialups!
|
||
|
||
Our big US list is still being compiled, so everyone keep sending in
|
||
your school's dialups. Its taking me forever to do this alone.]
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
Hi Chris....
|
||
|
||
Was thinking...seeing as you guys are in texas, how about an article on
|
||
EDSNET ??
|
||
|
||
(There are dialups down here to it, via INFONET)
|
||
|
||
[If EDSNET is what I think it is, didn't it used to be called Pac*It Plus?
|
||
|
||
I had a scan of it a LOOOONG time ago when everyone used it to call
|
||
altger and tchh. If anyone has a scan of it, or wants to do one, please
|
||
send it to Phrack!]
|
||
|
||
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
So, what IS new in cyberspace? lyl libido
|
||
|
||
[BILLY IDOL SPEAKS! OHMIGOD...HE TALKED TO ME! OH MY! I THINK I'M GONNA
|
||
MESS UP MY PANTS! BILLY IDOL! OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD! O H M Y G O D ! !
|
||
|
||
Whew. Someone get the mop.
|
||
|
||
What's new? Well, all kinds of people have jumped on the Express Lane
|
||
of the Information Highway and have tried to make a new name for themselves
|
||
by exploiting a concept they know nothing about purely as a marketing move.
|
||
Gotta love it.
|
||
|
||
Bob, I'll take Billy Idol in the Center Square to block...]
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
Thought you guys at Phrack might be interested in this small phile, if you
|
||
don't already have it. It's simply a form letter to the FBI requesting
|
||
all information they on file about you under the Freedom of Information
|
||
Act and Privacy Act. They MUST respond, by law, or they face legal
|
||
penalties. Traditionally what they do is ignore your request unless they
|
||
think you have enough money to go to court (i.e, you work for the New York
|
||
Times or something).
|
||
|
||
Really enjoyed Phrack #43 (as usual) - keep up the good work! (file follows
|
||
signature)
|
||
|
||
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|
||
Doug
|
||
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|
||
PRIVACY ACT & FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST
|
||
|
||
Name
|
||
Street Address
|
||
City, State, Zip Date
|
||
|
||
Federal Bureau of Investigation
|
||
Records Management Division - FOIA/PA Office
|
||
9th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW
|
||
Washington, DC 20535
|
||
|
||
Gentlemen:
|
||
|
||
This is a request under the provisions of both the Privacy Act
|
||
(5 USC 552b) and the Freedom of Information Act (5 USC 522).
|
||
This request is being made under both Acts.
|
||
|
||
I hereby request one copy of any and all records about me or
|
||
referencing me maintained by the FBI. This includes (but should
|
||
not be limited to) documents, reports, memoranda, letters,
|
||
electronic files, database references, "do not file" files,
|
||
photographs, audio tapes, videotapes, electronic or photographic
|
||
surveillance, "june mail", mail covers, and other miscellaneous
|
||
files, and index citations relating to me or referencing me in
|
||
other files.
|
||
|
||
My full name is: __________________________
|
||
My date of birth was:_______________________
|
||
My place of birth was:______________________
|
||
My social security number is:________________
|
||
I have lived in these places:__________________________________
|
||
_______________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
Other names, places, events, organizations, or other references
|
||
under which you may find applicable
|
||
records:_________________________________________________________
|
||
_________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
As you know, FOIA/PA regulations provide that even if some
|
||
requested material is properly exempt from mandatory disclosure,
|
||
all segregable portions must be released. If the requested
|
||
material is released with deletions, I ask that each deletion be
|
||
marked to indicate the exemption(s) being claimed to authorize
|
||
each particular withholding. In addition, I ask that your
|
||
agency exercise its discretion to release any records which may
|
||
be technically exempt, but where withholding serves no important
|
||
public interest.
|
||
|
||
I hereby agree to pay reasonable costs associated with this
|
||
request up to a maximum of $25 without my additional approval.
|
||
However, I strongly request a fee waiver because this is, in
|
||
part, a Privacy Act request.
|
||
|
||
This letter and my signature have been certified by a notary
|
||
public as marked below.
|
||
|
||
Sincerely,
|
||
|
||
|
||
_______________________________
|
||
|
||
requester's signature
|
||
|
||
______________________________ ___________________________
|
||
|
||
requester's printed name notary stamp and signature
|
||
|
||
|
||
[Anyone who thinks they might be suspected of something might want to
|
||
fill this out. Its not a bad idea. If YOU DON'T think you are under
|
||
some kind of investigation, you probably shouldn't. No reason to give
|
||
them any leads.]
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
||
"We at Phrack welcome constructive criticism, but at least
|
||
have the nerve to email directly, rather than hide behind
|
||
an anonymous remailer. That way, someone could have
|
||
responded to you in a more direct and expeditious manner."
|
||
|
||
While I agree with your general analysis of the intelligence of that
|
||
reader, I have to take exception to your disparaging of the anonymous service.
|
||
The anonymous service takes flak from many people constantly, but usually it
|
||
is from reactionary establishment types, and it's not what I expect
|
||
from phrack.
|
||
|
||
Anonymous communications have many purposes other than the sender lacking
|
||
"nerve". The "the only reason to use anon mail is because you are a coward
|
||
and can't stand up for what you say" argument sounds remarkably similar to
|
||
the "the only reason to use cryptography is because you are a criminal and
|
||
have something to hide" argument.
|
||
|
||
No doubt many criminals use cryptography and no doubt many spineless cowards
|
||
use anon mail, but to disparage someone for using anon mail is similar to
|
||
disparaging someone for using cryptography: even if it is in this case
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accurate, it spreads the misconception that there are only "dishonest"
|
||
reasons to use these things. As someone with great respect for privacy
|
||
that allows me to see the legitimate (and necessary to a free and
|
||
democratic society) use of both secure and private communications, and
|
||
anonymous communications, I know that this is not the case. I will not list
|
||
legitimate uses of anonymous mail for you, because they are much the arguments
|
||
for cryptography, and no doubt you know all of these. But a possibility is
|
||
that the person involved would have his job/professional connections
|
||
threatened if some people knew that he read Phrack and sympathized with it.
|
||
Just a possibility, but if it is not true in this case it is surely easy
|
||
to believe it is true in others.
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||
|
||
Sure, for those of us who can easily get a million email accounts from
|
||
various places in any pseudonym we want, anonymous mail is unnecessary.
|
||
But a legitimate and secure (and respected) way to send the occasional
|
||
anonymous message is much preferable to (possibly illegal) deception and fraud.
|
||
|
||
So, in short, even though the reader in question may indeed have been a
|
||
spineless coward (not to mention whining nitwit), to insult him for his
|
||
use of the anonymous server is harmful to the cause of anonymous mail,
|
||
a cause which has few supporters and many disparagers, and a cause which
|
||
the operators of the anonymous server in Finland should be commended for.
|
||
Secure anonymous mail (which really doesn't quite exist yet, actually),
|
||
like secure encryption, is something necessary and good for a free
|
||
society and, and should not be disparaged.
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||
|
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[Yes, you are 100% right. I really didn't mean to dis the anonymous
|
||
mail service as a whole, I just wanted to rag on the butthead who
|
||
sent me an anonymous piece of hate-mail.
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||
|
||
I personally don't use, nor have a need to use, the anonymous mailers,
|
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but I know a lot of people do. They DO provide a much needed service to
|
||
a lot of people, and you are right they should be commended on a job well
|
||
done.
|
||
|
||
However, if someone wants to send me some kind of shitty piece of mail,
|
||
get a pair of balls and show yourself. If you are so unsure of your comments
|
||
that you need to hide, then your point must not be very valid.]
|
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|
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Underneath the letter are bitstreams "11010001011101". On the back, in white
|
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the property in the name of Pirates and Hackers everywhere. They hoisted the
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Jolly Roger skull and crossbones high on the AT&T flagpole, where it stayed
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for 2 days until it was taken down by security.
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A GIF of this is also available from CyberPunk System, 1:291/19 (FidoNet),
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[God bless the free enterprise system!
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God bless capitalism!
|
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God bless America!]
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||
|
||
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
I am unhappy to say that UPi now has dropped writing the magazine from
|
||
this point on. The reason is because Arch Bishop and myself do not have the
|
||
time to get everyone to write their articles, sort the magazine out, etc, etc.
|
||
This does not mean the group is dead, that is not true. The group is still
|
||
alive, but all future releases will be sent to Phrack for publication but under
|
||
the UPI name.
|
||
|
||
If you want to get a list of all the current sites and members of UPI you
|
||
can finger my internet account to get the list. If you want any of the phone
|
||
number(s) for the sites, or you have any questions or anything else to say
|
||
you can drop us a line. Anyways I guess that's it for now. ttyl
|
||
|
||
The Lost Avenger/UPI
|
||
Internet: mstone@nyx.cs.du.edu
|
||
Voice Mailbox: 416-505-8636
|
||
|
||
[Phrack appreciates this offer to donate your files to us! We're sorry to
|
||
hear that your mag won't be continuing, but I know what a pain in the
|
||
ass it is to put out a magazine. It SUCKS! It's a time consuming
|
||
thankless task. But what the hell, I'm stupid, and I have NO LIFE! Hehe.]
|
||
|
||
***************************************************************************
|
||
|
||
==Phrack Magazine==
|
||
|
||
Volume Four, Issue Forty-Four, File 2a of 27
|
||
|
||
Editorial
|
||
|
||
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
||
|
||
This is going to piss people off, but hell, that's the point of having
|
||
an editorial, eh?
|
||
|
||
This issue I'd like to address something running rampant in our
|
||
community: HYPOCRACY. I never really paid much attention to it, until
|
||
the "Hacking At The End Of The Universe" conference in Amsterdam.
|
||
|
||
The phrase "Information Wants to be Free," almost cliche by now, was
|
||
heard screaming from nearly every speaker's mouth. It underlie in the
|
||
tone of the whole proceedings. Everyone was either bitching about how
|
||
this should be free, or that should be available, or it shouldn't be
|
||
illegal to do some particular act, or they were fervently offering their
|
||
support of these ideals.
|
||
|
||
Granted, Holland has a notoriously permissive and open society; and
|
||
indeed, Europe in general is far more laid back than the States, but
|
||
even many in the US hold these ideals close to heart.
|
||
|
||
One of the first things that pissed me off was the hundred guilder
|
||
entrance fee. That's fifty dollars! Just to get in. On top of
|
||
that one had to pay for a tent, sleeping bag, mattress and food. I have
|
||
no problems with paying a fee, but this was Hack-Tic charging. One of
|
||
the biggest proponents of "Information Wants to be Free!"
|
||
|
||
Obviously YOUR information wants to be free, but theirs costs a hundred
|
||
guilders.
|
||
|
||
Even more shocking was the fact that nearly every session involving some
|
||
kind of "technology" was geared around a Hack-Tic product: the
|
||
Demon Dialer (tm), their POCSAG demodulator, their forthcoming
|
||
spread spectrum lan adapter, or the magazine itself. Were these free?
|
||
Were the information behind their design provided so would-be
|
||
technoweenies could run right home and break out the soldering iron?
|
||
Fuck no. Again, Hack-Tic's information is valuable, and YOU must PAY
|
||
for the luxury of viewing it. Unlike XYZ Corporation's information,
|
||
whose R & D or Financials (which might bring someone a hefty "finder's
|
||
fee") so desperately wants to be free of its magnetic bonds and spread
|
||
all the way to YOUR hard drive.
|
||
|
||
I don't want to rag on Hack-Tic too much. I mean, throwing a conference
|
||
costs a shitload of money, and I have a GREAT deal of respect for them
|
||
for actually pulling off something so monumental. I just want to put
|
||
things in perspective. The major cons in America (HoHo, Scon) really don't
|
||
charge. They "ask" for donations. Sure, you might get a nasty look if
|
||
you don't cough up five or ten bucks, but hell, everyone does. They
|
||
WANT to. A good time is worth a handfull of change. And there isn't
|
||
some awesome requirement just to get in the damn door. Besides, losses
|
||
can always be made up by selling a plethora of crap such as t-shirts and
|
||
videos, which everyone always wants to buy. (Hardware costs. :) )
|
||
|
||
Shifting back to America: 2600. Again, "Information Wants to be Free!"
|
||
E. Goldstein, huge proponent of the slogan. Uh, do you pay five bucks
|
||
an issue? I do. So, 2600's information isn't quite so eager to be free
|
||
either, I guess. But, again, it does cost money to print a magazine
|
||
like that, like it does to throw a conference, so certainly everyone can
|
||
understand people trying to recap one's losses in a worthwhile project,
|
||
right?
|
||
|
||
Enter LOD Communications BBS Archive Project. The community went
|
||
apeshit when thirty nine dollars was asked for the entire results
|
||
of the project. LOD? Asking for MONEY? FOR INFORMATION???
|
||
INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE!!!#!@$ That's disgusting!
|
||
|
||
But wait, I thought charging a little bit to try to recap losses
|
||
(equipment, phone calls, disks, postage, TIME) was ok? "Oh sure it is
|
||
dude, just not for you." Oh how silly of me. Of course! Thanks for
|
||
setting me straight on that issue.
|
||
|
||
Then there was Phrack. Always free to the community. Always available
|
||
for everyone's enjoyment. Asking only that Corporate types pay a
|
||
registration fee of a hundred dollars just to keep them honest. (They
|
||
aren't.) Knowing full well that they are stealing it, sometimes quite
|
||
brazenly. Resting quietly, knowing that they are just as unethical as
|
||
they ever claimed us to be.
|
||
|
||
We make no bones about money here. Our information is just as valuable
|
||
as anyone's (probably more so) and is vastly more voluminous. Hell,
|
||
Issue 43 was probably bigger than every Hack-Tic and almost every
|
||
2600 combined. And, wait a minute, could it be? Free? Oh my god! So
|
||
it is. Free in both cost and access.
|
||
|
||
Let me tell you something. Information does not want to be free, my
|
||
friends. Free neither from its restraints nor in terms of dollar value.
|
||
Information is a commodity like anything else. More valuable than the
|
||
rarest element, it BEGS to be hoarded and priced. Anyone who gives
|
||
something away for nothing is a moron. (I am indeed stupid.) I can't
|
||
fault anyone for charging as long as they don't try to rationalize their
|
||
reasoning behind a facade of excuses, all the while shouting "Information
|
||
Wants to be Free!"
|
||
|
||
Trade secrets don't want to be free, marketing projections don't want to
|
||
be free, formulas don't want to be free, troop placements don't want to
|
||
be free, CAD designs do not want to be free, corporate financial
|
||
information doesn't want to be free, my credit report sure as hell
|
||
doesn't want to be free!
|
||
|
||
Let's take a step back: how to use a system IS information that should
|
||
be proliferated, how computers network IS information that should be
|
||
spread, new technologies WANT to be explained, holes ought to be pointed
|
||
out, bug patches NEED to be free...note the difference?
|
||
|
||
I'll end my rant with another piece of flawed logic. At HEU a debate
|
||
raged on about why phone calls should be free. Hey, I love a toll-fraud
|
||
device as much as the next guy (blue box tones still make me cry), and
|
||
I've used more codes in my life than a million warez couriers and I make
|
||
no bones about it...I fucking stole service! Yippee! Arrest me!
|
||
|
||
The argument stated "The lines are already there, so why should I have
|
||
to pay to use an unused line?" Ok, fine, you don't...but you DO have
|
||
to pay for laying fiber, designing switch generic upgrades, ATM
|
||
research, compression and filtering algorithm design, video dial tone,
|
||
daily maintenance, directory assistance, operator service or any of the
|
||
hundreds of other things your old fee would go towards. Don't like that
|
||
argument? Fine, the tents at HEU were already there and the seats had
|
||
been layed out and were unused...get me my hundred guilders refunded.
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Once upon a time a Pig, a Cat, a Dog, and a Little Red Hen lived together
|
||
in a little house. The Pig, the Cat, and the Dog were all very lazy.
|
||
The Little Red Hen had to do everything around the house by herself.
|
||
|
||
All the Pig, the Cat, and the Dog wanted to do was play.
|
||
|
||
One day, as the Little Red Hen was raking in the yard, she found some
|
||
seeds. "Who will help me plant these grains of wheat?" she asked.
|
||
|
||
"Not I," said the Pig.
|
||
|
||
"Not I," said the Cat.
|
||
|
||
"Not I," said the Dog.
|
||
|
||
"Then I will do it myself," said the Little Red Hen. And she did.
|
||
|
||
Soon the wheat grew tall and golden. "Who will help me cut the wheat?"
|
||
asked the Little Red Hen.
|
||
|
||
"Not I," said the Pig.
|
||
|
||
"Not I," said the Cat.
|
||
|
||
"Not I," said the Dog.
|
||
|
||
"Then I will do it myself," said the Little Red Hen. And she did.
|
||
|
||
When the grain was cut and ready to be ground into flour, the Little Red
|
||
Hen asked, "Who will help me take the grain to the mill?"
|
||
|
||
"Not I," said the Pig.
|
||
|
||
"Not I," said the Cat.
|
||
|
||
"Not I," said the Dog.
|
||
|
||
"Then I will do it myself," said the Little Red Hen. And she did.
|
||
|
||
When the flour came back from the mill, the Little Red Hen asked, "Who
|
||
will help me bake the bread?"
|
||
|
||
"Not I," said the Pig.
|
||
|
||
"Not I," said the Cat.
|
||
|
||
"Not I," said the Dog.
|
||
|
||
"Then I will do it myself," said the Little Red Hen. And she did.
|
||
|
||
She made the flour into dough, and rolled the dough, and put it in the
|
||
oven. When the bread was baked, she took it out of the oven.
|
||
Mmmmmmmmmm! Didn't it smell good!
|
||
|
||
"Who will help me eat this bread?" asked the Little Red Hen.
|
||
|
||
"I will," said the Pig.
|
||
|
||
"I will," said the Cat.
|
||
|
||
"I will," said the Dog.
|
||
|
||
"Oh, no, you won't!" said the Little Red Hen. "I found the seeds. I
|
||
planted them. I harvested the grain and took it to the mill. I made
|
||
the flour into bread. I did the work by myself, and now I am going to
|
||
eat the bread--all by myself."
|
||
|
||
And she did.
|
||
|
||
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