HACKING GENIE

BY:Silicon Rat
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     I DIDN'T TELL ANYONE TO DO IT, I REALLY DIDN'T EVEN WANT THEM TO
DO IT.  I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHO THEY ARE OR WHAT THEY DID, BUT I HAVE
WITNESSES THAT WILL SAY THAT THEY KNOW THAT I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO DO IT.
     THE RUMORS AREN'T TRUE, THE PICTURES ARE OBVIOUSLY FAKES, MY 
SIGNATURE DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND THE WITNESSES ARE LIEING. (IN
FACT, I THINK MY LAWYER WAS SLEEPING WITH THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY!)


     INFORMATION ON GENIE
     --------------------

     ACTUALLY CALLED 'GENIE', WHICH IS AN ACRONYM FOR 'GENERAL ELECTRIC
NETWORK FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE'.
     GENIE IS GE'S REPLY TO COMPUSERVE. IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS
COMPUSERVE; IT HAS SIG'S, BBS'S, A CB SIMULATOR, A MAIL SYSTEM,
VARIOUS NEWSLETTERS, MAGAZINES, AN ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA, AND ON-LINE GAMES.
     IT EVEN USES 3 LETTER COMMANDS FOR IT'S MENUES, JUST LIKE CPS.
(LIKE 'CAT' FOR 'CATEGORIES').  IT EVEN DIPLICATES THE 'PAGES' THE CPS OFFERS,
THE FORMAT FOR THE COMMAND ON GENIE IS 'M XXX', WHERE XXX IS THE PAGE
NUMBER.
     THE SIG'S ON GENIE (CALLED ROUNDTABLES), ARE A LOT MORE SPECIFIC
THAN ON COMPU-RIP, BUT THEY STILL SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE.  THERE ARE
ROUNDTABLES FOR GAMES, COMPUTERS, SCIENCE FICTION AND SCIENCE FANTASY
AND FOR BBSES, WHERE YOU CAN TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNDER THAT TOPIC.

     THE LARGEST VARIATION OCCURS IN THE AREA OF CHARGES.  GENIE IS
$ 1.25 CHEAPER DURING NON-PRIME TIME, THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY GENIE CHARGING
$ 35.00 DURING PRIME TIME.

     ALSO, UPLOADING, WHICH IS DONE IN XMODEM, IS FREE. DOWNLOADING WHICH
HAS THE SAME PROTOCALL AS UPLOADING, ALWAYS COSTS.

(SOUNDS LIKE LEACHES GONE CORPORATE TO ME)

     ALTHOUGH SOME PARTS OF GENIE LOOK LIKE THEY WERE SET UP WITH THE
LEAST AMOUNT OF PLANNING POSSIBLE, GENIE ATTEMPTS TO MAKE UP FOR IT BY
LISTENING TO A FEW OF THE COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE MAKE.


     CALLING GENIE
     -------------

     SINCE YOU CANNOT USE GATEWAYS TO ACCESS GENIE, GENIE HAS SET UP THEIR
OWN SET OF PORTS FOR YOU TO ACCESS. (ONCE AGAIN, THE PLANNING THAT WENT
INTO THIS SERVICE DAZZELS ME)
     FIRST, SET YOUR TERMINAL FOR HALF DUPLEX, OR CHAT MODE.
YOU CONNECT THROUGH A GENIE PORTAL BY CONNECTING, AND ENTERING "HHH",
AND A CARRIAGE RETURN.

     THEN THE PROMPT "U#=" WILL COME UP AND YOU ENTER YOUR ID AND PASSWORD.     THE 800 NUMBER IS FOR SIGNING UP ONLY, AND YOU WILL FIND THAT YOU
CANNOT ACTUALLY HACK OUT ANY PASSWORDS FROM THERE.  YOU NEED YOUR LOCAL 
ACCESS NUMBER TO DO THAT.

     THE FOLLOWING ARE ALL THE GENIE DIAL-UPS FOR WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND
CALIFORNIA.
     IF YOU CANNOT FIND A LOCAL DIALUP FOR YOUR AREA, JUST DIAL THE TOLL-
FREE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, AND GET IT FROM GENIE.


     HACKING GENIE
     -------------

     IT SEEMS THAT THE LONGEST PLANNING TIME FOR GENIE WENT INTO THE SECURITY.
     HACKING GENIE IS DEFINITELY A CHORE, AND ANYONE WHO SUCCEEDS
WINS MY INSTANT RESPECT. (ONLY IF YOU SEND ME THE INFO THAT YOU USED)
     HACKING GENIE IS TOUGH BECAUSE ALTHOUGH YOU CAN CALL UP THEIR 800
TRY-OUT LINE, YOU CANNOT JUST LIE ABOUT YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT AND GAIN
ACCESS UNTIL SOMEONE FINDS OUT.  THE REASON IS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH YOU GIVE
ALL YOUR NORMAL INFORMATION (YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR NAME, YOUR
TELEPHONE NUMBER, YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER)...YOU ALSO GIVE YOUR
MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME, AND HOURS TO CALL YOU.  THEN A FEW DAYS
LATER, A GENIE OPERATOR CALLS YOU AND TELLS YOU YOUR PASSWORD, AND
YOUR MAILBOX NAME. PASSWORDS ARE ENTERED IN THE

ID#,PASS [RETURN]

     FORMAT.  YOUR ID# IS ACTUALLY 8 DIGITS AND LETTERS COMBINED,
EX. 'SEX12345'.  (DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE A WORD IN IT, I JUST PULLED THAT ONE
OFF THE TIP OF MY TONGUE.)
     AND YOUR PASSWORD IS ANY WORD OR COMBINATION OF DIGITS AND LETTERS
THAT YOU CAN THINK OF. EX. 'SNOWBUNNY' SO THAT THE ENTIRE
CODE LOOKS LIKE THIS:

SEX12345,SNOWBUNNY [RETURN]

     MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NO SPACES IN THE ID,PASSWORD COMBO,
(OR BETWEEN THE TWO) BECAUSE IF THERE ARE, THEY WILL BE COUNTED AS PART OF
THE PASSWORD.
     SO GUESSING SOMEONE'S ID&PASSWORD IS GOING TO BE PRETTY TRICKY.
     GENIE HAS AN 800 NUMBER SET UP RIGHT NOW, THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CALL
UP AND SIGN ON.  JUST CALL THE NUMBER, WHICH IS GIVEN AT THE END
OF THE FILE, AND WHEN YOU ARE CONNECTED, ENTER :

"HHH" [RETURN]
"5JM11988,GENIE" [RETURN]

     IT WILL TELL YOU THAT THE SERVICE YOU ARE USING IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE,
AND WILL TELL YOU THAT THE START-UP RATE IS $ 18.00, THEN IT WILL ASK YOU 
IF YOU WANT TO START UP.  ENTER "Y", AND THEN YOU CAN GET A LIST OF
LOCAL NUMBERS TO HACK ON.



    PHONE NUMBERS
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 NUMBER     BAUDOT    CITY
---------  --------  ----------


WASHINGTON

(206) :
272-2035   300/1200   TACOMA
355-2511   300/1200   EVERETT
448-6770     1200     SEATTLE
448-6785     2400     SEATTLE
448-6950      300     SEATTLE
693-3029   300/1200   VANCOUVER
943-0641   300/1200   OLYMPIA

(509) :
534-1830   300/1200   SPOKANE
735-3579   300/1200   KENNEWICK

OREGON

(503) :
249-8365     2400     PORTLAND
287-9045   300/1200   PORTLAND
485-2343   300/1200   EUGENE


CALIFORNIA

(209) :
264-4655   300/1200   FRESNO
384-2271   300/1200   MERCED
529-8055   300/1200   MODESTO
948-1429   300/1200   STOCKTON

(213) :
513-6893   300/1200   LONG BEACH
776-2005     2400     LOS ANGELES
776-2710     1200     LOS ANGELES
776-7222      300     LOS ANGELES
835-0411     2400     LONG BEACH

(408) :
372-8579   300/1200   MONTERREY
425-1283   300/1200   SANTA CRUZ
455-1020   300/1200   SALINAS
683-4195   300/1200   SAN MARTIN
738-2685     2400     SUNNYVALE
738-3635      300     SUNNYVALE
746-0651     1200     SUNNYVALE

(415) :
364-0900   300/1200   REDWOOD CITY
433-4211   300/1200   SAN FRANCISCO
443-6543   300/1200   LIVERMORE
452-1233     2400     OAKLAND
454-5300   300/1200   SAN RAFAEL
489-9400   300/1200   UNION CITY
778-0123   300/1200   ANTIOCH
825-9111   300/1200   CONCORD
829-8840   300/1200   DUBLIN
836-5060     1200     OAKLAND/SAN FRANCISCO
836-6800      300     OAKLAND/SAN FRANCISCO
871-1522   300/1200   SAN BRUNO
875-3942     2400     SAN FRANCISCO

(619) :
296-5083   300/1200   SAN DIEGO
320-7805   300/1200   PALM SPRINGS
439-9980   300/1200   OCEANSIDE

(707) :
445-5461   300/1200   EUREKA
462-0384   300/1200   UKIAH
545-8600   300/1200   SANTA ROSA

(714) :
636-5102      300     ANAHEIM/GARDEN GROVE/HUNTINGTON BEACH
636-5330     1200     HUNTINGTON BEACH/GARDEN GROVE
636-6602     2400     GARDEN GROVE
661-2804   300/1200   CAPISTRANO
875-8751   300/1200   RIALTO
983-9841   300/1200   ONTARIO

(805) :
487-9871   300/1200   OXNARD
541-3215   300/1200   SAN LUIS OBISPO
735-5440   300/1200   LOMPOC
833-6260   300/1200   BAKERSFIELD
963-6811   300/1200   SANTA BARBARA

(818) :
579-6440   300/1200   EL MONTE
884-2127   300/1200   CANOGA PARK

(916) :
342-0262   300/1200   CHICO
441-6126   300/1200   SACRAMENTO
726-5697   300/1200   ROSEVILLE
742-5139   300/1200   MARYSVILLE


TOLL-FREE

(800) :
638-8369   300/1200


     (I STILL THINK THAT GE SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO REFRIGERATORS)

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