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Hack & Phreak File #6 - Numbers, Pearl Box, etc.

                               HACK AND PHREAK
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                                   FILE #6

                                BY: THE HYAENA

                      P/C/P -- PERFECTLY CRUMMY PIRATES

          NO PARTICULAR NAME ][   416-480-1377   9600 BAUD   50 MEGS
          PANDEMONIUM GS          416-273-7619   9600 BAUD   60 MEGS


PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHO YOU GIVE THIS FILE TOO...

HERE ARE SOME MORE 1-800 NUMBERS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST...

800-223-3312   CITIBANK
800-227-0090   AMERICAN NETWORK (VOICE)
800-231-3158   TELCOR
800-255-2255   TELE-CONNECT (VOICE)
800-325-4072   ARMS & SERVICE
800-325-4095   COMBAT SUPPORT
800-325-4890   ROPD USAR COMBAT ARMS
800-424-5210   EXPORT/IMPORT BANK
800-426-5996   PUGET SOUND NAVAL YARD
800-432-3960   SOCIAL SECURITY
800-521-0013   UNKNOWN
800-521-2120   FORD
800-526-3714   RCA
800-532-1556   FEDERAL INFORMATION CENTER
800-685-6790   GENERAL MOTORS
800-828-6321   XEROX
800-835-3001   PC PURSUIT

AND NOW SOME MORE NUMBERS THAT YOU CAN PHREAK TO...

202-227-4060   GOVERNMENT COMPUTER
202-445-4616   PENTAGON TACTICAL
202-545-6706   PENTAGON
202-567-7900   1ST NATIONAL BANK
203-776-2516   TELCO
301-268-8914   NAVAL ACADEMY
301-528-3922   LIBRARY
305-371-6382   TRW
313-343-2500   CITY OF HARPER WOODS
313-651-9743   BELL
313-685-6709   MICHIGAN NATIONAL BANK
313-962-2870   DOW JONES
313-964-5538   RADIO SHACK
412-527-8291   FBI NET
401-841-3436   WAR DEPARTMENT
401-884-5970   URI
703-781-4531   DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
713-483-4115   NASA (TEXAS)
800-353-9901   CIA COMPUTER

AND NOW THESE ARE SOME MORE UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS...

214-688-1400   TEXAS
215-787-1010   TEMPLE
301-454-6111   MARYLAND
303-644-3841   COLORADO
313-370-4312   OAKLAND
313-454-1000   MICHIGAN
313-577-2424   WAYNE STATE
502-588-6020   LOUISVILLE
505-227-3351   NEW MEXICO
619-293-4510   SAN DIEGO
703-328-8086   VIRGINIA
714-974-4202   MINNESOTA
904-392-5533   FLORIDA

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF NUMBERS IN THE 404 (GEORGIA) AREA CODE.  I HAVEN'T
FIGURED OUT WHAT THESE COMPUTER NUMBERS ARE, BUT YOU CAN HAVE SOME FUN HACKING
THEM.

404-441-0129   PRESS CTRL-X
404-441-0155
404-441-0160
404-441-0199
404-441-0216
404-441-0398
404-441-0450
404-441-0452
404-441-0715   PRESS ESC
404-441-1377   PRESS RETURN
404-441-1381   PRESS CTRL-Q
404-441-1770   PRESS CTRL-E
404-441-1886   PRESS CTRL-Q
404-441-2574   MAINTENANCE
404-441-2702   ADMINISTRATION
404-441-2781
404-441-2870
404-441-2939
404-441-2984
404-441-2986
404-441-2991
404-441-2996
404-441-3247
404-441-3487
404-441-3617
404-441-3654
404-441-3774
404-441-3924
404-441-4502
404-441-4700
404-441-4805
404-441-5157
404-441-5241
404-441-5380
404-441-5381

NOW SINCE YOU HAVE SOME NUMBERS THAT YOU CAN PHREAK TO, I BET THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PHREAKING, WELL I'M GOING TO TELL YOU
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW.

PHREAKING IS THE ACT OF MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM, OR
CHARGING THEM TO SOMEONE ELSE'S TELEPHONE BILL...HEY THAT'S ILLEGAL ISN'T IT?!

PHREAKING IS A METHOD USED BY MOST OF THE INTELLIGENT PEOPLE IN THE MODEM
COMMUNITY THAT CAN'T AFFORD LARGE TELEPHONE BILLS, BUT STILL LIKE TO MAKE A
LOT OF LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CALLS.

NOW TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SWITCHING SYSTEMS...
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF SWITCHING SYSTEMS PRESENT TODAY.

THE FIRST SWITCHING SYSTEMS USED WERE STEP BY STEP (SXS).  SWITCHING SYSTEMS
WERE ADOPTED IN 1918, AND UNTIL 1978 BELL HAD OVER 53% OF ALL EXCHANGES USING
STEP BY STEP.  A LONG AND CONFUSING TRAIN OF SWITCHES IS USED FOR STEP BY STEP
SWITCHING.
HOW TO TELL IF STEP BY STEP SWITCHING IS PRESENT:
1) NO PULSING DIGITS AFTER DIALING OR DTMF (DUAL-TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY)
2) PHONE COMPANY SOUNDS LIKE MANY TYPEWRITERS
3) NO SPEED CALLING, CALL FORWARDING OR OTHER SERVICES
4) PAY PHONE WANTS MONEY FIRST, BEFORE DIAL-TONE
THE DISADVANTAGES ARE:
1) THE SWITCH TRAIN MAY BECOME JAMMED, THEREFORE BLOCKING CALL
2) NO DTMF
3) A LOT OF MAINTANANCE AND ELECTRICITY
4) EVERYTHING IS HARDWIRED

THE NEXT TYPE OF SWITCHING SYSTEM IS KNOWN AS CROSSBAR SWITCHING.  THIS METHOD
HAS BEEN BELL'S PRIMARY SWITCHER AFTER 1960.  THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF CROSSBAR
SWITCHING THAT EXIST; NUMBER 1 CROSSBAR (1XB), NUMBER 4 CROSSBAR (4XB), AND
NUMBER 5 CROSSBAR (5XB).  A SWITCHING MATRIX IS USED FOR ALL THE PHONES IN THE
AREA.  WHEN SOMEONE CALLS THE ROUTE IS DETERMINED AND IS MET UP WITH THE OTHER
PHONE.  THE MATRIX IS SET UP IN HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL PATHS.  THERE ARE NO
DEFINITE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF CROSSBAR SWITCHING.

THE FINAL TYPE OF SWITCHING IS KNOWN AS ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEM (ESS).
THIS IS THE ONE DREADED BY MOST OF US.  WITH ESS BELL KNOWS EVERY DIGIT
DIALED (INCLUDING MISTAKES), WHO YOU CALL, WHEN YOU CALLED, HOW LONG YOU WERE
CONNECTED, AND IN SOME CASES, WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT (HEH, HEH...INVASION OF
PRIVACY!?).  THIS IS THE CLOSET THAT ANYONE HAS COME TO TRUE TOTALITARIANISM.
ESS IS PROGRAMMED TO PRINT OUT THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO MAKE EXCESSIVE CALLS
TO WATS NUMBERS (WIDE AREA TELEPHONE SERVICE, OR SIMPLY PUT, 1-800 NUMBERS) OR
DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE.  THIS RATHER DEADLY TRAP IS CALLED "800 EXCEPTIONAL
CALLING REPORT".  ESS CAN BE PROGRAMMED TO PRINT LOGS OF WHO CALLED CERTAIN
NUMBERS.  ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEM MAKES THE JOB OF THE FBI, BELL SECURITY
(COMMONLY REFERRED TO BY US PHREAKERS AS THE GESTAPO), NSA, AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS WHICH LIKE TO INVADE OUR PRIVACY, WHICH IS EXTREMELY EASY TO DO.
TRACING IS DONE IN MICROSECONDS, AND THE RESULTS ARE PRINTED OUT ON THE
MONITOR OF A GESTAPO OFFICER.  ESS CAN ALSO PICK UP FOREIGN TONES ON THE
LINES, LIKE 2600 HZ, WHICH IS USED IN BLUE BOXES (SEE HACK AND PHREAK FILE #5
FOR MORE INFO ON BLUE BOXES).  BELL SAYS THAT THEY WILL HAVE ESS IMPLEMENTED
IN ALL AREAS BY THE 1990'S, BUT I DOUBT IT.
HOW TO IDENTIFY AN ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEM:
1) DIALING 911 FOR EMERGENCIES
2) DIAL-TONE FIRST FOR PAY PHONES
3) CALLING SERVICES LIKE CALL FORWARDING, SPEED DIALING, CALL WAITING, ETC.
4) ANI (AUTOMATIC NUMBER IDENTIFICATION) FOR LONG DISTANCE CALLS

ANYWAYS THOSE ARE THE 3 TYPES OF SWITCHING SYSTEMS AROUND TODAY.

EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE RUMOURS THAT SAY THAT IF YOU PHREAK YOU ARE BEING STUPID
SINCE MOST PHREAKERS GET CAUGHT, BUT THIS IS NOT TRUE, PROBABLY SOME GUY AT
BELL STARTED THIS RUMOUR, TO SCARE EVERYONE OFF.  SURE THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT
CHANCE OF BEING CAUGHT, BUT THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STUPID AND CARELESS.
IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, THEN YOU WON'T EVER BE CAUGHT.

ONE FINAL NOTE, THERE IS ALWAYS MORE THAT 1 WAY OF PHREAKING, YOU JUST HAVE TO
KNOW HOW.

HERE ARE SOME MORE EXTENDER NUMBERS...
1-800-448-8989   6 DIGIT CODE PLUS NUMBER YOU WISH TO CALL
1-800-626-9600   6 DIGIT CODE PLUS NUMBER YOU WISH TO CALL
1-800-628-5555   6 DIGIT CODE PLUS 1 PLUS NUMBER YOU WISH TO DIAL
1-800-638-1996   6 DIGIT CODE PLUS NUMBER YOU WISH TO CALL

SOME MORE COMPUTER NUMBERS OF INTEREST.  I THINK THAT THERE ARE ALL IN THE 201
AREA CODE, BUT I'M NOT SURE ANYMORE, IT'S BEEN AWHILE...
467-1183   0123456789
467-1191   JUST A CARRIER
467-1330   SENDS CONTROL CHARACTERS
467-1355   SENDS CONTROL CHARACTERS
467-1393   JUST A CARRIER
467-1448   JUST A CARRIER
THE NEXT ONES ARE FROM THE SAME COMPANY.  DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT TRT MULTISPEED
IS? ANYWAYS, FOR YOU HACKERS OUT THERE, AN ACCOUNT IS "Y1D050".
467-1455
467-1456
467-1510
ANOTHER NUMBER IS 467-1519.  I HAVE RUN INTO NUMBERS LIKE THIS BEFORE.  WHEN
YOU HIT RETURN, IT SENDS AN M (REMEMBER CTRL-M IS RETURN) AND WHEN YOU HIT
SPACE, IT SENDS AN @ (CTRL-@ IS A NULL CHARACTER).

A FEW MORE DATAPAC ADDRESSES...
2610 0021   RADIO SHACK
5665 0010   (HELP*)
5665 0011   (HELP)
5665 0015   (43)
9110 0022   DEC SYSTEM

NOW FOR YOU PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL INTO BOXING, I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO
CONSTRUCT A PEARL BOX.  A PEARL BOX, WHEN OPERATED CORRECTLY CAN PRODUCE TONES
FROM 1 TO 9999HZ.  THIS BOX IS VERY USEFUL, SINCE IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO
GENERATE SOME CRUCIAL TONES SUCH AS 1336HZ, 1633HZ, 2600HZ AND MANY MORE
WITHIN THE ABOVE RANGE.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE MATERIALS THAT YOU WILL NEED IN ORDER TO BUILD
YOURSELF A PEARL BOX:

0.5MF OR 0.5UF CERAMIC DISK CAPACITORS           -  C1
0.5MF OR 0.5UF CERAMIC DISK CAPACITORS           -  C2
NPN TRANSISTOR (2N2222 USUALLY WORKS THE BEST)   -  N1
NORMALLY OPEN MOMENTARY SPST SWITCH              -  S1
SPST TOGGLE SWITCH                               -  S2
STANDARD 9-VOLT BATTERY                          -  B1
SINGLE TURN, 50K POTENTIOMETER                   -  P1
SINGLE TURN, 100K POTENTIOMETER                  -  P2
SINGLE TURN, 500K POTENTIOMETER                  -  P3
SINGLE TURN, 1MEG POTENTIOMETER                  -  P4
STANDARD 8-OHM SPEAKER                           -  SPKR
MINI TRANSFORMER (8-OHM WORKS THE BEST)          -  T1
YOU WILL ALSO NEED WIRE, SOLDERING IRON, SOLDER, PC BOARD OR PERFBOARD, A BOX
TO CONTAN THE COMPLETED UNIT, AND A BATTERY CLIP.

SINCE IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT TO TRY TO EXPLAIN IN WORDS ON HOW TO CONSTRUCT A
PEARL BOX, I WILL INCLUDE A DIAGRAM.  IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW, BUT
GIVE IT A TRY ANYWAYS

      +-------------+------------+---------+
      |             |             \        +--S1----
      C1            C2             \           SPKR
      |             |               +      +--------
      +             |            ---+T1    |
      |\            +---------------+------+
      |  B  C-------+
      |   N1                    |
      |     E-----S2----+       |
      |                 |       |
      |                 B1      |
      |                 |       |
      |                 +-------+
      |P1   P2   P3   P4|
      /\/\ /\/\ /\/\ /\/\
        +--+ +--+ +--+

WELL THAT'S A PRETTY ROUGH DIAGRAM BUT ONCE YOU HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY
MATERIALS, THEN YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.  SOMEOTHER THINGS
THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION IS THAT THE POTENTIOMETER AREA IS
RIGGED SO THAT THE LEFT POLE IS CONNECTED TO THE CENTER POLE OF THE
POTENTIOMETER NEXT TO IT.  THE MIDDLE TERMINAL OF T1 IS CONNECTED TO THE PIECE
OF WIRE THAT RUNS DOWN TO THE END OF THE BATTERY.  YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO GET
SOME DRY-TRANSFER DECALS TO MAKE THIS JOB A LOT EASIER.  IN ADDITION, SOME
KNOBS FOR THE TOPS OF THE POTENTIOMETERS MAY BE USEFUL TOO.  USE THE DECALS TO
CALIBRATE THE KNOBS.
P1 IS THE KNOB FOR THE ONES PLACE, P2 FOR THE TENS PLACE, P3 FOR THE HUNDREDS
PLACE, AND P4 FOR THE THOUSANDS PLACE.  S1 IS FOR PRODUCING ALL THE TONES AND
S2 IS FOR THE POWER.
NOW THAT YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTED A PERAL BOX, YOU WILL WANT TO KNOW HOW TO USE
IT.  WHAT YOU DO IS TURN ON THE POWER AND ADJUST THE KNOBS FOR THE DESIRED
TONE (EXAMPLE:  FOR 2600HZ --> P1=0, P2=0, P3=6, P4=2).  NOW HIT THE
PUSHBUTTON SWITCH AND YOU WILL HAVE THE DESIRED TONE.  IF YOU DON'T GET A TONE
THEN RE-CHECK ALL THE CONNECTIONS AND THE ABOVE DIAGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
HAVEN'T MADE ANY MISTAKES.

NOW THESE 2 NUMBERS ARE REAL PATHETIC.  THEY ARE BOTH IN THE 416 AREA CODE AND
ARE BELL CANADA TEST LINES AT 110 BAUD, AND IT KEEPS PRINTING THE SAME STUPID
MESSAGE...
966-3994
966-3995

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF EXTENDERS WITH THEIR REQUIRED CODE LENGTH.  WHAT
YOU HAVE TO DO IS DIAL UP ONE OF THE FOLLOWING 1-800 NUMBERS AND THEN EITHER
1) ENTER ACCES CODE, THEN THE TELEPHONE NUMBER YOU WISH TO CALL, OR 2) ENTER
THE TELEPHONE NUMBER YOU WISH TO CALL, AND THEN THE ACCESS CODE.  WHAT YOU CAN
DO IS RANDOMLY PICK AN ACCESS CODE, AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUESSED RIGHT, IF NOT,
TRY ANOTHER COMBINATION OF NUMBERS.  IT'S BEST TO ROTATE BETWEEN USING THE
DIFFERENT EXTENDERS, THAN TO ALWAYS USE THE SAME 1-800 NUMBER AND ACCES CODE.

1-800-221-8190   - 4
1-800-227-3414   - 4
1-800-242-1122   - ?
1-800-243-7650   - 6
1-800-245-4890   - 4
1-800-245-7508   - 5
1-800-252-5879   - 8
1-800-321-0327   - 4
1-800-321-0845   - 6
1-800-322-1415   - 6
1-800-323-3027   - 6
1-800-323-8126   - ?
1-800-325-3075   - ?
1-800-325-7222   - 6?
1-800-327-2731   - 6
1-800-327-6713   - 4
1-800-327-9136   - 4
1-800-327-9895   - 7
1-800-328-7112   - 4
1-800-336-6000   - ?
1-800-343-1844   - 4
1-800-345-0008   - 7
1-800-462-6471   - 5
1-800-547-6754   - 6
1-800-521-1674   - 4
1-800-521-8400   - 8
1-800-526-5305   - 8
1-800-527-3511   - 8
1-800-543-7168   - 8
1-800-621-4611   - ?
1-800-654-8494   - 6
1-800-682-4000   - 6
1-800-843-0698   - 9
1-800-858-9000   - 3

NOW FOR YOU PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO DO SOME MORE HACKING, I WILL NOT TELL YOU HOW
YOU CAN HACK AN RSTS SYSTEM.
THE RSTS HAS 2 PARTS, THE PRIVILEDGED ACCOUNTS AND THE USER ACCOUNTS.  THE
PRIVILEDGED ACCOUNTS START WITH A 1, IN THE FORMAT [1,1], [1,10], ETC.  TO
CHOW THE PRIVILEDGED ACCOUNTS WE'LL JUST USE THE WILDCARD [1,*].  THE
PRIVILEDGED ACCOUNTS ARE WHAT EVERY RSTS USER WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, BECAUSE IF
YOU HAVE A PRIVILEDGED ACCOUNT, YOU HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
NOW THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU GET A [1,*] ACCOUNT? WELL IT TAKES A LOT OF
HARD WORK AND SOME LUCK.  GUESSING IS THE GENERAL RULE.  FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU
FIRST LOG ON THERE WILL BE A # SIGN, AND YOU TYPE A [1,*] ACCOUNT LIKE 1,2.
IT WILL THEN SAY PASSWORD:, AND THEN YOU TYPE ANYTHING UP TO 6 LETTERS OR
NUMBERS AND IT MUST BE IN UPPER CASE.  IF IT SAYS INVALID PASSWORD, THEN
YOU'VE NOT DONE IT YET, SO KEEP TRYING.
NOW AFTER YOU'VE SUCCEEDED IN GETING A PRIVILEDGED ACCOUNT, YOU WILL THEN BE
IN THE PRIVILEDGED ACCOUNT OF AN RSTS SYSTEM.  THE FIRST THING THAT YOU SHOULD
DO IS KICK EVERYONE ELSE OFF THE SYSTEM, OR ATLEAST ALL THE OTHER PRIVILEDGED
USERS.  YOU DO THIS WITH THE UTILITY PROGRAM "UT KILL".  WHAT YOU DO IS TYPE
THE JOB # OF THE USER THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT OF YOU WAY.  IF THE
SYSTEM WON'T LET YOU DO THIS, THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE UTILITY
PROGRAM.  YOU CAN SEARCH FOR IT BY TYPING "DIR [1,*]UTILITY.*".  YOU CAN KEEP
THE REGULAR USERS ON, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMOVE ALL THE [1,*] USERS, EVEN
THE DETACHED ONES.  TO FIND OUT WHO'S WHO ON THE SYSTEM, TYPE "SYS/P-", AND
THAT WILL PRINT OUT ALL THE PRIVILEDGED USERS.  OR JUST TYPE SYS TO SEE
EVERYONE.
THE NEXT THING THAT YOU WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO DO IS GET ALL OF THE PASSWORDS.
DO THIS BY RUN $MONEY.  IF IT ISN'T THERE, THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO SEARCH FOR IT
WITH "DIR[1,*]MONEY.*" AND RUN IT USING THE ACCOUNT WHERE YOU FOUND IT,
INSTEAD OF THE $.
THE SYSTEM WILL ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS LIKE "RESET?" AND "DISK?".  HERE'S
WHAT YOU TYPE IN FOR THE ANSWERS.  DISK? SY (SINCE YOU WANT THE SYSTEM
PASSWORD), RESET? NO (SINCE YOU WANT TO LEAVE EVERYTHING AS IT IS), PASSWORDS?
YES (SINCE YOU WANT THE PASSWORDS PRINTED).  THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT
THEY AREN'T IMPORTANT, SO HIT HIT A C/R.  HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE MORE IMPORTANT
QUESTION THAT WILL SAY SOMETHING LIKE OUTPUT STATUS OK? KB: (THINS IS
IMPORTANT SINCE YOU WANT TO SEE IT AND SEND IT ELSEWHERE).
OK, NOW SINCE YOU HAVE ALL THE PASSWORDS, YOUR NEXT STEP IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THAT NEXT TIME YOU CALL, YOU CAN GET IN AGAIN.  THIS IS THE HARD PART.  FIRST,
SO THAT NO ONE CAN DISTURB YOU, YOU USE THE UTILITY PR/GRAM TO MAKE IT SO NO
ONE CAN LOG IN.  TYPE "UT SET NO LOGINS".  YOU CAN ALSO TYPE "UT HELP" IF YOU
NEED SOME HELP WITH THIS PROGRAM.  THE NEXT THING THAT YOU SHOULD DO IS LIST
THE PROGRAM AND FIND OUT WHERE THE INPUT OF THE ACCOUNT # IS.  TO GET THIS FAR
YOU HAVE TO KNOW QUITE A BIT ABOUT PROGRAMMING AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR.  NOW I
HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DO THIS YET, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL WORK, BUT MY
IDEA IS TO MAKE A CONDITIONAL SO THAT IF YOU TYPE IN A CODE WORD AND AN
ACCOUNT #, IT WILL RESPOND WITH THE PASSWORD.  THIS WILL PROBABLY TAKE A
WHILE TO LOOK FOR AND A FEW MINUTES TO CHANGE, BUT IF YOU CAN DO IT, THEN
YOU'VE GOT THAT RSTS SYSTEM UNDER YOUR POWER.  LET'S SAY THAT YOU HAVE SOMEHOW
BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE THE PROGRAM, THE NEXT THING THAT YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT TO DO
IS REPLACE IT, SO PUT IT BACK FROM WHERE YOU GOT IT (SAVE PROGRAM-NAME) AND
THEN PUT IT BACK TO THE PROT LEVEL (THE NUMBER IN THE <###>) BY TYPING "IP
PROGRAM-NAME<232>" OR WHATEVER THE ### HAPPEN TO BE.
NOW SINCE YOU'VE GOTTEN THIS FAR, YOU CAN GO AND EXPERIMENT SOME MORE ON YOUR
OWN.  LOOK AT ALL THE PROGRAMS, SINCE YOU HAVE PRIVILEDGED STATUS, YOU HAVE
ACCESS TO ALL THE PROGRAMS.  LOOK AROUND FOR THE LOG PROGRAM AND FIND OUT WHAT
YOU CAN DO TO THAT.
THE LAST THING TO DO BEFORE YOU LEAVE IS TO SET THE DATE BACK TO WHAT IT WAS
BY USING THE UTILITY PROGRAM.  TYPE IN "UT DATE" AND THE PRESENT DATE.

THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME MCI ACCESS NUMBERS...

201-645-9040   NEWARK, NJ.
202-872-1847   WASHINGTON, D.C.
203-348-0929   STAMFORD, CT.
212-397-1020   NEW YORK, NY.
214-742-6888   DALLAS, TEXAS
215-561-3199   PHILADELPHIA, PA.
216-253-1490   AARON, OHIO
216-621-2371   CLEVELAND, OHIO
219-232-8036   SOUTH BEND, IND.
301-321-8933   BALTIMORE, MD.
312-321-6581   CHICAGO, ILL.
314-342-0280   ST. LOUIS, MO.
402-422-0306   OMAHA, NEBRASKA
404-523-0003   ATLANTA, GA.
405-525-8963   OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.
412-281-4905   PITTSBURG, PA.
414-933-7351   MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
415-495-2500   SAN FRANCISCO, CA.
419-243-2048   TOLEDO, OHIO
504-566-8970   NEW ORLEANS, LA.
512-226-8505   SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
512-473-2716   AUSTIN, TEXAS
513-241-1216   CINCINNATI, OHIO
602-622-0212   TUCSON, ARIZONA
602-249-0716   PHOENIX, AZ.
612-341-2835   MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
614-224-0970   COLUMBUS, OHIO
617-482-2888   BOSTON, MASS.
714-541-1915   SANTA ANA, CA.
714-560-1465   SAN DIEGO, CA.
806-744-8879   LUBBOCK, TEXAS
915-561-5130   MIDLAND/ODESS, TEXAS
918-583-9082   TULSA, OKLAHOMA

AND HERE ARE 2 ACCESS CODES FOR MCI...
61936
92396

NOW WE ALL REMEMBER A PROGRAM A FEW YEARS BACK CALLED LMS.  WELL THERE IS A
WAY TO DELETE A USER FROM THE SYSTEM WITHOUT EVEN HAVING A PASSWORD ON THE
SYSTEM.  YOU CAN EVEN DELETE THE SYSOP'S PASS.  THE FIRST THING THAT YOU ARE
ASKED FOR IS A USER CODE.  THIS CODE IS 6 DIGITS IN LENGTH.  THE FIRST DIGIT
IS A C, THE NEXT 3 DIGISTS IS YOUR USER NUMBER AND THE LAST 2 DIGITS ARE BOTH
RANDOM NUMBERS.  NOW ALL YOU DO IS TYPE IN ANY USER CODE, IE C00100 (YOU ONLY
NEED TO GET THE FIRST 4 DIGITS RIGHT, IN THIS CASE IT'S USER #1, THE SYSOP),
THEN IT WILL ASK YOU FOR A PASS, AND YOU HIT CTRL-Y 5 TIMES AND THEN RETURN.
THAT USER WILL NOW BE DELETED OFF OF THE SYSTEM.

ANOTHER METHOD OF PHREAKING IS USING BELL CALLING CARDS.  WHAT YOU DO IS DIAL
UP THE OPERATOR OR WHATEVER THE METHOD OF USING THE CALLING CARDS IS.  THEN
YOU TELL THE OPERATOR THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLACE A LOND DISTANCE CALL USING
YOUR BELL CALLING CARD, SO THE OPERATOR WILL ASK YOU WHAT YOUR CARD NUMBER IS,
SO JUST MAKE ONE UP, OR GIVE THE OPERATOR THE FOLLOWING NUMBER, WHICH WORKS,
714 658 2029 2968 AND THEN THE OPERATOR WILL DIAL THE NUMBER THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO CALL.  DON'T ALWAYS GIVE THE SAME NUMBER AS I GAVE ABOVE, TRY SOME
OTHER COMBINATIONS.  I WOULD ADVIDE CHANGE THE NUMBERS IN THE LAST 2 SETS.  IF
THE OPERATOR SAYS THAT YOUR CARD IS INVALID, JUST SAY THAT YOU ARE SORRY AND
MADE A MISTAKE AND THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO CHECK YOUR CARD, WHICH YOU
MISTAKINGLY LEFT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

NOW FOR A REAL DUMB THING THAT YOU CAN DO ON ANY BBS.  IF YOU WANT TO DELETE
ALL THE MESSAGES FROM A CERTAIN MESSAGE BASE, IE SUPPOSE THERE ARE A MAXIMUM
OF 30 MESSAGES ALLOWED ON A CERTAIN MESSAGE BASE, THEN ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
POST 30 MESSAGES (OR HOWEVER MANY THE MAXIMUM NUMBER IS) AND AFTER YOU HAVE
FILLED UP THE MESSAGE BASE WITH ALL YOUR DUMMY MESSAGES, ALL YOU DO IS DELETE
THEM ALL, THEN WHENT HE SYSOP AND OTHER USERS LOG ON, THEY WILL WONDER WHAT
HAPPENED TO ALL THE MESSAGES.  YA SO IT'S A DUMB IDEA, BUT IT WORKS.

ANOTHER THING THAT YOU CAN DO EITHER ON AE LINES OR ON BBS', DEPENDING ON THE
TYPE OF PROGRAM IT RUNS ON AND HOW IT SAVE FILES THAT ARE U/LED, WHAT YOU DO
IS U/L A FILE THAT HAS THE SAME NAME AS ANOTHER VITAL FILE THAT IS USED IN THE
OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM.  THIS WILL THEN OVERWRITE THE OLD FILE OR WILL PLACE
A DUPLICATE FILE ON THE SYSTEM.  LIKE I SAID, THIS ALL DEPENDS ON THE SOFTWARE
THAT THE BBS OR AE LINE IS RUN OFF OF.

NOW HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DATAPAC...
DATAPAC IS A PUBLIC COMPUTER NETWORK THAT HAS THOUSANDS OF COMPUTERS HOOKED UP
TO IT.  THIS ALL SOUNDS GREAT, BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO USE IT.  WELL FIRST
LOOK UP IN THE TELEPHONE BOOK AND FIND THE PROPER DIAL UP NUMBER (IF YOU CAN;T
FIND IT, LOOK UNDER DATAPAC).  YOU'LL BE GIVEN 300 AND 1200 BAUD NUMBERS.  YOU
THEN PHONE THEM UP AND AFTER YOU HAVE CONNECTED, YOU TYPE IN "." AND HIT C/R,
AND THAT'S IT, YOU ARE NOW ON-LINE.
NOW SOME THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW IS THAT BY TYPING CTRL-P CLEAR AND THEN
HITTING C/R, THIS WILL CLEAR YOU OF ANY MISTAKE OR LOG YOU OFF A SYSTEM AND
BACK TO THE SAME PROMPT YOU HAD AT THE LOGON.
A DATAPAC ADDRESS IS MADE UP OF 2 PARTS.  THE FIRST IS A 4 DIGIT NUMBER THAT
IS THE NODE AND THIS POINTS YOU TO A CITY, AND THEN ANOTHER 4 DIGIT NUMBER
WHICH POINTS YOU TO A CERTAIN COMPUTER IN THAT NODE.  SO AN EXAMPLE OF THIS
WOULD BE 7440 0016 (THE SPACE IS NOT NEEDED) AND THIS POINT YOU TO UNB
FREDRICTON N.B. OR 6920 0378 WILL LEAD YOU TO RED RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
BUT WAIT, YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO JUST DATAPAC, YOU CAN ALSO GET INTO THE US
NETWORKS.
IF YOU TRY THESE 2 ADDRESSES, 1311030300007 OR 1311030300008, THEY WILL TELL
YOU WHAT THEY THINK OF HACKERS AND EXPLORERS.
TO GET INTO ENVOY 100 TRY 39400100, 39400900, AND 89400100.

SOME OTHER STUFF THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST ARE...
203-749-6622   0-16-1   DOCTOR'S ANSWERING MACHINE
615-562-3393   CREDIT CARD ORDER BBS
800-554-2265   BNK#=1067   MERC#=4252   MERCHANT CHECK
               10=MASTERCARD   20=VISA

HERE IS AN INTERESTING NUMBER THAT I FOUND OUT ONE DAY. THIS NUMBER IS IN THE
416 (TORONTO) AREA CODE.  DIAL 997-8123 (VOICE) AND IT WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOUR
TELEPHONE NUMBER IS.  IN OTHER WORDS IT TRACES YOUR CALL.

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