From: Harlequin <harlequin@fnord.org.uk>
Expires: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:00:00 GMT
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:01:44 GMT
II. PHREAKING
A. What is phreaking
[Don't do this unless you don't mind breaking federal law. This kinda
goes back to not breaking into government computers. DON'T DO THIS
UNLESS YOU ARE LIKELY TO BREAK INTO GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS. LIP]
[Personally, I think that a government is likely to put far more
resources into tracking the source of such computer breaches than into
pursuing persons fiddling with the telephone system, even if similar
laws might be violated. H.]
Phreaking is basically hacking with a telephone. Using different
"boxes" and "tricks" to manipulate the phone companies and their phones,
you gain many things, two of which are: knowledge about telephones and
how they work, and free local and long distance phone calls. In the
following sections, you will learn some about boxes, what they are, and
how they work. You will also learn about the other forms of phreaking.
B. Why phreak?
Phreaking, like hacking, is used to gather information about
telephones, telephone companies, and how they work. There are other
benefits as well. As stated above, you also get free phone calls. But,
these are used mainly to gather more information about the phones, and
to allow us free access to all information.
C. Phreaking rules
Most of the same rules apply for hacking and phreaking, so I
will only list a few here.
1. Never box over your home phone line.
2. You should never talk about phreaking projects over your home
phone line.
3. Never use your real name when phreaking.
4. Be careful who you tell about your phreaking projects.
5. Never leave phreaking materials out in the open. Keep them in
a safe place.
6. Don't get caught.
D. Where and how to start phreaking
Well, you can phreak on any telephone, but as stated above, it
is very stupid to do so on your home phone line.
First you need you need to construct the boxes needed for what
you want to do. All of the boxes and their descriptions are listed in
the next section. Most of the boxes are very easy to make, but if your
not into making shit, there are usually alternative ways of making
them.
E. Boxes and what they do
Box: Description:
Red Box generates tones for free phone calls
Black Box when called, caller pays nothing
Beige Box lineman's handset
Green Box generates coin return tones
Cheese Box turns your phone into a payphone
Acrylic Box steal 3-way calling and other services
Aqua Box stops F.B.I. lock-in-trace
Blast Box phone microphone amplifier
Blotto Box shorts out all phones in your area
Blue Box generates 2600hz tone
Brown Box creates party line
Bud Box tap neighbors phone
Chatreuse Box use electricity from phone
Chrome Box manipulates traffic signals
Clear Box free calls
Color Box phone conversation recorder
Copper Box causes crosstalk interference
Crimson Box hold button
Dark Box re-route calls
Dayglo Box connect to neighbors phone line
Divertor Box re-route calls
DLOC Box create party line
Gold Box dialout router
Infinity Box remote activated phone tap
Jack Box touch-tone key pad
Light Box in-use light
Lunch Box AM transmitter
Magenta Box connect remote phone line to another
Mauve Box phone tap without cutting into the
line
Neon Box external microphone
Noise Box creates line noise
Olive Box external ringer
Party Box creates party line
Pearl Box tone generator
Pink Box creates party line
Purple Box hold button
Rainbow Box kill trace
Razz Box tap neighbors phone
Rock Box add music to phone line
Scarlet Box causes interference
Silver Box create DTMF tones for A,B,C, and D
Static Box raises voltage on phone line
Switch Box add services
Tan Box phone conversation recorder
TV Cable Box see sound waves on TV
Urine Box create disturbance on phone headset
Violet Box stop payphone from hanging up
White Box DTMF key pad
Yellow Box add line extension
F. Box Plans
The Red Box is the main tool that you will use so I have
included the Red Box plans. The other box plans can be downloaded from
the Internet.
Red Box:
There are two ways that you can make a Red Box:
One is to go to Radio Shack and buy a tone dialer and a
6.5536Mhz crystal.(If Radio Shack doesn't have the crystal, you can
order them from the electronics companies that I have listed at the end
of this section.) Open up the tone dialer and replace the existing
crystal (big, shiny, metal thing labeled "3.579545Mhz") with the
6.5536Mhz crystal. Now, close it up. You have a red box.
To use it for long distance calls play the tones that add up to
the amount of money that the operator requests. For a 25 cents tone
press 5 *'s. For a 10 cents tone press 3 *'s. For a 5 cents tone press 1
*.
And, the second way, which is a much easier method, is to get
the Red Box tones from a phreaking program, such as: Omnibox, or Fear's
Phreaker Tools. Play the tones as you hold a microcassette recorder
about 1-inch away from your computer speakers, and record the tones.
The Red Box only works on public telephones, it does not work on
COCOT's.(Defined in next section.) It makes the telephone think that you
have put money in. Red Boxes do not work on local calls because the
phone is not using ACTS (Automated Coin Toll System), unless you call
the operator and have her place the call for you. You tell her the
number that you want to dial and then when she asks you to put in your
money, play the tones. If she asks you why you need her to place the
call tell her that one of the buttons is smashed in or something like
that. You now have and know how to use a Red Box!
Electronics Companies:
Alltronics
2300 Zanker Road
San Jose, CA 95131
(408)943-9774 -Voice-
(408)943-9776 -Fax-
Blue Saguaro
P.O. Box 37061
Tucson, AZ 85740
Mouser
(800)346-6873
Unicorn Electronics
10000 Canoga Ave. Unit C-2
Chatsworth, CA 91311
1-800-824-3432
G. Free calling from COCOT's
First of all, COCOT stands for "Customer Owned Customer Operated
Telephone". These are most likely to be found at resteraunts, amusement
parks, etc.
All you have to do to make a free call from a COCOT is dial a
1-800 number (they let you do this for free), say some bullshit and get
them to hang up on you. Stay on the line after they hang up, then dial
the number that you want to call.
This may not work by the time you read this because COCOT owners
are becoming more aware of us every day.
H. ANAC numbers
ANAC stands for "Automated Number Announcment Circuit". In other
words, you call the ANAC number in your area and it tells you the number
that you are calling from. This is useful when Beige Boxing, or hooking
your modem up to other phone lines, to find out what number you are
using. The "?" are substituted for unknown numbers. Do some scanning to
find them out. Here are the ANAC numbers for the U.S.A. with their area
code, and the only one I knew of in the U.K.:
U.S.A.:
Area Code: ANAC Number:
201 958
202 811
203 970
205 300-222-2222
205 300-555-5555
205 300-648-1111
205 300-765-4321
205 300-798-1111
205 300-833-3333
205 557-2311
205 811
205 841-1111
205 908-222-2222
206 411
207 958
209 830-2121
209 211-9779
210 830
212 958
213 114
213 1223
213 211-2345
213 211-2346
213 760-2???
213 61056
214 570
214 790
214 970-222-2222
214 970-611-1111
215 410-????
215 511
215 958
216 200-????
216 331
216 959-9968
217 200-???-????
219 550
219 559
301 958-9968
310 114
310 1223
310 211-2345
310 211-2346
312 200
312 290
312 1-200-8825
312 1-200-555-1212
313 200-200-2002
313 200-222-2222
313 200-???-????
313 200200200200200
314 410-????
315 953
315 958
315 998
317 310-222-2222
317 559-222-2222
317 743-1218
334 5572411
334 5572311
401 200-200-4444
401 222-2222
402 311
404 311
404 940-???-????
404 940
405 890-7777777
405 897
407 200-222-2222
408 300-???-????
408 760
408 940
409 951
409 970-????
410 200-6969
410 200-555-1212
410 811
412 711-6633
412 711-4411
412 999-????
413 958
413 200-555-5555
414 330-2234
415 200-555-1212
415 211-2111
415 2222
415 640
415 760-2878
415 7600-2222
419 311
502 200-2222222
502 997-555-1212
503 611
503 999
504 99882233
504 201-269-1111
504 998
504 99851-0000000000
508 958
508 200-222-1234
508 200-222-2222
508 26011
509 560
510 760-1111
512 830
512 970-????
515 5463
515 811
516 958
516 968
517 200-222-2222
517 200200200200200
518 511
518 997
518 998
603 200-222-2222
606 997-555-1212
606 711
607 993
609 958
610 958
610 958-4100
[Note from Bachrach: plain 958 does nothing, 958-4100 works. Also 511
works in some areas. H.]
612 511
614 200
614 517
615 200200200200200
615 2002222222
615 830
616 200-222-2222
617 200-222-1234
617 200-222-2222
617 200-444-4444
617 220-2622
617 958
618 200-???-????
618 930
619 211-2001
619 211-2121
703 811
704 311
707 211-2222
708 1-200-555-1212
708 1-200-8825
708 200-6153
708 724-9951
708 356-9646
713 380
713 970-????
713 811
714 114
714 211-2121
714 211-2222
716 511
716 990
717 958
718 958
802 2-222-222-2222
802 200-222-2222
802 1-700-222-2222
802 111-2222
805 114
805 211-2345
805 211-2346
805 830
806 970-????
810 200200200200200
812 410-555-1212
813 311
815 200-???-????
817 290
817 211
818 970-611-1111
818 1223
818 211-2345
903 211-2346
904 970-611-1111
906 200-222-222
907 1-200-222-2222
907 811
908 958
910 200
910 311
910 988
914 990-1111
915 970-????
916 211-2222
916 461
919 200
919 711
U.K.:
175
[From citizenkane: [...] the ANAC number for telephones in the UK connected to cable
telephone systems[ ...] is 1579. The 175 number given in your article
only works on BT lines. H.]
III. REFERENCE
A. Hacking and phreaking WWW. sites
Here is a list of some World Wide Web sites that contain
hacking, phreaking, computer, virus, carding, security, etc. material:
Site Address:
http://www.outerlimits.net/lordsome/index.html (Hacker's Layer)
http://web2.airmail.net/km/hfiles/free.htm (Hacker's Hideout)
http://resudox.net/bio/novell.html
http://www.louisville.edu/wrbake01/hack2.html
http://www.intersurf.com/~materva/files.html
http://hightop.nrl.navy.mil/rainbow.html
http://www.rit.edu/~jmb8902/hacking.html
http://www.spatz.com/pecos/index.html
http://pages.prodigy.com/FL/dtgz94a/files2.html
http://www.2600.com (alt.2600)
http://att.net/dir800
http://draco.centerline.com:8080/~franl/crypto.html
http://everest.cs.ucdavis.edu/Security.html
http://ice-www.larc.nasa.gov/WWW/security.html
http://lOpht.com (lOpht)
http://lOpht.com/~oblivion/IIRG.html
http://underground.org
http://www.alw.nih.gov/WWW/security.html
http://www.aspentec.com/~frzmtdb/fun/hacker.html
http://www.cis.ohi-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/alt-2600-faq/faq.html
http://www.cs.tufts.ed/~mcable/cypher/alerts/alerts.html
http://www.engin.umich.edu/~jgotts/underground/boxes.html
http://www.etext.org/Zines
http://www.inderect.com/www/johnk/
http://www.mgmua.com/hackers/index.html
http://www.paranoia.com/mthreat
http://www.paranoia.com/astrostar/fringe.html
http://www.umcc.umich.edu/~doug/virus-faq.html
http://www.wired.com
B. Good hacking and phreaking text files
All of these files are available by download from the
Internet.
File Name:
A Novice's Guide To Hacking
Alt.2600 Hack Faq
The Hacker's Handbook
The Official Phreaker's Manual
Rainbow Books (Listed in Section D.)
The Hacker Crackdown
Computer Hackers: Rebels With A Cause
The Legion Of Doom Technical Journals
The Ultimate Beginner's Guide To Hacking And Phreaking (Of course!)
C. Hacking and phreaking Newsgroups
alt.2600
alt.2600.hope.tech
alt.cellular
alt.cellular-phone-tech
alt.comp.virus
alt.cracks
alt.cyberpunk
alt.cyberspace
alt.dcom.telecom
alt.fan.lewiz
alt.hackers
alt.hackintosh
alt.hackers.malicious
alt.security
D. Rainbow Books
The Rainbow Books are a series of government evaluations on
various things related to computer system security. You can get all of
the existing Rainbow Books free and if you ask to be put on their
mailing list you will get each new one as it comes out. Just write to
the address or call the number below:
Infosec Awareness Division
ATTN: x711/IAOC
Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6000
or call:
(410)766-8729
Here is the list of all the Rainbow Books and their
descriptions:
Color: Description:
Orange 1 D.O.D. Trusted Computer Systems
Green D.O.D. Password Management
Yellow Computer Security Requirements
Yellow 2 Computer Security Requirements
Tan Understanding Audit In Trusted Systems
Bright Blue Trusted Product Evaluation
Neon Orange Understanding Discretionary Access
Teal Green Glossary Of Computer Terms
Orange 2 Understanding Configurations
Red Interpretation Of Evaluation
Burgundy Understanding Design Documentation
Dark Lavender Understanding Trusted Distrobution
Venice Blue Computer Security Sub-Systems
Aqua Understanding Security Modeling
Dark Red Interpretations Of Environments
Pink Rating Maintenence Phase
Purple Formal Verification Systems
Brown Understanding Trusted Facilities
Yellow-Green Writing Trusted Facility Manuals
Light Blue Understanding Identification And
Authentication In Trusted Systems
Blue Product Evaluation Questionaire
Gray Selecting Access Control List
Lavander Data Base Management Interpretation
Yellow 3 Understanding Trusted Recovery
Bright Orange Understanding Security Testing
Purple 1 Guide To System Procurement
Purple 2 Guide To System Procurement
Purple 3 Guide To System Procurement
Purple 4 Guide To System Procurement
Green Understanding Data Remanence
Hot Peach Writing Security Features
Turquiose Understanding Information Security
Violet Controlled Access Protection
Light Pink Understanding Covert Channels
E. Cool hacking and phreaking magazines
Phrack Magazine
2600 Magazine
Blacklisted! 411
(Subscriptions from: blacklisted! 411 magazine subscription department,
P.O. Box 2506)
Cypress, CA 90630
Tap Magazine
Phantasy Magazine
F. Hacking and phreaking movies
Movie:
Hackers
War Games
G. Hacking and phreaking Gopher sites
Address:
ba.com
csrc.ncsl.nist.gov
gopher.acm.org
gopher.cpsr.org
gopher.cs.uwm
gopher.eff.org
oss.net
spy.org
wiretap.spies.com
H. Hacking and phreaking Ftp sites
Address:
2600.com
agl.gatech.edu/pub
asylum.sf.ca.us
clark.net/pub/jcase
ftp.armory.com/pub/user/kmartind
ftp.armory.com/pub/user/swallow
ftp.fc.net/pub/defcon/BBEEP
ftp.fc.net/pub/phrack
ftp.giga.or.at/pub/hacker
ftp.lava.net/users/oracle
ftp.microserve.net/ppp-pop/strata/mac
ftp.near.net/security/archives/phrack
ftp.netcom.com/pub/br/bradelym
ftp.netcom.com/pub/daemon9
ftp.netcom.com/pub/zz/zzyzx
ftp.primenet.com/users/k/kludge
I. Hacking and phreaking BBS's
BBS's are Bulletin Board Systems on which hackers and phreakers
can post messages to each other. Here is a list of some BBS's that I
know of. If you know of any other BBS's, please E-Mail me via the A.S.H.
E-Mail address. Also, Please note that some of these may be old and not
running.
Area Code: Phone Number: Name:
203 832-8441 Rune Stone
210 493-9975 The Truth Sayer's Domain
303 343-4053 Hacker's Haven
315 656-5135 Independent Nation
315 656-5135 UtOPiA
617 855-2923 Maas-Neotek
708 676-9855 Apocalypse 2000
713 579-2276 KOdE AbOdE
806 747-0802 Static Line
908 526-4384 Area 51
502 499-8933 Blitzkrieg
510 935-5845 ...Screaming Electron
408 747-0778 The Shrine
708 459-7267 The Hell Pit
415 345-2134 Castle Brass
415 697-1320 7 Gates Of Hell
J. Cool hackers and phreakers
Yes there are many, many, cool hackers and phreakers out there,
but these are some that helped me to get this file out on the Internet.
I did not list a few people because I only knew their real name, and I
don't want to use their real name without their permission.
Handle:
Silicon Toad
Logik Bomb/Net Assasin
oleBuzzard
Lord Somer
Weezel
Thanks for your help guys.
K. Hacker's Manifesto
"This is our world now...the world of the electron and the
switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already
existing without paying for what could be dirt cheep if it wasn't run by
profiteering gluttons, and you call us criminals. We explore...and you
call us criminals. We exist without skin color, without nationality,
without religious bias...and you call us criminals. You build atomic
bombs, wage wars, murder, cheat, and lie to us and try to make us
believe it is for our own good, yet we're the criminals. Yes, I am a
criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging
people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is
that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for. I
am a hacker and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual, but
you can't stop us all...after all, we're all alike."
+++The Mentor+++
K. Happy hacking!
Be careful and have fun. Remember to keep your eye out for the
next volume of The Ultimate Beginner's Guide To Hacking And Phreaking
and the Legion Of the Apocalypse W.W.W. page. Oh, and keep looking for
our on-line magazine, too, it should be coming out soon. Well, I hope
you enjoyed the file and found it informative. I also hope that I helped
get you started in hacking and phreaking.
"The Revelation is here."
*-Revelation-*
LOA--ASH
EOF
Additional (from Lord Eros):
While reading this file I noticed that some of the area codes listed
below for CT have been modified...Some are still 203...some have been
changed to 860....I'll edit the ones that are changed....
> Here is the list of all the Telenet dialups that I know of in
>the U.S.A., including the city, state, and area code:
>
>STATE,CITY: AREA CODE:
>NUMBER:
>
>CT, Bridgeport 203 335-5055
>CT, Danbury 203 794-9075
>CT, Hartford {860} 247-9479
>CT, Middletown {860} 344-8217
>CT, New Britain {860} 225-7027
>CT, New Haven 203 624-5954
>CT, New London {860} 447-8455
>CT, Norwalk 203 866-7404
>CT, Stamford 203 348-0787
>CT, Waterbury 203 753-4512
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