Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1984
AHOY' an Introduction to 2600. �81 GOES AFTER ADS HACKERS FBI 'nveSllgator unwittingly
revpals tactics and recent activities
f-LASH LICA dlscusses GTE fdlds, AT&T credit cards, wireless phone troubl� THE 1 RUTH Bt.HIND
THOSE 9999 NUMBERS a toll free error
story DATA variOus White House exlenslons. HACKING ON TELENET -- how to sot felenel
use, ESS ORWELL 5 PROPHECY __ the first In a
serle� on the fun and udngers of ESS, FLASH directory assistance ci1anges, CQrTlpUlel
all -ban, AT&T credit cards, etc , SOME THOUGHTS
ON GARBAGE PICKING first of a series of trashing for valuable mform<illon as related \0
a diScussion of crosstalk DATA COUNTRY
CODES every last country cooe for overseas dialing, THE CONSTITUTION OF A HACKER -- a dl�cusslon
of hacking, ALTERNATE LONG
DIS, T ANCE MCI-- history, systems, 'tnd serVices, FLASH 718, Connecticut wlretdps, Sweden person
numbers, etc , THE FIRS T ATOMIC
�OMB an inSide story on the event as related to our nation's phone system, DATA ARPANET
HOSTS list 01 acceSSible hosts, WHOS!::.
STRIKE WAS THAT ANYWAY? a startling analYSIS of summer 83 phone strike, THE TROUBLE
WITH TELEMAIL diSCuSSion of GTE's
Irre ��JOnslblllty In protectmy their system, FLASH AT&T credit cards, portable
prisons, 414 S plead, etc , A TRUE SAGA OF
TELECONF-ERENCING what can happen on a teleconference, DATA MCI ACCESS NUMBERS
OIALUPS FOR MCI MAIL, PHONE BOOK
COLLAGE_ ttl our artistiC heritage In phone book deS igns, THE SIMPLE PLEASURES OF A STEP
OFFICE dISCUSSion of Ins and Guts of
,mtIQuated phone systems, IBM S AUDIO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM USing vOice messaging
technology, FLASH 414 sentenCing, equal
au , ess. bank record privacy. etc THE WOES OF HAVING A SMALL TIME RURAL PHONE
COMPANY -- a true story, DATA AVAILABLE
Nt. TWOR�S ON THE DEFENSE DATA NETWORK a list including base addresses, EASYLINK ACCESS NUMBERS ARPANET HOPPING
'
AMI-RICA S NfWEST PASTIME how II works and tiPS for Its use, ELECTRONIC SWITCHING
ADVANCES 50me of the poSSIble serVices
dnd drawbdcks, FLASH Directory asslstdl1ce charges, 2600 writer indIcted, demISe of E
COM. etc, THE DARK AND TRAGIC SIDE OF THE
GREAT BREAK UP a frank diSCUSSion, LETTE.RS sysop problems. 518-789 an XY step. etc ,
DATA E COM ACCESS NUMBERS--dlal ups
l or th e (now-defunct) service. NY TELEPHONE-' LEITER OF DOOM a copy of a law enfOlcement monitoring notice, " LOOKOUT, HE'S GOT
,
A COMPUTERI a defense of the hacker Viewpoint, MCI MAIL THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES -an analySIS
of theweJl knOV\fn faulty E-rnad
THE CLEAR BOXI -- post-pay payphone
�ystern. FLASH curnputerlled meter maid, blue oox arreSIS, anti hack l�glsldtIOr1, INTRODUCING
deVICe, LE�ERS new SWItching equIpment. 99 scanning, reJjulsive operator stury,
etc SPECIAL REPOAT TRW BIG BUSINESS IS
JVATCHING YOU tlOW to use TRW al1U an assessment at the potential of thiS system, BUT HOW
DOES IT WORK) - a Simple explanation of
the phone system. WirIng, voltages, black boxes ring, etc PRIVACY LOST a review of DaVid Burnham 50 tx>ok "The Rise of the Computer
Stdte' BE NICE-' TO YOUR TE-'LCO how mdlvldudls are abUSing their telcos, FLASH Big Brother In Miami, NASA computer
break-in,
computer export controls, 800 directories. LE Tn RS ,-",hone scramblers, page numbers
Ilacker S tx>ok, etc , DATA CNA NUMBERS list of
CNA s A H�CKER S GUIDF TO AN ARFA COD!:: a sl(nple SCheme 10 nelp 'map out exchanges In your area, HISTORY OF BRlTISH
PHR�_AKING an account of tile tllstory and knl nl ques, MORE ON TRASHING what to look for where
to go, how 10 act. A FRIEND IN HIGH
�
PLACES story of a friendly operdt H, FLASH NSA insecurity hacker caught. prlvale directOries,
LEfTERS phone IO<:XJ. WATS, TAP. etc ,
DATA A NON COPYRIGHTED DIRlCIORY, NY TE.LEPHONE BIG BROTHER LEITERS
tOUCl1 tone Without perll\lSSlon, etc, GETTING
CAUGHT HACKf-R S VIEW a story of the personal etfeLls 01 hacking, VITAL INGREDIENTS what
makeS the phones work operators
SWitching, FLASH NSA want:. beller phones, crime computer Victim, wiretap loopholes.
911 alldcker caught. LEITERS BBS diSCUSSion
Cumsec Lettef Computer Crime Data, ottwrs. DATA NY TELEPHONE SECURITY NUMBERS.
MCI ANECDOTE dds. vulgarlsrns. MCi
Lhdlrlnan profile, PHONE BOOK COLLAGE ::J2, EXPLORING CAVE::. IN TRAVELNET
an Interesllflg extender eXlJlalned, FUN WITH
FORTRESS FONES what a pay pllOne does, how people beat ttlem. FlASH SS computer foul up�,
Alffone Wiretaps, 818. pay phone attack,
L r TTERS book list Silver t)oxlny, another hdcker s IJlew. OATA IC S AND CARRIER IDENTIFICATION CODt S gUide to 950
: exchange' MCI
MAIL_ TROUBLE LE TIER tile hdrassment begins, A TIME FOR REFLECTION ttle year In reView, MCI MAIL AND EASYUNK
electronlc
IIldil horror stories. THE SCAH.IEST NUMBER IN THE WORLD true Story, FLASH campaIgn computer, Pentagon by phone. students bog
(nmputer electrunlc Jail fp{jer al phone ur>gradt' SURVEY reader survey responses, SOME
BUT NOT ALL ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEMS
Iisl dlKI price comparisons pius vOIce m ess a yl ll g compdrlles, REACH OUT AND GOOSE SOMEONE
list of many unique dial-It numbers
1985
THO�f: HORRIBLE HACKERS STRIKE AGAIN analySIS of Newsweek Illclueni WIHETAPPING AND DIVESTITURE a lineman dlscusse�
Illest' IOPICS, GEnlNG IN TH!: BACK UOOR a gUide tu some popular operdtHly systems H1cludlng TOPS 10. TOPS 20. and UNIX, 2600
INFOHMA nON BUREAU our phone bIll our thanks and other notices, FLASH IRS and telco data GEISCO KKK computer, LEITERS BBS
flytl\s E a <;y l l nk , Canada looD�. Iflterfldllurlal I-Jilreak day BITNET TOPOLOGY a schematiC of the BI T net , THE THEORY OF "BLUE
BOXING Illstury future and IIOW they are used, TRASHING ALASKA STYLE a real trashing adventure story, SURVEYING THE
COSMOS d beyHlner s gUide 10 COSMOS, BI-'II s computer program. FLASH phreak roundups, real TRW Cfllne 26CX) BBS. 8C() data,
l_l rTEHS Bell probl('m�, telco dlscolJllt, marine calling, many questions. 2600 INFORMATION BUREAU acronym list of useful telephone
j dr yon. NAlI BBS A CHALLENGE TO HACKERS the role of ttw hacker, ARE YOU A PHREAK))) hurnourous revlew'of phreaklng, HOW TO
liE T INTO A C 0 a t our 01 a central office. FLASH custom calling, Kenyan pay phones, hacker coke rnachlne, IRS computer screw-up,
IF TTf f�S redding liSt, t rdclny and law enforcement, UNIX Info. NSA phone tI, 2600 INFORMATION BUREAU - interesting phone numbers
; I()W t() ellal a teleptlOne, New York Tel message, CNA LIST, NSA CIPHER UiSK, WHA T A WHITE BOX CAN DO how to budd and the use of a
pllfLlble It)lJ{ h tone yenerator, A PHONE PHRlAK SCORES another Successful SOCial engineering story, HACKING PACKARD useful
Illfl!rlTld!IOI1 ,Ibout the HP2(XX} F LASH talking clock computers for comlTlUnlSlS rooot kills man, war garnes. Silver pages, LEITERS Torn
IUIll�ldls secure teil'phones and cryptoyraphy. 26CXJ INFORMATION BUHEAU MILNET hosts by localIon. PEOPLE EXPRESS TO BE
HAcKF 0 TO PIECES (I look at P eople s flew anonymous reservation service. HOW TO RUN A SUCCESSFUL H.LECONFERENCE -complete
qlJl(je 10 AllIanc e TelecunferenclllY Ser V ice, FLASH hacker bust, police hacker. Reagan doesn t dIal kids dlal-a directory. LErTERS
(()lllputf'r rletwurks Silver boxes 950 rernob traCIng, 2600 INFORMATION BUREAU Alliance Teleconterenclng materiaL INTE.RESTING
f-'HOM: NUMBE.RS. UNBELIEVABU-_ ADVERTISEMENT, GUIDE TO THE ISRAELI PHONE SYSTEM_ SHERWOOD FOREST SHUT DOWN BY
::)� eHE: T Sf RVICE. SOME: WORDS ON HACKE R MORALITY OUT OF THE INNER CIRCLE REVIEWED afl t-'x t lacker 5 new tx>ok., FLASH who
IIwt�nled the phone, porno pilant!, wiretap award A T &. T computer steals, LE TTERS Infonnatlon charges A Ta. T cutoff marme calling, 2600
INf ()RMATION BUREAU 800 preflxt'� hI' .,ldtP J YSTEMATlCALl Y SPEAKING go odbye 10 meIer readers. Thai pt10ne books, tracking
dt'VILt'�, TINA Call Me Cdrd, FROM SHE.RWOOO FOREST INTRO TO HACKING wildt to do and not 10 do, INTERESTING THINGS TO UO
ON A DEL 20 huw to use lJarlOUS COlnrndnds and SOllie Ulinys 10 look for, BANKING FROM YOUR TERMINAL A LOOK AT PRONTO
Electr()nlC bal1klng. how It works wl1h a locus on Chemical s. system. FLASH
$2 billion error, lIT crackdovvn. monltorlng, 2600
INFORMATION BUREAU Mllnet lAC dlalups by location, SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAKING Mel goes optical, 1CX)",o ESS, GTE bigger than
AT& T _ Sf Ile: 01 2600 BULL!:: TIN BOARD IS lMPLICA rEO IN RAID ON JERSEY HACKERS an accurate account of the Private Sector BBS,
CuMME-NTARY THE THREAT TO US ALL what BBS sellures mean, FLASH 2600 a !lacklng Victim, Middlesex Courthouse. MOVING
SATE-LLITtS JVHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON? pOint by pOint correction of New Jersey prosecutors' fallaCIOUS charges, WHY
COMPUTERS GET SNA TCHED why law enforcement seizes equipment. SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK provocatlveQuesllons
dboul tllese events, HOW CAN SYSOPS PROTECT THEMSELVES), A GUIDE TO VMS how 10 use [J�C s VAX operating system, THE
INFINITY TRANSMITTER dll old bug explalrled. REACHING OUT ON YOUR OWN blue boXing verification, PURSUIT FOR PEOPLE --GTE
Telenet s co m pu t e r to computer link up serVice, FLASH phone If) registratIon, 800 word numbers war yame addiCt. hacker extortioniSt.
2l)()() !NFORMATION BURfAU Telenet dIrectory of lf1terestlng addresses, SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAKING Dick Tracy toys, computer
dlfectory assistance. Bell propayanda fdlns Europe �tandardlllf1y telcoms, MANY FAMILIAR TONES, AND THEY CALL US CROOKS?-- story
of.l phont� �tHt;ak WllO can I sell tllS expertise, AN INTERESTING DIVERSION call dlverters and how they are abused, MORE INFO ON
VMS second lfhtallrnent of an In depth gUide to VMS FLASH computer elections. big phone bill, Navy phreaks, phone boclth captures
flldll lE flERS BBS suyge�t!on, colleyes are a goldllllne, recommended readlflg, 2600 INFORMA liON BUREAU - - Blue Box plans. THE NEW
A[& I HOS rAGE PHONE unbelIevable dd, SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAKING hackers scare bUSinesses, DuPont bypasses telco, computer
CdlllfMlyn Info phone computp's divesiliurt' WOt'S, RSTS A TRICK OR TWO some aspects of thiS operatlny system, THE SECRET
HfVb\LED the problem Witt) 0 H � G rO;.;5 swltcil, HISTORY OF ESS, EQUAL ACCESS MAY NOT BE ""EQUAL' TO MODEMS -some
protJlelns :Ildtlnay arIse, FLASII U,IUI'lllISI attacks AT&T. feds dial It too much. little town pilOnes, Springsteen mania, LEITERS ::.ome
ddvIU', elc s and free calls Br Itlsll pilredk, blue tx) xln y gone?, CHASE BANK IS CRACKED, 2600 INFORMATION BUREAU -many Interesting
t<·�1 nllilibefs SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAKING Jvuld phones In storms, rural unequal access, police cellular phones, loll-free from where)
AT& T !O redd e II1dil, OUR V\!ISHf:.S FOR 86 ANLr BfYONU some of wllat we d like to see In the future. fUN WITH COSMOS how 10
l f1 \ erpre\ and u::,t· pdrtS 01 \!w ptlorw COfl:pdlly- c ompu t er s, FLASH French phones, racist bdf1ter, Cltyphone SURVEY reader survey
reSlJonses, 2600 INf- ,-JRM.4. T IO N BURE:.AU BBS rlwnbers SYSTFMATICALLY SPEAKING AT&. T e ITldd, Ger Ili::tn phones. super pay phone
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October, 1987 2600
We've gotten calls from New York. meet interesting people and machines,
Calls from the West Coast. and get questions answered.
Down South. For us, the important thing is
Up North. enforcement of a very basic freedom
We've had calls from England. And freedom of speech. Our boards will be
Holland. And even Africa. open to all. Users will have the right to
It seems that quite a few people from be anonymous if they choose. And
all over are interested in running privacy will be respected.
computer bulletin board systems under It's surprising that it's taken so long
the name of 2600 Magazine. And it for these very basic premises to be
looks as if this may finally be the month accepted. Computer communications
that we start to pull it together. have become a vital link for many of us
What's so important about a bulletin and one of the most important tests of
board network that spans the globe'! our Constitution in recent memory.
Well, for one thing it will be an easy way Call our office in a few weeks or
for subscribers and non-subscribers alike watch these pages for further news OR
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TO STRANGERS
CAN BE. COSTLY.
...... .. the f11ct8:
• can also be a lot 01 fun and per. The fl'Stlime � hear �, �'U '-ilformalion, ir)cIuding the actual
Iectfy sale. with � caIng phone numbers 10 catr .
spent6()¢. Ewry time after thai, the
ser'Jice. beep means �'w spent another h's a 101 01 fun 10 talk 10 strangers. but
For ju&t 20C for the fist fI1iUa, and
50¢. � can get expensiII8. So Iafk 10 ywr
10C a nWUe III. thai, � can jail
Group callinn serllice phone famity about � first Especialy if �'w
a � � wiIh other numbers ';';t with "550." The seryo go\ young adults living with you.
III'Of¥TIOU8 caIII!rs. Or � can ju&t
ices are made possible by New York Group caDng ser'Jice. Giw � a �
listen. 1ilIephone's advanced network. f'Io. '1bu may fOO ywrseIf calling
EiIher � you'I know how much gram format and content, �, strangers ywr friends.
�'nI � by a lone thai beeps come from other companies who are .
at ywr tine � fMI miruIIlS. also responsible for pIO'oIiding Il1OO1I __ ."..... __ ......-.
@ NewVorkTelephone
A NYNIDC Coqlany
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abilily, Ihrough computer prognammi na.
TIMES carried a viewpointsanicle aboul
Touch-Ione OCrvK:e thaI did New York
'There is no free 10 de tect unaulboriud use ofTOUCh-tone
service. Tbia doc:a IlOl advencly .(fecl
Telephone aD injullice and beg. a lunch. Ifyou want 1 telephone service. It limply means thallbc o
l'IIIpCIOM. company can easily 8COet&te a Jisl of
JUIl U Ihcre is 110 f.... 1undt, there IS no the speed and CUllomerl w"o are ul i n. Touch-lone
f.... ToucIHoococrvicc-and bere's why:
convenience of service--but &reo' paying for il. It can
V ndet a New York State Public Service
Ownmiuioa (PSe) tariff, anyone using
Touch·tone provided by the phone
Touch-tone, you
then aslt CIIItOmclIto pay for it.
Speed and cay diatiD& .... Ibc main �
are supposed to pay advanlqiea of TO\ICh..cone. For installCC,
company mUll pay for i t. It'l • in an emergency a TOU<:h-tone call will be
",_t-regulated price. If you use
TolJCb.(ooe, you'lc aupposcd to pay for it.
for it,' connected in only abotu nine 1CCOnd1-
venus approximately II -.... wilb
I f you amt\ payina now, you may be rotary or puIac pboIa. 11'1 .... "cJtp..,..
wed to do 10 before 10.... (AU of New connection.
York TcIcpbonc'l ralcI are rquJated by TOU<:h-Ione aervice aIIo -.hies lbe
practice nationwide. • A OllC-time record order connection
thePSC.) cuatomcr to caavcnieGalybanlt Or &bop
charge of 510.55. Thia is reasonable and
Tbcrc is -maa improper here. This is When customera pay for Touch-tone electronically u- Iiomc.
aerv"'" lhey are paying for: COvers the administrative COlt
of
the pladice tbrouahoul the United StalCl. Incidentally, and CODtraty to popular
• Cen t ra l Orfice eq u i pm en l Ihat
processing a cuslomer. requOIllo cha�
To ou r knowledge, all regulalory mytholo.y, cUltomcra do nOI. have
recognizes the elccIRlIli!: pulses thaI will service from rotary 10 TOUCI1-I_. This
commiuiona and phone companiel amWoc fast pulae T0UCb-I0ne diali...
requireCWlOlDalto pay for ToucIHonc, ..nd their calLi swilily oVer the local charge, incidentally, call lie Iptud over a
un.... they ha... it provided Ibrou... a
.. telephone ne twork. In older ... il�hina 12-1!1{!nth penO<l if dtiiflld.
a diacrctioaary 1ICI'Vico. It\ ....tandin. t ele ph one central office lhal is 10
equipment -..nder bo�.. • are n""'"" to • A recu rring IQW monthly charge of
public policy. $2.21 tllllt cov. ... the service\ ongoiri.
equipped.
The CUll....... ia required to pay for conven pul... inlo 1000. In .Ic\'lrl'nic In .eneral lerml, To uch- l one has
Touch-toac'l ....in&
.. benefits and for its switches, a more advanecd Icclmokll!Y, hell,filJ ind the lona-term equ ipmenl
become jUil what its dcaianen intended -0
inVCllalCat, mainIenan<:c and administra cuslomer digil receivera Ire needod tQ CIIII •. Thll equal.. 10 a da i l y cost of less
an incrcasinaIy uaeful ckaronM; computer
provide Touch-tone capability. than 8 cents.
tive COllI. ToucIHone capability requirca lerminal
• The labor of thelelephone people who lhe writer misled when he said "il is nol
Ipccial puIoc idcnIiflCltion equipment in There is no f.... lunch. If you wanllhe
make required equipment change), uncommon f or an area to upgrade to aft
local telephone central offICe buildinga lpeed and conveniellCC of Touch-tone,
usuaUy computer software modifications. electronic syslem and IiOOIMI Nilftheit
plus related equipment modiflClliona. you .... supposed to pay fot il.
T he fact that cer ta in Touch-lone in Ihe I_I telephone central office, plu� TeMfll-lone i\I1@flHfIIIlonaerwork.·The (Bruct /Uilmlut U 1M 6/qjJ dint/or oj
aerving equipment may "already be in· a maintenance. ftQIiI� If !hil when 1 local cenlral orr"", is mrdill "Itu/otu "" I:.ont Is/QndJOI N",,·
local central office ia a cademic . The • Th e ongoing benefits of the service convened to a modem (elcctronac) caU-
YOlkr�.)
in_ COIl 0( aucb equipmenl is that enable the Touch·tone customer (0
JCIICraily recowrod _ a number of dail calls aboul IWice as fasl aa other
yeara. This is done to make the price (If customers.
auch IICIWa aft'onIable to the ovenll The mid�nec Touch-tonc cuslomer is
CUltomcr body. This ia a Ionpaanding lhe ref ore ",,!uitod 10 pay;
the telecom informer
BY GOLDSTEIN
I
f you're thinking o f stealing a bus in greater task than originally anticipated.
Manhattan, you should know that Already, $76 million has been written off
.. unless you get around an electronic in uncollectible accounts, apparently due
anti-theft device, you1l have the words to an inability to function efficiently.
"Call Police" f1ashing in the front where Currently, there are three different
the destination usually is. A couple of Sprints in existence: the old GTE Sprint,
months ago that's exactly what the old US Tel, and the new US Sprint.
. happened. Except nobody noticed the And introducing the new fiber optic
f1ashing sign, or at least no one thought network and FON cards has added to
anything of it. It seems this guy went the pressure....Sprint is filing a number
around picking up people for free and of civil lawsuits against people who are
depositing them at their doorsteps. "All accused of long distance fraud. So far,
my life I've wanted to do this," he the lawsuits are for $20 million plus
said....We've seen surprisingly few pirate penalties and have been filed in Kansas
television transmissions recently. In fact, City and Seattle. According to Bernard
we haven't seen any. Hut in Poland, A. Bianchino, US Sprint vice president
they're becoming rather frequent-and and associate general counsel, Sprint is
popular. Most recently, a Solidarity filing lawsuits because criminal
radio station broke in on the sound prosecutors don't have the resources to
frequency of a TV broadcast to urge pursue all leads in these
Poles to shelter a Soviet army deserter cases.... Meanwhile, a really big fraudster
who was in town.... Mastercard is buying has been caught selling Sprint and MCI
the Cirrus system, which means that codes for $100 each. Thomas Alvord of
Cirrus customers will be able to use South Shore Electronics in Lake Tahoe,
Mastercard's telecommunications California allegedly used a computer to
capabilities and Mastercard will become scan for codes and even advertised his
the world's leading debit card service in the yellow pages. He used the
organillltion. This will link together name "General Bell" which showed up
about 30,000 automatic teller machines right next to Pacific Bell. Customers
starting January I, 1988....CLASS . would obtain their codes by calling a
service is being Jested in New Jersey with voice mailbox. It's believed that this one
features like Return Call, Call Block, person cost the long distance companies
Priority Call, Repeat Call, Select more than two million dollars. As long
Forward, Call Trace, and Identa Call. as they know it's not hacking....AT&T is
These features make it easier to identify now distributing free copies of a
incoming calls and to get through to business-to-business Italian yellow page
busy numbers. If any of our subscribers directory. If you have a need for Italian
have the opportunity to participate in yellow pages, call 800-538-BOOK ....In
these tests, please contact us. We have a the mood for some fun? In Washington,
whole series of ..experiments we'd like to OC, students living in college dorms
try on these features.... We may as well now can disconnect their telephone
get used to it: nationwide beepers are service without even talking to a
popping up everywhere. At a cost of $30 Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
to $60 a month, it will soon be almost representative. Bell Atlantic is testing a
impossible to be out of range.... US service called "quick termination" or
Sprint is going through hell. Combining "Q.T." A student uses a touch tone
the telephone networks and accounting phone and calls a special number any
systems of United Telecommunications time of the day or night. Voice prompts
and GTE has proven to be a much guide the caller through the entire
Networks like Telenet and Tymnet usually require an ID of some sort before
access to international numbers is granted. Watch future issues for more
numbers. Let us know if you get through to any of these.
oo w TO THE SYSTEM
2600 October, 1 987 Page 1 5
(continuedfrom page /3) READER
bas ketball, mos tly c ompu ter s . M y
Private Sector Style
parents thr eaten t o take a w ay my
compu ter which is an I B M PC if my Dear 2600 :
g r ades don' t improve and I tell them C's A fter r ead i ng the J u ne i s s u e of
ar e averagebu t they still want A's from 2600, I d ecid ed to g et r i g ht into the idea
me. The compu ter is half mine-I pu t in of pu tting u p a system that wou ld be
well over two thou sand d ollars. Well, either a network or j u s t another P r i vate
back to hacking. F irst, what are som e Sector. I already have a system u p that
approaches that I c an take in g etting has the exact same s ub-boards as the
into another c ompu ter system to Private Sector d id. I also have most of
explore it for the wealth of information you r old g - file section and almost all of
that I cou ld u se? N ext. is there a ny you r digests already on line. Pretty
d evice or g adget I can make to tell g ood ? My system has been u p since the
when my phone call is being traced ? beginning of the year. However I have
Third, I wou ld like to know if you have had nu m erou s hardwar e problems and
some of the many phone phreaking the system has been u p and d own. I ' ve
d evices kn own to u s hackers? I f so, I r aised my memory to two meg abytes
wou Id be wiI I ing to purchase them for a and now have a US R obotics 2400
r easonable fee. Als o, do you have a baud modem. I also have a 20 meg hard
prog r am called a wor m. I wou ld like it d rive with abou t 1 4 megs left.
for a B B S that s ent a logic bomb in a I was very impressed with the Private
pr og r arYi to me. This bomb wiped my Sector and I have the same ru les you
Tl's memory right out. did. N o cod es . J u s t infor mation. E ven
JS there I am r eg u lating what g oes on
If you read 2600 enough, you should ( c r ed it c ard frau d ) . If y o u or you r
get a good feel for what kind of systems read ers want to call, the nu mber is
are out there and the "wealth of 2 1 3- 559-7306 .
information" they contain. We can't We wish you luck. In the interests of
condone breaking into any of them, but freedom, don 't go overboard with
we can say that if you're determined "regulating " discussion . Keep the
and skilled. you'll most likely get into codes and passwords from being
something. Hot water, in all probability. posted. as well as anything obscene or
We know of no such device that offensive to users, but be careful with
could alert you to your phone being trying to control the flow of
traced. Perhaps some government conversation too much or you'll be
phones could do that. but we don't running a dictatorship. And if you have
think it 's possible at this stage in the private mailboxes, they should remain
game. Besides, how could it tell you private. System operators should not
that you were being traced before you read their users' mail unless that is
actually got traced? It wouldn 't do their stated policy.
much good. More on Disclaimers
The 2600 Marketplace is your best
bet for finding electronic devices. Ads Dear 2600 :
I wou ld like to comment on you r J u ly
are free to subscribers. We don 't
approve of logic bombs, but we do want
is s u e , " O n D is c l a i m e r s " . Y o u r
to show you what they look like. If
response that there is " no s u c h thing "
as a " perfect disclaimer" is not correct!
anyone has one, please send it in. (On
We have yet to be prosec u ted or s u ed
paper, please. )
over any of ou r publications . N o police
enti ty has even talked to us abou t
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them ! A M a Bel l sec u r ity type once Wa r II morse code search l ig hts were
came to my home to lectu re me on bou n ced off clouds . )
phone color boxes ( 1 98 1 ). I th rew h i m N . E . Mouse
out. End o f conversat ion !
I ' m a w a r e of a n u m b e r of c o n
British Payphones
trovers i a l B B S 's r u n b y teenagers with Dear 2600:
tw ice my 10. However, when it comes The i nformation pri nted on reusable
to effect ively d iscl a i m i ng their user B r i t i s h c a r d p h o n e s i n the J a n u a ry
f i l es, the i r 1 0's drop to room 1 987 issue of 2600 is i naccu rate. The
temperatu re . The wrong a pproach is to frauds were perpetrated by the user
q u est ion users as to pol i ce aff i l iation. i n s e rt i n g h i s c a rd i n to t h e p h o n e ,
The right a p p r o a c h is to p r e s e n t t u r n i n g i t off a n d b a c k o n a g a i n
c o n t rove r s i a l f i l es for e d u c a t i o n a l ( boot i ng) with cred its bei ng reset a nd
pu rposes on ly-even to state that no not remo.ved when a ca l l was placed.
i l l eg a l use is suggested, impl ied, or It seems that peop le a re catch i ng
i ntended. It a lso helps much to i nterm ix o n t o t h e i d e a o f by p a s s i n g t h e
pu rely i l leg a l appl ications with those payphone a ltogether by attach i ng a
that a re lega l so it ca n 't be c l a i med that h a ndset with a l l igator c l i ps to the m a i n
you r f i les h a ve n o reaso n a b l e w i re com i n g i nto t h e phone. Users of
a p p l i c a t i o n s except t h os e t h a t a r e th is method have com p l a i ned that they
i l l ega l . For exa m p l e , g reat sex ca n hear the u n it beeps com i ng down
associ ated with a p lot i s "n ecessary for the l i ne over the voi ce l i ne.
plot development" . Otherwise, it's j ust A l m os t - f r e e i n te r n a t i o n a l p h o n e
pornog raphy. c a l l s c a n be m ad e' f r o m a n y co i n
John J. Williams operated payphone i n the U n ited
Consumertronics K i n g d o m . To c a l l a n yw h e r e i n t h e
Unfortunately, a lot of those rules wor ld for approximately 30 seconds, a l l
still don't seem to apply to computer you h ave t o d o i s i nsert 1 0 pence i nto
bulletin boards, even though they are the phone a nd d i a l . When 30 seconds
i n e f f e c t ju s t a n o t h e r f o r m o f a re up, the phone w i l l sta rt beep i n g ,
publication. We feel the key lies in prompt i ng y o u t o i n sert more money to
making this connection clear to the continue the ca l l .
. people inside and outside the computer C h a rges for ca l ls from payphones
world don 't go th roug h the operator, but loop
b a c k to t h e p a y p h o n e a f t e r t h e
A nd More
computer f i g u res out where you are
Dear 2600: ca l l i ng to. T h i s p rocess usually tCitkes
I n response to "MAC???", the perfect more than 30 seconds depend i ng on
BBS d i sc l a imer is fou n d in the B i ll of where you a re located in relation to an
R i g h t s -t h e . r i g h t t o p e a c e a b l y excha nge .
assemble, freedom of press, etc. This, John Drake
e n d i n g w i t h a n ot e on w h a t a r e
forbidden activities (dea l i ng i n drugs or
c h i ld pornog raphy) a long with a
wa r n i ng that a nyon e i n violation i s
endanger i ng the board a nd w i l l be
ba n n ed , wo u l d be a n a d e q u a t e
d iscl a i m e r . To J D : Why not bou nce a
laser off a cloud at n ig ht? ( D u r i ng Wor ld
§O
subjects d o n 't t h i n k of t h i s device a s
i n t ru s i ve a t a l l . I t w i l l b e used m o re and
D a ty.pesetting error that we sti l l haven't
more i n the fu t u re , t hey sa y . " E ve ry day
figured out , a portion of last month's article on
a n America n wa kes up, he o r she i s less
telephone operators was omitted . The missing
free a s fa r a s private i n fo rma t i o n is
portion , which should have appeared three l ines
co nce rned , " sa ys Ed wa rd s . " P ri vacy is .
from the bottom of page 6 , colllffilil 1 , reads :
be i ng i nvaded � n a w h o le sa le bas i s . "
"'959 is not a valid exchange. So instead of
Computerized t ra c k i ng in t h i s c o u n t ry
getting a coin test, you wind up will! a recording.
now beg i n s at age five , when c h i ld ren "'
• It seems tha t in some older offices, New
c la imed a s dependents m u s t a p p l y for a
York Telephone has calls routed in such a way
S oc i a l Sec u r i t y number. That numbe r
tha t if a 0+ call is made and the area code is a
becomes t h e i r na me . O ne F B I system i s
valid out-of-LA TA area code (9 1 4, 30 1 , 4 1 5,
named Big Floyd . I t p l o t s re la t io n s h i p s
2 1 5, 503, 7 1 4, 4 12, etc. ), the call goes to an
between people entered i n t o a c rime d a ta
A T& T TSPS. A ll area codes (NPA 's) in New York
ba n k a nd d raws a g ra p h of t h ose
City go to the TOPS. This includes valid New
re la t i onsh i p s . It then revea l s i f t he
York City LA TA area codes ( 7 1 8, 5 1 6, 2 1 2) ". . . .
suspects seem to have v i o la ted labor
And that wasn't al l . Simple human error led to
rac ketee r i ng sta t u t e s . The I R S is
two fouled up phone numbers last month . One
i n te rested i n a s i m i l a r a rra ngeme n t .
was the number for the Mainstreet Data BBS on
W h e re i s i t a l l iead i ng'! . . . . lhe S tate
the letters page, column 1 . The number should be
U n iversity o f � ew Y o rk a t B u ffa lo has
61 9-439-6624 . The other number appeared in
ad o p ted new computer met h od s to
. the first ad of the 2600 Marketplace. That
concea l the identity of read ing ma tena l
number should be 5 1 4-288-6 731 . We hope these
its students bo rro w . In :\i ovember I !JX 6 .
m istakes didn't cause anyone undue stress and
t h e u n ivers i t y refused a n F B I re4 uest fo r
we can only hope that simi lar occurrences don't
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Lag u n a N ig u e l , CA 92677- 1 6 1 8 . p l a ce ! T h e 2600 M a rketp l a ce i s f r e e t o
DO Y O U HAVE o l d o u tdated computer s u bsc r i bers ! J u st s e n d u s w h a tever you
eq u i pm e n t lying a ro u n d gath e r i ng d u st ? want to say ( w i t h o u t m a k i ng i t too l o ng ) a n d
W h y n o t d o n a t e i t t o 2 6 00 ' s g r ow i n g we ' l l p r i n t i t ! O n l y p eo p l e p l ea s e , no
b u l l et i n boa rd n etwo r k ? S u pport f reedom of b u s i nesse s ! Add r e s s : 2 6 00 Ma rketplace,
speech in yo u r t i m e ! Contact 2600 a t ( 5 1 6 ) P O Box 9 9 , M i d d l e I s l a n d , N Y 1 1 9 5 3 .
7 5 1 - 2 600 o r w r i te 2600, P O Box 7 5 2 , I n c l ude you r address l a be l .
M id d l e I s l a nd , NY 1 1 9 5 3 . D O C U M E NTAT I O N o n e l ectron i c & d i g ita l
FOR SALE : SWTPC Model CT-82 P B X ' s a nd switc h i ng system s . Wi l l i n g to
I n te l l igent v i deo term i n a I . Comp lete Iy t r a d e / p u r c h a se . Also looki ng for B e l l
p r og r a m m a b l e ( 1 5 0 s e p a r a t e f u n c t i o n s ) . System Practices a nd other such
R S - 2 3 2 C & p a ra l l e l p r i nter ports, f u l l ASC I I p a r a p h e r n a l i a . W r i te to B i l l , c/o 2600, PO
keyboa rd w / c u rsor control p a d , 9 " P- 3 1 Box 7 5 2 B , M idd l e I s l a n d , N Y 1 1 95 3 .
C RT w/ 7x 1 2 dot m a t r i x- u p to 9 2 col u m n 3 2 K M O D E L 1 00 , U 1 - Rom I I , d r ive, TS
c a pa b i l ity, 3 2 b a u d rates t o 3 8 , 400- m u c h D O S , spreadsheet. modem cables, AC
more. Exce l lent cond ition with f u l l a d a ptors, b r i efcase i n c l uded, good
doc u m e n ta t i o n . O r i g i n a l ly $ 800, sel l for c o n d i t i o n , $ 1 200 . N e w , m a k e a n o f f e r .
$ 1 2 5 o r best offe r . B e r n i e S p i n d e l , 1 44 W Ta ndy 2000 ve r s i o n of Word Perfect 4 . 0
E a g l e R d . , S u ite 1 08, H a ve rton , PA 1 9083 . $ 1 50 o r t r a d e for 1 200 o r 2 4 00 b a u d
FOR SALE : COMMODORE 8-BIT exte r n a l m ode m . I BM PC & XT & AT vers i o n
R O B O T I C S K I T by F i sc h e rt e c h n i k . A l l of WordPe rfect 4 . 1 a nd M a t h P l a n 2 . 1 . $ 2 50
h a rdwa re, i n te rface, softwa re a n d m a n u a l s or trade for 1 200 or 2400 baud exte r n a l
i nc l uded. M i nt cond i t i o n . $ 3 9 9 . S e n d phone m ode m . Ca l l (803) 244 - 6429 or (803) 2 3 3 -
# to : Box 5 7 1 , Forest H i l l s , N Y 1 1 3 7 5 . 5 7 5 3 . A s k f o r Pa u l .
B E S T H AC K E R A N D P H R EA K E R written WA N T E D : Look i n g for a g ood u sed 5 o r 1 0
p u b l i c dom a i n softwa re for t h e App l e I I m e g a byte h a rd d r ive for t h e App l e I I se r i e s
f a m i l y . Two d o u b l e s ided d i skettes f u l l of of c o m p u t e r s . I f you a re se l l i n g one or k n ow
com m u n i c a t i o n a n d dep rotect lon u t i l i t i e s . of a n yone t h a t is t h e n send rep l ies to : B r i a n
T h e s e prog r a m s w e r e com bed f r o m t h e best F . , 1 003 W . M a i n , Apt . 3 , Ottawa , I L 6 1 350.
B B S a nd c l ubs n a t i o n w i d e . Send $ 1 0 ca s h , TA I WA N ! A l l Ta i w a n c o m p u t e r s a n d
c h e c k , o r M O t o M a rk B , 1 48 6 M u rphy Rd . , accesso r i es a va i l a b l e for d i rect s h i pment
W i l m i ngton, O H 45 1 7 7 - 9 3 3 8 . for cost plus s h i pp i ng plus 3% ( q u a n t i t i es of
WA NTE D : Tec h n i c a l d a t a for pay phones, 50 o r more). G i l e s , PO Box 1 2 5 6 6 , E I Paso,
dot m a t r i x p r i n t e r s , a n d / o r m o d e m s . TX 7 99 1 3 .
Look i n g f o r s c h e m a t i c s a n d t h e ory of 2600 M E ET I N G S . F r i d a ys from 5 - 8 pm at
opera t i o n . Ca l l ( 205 ) 2 9 3 - 6 33 3 / 6 395, 7 t o t h e C i t i corp C e n t e r in t h e M a rket- 1 5 3 East
4 C S T . A s k f o r A i r m a n Pa roc h e l l s . C a n not 5 3 rd Street , N ew York C i t y . Come by, drop
accept col lect ca l l s . off a rt i c l es , a s k q ue st i o n s . Quest i o n s ? Ca l l
TA P BAC K I S S U E S-com p l ete set (vo l . 1 - 5 1 6 - 7 5 1 - 2 600 .
84) of h i g h q u a l ity copies s h i pped v i a UPS or FOR SALE : Ex-Be l l blue boxes, old a nd
f i rst class m a i l for $ 1 0000 Over 400 pages sty l i s h , may eve n wor k ! Also a wide
of TAP mater i a l i n c l ud i ng s c h e m a t i cs and
range of old Be l l com m s eq u i pment.
spec i a l reports . C h ecks/ M . O . to " P . E . I . "
C a l l ( 5 1 4) 288- 673 1 a nd ask for R ick
C a s h , M . O . s h i pped s a m e d a y . SASE for
for deta i ls .
sa m p l e . Pete G , P.O. Box 4 6 3 , M t . La u r e l ,
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976-2424 Sports
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cal ls a day times 30 days) . They' l l eam 21 ,000 970-4848 • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lesbian 5exlire (originates In Seattle)
970-7272 Slbnissive 5exlire (onginates in Seattle)
times 3 . 5 cents or $735 . Then they'll be hit with a
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The good news is that this is a much lower 540-5400 . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . .. . . Jeanne Dixoo's Horosc.ope
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charge-back level than ever befure . Telco wants 540-5050 � • • � _ • • �
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