| ==Phrack Inc.== | |
| Volume Three, Issue Thirty-Three, File 1 of 13 | |
| Issue XXXIII Index | |
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| P H R A C K 3 3 | |
| September 15, 1991 | |
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| ~Technology for Survival~ | |
| On December 24, 1989, Taran King and I released the 30th issue of Phrack | |
| and began to prepare for the new decade. The future of Phrack seemed bright | |
| and full of great potential. A few weeks later, Phrack was shut down by the | |
| United States Secret Service as part of a large scale attack on the world | |
| famous hacking group, the Legion of Doom. | |
| The legend of Phrack died... or did it? Several months later, a | |
| newsletter called Phrack and listed as issue 31 appeared under the editorship | |
| of Doc Holiday. Of course it was not the original Doc Holiday from Tennessee, | |
| but instead one of the founding members of Comsec Data Security, Scott Chasin. | |
| It may have called itself Phrack, but it wasn't. | |
| On November 17, 1990, another attempt was made to resurrect Phrack. | |
| Crimson Death and Doc Holiday were back to try again, this time calling their | |
| product "Phrack Classic." That issue was not absolutely terrible, but the tone | |
| behind the articles was misplaced. The introduction itself showed a lack of | |
| responsibility and maturity at a time when it was needed most. To complicate | |
| matters, Crimson Death failed to produce another issue of Phrack Classic until | |
| September 1, 1991, almost 10 months later. This lack of predictability and | |
| continuity has become too much of a burden on the hacker community. | |
| I am proud to announce that a new era of Phrack has thus begun. The new | |
| Phrack is listed as Phrack 33 despite the Phrack Classic issue of September | |
| 1st. To help ease the transition, the new Phrack staff has borrowed files | |
| from the PC 33 so they are chronicled correctly. Even Crimson Death has agreed | |
| that it is once again time to pass the torch. | |
| The new Phrack editor is Dispater and other people involved in working on | |
| this issue include Ninja Master, Circuit, and The Not. Of course they are | |
| always looking for help and good articles. The new Phrack will be run slightly | |
| different than the old. The kind of information likely to be found in Phrack | |
| will not change drastically, but Phrack is intended for people to learn about | |
| the types of vulnerabilities in systems that some hackers might be likely to | |
| exploit. If you are concerned about your system being disrupted by computer | |
| intruders, allow the hackers who write for Phrack to point out some flaws you | |
| might wish to correct. Phrack still strongly supports the free exchange of | |
| information and will never participate in censorship except when it would be | |
| necessary to protect an individual's personal privacy. There is a delicate | |
| balance to be found in this arena and hopefully it can be discovered. Be | |
| patient and do not judge the new Phrack without really giving it a chance to | |
| work out the bugs. | |
| I've said my piece, now it is time to turn over the reigns to Dispater. | |
| I wish him the best of luck, and for you the readers, I hope you enjoy the new | |
| Phrack as much as you have enjoyed the previous. | |
| Sincerely, | |
| :Knight Lightning (kl@STORMKING.COM) | |
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| A few words from Dispater: | |
| Phrack will be introducing a new regular column similar to a "letters to | |
| the editor" section. It will be featured as the second file in each issue, | |
| beginning with issue 34. Any questions, comments, or problems that you the | |
| reader would like to air with Phrack publically will be answered there. | |
| I'd really like to thank Crimson Death for his cooperation in helping us | |
| get Phrack started again. He is one of the coolest hackers I have met. We | |
| could not have done it without him. Other important people to mention are the | |
| The Monk and Twisted Pair. | |
| Thanks to Tuc, Phrack will soon be using an Internet listserver. See | |
| Phrack 34 for more details. Phrack will also be found on various anonymous FTP | |
| sites across the Internet, including the anonymous ftp site at EFF.ORG, a Unix | |
| machine operated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an organization to | |
| which we at Phrack respect. It can also be found at the anonymous ftp site at | |
| CS.WIDENER.EDU | |
| Off the Internet, we hope to establish several bulletin board systems | |
| as archive sites including Digital Underground (812)941-9427, which is operated | |
| by The Not. Submissions or letters to Phrack can be made there or on the | |
| Internet by sending mail to "phracksub@STORMKING.COM". | |
| The new format will be a little more professional. This is because I | |
| have no desire to find myself in court one day like Knight Lightning. However, | |
| I have no intention of turning Phrack Inc. into some dry industry journal. | |
| Keeping things lite and entertaining is one of the ways that I was attracted | |
| to Phrack. I think most people will agree that there is a balance of fun | |
| and business to be maintained. If this balance is not met, you the reader, | |
| will get bored and so will I! | |
| Check out Phrack World News Special Edition IV for the "details" on | |
| CyberView '91, the SummerCon-ference hosted by Knight Lightning that took place | |
| this past summer in St. Louis, Missouri. | |
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| Phrack XXXIII Table of Contents | |
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| 1. Introduction to Phrack 33 by Knight Lightning and Dispater | |
| 2. Phrack Profile of Shooting Shark by Crimson Death | |
| 3. A Hacker's Guide to the Internet by The Gatsby | |
| 4. FEDIX On-Line Information Service by Fedix Upix | |
| 5. LATA Referance List by Infinite Loop | |
| 6. International Toll Free Code List by The Trunk Terminator | |
| 7. Phreaking in Germany by Ninja Master | |
| 8. TCP/IP: A Tutorial Part 1 of 2 by The Not | |
| 9. A REAL Functioning RED BOX Schematic by J.R."Bob" Dobbs | |
| 10. Phrack World News Special Edition IV (CyberView '91) by Bruce Sterling | |
| 11. PWN/Part01 by Crimson Death | |
| 12. PWN/Part02 by Dispater | |
| 13. PWN/Part03 by Dispater | |
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