| ==Phrack Inc.== | |
| Volume Three, Issue Thirty-Three, File 7 of 13 | |
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| || P h r e a k i n g || | |
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| || G e r m a n y || | |
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| || by || | |
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| || -=+Ninja Master+=- || | |
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| || of || | |
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| || -[The Hellfire Club]- || | |
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| Phreaking in Germany at this moment is at an all time high. The main reason is | |
| because of the German reunification. Most, if not all, of the equipment in | |
| Germany is still mechanical (especially on the former Communist side). So | |
| Boxing is VERY easy to do, as are line taps. | |
| Tracing on the other hand, is still hard to do. This is because with the | |
| mechanical switches they need many technicians who look at the switches and | |
| follow the wires on their own. They usually don't know where the wire leads, | |
| so they have to physically follow the wire to trace it. | |
| There are two main ways of phreaking in Germany at the moment. One is Boxing | |
| and the other is through Cordless Phones, both of which I will describe. | |
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| || Boxing || | |
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| Boxing in Germany is somewhat similar to the US, but I will describe to you | |
| the whole process. | |
| Most boxing in Germany is started with a call to a toll free number (most of | |
| which produce a connection to a firm in the US, AT&T.) To initiate the call, | |
| you dial 0130 - 81 and the number. Germany's toll free net starts with 0130. | |
| 81 is for connection to the US. You wait for the connection, and blast the | |
| dissconect signal. As we all know, in the US it's 2600 Hz, but in Germany it's | |
| a mixture of 2400 and 2600 Hz. After that, you send a single 2400 Hz frequency | |
| to hold the line. Then you decide if you want a local US call, or an | |
| International call. Don't forget, you are connected to the US now, so it looks | |
| as if anything out of it as International, even though your calling from | |
| Germany. Calls within the US are done normally, with KP+0+AC+NNNNNNN. | |
| To make the international call, it's KP2+internalional code+0+number. | |
| You have to drop the zero though from the number you care calling. For | |
| example, in Germany all numbers start with a 02366. | |
| One big difference between boxing in the US and Germany, are the laws. In | |
| Germany, they look very strictly at data-security, but the laws are not clear | |
| in | |
| the area of phreaking. No one knows if a phreak is really stealin something | |
| from the German phone company, since he is using a normal phone number. This | |
| may sound stupid to us, but that's how they view it. Phreaks getting busted | |
| for in Germany is usually a rare occassion, if ever. | |
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| || Cordless Phones || | |
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| When I am refering to "cordless phones", I'm not talking about portable phones | |
| in the cellular phone system. I'm talking about simple cordless phones that | |
| you have in your home. Cordless phones broadcast on a speciffic radio | |
| frequency (around 46MHz) to a "base unit" that is connected to the wall jack. | |
| What the you do now is put a long antenna on the roof of your car. Then | |
| connect the antenna to your handset. The length of the antenna is usually | |
| best around 1.5 meters long. You only need the handset, because you are going | |
| to be connecting to another persons base, but make sure the batteries in the | |
| handset are fully charged. Now, the next step is to drive around in your car, | |
| until you hear a free line. Then, mearly call anywhere you like! Usually you | |
| have to situate yourself, and find where the best postion is to recieve the | |
| signal clearly, and that the person who's base your connected to can't see you. | |
| One reason this works quite well, is because most cordless phones in Germany | |
| don't have the code feature that is so prominent here (where you can | |
| select a scrambling code on the handset and base). | |
| One of the incentives to phreak in this manner is because, cordless phones | |
| being illegal, the person, who's dial tone you used, would much rather pay a | |
| few high long distance bills than the even higher fines for geting caught with | |
| a cordless phone. | |
| Cordless phones are forbidden in Germany, although you can buy them almost | |
| anywhere. What is illegal is to physically connect them to the phone | |
| system. The phone company there actually searches for people with cordless | |
| phones, by using a specially equiped van. Once they find that you have a | |
| cordless phone connected, they come with two policmen and a search warrant. | |
| You can be charged with anything from illegal connection of nontested equipment | |
| to forging of a document. | |
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| || Conclusion || | |
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| Well, I hope this gave you a little bit of understanding of how disorganized | |
| the phone system is in over there, and gave you a few helpfull hints in case | |
| you ever happen to find yourself in Germany. | |
| If you have any comments, corrections, or additions, you can reach me through | |
| Phrack, or the following boards: | |
| Lightning Systems 9th Dimension | |
| 414-363-4282 818-783-5320 | |
| Until next time! | |
| -=+Ninja Master+=- | |
| -[The Hellfire Club]- | |
| "Tell Telco We're Phreaking, Phreaking USA!" | |
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