==Phrack Inc.== Volume Four, Issue ThirtyEight, File 1 of 15 Issue XXXVIII Index P H R A C

Go to Human Rights activist Keith Henson

Skeptic Tank!

==Phrack Inc.== Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Eight, File 1 of 15 Issue XXXVIII Index ___________________ P H R A C K 3 8 April 20, 1992 ___________________ "Countdown to SummerCon '92" "Get ready for the biggest and best computer hacker PARTY conference of the year!" Phrack Inc. is proud to be the official sponsor of the 6th Annual SummerCon, but this year is something different. The date and location for this year's Summer Conference are for those with a need to know. SummerCon is a private party, its for our friends, and its our business and nobody elses'. Events from our past have made it necessary to keep the important specifics under wraps, so our theme this year is privacy. Would be informants, ignorant and biased security professionals, and little malicious rodent hackers can forget about receiving an invitation. We are making a list and checking it twice. If you would like to receive an invitation and details about SummerCon then send mail to "summer@stormking.com". Meanwhile, back at Phrack... It appears that Phrack is getting VERY popular. At last count we had well over 700 people directly subscribed to the Phrack Mailing List. However, some people aren't overjoyed at Phrack's popularity. In recent postings to EFF newsgroups, complaints have been lodged that people downloading Phrack from "ftp.eff.org" account for more than 1/3 of all ftp traffic on that site. Some people at EFF have even suggested that Phrack be removed completely from their system. When the high and mighty defenders of Knight Lightning's First Amendment rights begin to balk, what does that say to the community at large about EFF and their agenda? In this issue of Phrack we feature "Cellular Telephony" by Brian Oblivion! Brian tells us to expect more files on this topic from him in the near future, but for now we can start with this very substantial taste. Additionally, this issue will wrap up Black Kat's 3-part series on VAX/VMS and Dispater's 2-part defense manual for police radar. Rambone is back with his second file on the Pirate community and Datastream Cowboy picks up where Taran King left off in Phrack 30 with Network Miscellany. And if that wasn't enough, Mycroft brings us a file on Wide Area Information Services (WAIS). Subtitled "How Do I Use It and Why Should I Care?" It tells you about the service in general and gives directions for using WAIS to review Phrack. Another spotlight file in this issue is "Standing Up To Fight The Bells." Knight Lightning brings forth a message and a warning about what is happening right now in the Congress and Senate of the United States, where the Bell Operating Companies are seeking to hold on to yet another monopoly to control. Be prepared to act and act fast or live forever with the consequences -- the future of information services controlled by Ma Bell. And finally the full details of Computers, Freedom, & Privacy II appear both in a special file by Max Nomad and in two smaller articles in Phrack World News (part 3). We're back and we're Phrack. Enjoy reading it because we enjoy writing it! Chief Editor: Dispater (dispater@stormking.com) Staff: Datastream Cowboy Digital Disciple NetLink Takkel Genius The Public - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Table Of Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Introduction by Dispater 06K 2. Phrack Loopback by Phrack Staff 12K 3. Phrack Pro-Phile on Aristotle by Dispater 06K 4. Pirates' Cove by Rambone 23K 5. Network Miscellany IV by Datastream Cowboy 30K 6. Beating The Radar Rap Part 2 of 2 by Dispater 15K 7. Users Guide to VAX/VMS Part 3 of 3 by Black Kat 46K 8. Wide Area Information Services by Mycroft 11K 9. Cellular Telephony by Brian Oblivion 28K 10. Standing Up To Fight The Bells by Knight Lightning 27K 11. The Digital Telephony Proposal by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 34K 12. PWN Special Report VI on CFP-2 by Max Nomad 18K 13. PWN/Part 1 by Dispater and Datastream Cowboy 34K 14. PWN/Part 2 by Dispater and Datastream Cowboy 32K 15. PWN/Part 3 by Dispater and Datastream Cowboy 33K Total: 355K _______________________________________________________________________________ ==Phrack Inc.== Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Eight, File 2 of 15 [-=:< Phrack Loopback >:=-] By Phrack Staff Phrack Loopback is a forum for you, the reader, to ask questions, air problems, and talk about what ever topic you would like to discuss. This is also the place Phrack Staff will make suggestions to you by reviewing various items of note; magazines, software, catalogs, hardware, etc. _______________________________________________________________________________ Terminus Is Free ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Len Rose has been released from prison as of March 23, 1992. Those wishing to write him and send him U.S. mail: Len Rose Salvation Army Freedom Center 105 Ashland Chicago, Illinois 60607 He will remain at this address until May 23, 1992. _______________________________________________________________________________ Date: March 4, 1992 From: Sarlo To: Phrack Staff Subject: Loopback Correction While scanning the loopback section of Issue 37, I came across this letter: >:: Fed Proof Your BBS, NOT! :: > > I'm sure many of you have seen text files on making your BBS more secure. >One such file floating around is by Babbs Boy of Midnight Society. One of the >members of our Phrack Staff showed this document to EFF's Mike Godwin, who is >an attorney. He had the following comments: >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >From: Mike Godwin >To: Phrack Inc. > >(In regards to some of the files about how to "fed-proof" your BBS:) > >> Let's start with the log on screen: If FEDZ want anything from your board, >> they are required to provide 100% accurate information. > >This is false. Ask the legislators who've been convicted in "sting" >operations. In fact, so far as I can tell in a brief run-through of this >document, absolutely no part of the so-called "legal" advice is true. > >Law enforcement agents who misrepresent their identities (e.g., "undercover >agents") produce admissible evidence all the time. > >--Mike Allow me to clear some things up. Babbs' Boy was a friend of mine a while back and was more of a Game Programmer than a "hacker" (or "cracker," if you want to be anal about it). Babbs' Boy was NEVER in MsU. He had asked me if he could write a file for the group. We informed him that he could if he wanted to, but he could in no way represent us. According to Babbs' Boy, he retrieved the information from a copy of the ECPA. Since we were not releasing that as a MsU file, we never bothered to check any of the said information out. In fact, MsU does not create files for public display, although individual members may. Apparently Babbs' Boy uploaded his copy of the document to Ripco, in which it went wideband from there. I am told that 3 other documents were released in MSU's name, by someone using one of my very old handles of Raistlin. I can assure you that these documents were not released by any legitimate (old or current) member of Midnight Society Underground. Again, to clear things up, Babbs' is not nor ever was a member of MsU, nor are there any legitimate public releases from our group. Besides, we don't let people in the group who spell Feds "FEDZ" ..the shit just ain't done. Sarlo of Midnight Society Underground [MsU] sarlo@gagme.chi.il.us _______________________________________________________________________________ Date: March 22, 1992 From: "Michael E. Marotta" Subject: Censorship in Cyberspace To: Phrack Staff I have been hired to write an article about the control of information in cyberspace. We all know that Fidonet moderators and sysops devote their OWN resources for us to use. There is no question about the "right" of the sysop or moderator to delete messages and users. The practice of censorship is nonetheless newsworthy. If YOU have experienced censorship on Fidonet or Usenet, Prodigy or CompuServe, or another BBS or network, I am interested in learning about your story. If you can supply downloads of actual encounters, so much the better. If you have ever been censored, send me physical world mail about the event. Michael E. Marotta 5751 Richwood #34 Lansing, Mich. 48911 _______________________________________________________________________________ Dear Phrack Staff, There are very serious negative consequences surrounding the use of modems and computers in our society. Because of this, all children under the age of 18 should be prohibited from using a computer in connection with a modem or that is connected to any computer service. Please read my attached news release and join me in spreading this message. -- Ron Hults - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NEWS RELEASE March 18, 1992 PEDOPHILIA, COMPUTERS, AND CHILDREN If you have children in your home and a home computer complete with a telephone modem, your child is in potential danger of coming in contact with deviant and dangerous criminals. Using the computer modem, these unsavory individuals can communicate directly with your child without your knowledge. Just as importantly, you should be concerned if your child has a friendship with other youth who has access to this equipment in an unsupervised environment. Using a computer and a modem, your child can readily access community "bulletin boards" and receive sexually explicit and graphic material from total strangers who can converse with your children, individuals you quite probably wouldn't even talk with. The concern becomes more poignant when stated otherwise; would you let a child molester, murderer, or convicted criminal into your home to meet alone with your child? According to Fresno Police Detective Frank Clark, "your child can be in real danger from pedophiles, rapists, satanic cultists and other criminals known to be actively engaged in computer conversation. Unwittingly, naive children with a natural curiosity can be victimized; emerging healthy sexual feelings of a child can be subverted into a twisted, unnatural fetish affecting youth during a vulnerable time in their lives." It is anticipated that parents, when armed with the knowledge that this activity exists and awareness that encounters with such deviant individuals can result in emotional and psychological damage to their child, will take appropriate measures to eliminate the possibility of strangers interacting with their children via a computer. For Further Information, contact Ron Hults (209)498-4568 _______________________________________________________________________________ Date: March 30, 1992 From: Anonymous To: Knight Lightning Subject: Thanks Dear Knight Lightning, I would like to thank you for the message you wrote to Dale (scumbag) Drew. Although the fact is that he will only be slightly inconvenienced by having to dig up issues of Phrack on his own instead of having them delivered to his mailbox, his being refused to be added to the mailing list means a lot more. If I were him, I would consider it a slap in the face (since it seems almost as bad, IMO, as being blacklisted). :) May he run into 10 homosexual wrestlers in a dark alley. _______________________________________________________________________________ Review of Intertek Winter 1992 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 325 Ellwood Beach, #3 Subscription Rates: Goleta, CA 93117 US : 4 issues (2 year) $14.00. Internet: steve@cs.ucsb.edu OS : 4 issues (2 year) $18.20. Phone: 805-685-6557 Back issues : $5.00 ea. by Dispater Intertek is the *SHARPEST* looking 'zine I've seen yet that directly addresses the world of cyberspace. It's not "high res" color or artsy-fartsy like Mondo 2000, but it is at least more interesting to read as a whole. I think it looks better and is more direct and to the point. You don't have to wade through a bunch of trash to get to something interresting. This issue of Intertek focused on "virtual communities." The topics included: "Bury USENET," "Electropolis (IRC)," "Social Organization of the Computer Underground" by Gordon Meyer, "Real World Kerberos," and "Mudding: Social Phenomena in Text-Based Virtual Realities." Every issue also contains the top news tidbits about some truly high-tech achievements that go unnoticed by the mainstream media (I guess the Mike Tyson trial gets more ratings, huh?). All in all, it was much more interesting to me than the last issue (Volume 3.2). It's magazines like this that I hope will help make the mainstream media obsolete. If you are looking for "how-to" techie projects or hacking tips, this is NOT for you! Many hackers I know don't like it and think it's boring as hell; 2600 and Phrack it isn't. However, if you are interested in the "big picture" of the cyberspace (what ever that means! :) or are, say, interested in studying cyberspace from an uninvolved level, this is the magazine for you. Intertek is full of social insight into what makes the cyberspace tick. It does this much better than the feeble attempts other magazines have made. For only $7.00 a year, I think it's worth it. _______________________________________________________________________________ Hacking in Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By The Cure Australia has been very sparse after my BBS (Micromation) was closed down. A lot of people took it as a warning, and closed up shop as well. The Amiga warez BBSes still continue to flourish, as do some IBM ones. Because of the expense of phone lines ($300 installation of a line, $250 per year rental [in American dollars]) we tend to have a lot of BBSes that are dual purpose, i.e. both warez and phreak. Devastation Phase One is a great example: huge Amiga/ IBM/phreak/etc. I, however, was devoted to phreak/hack/etc. We did have a few busts actually, and the police were called in to trace all calls through Vicnet and some people I know were caught. We've got a few warez-monger type people here that have been busted for "pitting" (climbing into telecom phone pits, and hooking up straight to the lines) - and I had my knuckles rapped by my university. Phoenix's court case still hasn't been settled (he's had 35 of the 47 charges against him dropped). Comserve has finally made it down under, and they're footing the bill for the first year, allowing us to be on Comserve in the States for a while. Our telephone company (Telecom) is a government monopoly, and we've only just passed legislation to allow competition. The first carrier allowed will be a company called Optus. Call waiting, conferencing, etc. is almost standard here now. _______________________________________________________________________________ Censorship in Iowa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Mike Begley Hi. I got your name from Erik Bloodaxe. He said you might be able to help us out with a minor problem we're having here. The computation center at Iowa State University will very soon institute a policy of censorship of a number of groups of questionable nature, specifically the alt.sex hierarchy, alt.drugs, and a few other similar groups. I wish to conduct a survey of the users of our computer system, but the university specificly prohibits mass mailings. I'm frightened by censorship, and I want to fight this as best I can. If you would be able to do this favor for us, you would be helping to fight electronic censorship and suppression of free expression. _______________________________________________________________________________ Phrack FTP Sites ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ quartz.rutgers.edu (128.6.60.6) mc.lcs.mit.edu (18.26.0.179) Location: /pub/computer/law Location: /its/ai/digex mintaka.lcs.mit.edu (18.26.0.36) coombs.anu.edu.au (130.56.96.2) Location: /telecom-archives Location: /inbound wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) ftp.eff.org (192.88.144.4) Location: /doc/policy/pub/cud/Phrack Location: /pub/cud/Phrack nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100) cs.dal.ca (129.173.4.5) Location: /pub/doc/phrack Location: /pub/comp.archives chsun1.spc.uchicago.edu (128.135.46.7) ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9) Location: /pub/cud/phrack Location: /tmp rascal.ics.utexas.edu (128.83.138.20) relay.cs.toronto.edu (128.100.3.6) Location: /misc/ra/sa/ULM.DE Location: /doc/telecom-archives aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de (134.95.132.2) Location: /pub/usenet/comp.archives/hackers/journals titania.mathematik.uni-ulm.de (134.60.66.21) Location: /info src.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.3.7) Location: /usenet/comp.archives/hackers/journals bric-a-brac.apple.com (130.43.2.3) Location: /pub/stud_reps faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (131.188.31.3) Location: /portal/mounts/cyber/pcd/freeware2/magazine srawgw.sra.co.jp (133.137.4.3) Location: /.a/sranha-bp/arch/arch/comp.archives/hackers/sites _______________________________________________________________________________ What's Your NPA These Days? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> <> <> <> AREA CODE SPLITS OF 1991 <> <> Researched and Collected <> <> by <> <> <> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> BALTIMORE, MARYLAND C&P Telephone Company Report for 301 NPA Split NXXs Converting to NPA 410 205 208 213 221 222 224 225 226 228 232 233 234 235 237 239 242 243 244 247 250 252 254 255 256 257 260 263 265 266 267 268 269 272 273 275 276 278 280 281 282 284 285 287 288 289 290 291 296 298 307 312 313 316 319 321 323 325 326 327 328 329 332 333 335 337 338 339 342 343 346 347 348 351 352 354 355 356 357 358 360 361 362 363 364 366 367 368 370 374 376 377 378 379 381 382 383 385 388 389 391 392 393 396 397 398 404 425 426 429 433 435 437 438 440 442 444 446 448 450 452 455 456 457 458 461 462 465 466 467 471 472 476 477 479 481 482 483 484 485 486 488 489 494 514 515 516 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 541 542 543 544 546 547 548 549 550 551 553 554 555 556 557 558 560 561 562 563 566 569 573 574 575 576 578 581 583 584 586 591 592 594 597 602 605 612 613 614 623 624 625 626 628 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 641 642 643 644 646 647 648 651 653 655 658 659 661 664 665 666 667 668 669 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 679 682 683 684 685 686 687 691 692 693 712 715 719 720 721 723 726 727 728 730 732 734 740 741 742 744 745 747 748 749 750 751 752 754 755 756 757 758 760 761 764 765 766 768 771 775 778 780 781 783 784 785 787 788 789 792 793 795 796 798 799 806 813 819 820 821 823 825 827 828 830 832 833 835 836 837 838 841 844 848 849 850 857 859 860 861 866 867 873 875 876 877 879 880 882 883 885 886 887 889 892 893 896 906 915 920 922 923 928 931 936 938 939 941 943 944 945 947 950 954 955 956 957 960 962 964 965 966 968 969 971 974 976 978 979 987 988 991 992 993 995 996 997 998 999 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Pacific Bell Customer Report For 415 NPA Split NXXs Converting to NPA 510 204 208 210 215 222 223 226 228 229 231 233 234 235 236 237 238 245 248 251 253 254 256 261 262 263 264 265 268 269 271 272 273 275 276 277 278 279 283 284 287 293 294 295 297 298 302 307 309 310 313 317 339 351 352 356 357 370 372 373 374 376 385 410 412 414 416 417 419 420 422 423 425 426 427 428 429 430 432 436 437 438 439 440 443 444 446 447 448 449 451 452 455 458 460 462 463 464 465 466 471 475 481 482 483 484 486 487 489 490 498 504 509 _______________________________________________________________________________ ==Phrack Inc.== Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Eight, File 3 of 15 ==Phrack Pro-Phile== Written by Dispater Created by Taran King (1986) Welcome to Phrack Pro-Phile. Phrack Pro-Phile is created to bring info to you, the users, about old or highly important/controversial people. This month, I bring to you the original of the controversial New TAP Magazine. Aristotle ~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________________________________________ Personal ~~~~~~~~ Handle: Aristotle Call him: Kevin Past handles: Ed, Bob, Bill, and a multitude of other lame handles. Handle origin: Humanities class in high school. Date of Birth: April 12, 1970 Age at current date: 22 Height: 5'10" Weight: 145 lbs. Eye color: Blue Hair Color: Red Computer: IBM-PS/2 55SX Sysop/Co-Sysop of: ALL PAST: Digital Underground, Blitzkreig, some board on a major packet switching network, a board on MIT's FSF machines, and a bazillion other lame boards that I don't care to mention. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was one of those people that played with phones for as long as I can remember. I guess you could say I started phreaking a few years before WARGAMES came out. After the movie, I found out that other people were interested in phones too. Due to the influx of "elite hackers" after the movie, information became extrememly available. This lead to my existence in the real world of hack/phreak. Eventually I ended up writing articles for both 2600 and TAP. In the late 80s I restarted TAP with help from some friends and we started to revive one of the first hack/phreak magzines that ever existed. Having TAP helped us gain a special insight on how the system really works. Some of our issues were cool enough to actually be censored at certain institutions where avid censorship still exists. Also, we were allowed to see how far you could go in expressing your opinion until some bigshot noticed. Believe it or not though, running a periodical without any income is a major pain. It was well worth it though as I got to meet a lot of cool people and also was able to do something for the computer underground scene. If you currently don't support magazines like 2600, etc., please do. They are doing a lot of work for the community and without them, there would be a major gap in the press regarding the truth about our community. I exited the hack/phreak world when things got a bit hairy and Craig (Knight Lightning) got nailed. I simply decided that a hobby is not worth going to jail for and that it did not pay the bills either. Anyways, most old hacks eventually reach the point where everything they see seems old and boring. This is where I currently am. Today I am employed at a computer lab at a large university where I am working on a degree. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aristotle's Favorite Things ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Women: Karen (To be married soon) Cars: REAL Cars: '86 Mustang GT, '86 VW Golf, various Porsches. Foods: Anything that you cannot get at a drive-thru. Music: Metallica, Bach, Danzig, Anthrax. Authors: All the posters of Alt.Sex Books: The Art of War Outdoor fun: Snowboarding Most Memorable Experiences ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Getting engaged o My first blue box call o Watching some guy die after wrecking his car o Being interviewed by the FBI for something I did not do and then pissing them off by allowing them to prove that they were wrong. o All of the SummerCons and other assorted h/p meetings. Some People to Mention ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Bill from RNOC : Getting us kicked out of the museum at the Arch. o Cheshire Catalyst : Help with restarting TAP. o Slave Driver : For his hospitality and the infamous "Guess who/what died in the couch" game. o The Mentor : For the BBS and his non-snobbish attitude. o J.R. "Bob" Dobbs : All the cool blue box info. o The Not : All the help with Unix o Taran King : For being an exception to the "Hackers are all geeks" rule. o Knight Lightning : For sending back the pictures and generally being a cool guy. o Dispater : For having the no-bullshit attitude and actually getting the job done. o Nite Ranger : For helping me realize that lamers will always exist (not you though). o Predat0r : All the experiences. o All the Legion of d0oDs : For adding to the entertainment at PartyCon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Of the general population of phreaks you have met, would you consider most phreaks, if any, to be computer geeks? Of the general population, I would consider about 89.9% to be nerds. I would also consider 65% of the entire population nerds and/or strange. Phreaks may be geeks but each usually has his/her cool qualities as everyone does. Most are socially lacking though. Keep in mind that a hacker/phreak is ALWAYS better than the average GIF viewing geek. _______________________________________________________________________________ ==Phrack Inc.== Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Eight, File 4 of 15 Pirates' Cove Issue Two By Rambone Welcome to Issue Two of Pirate's Cove. There is a lot going on in the Pirate community, busts of pirates in the USA and Canada, and new software and operating systems like IBM's OS/2. So sit back and absorb the news. First on the agenda is to discuss the over-talked about, and hopefully dead issue of the carding scam initiated by The Grim Reaper and The Not So Humble Babe. The reason Phrack Magazine delayed publishing anything about this bust was because we refused to publish any third party rumors and idle gossip. Now that I have personally spoken with the Grim Reaper, we can shed some light on this subject. Mike "The Grim Reaper" obviously regrets what has transpired and would like to put this part of his life behind him. At this point in time, he still does not know what is going to happen, and is taking his arrest very seriously. Mike asked me just to use the letter he has written. Some of you may have seen this before, some may not. ******************************************************************************* Statement by The Grim Reaper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Lamer Pirate Magazines, Etc..." By THE GRIM REAPER This was originally going to be an article for iNSANITY Magazine #4 called "Lamer Pirate Mags, Etc." to straighten out the complete bullshit and lies in Badnews #7, but seeing as there are so many rumors floating around, and the future of iNSANITY is undecided, I decided to just put out this text file to explain what is really going on, less a few lamers out there spread all kinds of bullshit and lies, as they seem to do so often. Pretty much everything in Badnews #7 was a complete lie, as most of you already know by now. They didn't have any backdoors to ViSiON-X, and there aren't and weren't any that allowed someone to get the user list. What happened on Showdown was the Sysop PW was given out to the wrong person, and they used it, so again, nothing but B.S. and hype on their end. While I think the FiRM overhyped themselves, they didn't deserve the ragging they got by BaD, and BaD having failed in their own attempt at a pirate group has no right to criticize ANYONE until they've accomplished the same. Perhaps a few of the other groups could have said something to them (and many talked about it) but they didn't deserve the 3rd Degree from a lamer mag. The main reason for this article was that while many found the BaD Mag to be so completely full of shit to the point that it was hilarious, some got to thinking that down the line, someone might actually believe some of the B.S. They claimed to be the group that caused the downfall of THG, PE and others, which was a complete joke... They had absolutely nothing to do with any of that. USA had killed off THG, etc... What else was there to straighten up? "Did they shoot your Dog????" - Anonymous Lamer So what's up? Well, to make it short and blunt, The NotSoHumble Babe and I were involved in a carding incident. She most likely was being watched by certain people since she had been using false corporations and fake Tax ID Numbers to order games and for suppliers for USA. The Secret Service either stumbled across us that way, from one of the orders gone bad, or from the illegal cash and hardware coming in to Enterprize. The NSH Babe (Amy) had a cash flow from Dist Sites and other hot hardware from USA Sites totalling about $3500-$5000 a month. She had sent one of her hot laptops she gets every month to Optical Illusion in Canada, and asked him to sell it for her. He wanted to be nice and tried to sell it. A local from his 416 area wanted to buy the laptop. He went to sell it, and was busted by a plainclothes police officer for possession of stolen property of over a $1000. I found some CC #'s, she had a lot of experience with UPS and FedEx from ordering games, and she thought of a way to pick up the packages. We both placed orders (I placed about 2/3rds since she was picking up, and she placed about a 1/3rd). Most of the stuff wasn't for myself, and was meant for other people (trying to be nice, eh?). In any case, we shouldn't have done it. TNSH Babe wanted to order a A LOT of stuff because, over time, she owed people in USA a lot of hardware they had paid her for, and she had never sent any to them. We ordered a bit too much, more than I thought we should have. "They had Bulletproof Vests and Grenades??" - Another |<-Rad D00D!! So then what? Well, they found out the packages were coming and were waiting for TNSH Babe to pick them up. They went back to her place and she gave them permission to come in and search (dunno what happened in between then). She talked to them and they wanted to have her give some of the stuff to me that she got when we were supposed to meet for the first time at a Meijers parking lot. There were some weird things going on at the time, and an alarm was flashing in the back of my mind, but I decided to ignore it. Anyhow, she handed me a hard drive or something, then, basically, they moved in. I saw a car pulling up, and figured what was going on. One guy said, "Secret Service" (about 6 people), and it kinda went downhill from there. But seriously, they weren't that bad and I cooperated with them. They wanted to go back to my house and look around, and wanted permission. They said they would have gotten a search warrant, and it was in my best interest to cooperate, so I let them come in. Basically there wasn't anything in the house, I always throw everything out when I am done with it. As far as the computer went, I didn't even have anything Unzipped on the Hard Drive that I hadn't paid for. They wanted to look further on the computer and in the end did take it, but gave me a receipt. I paid for my entire system, so don't listen to some of the lamer textfiles floating around. There wasn't anything on my system, so I might get lucky and they'll give it back. They also took 3 or 4 computers from Amy's place, but left Static with his. This was the first time either of us had done anything like this. There had been a few attempts in the past, but nothing that had ever been followed through, or had worked. No no, I've never been busted for this before, or anything. I've never been arrested for anything before. "I formatted my Hard Drive 3 Times!!" - Local 313 Sysop I don't know if it was overreacting, but our dumb situation seemed to affect a lot of other people. The locals over here went apeshit, and many of them formatted their drives and deleted files (20+), and took their boards down temporarily. Many of the major pirate boards decided to power down for a while. Unfortunately many of the truly good boards in the world have gone down, possibly forever. BBS-A-Holic has gone down, Enterprize is now PD Only, many INC boards, LSD2 possibly for related reasons, The VOID of course, and many others. Many big names are considering quitting the pirate scene because they think it's not worth it, and they're right. Some of the boards may come back. BBS-A-Holic was one of my favorites. Many considered The VOID one of the Top 10 Boards in the world as far as quality went, and I appreciate the users and the support. I worked hard to try to make it the best, and put my heart into it. As are many others, Black Spyrit might be retiring, so I don't know if another iNSANITY Issue will be coming out. It was truly a great mag if you never saw it. The best. "I heard they were thrown in jail, and fined $72 Million Dollars!!" - Another Neverending Lamer No matter what or who the issue, this never stops, eh? I wouldn't believe any of the bullshit text files, mostly from jealous people and the few enemies you get when you end up getting towards the top, especially the anonymous (surprise) text file taken off of OOFNet (surprise again, huh? Heh). All are, as always, complete B.S. Try not to be a lamer. There are too many of 'em, and they do nothing for the pirate world. If you are going to do anything, do SOMETHING. Organize a group of some type, coordinate couriers, do some VGA or ANSI work, or get in a group, but don't be a lamer. Call LD, establish a rep, and see what you are missing. All locals aren't lamers, but 90% are. A Lamer - A person who calls only local boards, does nothing but leeches files, and doesn't contribute to groups in any ways. Neither BaD, any locals, or Socrates had anything to do with us getting into trouble in any way. "Don't try this at home kids." - Grim '92 All things considered, I wish it wouldn't have ended this way. I don't think any of this was good for anyone in the pirate or BBS world. USA is now pretty much a dead group. Many of the best boards have gone down, and others are considering calling it quits because it just isn't worth it. INC never was a for-profit group, and had no illegitimate cash flow, unlike USA. ******************************************************************************* Rambone's Remarks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well that's the real story, straight from the horse's mouth. I've read at least a dozen text file's after this one, and I tend to believe what Mike has written. Now Amy (NotSoHumble Babe) tells a different story. According to her text file, she had seldom carded or phreaked before, but no one seems to be able to corroborate this information, and people that know her tend to say she was in deeper than she cares to admit. It's also been brought to my attention that Amy may be volunteering information to the feds about other people. What she has done before or after the bust may or may not be true, but here is her story. ******************************************************************************* Statement by The Not So Humble Babe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, I am sure you have all heard that I had a small legal problem today, and I know how stuff gets blown out of proportion, so I thought I'd explain the story myself. Here goes... I have carded a few items in the past 3 days, and I have NEVER done this before. The Grim Reaper got CBI accounts and placed orders, and I picked them up. Well, one of the places Grim ordered from was Paradise Computers. They knew it was a bogus order, but told us the package was shipped. Then they called the FEDS. Anyhow, the Feds must have been watching the pickup spot, then following me around until I met up with Grim to deliver his share of the stuff. As soon as we went to make the exchange, the Secret Service, FBI, state police, and local police were running at us with bulletproof vests and automatic guns. They handcuffed us, separated us, and took each of us back to our homes for them to search. I haven't talked to Grim Reaper since I saw him lying next to me on the ground being arrested. But here's my story. About 20 agents came to my apartment and grabbed all computer equipment without a receipt. So we still have 1 modem, and this computer system. Anyhow, they grabbed every piece of paper they could find. Unfortunately, I am a very organized person, and had "the who's who in the pirate world" written down for my use. So if you ever gave me your real name, number, or address, it is now in the hands of the Secret Service and FBI. This list was quite large, as it took 2 years to compile. These boys did their homework. They knew Enterprize was USA HQ and they knew my handle, and they knew I supplied the group with software. They weren't going for just anyone here guys; they knew they needed to bust a group leader. Well, they did. Got me on carding, pirating, and a ton of other legal terms having to do with both of these. I was charged with 6 different counts, each holding a 5-30 year prison sentence. It doesn't look good for me at all. I'll post a file as soon as I get arraigned and let you guys know what is going on. But I will say this now, and I MEAN it. I love the groups, the software, and the competition. But regardless of what happens to me, I am done forever. No more NotSoHumble Babe, no more USA. I hate to do this to everyone, but I really don't have a choice. And regardless of who I am that got busted, be strong and support what you believe in your hearts: PIRACY. Don't let them win. You guys can all go on without me. Just promise me you won't give up and throw in the towel. If anyone wants to contact me, you can leave e-mail on Enterprize for me, or call voice AT YOUR OWN RISK. They told me they were tapping the phone lines. ******************************************************************************* News Flash: Mutli-Media Aggravation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mutli-Media games (CD-Rom) are being played on the hard drive. There seems to be a trend of starting to send out huge CD-Rom games electronically through BBSes, the first one being Battle Chess I, and taking as much as 30 megs of hard-drive space. Soon after, Steller 7, and Wing Commander I started to show up. One of the reason for the start of this was a lack of programs coming down the pike, and one group decided to send Battle Chess out. I haven't seen anything lately, and hope programs meant for the CD-Rom will stay that way. ******************************************************************************* Another News Flash: OS/2 2.0 GA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IBM has released the long anticipated OS/2 (Operating System 2) 2.0 GA. OS/2 2.0 is an alternative to DOS 3.3, 4.01, or the latest, 5.0, and implements true 32 bit technology. There are several ways of using this operating system. OS/2, implementing it's own version of FAT, Dual Boot (which will allow you to be able to use DOS if necessary), and a Multi-Boot, brings up a prompt a when booting up which allows you to choose which operating system you would like to use (similar to Vpix for Unix and Xenix). I had the opportunity to view a preview of OS/2 2.0 GA at our local IBM Corporate Building, and to say the least, I was impressed. One of the points stressed at the meeting was the diverse control over many programs at the same time. OS/2 comes with its own operating system, along with a clone of sorts of both DOS and Windows. This feature will enable a user to access a DOS emulation without having to actually boot up DOS on the machine. It also has a Windows emulation which will eradicate the need for a full blown version. The one shortcoming of this is that it is Version 3.0, but I have been informed that 3.1 is right around the corner, and actually saw a demonstration of it. The true strong point of OS/2 is the mutli-tasking. After witnessing 15 windows open at the same time, all with programs running concurrently, I truly can say this is a step into the future, and it is here now. My personal experience running 2.0 is very impressive. Being able to properly run a program with the BBS in the background is a welcome treat, and I see no reason to ever support another operating system, until I get my hands on Windows NT. ******************************************************************************* Industry News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The long awaited A-10 Avenger by Spectrum Holybyte has now been pushed back till early next year. This was the next in a series of interactive programs put out by SH to be played over the modem, the first being Falcon 3.0, a 256VGA jet game. UT (Ultra-Tech) and EMC (Electro-Magnetic Crackers) have now merged. This merger will be beneficial to both groups, bringing lacking talents together to form one of the largest cracking groups in the world, one with strong software connections, and the other with cracking resources and existing software support sites. Captain Tom of UT and Cyborg of EMC brought the whole thing together as a reality, and this merger may point them in the same direction as when INC formed their group from several smaller groups. ******************************************************************************* BBS Bust in Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Federal Investigations Section of the RCMP seized components of an electronic bulletin board system (BBS) "90 North" at a West Island residence. This is believed to be the first execution of a search warrant under the Copyright Act of Canada against an electronic bulletin board system. The seizure included 10 micro computers, seven modems and the software present on these systems (approximate value of $25,000). An electronic bulletin board is a service which allows personal computer users to exchange messages and to exchange or receive computer files including software, text and digitized images over telephone lines via a modem. During a four-month investigation, it was established that the 90 North BBS enabled users to obtain software in exchange for other files or for an annual fee of $49.00. While some of the programs consisted of "shareware" which may legally be distributed in this way, much of the available material was protected under the Copyright Act including beta versions of commercial software packages which have not yet been released on the market. More than 3,000 software programs were available to users of this BBS including WordPerfect 5.0, Microsoft DOS 5.0, Windows 3.0, Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows, Borland C++ 2.0, Quattro Pro 3.0, d-Base IV 1.1, SCO Xenix for DOS, Netware 3.11 and Clipper 5.0. Charges of commercial distribution of pirated software are planned against the owner and operator of 90 North. Paragraph 42 (1)(c) of the Copyright Act states that "every person who knowingly distributes, infringes, copies of any work in which copyright subsists either for the purpose of trade or to such intent as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright, is guilty of an offense and liable on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both, or on conviction on indictment, or a fine not exceeding $1 million or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or both." _______________________________________________________________________________ More Details On The Canadian BBS Bust ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has, for the first time under the Copyright Act of Canada, seized all the components of an electronic bulletin board (BBS), for providing illegal copies of copyrighted software to its subscribers. According to Allen Reynolds of the secretariat of the Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft (CAAST), the Federal Investigations Section of the RCMP has not laid formal charges against the West Island, Quebec owner and operator of the BBS. Charges of commercial distribution of pirated software are planned against the owner of 90 NORTH, he said. CAAST is a Canadian organization made up of ASHTON-TATE CANADA, LOTUS DEVELOMENT CANADA, MICROSOFT CANADA, NOVELL CANADA, and QUARTERDECK OFFICE SYSTEMS CANADA. Its main objective is to educate the public and business about the hazards of software piracy. In the raid, the RCMP seized 10 Micro computers, seven modems, and about $25,000 worth of software which was allegedly being distributed to users of the 90 NORTH BBS for an annual $49.00 fee, Reynolds said. Some of the seized software packages were Wordperfect 5.0, MS-DOS 5.0, Windows 3.0, Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows, dBase IV, Netware 3.11, and Qemm. If charged and convicted on a summary conviction, the 90 NORTH owner could face either a penalty or a fine not exceeding $25,000 or a jail term not exceeding six months or both. If the 90 NORTH owner is convicted on indictment, the penalty is a fine not exceeding $1 million or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or both. "I don't know how long it will take to lay charges," Reynolds said. He would not speculate when the RCMP would charge the owner of 90 NORTH, but he did say that the users of the 90 NORTH BBS will not be investigated by by the RCMP. He added that there is reason to believe that a number of BBSes across Canada are supplying beta test versions of products which can be dangerous to a user's system because they are usually laced with bugs. ******************************************************************************* Rambone's Remarks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have been informed that there are several more bulletin boards, especially those in the 416 NPA, that are under investigation right now. Most of the sysops being busted are ones that charge for download credits, which is a violation of the Copyright Act for reselling software. ******************************************************************************* New Release ~~~~~~~~~~~ Ultima UnderWorld by Origin Name: The Stygian Abyss Company: Origin Graphics: 256VGA Sound: SB/SB-Pro/Adlib/Roland Rating: 10/10 Supplier: High Pockets/Red Runner Copy Protection: None Date: 3/26/92 Looking for virtual reality in a game? Didn't think you could find it? Welcome to Origin's Ultima UnderWorld, "The Stygian Abyss." Don't let the name fool you, this game does not have any attributes from the Ultima 1-6 series. You start out in a dark room looking out into what would be called a 3-D perspective. Picking up the bag in front of you would be your best bet -- it may have things that you need. Once you are on your way, you will notice how realistic the walls, ground, and ceiling look, almost like you are there. Along the way in your adventure, you will encounter many items that will help you along the way and some that may not, but you will have to decide. There are also many cultures down below that will be friendly and not-so-friendly; use your best judgement. Learn all your abilities. They will come in handy down the road. Practice your magic, it may save your life, or help you walk across water (hint). Learning how to jump correctly is important. You'll have to be able to leap across flaming, volcanic ravines to be able to finish the game. When you see writing on the wall or in a scroll with words and telling you to chant this to the Mantra, you better copy them down: They build up your attributes. All in all, there are 7 levels, and one unexplored level, sporting true 256VGA graphics, SB-Pro support, and a riveting sound-track. This is this closest thing to virtual reality graphics in the game market today, and it'll be a while before you play anything else like it. _______________________________________________________________________________ ==Phrack Inc.== Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Eight, File 5 of 15 Network Miscellany IV Compiled from Internet Sources by Datastream Cowboy Network Miscellany created by Taran King Special Internet Connections February 5, 1992 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Most Recent Update Comments to: Scott Yanoff American Philosophy Association telnet atl.calstate.edu or 130.150.102.33 Login: apa OFFERS: BBS for APA. Archie telnet archie.mcgill.ca or 132.206.2.3 (Canada) telnet archie.funet.fi or 128.214.6.100 (Finland/Europe) telnet archie.au or 128.184.1.4 (Australia/New Zealand) telnet cs.huji.ac.il or 132.65.6.5 (Israel) telnet archie.doc.ic.ac.uk or 146.169.3.7 (United Kingdom/Ireland) telnet archie.sura.net or 128.167.254.179 (Maryland, USA) telnet archie.unl.edu (Password: archie1) (Nebraska, USA) telnet archie.ans.net or 147.225.1.2 (New York, USA) telnet archie.rutgers.edu or 128.6.18.15 (New Jersey, USA) OFFERS: Internet anonymous FTP database. (Login: archie) Archie Mail Servers mail archie@ Subject: help OFFERS: Alterative Archie access to those without ftp or telnet access. Automated Data Service telnet tycho.usno.navy.mil or 192.5.41.239 Login: ads OFFERS: Navigational/Time/Astronomical Information. CARL telnet pac.carl.org or 192.54.81.128 OFFERS: Online database, book reviews, magazine fax delivery service. CHAT telnet debra.doc.ca or telnet 192.16.212.15 Login: chat OFFERS: Conversion of Hypertext Access Technical information files. Cheeseplant's House telnet orchid.csv.warwick.ac.uk 2001 or 137.205.192.5 OFFERS: Online chat service in a very unique format. Chess Server telnet lark.utah.edu 5000 or telnet 128.110.128.72 5000 OFFERS: Play/watch real-time chess with human opponents. Type "help" for help C64 Archive Server mail twtick@corral.uwyo.edu Subject: Mail-Archive-Request Body-of-letter: help (hit return) end Dante Project telnet library.dartmouth.edu or 129.170.16.11 Login: connect dante OFFERS: Divine Comedy and reviews. Distance Educational Data telnet sun.nsf.ac.uk or telnet 128.86.8.7 (Login: janet Hostname: uk.ac.open.acs.vax Username: icdl) Document Site ftp ocf.berkeley.edu or ftp 128.32.184.254 OFFERS: Many docs, including 5 purity tests, the Bible, lyrics. Earthquake Information finger quake@geophys.washington.edu OFFERS: Recent quake information (location, time, magnitude, etc.) E-Math telnet 130.44.1.100 (Login: e-math Password: e-math) OFFERS: American Math Society sponsored BBS with software and reviews. FEDIX telnet fedix.fie.com or telnet 192.111.228.1 Login: fedix OFFERS: Information on scholarships, minority assistance, etc. Freenet telnet freenet-in-a.cwru.edu or 129.22.8.82 (Cleveland) telnet yfn.ysu.edu or 192.55.234.27 (Youngstown) OFFERS: USA Today Headline News, Sports, etc. FTP Mail mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com Subject:(hit return) Body-of-letter: help (return) quit OFFERS: ftp via e-mail Genetics Bank mail gene-server@bchs.uh.edu Subject: help OFFERS: Genetic database accessible via e-mail. Geographic Server telnet martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000 or 141.212.100.9 3000 Gopher telnet consultant.micro.umn.edu Login: gopher OFFERS: Access to many interesting features. Graf-Bib mail graf-bib@decwrl.dec.com Subject: help Body-of-letter: send index OFFERS: Graphics bibliography Ham Radio Callbook telnet marvin.cs.buffalo.edu 2000 or 128.205.32.4 2000 OFFERS: National ham radio call-sign callbook. INFO - Rutgers CWIS telnet hangout.rutgers.edu 98 or 128.6.26.25 98 OFFERS: Dictionary, thesaurus, CIA world fact book, quotations database. Internet Resource Guide ftp nnsc.nsf.net OFFERS: Compressed/tar'd list of net resources in /resource- guide.txt.tar.Z IRC Telnet Client telnet bradenville.andrew.cmu.edu or 128.2.54.2 OFFERS: Internet Relay Chat access. Library of Congress telnet dra.com or 192.65.218.43 OFFERS: COPY of Library of Congress (Assumes terminal is emulating a vt100) List of Lists ftp ftp.nisc.sri.com or ftp 192.33.33.22 mail mlol-request@wariat.nshore.ncoast.org OFFERS: List of interest groups/e-mail lists in /netinfo/interest-groups. Lyric Server ftp cs.uwp.edu OFFERS: Lyrics (/pub/music/lyrics/files) in text files for anonymous ftp. Mail Server/User Lookup mail mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu Usage: In body of mail message: send usenet-addresses/[name searching for] Melvyl telnet melvyl.ucop.edu or 31.1.0.1 OFFERS: Access to various libraries. Type "other" at prompt to see others. NASA Headline News Finger nasanews@space.mit.edu OFFERS: Daily press releases from NASA. NASA SpaceLink telnet spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov or 128.158.13.250 OFFERS: Latest NASA news, including shuttle launches and satellite updates. NED telnet ipac.caltech.edu or telnet 131.215.139.35 Login: ned OFFERS: NASA Extragalactic Database. NetLib mail netlib@ornl.gov Subject:(hit return) Body-of-letter: send index OFFERS: Math software. Oceanic Information Center telnet delocn.udel.edu or telnet 128.175.24.1 Login: info Oracle mail oracle@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu OFFERS: The Usenet Oracle! Mail with subject as "help" for more info. PENpages telnet psupen.psu.edu or telnet 128.118.36.5 Login: PNOTPA OFFERS: Agricultural info (livestock reports, etc.) SDDAS telnet espsun.space.swri.edu 540 or telnet 129.162.150.99 OFFERS: SW Research Data Display & Analysis Center. SERVICES telnet wugate.wustl.edu or 128.252.120.1 Login: services OFFERS: Access to nearly every listed service! Software Server telnet charlie.secs.csun.edu 5742 or 130.166.2.150 5742 OFFERS: Similar to Archie. Type help for a list of commands. StatLib Server mail statlib@lib.stat.cmu.edu Mail with line: send index. OFFERS: Programs, Datasets, etc. for statisticians. STIS telnet stis.nsf.gov or 128.150.195.40 Login: public OFFERS: Science & Technology Information System. Supreme Court Rulings ftp ftp.cwru.edu OFFERS: ASCII files of Supreme Court rulings in directory /hermes Usenet News MailServer mail [newsgroup]@ucbvax.berkeley.edu Allows you to post to a Usenet newsgroup via e-mail. Useful if you have read-only access to Usenet news. Note: .'s become -'s Ex. alt.test -> alt-test UNC BBS telnet samba.acs.unc.edu or 128.109.157.30 Login: bbs OFFERS: Access to Library of Congress and nationwide libraries. WAIStation telnet quake.think.com or 192.31.181.1 Login: wais OFFERS: Wide Area Information Service FTP think.com for more info. Weather Service telnet madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 or 141.212.196.79 3000 OFFERS: City/State forecasts, ski conditions, earthquake reports, etc. World-Wide Web telnet info.cern.ch or telnet 128.141.201.74 OFFERS: Information service with access to various documents, lists, and services. * NOTE: NO LOGIN NAMES OR PASSWORDS ARE REQUIRED UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE! * If it prompts you for a login name, you did something wrong, or are not running on a machine that the system you telnetted to supports! _______________________________________________________________________________ +++++ Zamfield's Wonderfully Incomplete, Complete Internet BBS List +++++ FOREWORD ~~~~~~~~ The following list has been compiled with the help of the wonderfully generous crowd of folks who associate with Internet or UseNet. I owe them many thanks and please keep the info coming. I, and many others, have a few things to say about these BBSes in general. So bear with me, or skip ahead, but do take a look later. 1). These BBSes are provided as a service to anyone on Internet. Not just you. 2). While you may not directly pay for these services someone does. 3). You are a guest, and please keep that in mind while using these BBSes. Okay, that wasn't so bad after all. Most of these BBSes offer services unique to BBSing. Some offer small scale versions of standard Internet services. Keep in mind that mail or articles posted on BBSes do not reach everyone in the world, and if you can get to UseNet, you will probably find better responses. Most of the files on these BBSes can be found by anonymous FTP, so don't tie up the system with files if you have FTP. Do be considerate on these BBSes, some people aren't using telnet or rlogin to get to these, some people still dial numbers with modems at their homes. :-) For users of JANET (UK), you may access these BBSes through first connecting to UK.AC.NFSNET-RELAY.TELNET or PAD.UK.AC.NFSNET-RELAY.TELNET. Likewise, users of Internet can get to JANET by telnet SUN.NFS.AC.UK, login as janet. Zamfield@Dune.EE.MsState.Edu ============================================================================== 2/6/92 NAME ADDRESS LOGIN BBS Software ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AfterFive winner.itd.com 9999 -- 128.160.2.248 9999 -- Hours: 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. CST. Please no logins during the day. -- MUCK - enhanced tinymuck2.2.3d-beta. Based on Bourbon Street, New Orleans. May not be appropriate for all ages, especially very young children as the database is rather graphic in section describing strip tease, and bars. -- BBS is Citadel like Quartz and Grind. No HotKeys though. Supports 59 concurrent users. -- This site is running on a very fast machine, but you might experience network delays. Contact Howard, Darrel, Trish, Wolvercuss, Akbaar or Captain, wizards, if you wish to work on any aspect of After-Five. BadBoy's Inn 130.18.80.26 bbs Pirate 2.0 -- badboy.itd.msstate.edu -- Boards, Talk, Chat, Mail -- Test site for new Pirate Software. -- Pirate 2.0 kicks, if it would work all the time! Campus_d 35.204.192.2 LOGIN CAMPUS_D -- umde.dbrn.umich.edu -- Currently down and contemplating permanent removal. (8/2/91) -- Send comments/condemnations/pleading/apologizing/reminiscing/etc. to DEN@UMDE.DBRN.UMICH.EDU Cimarron (in Spanish) bugs.mty.itesm.mx bbs Pirate 1.0 -- 131.178.17.60 -- Nice BBS, too bad it is all in Spanish. Good place to get acquainted with if you are trying to learn Spanish, lots of conversations to look at. Cimarron means Wild Dog or Untamed. -- This BBS seems to be a limited access site. I have gained access only during late hours CST. I will try to get more info on this. Cleveland Free-Net 129.22.8.75 (cwns16.ins.cwru.edu) CWRUBBS -- 129.22.8.76 (cwns9.ins.cwru.edu) -- 129.22.8.82 (cwns10.ins.cwru.edu) -- freenet-in-a.cwru.edu -- freenet-in-b-cwru.edu -- freenet-in-c-cwru.edu -- Usenet, Internet, MUD, USA Today Online. Local mail, and Interest Groups. CueCosy cue.bc.ca cosy Cosy 4.0 -- 134.87.11.200 -- Conferences and Topics, EAN Mail, Usenet, FTP, downloads Kermit & Xmodem, Online Unix course, some local files. Cybernet Waffle BBS 131.91.80.13 bbs Waffle -- shark.cs.fau.edu -- Nice BBS, but I still haven't gotten word on whether I have been validated or not. And no response to my mail either. Lots of conferences, and Magpie Chat. Information for Floridians, GNU, computers, alternate PUBNET, recreational, science, social, Unix-PC; unsure about files, but still nice. Delft University BBS 130.161.180.68 BBS -- tudrwa.tudelft.nl -- In Holland, mostly Dutch. -- Files, messages, chat areas Endless Forest 137.48.1.5 2001 -- forest.unomaha.edu 2001 -- Boards, E-mail. Reminds me of WWIV BBS. Hall of Doom servax.fiu.edu -- 131.94.64.2 -- login as WEATHER, passwd WEATHER -- select 666 -- login as new. Heartland Peoria Illinois FreeNet -- 136.176.10.10 fnguest -- heartland.bradley.edu -- Mail, Public Forum, Recreation, Calendar, Social services, Senior center, Teen center, Local job & government information, Legal, Medical, Tax, & Invest/Banking Forums SIGs, Library, Home & Garden, Science & Tech, & Education Forums. Hewlett-Packard BBS hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com -- 15.255.72.16 -- has tech help, and 48SX files/programs. IDS DataForum 192.67.241.11 guest -- ids.jvnc.net -- IDS DataForum is a public access system run on a DEC VAX. It is menu driven, supports VT100, and ANSI graphics. -- Features, TELNET, FINGER, Weather Underground, Ham Callsign Book. Adds Internet Mail (VMS Mail). -- Includes Entertainment, such as, International MUDs, local-only games, CONQUEST & GALACTIC TRADER, and CB Simulator for CHATS. -- RIME, PC-BBS messaging network, Usenet NEWS with "nearly" full newsfeed. -- DialOut service, online Game Developer Conference, and BBS software available as well. -- Local access at (401)-884-9002, (V.32, Telebit/PEP, USR HST, V.42bis). -- More info at ids-info@idsvax.ids.com ISCA isca01.isca.uiowa.edu iscabbs DOC (Citadel) -- grind.isca.uiowa.edu -- 128.255.19.233 -- 128.255.19.175 Mars Hotel Mars.EE.MsState.Edu bbs Pirate -- 130.18.64.3 -- Boards, Talk, Chat, IRC, Mail. -- Fairly extensive files, -- ftp'able, Kermit, XYZmodems, -- Died recently due to irreparable hardware failures. This system will probably remain down for a year or so, or indefinitely if another machine is not found for it. I will continue to update its status if any changes occur. -- Mars is/was a Sparc 4/110 that lost a Mongo chip. The EE department might consider ordering a replacement, but has no idea where to get one. Information will be forwarded if sent to Zamfield@dune.ee.msstate.edu. Also, if anyone has a spare 4/110 the EE department said that would do just fine. -- Further information, offerings, etc, contact Zamfield@dune.ee.msstate.edu and I will facilitate the rebirth of Mars if possible. National Education BBS testsun3.nersc.gov bbs Pirate -- shadowfax.nersc.gov -- 128.55.128.183 -- 128.55.128.64 -- Boards, Talk, Chat, Mail.'source' file section, but no files. HAS GONE PRIVATE, or so I have been told. (9/22/91) Netcom netcom.netcom.com guest + at passwd -- 192.100.81.100 -- Full Unix service. Money for access. $15.50/month ($17.50 for invoiced billing) -- (408) 241-9760/9794 (San Jose, CA) and -- (415) 424-0131 (Palo Alto, CA). Nyx BBS isis.cs.du.edu new -- 130.253.192.9 -- Full news feed, Local downloads, shell access (with validation), and Ftp. It is a completely free public access Unix system fun by the University of Denver's Math and Computer Science Department. -- Sysop: Professor. Andrew Burt. The system is run by donations on a donated Pyramid 90x with a homebrew menuing system Olajier 129.31.22.7 Olajier -- leo.ee.ic.ac.uk -- Capitals are important for both the login and passwd. This BBS is at Imperial College in London. OuluBox (Finnish) tolsun.oulu.fi box -- 130.231.96.16 -- Can set English as preferred language, said to switch to Finnish at the most inconvenient time. IRC. The Picayune star96.nodak.edu 20 -- star24.nodak.edu or star12.nodak.edu for slower speeds. -- 134.129.107.131 -- North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network. -- Limited net news, file areas, tetris online, local e-mail. -- A 386 running unix, 2 80 meg drives, 600 users give or take a few. Quartz Quartz.Rutgers.Edu bbs Citadel -- 128.6.60.6 -- Rooms/Boards. -- Suggest MUD to chat. Samba North Carolina 128.109.157.30 bbs Modified XBBS -- samba.acs.unc.edu -- (919)-962-9911 -- Offers vi, emacs, rn, NEWS, MAIL, local messaging, SIGS, Conferencing, Files (Kermit/FTP), & INFO limited NewsFeed (8/2/91). Softwords COSY softwords.bc.ca cosy Cosy -- 134.87.11.1 SpaceLink BBS spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov -- 128.158.13.250 Spies In The Wires doomsday.spies.com bbs -- 130.43.2.220 -- Full UseNet NewsFeed, Posting to UseNet. -- IRC (for validated users). -- Appears to have shut down. 12/6/91 TriState Online 129.137.100.1 visitor FreeNetIII -- tso.uc.edu -- new FreeNet site. Virginia Tech Cosy vtcbx.csn.vt.edu cosyreg -- 128.173.5.10 bbs (for list) -- Virginia Tech Conferencing System. Offers local conferencing, up to date listing of local BBSes and read only Usenet NEWS. Tons of messages. Youngstown Free-Net yfn.ysu.edu visitor -- 192.55.234.27 Unknown centaur.ucsd.edu bbs -- 128.54.16.14 The World world.std.com new -- 192.74.137.5 -- Public access Unix system. 19.2, 9600, 2400, & 1200 baud modem connections. 3 GB disk storage. CompuServe Packet Network access and SLIP connection up to T1. -- Signup, dial 617-739-WRLD, type new. Basic rates are $2/hr 24 hrs/day and $5 monthly fee. 20/20 plan, $20 for 20 hrs, including monthly fee. Also available from Compuserve Packet Network. $5.60 surcharge is added to monthly bill. Further info at staff@world.std.com -- E-mail to Internet, UUCP, BITNET, CSNET, EUNET, JANET, JUNET, Fidonet, BIX, Compuserve, Applelink and MCImail. -- USENET, ClariNet, Electronic Mailing Lists, Chatting, Unix Software, GNU Software, Games, Online Book Initiative, AlterNet Access, Internet. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SERVICES ~~~~~~~~ The following is a list of useful services that most BBSers are interested in. I have not checked any of these except Archie. If you have more info about these or if you know of other to add, please mail me: Zamfield@Dune.EE.MsState.EDU. ============================================================================== Service Address Login ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archie quiche.cs.mcgill.ca archie -- 132.206.2.3 Cheeseplant's House 137.205.192.5 2001 -- orchid.csv.warwick.ac.uk -- This is a dedicated Chat program run by Daniel Stephens in Warwick University in England. Cat Chat 137.205.192.5 2000 -- Another ChatServer. See Cheeseplant's House. DDN Network Information Center -- nic.ddn.mil -- 192.67.67.20 -- TACNEWS, WHOIS Server, NIC GeoServer Martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000 -- 141.212.100.9 IRC Client bradenville.andrew.cmu.edu -- 128.2.54.2 -- not all IRC commands supported. Library Systems ->FTP<- vaxb.acs.unt.edu -- This site contains a huge, 100-150 page, guide to Internet libraries. The file is under the library directory. Send thanks and responses to Billy Barron, BILLY@vaxb.acs.unt.EDU. Lyric Server ->FTP<- cs.uwp.edu -- These files are available via anonymous ftp. This is not really a Telnet service, but it is nice to know about so I included it. National Ham Radio Call-Sign Callbook -- 128.205.32.4 2000 -- marvin.cs.Buffalo.Edu -- I am very impressed with this service I heard that people had trouble logging into this site, but I never encountered a login prompt, I just started using it. NCSU Services ccvax1.cc.ncsu.edu INFO or PUBLIC -- 128.109.153.4 Network Information Service (Univ. of California at Berkeley) -- mailhost.berkeley.edu 117 -- 128.32.136.9, 117 -- 128.32.136.12, 117 -- 128.32.206.9 117 -- 128.32.206.12 117 OCEANIC 128.175.24.1 -- delocn.udel.edu -- Ocean info center, from the U. of Delaware. Contains technical and scientific info on oceanic research. DOS software for viewing oceanographic graphics. Type <$> to logout (no brackets). Slugnet chat system cons1.mit.edu -- 18.80.0.88, 2727 -- sorta like IRC. UM-Weather Service madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 -- 141.212.196.79 3000 Vatech Server 128.173.16.6 -- vtcbx.cc.vt.edu WAIS server hub.nnsc.nsf.net wais -- 192.31.103.7 -- Gives access to online documents. More info can be obtained from THINK.COM. Thomas A. Kreeger (Zamfield@Dune.EE.MsState.Edu) _______________________________________________________________________________ nixpub short listing Open Access UNIX (*NIX) Sites [both Fee and No Fee] [ September 13, 1991 ] Legend: fee/contribution ($), no fee (-$), hours (24), not (-24) shell (S), USENET news (N), e-mail (M), multiple lines (T) Telebit PEP speed on main number (+P), Telebit on other line[s] (P) Courier HST 9600 bps on main number (+H), Courier on other line[s] (H) V.32 on main number (+V), V.32 on other line[s] (V) anonymous uucp (A), archive site ONLY - see long form list (@) Updated Last Telephone # Sys-name Location Baud Legend ----- ------------ -------- ----------- ------- --------- 08/91 201-759-8450^ tronsbox Belleville NJ 3-96 24 -$ MN+PST 04/91 203-661-2873 admiral Greenwich CT 3/12/24/96 24 -$ AHMN+PT+V 09/91 206-328-4944^ polari Seattle WA 12 24 $ MNPST 05/91 206-367-3837^ eskimo Seattle WA 3/12/24 24 $ MNST 04/91 209-952-5347 quack Stockton CA 3/12/24/96 24 $ MN+PS 12/90 212-420-0527^ magpie NYC NY 3/12/24/96 24 -$ APT 12/90 212-431-1944^ dorsai NYC NY 3/12/24 24 $ MNT 12/90 212-675-7059^ marob NYC NY 3/12/24/96 24 -$ APT 12/90 213-397-3137^ stb Santa Monica CA 3/12/24/96 24 -$ A+PS 01/91 215-336-9503^ cellar Philadelphia PA 3/12/24/96 24 $ +HMN+V 06/91 215-348-9727 lgnp1 Doylestown PA 3/12/24/96 24 -$ AMN+P 12/90 216-582-2460^ ncoast Cleveland OH 12/24/96 24 $ MNPST 07/91 217-789-7888 pallas Springfield IL 3/12/24/96 24 $ HMNSTV 07/91 219-289-0282 nstar Notre Dame IN 24/96 24 $ +HMNPST+V 08/91 301-625-0817 wb3ffv Baltimore MD 12/24/96 24 -$ AHNPT+V 07/91 303-871-4824^ nyx Denver CO 3/12/24 24 -$ MNST 08/91 312-248-0900 ddsw1 Chicago IL 3/12/24/96 24 $ AMNPSTV 04/90 312-283-0559^ chinet Chicago IL 3/12/24/96 24 $ HNPT 10/89 312-338-0632^ point Chicago IL 3/12/24/96 24 -$ HNPST 09/90 312-714-8568^ gagme Chicago IL 12/24 24 $ MNS 06/90 313-623-6309 nucleus Clarkston MI 12/24 24 -$ AM 10/90 313-994-6333 m-net Ann Arbor MI 3/12/24 24 $ T 08/89 313-996-4644^ anet Ann Arbor MI 3/12 24 $ T 08/89 314-474-4581 gensis Columbia MO 3/12/24/48/ 24 -$ MS 08/90 401-455-0347 anomaly Esmond RI 3/12/24/96 24 -$ MN+PS 09/91 407-299-3661^ vicstoy Orlando FL 12/24 24 -$ MNS 06/91 407-438-7138^ jwt Orlando FL 12/24/96 24 -$ MNP 11/90 408-241-9760^ netcom San Jose CA 12/24/96 24 $ MNPST 09/89 408-245-7726^ uuwest Sunnyvale CA 3/12/24 24 -$ N 08/91 408-423-9995 cruzio Santa Cruz CA 12/24 24 $ MNPT 07/91 408-458-2289 gorn Santa Cruz CA 3/12/24/96 24 -$ MN+PST 10/89 408-725-0561^ portal Cupertino CA 3/12/24 24 $ MNT 12/90 408-739-1520^ szebra Sunnyvale CA 3/12/24/96 24 -$ MN+P 07/91 408-867-7400^ spies Saratoga CA 12/24 24 -$ MNST 09/91 408-996-7358^ zorch Cupertino CA 12/24/96 24 $ MNPT 06/91 412-431-8649^ eklektik Pittsburgh PA 3/12/24 24 $ MNST 06/91 414-241-5469^ mixcom Milwaukee WI 12/24/96 24 $ MNST 09/91 414-734-2499 edsi Appleton WI 3/12/24 24 $ MN 01/91 415-223-9768^ barbage El Sobrante CA 3/12/24/48 24 -$ 11/90 415-294-8591 woodowl Livermore CA 12/24/19.2 24 -$ MN+P 11/89 415-332-6106^ well Sausalito CA 12/24 24 $ MNST 06/91 415-623-8652^ jack Fremont CA 3/12/24/96 24 -$ MN+PST 06/91 415-826-0397^ wet San Francisc CA 12/24 24 $ MNPSTV 04/91 415-949-3133^ starnet Los Altos CA 3/12/24/96 24 $ MNPSTV 05/90 415-967-9443^ btr Mountain Vie CA 3/12/24 24 $ HMNPSTV 11/89 416-452-0926 telly Brampton ON 12/24/96 24 $ MN+P 12/88 416-461-2608 tmsoft Toronto ON 3/12/24/96 24 $ MNS 02/90 502-957-4200 disk Louisville KY 3/12/24 24 $ MNST 08/91 503-254-0458^ bucket Portland OR 3/12/24/96 24 -$ MN+PST+V 02/91 503-297-3211^ m2xenix Portland OR 3/12/24/96 24 -$ MN+PST+V 03/91 503-640-4262^ agora PDX OR 12/24/96 24 $ MNST 05/90 503-644-8135^ techbook Portland OR 12/24 24 $ MNST 09/91 508-655-3848 unixland Natick MA 12/24/96 24 $ HMNPSTV 06/91 512-346-2339^ bigtex Austin TX 96 24 -$ A+PS 10/89 513-779-8209 cinnet Cincinnati OH 12/24/96 24 $ MN+PS 08/90 514-844-9179 tnl Montreal PQ 3/12/24 24 -$ MS 01/90 517-487-3356 lunapark E. 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RADAR stands for Radio Detecting And Ranging. A traffic speed RADAR works under the principle of physicals called the "Doppler effect." This theory means that when a signal is reflected off of an object moving toward you, the signal will be at a higher frequency when it is closer to you than when the object is farther away or at the initial position. So the "Doppler effect" is THE basis for the use of the traffic speed RADAR. Right now in the United States, there are three bands that are allocated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for "field disturbance sensors." These three bands have non-technical names, and all operate in the GigaHertz range (GigaHertz is a measure of frequency, i.e. 1 GHz = 1 billion cycles per second). The following is a list of the RADAR bands (as a point of reference FM radio modulates at 0.088 GHz to 0.108 GHz). ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: BAND : FREQUENCY NOTE ABOUT SPECIFIC BAND ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: X-Band : 10.525 GHz This is the frequency in which most RADAR units operate. K-Band : 24.150 GHz K-Band was developed to give a longer range of the beam. Ka-Band : 26.450 GHz This bandwidth is primarily for use with RADAR units that are used for "photo-speed traps." ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: "So if RADAR is so unreliable," you ask, "why don't we have planes crashing on a daily basis?" In the first place, TRAFFIC RADAR operates on a COMPLETELY different basis than, say, the type of RADAR that tracks weather or airplanes. The technology of traffic RADAR can in no way be compared to the accuracy of other types of RADAR. Traffic RADAR does NOT "sweep" like a regular RADAR. "Sweeping" means that the RADAR is picking up every single return signal it gets and plots them proportionally on a two-dimensional cathode ray tube. On the other hand, traffic RADAR uses a stationary beam. Also, traffic RADAR does not use a modulated beam like regular RADAR; it uses a constant beam. ***This is an important distinction because this means that if there are multiple images, the constant RADAR beam cannot distinguish between them!*** Furthermore, traffic RADAR is limited to things such as size. It must be able to fit inside a patrol car and it is also subject to cost. That means a municipality usually picks up the lowest bid it can get from various manufacturers. ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | Implementation of Traffic RADAR | It is important to note at this time that |_________________________________| while government standards for accuracy for military and commercial airline RADAR exist, traffic RADAR is NOT subject to ANY government standards whatsoever. An attempt was made to do this by the police and two government agencies, but were refused any type of compliance with traffic speed RADAR manufacturers and the Reagan administration. In the late 1970s, there was wide-spread publicity of about RADAR errors, including the well known tree clocked at 86-MPH in Florida. So, in 1979 the National Highway Safety Administration (NHSA) assigned to the National Bureau of Standards the task of testing all brands of traffic RADAR in use at that time for the purpose of discovering the source of these errors and proposing federal standards to eliminate them. In January of 1981, the proposed standards were published in the Federal Register. However, the Reagan administration took no action on the proposal (the last part of this file contains the profile from this report of various RADAR units). After THREE years of government inaction on the problem, the International Association of the Chief of Police (IACP) provided non-government standards by which all traffic RADAR units could be tested to assure accuracy: Volume I of the standards was published in April, 1984 and Volume II in June, of 1984. In June of 1986, the traffic RADAR manufacturers announced the formation of their own trade association, saying that they would not submit traffic RADAR units for IACP testing! Instead, they said they would use their own standards. So far, NO ONE has any idea of what these standards are; not the police, not the government and, most importantly, not the public! Basically, there are no performance requirements or standards for traffic RADAR and the claims of 86-MPH trees and 28-MPH houses cannot be refuted. ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | Common Traffic Radar Errors | Below is a list of common errors and how they |_____________________________| occur. This is the part of the article that must be used in conjunction with the previous file in this series. You must attempt, while pleading your case, to tie in some of the following errors to the situation you found yourself in when you got your speeding ticket. See Phrack #37 file #5 for details. "The Look-Past Error" Even when the RADAR operator aims his gun properly, the RADAR is subject to this type of error. This is caused by the RADAR reflecting off of a larger surface area in the background rather than the smaller reflective surface in the foreground. Evidence of this the Look-Past Error was printed in the October 1979 issue of "Car and Driver." The author measured the effectiveness of KR11 RADAR system against various vehicles. The author showed that the typical sedan did not show up on the RADAR until it was less that 1200 feet away, however, a Ford 9000 semi tractor trailer could be picked up at 7600 feet. "The Road Sign Error" Due to the reflectability of microwaves, road signs, buildings, billboards, large trees, and other stationary objects are a source of errors. "Radio Interference Error" According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, "UHF frequencies broadcast today can force RADAR to read various numbers when transmitted within the area." This type of interference could come from the radio within the patrol car, citizens band radio, or television stations. "Fan Interference Error" When the antenna is mounted inside the patrol car, "RADAR will have the tendency to read the pulse of the fan motor (air conditioner, heater, defroster)." This is a statement provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety who conducted a study of RADAR guns in 1987. The Texas Department of Public Safety offered no safeguard for this error. "Beam Reflection Error" Since microwaves are so readily reflected, the Texas Department of Public Safety cautioned mounting the antenna within the patrol car. One instructor said, "It is possible that a reflective path can be set up through the rear view mirror that will produce RADAR readings on the vehicles behind the patrol car when the RADAR is aimed forward. And those vehicles can be either coming or going since traffic RADAR cannot distinguish between the direction." "Double Bounce Error" Again, since microwaves are easily reflected, the operator must be aware of a "bad bounce" and an ordinary reflection. And, as stated before, since large objects are more efficient than smaller ones, microwaves are attracted to them more. So, in effect, you could have an initial RADAR bounce off of the target vehicle, then from the target vehicle to a house or a truck going the opposite direction, and finally back to the patrol car. This error will mathematically get larger the slower the target vehicle is moving. "The Cosine Error" This is a mathematical error that takes place when the RADAR gun attempts to calculate the trigonomic equation that is programmed into it. The RADAR gun measures the angle at which the target enters a point and then exits a point (i.e. 25 degrees). The cosine of 25 is .9063. The RADAR gun was designed to calculate the speed of the patrol car by multiplying the speed of the patrol car (i.e. 50 mph) and the cosine of the angle (.9063) and it gets the false speed of the patrol vehicle as 45mph. Therefore, when you subtract the patrol speed from the target speed (i.e. 50, the same as the patrol car) you get the false sense that the target vehicle is traveling 5mph faster than the patrol car. ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | Technical Analysis Report | Below is a copy of the report mentioned above |___________________________| was conducted by the NHSA. But first I will explain what some of the criteria were under the testing conditions. It is also important to note that ALL RADAR units were subject to "panning error" except the CMI Speedgun-6 and Speedgun-8 models. Panning error occurs when the RADAR antenna is aimed at it's own display console. Unintentional errors of this sort can be eliminated when police officers are given adequate training. TEST UNIT : Model and manufacturer of the police speed RADAR unit in question. BAND : The short hand used for determining the broadcast frequency of the RADAR unit. X-Band is 8.2-12.4 GHz. K-Band is 18.0-26.5 GHz. BEAM WIDTH : The number that is 1/2 of the actual beam width. In other words, if a RADAR manufacturer says the beam width is 24 degrees, the actual beam width is 48 degrees. Very deceptive, eh? SHADOWING ERROR : This occurs in moving mode only. It is the result of the RADAR mistaking another vehicle for it's ground reference and adding speed to the target reading. POWER SURGE : This occurs when the RADAR unit is first turned on. This also occurs when the "kill switch" is used to defeat RADAR detectors. Lag time for kill in the moving mode ranges from 1.5-5 seconds. EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE : The NBS test only used CB radio and police-band radio for "external interference." There are many other kinds of outside e`ectromagnetic interference that may effect police RADAR. INTERNAL INTERFERENCE : Internal interference "may be caused by ANY electrical component or accessory in the vehicle, especially when the patrol car's primary power source is used to operate the RADAR. [It should be noted that TWO of MPH's K-55 RADAR units were tested. This demonstrates that each RADAR unit can contain its own quirks regardless of the fact that it can be from the same model from the same manufacturer.] _______________________________________________________________________________ NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS SUMMARY ON TRAFFIC RADAR _______________________________________________________________________________ TEST UNIT BAND BEAM WIDTH SHADOWING ERROR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kustom Signals MR-9 K 13.3 Minor POWER SURGE EXTERNAL INTERF. INTERNAL INTERF. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Switch-ON gave CB radio caused false CB radio caused stray reading of 7mph readings of up to 25' erroneous readings _______________________________________________________________________________ TEST UNIT BAND BEAM WIDTH SHADOWING ERROR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MPH Industries K-55 X 20.4 Added 12mph to target in one (first of two units) test POWER SURGE EXTERNAL INTERF. INTERNAL INTERF. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - No valid reading for CB radio caused false CB radio many 2.4 sec in moving mode readings of up to 20' erroneous readings _________________@_____________________________________________________________ TEST UNIT BAND BEAM WIDTH SHADOWING ERROR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MPH Industries K-55 X 24.6 Increased target speed 12-15mph (second of two units) about 20% of the time POWER SURGE EXTERNAL INTERF. INTERNAL INTERF. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 sec delay in moving mode, CB radio caused false CB radio cause many 2.5 sec in stationary mode alarms up to 175' away erroneous readings _______________________________________________________________________________ TEST UNIT BAND BEAM WIDTH SHADOWING ERROR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Decatur MV-715 X 17.5 Added 8-23mph to target in repeated testing POWER SURGE EXTERNAL INTERF. INTERNAL INTERF. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - No valid reading for Not effected by external Extreme interference 2+ seconds in moving mode CB radio from heater fan, ignition, & CB radio _______________________________________________________________________________ TEST UNIT BAND BEAM WIDTH SHADOWING ERROR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CMI Speedgun-6 X 18.8 Very severe, added 12-20 mph to target POWER SURGE EXTERNAL INTERF. INTERNAL INTERF. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 sec delay in moving mode, Not effected by external CB radio and police 2 sec delay in stationary CB radio radio boosts readings 20mph _____________________________________________________________________________ TEST UNIT BAND BEAM WIDTH SHADOWING ERROR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CMI Speedgun-8 X 18.6 target traveling 41mph shown as 74mph; target 30mph shown as 41mph POWER SURGE EXTERNAL INTERF. INTERNAL INTERF. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 sec delay in moving mode, Not effected by external No adverse effect 1.2 sec delay in stationary CB radio noted _______________________________________________________________________________ TEST UNIT BAND BEAM WIDTH SHADOWING ERROR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kustom Signals MR-7 X 14.3 No effects noted POWER SURGE EXTERNAL INTERF. INTERNAL INTERF. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25.4 sec delay in moving mode, Not effected by external Police band radio 0.6 sec delay in stationary CB radio caused intermittent increases of 10mph ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | In Closing... | I hope you have learned a little about how police speed |_______________| RADAR operates, the errors that they frequently incur, and possibly a way to avoid the highway robbery that occurs each time Officer Friendly decides to make a little extra dough for his "job security." Also, if you are interested in obtaining cheap traffic RADAR equipment to play with, you can write to: AIS SATELLITE INC., 106 N. Seventh Street, Perkasie, PA 18944. You can also call them for a catalog at (215)453-1400 or place orders at (800)AIS-2001. ______________________________________________________________________________ == Phrack Inc. == Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Eight, File 7 of 15 <:=--=:><:=--=:><:=--=:><:=--=:>\|/<:=--=:><:=--=:><:=--=:><:=--=:> <:=--=:> <:=--=:> <:=--=:> >>>>>=-* Users Guide to VAX/VMS *-=<<<<< <:=--=:> <:=--=:> <:=--=:> <:=--=:> Part III of III <:=--=:> <:=--=:> <:=--=:> <:=--=:> Part E: DCL Command Reference <:=--=:> <:=--=:> Part F: Lexical Function Reference <:=--=:> <:=--=:> <:=--=:> <:=--=:> By Black Kat <:=--=:> <:=--=:> <:=--=:> <:=--=:><:=--=:><:=--=:><:=--=:>/|\<:=--=:><:=--=:><:=--=:><:=--=:> Index ~~~~~ Part E contains information on DCL Command Reference Part F contains information on Lexical Function Reference <:=- Part E : DCL Command Reference -=:> DCL Command Reference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @ file_spec [p1 p2...p8] Executes a DCL command procedure. Qualifier: /OUTPUT=file_spec ACCOUNTING file_spec[,...] Invokes the VAX/VMS Accounting Utility to collect and report accounting information. Qualifiers: /ACCOUNT /ADDRESS /BEFORE /BINARY /ENTRY /FULL /IDENTIFICATION /IMAGE /JOB /LOG /NODE /OUTPUT /OWNER /PRIORITY /PROCESS /QUEUE /REJECTED /REMOTE_ID /REPORT /SINCE /SORT /STATUS /SUMMARY /TERMINAL /TITLE /TYPE /UIC /USER ALLOCATE device_name: [logical_name] Provides exclusive use of a device and, optionally, establishes a logical name for that device. While a device is allocated, other users may access the device until you DEALLOCATE it or log out. Qualifier: /GENERIC ANALYZE Invokes various VAX/VMS utilities to examine components of the system. The default function is to examine a module (ANALYZE/OBJECT). Qualifiers: /CRASH_DUMP /DISK_STRUCTURE /ERROR_LOG /IMAGE /MEDIA /OBJECT /PROCESS_DUMP /RMS_FILE /SYSTEM APPEND input_file_spec[,...] output_file_spec Adds the contents of one or more input files to the end of a file. Qualifiers: /ALLOCATION /BACKUP /BEFORE /BY_OWNER /CONFIRM /CONTIGUOUS /CREATED /EXCLUDE /EXPIRED /EXTENSION /LOG /MODIFIED /NEW_VERSION /READ_CHECK /SINCE /WRITE_CHECK ASSIGN Equates a logical name to a physical device name, file specification or another logical name. ASSIGN/MERGE Merges the contents of one queue with another. ASSIGN/QUEUE Assigns a logical queue to a device queue. ATTACH [process_name] Enables you to transfer control from the current process to another process created by you (see SPAWN). Qualifier: /IDENTIFICATION BACKUP input_spec output_spec Invokes the VAX/VMS Backup Utility to perform one of the following file operations: o Copy disk files. o Save disk files as a save set (a single data file) on a disk or magnetic tape volume. o Restore files from a save set. o Compare files. o Display information about files contained in a save set. Qualifiers: /BACKUP /BEFORE /BLOCK_SIZE /BRIEF /BUFFER_COUNT /COMMENT /COMPARE /CONFIRM /CRC /CREATED /DELETE /DENSITY /EXCLUDE /EXPIRED /FAST /FULL /GROUP_SIZE /IGNORE /IMAGE /INCREMENTAL /INITIALIZE /INTERCHANGE /JOURNAL /LABEL /LIST /LOG /MODIFIED /NEW_VERSION /OVERLAY /OWNER_UIC /PHYSICAL /PROTECTION /RECORD /REPLACE /REWIND /SAVE_SET /SELECT /SINCE /TRUNCATE /VERIFY /VOLUME CALL label [p1 p2...p8] Transfers command procedure control to a labeled subroutine in the procedure. Qualifier: /OUTPUT CANCEL [process_name] Cancels a scheduled wake_up request for the specified process. Qualifier: /IDENTIFICATION CLOSE logical_name Closes a file opened for input/output with the OPEN command, and deassigns the logical name created for the file. Qualifiers: /ERROR /LOG CONNECT virtual_terminal_name Connects a physical terminal to a virtual terminal connected to another process. Qualifiers: /CONTINUE /LOGOUT CONTINUE Resumes execution of a DCL command, program or command procedure interrupted by pressing or . You can abbreviate the CONTINUE command to the letter C. COPY input_file_spec[,...] output_file_spec Creates a new file from one or more existing files. The COPY command can be used to: o Copy an input file to an output file, optionally changing its name and location. o Copy a group of input files to a group of output files. o Concatenate two or more files into a single new file. Qualifiers: /ALLOCATION /BACKUP /BEFORE /BY_OWNER /CONCATENATE /CONFIRM /CONTIGUOUS /CREATED /EXCLUDE /EXPIRED /EXTENSION /LOG /MODIFIED /OVERLAY /PROTECTION /READ_CHECK /REPLACE /SINCE /TRUNCATE /VOLUME /WRITE_CHECK CREATE file_spec Creates one or more sequential disk files from records that follow in the input stream (i.e., the keyboard, a modem...). To terminate input and close the file, enter . Qualifiers: /LOG /OWNER_UIC /PROTECTION /VOLUME CREATE/DIRECTORY directory_spec[,...] Creates a new directory or subdirectory for cataloging files. Qualifiers: /LOG /OWNER_UIC /PROTECTION /VERSION_LIMIT /VOLUME CREATE/FDL=fdl_file_spec [file_spec] Invokes the FDL (File Definition Language) Utility to use the specifications in a definition file to create a new (empty) data file. Qualifier: /LOG DEALLOCATE device_name: Releases a previously allocated device to the pool of available devices. Qualifiers: /ALL DEASSIGN logical_name[:] Deletes logical name assignments made with the ALLOCATE, ASSIGN, DEFINE, or MOUNT command. Qualifiers: /ALL /EXECUTE_MODE /GROUP /JOB /PROCESS /SUPERVISOR_MODE /SYSTEM /TABLE /USER_MODE DEASSIGN/QUEUE logical_queue_name[:] Deassigns a logical queue from its printer or terminal queue assignment and stops the associated logical queue. DEBUG Invokes the VAX/VMS Debugger. DEFINE logical_name equivalence_name[,...] Creates a logical name entry and assigns it an equivalence string, or a list of equivalence strings, to the specified logical name. Qualifiers: /EXECUTIVE_MODE /GROUP /JOB /LOG /NAME_ATTRIBUTES /PROCESS /SUPERVISOR_MODE /SYSTEM /TABLE /TRANSLATION_ATTRIBUTES /USER_MODE /CHARACTERISTIC /FORM /KEY DEFINE/KEY key_name string Associates a character string and a set of attributes with a function key. Qualifiers: /ECHO /ERASE /IF_STATE /LOCK_STATE /LOG /SET_STATE /TERMINATE DELETE file_spec[,...] Deletes one or more files from a mass device. Qualifiers: /BACKUP /BEFORE /BY_OWNER /CONFIRM /CREATED /ERASE /EXCLUDE /EXPIRED /LOG /MODIFIED /SINCE DELETE/CHARACTERISTIC characteristic_name Deletes the definition of a queue characteristic that previously was established with the DEFINE/CHARACTERISTIC command. DELETE/ENTRY=(queue_entry_number[,...]) queue_name[:] Deletes one or more job entries from the named queue. DELETE/KEY key_name Deletes a key definition established by the DEFINE/KEY command. Qualifiers: /ALL /LOG /STATE DELETE/QUEUE queue_name[:] Deletes the specified queue from the system. DELETE/SYMBOL symbol_name Removes a symbol definition from a local or global symbol table or removes all symbol definitions in a symbol table. Qualifiers: /ALL /GLOBAL /LOCAL /LOG DEPOSIT location=data[,...] Over-writes the contents of a specified location or series of locations in virtual memory. The DEPOSIT and EXAMINE commands are used (mostly) while debugging programs interactively. Qualifiers: /ASCII /BYTE /DECIMAL /HEXADECIMAL /LONGWORD /OCTAL /WORD DIFFERENCES master_file_spec [revision_file_spec] Compares the contents of two disk files and creates a listing of those records that do not match. Qualifiers: /CHANGE_BAR /COMMENT_DELIMITER /IGNORE /MATCH /MAXIMUM_DIFFERENCES /MERGED /MODE /NUMBER /OUTPUT /PARALLEL /SEPARATED /SLP /WIDTH /WINDOW DIRECTORY [file_spec[,...]] Provides a list of files or information about a file or group of files. Qualifiers: /ACL /BACKUP /BEFORE /BRIEF /BY_OWNER /COLUMNS /CREATED /DATE /EXCLUDE /EXPIRED /FILE_ID /FULL /GRAND_TOTAL /HEADING /MODIFIED /OUTPUT /OWNER /PRINTER /PROTECTION /SECURITY /SELECT /SINCE /SIZE /TOTAL /TRAILING /VERSIONS /WIDTH DISCONNECT Disconnects a physical terminal from a virtual terminal that has been connected to a process. The virtual terminal, and its associated process will remain on the system when the physical terminal is disconnected from it. Qualifier: /CONTINUE DISMOUNT device_name[:] Dismounts a disk or magnetic tape volume that previously was mounted with a MOUNT command. Qualifiers: /ABORT /CLUSTER /UNIT /UNLOAD DUMP file_spec[,...] Displays the contents of files or volumes in ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal or octal representation. Qualifiers: /ALLOCATED /BLOCKS /BYTE /DECIMAL /FILE_HEADER /FORMATTED /HEADER /HEXADECIMAL /LONGWORD /NUMBER /OCTAL /OUTPUT /PRINTER /RECORDS /WORD EDIT/ACL file_spec Invokes the Access Control List Editor to create or update access control list information for a specified object. Qualifiers: /JOURNAL /KEEP /MODE /OBJECT /RECOVER EDIT/EDT file_spec Invokes the VAX/VMS EDT text editor. The /EDT qualifier is not required, as EDT is the default editor. Qualifiers: /COMMAND /CREATE /JOURNAL /OUTPUT /READ_ONLY /RECOVER EDIT/FDL file_spec Invokes the VAX/VMS FDL (File Definition Language) Editor to create or modify File and FDL files. Qualifiers: /ANALYSIS /CREATE /DISPLAY /EMPHASIS /GRANULARITY /NOINTERACTIVE /NUMBER_KEYS /OUTPUT /PROMPTING /RESPONSES /SCRIPT EDIT/TPU file_spec Invokes the VAX/VMS Text Processing Utility. The EVE (Extensible VAX Editor) is the default interface for TPU. To invoke TPU with the EDT emulator interface, define the logical TPUSECII to point to the section file for the EDT interface as follows: $ DEFINE TPUSECINI EDTSECINI Qualifiers: /COMMAND /CREATE /DISPLAY /JOURNAL /OUTPUT /READ_ONLY /RECOVER /SECTION EOD Signals the end of an input stream when a command, program or utility is reading data from an input device other than a terminal. EXAMINE location[:location] Displays the contents of virtual memory. Qualifiers: /ASCII /BYTE /DECIMAL /HEXADECIMAL /LONGWORD /OCTAL /WORD EXIT [status_code] Terminates the current command procedure. If the command procedure was executed from within another command procedure, control will return to the calling procedure. GOSUB label Transfers command procedure control to a labeled subroutine. GOTO label Transfers control to a labeled statement in a command procedure. HELP Invokes the VAX/VMS Help Utility to display information about a VMS command or topic. Qualifiers: /INSTRUCTIONS /LIBLIST /LIBRARY /OUTPUT /PAGE /PROMPT /USERLIBRARY IF logical_expression THEN dcl_command Tests the value of a logical expression and executes the command following the THEN keyword if the test is true. INITIALIZE device_name[:] volume_label Formats and writes a label on a mass storage volume. Qualifiers: /ACCESSED /BADBLOCKS /CLUSTER_SIZE /DATA_CHECK /DENSITY /DIRECTORIES /ERASE /EXTENSION /FILE_PROTECTION /GROUP /HEADERS /HIGHWATER /INDEX /LABEL /MAXIMUM_FILES /OVERRIDE /OWNER_UC /PROTECTION /SHARE /STRUCTURE /SYSTEM /USER_NAME /VERIFIED /WINDOWS INITIALIZE/QUEUE queue_name[:] Creates and initializes queues. This command is used to create and assign names and attributes to queues. When creating a batch queue, the qualifier /BATCH is required. Qualifiers: /BASE_PRIORITY /BATCH /BLOCK_LMIT /CHARACTERISTICS /CPUDEFAULT /CPUMAXIMUM /DEFAULT /DISABLE_SWAPPING /ENABLE_GENERIC /FORM_MOUNTED /GENERIC /JOB_LIMIT /LIBRARY /ON /OWNER_UIC /PROCESSOR /PROTECTION /RECORD_BLOCKING /RETAIN /SCHEDULE /SEPARATE /START /TERMINAL /WSDEFAULT /WSEXTENT /WSQUOTA INQUIRE symbol_name [prompt] Provides interactive assignment of a value for a local or global symbol in a command procedure. Qualifiers: /GLOBAL /LOCAL /PUNCTUATION LIBRARY library_file_spec [input_file_spec[,...]] Invokes the VAX/VMS Librarian Utility to create, modify, or describe a macro, object, help, text or shareable image library. Qualifiers: /BEFORE /COMPRESS /CREATE /CROSS_REFERENCE /DATA /DELETE /EXTRACT /FULL /GLOBALS /HELP /HISTORY /INSERT /LIST /LOG /MACRO /NAMES /OBJECT /ONLY /OUTPUT /REMOVE /REPLACE /SELECTIVE_SEARCH /SHARE /SINCE /SQUEEZE /TEXT /WIDTH /MODULE LINK file_spec[,...] Invokes the VAX/VMS Linker to link object modules into a VMS program image. Qualifiers: /BRIEF /CONTIGUOUS /CROSS_REFERENCE /DEBUG /EXECUTABLE /FULL /HEADER /MAP /IMAGE /PROTECT /SHAREABLE /SYMBOL_TABLE /SYSLIB /SYSSHR /SYSTEM /TRACEBACK /USERLIBRARY /INCLUDE /LIBRARY /OPTIONS /SELECTIVE_SEARCH /SHAREABLE LOGOUT Terminates an interactive terminal session with VMS. Qualifiers: /BRIEF /FULL /HANGUP MACRO file_spec[,...] Invokes the VAX/VMS MACRO assembler to assemble MACRO assembly language source programs. Qualifiers: /CROSS_REFERENCE /DEBUG /DISABLE /ENABLE /LIBRARY /LIST /OBJECT /SHOW /UPDATE MAIL [file_spec] [recipient_name] Invokes the VAX/VMS Personal Mail Utility, which is used to send messages to, and receive messages from, other users of the system. Qualifiers: /SUBJECT /EDIT /SELF MERGE input_file_spec1,input_file_spec2[,...] output_file_spec Invokes the VAX/VMS Sort Utility to combine up to 10 similarly sorted input files. The input files to be merged must be in sorted order before invoking MERGE. Qualifiers: /CHECK_SEQUENCE /COLLATING_SEQUENCE /DUPLICATES /KEY /SPECIFICATION /STABLE /STATISTICS /FORMAT /ALLOCATION /BUCKET_SIZE /CONTIGUOUS /FORMAT /INDEXED_SEQUENTIAL /OVERLAY /RELATIVE /SEQUENTIAL MESSAGE file_spec[,...] Invokes the VAX/VMS Message Utility to compile message definition files. Qualifiers: /FILE_NAME /LIST /OBJECT /SYMBOLS /TEXT MONITOR [class_name[,...]] Invokes the VAX/VMS Monitor Utility to monitor various classes of system performance data. Data can be analyzed from a running system or from a previously created recording file. You can execute a single MONITOR request, or enter MONITOR interactive mode to execute a number of requests. The interactive mode is entered by entering the MONITOR command with no parameters or qualifiers. A MONITOR request is terminated by entering or . Pressing causes MONITOR to enter interactive mode, while returns control to DCL. Parameters: ALL_CLASSES CLUSTER DECNET DISK DLOCK FCP FILE_SYSTEM_CACHE IO LOCK MODES PAGE POOL PROCESSES SCS STATES SYSTEM Qualifiers: /BEGINNING /BY_NODE /COMMENT /DISPLAY /ENDING /FLUSH_INTERVAL /INPUT /INTERVAL /NODE /RECORD /SUMMARY /VIEWING_TIME Class Name Qualifiers: /ALL /AVERAGE /CPU /CURRENT /ITEM /MAXIMUM /MINIMUM /PERCENT /TOPBIO /TOPCPU /TOPDIO /TOPFAULT MOUNT device_name[:][,...] [volume_label[,...]] [logical_name[:]] Invokes the VAX/VMS Mount Utility to make a disk or tape volume available for use. Qualifiers: /ASSIST /ACCESSED /AUTOMATIC /BIND /BLOCKSIZE /CACHE /CLUSTER /COMMENT /CONFIRM /COPY /DATA_CHECK /DENSITY /EXTENSION /FOREIGN /GROUP /HDR3 /INITIALIZE /LABEL /MESSAGE /MOUNT_VERIFICATION /OVERRIDE /OWNER_UIC /PROCESSOR /PROTECTION /QUOTA /REBUILD /RECORDZIDE /SHADOW /SHARE /SYSTEM /UNLOAD /WINDOWS /WRITE ON condition THEM dcl_command Defines the DCL command to be executed when a command or program executed with a command procedure encounters an error condition or is interrupted by the user pressing . OPEN logical_name[:] file_spec Opens a file for input/output. The OPEN command assigns a logical name to the file and places the name in the process logical name table. Qualifiers: /APPEND /ERROR /READ /SHARE /WRITE PATCH file_spec Invokes the VAX/VMS Patch Utility to patch an executable image, shareable image or device driver image. Qualifiers: /ABSOLUTE /JOURNAL /NEW_VERSION /OUTPUT /UPDATE /VOLUME PHONE [phone_command] Invokes the VAX/VMS Phone Utility. PHONE provides the facility for you to communicate with other users on the system or for any other VAX/VMS system connected to your system via a DECnet network. Qualifiers: /SCROLL /SWITCH_HOOK /VIEWPORT_SIZE PRINT file_spec[,...] Queues-up one or more files for printing. Qualifiers: /AFTER /BACKUP /BEFORE /BURST /BY_OWNER /CHARACTERISTICS /CONFIRM /COPIES /CREATED /DELETE /DEVICE /EXCLUDE /EXPIRED /FEED /FLAG /FORM /HEADER /HOLD /IDENTIFY /JOB_COUNT /LOWERCASE /MODIFIED /NAME /NOTE /NOTIFY /OPERATOR /PAGES /PARAMETERS /PASSALL /PRIORITY /QUEUE /REMOTE /RESTART /SETUP /SINCE /SPACE /TRAILER /USER PURGE [file_spec[,...]] Deletes all but the highest versions of the specified files. Qualifiers: /BACKUP /BEFORE /BY_OWNER /CONFIRM /CREATED /ERASE /EXCLUDE /EXPIRED /KEEP /LOG /MODIFIED /SINCE READ logical_name[:] symbol_name The READ command inputs a single record from the specified input file and assigns the contents of the record to the specified symbol name. Qualifiers: /DELETE /END_OF_FILE /ERROR /INDEX /KEY /MATCH /NOLOCK /PROMPT /TIME_OUT RECALL [command_specifier] Recalls previously entered commands for reprocessing or correcting. Qualifier: /ALL RENAME input_file_spec[,...] output_file_spec Modifies the file specification of an existing disk file or disk directory. Qualifiers: /BACKUP /BEFORE /BY_OWNER /CONFIRM /CREATED /EXCLUDE /EXPIRED /LOG /MODIFIED /NEW_VERSION /SINCE REPLY ["message"] Allows a system operator to communicate with system users. Qualifiers: /ABORT /ALL /BELL /BLANK_TAPE /DISABLE /ENABLE /INITIALIZE_TAPE /LOG /NODE /NOTIFY /PENDING /SHUTDOWN /STATUS /TEMPORARY /TERMINAL /TO /URGENT /USERNAME /WAIT REQUEST "message" Writes a message on the system operator's terminal, and optionally requests a reply. Qualifiers: /REPLY /TO RETURN [status_code] Terminates a GOSUB statement and returns control to the command following the GOSUB command. RUN Performs the following functions: o Places an image into execution in the process. o Creates a subprocess or detached process to run a specified image. RUNOFF Performs the following functions: o Invokes the DIGITAL Standard Runoff text formatter to format one or more ASCII files. o Invokes the DIGITAL Standard Runoff text formatter to generate a table of contents for one or more ASCII files. o Invokes the DIGITAL Standard Runoff text formatter to generate an index for one or more ASCII files. SEARCH file_spec[,...] search_string[,...] Searches one or more files for the specified string(s) and lists all the lines containing occurrences of the strings. Qualifiers: /EXACT /EXCLUDE /FORMAT /HEADING /LOG /MATCH /NUMBERS /OUTPUT /REMAINING /STATISTICS /WINDOW SET ACCOUNTING Enables or disables logging various accounting activities in the system accounting log file SYS$MANAGER:ACCOUNTING.DAT. The SET ACCOUNTING command is also used to close the current accounting log file and to open a new one with a higher version number. Qualifiers: /DISABLE /ENABLE /NEW_FILE SET ACL object_name Allows you to modify the ACL (access control list) of a VMS object. Qualifiers: /ACL /AFTER /BEFORE /BY_OWNER /CONFIRM /CREATED /DEFAULT /DELETE /EDIT /EXCLUDE /JOURNAL /KEEP /LIKE /LOG /MODE /NEW /OBJECT_TYPE /RECOVER /REPLACE /SINCE SET AUDIT Enables or disables VAX/VMS security auditing. Qualifiers: /ALARM /DISABLE /ENABLE SET BROADCAST = (class_name[,...]) Allows you to block out various terminal messages from being broadcast to your terminal. SET COMMAND [file_spec[,...]] Invokes the VAX/VMS Command Definition Utility to add, delete or replace commands in your process command table or a specified command table file. Qualifiers: /DELETE /LISTING /OBJECT /OUTPUT /REPLACE /TABLE SET [NO]CONTROL[=(T,Y)] Defines whether or not control will pass to the command language interpreter when is pressed and whether process statistics will be displayed when is pressed. SET DAY Used to reset the default day type specified in the user authorization file for the current day. Qualifiers: /DEFAULT /LOG /PRIMARY /SECONDARY SET DEFAULT device_name:directory_spec Changes the default device and/or directory specification. The new default is used with all subsequent file operations that do not explicitly include a device or directory name. SET DEVICE device_name[:] Establishes a printer or terminal as a spooled device, or sets the error logging status of a device. Qualifiers: /AVAILABLE /DUAL_PORT /ERROR_LOGGING /LOG /SPOOLED SET DIRECTORY directory_spec[,...] Modifies directory characteristics. Qualifiers: /BACKUP /BEFORE /BY_OWNER /CONFIRM /CREATED /EXCLUDE /EXPIRED /LOG /MODIFIED /OWNER_UIC /SINCE /VERSION_LIMIT SET FILE file_spec[,...] Modifies file characteristics. Qualifiers: /BACKUP /BEFORE /BY_OWNER /CONFIRM /CREATED /DATA_CHECK /END_OF_FILE /ENTER /ERASE_ON_DELETE /EXCLUDE /EXPIRATION_DATE /EXTENSION /GLOBAL_BUFFER /LOG /NODIRECTORY /OWNER_UIC /PROTECTION /REMOVE /SINCE /UNLOCK /TRUNCATE /VERSION_LIMIT SET HOST node_name Connects your terminal, via your host processor, to another processor in a DECnet network. Qualifiers: /LOG /DTE /HSC SET KEY Changes the current key definition state. Keys are defined by the DEFINE/KEY command. Qualifiers: /LOG /STATE SET LOGINS Defines the number of users who may gain access to the system. This command also displays the current interactive level. Qualifiers: /INTERACTIVE SET MAGTAPE device_name[:] Defines default characteristics to be associated with a magnetic tape device for subsequent file operations. Qualifiers: /DENSITY /END_OF_FILE /LOG /LOGSOFT /REWIND /SKIP /UNLOAD SET MESSAGE [file_spec] Allows you to specify the format of messages, or to override or supplement system messages. Qualifiers: /DELETE /FACILITY /IDENTIFICATION /SEVERITY /TEXT SET [NO]ON Controls command interpreter error checking. If SET NOON is in effect, the command interpreter will ignore errors in a command procedure and continue processing. SET OUTPUT_RATE [=delta_time] Defines the rate at which output will be written to a batch job log file. SET PASSWORD Permits to change password in a VAX/VMS account Qualifiers: /GENERATE /SECONDARY /SYSTEM SET PRINTER printer_name[:] Defines characteristics for a line printer. Qualifiers: /CR /FALLBACK /FF /LA11 /LA180 /LOWERCASE /LOG /LP11 /PAGE /PASSALL /PRINTALL /TAB /TRUNCATE /UNKNOWN /UPPERCASE /WIDTH /WRAP SET PROCESS [process_name] Modifies execution characteristics associated with the named process for the current login session. If a process is not specified, changes are made to the current process. Qualifiers: /CPU /DUMP /IDENTIFICATION /NAME /PRIORITY /PRIVILEGES /RESOURCE_WAIT /RESUME /SUSPEND /SWAPPING SET PROMPT [=string] Defines a new DCL prompt for your process. The default prompt is a dollar sign ($). Qualifier: /CARRIAGE_CONTROL SET PROTECTION [=(code)] file_spec[,...] Modifies the protection applied to a particular file or to a group of files. The protection of a file limits the access available to various groups of system users. When used without a file specification, it establishes the default protection for all the files subsequently created during the login session. May also be used to modify the protection of a non-file-oriented device. Qualifiers: /CONFIRM /LOG /PROTECTION /DEFAULT /DEVICE SET QUEUE queue_name Used to modify the current status or attributes of a queue, or to change the current status or attributes of a job that is not currently executing in a queue. Qualifiers: /BASE_PRIOTITY /BLOCK_LIMIT /CHARACTERISTICS /CPUDEFAULT /CPUMAXIMUM /DEFAULT /DISABLE_SWAPPING /ENABLE_GENERIC /FORM_MOUNTED /JOB_LIMIT /OWNER_UIC /PROTECTION /RECORD_BLOCKING /RETAIN /SCHEDULE /SEPARATE /WSDEFAULT /WSEXTENT /WSQUOTA /ENTRY SET RESTART_VALUE=string Defines a test value for restarting portions of a batch job after a system failure. SET RIGHTS_LIST id_name[,...] Allows you to modify the process or system rights list. Qualifiers: /ATTRIBUTES /DISABLE /ENABLE /IDENTIFICATION /PROCESS /SYSTEM SET RMS_DEFAULT Used to set default values for the multiblock and multibuffer counts, network transfer sizes, prologue level and extend quantity used by RMS for various file operations. Qualifiers: /BLOCK_COUNT /BUFFER_COUNT /DISK /EXTEND_QUANTITY /INDEXED /MAGTAPE /NETWORK_BLOCK_COUNT /PROLOG /RELATIVE /SEQUENTIAL /SYSTEM /UNIT_RECORD SET SYMBOL Controls access to local and global symbols within command procedures. Qualifier: /SCOPE SET TERMINAL [device_name[:]] Modifies interpretation of various terminal characteristics. Qualifiers: /ADVANCED_VIDEO /ALTYPEAHD /ANSI_CRT /APPLICATION_KEYPAD /AUTOBAUD /BLOCK_MODE /BRDCSTMBX /BROADCAST /CRFILL /DEC_CRT /DEVICE_TYPE /DIALUP /DISCONNECT /DISMISS