==Phrack Inc.== Volume Four, Issue ThirtyNine, File 1 of 13 Issue XXXIX Index P H R A C K

Go to Human Rights activist Keith Henson

Skeptic Tank!

==Phrack Inc.== Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Nine, File 1 of 13 Issue XXXIX Index ___________________ P H R A C K 3 9 June 26, 1992 ___________________ ~You're Not Dealing With AT&T~ Welcome to Phrack 39. This will be the final issue before SummerCon '92. Details of SummerCon will appear in our special anniversary issue due late this summer -- Phrack 40. Rumor also has it that the next issue of Mondo 2000 will contain some type of coverage about SummerCon as well! Phrack has been receiving an enormous amount of mail containing questions and comments from our readers and we really appreciate the attention, but we don't know what to do with it all. Phrack Loopback was created to address letters of this sort, but in a lot of cases, the senders of the mail are not indicating if their question is to be posted to Loopback or if they are to be identified as the author of their question in Loopback. Dispater has been moving all across the country over the past couple of months, which is the primary reason for the delay in releasing this issue. However, now that he is settled, the fun is about to begin. He will be responding to your mail very soon and hopefully this will all be sorted out by issue 40. For right now, you can enjoy a variety of special interest articles and letters in this issue's Loopback, including "A Review of Steve Jackson Games' HACKER" by Deluge. Special thanks goes out to Mentor and Steve Jackson for a copy of the game and the totally cool looking poster. "Association of Security Sysadmins" is my favorite! ;) Another problem situation that needs to be mentioned has to do with would-be subscribers. For some reason the "phracksub@stormking.com" account has been receiving hundreds of requests from people who want to be added to the subscription list. This isn't how it works. You must subscribe yourself, we can't and won't do it for you. The instructions are included later in this file. Up till this point we have been informing people of their error and mailing them the instructions, but we will ignore these requests from now on. Anyone with an intelligence level high enough to enjoy Phrack should be capable of figuring out how to subscribe. Phrack Pro-Phile focuses on Shadow Hawk 1 -- The first hacker ever to be prosecuted under the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act of 1986. A lot of people don't realize that Robert Morris, Jr. was not the first because Shadow Hawk 1 was tried as a minor and therefore a lot of details in his case are not publicly known. Something to point out however is that the same people (William J. Cook and Henry Klupfel) that were responsible for prosecuting SH1 in 1989, came back in 1990 to attack Knight Lightning... but this time the government and Bellcore didn't fare as well and now both Cook and Klupfel (among others) are being sued in Federal Court in Austin, Texas (See Steve Jackson Games v. United States). Now, before anyone starts flying off their keyboards screaming about our article "Air Fone Frequencies" by Leroy Donnelly, we will let you know what's what. Yes, the same article did recently appear in Informatik, however, both publications received it from the same source (Telecom Digest) and Informatik just had an earlier release date. At Phrack, we feel that the information was interesting and useful enough that our readers deserved to see it and we do not assume by any means that everyone on the Phrack list is also a reader of publications like Telecom Digest or Informatik. Phrack's feature article in this issue is "The Complete Guide To The DIALOG Information Network" by Brian Oblivion. Our undying gratitude to Mr. Oblivion for his consistency in providing Phrack and its readers with entertaining quality articles... and we're told that the best is yet to come. Longtime fans of Phrack might recall that Phrack 9 had an article on Dialog services and it also had an article on Centigram Voice Mail. Now 30 issues later, both topics are resurrected in much greater detail. You will also note that the Centigram article in this issue is penned under the pseudonym of ">Unknown User<," a name that was adopted from the anonymous posting feature of the Metal Shop Private bulletin board (the birthplace of Phrack, sysoped by Taran King during 1985-1987). The name ">Unknown User<" has traditionally been reserved for authors who did not wish to be identified in any capacity other than to the Phrack editors. In this case, however, even the staff at Phrack has absolutely no idea who the author of this file is because of the unique way of SMTP Fakemail it was delivered. No Pirates' Cove in this issue. Be watching for the next Pirates' Cove in Phrack 40. - - - - - - - - Knight Lightning recently spoke at the National Computer Security Association's Virus Conference in Washington, D.C. His presentation panel which consisted of himself, Winn Schwartau (author of Terminal Compromise), and Michael Alexander (chief editor of ISPNews and formally an editor and reporter for ComputerWorld) was very well received and the people attending the conference appeared genuinely interested in learning about the hacking community and computer security. KL remarked that he felt really good about the public's reaction to his presentation because "its the first time, I've agreed to be on one of these panels and someone in the audience hasn't made accusatory or derogatory remarks." "It's inappropriate for you to be here." This was the warm reception KL and a few others received upon entering the room where the secret midnight society anti-virus group was holding a meeting. It appears that a small number of anti-virus "experts" have decided to embark on a mission to rid the country of computer bulletin boards that allow the dissemination of computer viruses... by any means possible, including the harassment of the sysops (or the sysops' parents if the operator is a minor). At Phrack, some of us feel that there are no good viruses and are opposed to their creation and distribution. Others of us (e.g. Dispater) just think viruses are almost as boring as the people who make a carear out of exterminating them. 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Phrack Loopback by Phrack Staff 24K 3. Phrack Pro-Phile on Shadow Hawk 1 by Dispater 8K 4. Network Miscellany V by Datastream Cowboy 34K 5. DIALOG Information Network by Brian Oblivion 43K 6 Centigram Voice Mail System Consoles by >Unknown User< 36K 7. Special Area Codes II by Bill Huttig 17K 8. Air Fone Frequencies by Leroy Donnelly 14K 9. The Open Barn Door by Douglas Waller (Newsweek) 11K 10. PWN/Part 1 by Datastream Cowboy 30K 11. PWN/Part 2 by Datastream Cowboy 27K 12. PWN/Part 3 by Datastream Cowboy 29K 13. PWN/Part 4 by Datastream Cowboy 29K Total: 314K "Phrack. If you don't get it, you don't get it." phracksub@stormking.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Somebody Watching? Somebody Listening? *** Special Announcement *** KNIGHT LIGHTNING TO SPEAK AT SURVEILLANCE EXPO '92 Washington, DC The Fourth Annual International Surveillance and Countersurveillance Conference and Exposition focusing on Information Security and Investigations Technology will take place at the Sheraton Premiere in Tysons Corner (Vienna), Virginia on August 4-7. The seminars are on August 7th and include Craig Neidorf (aka Knight Lightning) presenting and discussing the following: - Are law enforcement and computer security officials focusing their attention on where the real crimes are being committed? - Should security holes and other bugs be made known to the public? - Is information property and if so, what is it worth? Experience the case that changed the way computer crime is investigated and prosecuted by taking a look at one of America's most talked about computer crime prosecutions: United States v. Neidorf (1990). Exonerated former defendant Craig Neidorf will discuss the computer "hacker" underground, Phrack newsletter, computer security, and how it all came into play during his 7 month victimization by some of our nation's largest telephone companies and an overly ambitious and malicious federal prosecutor. Neidorf will speak about his trial in 1990 and how the court dealt with complex issues of First Amendment rights, intellectual property, and criminal justice. Security professionals, government employees, and all other interested parties are invited to attend. For more information please contact: American Technology Associates, Inc. P.O. Box 20254 Washington, DC 20041 (202)331-1125 Voice (703)318-8223 FAX _______________________________________________________________________________ ==Phrack Inc.== Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Nine, File 2 of 13 [-=:< 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. _______________________________________________________________________________ A Review of Steve Jackson Games' HACKER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Deluge They had to get around to it eventually. While I was scanning the game section at the not-so-well-stocked game and comic store where I shop on occasion, I saw something that caught my eye: A game called "Hacker" by Steve Jackson Games. What you see on the cover gives you a clue that this game is a bit more than the typical trash we see about hackers. Here we have a guy with a leather jacket with a dinosaur pin, John Lennon shades, a Metallica shirt, and a really spiffy spiked hairdo. This guy has an expression with a most wicked grin, and his face is bathed in the green glow of a monitor. Various decorations in the room include a model rocket, a skateboard, a pizza box, and a couple of Jolt Cola cans. Behind him, hanging on his wall, are a couple of posters, one which says, "Legion of Doom Internet World Tour," and another which says, "Free the Atlanta Three." On his bookshelf, we see a copy of Neuromancer, Illuminati BBS, and The Phoenix-- (I assume "Project" follows, and don't ask me why this guy has BBSes in his bookshelf). Finally, there's a note tacked to the LOD poster that says "PHRACK SummerCon CyberView, St. Louis" which appears to be an invitation of some kind. This struck me as quite interesting. Twenty bucks interesting, as it turns out, and I think it was twenty well spent. Now don't tell me Steve Jackson Games has no significance for you (sigh). Ok, here is how Steve tells it (in the intro to the game): ----- "In 1990, Steve Jackson Games was raided by the U.S. Secret Service during a 'hacker hunt' that went disastrously out of control. We lost several computers, modems, and other equipment. Worse, we lost the manuscripts to several uncompleted games, most notably _GURPS Cyberpunk_, which a Secret Service agent the next day called 'a handbook for computer crime.' The company had to lay off half its staff, and narrowly avoided bankruptcy. "Eventually we got most of our property back (though some of it was damaged or destroyed). The Secret Service admitted that we'd never been a target of their investigation. We have a lawsuit pending against the officials and agencies responsible. "But since the day of the raid, gamers have been asking us, 'When are you going to make a game about it?' Okay. We give up. Here it is. Have fun." ----- Weeeell...everybody naturally wants to look as good as they can, right? For the real lowdown on the whole situation, a scan through some old CUDs would be in order, where you could find a copy of the warrant which authorized this raid. I can tell you that Loyd Blankenship is the author of SJG's _GURPS Cyberpunk_, so draw your own conclusions. Hacker is played with cards. This does NOT, in my view, make it a card game, though it is advertised that way. It's pretty similar to Illuminati, requiring a lot of diplomacy, but it has a totally different flavor. The goal here is to become the mondo superhacker king of the net by getting access on twelve systems. You build the net as you go along, upgrading your system, hacking systems, and looking for ways to screw your fellow hackers so they can't be king of the net before you can get around to it. While the hacking aspect is necessarily resolved by a dice roll, the other aspects of this game ring true. They distinguish between regular and root access on systems, have specific OSes, specific net types, NetHubs, secret indials, back doors, and, of course, the feds, which range from local police to combined raids from the FBI and other government authorities. This is a good game all on its own. It's fun, it has a fair amount of strategy, lots of dirty dealing, and a touch of luck to spice things up. And if things get too hairy and blood is about to flow, they inevitably cool down when someone uses a special card. Quite a few of these are funny as hell. Some examples: Trashing: Somebody threw away an old backup disk. Bad idea. You can leave them e-mail about it...from their own account. Get A Life: A new computer game ate your brain. 100 hours later, you beat it, and you're ready to get back to hacking, but you get only one hack this turn. There is another one of these about meeting a member of the opposite sex and briefly entertaining the notion that there is more to life than hacking. Original Manuals: The official system manuals explain many possible security holes. This is good. Some system administrators ignore them. This is bad. They usually get away with it because most people don't have the manuals. This is good. But YOU have a set of manuals. This is very interesting. Social Engineering: "This is Joe Jones. My password didn't work. Can you reset it to JOE for me?" There is another one of these that says something about being the phone company checking the modem line, what's your root password please. And my favorite, a card designed to be played to save yourself from a raid: Dummy Equipment: The investigators took your TV and your old Banana II, but they overlooked the real stuff! No evidence, no bust -- and you keep your system. As you can see, this game goes pretty far toward catching the flavor of the real scene, though some of it is necessarily stereotypical. Well, enough praise. Here are a couple of gripes. The game is LONG. A really nasty group of players can keep this going for hours. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but be forewarned. A few modifications to shorten it up are offered, but the short game is a little like masturbating. Just not as good as the real thing. There was too much work to get the game ready to play. I've gotten used to some amount of setting up SJGs, and believe me, I would not have bought more unless they were good, and they always are, but the setup has not usually been such a pain. HACKER has a lot of pieces, and a lot of them come on a single page, requiring you to hack them out with scissors and hope you don't do something retarded like cut the wrong thing off. Once I got done with this, everything was cool, but this was a real pain. So, overall, what do I think? Four stars. If you play games, or if you're just massively hip to anything about hacking, get this game. You're gonna need at least three players, preferably four or five (up to six can play), so if you only know one person, don't bother unless you have some hope of getting someone else to game with you. And when Dr. Death or the K-Rad Kodez Kid calls you up and wonders where you've been lately, just tell him you're busy dodging feds, covering your tracks, and hacking for root in every system you find in your quest to call yourself king of the net, and if he doesn't support you...well, you know what to do with posers who refuse to believe you're God, don't you? Muahahahahahahaahaha! _______________________________________________________________________________ CPSR Listserv ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) has set up a list server to (1) archive CPSR-related materials and make them available on request, and (2) disseminate relatively official, short, CPSR-related announcements (e.g., press releases, conference announcements, and project updates). It is accessible via Internet and Bitnet e-mail. Mail traffic will be light; the list is set up so that only the CPSR Board and staff can post to it. Because it is self-subscribing, it easily makes material available to a wide audience. We encourage you to subscribe to the list server and publicize it widely, to anyone interested in CPSR's areas of work. To subscribe, send mail to: listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu (Internet) OR listserv@gwuvm (Bitnet) Your message needs to contain only one line: subscribe cpsr You will get a message that confirms your subscription. The message also explains how to use the list server to request archived materials (including an index of everything in CPSR's archive), and how to request more information about the list server. Please continue to send any CPSR queries to cpsr@csli.stanford.edu. If you have a problem with the list server, please contact the administrator, Paul Hyland (phyland@gwuvm.gwu.edu or phyland@gwuvm). We hope you enjoy this new service. _______________________________________________________________________________ TRW Allows Inspection ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ According to USA Today, as of April 30, you can get a free copy of your TRW credit report once a year by writing to: TRW Consumer Assistance P.O. Box 2350 Chatsworth, CA 91313-2350 Include all of the following in your letter: - Full name including middle initial and generation such as Jr, Sr, III etc. - Current address and ZIP code. - All previous addresses and ZIPs for past five years. - Social Security number. - Year of birth. - Spouse's first name. - A photocopy of a billing statement, utility bill, driver's license or other document that links your name with the address where the report should be mailed. _______________________________________________________________________________ The POWER Computer Lives! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do the words of the prophet Abraham Epstein ring true? (Remember him from his correspondence in Phrack 36 Loopback?) If you don't believe that The IBM/TV Power Computer and is attempting to take over the world then read the following and judge for yourself. o IBM is the worlds largest corporation. o IBM has more in assets than most small countries. o In 1991 IBM and it's arch enemy, Apple Computer, have joined forces to build the POWER computer. o The POWER computer will replace all existing Macintosh, PS/2, and RS/6000 machines. o The POWER architecture will be licenced to third-party companies in order that they may build their own POWER computers. o With both Apple Computer (QuickTime) and IBM (Ultimedia) advancing their work on Multimedia, it can only mean that the POWER computer will speak through TV. - - - - - - - - - Here are some quotes from Harley Hahn of IBM's Advanced Workstation Division: "PowerOpen is a computing architecture based on AIX and the POWER Architecture. To that we've added the PowerPC architecture [a low- end implementation if POWER ] and the Macintosh interface and applications." "Our goal is to create the major RISC computing industry standard based on the PowerPC architecture and the PowerOpen environment." "Eventually all our workstations will use POWER" - - - - - - - - - Here's a quote from Doug McLean of Apple Computer: "It is our intention to replace the 68000 in our entire line of Macintosh computers with PowerPC chips." - - - - - - - - - The PROPHECY IS COMING TRUE. We have no time to lose. Unless we act quickly the world will come to an abrupt end as the POWER COMPUTER passes wind on all of us. Abraham Epstein [Big Daddy Plastic Recycling Corporation] [Plastic Operations With Energy Resources (POWER)] _______________________________________________________________________________ Major Virus Alert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George Bush Virus - Doesn't do anything, but you can't get rid of it until November. Ted Kennedy Virus - Crashes your computer, but denies it ever happened. Warren Commission Virus - Won't allow you to open your files for 75 years Jerry Brown Virus - Blanks your screen and begins flashing an 800 number. David Duke Virus - Makes your screen go completely white. Congress Virus - Overdraws your disk space. Paul Tsongas Virus - Pops up on Dec. 25 and says "I'm Not Santa Claus." Pat Buchanan Virus - Shifts all output to the extreme right of the screen. Dan Quayle Virus - Forces your computer to play "PGA TOUR" from 10am to 4pm, 6 days a week Bill Clinton Virus - This virus mutates from region to region. We're not exactly sure what it does. Richard Nixon Virus - Also know as the "Tricky Dick Virus." You can wipe it out, but it always makes a comeback. H. Ross Perot Virus - Same as the Jerry Brown virus, only nicer fonts are used, and it appears to have had a lot more money put into its development. _______________________________________________________________________________ AUDIO LINKS ~~~~~~~~~~~ By Mr. Upsetter It all started with my Macintosh... Some time ago I had this crazy idea of connecting the output from the audio jack of my Macintosh to the phone line. Since the Macintosh has built in sound generation hardware, I could synthesize any number of useful sounds and play them over the phone. For instance, with a sound editing program like SoundEdit, it is easy to synthesize call progress tones, DTMF and MF tones, red box, green box, and other signalling tones. So I set out to do exactly this. I created a set of synthesized sounds as sound resources using SoundEdit. Then I wrote a HyperCard stack for the purpose of playing these sounds. Now all I needed was a circuit to match the audio signal from the headphone jack of my Mac to the phone line. How The Circuit Works ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I designed a simple passive circuit that does the job quite well. Here is the schematic diagram. +------+ T1 +------+ o-----| R1 |-----o------o--------(| |)-----| C1 |-----o-----o +------+ +| -| (| |) +------+ | +---+ +---+ (| |) +---+ to Mac | D | | D | 8 (| |) 500 |VR | to headphone | 1 | | 2 | ohm (| |) ohm | 1 | phone jack +---+ +---+ (| |) +---+ line -| +| (| |) | o------------------o------o--------(| |)------------------o-----o C1-.22 uF, 200V D1,D2- 1N4148 switching diode R1-620 ohm, 1/4W T1- 8 ohm to 500 ohm audio transformer, Mouser part 42TL001 VR1-300V MOV, Mouser part 570-V300LA4 VR1 is a 300V surge protector to guard against transient high voltages. Capacitor C1 couples the phone line to transformer T1, blocking the phone line's DC voltage but allowing the AC audio signal to pass. The transformer matches the impedance of the phone line to the impedance of the headphone jack. Diodes D1 and D2 provide clipping for additional ringing voltage protection (note their polarity markings in the schematic). They will clip any signal above 7 volts. Resistor R1 drops the volume of the audio signal from the Mac to a reasonable level. The end result is a circuit that isolates the Mac from dangerous phone line voltages and provides a good quality audio link to the phone line. Building and Using the Circut ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This simple circuit is easy to build (if you're handy with electronics). I personally prefer to solder the circuit together. A length of shielded audio cable with a 1/8 inch mono plug on one end should be connected to the audio input end of the circuit. A standard RJ11 phone jack should be connected to the phone line end of the circuit. Although this circuit will protect against dangerous phone line voltages, it is best to disconnect it when not in use. You just don't want to risk anything bad happening to your brand new Quadra 900, right? Once you have an audio link between your Mac and the phone line, the applications are limitless. Use HyperCard's built-in DTMF dialing to dial for you, or build a memory dialer stack. Talk to people with Macintalk. Play your favorite Ren and Stimpy sounds for your friends. Play a ringback tone to "transfer" people to an "extension". Build and use a set of synthesized MF tones. Try to trick COCOT's with synthesized busy and reorder signals. But Wait, There Is More... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So you say you don't own a Macintosh? That is ok, because the circuit can be used with other devices besides your Mac. You can use it with the 8 ohm headphone output from tape recorders, radios, scanners, etc. You could also probably use it with any other computer as long as you had the proper audio D/A hardware and software to create sounds. All parts are available from Mouser Electronics. Call 800-346-6873 for a free catalog. _______________________________________________________________________________ Thank You Disk Jockey! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: May 22, 1992 From: Sarlo To: Phrack Subject: The Disk Jockey I was searching through some Phracks (issues 30-38), just checking them out and noticed something. It's small and insignificant, I guess, but important to me all the same. I noticed in Disk Jockey's Prophile (Phrack 34, File 3) that he "Never got any thanks for keeping his mouth shut."..I dunno how to get ahold of him or anything, but if you drop a line to him sometime, tell him I said "thanks." -Sarlo _______________________________________________________________________________ An Upset Reader Responds To Knight Lightning and Phrack ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 20 Apr 92 16:57 GMT From: "Thomas J. Klotzbach" <0003751365@mcimail.com> To: Knight Lightning Subject: In response to your comments of Phrack Vol 4, Issue 37, File 2 of 14 Hi, I have a lot of respect for Phrack and all the work they are doing to promote an understanding of the Computer Underground. But your comments in the latest issue of Phrack are what I would like to comment on. You say: "In short -- I speak on behalf of the modem community in general, 'FUCK OFF GEEK!' Crawl back under the rock from whence you came and go straight to hell!" First, you don't speak for me and about five other people at this college. I have maintained throughout that the ONLY way to further the efforts of the Computer Underground is to destroy them with logic - not with creton-like comments. Yes, you are entitled to your say - but why not take this Dale Drew person and destroy him with logic? The minute that you descend to the level Dale Drew operates from makes you look just as ridiculous as him. In my opinion, you came off very poorly in the exchange with Dale Drew. Thomas J. Klotzbach MCI Mail: 375-1365 Genesee Community College Internet: 3751365@mcimail.com Batavia, NY 14020 Work: (716) 343-0055 x358 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear Mr. Klotzbach, >From all of us at Phrack, this is our reply to your recent email... ******************************************************************************* Cyber-Redneck & Shitkickin' Jim's GUIDE TO MANLY HACKING A Lod/GoD Presentation Legion of d0oDeZ / Gardeners of Doom! "You can have my encryption algorithm, when you pry it from my cold dead fingers!" ******************************************************************************* NOW BOYS... first of all, you gotta git yerself a pickup truck. Shitkickin' Jim's got one. And you gotta get a bedliner, a toolbox, a gunrack, and a CB. For decoration, you have to get a confederate flag Hank Williams Jr. license plate, or a Harley Davidson license plate, at your option. You also gotta get an NRA sticker for the back, and the Bassmaster fishing sticker (you know, the one that's has a fish on it). The most mandatory requirement are two antennaes for your CB which are mounted on each of the side view mirrors. Now that you have your pickup truck/hackermobile, you gotta rip out the dashboard and mount a Data General processing unit in the front seat, cuz that's a manly-sounding computer name, not some pussy sounding 'puter. You also have to get an Anchorman direct-connect modem, cuz that's the only thing left that your battery will be able to power. Not only do you have to have a pickup truck, but you gotta have rollbars, with foglights, armed with KC light covers so that you can see at night while you're trashing. THE MANLY WAY FOR A NIGHT OF HACKING NOTE: Before you begin any journey in the hackmobile, you must get a six pack of Budweiser, and a carton of Marlboro reds. It's mandatory. Call up your buddy who owns his own trash business. If you are a real man, ALL of your friends will work in this business. Get him to take the company truck out (the deluxe model -- the Hercules trash truck, the one with the forklift on the front). HOW REAL MEN GO TRASHING Drive down to your local Bell office or garage, and empty all of the dumpsters into the trashtruck, by way of the convenient forklift. This method has brought both me and Shitkickin' Jim much luck in the way of volume trashing. Now that you have all of your trash, go back and dump it in your backyard. If you are a real man, no one will notice. Dump it between the two broke down Chevette's, the ones that all the dogs will sleep under, next to the two barrels of wire. Go through the trash and find out who the geek is that is the switchman at the central office. This shouldn't be hard. It's the little squiggly letters at the bottom of the page. Next, drive to his house. Pull your truck into his front yard. Threaten him with the following useful phrase: "HAY FAY-GUT! WUT IS THE PASSWORD TO THE LOCAL COSMOS DIALUP?" "IFFIN YOU DON'T TELL ME, I'M GONNA RUN OVER YOUR PIECE OF SHIT RICE-BURNING COMMUNIST JAPANESE CAR WITH MY 4 BY 4 PICKUP TRUCK, GAWDDAMIT!" Then spit a big, brown, long tobaccoe-juice glob onto his shirt, aiming for the Bell logo. Should he withhold any information at this point, git out of yer truck and walk over to him. Grab him by his pencil neck, and throw him on the ground. Place your cowboy boot over his forehead, and tell him your going to hogtie his ass to the front of your 4 by 4 and smash him into some concrete posts. At this point, he will give in, especially noticing the numerous guns in the gunrack. WHAT TO DO WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE COVERTLY OBTAINED Don't even think about using a computer. Make him log on to his terminal at home, and make him do whatever you like. Read a copy of JUGGS magazine, or High Society, or Hustler, while at the same time exhibiting your mighty hacker power. Enjoy the newfound fame and elitism that you will receive from your friends and loved ones. GOD BLESS AMERICA! ***************************************************** This file was brought to you by Cyber-Redneck a/k/a Johnny Rotten, and Shitkickin' Jim a/k/a Dispater. Iffin you don't like this here file, we will burn a cross in your yard, and might even tell the BellCo geek to cut your line off. He's still tied up in Shitkickin' Jim's basement. _______________________________________________________________________________ ==Phrack Inc.== Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Nine, File 3 of 13 ==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 one of the earlier hackers to make headlines and legal journals due to computer hacking... (_>Shadow Hawk 1<_) _______________________________________________________________________________ Personal ~~~~~~~~ Handle: (_>Shadow Hawk 1<_) Call me: Herb Past handles: Feyd Rautha, Captain Beyond, Mental Cancer Handle origin: Stolen from the name of an 8-bit Atari 800 game that seemed to be written in the language RGL (anyone got it for the IBM? ;-) ). Date of Birth: August 6, 1970 Age at current date: 21 Height: 6'2" Weight: 190 lbs. Eye color: Gray Hair color: Brown Computer: 386/Linux ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I started working with computers in the 6th grade with an Atari 800 and a cassette drive. I added a modem and a disk drive and started researching other computer systems [checking out other hacker's conquests ;-) ]. Eventually, I decided that UNIX was to be the OS of choice. As a child, I was always curious about stuff in my own reality, so naturally, when computers became available... I first owned an Atari 800, then an Atari ST 1040, followed by a short- lived Unix-PC 3B1, and a lame 20MHz 386. Currently, I have a 33MHz 386. Most of my hacking-type knowledge came from a text file that listed a few Unix defaults; I used those to go and learn more on my own. Other OSes, I just hacked at random 8-). I started out with systems that had already been penetrated and I built up my own database of systems from there. I wasn't too clever in the beginning, though, and lost a few systems to perceptive sys-admins. I specialized in Unix, though I enjoyed toying with obscure systems (RSX-11, Sorbus Realtime Basic, etc.) In the hack/phreak world, I used to hang out with The Prophet, The Serpent (Chicago), The Warrior, and others for short periods of time, who shall remain nameless. As far as what were memorable hack/phreak BBSes, I'd have to say none... Not that there weren't any, but I have just forgotten them all. My accomplishments in the phreak/hack world include writing a few text files, typing in a few books, getting in lots of systems, and learning a bit about the Unix OS. Other than that, absolutely nothing; my life is computers! (NOT!) I _was_ associated with the J-Men a few years back, but that's the only hack/phreak group that I ever had anything to do with. I was busted for overzealousness in penetrating AT&T computer networks and systems. I stupidly made calls from my unprotected home phone. I got caught trying to snag Unix SysV 3.5 68K kernel source. I had already given up the practice of sharing information when I realized how quickly systems went away after their numbers and logins were posted 8-). After I got busted, I decided it might be best to limit my hacking to those strata of reality on which it is not (yet) prohibited to hack ;-) . In real life, I originally was going to be an EE/CS major in school, but now, I'm leaning towards math/modeling/nonlinear dynamics. Work when necessary 8-|. I'm into making music, drawing strange pictures, and exploring the nether regions of physical reality. Occasionally I am seen at sci-fi conventions in various forms and personages. I feel seriously against taking things too seriously. If you can master that, you've got it all beat! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (_>Shadow Hawk 1<_)'s Favorite Things ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Work: Nihilist Ontologist. Cars: Fast & Loud. Foods: I like a little of every cuisine, except those involving large amounts of horseradish, beets, raw tomatoes, etc. Music: Ecumenical. Authors: R.A. Wilson is good for kicks; other than that I haven't read much fiction lately. Lots of non-fiction. Books: Illuminatus, Stranger in a Strange Land, Man or Matter, Godel Escher and Bach, The Book of the SubGenius. Performers: The people at NASA, the U.S. government beings at Washington, the nightly news. Sex: Yes. Most Memorable Experience ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coming home to a house full of Secret Service, FBI, NSA, DIA, and AT&T agents after getting really stoned with some neighborhood friends, and then having them take everything electronic that didn't appear to be a household appliance EXCEPT the obviously stolen/dangerous items: a digital power meter, a He-Ne laser, and jars of chemicals for making bombs. HUMOR AT ITS FINEST! Some People to Mention ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Thanks to Bill Cook for leaving no stone unturned in my personal life! o Thanks to "my" lawyer, Karen Plant, for leaving MANY stones unturned in helping to decide my fate! o Thanks to the U.S. Federal Justice System for sentencing me to a 9 months in a "juvenile facility" (as well as confiscating thousands of dollars of stuff, some legal & some not) while allowing burglars, politicians, and virus-authors to go free with a slap on the wrist! o Thanks for Operation Sun-Devil, without which, the venerable Ripco BBS would still be in its first incarnation! A Few Other Things ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'd like to thank all the great beings at Lunatic Labs for not removing my account while I was sight-seeing in South Dakota. HI! to all my TRUE friends (you know who you are) and all the FALSE ones too! Where would I be now without you? Thanks to all those who love me enough to want to control my mind. And, of course, THANKS to the hack/phreak community in general for not only becoming, as most countercultures do, decadent and passe, but also for still bugging me after all these years! The Future: well, if reality doesn't cave itself in TOO badly with all of the virtuality that's on its way, it should be a great time for all to play with the "net!" Inside jokes: HALOHALOHALOHALOHALOHALOHALOHALOHALOSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSK eaerlyeaerlyeaerlyeaerlyeaerlyeaerly... the gwampismobile shall ride again! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Of the general population of phreaks you have met, would you consider most phreaks, if any, to be computer geeks? Well, as far as geeking goes, all are free to pursue their interests. It is important to remember that social evolution and mental evolution do not necessarily occur simultaneously, or instantaneously (usually). _______________________________________________________________________________ ==Phrack Inc.== Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Nine, File 4 of 13 Network Miscellany V Compiled from Internet Sources by Datastream Cowboy Network Miscellany created by Taran King University of Colorado Netfind Server ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trying 128.138.243.151 ... Connected to bruno.cs.colorado.edu. Escape character is '^]'. SunOS UNIX (bruno) login: netfind ===================================================== Welcome to the University of Colorado Netfind server. ===================================================== I think that your terminal can display 24 lines. If this is wrong, please enter the "Other" menu and set the correct number of lines. Help/Search/Other/Quit [h/s/o/q]: h Given the name of a person on the Internet and a rough description of where the person works, Netfind attempts to locate information about the person. When prompted, enter a name followed by a set of keywords, such as schwartz university colorado boulder The name can be a first, last, or login name. The keys describe where the person works, by the name of the institution and/or the city/state/country. If you know the institution's domain name (e.g., "cs.colorado.edu", where there are host names like "brazil.cs.colorado.edu") you can specify it as keys without the dots (e.g., "cs colorado edu"). Keys are case insensitive and may be specified in any order. Using more than one key implies the logical AND of the keys. Specifying too many keys may cause searches to fail. If this happens, try specifying fewer keys, e.g., schwartz boulder If you specify keys that match many domains, Netfind will list some of the matching domains/organizations and ask you to form a more specific search. Note that you can use any of the words in the organization strings (in addition to the domain components) as keys in future searches. Organization lines are gathered from imperfect sources. However, it is usually easy to tell when they are incorrect or not fully descriptive. Even if the organization line is incorrect/vague, the domain name listed will still work properly for searches. Often you can "guess" the proper domain. For example, "cs..edu" is usually the computer science department at a university, even if the organization line doesn't make this clear. When Netfind runs, it displays a trace of the parallel search progress, along with the results of the searches. Since output can scroll by quickly, you might want to run it in a window system, or pipe the output through tee(1): rlogin -l netfind |& tee log You can also disable trace output from the "Other" menu. You can get the Netfind software by anonymous FTP from ftp.cs.colorado.edu, in pub/cs/distribs/netfind. More complete documentation is also available in that package. A paper describing the methodology is available in pub/cs/techreports/schwartz/RD.Papers/PostScript/White.Pages.ps.Z (compressed PostScript) or pub/cs/techreports/schwartz/RD.Papers/ASCII/White.Pages.txt.Z (compressed ASCII). Please send comments/questions to schwartz@cs.colorado.edu. If you would like to be added to the netfind-users list (for software updates and other discussions, etc.), send mail to: netfind-users-request@cs.colorado.edu. Help/Search/Other/Quit [h/s/o/q]: q Exiting Netfind server... Connection closed by foreign host. _______________________________________________________________________________ Commercial Networks Reachable From The Internet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Roman Kanala (kanala@sc2a.unige.ch), CUEPE, University of Geneva 1. Internet to X.400 ==================== An X.400 address in form First name : Fffff Surname : Nnnnn Organization : Ooooo ADMD : Aaaaa Country : Cc looks in RFC822 (Internet) addressing like /G=Fffff/S=Nnnnn/O=Ooooo/@Aaaa.Cc or in%"/G=Fffff/S=Nnnnn/O=Ooooo/@Aaaa.Cc" 2. Any X.400 to Internet ======================== My Internet address kanala@sc2a.unige.ch can be written for X.400 services (like arCom400 in Switzerland, Sprint MAIL or MCI Mail in the USA) as follows: C=CH; ADMD=ARCOM; PRMD=SWITCH; O=UNIGE; OU=SC2A; S=KANALA and in Internet RFC822 form (althrough I don't see any reason to do it this way for sending messages from Internet to Internet): /S=Kanala/OU=sc2a/O=UniGe/P=Switch/@arcom.ch 3. MCI Mail to Internet (via a gateway) ======================= If you are in the USA and using MCI Mail, then you can write to Internet addresses as follows: TO: Roman Kanala (EMS) EMS: INTERNET MBX: kanala@sc2a.unige.ch The gateway from MCI Mail to Internet is accessed by referencing the user's name as though he were on an EMS service. When EMS name of INTERNET is used for example, in the USA, then it's in order to have NRI (Reston VA) handle the message for him. When prompted for mailbox MBX, user enters the Internet address he is wanting to send a message to. 4. Internet to MCI Mail ======================= The general address form is username@mcimail.com, where the username is in one of two forms: either full username or the numerical box number in form of digits only and preceded by three zeros, for ex. 0001234567@mcimail.com (address 1234567 is ficticious). 5. AppleLink to Internet or Bitnet ================================== Internet address is used with a suffix @INTERNET#, like kanala@sc2a.unige.ch@internet# or kanala@cgeuge52.bitnet@internet# (here cgeuge52 is the bitnet address of sc2a.unige.ch) 6. Internet or Bitnet to AppleLink ================================== AppleLink address is used as if it were an Internet username on the AppleLink.Apple.Com node, like: CH0389@applelink.apple.com 7. CompuServe to Internet ========================= In the address field from CompuServe, type the symbol >, "greater than", the word "INTERNET" in uppercase characters, then a space followed by the Internet address, like: >INTERNET kanala@sc2a.unige.ch 8. Internet to CompuServe ========================= The CompuServe address is used followed by "@compuserve.com". In the CompuServe mailbox number the comma is replaces by a period, example: 12345.678@compuserve.com (address 12345.678 is ficticious) _______________________________________________________________________________ Inter-Network Mail Guide ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This document is Copyright 1990 by John J. Chew. All rights reserved. Permission for non-commercial distribution is hereby granted, provided that this file is distributed intact, including this copyright notice and the version information above. Permission for commercial distribution can be obtained by contacting the author as described below. INTRODUCTION This file documents methods of sending mail from one network to another. It represents the aggregate knowledge of the readers of comp.mail.misc and many contributors elsewhere. If you know of any corrections or additions to this file, please read the file format documentation below and then mail to me: John J. Chew DISTRIBUTION (news) This list is posted monthly to Usenet newsgroups comp.mail.misc and news.newusers.questions. (mail) I maintain a growing list of subscribers who receive each monthly issue by electronic mail, and recommend this to anyone planning to redistribute the list on a regular basis. (FTP) Internet users can fetch this guide by anonymous FTP as ~ftp/pub/docs/ internetwork-mail-guide on Ra.MsState.Edu (130.18.80.10 or 130.18.96.37) [Courtesy of Frank W. Peters] (Listserv) Bitnet users can fetch this guide from the Listserv at UNMVM. Send mail to LISTSERV@UNMVM with blank subject and body consisting of the line "GET NETWORK GUIDE". [Courtesy of Art St. George] HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE Each entry in this file describes how to get from one network to another. To keep this file at a reasonable size, methods that can be generated by transitivity (A->B and B->C gives A->B->C) are omitted. Entries are sorted first by source network and then by destination network. This is what a typical entry looks like: #F mynet #T yournet #R youraddress #C contact address if any #I send to "youraddress@thegateway" For parsing purposes, entries are separated by at least one blank line, and each line of an entry begins with a "#" followed by a letter. Lines beginning with "#" are comments and need not be parsed. Lines which do not start with a "#" at all should be ignored as they are probably mail or news headers. #F (from) and #T (to) lines specify source and destination networks. If you're sending me information about a new network, please give me a brief description of the network so that I can add it to the list below. The abbreviated network names used in #F and #T lines should consist only of the characters a-z, 0-9 and "-" unless someone can make a very convincing case for their favourite pi character. These are the currently known networks with abbreviated names: applelink AppleLink (Apple Computer, Inc.'s in-house network) bitnet international academic network bix Byte Information eXchange: Byte magazine's commercial BBS bmug Berkeley Macintosh Users Group compuserve commercial time-sharing service connect Connect Professional Information Network (commercial) easynet Easynet (DEC's in-house mail system) envoy Envoy-100 (Canadian commercial mail service) fax Facsimile document transmission fidonet PC-based BBS network geonet GeoNet Mailbox Systems (commercial) internet the Internet mci MCI's commercial electronic mail service mfenet Magnetic Fusion Energy Network nasamail NASA internal electronic mail peacenet non-profit mail service sinet Schlumberger Information NETwork span Space Physics Analysis Network (includes HEPnet) sprintmail Sprint's commercial mail service (formerly Telemail) thenet Texas Higher Education Network #R (recipient) gives an example of an address on the destination network, to make it clear in subsequent lines what text requires subsitution. #C (contact) gives an address for inquiries concerning the gateway, expressed as an address reachable from the source (#F) network. Presumably, if you can't get the gateway to work at all, then knowing an unreachable address on another network will not be of great help. #I (instructions) lines, of which there may be several, give verbal instructions to a user of the source network to let them send mail to a user on the destination network. Text that needs to be typed will appear in double quotes, with C-style escapes if necessary. #F applelink #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "user@domain@internet#" #I domain can be be of the form "site.bitnet", address must be <35 characters #F bitnet #T internet #R user@domain #I Methods for sending mail from Bitnet to the Internet vary depending on #I what mail software is running at the Bitnet site in question. In the #I best case, users should simply be able to send mail to "user@domain". #I If this doesn't work, try "user%domain@gateway" where "gateway" is a #I regional Bitnet-Internet gateway site. Finally, if neither of these #I works, you may have to try hand-coding an SMTP envelope for your mail. #I If you have questions concerning this rather terse note, please try #I contacting your local postmaster or system administrator first before #I you send me mail -- John Chew #F compuserve #T fax #R +1 415 555 1212 #I send to "FAX 14155551212" (only to U.S.A.) #F compuserve #T internet #R user@domain #I send to ">INTERNET:user@domain" #F compuserve #T mci #R 123-4567 #I send to ">MCIMAIL:123-4567" #F connect #T internet #R user@domain #I send to CONNECT id "DASNET" #I first line of message: "\"user@domain\"@DASNET" #F easynet #T bitnet #R user@site #C DECWRL::ADMIN #I from VMS use NMAIL to send to "nm%DECWRL::\"user@site.bitnet\"" #I from Ultrix #I send to "user@site.bitnet" or if that fails #I (via IP) send to "\"user%site.bitnet\"@decwrl.dec.com" #I (via DECNET) send to "DECWRL::\"user@site.bitnet\"" #F easynet #T fidonet #R john smith at 1:2/3.4 #C DECWRL::ADMIN #I from VMS use NMAIL to send to #I "nm%DECWRL::\"john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org\"" #I from Ultrix #I send to "john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org" or if that fails #I (via IP) send to \"john.smith%p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org\"@decwrl.dec.com" #I (via DECNET) send to "DECWRL::\"john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org\"" #F easynet #T internet #R user@domain #C DECWRL::ADMIN #I from VMS use NMAIL to send to "nm%DECWRL::\"user@domain\"" #I from Ultrix #I send to "user@domain" or if that fails #I (via IP) send to "\"user%domain\"@decwrl.dec.com" #I (via DECNET) send to "DECWRL::\"user@domain\"" #F envoy #T internet #R user@domain #C ICS.TEST or ICS.BOARD #I send to "[RFC-822=\"user(a)domain\"]INTERNET/TELEMAIL/US #I for special characters, use @=(a), !=(b), _=(u), any=(three octal digits) #F fidonet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "uucp" at nearest gateway site #I first line of message: "To: user@domain" #F geonet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "DASNET" #I subject line: "user@domain!subject" #F internet #T applelink #R user #I send to "user@applelink.apple.com" #F internet #T bitnet #R user@site #I send to "user%site.bitnet@gateway" where "gateway" is a gateway host that #I is on both the internet and bitnet. Some examples of gateways are: #I cunyvm.cuny.edu mitvma.mit.edu. Check first to see what local policies #I are concerning inter-network forwarding. #F internet #T bix #R user #I send to "user@dcibix.das.net" #F internet #T bmug #R John Smith #I send to "John.Smith@bmug.fidonet.org" #F internet #T compuserve #R 71234,567 #I send to "71234.567@compuserve.com" #I note: Compuserve account IDs are pairs of octal numbers. Ordinary #I consumer CIS user IDs begin with a `7' as shown. #F internet #T connect #R NAME #I send to "NAME@dcjcon.das.net" #F internet #T easynet #R HOST::USER #C admin@decwrl.dec.com #I send to "user@host.enet.dec.com" or "user%host.enet@decwrl.dec.com" #F internet #T easynet #R John Smith @ABC #C admin@decwrl.dec.com #I send to "John.Smith@ABC.MTS.DEC.COM" #I (This syntax is for All-In-1 users.) #F internet #T envoy #R John Smith (ID=userid) #C /C=CA/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/ID=ICS.TEST/S=TEST_GROUP/@nasamail.nasa.gov #C for second method only #I send to "uunet.uu.net!att!attmail!mhs!envoy!userid" #I or to "/C=CA/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/DD.ID=userid/PN=John_Smith/@Sprint.COM" #F internet #T fidonet #R john smith at 1:2/3.4 #I send to "john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org" #F internet #T geonet #R user at host #I send to "user:host@map.das.net" #I American host is geo4, European host is geo1. #F internet #T mci #R John Smith (123-4567) #I send to "1234567@mcimail.com" #I or send to "JSMITH@mcimail.com" if "JSMITH" is unique #I or send to "John_Smith@mcimail.com" if "John Smith" is unique - note the #I underscore! #I or send to "John_Smith/1234567@mcimail.com" if "John Smith" is NOT unique #F internet #T mfenet #R user@mfenode #I send to "user%mfenode.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa" #F internet #T nasamail #R user #C #I send to "user@nasamail.nasa.gov" #F internet #T peacenet #R user #C #I send to "user%cdp@arisia.xerox.com" #F internet #T sinet #R node::user or node1::node::user #I send to "user@node.SINet.SLB.COM" or "user%node@node1.SINet.SLB.COM" #F internet #T span #R user@host #C #I send to "user@host.span.NASA.gov" #I or to "user%host.span@ames.arc.nasa.gov" #F internet #T sprintmail #R [userid "John Smith"/organization]system/country #I send to /C=country/ADMD=system/O=organization/PN=John_Smith/DD.ID=userid/@Sprint.COM" #F internet #T thenet #R user@host #I send to "user%host.decnet@utadnx.cc.utexas.edu" #F mci #T internet #R John Smith #I at the "To:" prompt type "John Smith (EMS)" #I at the "EMS:" prompt type "internet" #I at the "Mbx:" prompt type "user@domain" #F nasamail #T internet #R user@domain #I at the "To:" prompt type "POSTMAN" #I at the "Subject:" prompt enter the subject of your message #I at the "Text:" prompt, i.e. as the first line of your message, #I enter "To: user@domain" #F sinet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::\"user@domain\"" #I or "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::domain::user" #F span #T internet #R user@domain #C NETMGR@NSSDCA #I send to "AMES::\"user@domain\"" #F sprintmail #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "[RFC-822=user(a)domain @GATEWAY]INTERNET/TELEMAIL/US" #F thenet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to UTADNX::WINS%" user@domain " _______________________________________________________________________________ MUDs ~~~~ By Frosty of CyberSpace Project ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MUDWHO servers (5) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amber amber.ecst.csuchico.edu 132.241.1.43 6889 up 1 DEC decuac.dec.com 192.5.214.1 6889 up 5 Littlewood littlewood.math.okstate. 139.78.1.13 6889 up 4 edu Nova nova.tat.physik. 134.2.62.161 6889 up 3 uni-tuebingen.de PernWHO milo.mit.edu 18.70.0.216 6889 up 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AberMUDs (11) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aber5@FSU loligo.cc.fsu.edu 128.186.2.99 5000 R* DIRT ulrik.uio.no 129.240.2.4 6715 up 32 Dragon messua.informatik. 137.226.224.9 6715 up rwth-aachen.de Eddie aber eddie.ee.vt.edu 128.173.5.207 5000 TO Alles EnchantedMud neptune.calstatela.edu 130.182.193.1 6715 up 22 Longhorn lisboa.cs.utexas.edu 128.83.139.10 6715 up Mustang MUD mustang.dell.com 143.166.224.42 6715 up SpudMud stjoe.cs.uidaho.edu 129.101.128.7 6715 up Temple bigboy.cis.temple.edu 129.32.32.98 6715 up The Underground hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu 128.52.46.11 6715 R* Wolf b.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu 129.71.11.2 6715 R* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DikuMUDs (17) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Albanian judy.indstate.edu 139.102.14.10 4000 R DikuMUD AlexMUD alex.stacken.kth.se 130.237.237.3 4000 up *Alfa Diku alfa.me.chalmers.se 129.16.50.11 4000 up Austin MUD austin.daimi.aau.dk 130.225.16.161 4000 R 29 Caltech DIKU eltanin.caltech.edu 131.215.139.53 4000 R Copper Diku copper.denver.colorado. 132.194.10.1 4000 up 33 edu Davis Diku fajita.ucdavis.edu 128.120.61.203 3000 up 28 DikuMUD I bigboy.cis.temple.edu 129.32.32.98 4000 up Elof DikuMUD elof.iit.edu 192.41.245.90 4000 up Epic hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu 128.52.46.11 9000 R Grimne Diku flipper.pvv.unit.no 129.241.36.200 4000 R HypeNet ???? 129.10.12.2 4000 TO Matsci1 Diku matsci1.uncwil.edu 128.109.221.21 4000 up Mudde hawk.svl.cdc.com 129.179.4.49 4000 up Pathetique Sejnet Diku sejnet.sunet.se 192.36.125.3 4000 up Waterdeep shine.princeton.edu 128.112.120.28 4000 up Wayne Diku venus.eng.wayne.edu 141.217.24.4 4000 R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DUMs (2) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CanDUM II cheetah.vlsi.waterloo. 129.97.128.253 2001 up edu DUM II legolas.cs.umu.se 130.239.88.5 2001 R 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LPmuds (58) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aegolius vyonous.kennesaw.edu 130.218.13.19 2000 up Acadicus After Hours janice.cc.wwu.edu 140.160.240.28 2000 up 30 Akropolis ???? 139.124.40.4 6666 up Allinite ???? 134.126.21.223 2222 up BatMUD palikka.jyu.fi 130.234.0.3 2001 up *CyberWorld newview.etsu.edu 192.43.199.33 3000 up 34 *Darkemud dunix.drake.edu 192.84.11.2 4040 up 26 Darker Realms worf.tamu.edu 128.194.51.189 2000 up Dartmouth LPMud lusty.tamu.edu 128.194.10.118 2000 up Deeper Trouble alk.iesd.auc.dk 130.225.48.46 4242 up DevMUD huey.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.135.2 9300 R DiscWorld II peregrin.resmel.bhp.com. 134.18.1.12 2000 up au Dragon's Den ???? 129.25.7.111 2222 up End Of The Line mud.stanford.edu 36.21.0.47 2010 up 35 Finnegan's Wake maxheadroom.agps.lanl. 192.12.184.10 2112 up gov Frontier blish.cc.umanitoba.ca 130.179.168.77 9165 up GateWay secum.cs.dal.ca 129.173.24.31 6969 up *Genesis milou.cd.chalmers.se 129.16.79.12 2000 up 36 *Igor epsilon.me.chalmers.se 129.16.50.30 1701 up ImperialMUD aix.rpi.edu 128.113.26.11 2000 up 37 Ivory Tower brown-swiss.macc.wisc. 128.104.30.151 2000 R 27 edu Kobra duteca4.et.tudelft.nl 130.161.144.22 8888 up LPSwat aviator.cc.iastate.edu 129.186.140.6 2020 up Marches of chema.ucsd.edu 132.239.68.1 3000 up Antan Middle-Earth oba.dcs.gla.ac.uk 130.209.240.66 3000 up 38 Muddog Mud phaedrus.math.ufl.edu 128.227.168.2 2000 up Mystic ohm.gmu.edu 129.174.1.33 4000 up NANVAENT saddle.ccsun.strath.ac. 130.159.208.54 3000 up 24 uk Nameless complex.is 130.208.165.231 2000 up Nanny lysator.liu.se 130.236.254.1 2000 up NeXT ???? 152.13.1.5 2000 up Nemesis dszenger9.informatik. 131.159.8.67 2000 up tu-muenchen.de *Nightfall nova.tat.physik. 134.2.62.161 4242 up uni-tuebingen.de Nightmare orlith.bates.edu 134.181.1.12 2666 R Nirvana 4 elof.iit.edu 192.41.245.90 3500 up Nuage fifi.univ-lyon1.fr 134.214.100.21 2000 R *Overdrive im1.lcs.mit.edu 18.52.0.151 5195 up PaderMUD athene.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.2.32 4242 up PixieMud elof.iit.edu 192.41.245.90 6969 up QUOVADIS disun29.epfl.ch 128.178.79.77 2345 up Realmsmud hammerhead.cs.indiana. 129.79.251.8 2000 up edu Ringworld ???? 130.199.96.45 3469 R* 34 Round Table engr71.scu.edu 129.210.16.71 2222 up Sky Realms maxheadroom.agps.lanl. 192.12.184.10 2000 R* gov SmileyMud elof.iit.edu 192.41.245.90 5150 up StickMUD palikka.jyu.fi 130.234.0.3 7680 up SvenskMUD lysator.liu.se 130.236.254.1 2043 up 39 *The Mud dogstar.colorado.edu 128.138.248.32 5555 up Institute Top Mud lonestar.utsa.edu 129.115.120.1 2001 up Tsunami II gonzo.cc.wwu.edu 140.160.240.20 2777 R* 20 TubMUD morgen.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.19.20 7680 up Valhalla wiretap.spies.com 130.43.3.3 2444 up Valkyrie Prime fozzie.cc.wwu.edu 140.160.240.21 2777 up VikingMUD swix.ifi.unit.no 129.241.163.51 2001 up Vincent's aviator.cc.iastate.edu 129.186.140.6 1991 up 31 Hollow World of Mizar delial.docs.uu.se 130.238.8.40 9000 R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mage (1) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SynthMAGE synth.erc.clarkson.edu 128.153.28.35 4242 TO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MOOs (1) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lambda MOO lambda.parc.xerox.com 13.2.116.36 8888 up ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TinyMUCKs (12) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AfterFive pa.itd.com 128.160.2.249 9999 up 31 Burning Metal amber.ecst.csuchico.edu 132.241.1.43 8088 up Crossroads coyote.cs.wmich.edu 141.218.40.40 5823 R* FurryMUCK highlandpark.rest.ri.cmu 128.2.254.5 2323 up 8 edu High Seas opus.calstatela.edu 130.182.111.1 4301 up Lawries MUD cserve.cs.adfa.oz.au 131.236.20.1 4201 R 7 PythonMUCK zeus.calpoly.edu 129.65.16.21 4201 up 18 QWest glia.biostr.washington. 128.95.10.115 9999 up edu Quartz Paradise quartz.rutgers.edu 128.6.60.6 9999 up 40 Time Traveller betz.biostr.washington. 128.95.10.119 4096 up edu TinyMUD Classic winner.itd.com 128.160.2.248 2000 R 41 II Visions l_cae05.icaen.uiowa.edu 128.255.21.25 2001 R 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MUGs (1) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UglyMUG ???? 130.88.14.17 4201 up ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TinyMUSEs (5) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fantasia betz.biostr.washington. 128.95.10.119 4201 up 13 edu FantasyMuse case2.cs.usu.edu 129.123.7.19 1701 up 42 MicroMUSE chezmoto.ai.mit.edu 18.43.0.102 4201 up 6 Rhostshyl stealth.cit.cornell.edu 128.253.180.15 4201 up 42 TrekMUSE ecsgate.uncecs.edu 128.109.201.1 1701 R 42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TinyMUSHes (15) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dungeon ra.info.sunyit.edu 149.15.1.3 8888 up Global MUSH workstation5.colby.edu 137.146.64.237 4201 up ImageCastle wizard.etsu.edu 192.43.199.19 4201 up Narnia nimitz.mit.edu 18.80.0.161 2555 R* PernMUSH milo.mit.edu 18.70.0.216 4201 up 42 SouthCon utpapa.ph.utexas.edu 128.83.131.52 4201 up 42 Spellbound thumper.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.135.23 4201 up SqueaMUSH ultimo.socs.uts.edu.au 138.25.8.7 6699 R** StingMUSH newview.etsu.edu 192.43.199.33 1701 up 42 TinyCWRU caisr2.caisr.cwru.edu 129.22.24.22 4201 R* TinyHORNS louie.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.135.4 4201 up TinyTIM II cheetah.ece.clarkson. 128.153.13.54 5440 up edu VisionMUSH tramp.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.135.26 4567 TO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TeenyMUDs (3) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ApexMUD apex.yorku.ca 130.63.7.6 4201 up Evil!MUD fido.econ.arizona.edu 128.196.196.1 4201 up MetroMUT uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu 129.15.20.2 5000 R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TinyMUDs (2) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DragonMUD ghost.cse.nau.edu 134.114.64.6 4201 up 14 TinyWORLD rillonia.ssc.gov 143.202.16.13 6250 up ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UnterMUDs (9) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ChrisMUD hawkwind.utcs.utoronto. 128.100.102.51 6600 up 10 ca DECmud decuac.dec.com 192.5.214.1 6565 up 15 DreamScape moebius.math.okstate. 139.78.10.3 6250 up 11 edu Islandia hawkwind.utcs.utoronto. 128.100.102.51 2323 up ca RealWorld cook.brunel.ac.uk 134.83.128.246 4201 up 17 Sludge unix1.cc.ysu.edu 192.55.234.50 6565 up 19 Sunmark moebius.math.okstate. 139.78.10.3 6543 up edu WanderLand sun.ca 192.75.19.1 6666 up 9 WireHED amber.ecst.csuchico.edu 132.241.1.43 6565 up 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAMUDs (1) Name Address Numeric Address Port Status Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GooLand toby.cis.uoguelph.ca 131.104.48.112 6715 up ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Asterisk (*) before the name indicates that this sites entry was modified in the last 7 days. Status field: * = last successful connection was more than 7 days ago ** = last successful connection was more than 30 days ago # = no successful connection on record R = connection refused TO = connection timed out HD = host down or unreachable ND = network down or unreachable NA = insufficient address information available 1. administrator is warlock@ecst.csuchico.edu 2. administrator is jt1o@andrew.cmu.edu 3. administrator is gamesmgr@taurus.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de 4. administrator is jds@math.okstate.edu 5. administrator is mjr@decuac.dec.com 6. send mail to micromuse-registration@michael.ai.mit.edu to register 7. send mail to Lawrie.Brown@adfa.oz.au to register 8. send mail to ss7m@andrew.cmu.edu to register 9. send mail to wanderland@lilith.ebay.sun.com to register 10. send mail to cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu to register 11. send mail to jds@math.okstate.edu to register 12. send mail to warlock@ecst.csuchico.edu to register 13. send mail to fantasia@betz.biostr.washington.edu to register 14. send mail to {jjt,jopsy}@naucse.cse.nau.edu to register 15. send mail to mjr@decuac.dec.com to register 16. send mail to schlake@minos.nmt.edu to register 17. send mail to ee89psw@brunel.ac.uk to register 18. send mail to {awozniak,claudius}@zeus.calpoly.edu to register 19. send mail to mud@cc.ysu.edu to register 20. hours are 0000-1600(M) 0100-1700(TWRF) 0100-2400(S) 0000-2400(U) GMT 21. hours are 1700-0800(MTWRF) 0000-2400(SU) CST 22. hours are 1900-0600(MTWRF) 0000-2400(SU) PDT 23. hours are 1900-0700(MTWRF) 0000-2400(SU) 24. hours are 1700-0900(MTWRF) 0000-2400(SU) GMT 25. hours are 1700-0700(MTWRF) 0000-2400(SU) PST 26. hours are 2100-0900(MTWRF) 0000-2400(SU) 27. hours are 1630-0800(MTWRF) 0000-2400(SU) CST 28. hours are 2000-0800(MTWRF) 0000-2400(S) 0000-1200,1700-2400(U) PST 29. hours are 1800-0800(MTWRF) 0000-2400(SU) CET 30. hours are 1700-0700(MTWRF) 0000-2400(SU) PST 31. hours are 1700-0800(MTWRF) 0000-2400(SU) CST 32. hours are 2000-0800(MTWRF) 0000-2400(SU) CET 33. hours are 1700-0800(MTWRF) 0000-2400(SU) MST 34. down until further notice 35. closed for repairs 36. the original LP; closed to public 37. closed to public 38. closed to players 39. Swedish-language mud 40. no pennies 41. mail agri@pa.itd.com to recover old characters 42. restricted theme _______________________________________________________________________________ ==Phrack Inc.== Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Nine, File 5 of 13 *************************************************************************** * * * The Complete Guide To * * The DIALOG Information Network * * * * by * * Brian Oblivion * * * * Courtesy of: Restricted-Data-Transmissions (RDT) * * "Truth Is Cheap, But Information Costs." * * * * 5/9/92 * *************************************************************************** INTRODUCTION: With the plethora of on-line databases in the public and private sectors, I feel it is becoming increasingly important to penetrate and maintain access to these databases. The databases in question contain data pertaining to our personal lives and to our environment, not to mention the tetrabytes of useful information that can be directed toward research and personal education. Who or What is DIALOG? The DIALOG Information Network is a service that links various public and commercial databases together for convenience. In the past, when one wanted to access LEGAL RESOURCE INDEX, for instance, one would have to dial direct. With DIALOG, hundreds of databases are connected via X.25 networks (Tymnet, Sprintnet, Uninet, Dialnet) eliminating frustrating searching and outrageous long distance telephone bills (before the AT&T divestiture). Further, within this file is a PARTIAL list of databases found on-line. Some of the databases are nothing more than periodicals and abstract sources, while others provide FullText articles and books. There are over 2500 periodicals, newspapers, newsletters and newswires on-line in FullText. Here are a few of my favorites: McGraw-Hill Publications On-Line (File624) - Services offer FullText of their Newsletters serving the world-wide aerospace and defense industry. Complete text from 30 newsletters such as AeroSpace Daily, BYTE, Aviation Week and Space Technology, Data Communications, ENR, among others. For more info on the database, when in DIALOG type Help News624. PR NEWSWIRE (File613) - PR Newswire records contain the complete text of news releases prepared by: companies; public relations agencies; trade associations; city, state, federal and non-US Government agencies; and other sources covering the entire spectrum of news. The complete text of a news release typically contains details or background information that is not published in newspapers. More than 8500 companies contribute news for PR Newswire. PR NEWSWIRE is a known agent of Corporate Intelligence. DMS/FI MARKET INTELLIGENCE REPORTS (File589) - FullText of World AeroSpace Weekly, covers all aspects of both civil and military aerospace activities worldwide. - World Weapons Review, very high degree of technical detail and perspective. As such, it has special appeal to military professionals and users of weapons. Note: The database treats the newsletters as separate Binders. For example, to access the World Weapons Review, after connecting to the database, type: SELECT BN=WORLD WEAPONS REVIEW or whichever newsletter you wish to search. FINE CHEMICALS DATABASE (File360) - The focus of this database is on sources for laboratory, specialty, and unusual chemicals used in scientific research and new product development. Fine chemicals are relatively pure chemicals typically produced in small quantities. The database will provide you with manufacturers and/or distributors. DUN'S ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES (File515) - Largest database of U.S. businesses available on DIALOG, providing information on a total of 8.5 million establishments. Corporate intelligence: you can quickly verify the existence of a business. Then you can obtain address, telephone number, employee size, Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and other basic information. CURRENT CONTENTS SEARCH (File440) - FullText articles from over 8000+ worldwide journals dealing with science and technology. BOOKS IN PRINT (File470) - Access to in-print and out-of-print books since 1979, BIP lets you retrieve bibliographic data on virtually every book published or distributed in the United States. Plus FullText reviews on the book(s) you have selected. See next. PUBLISHERS DISTRIBUTORS AND WHOLESALERS ON-LINE (File450) - PDW on-line will locate virtually any book, audio cassette, software publisher, distributor, or wholesaler in the U.S. You now should have an idea of the power and scope of the Dialog Information Network. NOTE: Most of DIALOG's Services are now available to certain Research facilities, public and private, on CD-ROM. Check your local public and university libraries for this service. Of course, MANY of the more interesting databases are not available on CD-ROM and must still be accessed through the DIALOG network. Access to DIALOG Services The following on-line services are available from DIALOG Information Services: DIALOG DIALOG Business (DBC) DIALOG Medical Connection (DMC) DIALMAIL KNOWLEDGE INDEX The logon procedures for the first four are identical and use the same service address; procedures for KNOWLEDGE INDEX differ only in the use of the KI service address, as illustrated throughout this file. The most common method of access to DIALOG services uses local phone numbers for three telecommunication networks: DIALOG's DIALNET, BT Tymnet, TYMNET, and SprintNet. For those who live in an area that lacks a local dialup for those three networks, you may use the 800 link into the DIALNET for access to all DIALOG services except KNOWLEDGE INDEX. This access is not free, but it may cost less than dialing long-distance to reach a network node if you live in a region without local access. Access is also available through gateways from other on-line systems. Access to many DIALOG services is available from countries throughout the world and may be accessed from their own Public Data Networks. Dialnet 800-Number Access The two DIALNET 800 numbers are available for connecting to Dialog services from anywhere in the 48 contiguous states. Access through these numbers is not free. (800)DIALNET 300, 1200, and 2400 b. (w/MNP error checking) (800)342-5638 (800)847-1620 VADIC 3400 series modems (1200 baud) BELL 103 modems (300 baud) BELL 212 modems (1200 baud) Note: I have excluded all the dialup numbers for Tymnet and Sprintnet. If you don't know how to find those, obtain a file on X.25 nets and I'm sure they will be listed somewhere in them. DIALNET U.S. DIALUP NUMBERS (All DIALNET dialup numbers support 300, 1200, and 2400 baud) ARIZONA Phoenix....................................(602)257-8895 CALIFORNIA Alhambra...................................(818)300-9000 Longbeach..................................(213)491-0803 Los Angeles................................(818)300-9000 Marina Del Rey.............................(213)305-9833 Newport Beach..............................(714)756-1969 Oakland....................................(415)633-7900 Palo Alto..................................(415)858-2461 Palo Alto..................................(415)858-2461 Palo Alto....................................(415)858-2575 Sacramento.................................(916)444-5030 San Diego..................................(619)297-8610 San Francisco..............................(415)957-5910 San Jose...................................(408)432-0590 COLORADO Denver.....................................(303)860-9800 CONNECTICUT Bloomfield/Hartford........................(203)242-5954 Stamford...................................(203)324-1201 DELAWARE Wilmington.................................(302)652-1706 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington.................................(703)359-2500 GEORGIA Atlanta....................................(404)455-4221 ILLINOIS Chicago....................................(312)341-1444 INDIANA Indianapolis...............................(317)635-7259 MARYLAND Baltimore..................................(301)234-0940 MASSACHUSETTS Boston.....................................(617)439-7920 Lexington..................................(617)862-6240 MICHIGAN Ann Arbor..................................(313)973-2622 Detroit....................................(313)964-1309 MINNESOTA Minneapolis................................(612)338-0676 MISSOURI St. Louis..................................(314)731-0122 NEW JERSEY Lyndhurst..................................(201)460-8868 Morristown.................................(201)292-9646 Newark.....................................(201)824-1412 Piscataway.................................(201)562-9680 Princeton..................................(609)243-9550 NEW MEXICO Albuquerque................................(505)764-9281 NEW YORK Albany.....................................(518)458-8710 Buffalo....................................(716)896-9440 Hempstead..................................(516)489-6868 New York City..............................(212)422-0410 Rochester..................................(716)458-7300 White Plains...............................(914)328-7810 NORTH CAROLINA Research Triangle..........................(919)549-9290 OHIO Cincinnati.................................(513)489-3980 Cleveland..................................(216)621-3807 Columbus...................................(614)461-8348 Dayton.....................................(513)898-8878 OREGON Portland...................................(503)228-2771 PENNSYLVANIA Allentown..................................(215)776-2030 Philadelphia...............................(215)923-5214 Pittsburg..................................(412)471-1421 Valley Forge/Norristown....................(215)666-1500 TEXAS Austin.....................................(512)462-9494 Dallas.....................................(214)631-9861 Houston....................................(713)531-0505 UTAH Salt Lake City.............................(801)532-3071 VIRGINIA Fairfax....................................(703)359-2500 WASHINGTON Seattle....................................(206)282-5009 WISCONSIN Milwaukee..................................(414)796-1785 Access to Dialog Outside of the US Foreign readers may access Dialog via the INFONET PDN. The following numbers are for those particular users. BELGIUM Brussels (300).............................(02)648-0710 Brussels (1200)............................(02)640-4993 DENMARK Copenhagen (300)...........................(01)22-10-66 Copenhagen (1200)..........................(01)22-41-22 Logging in to DIALOG or KNOWLEDGE INDEX (KI) After dialing the appropriate number and establishing the connection, you must allow a 10-second delay and then enter the letter A (or a carriage return or another terminal identifier from the table below) before any further response will occur. Then, follow the remainder of the procedures show below. DIALOG Information Services' DIALNET -2151:01-012- Enter Service: dialog Enter DIALOG or KI; DIALNET: call connected DIALOG INFORMATION SERVICES PLEASE LOGON: ?XXXXXXXX Enter User Number ENTER PASSWORD: ?XXXXXXXX Enter Password; NOTE: I have researched the method of user number and password distribution and all user numbers and passwords are generated by Dialog, BUT upon receiving a password from DIALOG you may opt to change it. The passwords issued from DIALOG are 8 digits long, consisting of random alpha-numeric characters. Once you are connected to your default service or file in DIALOG, you can then BEGIN one of the other services; for example, to access DIALMAIL, BEGIN MAIL. DIALNET Terminal Identifiers Speed Identifier Terminal Type Effect =---------------------------------------------------------------= 300 bps ENTER key PCs & CRTs Same as A E Thermal Printers Slower C Impact Printers Slowest G Belt Printer Slower 1200 bps ENTER key PCs & CRTs Same as A or G Matrix Printers Slower 2400 bps I Belt Printers Slowest - For access in half duplex, enter a < CTRL H > after the "Enter Service:" prompt and before entering the word "dialog" or "ki." - Don't hit backspace if you make an error in typing "dialog" or "ki." The result will be toggling your duplex, reason being your backspace is usually configured to send a < CTRL H > to delete to the left of the cursor one space. DIALNET Messages Message Probable Cause User Action ERROR, RE-ENTER SERVICE Incorrect host name Check typing ALL PORTS BUSY All DIALOG ports Try in a few min. are temporarily in useT HOST DOWN DIALOG computer is Try in a few min. not available. HOST NOT RESPONDING DIALOG Computer Try in a few min. difficulty CIRCUITS BUSY DIALNET Network is Try in a few min. temporarily busy. DIALNET: CALL CLEARED Appears after LOGOFF BY REQUEST to indicate connection ENTER SERVICE: to DIALOG is broken. DROPPED BY HOST SYSTEM Indicates a system failure at DIALOG. Navigating in DIALOG To begin a search, one would enter: BEGIN xxxx xxxx would be the database file number. All databases found on DIALOG are assigned file numbers. The searching protocol used to manipulate DIALOG seems at times to be a language in itself, but it can be easily learned and mastered. DIALOG HOMEBASE I would advise the first-timer to jump into the DIALOG Homebase Menu, which provides information, help, file of the month, database info and rates, the DIALINDEX, DIALOG Training, and announcements. DIALOG also provides subscribers with special services which include dialouts for certain area codes. You can begin the DIALOG HOMBASE by typing: BEGIN HOME =-**************************************************************-= DIALOG DATABASES File Number Database 15 ABI/INFORM 180 Academic American Encyclopedia 43 ADTRACT 108 Aerospace Database 10,110 AGRICOLA 9 AIM/ARM 38 America:History & Life 236 American Men & Women of Science 258,259 AP NEWS 45 APTIC 112 Aquaculture 116 Aqualine 44 Aquatic Science & Fisheries ABS 56 Art Bibliographies, Modern 192 Arthur D. Little On-Line 102 ASI 285 BIOBUSINESS 287,288 Biography Master Index 5, 55 255 BIOSIS Previews 175 BLS Consumer Price Index 178 BLS Employment, Hours, and Earnings 176 BLS Producer Price Index 137 Book Review Index 470 Books In Print 256 Business Software Database 308-311 320 CA Search 50 CAB Abstracts 262 Canadian Business and Current Affairs 162 Career Placement Registry/ Experienced Personnel 163 Career Placement Reg/Student 580 CENDATA 138 Chemical Exposure 19 Chemical Industry Notes 174 Chem Regulations & Guidelines 300,301 CHEMNAME, CHEMSIS 328-331 CHEMZERO 30 CHEMSEARCH 64 Chile Abuse & Neglect 410 Chronolog Newsletter-International Edition 101 Compuserve Information Service 220-222 CLAIMS Citation 124 CLAIMS Class 242 CLAIMS Compound Registry 23-25,125 223-225 CLAIMS US Patents 123 CLAIMS Reassignment & Re-examination 219 Clinical Abstracts 164 Coffeeline 194-195 Commerce Business Daily 593 Compare Products 8 Compendex 275 The Computer Database 77 Conference Papers Index 135 Congressional Record Abstracts 271 Consumer Drug Info Fulltext 171 Criminal Justice Period Index 60 CRIS/USDA 230 DATABASE OF DATABASES 516 D&B - Dun's Market Identifiers 517 D&B - Million Dollar Directory 518 D&B - International Dun's Market Identifiers 411 DIALINDEX 200 DIALOG PUBLICATIONS 100 Disclosure II 540 Disclosure Spectrum Ownership 35 Dissertation Abstracts On-Line 103,104 DOE Energy 575 Donnelley Demographics 229 Drug Information Fulltext 139 Economic Literature Index 165 Ei Engineering Meetings 241 Electric Power Database 511 Electronic Dictionary of Education 507 Construction Directory 501 Financial Services Directory 510 Manufactures Directory 502 Professionals Directory 504-506 Retailers Directory 508,509 Services Directory 503 Wholesalers Directory 500 Electronic Yellow Pages Index 72, 73 EMBASE (Excerpta Medica) 172,173 EMBASE 114 Encyclopedia of Associations 69 Energyline 169 Energynet 40 ENVIROLINE 68 Environmental Bibliography 1 eric 54 Exceptional Child Education Resources 291 Family Resources 20 Federal Index 136 Federal Register Abstracts 265 Federal Research in Progress 196 Find/SVP Reports and studies Index 268 FINIS: Financial Industry Information Service 96 Fluidex 51 Food Science & Technology Abstracts 79 Foods Adlibra 90 Foreign Trade & Econ Abstracts 105 Foreign Traders Index 26 Foundation Directory 27 Foundation Grants Index 58 Geoarchive 89 Georef 66 GPO Monthly Catalog 166 GPO Publications Reference File 85 Grants 122 Harvard Business Review 151 Health Planning And Administration 39 Historical Abstracts 561 ICC British Company Directory 562 ICC British Financial Datasheets 189 Industry Data Sources 202 Information Science Abstracts 12, 13 INSPEC 168 Insurance Abstracts 209 International Listing Service 74 International Pharmaceutical Abstracts 545 Investext 284 IRS TAXiNFO 14 ISMEC 244 LABORLAW 36 Language & Language Behavior Abstracts 426-427 LC MARC 150 Legal Resource Index 76 Life Sciences Collection 61 LISA 647 Magazine ASAP 47 Magazine Index 75 Management Contents 234 Marquis Who's Who 235 Marquis Pro-files 239 Mathfile 546 Media General Database 152-154 MEDLINE 86 Mental Health Abstracts 232 Menu The International Software Database 32 METADEX 29 Meteor/Geoastrophysical Abstracts 233 Microcomputer Index 32 MERADEX 29 Meteor/Geoastrophysical Abstracts 233 Microcomputer Index 248 The Middle East: Abstracts and Index 249 Mideast File 71 MLA Bibliography 555 Moody's Corporate Profiles 557 Moody's Corporate News-International 556 Moody's Corporate News - U.S. 78 National Foundations 111 National Newspaper News - U.S. 21 NCJRS 211 Newsearch 46 NICEM 70 NICSEM/NIMIS 118 Nonferrous Metals Abstracts 6 NTIS 218 Nursing & Allied Health 161 Occupational Safety and Health 28 Oceanic Abstracts 170 ON-LINE Chronicle 215 ONTAP ABI/INFORM 205 ONTAP BIOSIS Previews 204 ONTAP CA SEARCH 250 ONTAP CAB Abstracts 231 ONTAP Chemname 208 ONTAP Compendex 290 ONTAP DIALINDEX 201 ONTAP ERIC 272 ONTAP Embase 213 ONTAP Inspec 247 ONTAP Magazine Index 254 ONTAP Medline 216 ONTAP PTS Promt 294 ONTAP Scisearch 207 ONTAP Social Scisearch 296 ONTAP Trademarkscan 280 ONTAP World Patents Index 49 PAIS International 240 Paperchem 243 PATLAW 257 P/E News 241 Peterson's College Database 42 Pharmaceutical News Index 57 Philosopher's Index 41 Pollution Abstracts 91 Population Bibliography 140 PsycALERT 11 PsycINFO 17 PTS Annual Reports Abstracts 80 PTS Defense Markets and Technology 18 PTS F&S Indexes 80- 98 PTS F&S Indexes 72-79 81, 83 PTS Forecasts 570 PTS MARS 16 PTS PROMPT 82, 84 PTS TIME SERIES 190 Religion Index 421-425 TEMARC 97 Rilm Abstracts 34, 87 SciSearch 94, 186 SciSearch 7 Social Scisearch 270 Soviet Science and Technology 37 Sociological Abstracts 62 SPIN 65 SSIE Current Research 132 Standard & Poor's News 133 Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions 526 Standard & Poor's Register-Biographical 527 Standard & Poor's Register-Corporate 113 Standards & Specifications 238 Telgen 119 Textile Technology Digest 535 Thomas Tegister On-Line 648 Trade & Industry ASAP 148 Trade & Industry Index 106,107 Trade Opportunities 226 Trademarkscan 531 Trinet Establishment Database 532 Trinet Company Database 63 TRIS 52 TSCA Initial Inventory 480 Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory 260,261 UPI NEWS 126 U.S. Exports 93 U.S. Political Science Documents 120 U.S. Public School Directory 184 Washington Post Index 117 Water Resources Abstracts 350,351 World Patents Index 67 World Textiles 185 Zoological Record Before I continue describing the various methods of searching, DIALOG has an on-line master index to the DIALOG databases, DIALINDEX (file 411). It is a collection of the file indexes of most DIALOG databases (menu-driven databases cannot be searched in DIALINDEX). DIALINDEX can be used to determine the number of relevant records for a single query in a collection of files. The query can be a single term, a multiple-word phrase, a prefix-coded field, or a full logical expression of up to 240 characters. Nested terminology, proximity operators, and truncated terms may also be used. You can set the files you want searched by using the SET FILE command. Like this: BEGIN 411 (return) SET FILE ALLNEWS (if you want the latest news on or hack/phreak busts) SF ALLNEWS To scan all Subjects: SET FILES ALL To scan specific categories: All Science: (ALLSCIENCE) - Agriculture & Nutrition - Chemistry - Computer Technology - Energy & Environment - Medicine & Biosciences - Patents & Trademarks - Science & technology All Business: (ALLBUSINESS) - Business Information - Company Information - Industry Analysis - News - Patents & Trademarks All News and Current Events: (ALLNEWS) - News All Law & Government: (ALLLAW;ALLGOVERNMENT) - Law & Government - Patents & Trademarks All Social Science & Humanities: (ALLSOCIAL;ALLHUMANITIES) - Social Sciences & Humanities All General Interest: (ALLGENERAL) - Popular Information All Reference: (ALLREFERENCE) - Books - Reference All Text: (ALLTEXT) All databases containing complete text of: - Journal Articles - Encyclopedias - Newspapers - Newswires All Sources: (ALLSOURCE) - Complete Text - Directory - Numeric Data All ONTAP Training Files: (ALLONTAPS) - All On-Line Training And Practice databases Once you have selected a database you can now SELECT the search keyword. You set the flag by: SELECT term - Retrieves a set of records containing the term. May be used with words, prefix or suffix codes, EXPAND, or set numbers. When defining what you are searching for you can use logical operators such as: OR - puts the retrieval of all search terms into one set, eliminating duplicate records. AND - retrieves the intersection, or overlap, of the search terms: all terms must be in each record retrieved. NOT - eliminates search term (or group of search terms) following it from other search term(s). Note: Always enter a space on either side of a logical operator. SELECT Examples: SELECT (BICMOS OR CMOS) AND SRAM or S (BICMOS OR CMOS) AND SRAM - This would generate something like this: 138 BICMOS <- records containing BICMOS only 1378 CMOS <- records containing CMOS only 681 SRAM <- records containing SRAM only S1 203 (BICMOS OR CMOS) AND SRAM <- this is what you ^^ wanted. || DIALOG names your select topic S1, S2... respectively as search its databases to make it easier to type. The contents of S1 are 203 found records containing the keywords BICMOS, CMOS, and SRAM. Sometimes S1 is referred to as S(tep) 1 PROXIMITY OPERATORS (Select command) (W) Requests terms be adjacent to each other and in order specified. -> S SOLAR(W)ENERGY (nW) Requests terms be within (n) words of each other and in order specified. -> S SOLAR(3W)ENERGY (N) Requests terms be adjacent but in any order. Useful for retrieving identical terms. -> S SOLAR(N)ENERGY (nN) Requests terms be within (n) words of each other and in any order. -> S SOLAR(3N)ENERGY (F) Requests terms be in same field of same record, in any order. -> S SOLAR(F)ENERGY (L) Requests terms be in same descriptor unit as defined by database. -> S SOLAR(L)ENERGY (S) Requests terms be in same Subfield unit as defined by database. -> S SOLAR(S)ENERGY (C) Equivalent to logic operator AND. -> S SOLAR(C)ENERGY PRIORITY OF EXECUTION Proximity operator, NOT, AND, OR Use parentheses to specify different order of execution, e.g. SELECT (SOLAR OR SUN) AND (ENERGY OR HEAT). Terms within parentheses are executed first. STOP WORDS (predefined) The following words may not be SELECTed as individual terms. The computer will retrieve a set with zero results. They may only be replaced with proximity operators, e.g. S GONE(2W)WIND AN FOR THE AND FROM TO BY OF WITH RESERVED WORDS AND SYMBOLS The following words and symbols must be enclosed in quotation marks whenever they are SELECTed as or within search terms, e.g., SELECT "OR"(W)GATE? AND = FROM * NOT + OR : STEPS / TRUNCATION OPEN: any number of characters following stem. SS EMPLOY? RESTRICTED: only one additional character following stem. SS HORSE? ? RESTRICTED: maximum number of additional characters equal to number of question marks entered. SS UNIVERS?? INTERNAL: allows character replaced by question mark to vary. One character per question mark. SS WOM?N BASIC INDEX FIELD SPECIFICATION (SUFFIX CODES) Suffix codes are used to restrict retrieval to specified basic index fields of a record. Specific fields and codes vary according to the database. Abstract /AB Descriptor /DE Full Descriptor(single word) /DF Identifier /ID Full Identifier(single word) /IF Title /TI Note /NT Section Heading /SH Examples: SELECT BUDGET?/TI SELECT POP(W)TOP(W)CAN?/TI,AB SELECT (DOLPHIN? OR PORPOISE?)/DE/ID ADDITIONAL INDEXES (PREFIX CODES) Prefix codes are used to search additional indexes. Specific fields and codes vary according to the database. Author AU= Company Name CO= Corporate Source CS= Document Type DT= Journal Name JN= Language LA= Publication Year PY= Update UD= Examples: SELECT AU=JOHNSON, ROBERT? SELECT LA=GERMAN SELECT CS=(MILAN(F)ITALY) RANGE SEARCHING A colon is used to indicate a range of sequential entries to be retrieved in a logical OR relationship. Examples: SELECT CC=64072:64078 SELECT ZP=662521:62526 LIMIT QUALIFIERS Limit qualifiers are used in SELECT statements to limit search terms or sets to given criteria. Specific qualifiers vary according to database. English language documents /ENG Major descriptor /MAJ Patents /PAT Human subject /HUM Accession number range /nnnnnn-nnnnnn Examples: SELECT TRANSISTORS/ENG,PAT SELECT S2/MAJ SELECT (STRESS OR TENSION)/234567-999999 Well that's it for basic searching. Now, how to view the record you have selected. Note: Indexes (prefix codes) often differ from database to database, often resulting in futile searches. One way to avoid this is to make a trip to the local Public or University Library and look up the blue sheets for the database you wish to query. Blue sheets are issued by dialog as a service to their users. Blue Sheets often contain helpful searching techniques ere to the database you are interested in. They will also contain a list of Indexes (prefix codes) unique to that database only. VIEWING SEARCH RESULTS COMMAND SUMMARY TYPE Provides continuous on-line display of results. T Specify set/format/range of items. If Item range is specified, use T to view next record. May also be used with specific accession number. Examples: T 12/3/1-22 <- set/format/range T 8/7 <- set/format T 6 <- view next.(6 in this case) T 438721 <- view record 438721 DISPLAY Provides display of results one screen at a time. Use D PAGE for subsequent screens. Specify set/format/range of items. If range not specified, use D to view next record. May also be used with specific accession number. Examples: D 11/6/1-44 <- set/format/range D 9/5 <- set/format D 7 <- view next.(7 in this case) D 637372/7 <- view record 637372/format 7 PRINT Requests that results be printed offline and mailed. Specify set/format/range of items. If item range not specified up to 50 records will be printed. Use PR to print another 50. Examples: PR 9/5/1-44 <- print set/format/range PR 6/7 <- print set/format (all) PR 14 <- print 14 only PR 734443/5 <- print 734443 format 5 only. PRINT TITLE xxx To specify a title(xxx) to appear on PRINTs. Title may contain up to 70 characters. No semicolon may be used. Must be entered in database before any other PRINT command is used. Cancelled by next BEGIN. Examples: PR TITLE GLOBULIN PR TITLE QUETZAL REPORT Extracts data from specified fields and produces tabular format for on-line output only. Specify set/range of items/fields. May be used with SORTED set to specify order of entries in table. Application is database-specific. TYPICAL FORMATS IN BIBLIOGRAPHIC FILES: Format Number Description 1 DIALOG Accession Number 2 Full Record except Abstract 3 Bibliographic Citation 5 Full Record 6 Title 7 Bibliographic Citation and Abstract 8 Title and Indexing NOTE: Again, the Formats differ from database to database. See database bluesheet for specific format descriptions. OTHER OUTPUT-RELATED COMMANDS: PRINT CANCEL Used alone, cancels preceding PRINT command. PR CANCEL Specify PRINT Transaction Number to cancel PRINT- any PRINT request entered in past two hours, PR- e.g. PRINT- P143 PRINT QUERY To view log of PRINT commands and cancellations. Add PR QUERY DETAIL to see date, time and costs. PRINT QUERY ACTIVE To view log of PRINT commands that may still be cancelled. PR QUERY ACTIVE Add DETAIL to see date, time, file and costs. SORT Sorts set of records on-line according to parameters indicated. Varies per database. Specify set number/range/field,sequence, e.g. SORT 4/1-55/AU,TI Sequence assumed ascending if not specified; use D to specify descending order. SORT parameters may be added to end of PRINT command for offline sorting, e.g. PRINT 9/5/ALL/SD,D SET SCREEN nn nn Sets size of screen for video display. SET H nn H (horizontal) given first in combined command. SET V nn V Default is 75 characters H, 40 lines V LOGOFF Disconnects user from DIALOG system. LOGOFF HOLD Disconnects user from DIALOG system, holds work for 10 minutes allowing RECONNECT. OTHER COMMANDS: DISPLAY SETS Lists all sets formed since last BEGIN command. DS May specify range of sets, e.g. DS 10-22. EXPLAIN Requests help messages for commands and file features. Enter ?EXPLAIN to see complete list. KEEP Places records indicated in special set 0. Specify K set number/records, or accession number. Cancelled by a BEGIN command. Also used in DIALORDER. LIMITALL Limits all subsequent sets to criteria specified. Varies per database. LIMITALL/ALL Cancels previous LIMITALL command. ?LIMIT n Requests list of limit qualifiers for database n. SEARCH*SAVE SAVE Stores strategy permanently until deleted. Serial number begins with S. SAVE TEMP Stores strategy for seven days; automatically deleted. Serial number begins with T. SAVE SDI Stores strategy and PRINT command(s) until deleted. PRINT command required. Automatically executes strategy against each new update to database in which entered. Serial number begins with D. MAPxx Creates a Search*Save of data extracted for field xx of MAPxx TEMP records already retrieved. MAPxx STEPS If STEPS is used, data is formatted into separate search statements in Search*Save. REVIEWING SEARCH*SAVES RECALL nnnnn Recalls Search*Save nnnnn, displaying all set-producing commands and comment lines, without executing the search. RECALL SAVE Displays serial numbers of all permanent SAVEs, date entered, and number of lines. RECALL TEMP Displays serial numbers of all temporary SAVEs, date entered, and number of lines. RECALL SDI Displays serial numbers of all SDIs, dates entered, databases in which stored, and number of lines. EXECUTING SEARCH*SAVES EXECUTE nnnnn Executes entire strategy. Only last line is assigned a EX nnnnn set number. EXECUTE STEPS nnnnn Executes entire strategy. Assigns set number to each EXS nnnnn search element. Preferred form. EXECUTE nnnnn/x-y Executes strategy nnnnn form command line x to command line y only. STEPS may also be used: EXS nnnnn/x-y EXECUTE nnnnn/USER a Executes strategy nnnnn originally entered by user a (a=user number). STEPS may also be used: EXS nnnnn/USER a EXECUTE nnnnn/x-y/USER a Executes strategy nnnnn from command line x to command line y, originally entered by user a. STEPS may also be used: EXS nnnnn/x-y/USER a DELETING SEARCH*SAVES RELEASE nnnnn Deletes search nnnnn from system. OTHER SEARCH*SAVE OPTIONS NAMING: A three to five alphanumerical name may be specified following the SAVE, SAVE TEMP, and SAVE SDI commands. Example: SAVE TEMP SOLAR COMMENTS: An informative comment may be stored in a SEARCH*SAVE by entering an asterisk in place of a command, followed by up to 240 characters of "comment." The line will be saved with any SEARCH*SAVE command, and will display in RECALL of the search. Example: * Search for R.J.Flappjack ON-LINE TEXT EDITOR Any Search*Save, with the exception of an SDI, may be edited from within any database. An SDI must be edited within the database in which the SDI is to be stored. EDIT To enter Editor and create new text. EDIT xxxxx Pulls Search*Save xxxxx into Editor for editing. LIST Displays text to be edited. L OPTIONS: LIST LIST 30-110 LIST ALL LIST 10,50,80 LIST /data/ Locates all lines containing data. INSERT Adds onto end of text. INSERT nn Inserts line nn into text. I To return to EDIT from INSERT, enter a period on a I nn blank line. DELETE To delete line(s) of text. D OPTIONS: DELETE 10-50 DELETE 10,30-50 DELETE ALL CHANGE To change text within a line. C Changes only first occurrence of old text in any given line. OPTIONS: CHANGE 60/old/new (where 60 is line number) CHANGE 60/old// (deletes old) C 60//new (inserts new at beginning of line) C 80.old.new (when text contains slash) C /old/new (new replaces old on all lines) C 20,40/old/new (nonsequential lines) C 30-50/old/new (range of lines) COPY Duplicates line# TO line# CO OPTIONS: COPY 100 to 255 COPY 100-150 TO 255 COPY 100,130 TO 255 MOVE Move line# TO line# M Options same as COPY. QUERY Produces message giving name of file, number of lines, last line Q number. RENUM Renumbers lines by tens unless otherwise specified. R OPTIONS: RENUM n (Renumbers by increments of n) QUIT Used to leave editor ignoring session. SAVE Used to create Search*Save strategy from edited file. SAVE TEMP An SDI must include a PRINT command. SAVE SDI Enjoy the DIALOG Information Network. I've found it most interesting. This service is a MUST if you are in college or if you just love to learn as uch as time permits. It is a proven research tool used by R&D and university facilities around the world, as well as a refined corporate intelligence information gathering tool kept hidden from the general public by sheer expense and "pseudo-complexity." With on-line databases like DIALOG available, there is no excuse (besides lack of time) for self-education. ***************************************************************** Brian Oblivion can be reached at Oblivion@ATDT.ORG. Additionally, he can be reached at Black Crawling Systems/VOiD Information Archives (for more information, e-mail Brian). RDT welcomes any questions or comments you may have. See you at SummerCon '92. _______________________________________________________________________________ ==Phrack Inc.== Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Nine, File 6 of 13 Centigram Voice Mail System Consoles Proper Entry Procedure, Design Flaws, and Security Bugs by >Unknown User< *** Note from Phrack Staff: This file was submitted to Phrack anonymously. *** *** The author used SMTP fake mail to send it to the Phrack e-mail address. *** *** Phrack cannot make any claims about the validity or the source of the *** *** information found in this article. *** Due to more efficient task-handling and the desire for a more "Unix-like" environment, the developers at Centigram needed for certain key functions to be available at all times. For instance, the ^Z key acts as the "escape" key (these can be remapped, if desired). When necessary for some applications to use an "escape" procedure, pressing this key can, in at least a few cases, cause a drop to shell, or /cmds/qnxsh (possibly /cmds/sh, as well, but I'm used to seeing qnxsh). If this escape procedure was invoked during, say, /cmds/login, the resulting drop to shell would by-pass the "Enter Passcode:" message. And it does. After calling the Centigram, normal procedure is to hit ^Z to activate the terminal, followed by the entry of the remote or console passcodes, and then proceeding with normal console activities. However, if ^Z is continually depressed during the login sequence, the login program will abort and run /cmds/qnxsh. The behavior may be somewhat erratic by the repeated use of the escape key, but when the $ prompt appears, usually, it doesn't deliberately go away without an "exit" command or a ^D. Typically, a login pattern can develop to accommodate the erratic behavior something along the lines of: continuously depress ^Z until $ prompt appears, hit return, possibly get "Enter Passcode:" message, hit return, and $ prompt appears again, set proper TTY setting, and change directory appropriately, and continue with normal console functions. Initial STTY Setting: I've had problems with my terminal settings not being set properly during the above entry procedure. I can correct this by using the "stty +echo +edit" command, and, for my terminal, all is restored. The correct values for STTY options and keys appear to be: Options: +echo +edit +etab +ers +edel +oflow +mapcr +hangup break=03h esc=1Ah rub=7Fh can=18h eot=04h up=15h down=0Ah left=08h ins=0Eh del=0Bh The keymap, of course, can be modified as desired, but the options, especially +edit, appear to be necessary. Disks and Directories: The drives and directories are set up in a remotely MessDos fashion. The output of a "pwd" command looks similar to "4:/". "4:" represents the drive number, and "/" is the start of the directory structure, "4:/" being the root directory for drive 4, "3:/tmp" being the /tmp directory on drive 3, etc. The two most important directories are 1:/cmds and 4:/cmds, which contain, for the most part, the program files for all of the performable commands on the system, excluding the commands written into the shell. The directory 1:/cmds should look similar to: $ ls backup drel ls rm talk chattr eo mkdir rmdir tcap choose fdformat mount runfloppy timer clrhouse files p search tsk cp frel pack sh unpack date get_boolean patch slay ws ddump led pwd sleep zap diff led.init qnxsh spatch dinit login query stty This is a display of many useful commands. chattr changes the read/write file attributes, cp is copy, ddump dumps disk sectors in hex & ascii, led is the line editor, p is the file print utility, and a variety of other things that you can experiment with at your own leisure. DO NOT USE THE TALK COMMAND. At least, be careful if you do. If you try to communicate with your own terminal, it locks communication with the shell, and upon hangup, for some reason, causes a major system error and system-wide reboot, which, quite frankly, made me say, "Oops. I'm not doing that again" when I called to check on the actual voice mailboxes, and the phone line just sat there, dead as old wood. I was quite relieved that it came back up after a few minutes. The other directory, 4:/cmds, is filled with more specific commands pertaining to functions within the voice mail system itself. These programs are actually run from within other programs to produce an easy-to-understand menu system. Normally, this menu system is immediately run after the entry of the remote or console passcode, but it would not be run when using the aforementioned security bug. It can be run from the shell simply by typing the name of the program, console. Mounting and Initializing Drives: The MOUNT command produces results similar to this when run without arguments: $ mount Drive 1: Hard, 360k, offset = 256k, partition= Qnx Drive 2: Floppy, 360k, p=1 Drive 3: RamDisk, 96k, partition= Qnx Drive 4: Hard, 6.1M, offset = 616k, partition= Qnx $tty0 = $con , Serial at 03F8 $tty1 = $term1 , Serial at 02F8 $tty2 = $term2 , Serial at 0420 $tty3 = $mdm , Serial at 0428 The hard and floppy drives are fairly self-explanatory, although I can't explain why they appear to be so small, nor do I know where the voice recordings go, or if this list contain all the space required for voice storage. The ramdisk, however, is a bit more interesting to me. The mount command used for the above-mentioned disk 3 was: $ mount ramdisk 3 s=96k -v Although I'm not sure what the -v qualifier does, the rest is fairly straight forward. I assume that the size of the drive can be greater than 96k, although I haven't yet played with it to see how far it can go. To initialize the drive, the following command was used: $ dinit 3 Quite simple, really. Now, the drive is ready for use so one can "mkdir 3:/tmp" or some such and route files there as desired, or use it for whatever purpose. If something is accidentally redirected to the console with >$cons, you can use the line editor "led" to create a temporary file and then use the print utility "p" to clear the console's screen by using "p filename >$cons" where filename contains a clear screen of 25 lines, or an ANSI bomb (if appropriate), or a full-screen DobbsHead or whatever you like. EVMON and password collecting: The evmon utility is responsible for informing the system manager about the activity currently taking place within the voice mail system. Run alone, evmon produces output similar to: $ evmon Type Ctrl-C to terminate. ln 26 tt 3 ln 26 line break ln 26 onhook ln 28 ringing ln 28 tt 8 ln 28 tt 7 ln 28 tt 6 ln 28 tt 2 ln 28 offh