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- --==[ How to get ops and takeover a channel on IRC ]==--
-
- _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ \\ by St0rmer // _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
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- E-mail: st0rmer@hotmail.com
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- 8 . 6 . 98
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- I've been spending a lot of time online lately reading all kinds of stupid
- text files on how to "Takeover Ops Boi!!!", "eLeEt WaYs To gEt OpS!!!",
- "HOW TO GET OPS ON SERVER SPLITS", etc. We all know none of these things
- work, at least not for me. They're either written by morons, or they were
- written like 10 years ago and don't work anymore. The method I'm presenting
- here DOES work, but it takes practice, patience, and careful reading.
-
-
- Tools needed:
- ------------
-
- An IRC script that can do mass deops quickly and easily (preferibly one that
- lets you press an F# (function) key to do mass deops, or one that automatically
- mass deops once you gain ops). You don't want to have to start going through
- popup menus since you have to do this quickly.
-
- An IRC script that can do mass CTCP versioning. I'll explain later.
-
- A wingate scanner. These aren't too hard to find. Check
- http://web.aurecvideo.fr/pixel/progs (this link worked as of 8/6/98).
-
- A few 'war' programs to exploit irc clients, nuke, flood, etc. When I say flood,
- I don't mean like a ping flood in mIRC, I mean like a real ICMP flooder. Try to
- find Final Fortune, it's a program I made myself... very effective.
-
- A lot of patience.
-
- A brain.
-
-
- Process:
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-
- Find a channel you want to takeover. This method will NOT work on Dalnet or any
- other networks with anything like ChanServ. Also, this won't work if all of the
- ops in the channel are bots (unless they're VERY badly programmed). OK, so once
- you're in the channel, do a Version CTCP on all of the ops in there. Look for
- exploitable scripts (some versions of ircN, mIRC 5.3x, mIRC 5.4, etc.). Now,
- let's say you find someone with nick 'DumbOP' and he's using a script that you
- know you can exploit and disconnect him from IRC (but don't crash him yet!).
- /dns DumbOP to find his IP. Now take your handy wingate scanner. Plug in his
- IP and search for a similar one with the scanner. If you can't find one in the
- same Class C range, try Class B if you have to, but make sure it resolves to
- something close to DumbOP's IP.
-
- Good, so now you have a wingate IP similar to DumbOP's. If you couldn't find an
- IP close to his, try this with another op with an exploitable script. Do
- a /whois DumbOP to find the IRC server he's on and his ident (the thing before
- the @ip). So now that you have the wingate IP, what do you do with it? I'll
- assume you never wingated before, and I'll explain how to do it with mIRC. For
- the example, let's say the wingate IP is 1.2.3.4, DumbOP's ident is 'opident',
- and DumbOP's irc server is 'irc.server.net'.
-
- Open a new instance of mIRC, and in the status window, do the following:
-
- /server 1.2.3.4 23
-
- You'll see it say "WinGate>NICK (some nick)"
- Right after you see this, type:
-
- /quote irc.server.net 6667
-
- You'll probably then see something like
- "Connecting to host USER...Host name lookup for USER failedirc.server.net 6667
- Connecting to host irc.server.net...connected"
-
- You might see more than this, you might see less. The important thing to watch
- for is:
-
- " -1.2.3.4- *** Looking up your hostname...
- -1.2.3.4- *** Checking Ident
- -1.2.3.4- *** Found your hostname
- -1.2.3.4- *** Got Ident response "
-
- Once you see that, type:
-
- /quote user opident opident opident opident
- /quote nick DumbOP1
-
- You don't have to use 'DumbOP1', just use any temporary nick you want. Also,
- you can use '/raw' instead of '/quote' if you wish.
-
- If you did everything correctly, you'll see the MOTD for the irc server, and
- you'll be connected. If by chance 1.2.3.4 is k-lined from irc.server.net,
- you'll have to go through the whole process again with a different server.
- This makes your "spoofing" (it's not REALLY spoofing) attempt less realistic
- looking, but if you have to use a different server, then do it.
-
- Once you're online, everything works like normal. Do a /whois DumbOP1 to see
- your info. It should be close to DumbOP's.
-
- You're halfway there! The next thing to do (not necessary, but recommended)
- is to try to find out some info on DumbOP. I recommend trying
- "nbtstat -A <DumbOP's IP>" at the dos prompt, that might provide you with a
- name or two if you're lucky. This is just some useful information that might
- come in handy. Also, try searching ICQ for his nick and check his info, you
- might find good stuff in there.
-
- The next step is to disconnect DumbOP from IRC. Either use an exploit, or
- nuke him (Click is sometimes useful (if you don't know what Click is, it's
- a program made by Rhad to have an IRC server 'nuke' a person... it sometimes
- works)), or ICMP flood him. Do anything you have to to disconnect him. By
- the way, you should have your original IRC session still open, with your
- wingated IRC session running as a different instance of mIRC (you should
- have 2 'versions' of mIRC running at the same time now, one with your
- original nick, info, etc., and the other with the DumbOP1 stuff). While
- you're attacking DumbOP, monitor the channel with your original session of
- mIRC and wait for DumbOP to disconnect. Immediately after you see that,
- rename DumbOP1 to DumbOP (/nick DumbOP) and join the channel! Don't say
- anything! If you're lucky, a stupid op will op you. Then mass deop. If
- nothing happens for about 5 or 6 minutes, mass message the ops, saying
- something like "what happened? why am I not opped?". You might get into
- a conversation. Remember to keep calm, and talk like an op. Don't freak
- out and demand for them to op you. The "useful information" might come in
- handy now. Often the ops will tell you to get ops from the bots. Just say
- something like you're desynched from the bots because of your ping timeout.
-
- If your impersonation is good enough, 9/10 times they'll op you. Like I
- said before, IMMEDIATELY do a mass deop. If possible, bring AT LEAST two
- bots (real bots, not just simple clones) into the channel to hold it and
- protect it.
-
- If you followed all these steps thoroughly, you should be able to takeover
- most channels as long as there are at least 2 human ops (1 of which you'll
- be 'spoofing', the other you'll be messaging to op you).
-
- Good luck and have fun!
-
- If you have any questions/comments/whatever, e-mail St0rmer at
- st0rmer@hotmail.com and/or message me on Efnet (nick St0rmer).
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