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  2. []           -----==== ORACLE OF DELOS====-----               []
  3. []                                                            []
  4. []                .....Proudly Presents....                   []
  5. []                                                            []
  6. [] ---> Crashing Networks...  The Causes and Prevention! <--- []
  7. []                                                            []
  8. []      :: SIX WAYS TO KILL OR SAVE A NETWORKS BBS!!!!!!::    []
  9. []                                                            []
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  11. []                                                            []
  12. [] 1) Unauthorized Sysop Access:                              []
  13. []      -THIS  CAUSED BY A USER TYPING IN A PASSWORD THAT     []
  14. []       INVOLVES THE NUMBER ONE. (I.E. M1PQ, E1LH, P1TT,     []
  15. []       D1SK, ETC.). THESE USERS DO NOT HAVE TO KNOW YOUR    []
  16. []       PHONE NUMBER TO RECIEVE ACCESS.  AFTER THEY RECIEVE  []
  17. []       THE PROMPT: 'INVALID PASSWORD', THEY HAVE GAINED     []
  18. []       THE ACCESS THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOUR PASSWORD.     []
  19. []       FROM HERE THEY SIMPLY TYPE IN ANY NAME THEY PREFER,  []
  20. []       AND FROM THERE THEY ENTER NONE FOR THE TELEPHONE     []
  21. []       NUMBER AND BANG, FREE SYSOP ACCESS.                  []
  22. []      -IT IS CAUSED BECAUSE THE NETWORKS PROGRAM READS      []
  23. []       THE FILES AND LOADS THE FILES WHEN M1PQ, OR ANY      []
  24. []       OTHER PASSWORD IS ENTERED. NETWORKS DOESN'T CLEAR    []
  25. []       OUT THE VARIABLE JUST AS IT DOES WITH A NEW USER.    []
  26. []      -THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO ELIMINATE THIS: 1) MAKE THE    []
  27. []       USERS ENTER A VALID PHONE NUMBER, OR CLEAR THE       []
  28. []       VARIABLE OUT BEFORE ENTRY ONTO THE BOARD. 2)         []
  29. []       LOWER THE SYSOP ACCESS AND ONLY VALIDATE HIS         []
  30. []       ACCESS BEFORE HE IS GOING TO LOG ON THE BOARD.       []
  31. []       3) JUST CLEAR THE VARIABLE OUT AFTER THE USER        []
  32. []       ENCOUNTERS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ERRORS BEFORE       []
  33. []       BEING LOGGED OFF.                                    []
  34. []      -THE WAY THAT I FEEL WOULD BEST SUIT OUR PURPOSE      []
  35. []       IS FORCING THE USER TO ENTER A PHONE NUMBER,         []
  36. []       THUS CAUSING HIM TO GO THROUGH THE NEW USER PROCESS  []
  37. []       AND CLEAR OUT THE VARIABLE.                          []
  38. []      -I AM SURE THAT MOST OF YOU ARE SAYING TO YOUR-       []
  39. []       SELVES, "BIG DEAL" BECAUSE THE USER IS NOT           []
  40. []       VALIDATED.  IT MAY BE A BIG DEAL ON SOME SYSTEMS     []
  41. []       BECAUSE THE USER(HACKER) MAY BE ABLE TO READ SOME    []
  42. []       MESSAGES THAT ARE MEANT FOR VALIDATED USERS ONLY,    []
  43. []       OR THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GET AN IDEA OF WHO IS ON      []
  44. []       THE SYSOP BLACKLIST, JUST FROM THE TITLES.           []
  45. []                                                            []
  46. [][][][ ORACLE OF DELOS...................(312)/528-7017!][][][]
  47. []                                                            []
  48. [] 2)Crashing with the Library                                []
  49. []      -ANOTHER WAY NETWORKS CAN BE CRASHED IS BY GOING      []
  50. []       TO THE LIBRARY OR THE 'G' SECTION AND TYPING ANY     []
  51. []       NUMBER THAT HAS A DECIMAL POINT IN IT. THAT DOES     []
  52. []       NOT EXCEED THE MAXIUM NUMBER OF THE MENU. (I.E.      []
  53. []       1.2, 3.2, 4.1, 5.6, ETC.).  THIS PROCEDURE WILL NOT  []
  54. []       DO ANY DAMAGE, UNLESS THEY TYPE: '1.SYS' AND WITH    []
  55. []       THIS AT HAND THEY CAN CAUSE THE COMPUTER TO TRY TO   []
  56. []       OPEN A FILE WHICH IS NOT THE PROPER ONE. FROM        []
  57. []       THERE IT MAY CAUSE THE COMPUTER TO GO INTO MONITOR   []
  58. []       AND WHICH AT THIS POINT, YOU ARE SCREWED.  GETTING   []
  59. []       BACK ON TRACK, THE FILES WHICH INCLUDE DECIMALS      []
  60. []       IN THEM ARE WRITING ONE SECTOR TEXT FILES TO DISK.   []
  61. []       CONSIDERING THAT MOST BOARDS RUN ON TWO DRIVES THIS  []
  62. []       MAY FILL UP A DISK REAL FAST.                        []
  63. []      -TO ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM YOU WILL HAVE TO LOOK      []
  64. []       AROUND 10440 TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.                 []
  65. []                                                            []
  66. [][][][ ORACLE OF DELOS...................(312)/528-7017!][][][]
  67. []                                                            []
  68. [] 3)Crashing with E-Mail                                     []
  69. []      -THE 99E99 TRICK, (WHICH WILL WORK WITH 99E98,        []
  70. []       99E97, ETC).  WILL CAUSE THE COMPUTER TO GO INTO     []
  71. []       MONITOR IF IT IS DONE ENOUGH.  THIS ONLY WORKS IN    []
  72. []       E-MAIL SO LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM THERE.  WHAT THE      []
  73. []       USER HAS TO DO FROM THE MAIN MENU IS THIS:           []
  74. []                  SEND MAIL? Y                              []
  75. []                                                            []
  76. []                  SEND TO (FIRST NAME): GARBAGE             []
  77. []                           (LAST NAME): CAN                 []
  78. []                                                            []
  79. []                  IS THIS CORRECT? Y                        []
  80. []                                                            []
  81. []                  GARBAGE CANS LOCKER CONTAINS (0)          []
  82. []                  LETTERS, SEND LETTER? Y                   []
  83. []                                                            []
  84. []               ->30 LINES MAX WITH WARNING ON LINE 4<-      []
  85. []                   ->TO ENTER EDITOR TYPE (/EX)<-           []
  86. []                                                            []
  87. []                1> ENTER GARBAGE HERE                       []
  88. []                2> /EX                                      []
  89. []                                                            []
  90. []               -> S)END, F)IX, L)IST, A)PPEND.              []
  91. []                  WHICH? S                                  []
  92. []                                                            []
  93. []                  MESSAGE SAVED. SEND MORE MAIL? 99E99      []
  94. []                                                            []
  95. []                  SEND TO (FIRST NAME):KEEP                 []
  96. []                           (LAST NAME):DOING THIS           []
  97. []                                                            []
  98. []      -BY THE USER DOING THIS ABOUT TEN TIMES IT WOULD      []
  99. []       EVENTUALLY GO INTO MONITOR.                          []
  100. []      -THIS CAN BE AVOIDED BY ADDING AN ONERR STATEMENT,    []
  101. []       BUT WATCH WHERE IT POINTS BECAUSE IF IT POINTS       []
  102. []       IN THE WRONG PLACE, IT MAY SCREW UP THE STACK        []
  103. []       THUS CAUSING THE USER TO GO INTO MONITOR.            []
  104. []                                                            []
  105. [][][][ ORACLE OF DELOS...................(312)/528-7017!][][][]
  106. []                                                            []
  107. [] 4)Crashing with Memory                                     []
  108. []      -FILLING YOUR FREE MEMORY IS ANOTHER POPULAR          []
  109. []       TECHNIQUE THAT COULD CAUSE YOUR BOARD SOME           []
  110. []       PROBLEMS.  WHAT THE USER HAS TO DO IS GO INTO        []
  111. []       F>EEDBACK WITH THE 8O COLUMN SELECT MODE ON,         []
  112. []       AND LEAVING FEW OR NO BLANK LINES, FILL UP           []
  113. []       F>EEDBACK UNTIL THE MEMORY IS FULL AND IT THROWS     []
  114. []       HIM INTO MONITOR.  AGAIN, THIS IS AVOIDED BY THE     []
  115. []       ONERR STATEMENT.  IT CAN ALSO BE AVOIDED BY LIMIT-   []
  116. []       ING THE LENGTH OF YOUR NETWORKS PROGRAM.  IN GENERAL []
  117. []       THOSE WITH //e'S OR //+'S WITH 16K CARDS HAVE LITTLE []
  118. []       WORRY.                                               []
  119. []                                                            []
  120. [][][][ ORACLE OF DELOS...................(312)/528-7017!][][][]
  121. []                                                            []
  122. [] 5)New User Crashing                                        []
  123. []      -ANOTHER WAY A USER CAN GO INTO MONITOR IS BY,        []
  124. []       LOGING IN AS A NEW USER, AND FOLLOWING ALL THE       []
  125. []       WAY THROUGH UNTIL PHONE NUMBER.  AT THIS TIME TYPE   []
  126. []       AN 'O' AND DO THIS ABOUT 8 TIMES. IT WILL KEEP       []
  127. []       ASKING FOR A NAME SO JUST KEEP FEEDING IT GARBAGE.   []
  128. []      -TO AVOID THIS YOU COULD MAKE 'O' AN INVALID COMMAND  []
  129. []       AND FORCE THE USER TO TYPE THE FULL WORD 'OFF'.      []
  130. []                                                            []
  131. [][][][ ORACLE OF DELOS...................(312)/528-7017!][][][]
  132. []                                                            []
  133. [] 6)Deleting System Files                                    []
  134. []      -A USER CAN DELETE FILES BY INSERTING SPACES BEFORE   []
  135. []       A TITLE. THUS BY TYPING NW.USERS .SYS, THIS FILE     []
  136. []       FILE CAN DELETED JUST AS ANY OTHER.                  []
  137. []      -THIS CAN BE AVOIDED BY NOT ALLOWING SPACES BEFORE    []
  138. []       A TITLE. (OBVIOUSLY)                                 []
  139. []                                                            []
  140. [][][][ ORACLE OF DELOS...................(312)/528-7017!][][][]
  141. []                                                            []
  142. []   NOTE: ONCE THE USER HAS PUT HIMSELF IN MONITOR, HE       []
  143. []         SIMPLY NEEDS TO TYPE A: ^C.                        []
  144. []                                                            []
  145. [][][][ ORACLE OF DELOS...................(312)/528-7017!][][][]
  146. []                                                            []
  147. []  1)Tricks for fun                                          []
  148. []      -BY TYPING THE WORD 'OFF' NETWORKS WILL LOG A USER    []
  149. []       OFF ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE PROGRAM. WHETHER THE      []
  150. []       LOGOFF COMMAND HAS BEEN CHANGED OR NOT.              []
  151. []      -BY TYPING ^S ^N THE SERIAL NUMBER WILL BE DISPLAYED  []
  152. []       ON MOST NETWORK SYSTEMS.                             []
  153. []                                                            []
  154. [][][][ ORACLE OF DELOS...................(312)/528-7017!][][][]
  155. []                                                            []
  156. []    MORE WILL BE ADDED TO THIS LIST AS TIME PASSES ALONG!   []
  157. []                                                            []
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  159. [][][][][][][] ORACLE OF DELOS...<312>/528-7017![][][][][][][][]
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  161.  << END OF PHILE--CALL AGAIN!!!>> <<SYSOP: PSI APPRENTICE >>!!!!
  162.  == === == =====--==== =====/!\!! !!====={ === ========== }/\!!!
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