home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- ##########################################################################
- # #
- # The Remote Informer #
- # #
- #------------------------------------------------------------------------#
- # Reader supported newsletter for the underworld #
- #------------------------------------------------------------------------#
- # #
- # Editors: Tracker and Norman Bates #
- # #
- #========================================================================#
- # September 1987 Issue: 01 #
- #========================================================================#
- # The Headlines #
- #------------------------------------------------------------------------#
- # 1) Introduction #
- # 2) Hacking Sprint: The Easy Way #
- # 3) Rumors: Why spread them? #
- # 4) The New Sprint FON Calling Cards #
- # 5) Automatic Number Identifier (ANI) #
- ##########################################################################
-
- Introduction
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Welcome to the first issue of 'The Remote Informer'! This newsletter
- is reader supported. If the readers of this newsletter do not help
- support it, then it will end. We are putting this out to help out the
- ones that would like to read it. If you are one of those who thinks they
- know everything, then don't bother reading it. This newsletter is not
- anything like the future issues. The future issues will contain several
- sections, as long as reader input is obtained. Below is an outline
- overview of the sections in the future issues.
-
- I/O Board (Input/Output Board)
-
- The I/O Board is for questions you have, that we might be able to
- answer or atleast refer you to someone or something. We will be honest if
- we cannot help you. We will not make up something, or to the effect, just
- to make it look like we answered you. There will be a section in the I/O
- Board for questions we cannot answer, and then the readers will have the
- opportunity to answer it. We will print anything that is reasonable in
- the newsletter, even complaints if you feel like you are better than
- everyone.
-
- NewsCenter
-
- This section will be for news around the underworld. It will talk of
- busts of people in the underworld and anything else that would be
- considered news. If you find articles in the paper, or something happens
- in your local area, type it up, and upload it to one of the boards listed
- at the end of the newsletter. Your handle will be placed in the article.
- If you do enter a news article, please state the date and from where you
- got it.
-
- Feature Section
-
- The Feature Section will be the largest of the sections as it will be
- on the topic that is featured in that issue. This will be largely reader
- input which will be sent in between issues. At the end of the issue at
- hand, it will tell the topic of the next issue, therefore, if you have
- something to contribute, then you will have ample time to prepare your
- article.
-
- Hardware/Software Review
- In this section, we will review the good and bad points of hardware
- and software related to the underworld. It will be an extensive review,
- rather than just a small paragraph.
-
- The Tops
-
- This section will be the area where the top underworld BBS's, hacking
- programs, modem scanners, etc. will be shown. This will be reader
- selected and will not be altered in anyway. The topics are listed below.
- Underworld BBS's (Hack, Phreak, Card, Anarchy, etc.)
- Hacking programs for Hayes compatables
- Hacking programs for 1030/Xm301 modems
- Modem scanners for Hayes compatables
- Modem scanners for 1030/Xm301 modems
- Other type illegal programs
- You may add topics to the list if enough will support it.
-
- Tid Bits
-
- This will contain tips and helpful information sent in by the users.
- If you have any information you wish to contribute, then put it in a text
- file and upload it to one of the BBS's listed at the end of the
- newsletter.
- Please, no long distance codes, mainframe passwords, etc.
- We may add other sections as time goes by. This newsletter will not
- be put out on a regular basis. It will be put out when we have enough
- articles and information to put in it. There may be up to 5 a month, but
- there will always be at least one a month. We would like you, the readers,
- to send us anything you feel would be of interest to others, like hacking
- hints, methods of hacking long distance companies, companies to card from,
- etc. We will maintain the newsletter as long as the readers support it.
- That is the end of the introduction, but take a look at this newsletter,
- as it does contain information that may be of value to you.
- ==========================================================================
- Hacking Sprint: The Easy Way
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- By: Tracker
-
- If you hack US Sprint, 950-0777 (by the way it is no longer GTE
- Sprint), and you are fustrated at hacking several hours only to find one
- or two codes, then follow these tips, and it will increase your results
- tremendously. First, one thing that Mr. Mojo proved is that Sprint will
- not store more than one code in every hundred numbers. (ex: 98765400 to
- 98765499 may contain only one code). There may NOT be a code in that
- hundred, but there will never be more than one.
- Sprint's 9 digit codes are stored from 500000000 through 999999999.
- In the beginning of Sprint's 950 port, they only had 8 digit codes. Then
- they started converting to 9 digit codes, storing all 8 digit codes
- between 10000000 and 49999999 and all 9 digit codes between 500000000 and
- 999999999. Sprint has since cancelled most 8 digit codes, although there
- are a few left that have been denoted as test codes. Occaisionally, I
- hear of phreaks saying they have 8 digit codes, but when verifying them,
- the codes were invalid.
- Now, where do you start? You have already narrowed the low and high
- numbers in half, therefore already increasing your chances of good results
- by 50 percent. The next step is to find a good prefix to hack. By the
- way, a prefix, in hacking terms, is the first digits in a code that can be
- any length except the same number of digits the code is. (ex: 123456789
- is a code. That means 1, 12, 123, 1234, 12345, 123456, 1234567, and
- 12345678 are prefixes) The way you find a good prefix to hack is to
- manually enter a code prefix. If when you enter the code prefix and a
- valid destination number and you do not hear the ringing of the recording
- telling you that the code is invalid until near the end of the number,
- then you know the prefix is valid. Here is a chart to follow when doing
- this:
- Code - Destination Range good codes exist
- -------------------------------------------------
- 123456789 - 6192R 123400000 - 123499999
- 123456789 - 619267R 123450000 - 123459999
- 123456789 - 61926702R 123456000 - 123456999
- 123456789 - 6192670293R 123456700 - 123456799
- -------------------------------------------------
- ( R - Denotes when ring for recording starts)
- To prove
- this true, I ran a test using OmniHack 1.3p, written by
- Jolly Joe. In this test I found a prefix where the last 3 digits were all
- I had to hack. I tested each hundred of the 6 digit prefix finding that
- all but 4 had the ring start after the fourth digit was dialed in the
- destination number. The other four did not ring until I had finished the
- entire code. I set OmniHack to hack the prefix + 00 until prefix + 99.
- (ex: xxxxxxy00 to xxxxxxy99: where y is one of the four numbers that the
- ring did not start until the dialing was completed.) Using this method, I
- found four codes in a total of 241 attempts using ascending hacking (AKA:
- Sequential). Below you will see a record of my hack:
- Range of hack Codes found Tries
- ----------------------------------------------
- xxxxxx300 - xxxxxx399 xxxxxx350 50
- xxxxxx500 - xxxxxx599 xxxxxx568 68
- xxxxxx600 - xxxxxx699 xxxxxx646 46
- xxxxxx800 - xxxxxx899 xxxxxx877 77
- ----------------------------------------------
- Totals 4 codes 241
- As you see, these methods work. Follow these guidlines and tips and
- you should have an increase in production of codes in the future hacking
- Sprint. Also, if you have any hints/tips you think others could benefit
- from, then type them up and upload them to one of the boards at the end of
- the newsletter.
- ==========================================================================
- Rumors: Why Spread Them?
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- By: Tracker
- Do you ever get tired of hearing rumors? You know, someone gets an
- urge to impress others, so they create a rumor that some long distance
- company is now using tracing equipment. Why start rumors? It only scares
- others out of phreaking, and then makes you, the person who started the
- rumor, look like Mr. Big. This article is short, but it should make you
- aware of the rumors that people spread for personal gain. The best thing
- to do is to denote them as a rumor starter and then leave it at that. You
- should not rag on them constantly, since if the other users cannot
- determine if it is fact or rumor, then they should suffer the
- consequences.
- ==========================================================================
- The New Sprint FON Calling Cards
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- By: Tracker
- US Sprint has opened up a new long distance network called the Fiber
- Optic Network (FON), in which subscribers are given calling cards. These
- calling cards are 14 digits, and though, seem randomly generated, they are
- actually encrypted. The rumors floating around about people getting
- caught using the Sprint FON calling cards are fact, not rumors. The
- reason people are getting caught is that they confuse the FON calling
- cards with the local 950 port authorization codes. If you will remember,
- you never use AT&T calling cards from you home phone. It has ANI
- capability, which is not tracing, but rather the originating phone number
- is placed on the bill as soon as the call is completed. They know your
- phone number when you call the 800 access port, but they do not record it
- until your call is completed. Also, through several of my hacks, I came
- up with some interesting information surrounding the new Sprint network.
- They are listed below.
- 800-877-0000
- This number is for information on US Sprint's 800 calling card
- service. I have not played around with it, but I believe it is for
- trouble or help with the FON calling cards. I am not sure if it is for
- subscribing to the FON network.
- 800-877-0002 - You hear a short tone, then nothing.
- 800-877-0003 - US Sprint Alpha Test Channel #1
- 800-877-(0004-0999)
- When you call these numbers, you get a recording saying: "Welcome to
- US Sprint's 1 plus service." When the recording stops, if you hit the
- pound key (#) you will get the calling card dial tone.
- Other related Sprint numbers
- 800-521-4949 This is the number that you subscribe to US Sprint with.
- You may also subscribe to the FON network on this number. It will take 4
- to 5 weeks for your calling card to arrive.
- 10777
- This is US Sprint's equal access number. When you dial this number,
- you then dial the number you are calling, and it will be billed through US
- Sprint, and you will receive their long distance line for that call. Note
- that you will be billed for calls made through equal access. Do not
- mistake it to be a method of phreaking, unless used from a remote
- location.
- If you are in US Sprint's 1+ service then call 1+700-555-1414, which
- will tell you which long distance company you are using. When you hear:
- "Thank you for choosing US Sprint's 1 plus service," hit the pound key
- (#), and then you will get the US Sprint dial tone. This however is just
- the same as if you are calling from your home phone if you dial direct, so
- you would be billed for calls made through that, but there are ways to use
- this to your advantage as in using equal access through a PBX.
- ==========================================================================
- Automatic Number Identification (ANI)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- By: Tracker
-
- The true definition for Automatic Number Identification has not been
- widely known to many. Automatic Number Identification, (AKA: ANI), is the
- process of the destination number knowing the originating number, which is
- where you are calling from. The method of achieving this is to send the
- phone number that you are calling from in coded form ahead of the
- destination number. Below is an example of this.
- ANI Method
- Dial: 267-0293
- Sent: ********2670293
- * - Denotes the originating number which is coded and sent before the
- number
- As you noticed there are 8 digits in the coded number. This is
- because, at least I believe, it is stored in a binary-like form.
- Automatic Number Identification means a limited future in phreaking. ANI
- does not threaten phreaking very much yet, but it will in the near future.
- A new switching system will soon be installed in most cities that are
- covered by ESS, Electronic Switching System, now.
- The system will have ANI capabilities which will be supplied to the
- owners of phone lines as an¢added extra. The owner's phone will have
- an LED read-out that will show the phone number of the people that
- call you. You will be able to block some numbers, so that people
- cannot call you. This system is in the testing stages currently, but will
- soon be installed across most of the country. As you see, this will
- end a large part of phreaking, until we, the phreakers, can come up with
- an alternative. As I have been told by several, usually reliable,
- people, this system is called ISS, which I am not sure of the meaning of
- this, and is being tested currently in Rhode Island.
- 800 in-watts lines set up by AT&T support ANI. The equipment to
- decode an ANI coded origination number does not costs as much as you would
- expect. 950 ports do not offer ANI capability, no matter what you have
- been told. The 950 ports will only give the city in which they are based,
- this usually being the largest in the state, sometimes the capitol.
- One last thing that I should tell you is that ANI is not related to
- tracing. Tracing can be done on any number whether local, 950, etc. One
- way around this, especially when dialing Alliance TeleConferencing, is to
- dial through several extenders or ports. ANI will only cover the number
- that is calling it, and if you call through a number that does not support
- ANI, then your number will never be known.
- ==========================================================================
- The Disclaimer!
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- We, the editors, take no responsibility for your actions and use of
- the information in this newsletter. This newsletter is for informational
- purposes only. There will never be any long distance codes, passwords,
- etc. in this newsletter. If you are easily offended by telecommunication
- discussions, then we suggest that you not read this newsletter. But for
- those who are truely interested in the information in this newsletter,
- enjoy it.
-
- Brought to you in Cookbook, courtesy of the Jolly Roger!!!!!!!!!!
-
-
-
- Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253
-