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The fireplace is crackling and you're chillin with your loved ones.. maybe you're totally and completely bored cuz your parents dragged you to your horrid aunt's smelly house. This action-packed issue has everything from hilarious to serious and even inspirational articles. System Failure has been a project of Penguin Palace since February of 1997 when I visited San Jose on bahalf of TAG (Tuffmen Against Guns, an anti-gang and anti-kids-having-guns group that I work with at times). It's grown from a standard text zine to a thriving community of thought and development. I hope that through writing and understanding the articles published in this zine that you acquire a taste for further knowledge; that the issue leaves you thinking, "w0ah, I didn't know you could do that!" or "That sounds like it takes a lot of work, but good to know" or "I can't believe Company X pulls shit like that. I'm going to do something about that." When we cover news stories or legal issues, it's to keep everyone informed about events that they're too lazy to stay on top of. How many of you seriously look through the newspaper in the morning, keep pointcast running, watch 30 mins of CNN, or even just visit a few news webpages? By including information from such sources, we add a new angle to boring news. Another moon is setting, another year is ending. With the advent of 1998, we already have some special plans for DefCon VI. We will again hold a weird wacky scavenger hunt with neato nifty prizes, but we're also creating a second hunt for the second day. It'll require special equiptment to participate; you'll need to be able to scan cell frequencies and decode dtmf tones. That's all we'll say for now. We'll also be selling a CD with all of the issues and contents, as well as our favorite techno songs, and perhaps some of our own creations. We'll have Penguin Palace comics and the all new TORI DO cd, which is scheduled to release in May. You can pre-order that CD from me for $25.00, and I'll also send you some original artwork. Expect a huge change to www.sysfail.org come New Years, changes to the bot structure of #peng on EFnet, and sysfail irc servers on some of the smaller networks (like FEFnet). Have a safe and happy holiday, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Hannakuh, Happy 12 days of Xmas, and don't leave the milk out too long for Santa cuz it'll get spoiled and he won't give you that CD-R you asked for. --Pinguino [12/24/97] http://www.leper.org/~pinguino/xmas ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ http://www.sysfail.org/ │ │ [sysfail@linux.slackware.org] │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CONTENTS │ │ SysInfoTrade by Pinguino │ │ From Aether to Ether: Born of Defense by Enola Gay │ │ NCIC Databases by Stainer │ │ All I Want For Christmas Are My Telco Docs by skullY │ │ Fun With AmTrak by PBX Phreak │ │ Firewalling Your Linux Boxen, Part 2 by Dr. Seuss │ │ How To Get Your Very Own TDD/TTY Phone by Gwonk │ │ How to Make Your Own K-Rad Payphone Lamp by hatredonalog │ │ Puters Aren't Everything by Pinguino │ │ How to Get Free Pop From Vending Machines by Spanish Prince │ │ Samples, Anyone? by Interrupt │ │ More Fun With OCI by Wiretapp │ │ Yahoo Hacked by skullY │ │ Sysfail Mailbox by Pinguino │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ <-------+ | SysInfoTrade +----------------> pinguino@leper.org --CuervoCon II will be held at the El Paso Marriott in El Paso, TX on January 2-4, 1998. Visit http://www.cuervocon.org/ for details. --Yahoo hacked. Check out Skully's article at the end of this issue. --2600 magazine is having major financial probs. Fine Print (Austin, TX) went bankrupt while owing them and many, many other zines lots of money. 2600 is asking people to buy their current stock and to seign up as web --Ever wonder what the Feds Could and Could Not Seize? Read here. http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/search_docs/toc.htm --7-11 has free 5 min fonecards on the backs of Slurpees. They're MCI calling cards with 10 digits. They're only good within the US. They don't need to be activated at the cashier, so take as many as you want. You can only get them with 22oz Slurpees.. of which they have new flavors. There's candy cane (pretty gross), pina colada, bubble gum, and blue raspberry that I've noticed. The bubble gum ones are realllly really good. For 2 weeks, send me the used pin #s on the card; email them. --Intel Chairman Andrew Grove was chosen as Time Magazine's Man of the Year. His real name is Andras Gorf, a Hungranian who lived in hiding during the Nazi regime. He made it to the US, studied Chemical engineering, then moved to Silicon Valley. Handpicked by Intel, he's led them towards developing microprocessors. Intel recently signed a deal with Hewlett-Packard to work on a 900mhz chip called the Merced. Its going to ship in three years (estimated) --Science Fiction comes to life. A group of scientists in Australia were able to break apart light particles in one area and replicate in in another, with a process known as "quantum teleportation." This breakthrough in technology will eventually lead to faster computers as large amounts of data can be transferred at a rapid pace. Here's a page that describes the basic concept: http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/ --Hooray! Microsoft now has to give vendors the option of not adding Inet Explorer to their computers. This is part of their antitrust battle. It's being called the "dysfunctional" version of Win95. --We still have System Failure and Thank You for Abusing AT&T stickers avail in fine black vinyl. $1 each, e-mail pinguino@sysfail.org. --There are lots of new area codes... go to this page to keep track of them: http://www.bellcore.com/BC.dynjava?NANPnewareaGBGeneralGenericBlank --This is a transcript of the Criminal Comics section of Guardline, a local newspaper call up information system. You can reach this system at (541) 485-2000. Criminal Comics is located in category #4391, but it changes every week so. By the time you read this it may be gone; I have a recording that may also be published. (Mr. Sonik) "Police in Springfield Illinois are red faced. They had fallen victim to a conman who illegaly tapped into the phone system to bill the city for three long distance calls to Africa. Authourities say that three calls were made by somone who called the main number and asked to be transferred to an extension. The man claimed to be a telephone company inspector who needed to check a number; once the transfer was made the man made the three calls which ultimatley cost the department $468. Several busnisess and organizations, including a police department in Alabama, have falled victim to the same scam recently, however, Springfield police say they never heard of it until they got their phone bill with the long distance calls." =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From Aether to Ether - A Recurring Column by He Who Will Call Himself: Enola Gay(sysfail@linux.slackware.org) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- WELCOME: And, with this sentence, a journey of thought begins. This series of columns will be written in the sole hope of spreading a simple infection - a desease of burning; a wonderfully clear and intense sense of self-betterment in learning only to learn; a leprosy of every cranial lobe. It is this author's opinion, however, that we cannot begin to reap the rewards such knowledge is known to spew forth until we can grasp from wence it has come. The origins of any new base of knowledge are at least as essential and critical for its later use as the knowledge, itself. Therefore, we will cover, if even only slightly at times, everything in a bottom-up fashion; thus, the appropriate title. The ancient thinkers, while just beginning such treks in knowing the world around them, explained the "lack of things" or that of which "nothing" is made as being a substance called "Aether." (Of course, they were much more simple than we, and had no ideas about vaccuums nor just the idea that there could be a "nothing" which required no "something" to define it.) Today, we have a marvelous thing called "ethernet" which is used from connecting machines and other devices in the smallest home LAN to connecting the largest and newest of switched networks in the little-thought-of NAPs of the world. Civilized man, all over this increasingly smaller planet, now has a common bond; one which, when implemented properly, and combined with an "internet," has virtually no chance of failure. Too, this bond can do nothing but promote free thinking in those who are capable of such, and in the very least, understanding. With our ether, we are able to more steadily avoid the misconceptions of the Aether of yore. This bond of networking can, at times, seem a stronger bond than blood, itself. All of this given, there exists one thing which is even more wonderful: It will only get better, my friends... --- From Aether to Ether: Born from Defense by Enola Gay Though most may scorn the war machines of yesteryear, unfortunately it is they which have served to allow some of our greatest strides forward. If it were not for the new bomb factories and airplane sales of the early world wars, many more might have been stuck in the depths and the aftermath of the largest economical depression our country has ever seen. If it were not for the fear of the cancerous growth of the Marxist Misinterpreter, we would have most certainly been much later to reach our only heavenly satellite. And, if it were not for the fear of the loss of communications in the eminant cold war, the Internet would not have been born. Most of us have heard or read something, in a preface or in a historic introduction to an entirely different subject matter, regarding the association of The Internet to its start by a governmental department once known as ARPA. ARPA, the "Advanced Research Projects Agency", was created by the United States' "Department of Defense," or DoD, in 1958. Renamed "Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency," or DARPA, in 1972 [ARPA/IPTO 1997], this subsection of Big Brother's defensive shield was the major contributor to the birth of The Internet. DARPA has gone through three major periods in its lifetime: (1) a period, into the mid-1960s, dominated by the "presidential" issues that brought the Agency into being in 1958 after the launch of Sputnik--space, ballistic missile defense, and nuclear test monitoring; (2) a period of exploration and probing from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s, characterized by relatively diverse research programs, varying from R&D support for the Vietnam War effort to the beginnings of DARPA's long history of involvement in advanced computing; and (3) a period of major technological thrusts that began in 1975 and has continued until the present. [ARPA 1997] Most authors who wish to use some flavor of a summary of this awesome beginning do not give it nearly the justice of thought which it deserves. We find that the majority will only go so far as to mention that ARPA had the first "internetwork" (ARPAnet) and that it was based on open research, where all involved could more easily give and partake of each others' ideas. While this was one outcome, it was not the initial reason for its formation. In the late 1960s, ARPA was given a goal: create a network which, even if entire sections were destroyed, would be able to continue routing traffic around the damaged sections and survive. This would allow the major defensive military sites to continue to communicate and defend the country. With the then-new packet switching technology just coming to reality [IBM 1995], their goal was very obtainable. "The first international connections of today's Internet were made from the U.S. to England and Norway in 1973." [IBM 1995] This being the case, we will soon be in a position to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the true birth of the Internet, brothers. How could such a celebration possibly reflect our advancement? Perhaps we have an obligation to give a piece of ourselves back to this non-living entity called the Internet, in the spirit of the freedom of thought it has always offered us. Three years ago, now (in 1995), it was estimated that the Internet encompassed more than three million hosts and 30 million users around this planet, with a 15% increase every month, and "every 30 minutes, a new network signs on to the Internet."á[IBM 1995]. If the number of people using the Internet were to keep doubling every year, then On December 25, 1997: There would be 123,824,052 people using the Internet. (This represents 2.06 % of the world's population). [Orenstein 1995] That is approximately 123 million minds, collectively interacting on a common medium. This number is "doubling every year" according to Orenstein, who is drawing his statistics from John S. Quarterman, himself. Even with doubling, however, it is already a very large number of people to be gathering thoughts and ideas in such an efficient manner. There is little stopping such a mass movement. It will continue to increase at such rates and more. What has it all given to us? It would do each and every one of us well to take a few minutes and think about that, even if only now on its anniversary. Because some of these minds specialize in lawn mower maintainance [M&D Mower 1997], we can perhaps skip a trip to our local mower shop. Because some of these minds are interested in proper etiquette at the poker table [Tropicana 1997], we can gamble more politely. Because so many of these researching minds are sharing information on new subatomic particles [New exotic particle 1997], we can remain well-informed about the meson family at all times. Does your mind have anything to offer the rest? Do you possess any information which could be beneficial to other minds on this wonderful, new, but quickly-aging, medium? Will you always rather only take from it without contributing? Thanks to the rest of us, you have that option. But, then, the rest of us will be deciding what is shared and what is not shared. Consider this article a call to all who hold some piece, no matter how seemingly small, of knowledge, information, and/or talent to share what they have over the medium which will continue to unstoppingly give them the information they seek. Imagine what we could leave our children with in the next 25 years. Our legacy can and will overcome the cesspools of economic trouble our parents left for us. Long live good information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bibliography "ARPA/IPTO: Chronology of agency name changes". U. of Minnesotta: Charles Babbage Institute. 1997. <http://www.cbi.umn.edu/darpa/arpaitpo.htm> "ARPA: Brief History". U. of Minnesotta: Charles Babbage Institute. 1997. <http://www.cbi.umn.edu/darpa/arpa/htm> "IBM and the Internet: an ancient history". IBM Corporation. 1995. <http://www.ibm.com/Features/ancient.html> Robert Orenstein. 1995. "Internet Statistics". <http://www.anamorph.com/docs/stats/stats.html> "M&D Mower Repair mower lawnmower briggs tecumseh parts tools manuals snowblowers". 1997. M&D Mower. <http://www.M-and-D.com> "Tropicana Casino and Resort". 1997. <http://www.tropicana.net/poker/etiquette.html> "New exotic particle". 2 September 1997. <http://hepweb.rl.ac.uk/ppUK/pr_hybrids.html> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- NCIC Databases By Stainer (stainer@usa.net) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Everyone asks me on irc, "stainer, how can I own people using the government's NCIC database?" I am going to tell you the secrets of NCIC database hacking. NCIC terminals are in virtually every police department in the United States of America. NCIC stands for National Crime Information Computer and it holds info to all criminal records in America. With it, you can type in a name and date of birth and get reams of inph0z on your friends and enemies. Find out that the loser at 7-11 has been arrested 4 times for molesting little girls, and your phr34king experience will be increased. The hardest way to haxx0r the NCIC database is trying to go through the the Department of Justice mainframe. Here is an example of how to do it. shell:~# telnet ncic.usdoj.gov Trying 149.101.10.33 Connected to ncic.usdoj.gov. Escape character is '^]'. Welcome to the United States Department of Justice NCIC computer. We always get my man. <J. Edgar Hoover> Linux 2.0.32 (ncic.usdoj.gov) (ttyp10) ncic login: root Password: ******** Linux 2.0.32. Last login: Thu Dec 4 12:32:33 on tty1. ncic:~$ rm -rf myInph0z ncic:~$ mail -n 1 Janet Reno y0, BiZnAtCh, eYe JuSt Ow3n3d J0oR c0mPuT3r. EyE am ElIt3, K-r4D. f33r q mail sent ncic:~$ add warrant <neighbors info> warrant added ncic:~$ pico william_clinton_criminal_file bash: error: file too large for editor ncic:~$ exit logout And thats all there is to haxx0ring NCIC from home. Now on to getting access from your local police department. Just go down to you local police department and march up to the glass window. With a few supplies, you will be on NCIC within minutes. <Huge Obese Dispatcher> What the hell do you want, you little punk? <Haxor Wannabe> I want to be a cop, and I was hoping to get a tour of dispatch. <Dispatcher> Get the hell out of here before I break your arm. <Haxor> I have a bag of snickers bite sized for you. <Dispatcher> Well come on in, you little angel. <Haxor> (after getting into dispatch) Here are your snickers, ma'am, can I look around? <Dispatcher> Sure, just leave me alone. (munch munch) <Haxor> (after checking to make sure the dispatcher is busy) Hmmm is this the NCIC computer? <Dispatcher> Uh, huh grumm munch grrgle <Haxor> hmm.. drivers info Cindy Crawford...accessing...printing... <Dispatcher> chomp mmmm <Haxor> Add warrant shop teacher...adding...entered <Dispatcher> umm, food good, mumble, chomp <Haxor> criminal records Kevin at OCI...accessing...printing... <Dispatcher> Hey, you little puke, what the hell are you doing? <Haxor> cls <Dipatcher> Hey, *&$%, I'll hurt you! <Haxor> (while running) Thanks for the tour! After the police officers find you and violate your civil rights for several hours, you'll know that you are an elite, k-rad haxor. --Stainer (stainer@usa.net) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- All I Want For Christmas Are My Telco Docs By skullY (skully@clipper.net) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Driving his '76 Mercedes 300D through the streets of Argo, skullY scouts out the building. The car is neither quiet nor fast. He pops out the tape thats been playing for the last 2 hours and puts in another tape, which he knows just as well as the first. Mr. Sonik is in the passenger seat getting ready for the job at hand. skullY finds a good spot and parks the car, plunging the area into silence as he turns off the key. Throwing on his coat and putting an ear piece in his ear, he quietly gets out of the car. Sonik creeps out in front and looks around. No cars coming. They silently run through the meadow which the car was parked in, and climbed over to the fence. Luckily, US West isn't too bright and they were able to climb with ease thanks to the incredibly large holes in the cyclone fence. Once inside, each knows what they have to do. skullY double checks his scanner before running over to the large floodlight with the exposed wire. Being careful only to touch the insulated part of the cutter, he snips the wire and watches the light go out. With that accomplished, Sonik runs over to the first truck and uses a slim jim to open the door. He knows exactly what to look for and goes about his search. Meanwhile, skullY lights a cigarette and starts on the second truck. Thirty minutes and 8 trucks later, they move onto the building. Each is nervous because they don't know if there's an alarm or not. Getting out his custom key, a piece of sheet metal precisely cut to fit between the door and frame, skullY opens the door. No audible alarm, and nothing on the scanner about an alarm at the CO. skullY moves in first, followed closely by Sonik. They wonder why there's been nothing on the scanner, but then again, it's Christmas Eve and all the pigs are probably either home drinking eggnog and eating donuts or out nabbing the drunk drivers. After a few minutes of searching inside, they hit the jackpot. A laptop and a pile of binders labelled "US West RCMAC training manual. For authorized personal only." What luck, one of them has the access number and passwords they'll need to get in. They shovel it all into their backpacks and make a hasty exit. Just outside the building, they see headlights coming. Ducking down quickly, they wait for it to pass. Unfortunately, it stops, and a spot light starts blaring at them from 50 ft. away. After crouching there for five minutes watching the light go back and forth, they see the cop get out of the car. He stops right in front of them on the other side of the fence. Deciding to let go of reason and let instincts take over, Sonik and skullY run for it. The make the short 20 ft. to the fence on the other side of the yard and scramble over it. The cop, who looked like he enjoyed his dounuts, barely got over the fence. With the adrenaline rushing through their veins, they ran to a nearby stand of trees. The grove was thick and with many bushes. They stashed their bags under a bush and started running towards the road. By the time they hit the 3rd block, the cop was outta site and had probably given up. Just to be safe, they stopped and had a cigarette and kept an ear on the scanner. After an hour, they heard the pig report that he was giving up on the search and heading back to HQ. The two cautiously made their way back to the beat up Mercedes. Getting in, they drove over to the stand of trees they stashed their bags in. Grabbing them, they drove home. Once home, they had their own Christmas. But instead of getting ties, socks, and useless junk, they got what they really wanted. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Fun With AmTrak By The PBX Phreak (pbxphreak@unixnet.org) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Hello b0yz and g1rls. Just sit back and relax, fasten your seatbelt and enjoy the ride, because after reading this you will be able to do exactly that. VIA Amtrak. I am from Canada and on a recent trip to the US I used this method on a regular basis. This actually has been one of my many experiences. This is not made up. What You need To use: -------------------- a) Your Bag Packed full of your stuff b) Full Info Credit Card c) Payphone or a Cloned Cell Phone d) Deep voice (not those pussy voices you hear on c0nfz) If you dont gno where to get credit cards. Well here is a few places - Hack into p0rn sites and grab the database (if you can haxor) - Trashing - Stealing cardz from yer parents - Stealing someones purse on the Sub-Way After you got yerself a full info credit card, you are all set. Typical Telephone Converstaion: ------------------------------ YOU: DIAL 1-800-USA-RAIL OP : Hello, AmTrak How Can I help You? YOU: Yes, My cousin has lost his id, and he is stranded, I need to order Him a ticket. Is this possible. OP : Yes, this is called a prepaid ticket. YOU: Ok, I would like to do that then. OP : Where is he located at? YOU: He is in Dallas, Texas. OP : Ok. Where does he want to travel too. YOU: Home of course, which is in Tampa, Florida OP : Ok, There is a train leaving at 1:30pm, is that ok? YOU: Yes that is fine. What is the one way fair? OP : $119.28 is the one way fair. YOU: Thats great. OP : Now, that is all settled, I need the passengers name. YOU: Nathan Winters (made up name) OP : You said he lost his ID, well we can put a password on the ticket. He Will just have to give the agent the password when he goes and picks up the ticket. YOU: I guess the password will be "cheese", do you except Mastercard OP : Thankyou, that will be his password, and Yes we do except mastercard, what is the card #? YOU: 5371-2881-0191-7882 and that expires in 03/98 OP : Thank you Sir. Remember to tell him to be at the terminal 1 hour before his train leaves. So he should be there at 12:30 for his 1:30 train. YOU: Thank You for your help. OP : Thankyou for Choosing AmTrak. Now that you have done all that.. All you have to do is walk up to the counter at the AmTrak station and say "I have a ticket waiting for me," and be sure to tell them the password. They will print up the ticket, and you're all set. REMEMBER. ENJOY THE RIDE!!. HINT --> Anything could happen while yer on the trip, free food, hotel, train crash, you name it.. anything.. well Have Phun. P.S --> You could also order a room on the train. But make sure you have enough credit on the card. I never ordered the room, but you can try. Anything is possible when on AmTrak. True Story: ---------- On one of my trips on AmTrak a funny thing happened. At the time I was in San Jose, California. I got a ticket from San Jose to Schofield, Wisconsin. But there was a problem, we were delayed on the track for 2 and a half hours becuase of this we all missed our connecting train from Portland, Oregon to Wisconsin. The next train for Wisconsin wasn't going to leave for another 2 nights. So AmTrak paid for my meals and hotel for 2 nights, so you never gno what yer getting into. Conclusion: ---------- I used this method a lot while I was in the US. So I wouldn't be so suprised if this method dies, After me explaining this to all the world. Or whoever is reading this article, and remember THANKYOU FOR ABUSING AMTRAK! This has been for informational purposes only!! :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Firewalling Your Linux Boxen, Part 2: Using a Linux Box to Firewall your LAN. By Dr. Seuss (drs@linux.slackware.org) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This article assumes you have read part 1 of my firewall series and have your machine configured as stated in that article. All examples in this article come from a machine running linux 2.0.32, with lo, ppp0, and eth0 interfaces. The linux box is acting as a router for a LAN with a entire Class C routed to it. The linux box's eth0 is assigned the address of 192.168.1.1 The first thing you want to do is allow access from your LAN to your linux box, assuming you trust those on your LAN. Allowing pings and other messages from your LAN make diagnoses of problems much easier. Only 2 lines are needed to accomplish this, place them after you default policies. ipfwadm -I -a accept -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0/0 -W eth0 ipfwadm -O -a accept -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0/0 -W eth0 This allows all traffic from your local LAN to be accepted by the linux box. In our previous example we used a -D 0/0 for all the rules blocking ICMP messages, this will suffice to protect our LAN as well. If you want to use Microsoft networking across the Internet, you may want to modify the rule that blocks access to port 139. Add this rule above it. ipfwadm -I -a accept -S 192.168.1.0 -D 0/0 -W eth0 Then modify the original line to look like this. ipfwadm -I -a deny -P tcp -S 0/0 -D 192.168.1.1 139 -o Now machines on your LAN can accept traffic on port 139, this is neccesary if you use VPN Tunneling or similar, if not you may not need to do this. You will also want to deny packets coming from the Internet claiming to be from your LAN, this is done with the following command. ipfwadm -I -p deny -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0/0 -W 0/0 You LAN is now secure from many exploits used today, as with all security, these rules may need to be tweaked in order to work properly in your configuration. Now for the fun part. I'm sure you have users on your LAN, that are bandwidth hogs, using Real Audio all day, updating Pointcast, using AOL over TCP or similar. Here is your chance to get back at them. For example, lets pretend that your co-worker roy, is always listening to real audio, hogging your bandwidth, and that his machine is assigned the IP of 192.168.1.50 You could make a small file (mine is called ra-off) that looks like this #/bin/bash ipfwadm -I -a deny -P udp -S 0/0 7070 -D $1/32 This allows you to say "ra-off 192.168.1.50" and block the real audio stream to roy's machine. About 30 seconds after you do this, he will get that annoying "Network Congestion rebuffering" message that tells him the net is slow today and to try later. I also have a script called "ra-on" which turns the Real Audio stream back on, it looks like this #/bin/bash ipfwadm -I -d deny -P udp -S 0/0 7070 -D $1/32 You can create many scripts that have the same general syntax, adjusting for protocols and ports. You can also create more elaborate scripts that can give you status message as to who is denied access to what. I am considering writing a Firewall Part 4, outlining some of my custom firewall scripts. This article was intended to be a reference and starting point for those wanting to build a secure linux firewall. I try to stay as general as possible since the rules you enforce will greatly differ depending on your network and needs. My e-mail is always open to those with questions or comments. Apologies for the short length of this article, but I have been terribly busy preparing for the holidays. Until Firewall Part 3. -drs. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- How To Get Your Very Own TDD/TTY Phone By Gwonk (gwonk@diversion.com) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Certain public areas are required to have a phone for the deaf to use. If you are deaf, procurring one of these phones for free shouldn't be a problem. If you've ever seen a TDD machine in an airport or other public facility, it is because they are required to have them. In smaller towns, they often don't have the TDD machine out for everyone to use. This is a great advantage to a person who wants one, and the only person who doesn't want one is Freddie the Phone Fraud Fox; everyone else has a use for it. So, where the hell do I go to pick up one of these phones? First you have to find someplace that is public enough to need one, but not big enough to have one built in to the payphone. In small towns, the police station, the hospital, and a mall will have at least one for public use. There should be a sign near the payphone that tells you where one is. In the mall they are usually in the service counter, and in hospitals they are usually at the front desks of the area that you are in. You must first select a target to get the phone from. In my example I will use the police station, because it makes things much harder and you have the worse case scenerio. Find the payphone in the police station, and make sure they don't have a TDD phone for public use anywhere in the building. Go and ask the person at the desk for a TDD phone, and in a small town you will usually need to tell them what it is. Persistance will get you everywhere because you are probably the first person to ask them for one, they might not be able to find one right away. If they ask you why and you are not "conveniently" deaf, then you can tell them that you need to call your grandmother or your sister and ask them what else you need to pick up at the store. Once you have the machine in your posession, you can do three things to get it out of there. 1. Take the phone in your hand, walk toward the payphone, and then walk right out the door carrying it in your hand. 2. Take the phone to the payphone, play with it for a while, then put it in a duffel bag, then walk out with it. 3. Have a friend come in and take it and beat you up, then go crying to the cop that someone asaulted you and stole it. Have a description ready that matches your best friend. I personally wouldn't have the balls to do the first one unless I had a few beers in me. I still think it is the best idea. Cops and anyone who understands human nature expects you to be sneaky when you steal. When ever I steal from a store or a public place, I usually try to be as blatant about it as possible. If I am stealing a pack of smokes, I pick it up in the cigarette section and then buy something while I am packing the cigarettes like I already own them. The same thing applies here. If they stop you, you can just say that you were going to take it to the payphone down the way because it has cheaper rates. Just about any excuse you have ready, they will fall for because you didn't try to hide it. "I stole myself some linemans pants" --Gwonk (Gwonk@diversion.com) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- How to Make Your Own K-Rad Payphone Lamp satire by hatred on a log (hatredonalog@hotmail.com) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- So you want one of those elite payphone lamps? That is no problem... IF you follow my guide to making your own. It is quite easy, and you will have tons of fun showing it off to your local lineman, or calling up the local billing office to tell them how nicely one of their pay- phones converted into desk lamp! Everyone loves them! Old people, infants, Roy Gerbil, and of course Jim Bayless! First, you're going to need some parts and tools: Crowbar Payphone Bulb Socket Outlet plug Good teeth Outlet Phone Line Lamp Shade & Attachment Instructions: You have everything EXCEPT the payphone, right? This is the best part of the project... stealing the phone. Go downtown or wherever you know there is a payphone at and use the crowbar to take it. If there are any old folks around, make them leave; tell them that you don't like how they smell or something. Make sure you tell everyone what you're going to do first. Post it on all your local BBS's with you real name. Timing is quite essential; I would recommend trying it in the middle of the afternoon, during Octoberfest is quite perfectly the best time. If a cop asks you what you think your doing, tell him to go to hell, or just say that you are your own person and that no-one can tell you what to do! Start talking about how you learned to stand up for yourself and they will understand. Getting the Payphone back to your house is easy. All you have to do is get your mom to give you a ride there so you don't have to carry it around on the Public Transit. They don't like people carrying payphones around on their buses. Other things they don't like are you shooting up on heroin on the way to the mall (the other drop-off sites are okay), and you bringing your pet gerbil on board (they make you pay even though he's going to stay in your pocket!) Now that you have a payphone of your very own, it's time to make it into a lamp! Remember in 7th grade when you made those elite bottle lamps? Get it out and tear all the parts off of it, or if all you have is your mother's living room lamps, then use that. Breaking it open is easy. Remember the side of your house? Bashing it on the wall usually seems to do the trick. Mothers always understand if you tell them that you're a phreak. Forge a note from some guy named Roy that you can, then she'll let you for sure! If she's your stepmom, then smack her up a bit with your elite redbox you bought off the internet. If your dad asks you what you're doing, give him your "two cents on the whole abortion issue." Try to be mean, offensive and generally lame. If that don't work, throw your gerbil at him. Get out those teeth and start chewing a 1/8 in. hole near the bottom, and don't stop until you get all the way through. Once you're done with that, then chew an appropriate sized hole at the top of the payphone. Run the power line through the holes, and hook it up to the socket. Jam the socket in there, as far as you feel fit. If you really want to be k-rad then you can use a colored light, because it is more awesome. When doing the smaller hole you might also trying to scratch your way in too. Hook up your phone line to the back. Plug it in and flip the switch by the bulb. Now its time for the lamp shade. I would reccomend something in a floral pattern. Not too light, with lots of outrageous colors like bright green and pink. Make sure there are also pink flamingos on there, otherwise it will not be lucky and 1800-MY-ANI-IS will come and kill you. Guess what else you get with this neat elite thing? Calls from a pay- phone without having to put money in or even using a Red Box! Cool huh? What to do with your neat toy: o Get a whole bunch made up and sell them in your front yard. o Sell them to local stores and be a wholesaler o Mount them all over your house and run around yellin "I am a phone freak!" until your mom makes you stop. o Use it for biege boxing. o Donate it to your local homeless shelter. o Use it as your science fair project. o Bring it in for show and tell. o Set it up at home and blue box. o bother OCI. o Use it with your audio-cupler and your super-fast 8088. Hope you all love your new toy, and remember: "The art of Phone Phreaking won't live forever; Newbies just want free calls." --Hatred on a log e-mail: hatredonalog@hotmail.com IRC: I can be occaisionally found in #peng on EFnet, as "hoal" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Puters Aren't Everything by pinguino (pinguino@iirg.org) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- He sits in a box all day Leaving sometimes for school Visits a payphone or three Surrounded by loved ones he cannot see The walls are white and blank Echoed voices bounce through a system With rules that he can break He has the connections He is a pimp in the digital world All day he sits in a box Lights flicker in his window Crowds gather to exchange gifts Lost in his eagerness To learn and practice his skillz Twelve days of Christmas slide by A letter slides under the door Weary from a week of delivery Rainsmeared handwriting outside Pale wraithlike hands sear open the card Splashes of color spreading Christmas cheer Not digital or electronic in any way A hot tear splashes freely =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Getting Free Pop Out of Vending Machines by Spanish Prince (smartass@sekurity.org) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Let's say you're outrunning the cops after being spotted in your local telco yard looking for goodies and you're nearly out of breath. You're tired, you're thirsty, you're exhausted. As you outrun the fatassed donut eating cop, you see a coke machine, you reach into your pocket and all you have in it is your redbox and your list of k0d3z. Don't despair, you can still get your favorite carbonated beverage for free. Here's what you are gonna need: 1. Vending machine out of sight of the road/houses (hopefully indoors) 2. Something to hold the flap of the pop machine up (optional) 3. A little bit of pain tolerance The first thing you're gonna need to do is to make sure no one is around the pop machine you're gonna rip off. If there's no one there then you can work without worrying about anyone asking questions. A better idea is to get a friend to keep watch while you go to work on the pop machine. What you're going to be doing is lifting up the flap where the pop comes out while your other hand is reaching up into the pop machine searching for pop. Ideally, you will have an object to prop the flap up so that you can hold up the other side of the flap, but this is not necessary. When you're reaching up there, you will notice that the pop is stored in vertical columns, and the order is reverse of what is on the selection area, meaning if pepsi is the first one, it will be on the far right and not the far left. All you need to do is to have your hand up the pop machine and pulling down a can with a little force. You want to work from left to right as the left is easier to get pop cans out of than the right. You can usually get out 3 cans per time you have your hand up there unless you have a big arm. You can easily clean out the all of the flavors in as little as 3 minutes. Right now, it would best to just leave, unless you are sure you won't get caught because to get to the next column, it takes more time. What you're going to do is try to feel for a metal holder deep into the column. You're going to want to slam this down to release all of the next can of pop, which you will pull down like all of the others. Usually you can only get about 2 this way because pulling down on the holders really tears up your arm. As a consequence of doing this, the next person to deposit money and make their selection hit the button and get nothing but hearing the pop machine lowering the pop it thinks is still in there which you took out, but you don't really care because you'll have at least 10 cans of pop while they'll have nothing. Greets out to #couzin-ed on EDnet, #peng on the EF, #tacd, #rock, and all those niggers on dalnet's #bbb. -Note from pinguino: Spee lives in some hick state where the machines are older. I'm note sure if this would work on the newer ones, or the ones with bottles. Most have the flap (flap!?@) set up so that it pretty much closes up the opening. Another thing that sometimes (rarely) works is by yanking the dollar back out with a thin piece of transparency taped to it. You can get the transparency cheap or sometimes free from Kinkos (tell them you need a piece for the self-service copiers, loiter a bit in the back, and leave.) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Samples, Anyone? by Interrupt (interruption@hotmail.com) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This scam involves a little loophole that mail-order companies have: Free business samples. They give these out to companies they think are going to buy their products in the future if they like it. You're probably thinking, "Does this work?" The answer is Yes. I have tried this with Mouser Electronics three times. I ordered a 6.5536 crystal each time. My friends have used this same scam to get free computer programming books and electronic manuals. First, find a company that has something you want. Call up the phone number and ask if they give out free business samples. If they do, then keep reading. If not, then find a new company. There are many companies that give out business samples; you just have to be patient. Here are a few things you will need to prepare ahead of time: 1.A fake Business name 2.A name and address to ship the merchandise to 3.A fake phone number --A few tips. For the business name make it sound real i.e. use something like Roberts Computer Repair instead of Computer Parts Inc. There are two reasons. First, you don't want the name to sound fake and second, you don't want the company to look up that business name and find that you ordered from them previously. Personally, I have always used a fake name like George Roberts or John East. Also, the address does not have to be a drop site; it can be your own house. I've successfully sent two samples to my house and nothing has ever happened. If you're paranoid and have a drop site, ship there. You don't necessarily need a catalog or have seen the webpage of company you are scamming. You could call up and ask if thay have something you want then call back and do the scam. I prefer to have a catalog just to see the prices and their policies. Please use common sense when scamming a product. Don't ask for a free business sample of a 4 gig. hard drive. Do you know how much those cost? I don't think any sane person would give that out even if you agreed to buy 10 more in the next month. WARNING: You may also need to tell the sales lady what you are going to use this for. Sometimes they get noisy and ask what are you going to use this for just to satisfy their curiosity. In other words have some more bullshit about you and your company ready to give her. (pinguino- the unexpected questions and conversation is what makes this sort of thing interesting) Here is the way a normal conversation would go with a call to Mouser Electronics: Op: Thank you for calling Mouser Electronics. How may I help you? Me: Hello. Do you give out free business samples? (Some sales people or Ops won't know what you are talking about so you might have to explain it to them) Op: Yes we do. What is the name of your company? (They will usally ask this first before asking the product. This is so that they can run a check on the name.) Me: Roberts Antique Radio Shop Op: Okay and the address sir Me: 1600 Phreak St. Phreaksville, MI Op: And your name sir Me: George Roberts, I'm the owner of the store. Op: Okay. What product? Me: Do you sell 6.5536 Microprocessor Crytals? Op: Yes we do sir. Is that what you want? Me: Yes and can you make it the non-surface mount kind? These crystals have to go in an Antique Radio. Op: Okay. One last thing your phone number. I need this so that I can call and see if you will be buying our product. Me: 301-555-1212 (With Mouser, the Op may put you on hold and call up the number. This does not happen all the time. It has only happened to me twice out of the three things I have scammed from Mouser. My advice is to make it the front desk of some large office building. Then if they call it they will get a lady saying "What extension?". It is best to do this after the phone number you gave the Op is closed so that the number will keep ringing or give her a recording) Op: Umm. Sir that number is coming up as Blah Blah Office buliding. Me: That is where our main office is located. Op: Okay sir that will be shipped out immeditaly. You should receive it in two days. (Untrue. It will arrive in two days) Me: Thanks Op: Thank you for calling Mouser Electronics That is how it usually goes. Be creative. Find another place where you can get something else. The most expensive product I have scammed is a $19.00 mouse for my computer. My friend has scammed a complete library of Novell books. Any questions or comments e-mail me at the address at the top of this article. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- More Fun With OCI by Wiretapp (wiretapp@juno.com) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Remember the good old days when OCI would place a collect call for you to your loop, conference, or forwarded number? Well, it appears that even the world's most pathetic excuse for a phone company finally caught on to our little scam. Since there seems to be so much confusion regarding OCI, let me clear a few things up (for all who are interested): OCI is owned by Wiltel, a subsidiary of Worldcom. Wiltel has two separate sets of operators: retards and nice curtious operators. If you don't subscribe to Wiltel, or access them through their 800-288-2880 number, you get the retards. Wiltel's Equal Access dialing code is 10555. If you dial 105550 from home you will be greeted with an automated system much like the one you used to be able to get by entering a phone number after the dialtone of OCI's 800 number. There are two major differences. First off, they may not have ANI, but (Pinguino: You sure about that?? I heard they added ANI.. someone verify) they sure as hell have ONI (Operator Number Identification). Hence, anyone calling through a 0+ method will have their number appear on the OCI screen. Obviously, this is not the best access method for placing untraceable calls. Secondly, the operators answer "Wiltel" this is simply because their computer tells them too (brainwashed idiots!) Wondering about the nice Wiltel operators? You may not believe this, but Wiltel serves about half of nation's Fortune 500 companies, and if you spend a huge amount per month, they have incredibly good rates (comparatively speaking of course). If you have a long distance company on your home phone that buys it's long distance from Wiltel (like TTI National), you may get the nice operators. You also get a much better automated system, with the option to place a collect call in spanish. After much scamming and bullshitting the OCI operators, I finally managed to figure out what the hell they mean when they tell you they "can't place the call with the access method you have used." This is a bullshit line to tell you that the number you gave them was a fraud, that there is no OCI payphone with the number you gave them. Now, you can either travel all over like a blathering idiot looking for OCI phones - OR - you can simple follow these simple instructions: You: dial 1-800-288-2880 OCI: bong...... You: dial 0 OCI: One moment for the OCI operator OCI: OCI, this is Kevin, how may I help you place a call please? (Note, this is an actual QUOTE, notice the grammar!) You: I'd like to place a collect call OCI: May I have the area code and number on the phone you're using? You: Humm, there doesn's seem to be any number on this payphone. OCI: Are your sure? You: Yes! (they usually won't even ask if you're sure) OCI: Alright, may I have the city and state you're calling from please? You: (Pick a nice big metro area where they'll be LOTS of OCI phones) OCI: (Typing). . . And may I have the area code and number you are calling? You: Yes, it's XXX-XXX-XXXX OCI: And your name? You: Chris T. OCI: Thank you for using OCI. One moment please. And what do ya know? The call goes through! Their computer assumes you are calling from a valid OCI phone in that city and state. Locations that worked for me: Manhattan (NY, NY), Los Angeles, and Chicago Please note that there is a failure rate, so don't be discouraged. It doesn't work about 1 in 4 times for me. (Pinguino: Why doesn't it work..? Also.. a while back Logic/Sysfail declared war on OCI.. find out as much as you can about them and we'll print it here every month. Don't stop calling them, stay creative, and don't do stupid stuff that will lead to you getting caught!) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Yahoo Hacked by Saint Skully the Dazed (skully@clipper.net) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- On December 8th, 1997, Yahoo was hacked. The main page was taken out and replaced by one made by a group calling themselves P4NTZ and H4GiS. The hack occurred about 7:00 PM PST and was only seen if you used lynx and went to http://www1.yahoo.com. Officially, Yahoo claims it was caught by their monitoring software, although I was able to view it until at least 11:00PM PST. Apparently, the page was hacked via a dialup behind Yahoo's firewall, not via the internet. (editorial mode="on") I seriously doubt that what Yahoo officially claims is true. They claim it was back to normal at 7:15PM, yet I and many others were able to view it for several hours. It didn't get fixed until after a couple friends of mine (Hi BPIsles and Runt!!!!!) started calling Yahoo and their parent company. Personally, I wonder how long it woulda lasted had Yahoo not been called. (/editorial) If you'd like to see a mirror of the hacked page, goto URL:http://stf.org/yahoo =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Sysfail Mailbox by pinguino (pinguino@leper.org) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- We got this anonymously from a PLA fan.. kinda interesting. I guess if you're desperate, you'd end up like this dude: 'Phone Sex' Bandit Given 1 Year in Jail Associated Press ENFIELD CONNECTICUT: Thomas Roche III stole cordless phones from homes in his neighborhood and made more than $6,000 worth of phone sex calls because he was lonely. At his sentancing Wednesday in Enfield Superior Court, Roche said he realized what he did was wrong. "I made my problems their problems", said Roche, 37, of Windsor Locks. He was sentanced to one year in prison. Police arrested him in September 1996, after they caught him running through his back yard and several other yards. He pleaded guilty this September to 10 counts of third-degree burglarly. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- \ _ / .::o:::::. 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