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- ==Phrack Inc.==
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- Volume Three, Issue Thirty-Three, File 1 of 13
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- Issue XXXIII Index
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- P H R A C K 3 3
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- September 15, 1991
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- ~Technology for Survival~
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- On December 24, 1989, Taran King and I released the 30th issue of Phrack
- and began to prepare for the new decade. The future of Phrack seemed bright
- and full of great potential. A few weeks later, Phrack was shut down by the
- United States Secret Service as part of a large scale attack on the world
- famous hacking group, the Legion of Doom.
-
- The legend of Phrack died... or did it? Several months later, a
- newsletter called Phrack and listed as issue 31 appeared under the editorship
- of Doc Holiday. Of course it was not the original Doc Holiday from Tennessee,
- but instead one of the founding members of Comsec Data Security, Scott Chasin.
- It may have called itself Phrack, but it wasn't.
-
- On November 17, 1990, another attempt was made to resurrect Phrack.
- Crimson Death and Doc Holiday were back to try again, this time calling their
- product "Phrack Classic." That issue was not absolutely terrible, but the tone
- behind the articles was misplaced. The introduction itself showed a lack of
- responsibility and maturity at a time when it was needed most. To complicate
- matters, Crimson Death failed to produce another issue of Phrack Classic until
- September 1, 1991, almost 10 months later. This lack of predictability and
- continuity has become too much of a burden on the hacker community.
-
- I am proud to announce that a new era of Phrack has thus begun. The new
- Phrack is listed as Phrack 33 despite the Phrack Classic issue of September
- 1st. To help ease the transition, the new Phrack staff has borrowed files
- from the PC 33 so they are chronicled correctly. Even Crimson Death has agreed
- that it is once again time to pass the torch.
-
- The new Phrack editor is Dispater and other people involved in working on
- this issue include Ninja Master, Circuit, and The Not. Of course they are
- always looking for help and good articles. The new Phrack will be run slightly
- different than the old. The kind of information likely to be found in Phrack
- will not change drastically, but Phrack is intended for people to learn about
- the types of vulnerabilities in systems that some hackers might be likely to
- exploit. If you are concerned about your system being disrupted by computer
- intruders, allow the hackers who write for Phrack to point out some flaws you
- might wish to correct. Phrack still strongly supports the free exchange of
- information and will never participate in censorship except when it would be
- necessary to protect an individual's personal privacy. There is a delicate
- balance to be found in this arena and hopefully it can be discovered. Be
- patient and do not judge the new Phrack without really giving it a chance to
- work out the bugs.
-
- I've said my piece, now it is time to turn over the reigns to Dispater.
- I wish him the best of luck, and for you the readers, I hope you enjoy the new
- Phrack as much as you have enjoyed the previous.
-
- Sincerely,
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- :Knight Lightning (kl@STORMKING.COM)
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- A few words from Dispater:
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- Phrack will be introducing a new regular column similar to a "letters to
- the editor" section. It will be featured as the second file in each issue,
- beginning with issue 34. Any questions, comments, or problems that you the
- reader would like to air with Phrack publically will be answered there.
-
- I'd really like to thank Crimson Death for his cooperation in helping us
- get Phrack started again. He is one of the coolest hackers I have met. We
- could not have done it without him. Other important people to mention are the
- The Monk and Twisted Pair.
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- Thanks to Tuc, Phrack will soon be using an Internet listserver. See
- Phrack 34 for more details. Phrack will also be found on various anonymous FTP
- sites across the Internet, including the anonymous ftp site at EFF.ORG, a Unix
- machine operated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an organization to
- which we at Phrack respect. It can also be found at the anonymous ftp site at
- CS.WIDENER.EDU
-
- Off the Internet, we hope to establish several bulletin board systems
- as archive sites including Digital Underground (812)941-9427, which is operated
- by The Not. Submissions or letters to Phrack can be made there or on the
- Internet by sending mail to "phracksub@STORMKING.COM".
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- The new format will be a little more professional. This is because I
- have no desire to find myself in court one day like Knight Lightning. However,
- I have no intention of turning Phrack Inc. into some dry industry journal.
- Keeping things lite and entertaining is one of the ways that I was attracted
- to Phrack. I think most people will agree that there is a balance of fun
- and business to be maintained. If this balance is not met, you the reader,
- will get bored and so will I!
-
- Check out Phrack World News Special Edition IV for the "details" on
- CyberView '91, the SummerCon-ference hosted by Knight Lightning that took place
- this past summer in St. Louis, Missouri.
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- Phrack XXXIII Table of Contents
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- 1. Introduction to Phrack 33 by Knight Lightning and Dispater
- 2. Phrack Profile of Shooting Shark by Crimson Death
- 3. A Hacker's Guide to the Internet by The Gatsby
- 4. FEDIX On-Line Information Service by Fedix Upix
- 5. LATA Referance List by Infinite Loop
- 6. International Toll Free Code List by The Trunk Terminator
- 7. Phreaking in Germany by Ninja Master
- 8. TCP/IP: A Tutorial Part 1 of 2 by The Not
- 9. A REAL Functioning RED BOX Schematic by J.R."Bob" Dobbs
- 10. Phrack World News Special Edition IV (CyberView '91) by Bruce Sterling
- 11. PWN/Part01 by Crimson Death
- 12. PWN/Part02 by Dispater
- 13. PWN/Part03 by Dispater
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