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- ==Phrack Inc.==
-
- Volume Three, Issue Thirty-Three, File 7 of 13
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- || P h r e a k i n g ||
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- || i n ||
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- || G e r m a n y ||
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- || by ||
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- || -=+Ninja Master+=- ||
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- || of ||
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- || -[The Hellfire Club]- ||
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- Phreaking in Germany at this moment is at an all time high. The main reason is
- because of the German reunification. Most, if not all, of the equipment in
- Germany is still mechanical (especially on the former Communist side). So
- Boxing is VERY easy to do, as are line taps.
-
- Tracing on the other hand, is still hard to do. This is because with the
- mechanical switches they need many technicians who look at the switches and
- follow the wires on their own. They usually don't know where the wire leads,
- so they have to physically follow the wire to trace it.
-
- There are two main ways of phreaking in Germany at the moment. One is Boxing
- and the other is through Cordless Phones, both of which I will describe.
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- || Boxing ||
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- Boxing in Germany is somewhat similar to the US, but I will describe to you
- the whole process.
-
- Most boxing in Germany is started with a call to a toll free number (most of
- which produce a connection to a firm in the US, AT&T.) To initiate the call,
- you dial 0130 - 81 and the number. Germany's toll free net starts with 0130.
- 81 is for connection to the US. You wait for the connection, and blast the
- dissconect signal. As we all know, in the US it's 2600 Hz, but in Germany it's
- a mixture of 2400 and 2600 Hz. After that, you send a single 2400 Hz frequency
- to hold the line. Then you decide if you want a local US call, or an
- International call. Don't forget, you are connected to the US now, so it looks
- as if anything out of it as International, even though your calling from
- Germany. Calls within the US are done normally, with KP+0+AC+NNNNNNN.
- To make the international call, it's KP2+internalional code+0+number.
- You have to drop the zero though from the number you care calling. For
- example, in Germany all numbers start with a 02366.
-
- One big difference between boxing in the US and Germany, are the laws. In
- Germany, they look very strictly at data-security, but the laws are not clear
- in
- the area of phreaking. No one knows if a phreak is really stealin something
- from the German phone company, since he is using a normal phone number. This
- may sound stupid to us, but that's how they view it. Phreaks getting busted
- for in Germany is usually a rare occassion, if ever.
-
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- || Cordless Phones ||
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-
- When I am refering to "cordless phones", I'm not talking about portable phones
- in the cellular phone system. I'm talking about simple cordless phones that
- you have in your home. Cordless phones broadcast on a speciffic radio
- frequency (around 46MHz) to a "base unit" that is connected to the wall jack.
-
- What the you do now is put a long antenna on the roof of your car. Then
- connect the antenna to your handset. The length of the antenna is usually
- best around 1.5 meters long. You only need the handset, because you are going
- to be connecting to another persons base, but make sure the batteries in the
- handset are fully charged. Now, the next step is to drive around in your car,
- until you hear a free line. Then, mearly call anywhere you like! Usually you
- have to situate yourself, and find where the best postion is to recieve the
- signal clearly, and that the person who's base your connected to can't see you.
-
- One reason this works quite well, is because most cordless phones in Germany
- don't have the code feature that is so prominent here (where you can
- select a scrambling code on the handset and base).
-
- One of the incentives to phreak in this manner is because, cordless phones
- being illegal, the person, who's dial tone you used, would much rather pay a
- few high long distance bills than the even higher fines for geting caught with
- a cordless phone.
-
- Cordless phones are forbidden in Germany, although you can buy them almost
- anywhere. What is illegal is to physically connect them to the phone
- system. The phone company there actually searches for people with cordless
- phones, by using a specially equiped van. Once they find that you have a
- cordless phone connected, they come with two policmen and a search warrant.
- You can be charged with anything from illegal connection of nontested equipment
- to forging of a document.
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- || Conclusion ||
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-
- Well, I hope this gave you a little bit of understanding of how disorganized
- the phone system is in over there, and gave you a few helpfull hints in case
- you ever happen to find yourself in Germany.
-
- If you have any comments, corrections, or additions, you can reach me through
- Phrack, or the following boards:
-
- Lightning Systems 9th Dimension
- 414-363-4282 818-783-5320
-
- Until next time!
-
- -=+Ninja Master+=-
- -[The Hellfire Club]-
- "Tell Telco We're Phreaking, Phreaking USA!"
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