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- |---..........That Thing Called a Beige Box..............................---|
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- Introduction to the Beige Box
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- So just what is a Beige Box? Well to put it simply, a beige box is a
- linesman's handset. Now for all you neo's, I know you're saying "What the
- hell is a lineman's handset?" Well a lineman's handset is that big orange
- phone you see the local phone technician carrying around. What it does is
- let you hook up a phone to the outside of a person's house. Using a beige
- box you will be able to tap into any line in the indeded house.
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- Construction
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- In my opinion the Beige Box is the simplest box to design, however it
- is a very important and useful box. The construction for a Beige Box is as
- follows:
- 1) Obtain a phone that you will be using as your linesman's handset. Now you
- only need the reciever, you will not need the thing you hang it up
- with.
-
- 2) At the end of the phone line you should see a little plastic modular jack.
- Slice that right off. Now strip back the wire a couple inches so 4 plastic
- wires are exposed. (Tip #1: If you find it very hard to strip the wire, here
- is an easy tip. Go down the wire about 2 incheas and cut a bit into the wire
- Now do the same thing to the other side at the exact same spot. Now just
- pull it right off.)
-
- 3) Now you should see 4 plastic wires. They should be colored red, green,
- yellow, and black. You will only need the red and green wires so you can
- slice the other two right off. If your wires aren't colored, not to worry.
- The red and green wires are the two middles ones. Now stip the red, and
- green wires so you should only see copper. If you see cotton, you've cut
- the wire and it probably will have lots of static or not work. (Tip #2: Again
- if you're having trouble stripping those wires take a razor blade and make a
- cut into the wire on both sides. Now pull the piece that you cut into and
- you should pull the whole plastic thing off.)
-
- 4) After you have the two plastic wires stripped so only copper is remaining
- attach an alligator clip to one wire, and another alligator clip to the other
- (Tip #3: If you find that your clips keep falling off, you might want to
- solder them on.)
-
- That's it! You have just created a Beige Box. Now let's learn how to use it.
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- Connecting the Beige Box
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- You will find that the Beige Box has many great uses. However,
- before you can actually use your beige box, you must first hook it up to the
- output device. So what's it look like? Well they usually vary in size. I've
- seen some big ones, and some real tiny ones. It's usually green, and it
- should have a picture of a phone on it. I've found that a lot of them are
- right next to the gas meter, on the side of the house.
- So once you have found it, ipen it up and you should see 4 little
- bolts. Those are called terminals. Now attach the red alligator clip to the
- red terminal. Now attach the green alligator clip to the green terminal. If
- you get a dial-tone then your all set, but if you don't, try re-arranging the
- aligator clips just in case you have them on the wrong terminals. Also make
- sure that the alligator clips are not touching, this will make the phone hang
- up. If it still doesn't work, examine it and make sure the wires have not
- been broken and the copper wire is securely on the alligator clip. If all
- else fails, you can always quickly make another one.
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- Beige Box Uses
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-
- There are many great uses for the Beige Box. I'm gonna name some of
- them for ya. A lot more uses you can just think up with your imagination.
- Remember, you can practically do anything you want because this isn't your
- line, it's somebody elses. So what can you do with a beige box????
-
- - Phree Long Distance Calls
- - Eavesdropping (and blackmale, hehe)
- - Hacking long distance (Laptop required)
- - Pranks, bothering people, whatever the fuck you wanna do.
- - Scanning for carriers. (Laptop required, unless you're doing it manually)
- - Look for codes
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- -=Phree Long Distance Calls=-
- Call whoever you want. Call payphones in Europe and talk to a
- complete stranger. Call anyone you want! Remember these calls aren't going
- to your bill!
-
- -=Eavesdropping=-
- This may happen sometime when you are out beiging. You may attach
- your beige box and pick up the receiver and hear people talking. Great, your
- eavesdropping. Listen carefully for those secrets for blackmale in the
- future.
-
- -=Hacking Long Distance (Laptop required)
- Well this pretty much says it all by the title.
-
- -=Pranks, bothering people, whatever the fuck you want to do=-
- Hey, have som fun with this one.
-
- -=Scanning for carriers=-
- You can do this manually or bring your laptop ith you and have it do
- all the work, while catch some zzz's.
-
- -=Look for Codes=-
- Hey it's as good a time as any to do this.
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- Safety Precautions
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- Beige Boxing is illegal! So you must take certain precautions.
-
- -If you're stupid enough to not know this safety precaution, then don't even
- go out. Do not, I repeat do not beige in the day. Look for boxes in the
- daytime (well don't go snooping around). When you're walking by houses, take
- a quick glance for a box on the side of the house. This will help you at
- night because you won't be wondering around looking for a box which wastes
- time.
-
- -Bring a small penlight. Use this on the boxes so you can actually see where
- you're attaching the alligator clips.
-
- -Dress in dark clothes or something that will blend in with the environment
- around you.
-
- -Put clear tape on the box you work on, and then the next time you're there,
- if it's broken then get your ass outta there, because it is likely they're on
- to ya. If it's not, don't worry 'bout it.
-
- -Don't work on one box to much. This will just draw attention to yourself
- and they will probably devise some trap for you. So in other words, work on
- more than one box.
-
- -It would be a good idea to box in a secluded area, rather than an open one.
- For instance it would be smarter to work on a box that is hidden in bushes,
- which will also hide your ass, than in an area that can be seen by the next
- door neighbors.
-
- Follow these rules and you should be ok.
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- Things to bring when Beige Boxing
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- -Small penlight (To use on the phone boxes so you can see what you're doing)
-
- -Flashlight (Only use this if you don't have a clue where you are, or you're
- in an area where you might get hurt if not careful)
-
- -Alibi (Before you go out boxing, make sure you have an alibi to explain why
- you were snooping around the neighbors house)
-
- -Notepad (So you can write down things you find out like if you're manually
- scanning, or looking for codes)
-
- -Lappie (optional. I don't do this, but you might wanna)
-
- -Field Phreaking Kit (Since you're out, why not do other stuff?)
-
- and lastly...A Backpack (If you have a lot of stuff, put it in here)
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- Well that's it. I hope you enjoyed reading this file, and it helped
- you out as much as possible. Look out for more of my files if you enjoyed
- this one. Peace!
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