==Phrack Inc.== Volume One, Issue Eight, Phile #5 of 9********************************************************************************************** The Art of Junction Box Modeming ******************** ******** Written Exclusively For: ******** ******** PHRACK INC.! *********************************************************************************** by Mad Hacker of 616 * * Watch for Thieve's World ][ coming soon, now with 33 megs! * ********************************************************************** This file will detail the use of a rural junction box to fraud thephone company and make all the free phone calls you want to BBS or AE by. There are two basic types of rural junction boxes: Residential andGroup boxes. I will first discuss Residential as they are easier to findand easier to use. There are a couple of requirements before you can makefull use of a Junction Box. First you must have some kind of portablecomputer with a built-in modem or at least a hand phone if all you want todo is make free calls to your friends. For computer I would recommendsomething like a Model 100 from Radio Shack. Small, inexpensive but only300 baud and only 32K of total storage. Anyway you can find residential junction boxes in most any rural areajust a few feet off the road and usually covered over with local weeds. Fishyour way thru the weeds and open it up. Some just open with a twist or aturn, others are actually locked and require a little more patience. Anywayonce you have it open, you should see at least 4 pairs (possibly more) ofwires. You are only concerned with the pair containing both a red and a greenwire. Now you need to make a choice: Do you want to totally cut off theregular owners of the phone line and do actual damage to this junction box orleave them connected but have the possibility of them picking up their phoneand hearing your carrier? Usually you will want to cut them out totally, so simply find a bit ofslack in the line and cut both wires. Now in most boxes the connection to theoutside world comes from the bottom of the box, but sometimes you will findone that doesn't conform. Simply attach a hand phone to the wires (matchingup colors, of course) and see if you get a dial tone. Anyway once you havethe proper pair then hook up to your modem line and dial anyway. Meanwhilethe lawful owners of the line will get a dead line on their end, so try todo this only when you think no one would be using the phone, like 11PM to 7AMor else they will probably call their LOC and tell them to fix the line andwhen they see the cut wires, they will wonder what went on there. Finally bea good guy and when you are done, resplice the wires together and shut thebox. Now usually you don't want to cause permanent damage to the box, sosimply strip off the insulation on the line and attach the red and green endsof your modem cord to them. Now when you cut in, it will be much like anextension was picked up. Simply dial away and have fun. Of course if anyoneat the house picks up the line they will get your carrier and will wonder, sotry to limit your activities also to the same hours mentioned above, unless youknow who you are ripping off and when they use the phone. The advantages ofthis method is that once you strip the wires, there is little work to do eachtime you use the box again. Now what do you do if you are lucky enough to find a Group box? Wellfirst you are confronted with a multitude of wires, anywhere from 10 pairs upto 100 if you use a box on the edge of a small town. Finding a pair of theright wires is a little more difficult unless your LOC has done repairs atthis box in the last couple of months, in which case a lot of the wires willalready be paired off. If you aren't so lucky find a couple of wires and trythem out. Once again you have the choice of stripping or cutting the wires,but the advantage here is that you can use this box for about 4-6 monthswithout having to find a new one. What is the this junk about having to find a new box? Well you seewhen you use a junction box in this manner, you are basically adding anillegal extension to a private line. Any calls you make will show up on therightful owners bill. If you are only using the box for one or two short tomedium length calls a week, then you might not have any problems. However ifyou use a box too much and the people keep calling the billing office aboutthe extra calls, the billing office will call those numbers and hear thecarrier. This will tip them off to the fact that someone is either lying atthe rightful owner's house or that someone has tapped into their phone line.At this present time in the Midwest, it take about 2-3 months for the LOC torealize that someone is playing with their junction box. What they do is comeout and repair the wires and usually put a newer lockable box on the site todiscourage illegal use. I haven't yet really pushed the LOC to any limitsyet, but one might suspect that has Junction boxing catches on to those of uswho have access to laptop computers, the LOC may find some way of catching usat our little game. If anyone has any new information on how your LOC is handling this useof their junction boxes please let us know by leaving mail for Thomas Covenanton any Metal Shop board. [Postscriptum note by Thomas Covenant: I'd recommend one of those so-called "portable" AT-compatibles. Great clock speed, 1200 baud, and a biggerscreen. And why not pack a picnic lunch and some booze? You'll be there allday once you get started!]
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