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<20>MOrgUE Textz Proudly Presents<74>
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P H I N E T: FEDTAX DATABASE
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P A R T I
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Author: MalHavoc
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PHINet is a mainframe located in New York, accessable through Tymnet. It
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is a database and document search-and-retrieval system designed for tax
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research. If the system seems a bit boring to the hacker, then I should point
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out the following information concerning costs: PHINet's connect-time prices are
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based upon the accumulated hours of use per month. See chart below.
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Hours/month Peak hourly rate Off-peak hourly rate
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1-5 $85.00 $76.50
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5-20 80.00 72.00
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20-50 70.00 63.00
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50+ 60.00 54.00
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As you can see, if what the system can offer helps you, Then it is well
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worth it to hack an account. PHINet is one of those services which you could
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really use from time to time, but would never dare pay the high fees
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for.
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To enable you to access PHINet, you must gain an account. I will not go
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through the steps of gaining an account on a system simply because the
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steps are obvious and hopefully well-known to those reading this phile.
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To start you off, however, I will just say that it would be wise to
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locate a person/buisness probable to use PHINet, and work a little
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social engineering charm. Combined with trashing the person/buisness,
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you will surely have an account in no time. The user ID is eight
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characters long, and the password is four characters long.
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LOGGING ON TO PHINET
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The first thing you need to do is get your nearest Tyment dialup.
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Connect to Tyment, and at the login prompt, type "ph". The
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message "PRENTICE-HALL ENTER USERID;PASSOWRD:call connected" will
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appear. When you get this, enter the userid number and password,
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separated by a semicolon. i.e.- p000-000;wxyz. If you login sucessfully,
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the News Menu will appear.
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GETTING AROUND
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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PHINet is a very user-friendly system, therefore I won't have to go
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into the details of many PHINet commands. The News Menu lists all of the
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menu-driven databases, and an example of it is shown below:
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PHINet NEWS MENU
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1 DAY1--Daily Tax Update
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2 WEEK--Compilation of previous 5 Daily Updates
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3 XPRT--Experts' Briefings
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4 HELP--User Assistance and Customer Support
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5 RATE--Applicable Federal Interest Rates
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Choose a database by selecting the respectful number. You will receive
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another menu, with complete instructions on the contents and usage. The
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following is information on all databases in the News Menu:
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DAY1: This database contains information concerning tax news from the
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previous day.
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WEEK: This database contains the previous *five* daily updates.
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XPRT: This database contains briefings written by tax experts. Everyday
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a new article is featured.
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HELP: This database contains a large amount of information on PHINet and
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its search-and-retrieval system. This is a good area to enter because of
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the command lists you can capture. They become *very* useful.
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Databases in the News Menu are not searchable. The Main Menu lists
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all of the searchable databases. An example of the Main Menu is shown
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below:
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MENU PHINet main menu
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FED1 Federal income tax without the index
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FED2 federal income tax with the index
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INDX Keyword index for federal income taxes
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CASE Tax cases 1954+
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PLRS Private letter rulings 1977+
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RULE Revenue rulings and procedures 1954+
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FULL CASE + PLRS + RULE
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TOTL FED1 + FULL (Global federal income tax search)
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ESGT Federal estate and gift taxes
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EXCT Federak excise taxes
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FDEG FED1 + ESGT
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CITE Citator 2nd series, cases and rulings 1954+
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TXSP Tax simplification proposals
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IRML Internal revenue manual
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PUBS Internal revenue service publications
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SHEL Tax shelters
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ENTER DATABASE NAME:
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I think from this point on you it will be pretty easy for you to find your
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way around because of its simple database form, along with its extreme user
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friendliness. Part Two of this phile will continue to explore the depths
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of PHINet, and possibly any letters sent to me concerning PHINet.
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Happy exploring...
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-MalHavoc
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