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From: The Butler / Ripco BBS
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Subject: An Introduction to the Computer Underground
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Date: February 26, 1991
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* An Introduction to the Computer Underground *
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* Brought to you by, *
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* The Butler... *
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* 2/26/91 *
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The Computer Underground consists of mainly two forms of media, printed
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and electronic, both will be discussed in this file. I use the word
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underground because some of the contents of this file are not the types of
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titles you would run across at your local bookstore or newsstand. The kind of
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information that makes up underground publications is mainly technical in
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nature, but, definitely not limited to that. One can also find tidbits about
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off-the-wall political views, drugs, weapons, and other topics that are not
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normally in the mainstream of our society.
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The Computer Underground...
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Com-put-er Un-der-ground \kem-`pyt-er\ \`en-der-`grand\ (1970's)
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A group organized in secrecy, hidden behind aliases, to promote the free
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exchange of information regarding anything and everything including but
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not limited to Computers, Telephones, Radios, Chemicals, and ideas.
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The CU is made up of men and women all over the globe and of all ages. Most
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of those involved in the CU consider it a hobby, but, there are those that
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are involved strictly for illegal purposes, i.e. Selling Pirated Software. I,
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like most people involved enjoy the information that can be obtained through
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all of the different avenues in the CU, i.e. Bulletin Boards, Underground
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Periodicals, Network Digests, and General Discussions between members.
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The most common way members communicate is through Bulletin Boards. If you are
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reading this you know what a BBS is because this will not be released in
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printed form. There are thousands of BBSes around the world run by people for
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many reasons including: legitimate businesses, Software Technical Support,
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Hobby related, Pirated Software, Message Centers, etc...Some of the more common
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ones are RIPCO, Face-2-Face, Exec-PC, The Well, etc...
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Currently there are many regular electronic magazines that are being published
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and there have been many that have discontinued for one reason or another.
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Some current ones include: PHRACK, NIA, PHANTASY, CUD, etc...Some discontinued
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ones include: PIRATE, PHUN, NARC, etc...
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There is a current debate about whether or not an electronic media has the same
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constitutional rights as the printed one. That is for our congressmen to
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decide, but you could voice your opinion. I personally can't see the differ-
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-ence. Now, don't get me wrong I do not support the publishing of Long-
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distance codes or anything of that nature, but, I do support the exchange of
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other information, i.e. how to unprotect a game, how to make a smoke bomb,
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etc...
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There are also "Underground Publications" like TAP, 2600, Cybertek, etc.
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These magazines are published in hard copy and deal with every considerable
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topic regarding the CU. Most of these magazines publish completely legal
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information that is obtained from public sources and is available to anyone
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and everyone.
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I doubt that any of the following sources of information would mind if you use
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an alias to order any of their material, so I would recommend that you do
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just in case! You might even want to get yourself a private mail box for all
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of this "underground" information. I would also advise you to use a money
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order when purchasing anything also. They usually cost an extra 50 cents at
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the post office. Don't worry about using money orders with these people because
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I have personally made purchases from many of them without trouble.
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The following information is provided to enable you to become more familiar
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with the CU and unusual information in general. Have fun and try not to
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get yourself in trouble.
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Now for the meat of this Article!!!!
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E L E C T R O N I C M A G A Z I N E S
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PHRACK Predecessor to Phrack Classic
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Author: Knight Lightning & Taran King
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Network Address:c483307@umcvmb.missouri.edu
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Other Address:
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BBS: None
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Last Issue: Phrack #30
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PHRACK CLASSIC
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Author: Doc Holiday, Crimson Death & Various Contributors
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Network Address: pc@well.uucp or cdeath@stormking.com
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Other Address:
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BBS: None
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Last Issue: Phrack Classic #32 11/90
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LOD Legion Of Doom Technical Journals
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Author: Eric Bloodaxe, Lex Luthor, Prime Suspect, Phase Jitter,
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Professor Phalken, Skinny Puppy.
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Network Address: None
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Other Address:
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BBS:
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Last Issue: LOD Tech Journal #4 May 20, 1990
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PHUN Phreakers/Hackers Underground Network
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Author: Red Knight
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Network Address: N/A
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Other Address:
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BBS:
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Last Issue: P/HUN #5 05/07/90
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ATI Activist Times, Incorporated
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Author: Ground Zero
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Network Address: gzero@tronsbox.xei.com
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Other Address: ATI P.O. Box 2501 Bloomfield, NJ 07003
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BBS:
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Last Issue: ATI #53 12/05/90
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NIA Network Information Access
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Author: Guardian Of Time & Judge Dredd
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Network Address: elisem@nuchat.sccsi.com
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Other Address:
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BBS:
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Last Issue: NIA #70 02/91
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PHANTASY
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Author: The Mercenary
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Network Address: None
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Other Address: The I.I.R.G. 862 Farmington Ave, Suite-306,
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Bristol, Ct 06010
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BBS: Rune Stone 203-485-0088
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Last Issue: Phantasy V1N4 1/20/91
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PIRATE
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Author: Various Authors
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Network Address: N/A
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Other Address:
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BBS: N/A
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Last Issue: V1 #5 April 1990
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ANE Anarchy 'N' Explosives
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Author: Various Authors
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Network Address: N/A
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Other Address:
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BBS: N/A
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Last Issue: #7 06/16/89
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NARC Nuclear Phreakers/Hackers/Carders
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Author: The Oxidizer
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Network Address: N/A
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Other Address:
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BBS:
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Last Issue: NARC #7 Fall 1989
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SYNDICATE REPORTS
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Author: The Sensei
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Network Address:
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Other Address:
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BBS:
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Last Issue:
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This is not an attempt to list all of the known magazines but just some of the
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more popular ones. If I left a particular one out that you feel should of been
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included I apologize.
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All of the above magazines can be found in the CUD archives and at many of the
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Bulletin Board Systems listed at the end of this file.
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P R I N T E D M A G A Z I N E S
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Author: Emmanuel Goldstein
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Network Address: 2600@well.sf.ca.us
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Other Address: 2600 Magazine, P.O. Box 752, Middle Island, NY 11953
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2600 Magazine is published quarterly, 48 pages per issue.
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Subscriptions are $18 U.S. for a year in the U.S. and Canada,
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$30 overseas. Corporate subscriptions are $45 and $65 respectively.
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Back issues are available for $25 per year, $30 per year overseas
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and they go back to 1984.
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Phone 516-751-2600
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Fax 516-751-2608
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TAP/YIPL Formerly YIPL "Youth International Party Line"
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Now TAP "Technical Assistance Party"
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TAP Magazine
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P.O. Box 20264
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Louisville, KY 40250
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Most all issues will cost $1.00 for US Citizens and $2.00
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for overseas. Terms are CASH, postal money order,
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or regular money order with the payee left blank.
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BBS: 502-499-8933
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Cybertek Magazine
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Published by OCL/Magnitude
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P.O. Box 64
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Brewster NY 10509
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$2.50 for sample issue
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$15 year for 6 issues
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Mondo 2000 (Formerly Reality Hackers Magazine / High Frontiers)
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P.O. Box 10171
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Berkley, CA 94709-5171
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Phone 415-845-9018
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Fax 415-649-9630
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$24 for five issues
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Frank Zappa subscribes to Mondo 2000!!!
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Fact Sheet Five
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6 Arizona Ave
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Rensselaer, NY 12144-4502
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$3.50 for a sample issue.
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$33 a year for 8 issues
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Phone 518-479-3707
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Fact Sheet Five reviews any independent news media, i.e. 2600, TAP,
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Books, Music, Software, etc.
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Full Disclosure by Glen Roberts
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P.O. Box 903-C
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Libertyville, Illinois 60048
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Free sample issue
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$18 for 12 issues
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Deals with Privacy, electronic surveillance and related topics.
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Anvil
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P.O. Box 640383f
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El Paso, TX 79904
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Computer Security Digest
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150 N. Main Street
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Plymouth, MI 48170
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Phone 313-459-8787
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Fax 313-459-2720
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$125 U.S. per year.
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Overseas $155 U.S. per year.
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HAC-TIC Dutch Hacking Magazine
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Network Address: ropg@ooc.uva.nl
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Other Address: Hack-Tic P.O. Box 22953 1100 DL Amsterdam
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Phone: +31 20 6001480
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Privacy Journal
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P.O. Box 15300
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Washington D.C. 20003
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Phone 202-547-2865
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Monitoring Times
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140 Dog Branch Road
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Brasstown, North Carolina 28902
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B O O K S
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Anarchist Cookbook???
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Poor Man's James Bond by Kurt Saxon
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Big Secrets by William Poundstone
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Bigger Secrets by William Poundstone
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How to get anything on anybody by Lee Lapin
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Signal--Communication Tools for the Information Age A Whole Earth Catalog
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(Highly Recommended!!!)
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Neuromancer by William Gibson
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Out of The Inner Circle by Bill Laundreth
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Hackers by Steven Levy
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The Cookoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll
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The Shockwave Rider
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Information for sale by John H. Everett
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Hackers Handbook III by Hugo Cornwall
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Datatheft by Hugo Cornwall
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The International Handbook on Computer Crime by U. Sieber
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Fighting Computer Crime by D. Parker
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Foiling the System Breakers by J. Lobel
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Privacy in America by D. Linowes
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Spectacular Computer Crimes by Buck BloomBecker
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Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman
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M I S C E L L A N E O U S C A T A L O G S
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Loompanics LTD
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P.O. Box 1197
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Port Townsend, WA 98368
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Paladin Press
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????
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Consumertronics
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2011 Crescent DR.
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P.O. Drawer 537
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Alamogordo, NM 88310
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Phone 505-434-0234
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Fax 500-434-0234(Orders Only)
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Consumertronics sells manuals on many different hacking/phreaking related
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topics, i.e. "Voice Mail Box Hacking", "Computer Phreaking", etc.
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Eden Press Privacy Catalog
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11623 Slater "E"
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P.O. Box 8410
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Fountain Valley, CA 92728
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Phone 1-800-338-8484 24hrs, 7 days a week.
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Here is the opening paragraph from their catalog:
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Welcome to the Privacy Catalog, Over 300 publications explore every aspect of
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privacy in ways that are not only unique, but also provocative. Some books may
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seem "controversial", but that results only from the fact that people can enjoy
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many different views of the same subject. We endeavor to offer views that will
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prove both helpful and thoughtful in the many areas where privacy may be a
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concern.
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Criminal Research Products
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206-218 East Hector Street
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Conshocken,PA 19428
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Investigative equipment and electronic surveillance items.
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Ross Engineering Associates
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68 Vestry Street
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New York,NY 10013
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Surveillance items
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Edmund Scientific CO.
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101 E. Gloucester Pike
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Barrington, NJ 08007
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Catalog of gadgets and devices including items which are useful to the
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surveillance craft.
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Diptronics
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P.O. BOX 80
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Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034
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Microwave TV Systems
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Catalog costs $3
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Garrison
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P.O. BOX 128
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Kew Gardens, NY 11415
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Locksmithing tools and electronic security gadgets.
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Catalog costs $2.
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Bnf Enterprises
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P.O. BOX 3357
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Peabody, MA 01960
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General electronics supplier.
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Mouser Electronics
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11433 Woodside avenue
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Santee, CA 92071
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Sells most electronic components parts and equipment.
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Benchmark Knives
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P.O. BOX 998
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Gastonia, NC 28052
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Call for a free catalog. (704-449-2222).
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Excalibur Enterprises
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P.O. BOX 266
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Emmans, PA 18049
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Night vision devices.
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Catalog costs $5
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DECO INDUSTRIES
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BOX 607
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Bedford Hills, NY 10157
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Sells mimiture Electronic Kits
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Matthews Cutlery
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38450-A N. Druid Hills RD.
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Decatur, GA 30033
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Their catalog contains over 1000 knives and costs $1.50.
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U.S. Cavalry Store
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1375 N. Wilson Road
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Radcliff, KY 40160
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Military & paramilitary clothing & gear.
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Catalog costs $3.
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The Intelligence Group
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1324 West Waters Avenue
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Lighthouse Point, FL 33064
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Sells video equipment used for investigative purposes.
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Columbia Pacific University
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1415 Third Street
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San Rafael, CA 94901
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Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate degrees
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Video & Satellite Marketeer
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P.O. BOX 21026
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Columbus, OH 43221
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Newsletter containing video, vcr, satellite dishes, etc.
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Santa Fe Distributors
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14400 W. 97'TH Terrace
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Lenexa, KS 66215
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Radar detectors and microwave tv systems.
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(913-492-8288)
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Alumni Arts
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BOX 553
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Grant's Pass, OR 97526
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Reproductions of college diplomas.
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Catalog costs $3
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Merrell Scientific CO.
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1665 Buffalo Road
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Rochester, NY 14624
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Chemical suppliers
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Catalog costs $3.
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K Products
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P.O. BOX 27507
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San Antonio, TX 78227
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I.D. Documents.
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Catalog costs $1.
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City News Service
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P.O. BOX 86
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Willow Springs, MO 65793
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Press I.D. cards.
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Catalog costs $3.
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Matthews Police Supply CO.
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P.O. BOX 1754
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Matthews, NC 28105
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Brass knuckles etc.
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Taylor
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P.O. BOX 15391
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W. Palm Beach, FL 33416
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Drivers license, student I.D. cards, etc.
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Capri Electronics
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ROUTE 1
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Canon, GA 30250
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Scanner accessories
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Liberty Industries
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BOX 279 RD 4
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Quakertown, PA 18951
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Pyrotechnic components
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Catalog costs $1
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DE VOE
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P.O. BOX 32
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BERLIN PA 15530
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Sells information on making electronic detonators.
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Scanner World USA
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10 New Scotland Avenue
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Albany, NY 12208
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Cheap scanner receivers.
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H & W
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P.O. BOX 4
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Whitehall, PA 18052
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Human Skulls, arms, legs, etc.
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A complete list is available for $1 and Self Addressed Stamped Envelope.
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Abbie-Yo Yo Inc.
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P.O. Box 15
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Worcester MA 01613
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This is an old address that I could not verify but, they used to sell the book
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"Steal This Book".
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For most of these catalogs you could probably play dumb and just send them a
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letter asking for a catalog or brochure without paying a cent. Pretending not
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to know that their catalogs cost anything.
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M I S C E L L A N E O U S R E P O R T S & P A P E R S
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Crime & Puzzlement by John Perry Barlow
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The Baudy World of the Byte Bandit A Postmodernist Interpretation of the
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Computer Underground by Gordon Meyer & Jim Thomas
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Concerning Hackers Who Break into Computer Systems by Dorothy E. Denning
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The Social Organization of the Computer Underground by Gordon R. Meyer
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Computer Security "Virus Highlights Need for Improved Internet Management"
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By the United States General Accounting Office. GAO/IMTEC-
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89-57
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Call 202-275-6241 for up to 5 free copies.
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N E T W O R K D I G E S T S
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Telecom Digest
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Moderator: Patrick Townson
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Network Address: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
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Risks Digest
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Moderator: Peter G. Neumann
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Network Address: Risks@csl.sri.com
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Virus-l Digest
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Moderator: Kenneth R. Van Wyk
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Network Address: krvw@cert.sei.cmu.edu
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Telecom Privacy Digest
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Moderator: Dennis G. Rears
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Network Address: telecom-priv@pica.army.mil
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EFF News Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Network Address: effnews@eff.org
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Other Address: 155 Second Street Cambridge, MA 02141
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Phone: 617-864-0665
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Computer Underground Digest
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Moderators: Jim Thomas & Gordon Meyer
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Network Address: tk0jut2@niu
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F T P S I T E S C O N T A I N I N G C U M A T E R I A L
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192.55.239.132
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128.95.136.2
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128.237.253.5
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130.160.20.80
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130.18.64.2
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128.214.5.6 "MARS Bulletin Board" Login "bbs"
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128.82.8.1
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128.32.152.11
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128.135.12.60
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All of the above accept anonymous logins!
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B U L L E T I N B O A R D S
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Ripco 312-528-5020
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Face-2-Face 713-242-6853
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Rune Stone 203-485-0088 Home of NIA
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The Works 617-861-8976
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The Well 415-332-6106
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Blitzkrieg 502-499-8933 Home of TAP
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Uncensored 914-761-6877
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Manta Lair 206-454-0075 Home of Cybertek
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I N D I V I D U A L N E T W O R K A D D R E S S E S
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Aristotle Former Editor of TAP Magazine
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uk05744@ukpr.uky.edu or uk05744@ukpr.bitnet
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Dorthy Denning Author of "Concerning Hackers Who Break into
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Computer Systems"
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denning@src.dec.com
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Clifford Stoll Author of "Cookoo's Egg"
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cliff@cfa.harvard.edu
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Craig Neidorf Former Editor of Phrack Magazine
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c483307@umcvmb.missouri.edu
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Ground Zero Editor of ATI Inc.
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gzero@tronsbox.xei.com
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M I S C S O F T W A R E
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SPAudit Self-Audit-Kit
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1101 Connecticut Avenue
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Northwest Suite 901
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Washington DC 20036
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Phone 202-452-1600
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Fax 202-223-8756
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Free!!!
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I would like to thank everyone who gave me permission to use their information
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in this file.
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The information provided here is for informational purposes only. What you
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choose to do with it is your responsibility and no one else's. That means not
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me, and not the BBS you downloaded this from!
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To my knowledge this is the most comprehensive and upto date list of
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underground books, catalogs, magazines, electronic newsletters, and network
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addresses available. If there are any additions or corrections to this list
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please contact me via the Ripco BBS.
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The Butler...
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