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% November 13th, 1994 Issue 6 %
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This Issues Features:
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# Selection Author Size
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X. Introduction armitage 4k
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1. Dc Dirt roach 7k
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2. Pumpcon Review okinawa & dc 8k
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3. Hohocon '94 drunkfux 21k
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4. Who is Grayarea? armitage 11k
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5. Pud Tribute roach 11k
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6. OSCINT Part 3 firefly 11k
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Founder: Albatross
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Editor: Armitage
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Contributors: Deker
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Drunkfux,
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Firefly,
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Grayarea,
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Okinawa,
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Roach
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Special Thanks: Northern Telcom,
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Sevenup,
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Ophie,
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Blackhawk,
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Discodan,
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Invalid Media,
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Noelle.
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-=- The Empire Times -=-
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Introduction
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Well obviously someone must care because people keep reminding me to
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put empire times together. This issue I am very proud to present "DC DIRT"
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the new column that will be put in every issue, supported by Roach.
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This month Empire Times is taking a technical break. There is no
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great technical information in this issue. Grant it that the next issue
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will have pletheras of knowledge nuggets, this month we decided to take
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a look at the scene.
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Pumpcon was great, hohocon is around the corner, pud dead, and much
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more. Sit back and enjoy. If you want to contribute any technical pieces,
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please do. Keep em' coming.
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Till the next Empire Times,
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armitage@dhp.com
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-=- The Empire Times -=-
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Issue 6, File 1 of 6
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Dc Dirt
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by The Roach / aka PuD c0ur13r
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roach@tmok.res.wpi.edu
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roach@dans.dorm.umd.edu
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Hopefully, DC DIRT will be made with every issue of Empire Times.
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I cannot vouch for it, but I will try. There is always enough dirt to go
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around, but can I cover it in Empire Times without getting the shit beat
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out of me? ;) We Will See...
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DC Dirt is for gossiping hackers. You know who you are. I was just
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smart enough to admit it. If anyone has a juicy tidbit to share, and is
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not from DC, or is from DC, share it. If you wish to remain anonymous, I will
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write it anonymous. But if you wish to slander someone, I will not allow
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for it. I will also not be a cause for the Fedz to come at another person's
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door. I have *some* morals, unlike some of you crazy crackers out there.
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Alright then, lets start with the first issue of DC DIRT.
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--- Rumor #1 Roach got Busted.
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I have no idea where this rumor started from, but it scared me. I get a
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phone call at 10 pm on a Thursday, saying,"Hey, Roach, I heard you were
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busted". I was surprised to say the least. When I got the message, I was
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still getting over a major bout of influenza.
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I will say this: I was not busted. There were no Fedz coming to my door.
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Did not even get a warning from AT&T. This rumor is false. If the rumor
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was true, would I be writting an article right now?
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--- Rumor #2 Ophie is a fed.
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Don't make me laugh. Ophie is a fed like Roach got busted. Its not true
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in the slightest. For one thing, Ophie isn't old enough to be a fed. She
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just started college. Two, Ophie has been in the DC Scene for a long time.
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People know her. DC Dirt knows her. She's just another hacker/cracker like
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you and me.
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--- Rumor #3 Ophie is Dead.
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Nope. Old DC DIRT rumor. Not true.
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--- Rumor #4 The BBS Empire Will be going down.
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Albatross has threatened at a couple of points to take the bbs down. WWiV
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just doesn't cut it, he says. Albatross would like to try waffle, but the
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Dos version costs money. ;) If anyone would like to help Albatross with
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this problem, please contact him at Empire, or at root@empire.org.
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If Empire gets waffle, chances are it will get Usenet access. Good deal, eh?
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--- Rumor #5 Y-windoze got busted.
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I've only heard this on the IRC by Sarlo. I don't know if this rumor is
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false or not. Sarlo told DC Dirt that he was at a Chicago Airport when the
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FBI busted him for Cellular Fraud. If this rumor is true, then a collary
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would be that Pizza Underground Digest is dead. The conclusion would be
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that there wouldn't be a PuD c0ur13r much of anymore. :(
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Y-windoze came to the DC 2600 once. He was a nice guy, not fat and short
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as he used to say he was. He did get intoxicated there. How he could get
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drunk off of Pentagon City beer is beyond me. The beer stinks.
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This rumor I hope is totally false. But, sadly, hopes and dreams aren't
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reality.
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--- Rumor #6 DiscoDan has been getting death threats.
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DiscoDan has been getting threats about his linux box. "Someone" is
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going to shut down his machine. Discodan would like this someone to
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stop making these threats, and to get a life.
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--- Rumor #7 Armitage and Pat Sissions/Frenckis' Daughter are a "Thing".
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Hmmmmmm...Armitage has met one of Frenchkis' daughters at 2600. DC DIRT
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knows that Armitage would take Frenchie's daughter out for a date anytime.
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Frenchie said on the IRC that she wouldn't mind Armitage to be the daughters
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boyfriend. Pat said herself, the daughters old boyfriend had broken up with
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her.
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Let me name the daughter Cheerleader, since we don't want her real name to
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get out. Supposedly Cheerleader really liked what she saw in Armitage when
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she met him. What was holding her back was that Cheerleader already had
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a boyfriend at the time, and was twice shy. [editors note: she had a bf?
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When has that stopped anyone before? Bhahahahahahahahaaaa]
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Now Cheerleaders old boyfriend is now gone and hopefully, dead. If not,
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Armitage has muscles thick enough to beat the living crapola outta him.
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A true love story hacker style. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA...
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--- Rumor #8 Digital Anarchy Shirts are selling fast.
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This is not a rumor, per say. This is true fact. These shirts are almost
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all gone. Even the Editor of Phrack bought one. Would you like to have one?
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This is what it says:
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(Front) I quit Hacking,
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Phreaking,
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Cracking,
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Spoofing,
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Sniffing,
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Scanning,
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Boxing...
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(Back) It the THE WORST 15 minutes of my life!
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- Digital Anarchy
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A good shirt for any hacker to get. To try and buy one, send e-mail to
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armitage@dhp.com, with the Subject: DA shirts.
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As DC Dirt says, order one now, because they are almost gone.
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--- Rumor #9 Noe11e still is alive and kicking.
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Rumor has it that noe11e is still around in the DC area. As Armitage put
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it,"Noelle, aka Jill Bowyer. The fed, the woman, the partier, the myth. Who
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knows where she might strike next?".
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DC Dirt does know that 2 or 3 2600's ago, Noe11e and a fed-friend came to
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Pentagon City. Mainly, Ruby Tuesdays. This was the same meeting that
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Y-windoze, Morgen, and Das came to. Ever seemed to have a good time, and
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no one was hurt.
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Will Jill come back to the Hacker scene? DC Dirt thinks that she will
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never step 5 feet into the scene without some major drawbacks. Noelle the
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hacker is dead and gone. If she ever was one. We just hope that other
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hacker girls will not follow her example in the least.
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--- Rumor #10 DC 2600 is the best to go to.
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Well, see for yourself! First Friday of the month, come down to Pentagon
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City, and show yourself to us! There will be:
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Fedz
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Hackers
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Chicks galore
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Cute guys galore (What is a mall for? ;)
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Food
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Beer (shitty stuff though)
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Resturants
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DC DIRT
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DA shirts (whats left of them)
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Hacking/Phreaking/Carding/Cellular Material
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The Empire Times gang
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Taran King, Knight Lightning, Albatross, Okinawa, Dokk, Loki, Lgas, and the
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other older hackers.
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Anything you might want or need.
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Well, folks, thats it for this issue of DC DIRT. If you want to send any
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gossip to me, or just to pass it my way, email me at the to address' at
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the top of this article. Or send me a line at fine boards like Digital
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Anarchy or Empire. I might be on the IRC, go and check.
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Until next time...
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Dc Dirt.
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-=- The Empire Times -=-
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Issue 6, File 2 of 6
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Pumpcon Review & Sumup
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by Okinawa
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Pumpcon III added another chapter to hack history Saturday, bringing
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over 50 underworld figures together from around the world to Philadelphia.
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Although the Halloween con kept the fine tradition as being a
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disorganized social con, it was marred by the lack of any decent busts
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(Sorry Ixom).
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The pre-con party started Friday with over half of the cons
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participants checking into the Comfort Inn at Penns Landing. The all white
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con contingent blended in nicely with the hotels other guests, an all black
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Babtist church group from New York. Party rooms were stocked and recon
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parties were sent out to nearby Hooters Resturant then the group settled
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down for a night of socializing and partying.
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About midnight sirens began to wail and emergency vehicles (including
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police and fire boats) raced to the waterfront con site. Pumpcon partyers
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were disappointed though when they continued on by the hotel and surrounded
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the Ben Franklin Bridge, which was only meters away from the hotel.
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The City of Phildelphia tryed to make up for this disappointment by
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providing con-goers with a front row view of a bridge jumper. Anticipation
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streched on for hours as police tryed to talk the jumper down from his perch
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high above the Delaware River and were not disappointed a second time when
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they finally relented, allowing him to fall to his death.
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Saturday morning the hotel lobby began to fill the hotel staff began
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to look worried. The con began promptly at 1 p.m. and the afternoon
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included: Elite Entity, who spoke about Emmanuel Goldstien and several other
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subject which no one listened to; Bernie S and LudiChrist, who gave a
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informative up-to-date talk on new cell phone technology and Paul who gave
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a lock discussion. Ophie chaired the days activities.
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After a break for dinner the con began to re-organize in the
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conference room, but finally submitted to the desires of it's participants
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and the upstairs party rooms were reinhabited, but not before being warned
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by the hotel staff with threats of evection.
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"Pumpcon has always been mainly a social/party con with participants
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who don't need or want long boring lectures about things they already know,"
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said Okinawa, this year's con organizer. "I know Ixom was bummed that we
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didn't get busted, but hopefully next year will be better.
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The Pumpcon party continued through-out the night and Ixom's contingent
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from 203 tryed to repay the City of Philadelphia for their previous nights
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suicide demonstartion by taking one of the city's street people to an
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all-expense payed dinner at Hooter's. (The City responded to this Sunday
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morning by blasting the Sears Building into a pile of rubble. Philadelphia
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sure knows how to party.) The rest of the evening had Sevenup passing around
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large bottles of beer and was filled with the normal room to room party flow
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associated with Pumpcon. Candy machines were hacked and several of the
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party rooms sported free porn movies, thanks to their inept pay-per-view
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system.
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Overall it was a kewl social con which is expected to be larger next
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year. Although I'm certain the Comfort Inn at Penn's Landing won't be the
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site, Philadelphia does seem right for Pumpcon.
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On a final note, MadCap has some left over Pumpcon III T-shirts. You
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can contact him for more on that.
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Welcome to my nightmare
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Pumpcon Attendance List:
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Laughing Gas
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Blackhawk
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Armitage
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Discodan
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L0ra
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Jazzi
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Dabe
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Grayarea
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Gauss
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Ludichrist
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Paul Bergmann
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Bernie S.
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Madcap
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Ophie
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Stormbringer
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Road Dancer
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Albatross
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Loki
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Wing
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Scourge
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Kluge
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Vaxbuster
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Petsounds
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Noelle
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Ixom
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Okinawa
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ReDragon
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C-Curve
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Johnny Oakley
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Xenophile
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SevenUp
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Technowizz
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Fractal
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Elite Entity
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NickO
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Carlcory
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Dark Tangent
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Nightstriker
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Moonbeam
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Bob
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Himehabu
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Renegade
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SubEthan
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Pumpcon Quotes.
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I'm NOT gonna put my tongue on that.
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--ophie
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Get off? I can do that by myself!
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--Ludichrist
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Noone ever guaranteed quality man, it's hacked.
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--deker
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We got pornos too...
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--armitage
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IFB <-- Immediately followed by
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Oh, Cool
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--vaxbuster
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We've seen every single porno over and over and....
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--ReDragon
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Go jack off or something man
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--bh
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Oh, Oh, Oh!
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--chick on porno
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You know I don't wanna get laid by loki or oki
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--ophie
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Dark Tangent has teeth!
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--ophie
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I've seen this pussy before
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--bh
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Ridalin and beer don't mix very well.
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--kluge
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I'm kluge, not kludge.
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--kluge
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Did you get any l0ra quotes? Like "I'm stupid"
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--anonymous
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Why can't this girl get a date?
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--discodan
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(about girl in porn flick)
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Coffee Anyone?
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--armitage
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(while taking a dump)
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It was awesome.
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--armitage
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(every 5 seconds)
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Go both ways, it speeds things up.
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--anonymous
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I can't get it in!
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--discodan
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Oh dude, the sucked.
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--armitage
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That was NOT awesome
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--armitage
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I don't mind sharing a bed with someone
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--deker
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IFB
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As long as they don't get kinky...
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--armitage
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I'm gonna make it vibrate and put it on Dan...
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--armitage
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IFB
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Hey, where's Dan?
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--armitage
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I had to translate it into negro for him...
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--deker
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(after explaining something to Alby)
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BOOYAKKA!!
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--deker and lgas
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I don't have time to fuck around!
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--bh
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And then he bitched out a cop...Poor Cop...
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--armitage
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(about Ludichrist)
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If you gould get s00pern1gger drunk (it wouldn't take much)
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he could rule the world...
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--armitage
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I really wish I was like ManoWar
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--discodan
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I moan in my sleep.
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--ophie
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bh busted ass in the elevator...
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--armitage
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IFB
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No I didn't. It was somebody's Body Oder!
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--bh
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IFB
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No dude, you said "Sorry, I farted"
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--armitage
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I gotta stop laughing like this, I'm gonna hurt myself.
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--armitage
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We'll put him in a cage. Look it's a Yuri!
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--anonymous
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Bring that good ass over here, I'll give it some fucking breakfast.
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--deker
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She doesn't have cleavage, she has Cleveland!
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--Dabe
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I get real wet when I shower.
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--lgas
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She's got her breasts around her waist!
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--armitage
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(about ophie)
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If I take my nose off it'll be cool.
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--armitage
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Dude, am I in there?
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--gauss
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I feel like a burrito.
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--armitage
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Note: These quotes all have a story behind them, some people were
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also intoxicated, explaining the stupidity of some of them.
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I also didnt know they stuck me in so much, owell. We had fun.
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armitage
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-=- The Empire Times -=-
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Issue 6, File 3 of 6
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Hohocon '94
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by Drunkfux
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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
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prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
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speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
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assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
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-- Amendment I to the Constitution of the United States
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[Nov 1, 1994]
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(Distribute Freely)
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dFx, Phrack Magazine and cDc - Cult Of The Dead Cow proudly present :
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The Fifth Annual
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"Excuse me, sir, but is the toothless gentleman with your party?"
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Who: All Hackers, Journalists, Security Personnel, Federal Agents,
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Lawyers, Authors, Cypherpunks, Virtual Realists, Modem Geeks,
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Phone Nerds, Telco Employees, Phreaks, K0DE Warriors, WaReZ
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Mongers, Alien Visitors, Government Officials, Strippers, and
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Other Interested Parties.
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Where: Red Lion Hotel
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6121 North IH-35
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Austin, Texas 78752
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U.S.A.
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(512) 323-5466
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When: Friday December 30, 1994 through Sunday January 1, 1995
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Cost: Ten Dollars (US $10)
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What is HoHoCon?
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HoHoCon is the largest annual gathering of those in, related to, or
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wishing to know more about the computer underground. Attendees generally
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include some of the most notable members of the "hacking" and "telecom"
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community, journalists, authors, security professionals, lawyers and a
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host of others. Previous speakers include John Draper (Cap'n Crunch),
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Lex Luthor (LoD), Luke Perry, Bruce Sterling, Damien Thorn (Nuts & Volts)
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and Chris Goggans (Erik Bloodaxe of LoD, Phrack and Teen Beat). The
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conference is open to the public and we encourage anyone who is
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interested to attend.
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Hotel Information
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The Red Lion is located at 6121 North IH-35 on the corner of US290 and
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IH-35. The HoHoCon group room rate is $55 for a single or double. Rooms
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for the handicapped are also available. Check-in is 3:00 p.m. and
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check-out is 12:00 noon. Earlier check-in is based on room availability.
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The hotel accepts American Express, Visa, Master Card, Discover, Diner's
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Club, and Carte Blanche credit cards.
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As always, the hotel has set aside a block of rooms for the conference and
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we recommend making your reservations as early as possible to guarantee a
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room within the block, if not to just guarantee a room period. To make
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your reservations, call the number listed above and tell them you are with
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the HoHoCon conference. It is strongly suggested that you try to remember
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to tell them you are with HoHoCon, not only in order to receive the group
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rate, but also so you are placed in close proximity to the conference room
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and other attendees. Personally, I never wish to relive our DefCon 2
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experience where we clocked about 46 miles over the weekend walking to and
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from the conference room.
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The hotel provides transportation to and from the airport at no cost.
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Shuttles leave every half hour from the morning until early evening.
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If you are arriving or leaving at an odd time, you can make arrangements
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with the front desk or use the courtesy phone in the airport.
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Directions
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For those of you who will be driving to the conference, the following
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is a list of directions provided by the hotel (complain to them if you
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get lost) :
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Traveling West on 290 : Take the Cameron Road Exit off of 290. The hotel
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is on the corner of I-35 and 290.
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Traveling West on I-10 : Take I-10 to 71 west to I-35 north. Take exit
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238B and travel over 290. The hotel will be on the right hand side.
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Traveling East on I-10 : Exit I-35 north and turn left on to the access
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road. The hotel is on the corner of I-35 and 290.
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Traveling North on I-35 : Take exit 238B and travel over 290. The hotel
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will be on the right hand side.
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Traveling South on I-35 : Take exit 238B and u-turn under I-35 at 290.
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The hotel will be on the right hand side.
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Traveling from the FBI, SPA or in any type of Government issued vehicle :
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Take 290 west to I-35 south to I-10 west. Follow I-10 through Texas, New
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Mexico, Arizona and into California. In Los Angeles, exit 5 north and
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travel through California and Oregon into Washington. Exit 12 east and
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drive about 50 miles or so until you see the Mount ST. Helens National
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Volcano Monument exit. Take that exit and make your way to the large
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fiery entrance atop the mountain. The conference is on the lower level
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inside the mountain.
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Call the hotel if these directions aren't complete enough or if you need
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additional information.
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Conference Details
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HoHoCon will last 3 days, with the actual conference being held on
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Saturday, December 31 starting at 10:00 a.m. and continuing until 5 p.m.
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We will release the first proposed speaker/topic list on or around
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December 1st. The time table will follow last year's for the most part,
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with a half hour break in the middle of the day followed by a raffle.
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We will also have smaller 'mini meetings' on Friday evening and early
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Sunday afternoon in a few of the hotel's meeting rooms. Details and times
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of these gatherings will be included in future updates.
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We are still taking submissions for speakers, so if you would like to
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speak during the conference, please contact us and include a brief
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outline of your topic and a rough estimate of how long you will need.
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We will also gladly accept any suggestions on speakers that you would
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like to see and hear from. Please note that not all people who request to
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speak will be given the chance to, so you Star Trek idiots from last year
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who wanted to talk about how Spock changed your life and your
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interplanetary, m0dem warrior, anarchist group that was planning to steal
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a space shuttle from NASA and take control of the galaxy via Prodigy need
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not submit (or attend).
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We would like to have people bring interesting items and videos again this
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year. If you have anything you think people would enjoy having the chance
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to see, please let us know ahead of time and tell us if you will need any
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help getting it to the conference. If all else fails, just bring it to the
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con and give it to us when you arrive. Any organization or individual that
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wants to bring flyers to distribute during the conference may do so. You
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may also send your flyers to us ahead of time if you can not make it to
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the conference and we will distribute them for you. Left over flyers are
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included with information packets and orders that we send out, so if you
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want to send extras, go ahead.
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Companies and organizations who wish to set up merchandising tables or
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booths need to make arrangements with us in advance. Reservations for
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table space in the conference room will be taken by e-mail or voice mail
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and those parties not confirming their attendance by December 15 will
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forfeit their space.
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Cost
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The cost of admission this year is US$10, which includes 2 tickets for
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the super spiffy "Raffle From Hell" (extra tickets are available at the
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door). It is no surprise that there will always be people out there who
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will complain about paying for anything. You folks need not attend. After
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five years (a few more actually), we are only asking ten dollars, which
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is an outrageously low price compared to the suit infested industry
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conferences which charge hundreds of dollars in registration fees and
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even some of the new "Cons are k00l and trendy, I gotta do one too!"
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conferences that are charging up to $50 for admission alone. Plus, we've
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never made anyone sleep in a tent or eat next to a table of 36 Elvis
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impersonators (although that was kind of cool, I guess).
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Miscellaneous Notes
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Video cameras will *NOT* be allowed inside the conference room, except
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for the people who have received prior consent to film. Still photos
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are fine as each speaker will announce whether he or she minds them
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being taken (although this didn't seem to stop the onslaught of flashes
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when Lex Luthor approached the microphone).
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The conference will start at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Keep this in mind
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when pondering whether or not to down yet another bottle of Mad Dog 20/20
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on Friday night.
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For those of you who haven't figured it out yet, HoHoCon falls on New
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Year's Eve. Contrary to rumour, we will not be having a huge party in the
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conference room on Saturday night. Instead, we will all head for 6th
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Street, which is where 80% of Austin's nightclubs are located. We will
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include a list of New Year's happenings in Austin in future updates.
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HoHoCon shirts and videos from '92 & '93 (NARC, I Love Warez, I Love Feds,
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Top 10 Narc List) will be available during the conference, along with last
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year's big hit - I Love Cops shirts and hats ($20). The shirts are $15 and
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the videos are $20. We have also added XXL for all you big folks. If you
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are unable to attend the conference and wish to obtain any of these items,
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you may either mail us for more information or send a check or money order
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payable to O.I.S. to the address listed below. Include $3 per order (not
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per item) for shipping. Canadian and overseas residents should mail first
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for shipping prices and details. You may also mail us for a more detailed
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description of any of the HoHoCon products.
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Those of you driving from Houston that wish to join to HoHoConvoy which
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leaves for Austin on Friday morning should call the HoHoCon VMB and
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leave a message with a contact number.
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Traci Lords has confirmed her appearance for this year's conference.
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One of the reasons the cost of admission has raised from $5 to $10 is that
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the cost of securing a conference room on New Year's Eve is quite high,
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but another factor is insurance. It is almost impossible to put on a
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conference of this nature without running into problems, the biggest one
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being the slew of young, idiotic, underdeveloped, social rejects who like
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to play make believe and pretend they're Beavis & Butt-head while they
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cause unnecessary damage to the hotel and annoy the guests and staff. This
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is far from k-rad and is definitely not what HoHoCon is about. What you do
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in your own room is your own business, but what you do anywhere else on
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the hotel property all comes back to one person ... me. I have grown
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extremely tired of trying to deal with hotel managers who threaten to
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cancel the conference altogether because of a few, no life idiots who have
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no idea how to act in a public setting since they never leave their
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mommy's house. Holistic Hacker wrote a good editorial about this in Phrack
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#45 that is suggested reading for anyone who thinks they are some type of
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elite m0dem anarchist. It is you people that ruin everything for the other
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500 attendees who actually have a grip on reality. Due to the behaviour of
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a few braindead morons in the past, I have decided to hire my own security
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this year who will only be in place in order to prevent stupid fleebs from
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breaking anything or causing any type of damage or unnecessary disturbance
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to the hotel. It is unfortunate that I have to do this, but I do not wish
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to accept the financial burden of having to pay for other people's
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stupidity and destruction. If you have a problem with this, stay home.
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By attending the conference, you are consenting to being filmed and
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photographed and having your ugly likeness used in any fashion I deem
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appropriate.
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Birkenstocks are strictly prohibited at HoHoCon. Anyone caught wearing
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them will be severely beaten with a bat.
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Correspondence
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If anyone requires any additional information, needs to ask any questions,
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wants to RSVP, wants to order anything, or would like to be added to the
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mailing list to receive the HoHoCon updates, you may mail us at:
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dfx@usis.com
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drunkfux@usis.com
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dfx@nuchat.sccsi.com
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hohocon@cypher.com
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drunkfux@cypher.com
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cDc@cypher.com
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drunkfux@5285 (WWIV Net)
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or via sluggo mail at:
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O.I.S.
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ATTN: HoHoCon
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1310 Tulane
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Houston, Texas
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77008-4106
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Freeside Communications is the official HoHoCon FTP site. FTP to fc.net
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and check out /pub/hohocon.
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Those of you without net access, can call the HoHoCon whirrled HQ BBS,
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K0DE AB0DE/Metalland Southwest, at:
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713.39-K0DES (713.395.0337)
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We also have a VMB which includes all the conference information and is
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probably the fastest way to get updated reports. The number is:
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713-867-9544
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What They're Saying
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"The manager quickly summoned the Austin police and had the hotel
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telephone operator print the phone bills for the two rooms, anticipating
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that the records would be necessary evidence for the Grand Jury
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indictment he was envisioning. One of the boy's phone bills was eight
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pages long, but almost all of the calls were local. The total amount
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owed to the hotel was less than three dollars, and the officers
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determined that the account being accessed was legitimately assigned to
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one of the teens. A big production had been made out of nothing, fueled
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by the fear of the 'evil hacker' stereotype."
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Damien Thorn : Nuts & Volts Magazine : March 1994
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*****
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"At 1:00 a.m., everything was going great for me. I was taking part in
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an impromptu mini 'cell-con' in one of the rooms at the Hilton and was
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learning everything I ever wanted to know about cellular modification. I
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was especially excited to hear someone say that they would be showing us
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how to mod the new Mitsubishi phones since that is what I happened to
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have in my jacket pocket. Unfortunately, about three seconds later,
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someone kicked open the door and spastically announced the fact that
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there were 10 underage strippers dancing naked in a room down the hall.
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Two seconds later, I was alone."
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Peter Beardsley : Independent Journal : January 4, 1994
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*****
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"I knocked on the door and asked the guy who opened it if we could come in
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and say hi. They said yes and I spent several hours in there. We didn't
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talk about anything special but had a lot of fun watching Eight Ball
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stumble around the room drunk until he passed out."
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Netta Gilboa : Gray Areas Magazine : Spring 1994
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*****
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"HoHoCon '93 was everything I had expected and much more. I gained 5
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major items during my three day stay in Austin; a better knowledge of
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numerous security holes across the net, a really cool NARC t-shirt, two
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Traci Lords videos, and the understanding that the Austin police force
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are a bunch of computer illiterate bozos."
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White Shadow : CUF Review : January 1994
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*****
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"People who know how to telecommunicate without calling undue attention to
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themselves show the interested what creative hacking is supposed to be
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about. We watch people demonstrate the transformation of an OKI cellular
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phone into a two-way tracking scanner with a computer interface, discuss
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the 'passive' capture of private account passwords, and explore the
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mathematical theories that make possible completely anonymous digital
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money transactions.
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Few are better able to explain the pros and cons of advanced programming
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technology than rogue hackers. They already have much of the information
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people like Barry Diller and Al Gore would have to steer millions into
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think tanks to discover. The question is how to legitimize a collection
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of software pirates, hippie academics, and teenage 'phone phreaks' to the
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point where the mainstream would be willing to employ them as consultants
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instead of locking them up as criminals."
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Carol Cooper : VIBE Magazine : June 1994
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*****
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"After this sellout session, I found a sign on the wall: "hoho.con.com ->"
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and, in room 260 someone piled up an enormous mass of equipment,
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including something like 4 UNIX machines, a SLIP connection, 20" screens,
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PET's.. Plus the room was stacked with 30-40 people, and I mean STACKED.
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Most people were wasting their time entering commands like "mget
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/warez/eleet/hot/0-day/*.*" Sick of that, I grabbed a bunch of people and
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we went trashing at SW-Bell around the block, and whoops! we found a
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diagram like this:
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(Europe) (Asia) (Australia)
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______
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____: :____
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: :
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: Texas o <====== Austin
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\ /
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\ /
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\_________/
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(North America) (South America)
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Now we know it: South Western Bell believes that Austin, Texas is the
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center of the world. Well, from the 17th to the 19th of December, 1993,
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it was."
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Onkel Dittmeyer : Phrack Magazine #45
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*****
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"The hackers did it again. A monster party, several hundred strong, where
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hacking was the agenda. HoHoCon is the annual hacker's convention in
|
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Texas where all hell breaks loose.
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Not one person I spoke to said they wouldn't attend again next year. So
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there must be something to it. Even legendary phreaks like John Draper
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aka Captain Crunch were there, despite his tenuous hold on reality and
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emanating odor."
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Winn Schwartau : Security Insider Report : January 1994
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*****
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"The night went on, the beer flowed, the dopamine inhibitors kicked in
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full in full force, and the money changed hands faster than could be
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counted. By the end of the evening, everyone had received several "table
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dances," KevinTX had whip marks on his back, Weevil had won my complete
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admiration, and the girls made a small fortune. Each of the dancers
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walked away with over $200 in cash. The biggest winner was a really hot
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little 18 year-old named Cathy who raked in almost $400."
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Erik Bloodaxe : Phrack Magazine #45
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*****
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Tawk tawk tawking bout sum cyber stuff
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Like Demon Roach's new Monster Truck sub
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Matrix hoppin' we will go
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In search of the hex marshmallow
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Come now, come now, do not pace
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We're off to call cyberwaste
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The new beast known as demon seed
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Run over your head and make you bleed
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Decryption of the message I soon will start
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For I have the hex-ascii chart
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Fat, skanky dancers running all around
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Wonder how many STD's Dispater has now
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What made me sick was the one's hairy mole
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Did I mention that Omar looks like Cliff Stoll?
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Bruce taught me how to program in Unix and Hack C
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Omar had his picture taken with E.T.
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This is it.. I must go..
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I may finish later.. I don't know
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Drunkfux : Live From HoHoCon '91 : cDc 200
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*****
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_ _ _ _
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((___)) ((___))
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[ x x ] HoHoCon '94. New Year's Eve. Need we say more? [ x x ]
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\ / \ /
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(' ') (' ')
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(U) drunkfux@usis.com (U)
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===========================================================================
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-=- The Empire Times -=-
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Issue 6, File 4 of 6
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Interview: Grayarea
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by Armitage
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Q: What is Gray Areas?
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A: Gray Areas is a 148-page paper magazine about gray areas of the law and
|
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morality. We explore subjects which are illegal, immoral and/or controversial
|
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such as drugs, adult films, piracy, computer crimes, etc. While the magazine
|
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is by no means just about hackers, it is something we cover and I've been
|
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hanging around these parts for about a year and a half.
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Q: Do you consider yourself press, or just another face that absorbs
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information and later prints interesting stories?
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A: I wear a lot of hats and I am able to put them on and take them off as
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needed. I always disclose to hackers I talk to that I publish a magazine and
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am very upfront so they won't think I was hiding anything later. By the same
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token, most of the people I tell it to will never be mentioned in Gray
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Areas unless they agree to be interviewed and we plan a time to do it,
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or they submit an article they wrote to us, or unless they treat me so badly
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that I think my readers need to know about it. Even then, most people
|
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flatter themselves when they think they are worth wasting ink on to explain
|
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their behavior to some reader buying Gray Areas in Japan or in England.
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I laugh when some IRC newbie gets all nervous that I am sitting there
|
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on #virus or wherever to write about them by printing IRC logs of every
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word they write on IRC. It's an insult to what Gray Areas really explores and
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|
I always wonder why they think they are allowed to check their jobs at the
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door but I *never* can. Thank god for the few people who treat me like a
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person here. I hope I'm as good a friend back.
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Once in a great while I am sitting around socializing and the conversation
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leads to something that I might want to write about in Gray Areas. If so,
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I tell the people and they provide their input. If you've read Gray Areas
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|
you know I am very careful not to link people's nicks to crimes and that if,
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for example, you have spent time with me at a con and asked not to be
|
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mentioned in my review you are not.
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The bottom line is that Gray Areas is a quarterly not a daily and I do
|
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not need new information on hackers every day or every week to keep my job.
|
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I hang out socially because I like many people here, most of my older friends
|
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ran away when I began hanging out with hackers, and because I don't do the
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kind of journalism where you use people to get your story and them dump them
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afterwards to go get facts wrong about some other group <grin>.
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Q: How do you deal with elite information that you hear before the hacker
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society? Do you feel like going out and telling everyone? Do you ever hold
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back information from print?
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A: Yes I hear elite info. Most of it would interest other people more than
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it interests me. I think people tell me things sometimes because it is
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kind of like confessing it to a priest and because they know I will not
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want their hole, bug, code or passwords. I don't understand some of what I've
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been told and I think that's another reason people tell it to me.
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When I hear something, I try to sort out whether I am being told this as
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an individual, as a magazine off-the-record or as a magazine for publication.
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When people wanna stab someone in the back it's usually for publication and
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when I really, really wanna know more it's usually off-the-record. So, yes,
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I hold back lots of stuff from print. Ultimately I'm more interested in the
|
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source than the story and there are things I don't print because they would
|
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badly affect the community (like an expose of conference calls!) or because
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it would lead back to who told it to me and there is no other way to prove
|
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it without using their info.
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There are secrets I have to live with, like for example the identities of
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interviewees. I don't always get treated as I'd like to by these interviewees
|
|
in return and it's a part of the job that I have to cope with that. I have
|
|
get to have anyone not understand my position on that though from the hacker
|
|
I dated to the FBI agent I spoke with. I guess that I compensate for this
|
|
enormous stress in my life by being as much of a gossip as the next person
|
|
in the community about everything Gray Areas is not involved in.
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Q: What are the advantages of being female in this field?
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A: Overall, it is probably a huge disadvantage. I never thought about it
|
|
coming in, but I incorrectly assumed the visible hackers would be of all
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ages and they turned out to be mostly guys who are young enough to be
|
|
scared of or inexperienced around girls.
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|
Granted, there are guys who tell me they originally talked to me only
|
|
because I was female, but there are times #hack is down on girls and only
|
|
the guys seem welcome too. I forget which hacker told me, correctly, that
|
|
#hack is the last bastion of open displays of male chauvinism. You have to
|
|
put up with a lot as a female to stick around. It's a shame too, because
|
|
half the guys I /msg tell me they wish there were women hackers and women
|
|
who understood their interests to talk to. But some of the hackers I know of
|
|
would like to do their damndest to make sure women who try to enter the
|
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scene can't get the technical knowledge and experience they need to become
|
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sysadmins, etc.
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|
|
Surprisingly, there is little sexual harassment by hackers in terms of
|
|
obscene phone calls and unwanted netsex /msgs. Most of them prefer to
|
|
operate in a repetitive cycle of calling the girls hanging around "whore,"
|
|
"psycho" or "narc."
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|
Maybe if I was younger and prettier hackers would send me candy, flowers
|
|
and birthday cards (January 5th!). The free stuff I get like admission to
|
|
cons and hacker t-shirts is for being press not being female. If you think
|
|
anybody gives me interviews because I'm a girl it's not so. However, I
|
|
dated a hacker last summer and as other male hackers found out about it, a
|
|
lot of them stopped calling me voice. So go figure.
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Q: Through the conversations you have had with hackers, those whom you
|
|
have spoken with for interviews or what not, which hackers have you grown
|
|
to love or respect?
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A: You know, friendships in this community come and go. There are people
|
|
I have only spoken to once who I respect immensely. Other people get close
|
|
to you for a few weeks and then they turn on you. Still other people seem
|
|
like friends (Kevin Mitnick, ahem!) and then turn out not to exist but to
|
|
have been someone else you know playing with you for months. Some of the
|
|
people I love the most don't give a shit about me and some of the people
|
|
I have put myself out the most with law enforcement for wouldn't give me
|
|
the time of day. But I have friends I don't even know about too, and I
|
|
never lack for someone to talk to, whatever their motivations at the time.
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|
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|
I like everyone until they fuck with me. I like the people who have the
|
|
guts to op me and to unban me, as well as those who hug me when they see
|
|
me in person, the best. And everyone who has actually read my entire
|
|
magazine and makes serious comments (even if they are negative) on how to
|
|
improve it. I will also single out LGAS and Xenophile for inviting me to
|
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leet parties.
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Q: How do you go about selecting subjects for interview and people to write
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about?
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A: For the most part, they find me. A lot of the people I would like to
|
|
interview most shun press, like the "malicious" hackers and the top warez
|
|
people. Gail Thackery hasn't taken me up on my offer to interview her either.
|
|
I gave her a magazine at Defcon and told her I was "the girl they call on
|
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conference calls right before or after" her. I meant it to imply I had a
|
|
great deal of sympathy for what she has put up with, but she never got in
|
|
touch and a few weeks later told my friend Merc he can't talk to me anymore.
|
|
I wonder if she came away with the mistaken impression I organize those
|
|
conference calls or that I have participated in any abuse of her. She
|
|
couldn't be more worng, if so. I don't know whether people perceive we won't
|
|
be fair to them (in a magazine that lets people speak for 18-22 pages
|
|
unedited!) or whether they think it's beneath them to explain their
|
|
philosophies and actions.
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|
Instead, I spend my time talking with who is willing to talk to me. It
|
|
works out fine. However, it's hard to know who's going to have something
|
|
special to say. Gray Areas is in a unique position as to write for most other
|
|
"hacker zines" you are supposed to have some particular hacking skill or
|
|
specialty you can teach others. To talk to Gray Areas it doesn't matter if
|
|
you are super skilled or not, just how well you can analyze behavior.
|
|
|
|
Some people must be too shy to approach us directly, which is amazing
|
|
considering one can be anonymous on IRC or through E-mail. They prefer to
|
|
get my attention by harassing me. If they make themselves gray by their
|
|
behavior, then we might take an editorial interest in them. It's nice that
|
|
when it has come to that most people don't come back for round two.
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Q: What do you think of the other hacker publications?
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A: Most people don't realize how many there are! In print (off the top of
|
|
my head, apologies to whoever I forgot) alone there is: us, 2600, Nuts
|
|
and Volts, Private Line, American Hacker, Iron Feather Journal, Winn's
|
|
newsletter, Virus News Intl., 40-Hex, Wired, Mondo 2000, Full Disclosure,
|
|
etc. There are even more ezines, depending on how broadly you define hacking.
|
|
|
|
I think they're all great and I read everything anyone mails me or /dcc's
|
|
me. I will say that I really love Empire Times. The piece Noelle wrote for
|
|
you was both timely and witty and I was glad to see some accurate information
|
|
get out publically in your last issue about my friend Merc. This issue has
|
|
the first review of PumpCon III (mine will follow in the next Phrack). You
|
|
have carved out a unique niche for Empire Times as having the latest scoop
|
|
first. Congrats!
|
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Q: What advice do you have for anyone who'd like to publish yet another zine
|
|
on hackers?
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A: In the fifteen months or so I have been on IRC, over two dozen hackers
|
|
have some to me and said that they are working on or wish they working on
|
|
an ezine. To my knowledge, not one of those people has actually published
|
|
a thing. There seems to be a lot of bitching about the publications that
|
|
do exist (too newbie oriented, dislike/mistrust of the publishers, etc.)
|
|
but most hackers cannot cooperate enough with each other to put out their
|
|
own.
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|
|
|
As you know, it is time consuming but not all that hard. My advice is
|
|
as follows: if you have something to say, get it out. Consider how long
|
|
term your interest in writing is too. First try the existing publications
|
|
because they already have a reader base and would probably publish more
|
|
frequently if they had more good articles sent to them. If none of those
|
|
mags are interested in your work, then it's appropriate to launch a new mag.
|
|
|
|
Gray Areas is interested in not-too-technical articles which explain
|
|
*why* people do things as opposed to *how*. Although we are not interested
|
|
in every subject, we explore those we do cover with more facets and in more
|
|
depth than any other magazine. We focus on teaching society about hackers
|
|
and cover subjects like cons, piracy, profiles, ethics, morals, busts.
|
|
We also offer the unique opportunity for hackers to write about other
|
|
subjects because we cover other gray areas like drugs, sex, UFOs, prank
|
|
calls, and we review everything from books to movies to concerts to video
|
|
games. If you'd like to talk about an idea I can be reached on IRC as
|
|
"grayarea" or by E-mail at: grayarea@netaxs.com or grayarea@well.sf.ca.us
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Gray Areas is available at Tower Records around the world, Borders,
|
|
Barnes and Noble, etc. or by mail from us at $7.00 a sample issue ($10.00
|
|
foreign, U.S. funds) at:
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Gray Areas, Inc.
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P.O. Box 808
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Broomall, PA 19008 USA
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There are 6 issues out so far. A four issue subscription is $18.00 bulk rate
|
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or $26.00 first class. If you live abroad it's $34.00 airmail for four issues.
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===========================================================================
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-=- The Empire Times -=-
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Issue 6, File 5 of x
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A Pud Tribute
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by Roach
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[Editors note: This article is dedicated to Y-windoze, X, the
|
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PuD crew, and to anyone who has been busted for cellular fraud.
|
|
Y-windoze got busted for cell fraud, so I doubt this article
|
|
will ever make it to Pizza Underground Digest. I'm putting it
|
|
in Empire Times to honour PuD's memory. PuD is dead. ]
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How to Get On the PuD Supah Information Goat Track
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By The Roach
|
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AKA- Roach, r0ach, PuD C0ur13r, MacRoach, Raid Patrol,
|
|
Jeffry Dalmer, MacNiggah, PuDling, X-men, Y-Aol,
|
|
PuDroach, roachkill, alt.pud lover, Mrs. Manson,
|
|
FINGERMAN, NSA.ORG, Willy Makit, Betty Wont,
|
|
Roach Patrol.
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You want to be on the Supah Information Goat Track, and you don't know where to
|
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house your goat? This is the supah info you need, to be competing todays Tech-
|
|
Pud-alogy!
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|
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Tools:
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1 dull night without nothing to do (thats right, YOU!)
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1 brain. (optional)
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10 fingers
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1 computer, preferably a kaypro, with that tiny green screen.
|
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1 300 baud modem
|
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A .10 blood - alcohol average.
|
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1 bag of potatoe chips.
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3 kegs of jolt
|
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500 megs of shareware, preferably Commader Keen, or something from Apogee.
|
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1 goat
|
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10 buckets to milk the goat
|
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1 lame internet account [optional (freenets do not count!)]
|
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oh, and almost forgot, THIS ARTICLE OF PUD.
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|
|
Now, do you have everything?
|
|
- Brain, check, dull night, check, modem, check, 3 kegs of jolt, check...
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|
|
Good! Now lets get started!
|
|
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Get drunk.
|
|
(1 hour later...)
|
|
-Gee *hic* there is like *hic* blood in my alcohol. *hic*
|
|
|
|
How many fingers am I holding?
|
|
- uhhh, 3, no, 6...no, 1...uhhh....
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|
|
Good, your brain is functioning! Now where is your computer?
|
|
- Over here, uh, no *hic* over there...Woah, what the heck is that?
|
|
* Baaah, Baaaah!!
|
|
Its your goat, the key to access the supah info goat track, like we said.
|
|
- Whats this "we" shit white man?!? I thought *hic* we were going out to get
|
|
- girls!
|
|
You moron, shut up and sit down.
|
|
- I won't I won't *hic* I won't I *hic* won't.!!!!! Ouch, stop, your hurting
|
|
- me!! Stop, no, not your shoe...!!!
|
|
|
|
<little later>
|
|
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|
Modem?
|
|
- yhea, I *ouch* got it.
|
|
|
|
Potatoe chips?
|
|
- d00d, i have to go to the *hic* bathroom...
|
|
|
|
You got your animal ready to milk?
|
|
- yeah, 'SPuD the Goat' is right here.
|
|
* BAAAAAAH, BAAAAAAH, BAAAAAH.
|
|
|
|
Down SPuD, down...HEY, I AM NOT SOMETHING TO EAT! GET OFF MY SHIRT!!!
|
|
* BAAAAH, BAAAAH, -munch- -munch-
|
|
- huh, huhuhuh, huhuh, thats kewl. *hic*
|
|
GET THE FUCK OFF, YOU STUPID GOAT!@#$
|
|
CAN WE GET ON WITH THIS LESSON, PLEASE?!?!
|
|
|
|
<another bit later...>
|
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|
|
Now, try and call 1-800-PuD-Roks
|
|
|
|
atdt 1-800-PuD-roks
|
|
|
|
<modem noise, goat bleating>
|
|
See that prompt?
|
|
|
|
USDA.ORG LOGIN:
|
|
|
|
-yhea, so?
|
|
Type in 'PuD_Guest'.
|
|
- yes, Bwanna.
|
|
|
|
USDA.ORG LOGIN: PuD_Guest
|
|
PASSWD:
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|
|
|
-uhh, d00d, it needs a password.
|
|
Yes, I know. The Password is 'BoWsucks'
|
|
- *hic* gotcha.
|
|
|
|
USDA.ORG LOGIN: PuD_guest
|
|
PASSWD:
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|
|
|
Last login: Sun Aug 21 17:14:51 from FBI.GOV
|
|
pudOS 3.141592654 (PuD_SERVER) #1 Tue Feb 8 14:50:25 EST 1994
|
|
|
|
At the request of Hymie, NC, and Squinky, you can now read PuD
|
|
in /Users/USDA/PuD. The whole collection of PuD is there now,
|
|
read for your reading enjoyment!
|
|
|
|
The Management.
|
|
|
|
You have new mail.
|
|
USDA>
|
|
|
|
Now, try...
|
|
- d00d, i need to go to the bathroom!
|
|
* Bleet, BaaaaAAAAAaaaaah, moooooOOOOOooooo
|
|
- please! I need one of those buckets!
|
|
...and do a 'supah info' command.
|
|
- d00d, please! It Hurts! *hic*
|
|
|
|
USDA>
|
|
|
|
How come i don't see any typing?!?
|
|
- >wiiiiiz< Aaahhhh... *burp*
|
|
|
|
...Great, next time, i will put "1 bag of diapers" on the list.
|
|
* Baaaaah.
|
|
|
|
<30 minutes later, after clean up of floor...>
|
|
|
|
Will you please type 'supah info'?
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|
|
|
USDA> supah info
|
|
g0d console Aug 20 09:04
|
|
hymie ttyp1 Aug 22 19:25 (pud.org)
|
|
y ttyq3 Aug 21 11:22 (mcdonalds.com)
|
|
g0d ttyp2 Aug 20 12:23
|
|
g0d ttypc Aug 20 11:14
|
|
squinky sd8g Aug 22 15:16 (155.212.1.2)
|
|
PuD rsd9a Aug 21 11:03 (LAT_OQE184328AD)
|
|
PuD_guest fuk Aug 22 21:01 (LAT_OWE173403BC)
|
|
USDA>
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|
|
-yhea *hic*, now what do I do?
|
|
Now do a 'last pud'
|
|
|
|
USDA> last pud
|
|
PuD_guest fuk Tue Aug 22 21:01 still logged in
|
|
hymie ttyp1 Tue Aug 22 19:25 still logged in
|
|
NSA_guest ttyp4 Tue Aug 22 18:00 19:02 (01:57)
|
|
squinky sd8g Tue Aug 22 15:16 still logged in
|
|
y ttyq3 Mon Aug 21 11:22 still logged in
|
|
PuD rsd9a Mon Aug 21 11:03 still logged in
|
|
g0d ttyp2 Sun Aug 20 12:23 still logged in
|
|
g0d ttyq3 Sun Aug 20 11:14 still logged in
|
|
g0d ttyw4 Sun Aug 20 10:56 11:03 (07:07)
|
|
g0d console Sun Aug 20 09:04 still logged in
|
|
reboot ~ Sun Aug 20 09:02
|
|
shutdown ~ Sat Aug 19 12:45
|
|
USDA>
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|
|
|
Hmmm, thats wierd...try a 'finger NSA_guest'.
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|
|
USDA> finger NSA_guest
|
|
Login name: NSA_guest In real life: <no comment>
|
|
Directory: /Users/NSA_guest Shell: /bin/csh
|
|
Last login Tue Aug 22 18:00:02 on ttyp4
|
|
Plan:
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<no comment>
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|
USDA>
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|
|
|
I have never seen an NSA_guest. Wierd. Ok, lets mail g0d.
|
|
- d00d, i don't want to type anymore. I'm sleepy n stuph.
|
|
* baaaaa-aaaAAAAaaa-aaaah...Beeeecuuuuzzz IIIIIIIII'm BAAAAAAAAAAD to the
|
|
Boooooone...ba ba ba ba Baaaaaad, ba ba ba ba Baaaaaad...
|
|
Just listen to your goat, he's bleating some good music. I'll write the letter.
|
|
|
|
USDA> mail g0d
|
|
Subject: Who is NSA_guest?
|
|
|
|
g0d sometimes you just don't come through,
|
|
g0d sometimes you just don't come through...
|
|
Do you need a woman to look after you?
|
|
g0d sometimes you just come...through...
|
|
|
|
There is my Tori Amos sacrifice, now g0d, I will ask you a question:
|
|
|
|
Dear g0d,
|
|
|
|
You are the mightiest and knowingest "person" on this paradise called earth.
|
|
Well, maybe not the smartest g-d, but you come in close. My personal favorite
|
|
is Thor. No, it could be Zeus. No, I do like Minerva, she's a smart gal...
|
|
|
|
But anyways, this is not the point. Nor my question. My question is, who is
|
|
this NSA_guest charater? We only need one guest account, and that is PuD_guest.
|
|
|
|
So like, g0d, could you tell me?
|
|
|
|
Amen.
|
|
|
|
Cc: Santa
|
|
USDA>
|
|
|
|
- d00d, who is *hic* Santa?
|
|
Santa is a backup for g0d on the weekends. Santa always needs a break from
|
|
wrapping up presents, and Mrs. Santa. Especially since the affair with that
|
|
penguin. Talk about desperate.
|
|
* Saaaaaaantaaaaaaaah Klaaaaaauusss...
|
|
- oh.
|
|
Ok, here is the part where we truly get on the Supah Goat Track.
|
|
- spiffy!@#$ *hic* Ok, well, lets get on the Supah info goat track.
|
|
SPuD are you ready?
|
|
* baah.
|
|
Ok, then, type in 'supah goat track'.
|
|
|
|
USDA> supah goat track
|
|
|
|
) hello! i'm what they call "baaah, baah bah bah bah, baah bahh, ba, be bop,
|
|
) be bop" or more humane laguange, 'Helper of SIFGT, crowned king of all goat
|
|
) information, teacher of much goat talk, the gossip of the runty legged
|
|
) little manure makers.' But call me anything but late for dinner! lets get
|
|
|
|
) started! do you have your goat?
|
|
) type in [yes] or [no]
|
|
USDA> yes
|
|
|
|
) good! about how old is your goat?
|
|
USDA>
|
|
|
|
- How old is my goat?
|
|
How should I know?!? Its your goat!
|
|
- *hic* thats right. Uhm, lemme see...Sarah gave me a dog in August 1989,
|
|
- then Katy gave me a Cat in Sept of the same year...Oh, and then traded
|
|
- my dog for a lizard, with purple spots in '90...the cow came into my life
|
|
- after the Cat died, so that was about 1992-93...
|
|
|
|
HOW OLD IS THE GOAT?!? WHY ALL THIS CRAP ABOUT ANIMALS?
|
|
- and then...huh?
|
|
HOW OLD IS THE GOAT?!?
|
|
- The goat is 5 years old. I told you that already.
|
|
<Sigh.>
|
|
* baaaah, be bop.
|
|
- you hungry SPuD?
|
|
|
|
USDA> 5
|
|
|
|
) Five years old? That is a tough goat you have there! How many gallons of
|
|
) milk does your goat supplie a day?
|
|
USDA>
|
|
- lesseee...10 buckets...10 gallons?
|
|
|
|
USDA> 10
|
|
|
|
) Information noted. Now, take your goat, and sit on it.
|
|
) type in 'ready' when you are done.
|
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USDA>
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- Sit on my goat?!? uhm, thats going to hurt n stuph.
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It won't hurt, regulations says so.
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* Baaah, bah!@$!@#$ bahh!@#$!@#$!@#$
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SPuD, you sound upset! <smile> Its going to be ok!
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* Beeee bop, baaah bee bahh!!@ booop, baaah bah bawp.
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- Surely you can't be translating goat talk?
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I am not translating goat talk, and my name is not 'Shirley'.
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- uhhhhh, yhea d00d.
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<contestant sits on SPuD the goat>
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USDA> READY
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) now, for the ride of your life! lets go on the supah info goat track!
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) good luck, and remember: Once a goat, always a goat!
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) I am now initiating the sequence...done. Computer is complete.
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- AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!@#$
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* BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!@#$!@#$
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Wooooaaaah, eyem running for cover!
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<Magically, the contestant and his goat, SPuD, gets sucked into the computer
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screen. Are they really on the Supah information goat track?!?>
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<Suddenly, 5 minutes later, the contestant and SPuD reappear out of the
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computer screen...>
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How was your ride?
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- What the hell was that?
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* baaaah, baah bee baaawp! [translation: that was a bumpy ride!]
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That was the supah information goat track. Tell me, how many goat licks does
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it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
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- Zero, the goat will eat it whole...hey, I've never known that!
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How many goats does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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- Five! One to eat the light bulb, one to regurgitate it...hey, now, I've never
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- known this stuff before. Is that what the supah information goat track is?
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- Information about goats?
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I don't really know. They just pay me to do this. I've never been on it myself
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.
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* baaah, bee bop bee baah bawp. [Translation: Watermelon is in the fridge.]
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- The last time I checked the fridge...w3rd, I can even translate what SPuD is
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- saying!
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- Wait, lemme see something.
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USDA> goat milk
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Apps/ Library/ Mailboxes/ News/
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USDA>
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- Oh my gawd! I know everything in Goat and in English now! Amazing.
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Isn't it? Well, I have to get going, I've got another person waiting to get on
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the 'Supah Information Goat Track'.
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- Goodbye!
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<A door closes, and the contestant is now alone with his goat>
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You have new mail
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USDA> mail
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>N 1 PuD_guest Sun Aug 28 00:02 12/274 "Minerva is smarter?"
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& x
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- I'm going to bed, i sick of this...
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* baah, bee boop.
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- You need food? Hold on...
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USDA> logout
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NO COURIER
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PuDEmpireTimesYwindozeXPuDc0ur13rSquinkyVbbsPuDEmpireTimeYwindozeXPuDCour13r
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Ok, shoutout time.
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Squinky: This serial killer is for you.
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X: *smewch*
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Y-windoze: Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. Dammitdammitdammit.
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Armitage: We need a group for Empire Times. Like LoD for Phrack.
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Firefly: Just keep on juggin out those articles. ;)
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Ophie: I do forgive you. Thats what lil sis' is for.
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=============================================================================
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-=- The Empire Times -=-
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Issue 6, File 6 of 6
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Open Source Intelligence --- A Success Story
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Part 3 of a Series.
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by Firefly
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Well, folks, here is the conclusion to my opening remarks on open source
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intelligence. I'd appreciate your comments, feedback, and thoughts on where I
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should focus on. OSINT is the new type of intelligence, and anyone can be a
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collector. Let me know. Next month I'll be talking about this conference I'm
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at this week that is run by Robert Steele, whom I mention so prominently
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writing about in this article. There's a few of us hackers here, and we're
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being tapped for knowledge and opinions by international audiences at this
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conference.
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Firefly
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Resident OSINT Advocate
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firefly@dans.dorm.umd.edu
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OSCINT -- A Success Story
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Part 3 (Conclusion)
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Everyone is an OSINT collector, and people with specific interests are
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OSINT specialists. Assume for a moment someone is interested in Anti-
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Submarine Warfare (ASW) and sonar detection methods used by the American Navy
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to detect enemy submarines. This person reads the newspaper to discover new
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trends in ASW technology; he talks with naval officers onboard Navy ships
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during a public tour when ships put in for liberty at his hometown port; he
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reads Proceedings; he reads Popular Science and Naval Mechanics; he visits the
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Library of Congress and does hard-copy research on the topic; he goes to
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technical seminars and conventions on naval electronics; he interviews naval
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officers in the ASW field on naval tactics against enemy submarines.
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Ultimately, he compiles a sizable amount of research on the topic. His
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finished product, released in 1986, was entitled The Hunt For Red October, and
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his name was Tom Clancy, one of the boldest and most successful OSINT
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operatives in modern times. The exacting detail incorporated in his book was
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not surprising to the intelligence community. However, the relative ease by
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which Clancy obtained the large amount of unclassified but sensitive
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information for his book was the cause of heated controversy within the
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intelligence community over what constituted "sensitive-but-open" data that,
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while unclassified and available for research, is directly related to national
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security programs. (In retrospect, some of the material Clancy obtained for
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this book was indeed classified by the Navy).
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"It was there for the taking, you just had to know where to look,"
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Clancy told a student audience in Pennsylvania in 1991, "You had to know how
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to find it, take your time, have patience, and ask the right people." The
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naval admiral (whose name escapes me, unfortunately) helped Clancy in his
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search for open material on American ASW tactics. "The thing that struck me
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funny was that all the information he needed was there. Unclassified and free,
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he just had to take the time to look for it." Through open sources, Clancy
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obtained sensitive but unclassified information to meet his requirements in a
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relatively short period of time. The Information Age has led to an Information
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Overload, where "intelligence" is less a matter of penetrating classified
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secrets and more a matter of separating useful information from the flood of
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open information that is available legally and cheaply. To that extent,
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computers have proven invaluable and have led to greater flexibility in the
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tailoring of intelligence to specific audiences, one of the recurring themes
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in Toffler's new War and Anti-War: Survival at the Dawn of the 21st Century.
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What if Clancy had been a foreign spy intent on discovering the latest
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American ASW techniques? The ability to discover sensitive-but-open
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information on these "touchy" subjects exists in the spectrum of open sources
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as Clancy has illustrated in recent years. Libraries and databases exist to
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serve the public and are used daily for academic, professional, and personal
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research. The ease by which Clancy obtained this information is a result of
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the openness of American society. Unlike the former Soviet Union and Eastern
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Bloc nations, however, the American ideals of democracy, freedom, and
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censorship forbid rigid state control of information except for national
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security reasons. Yet, inside the former Soviet Union, the state regulated the
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content of public libraries and publications available to its citizens.
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Regarding the veracity and relevance of Cold War OSINT activities aimed at
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former-Soviet periodicals, a former KGB Colonel I met last year at a quasi-
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hacker conference joked that "In all my years in [the] KGB...I never saw
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anything worth reporting to either side in Communist newspapers." Since OSINT
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operations are hindered by a closed society such as the former Soviet state or
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a well-organized counter-intelligence (CI) program, clandestine intelligence-
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gathering operations are the only way to discover secrets that, in America,
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are accessible to the public. Essentially, the information warrior is a
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collector who locates and uses information about his target just as an
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academic researches and utilizes references for his thesis.
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In today's high-tech world, international borders are an artificial
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reality. These borders can be crossed without passport, visa, or even leaving
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home. This raises the question of what constitutes a denied area -- or a
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region that is forbidden to enter, such as the current situation in North
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Korea. The age of computers and high-speed communication allows information on
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any topic from any nation to be instantly flashed to a consumer at a desktop
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workstation thousands of miles away. Discreet border penetrations are now
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possible via electronic data lines, eliminating the need for a human spy to
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covertly squirm his way into a nation. Most anything this spy would secretly
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search for in person is now available on a networked computer database
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somewhere around the world. Instead of disguises, wigs, and dead drops, the
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intelligence operative must now use his ingenuity in the new electronic global
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environment -- with a new set of tradecraft -- to pursue his target and
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complete his collection mission. The definitions and impact of power,
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intelligence, and sovereignty as traditionally understood have become
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transformed and much more complex. Most industrial nations are prepared only
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to deal with the powerful enemy on the military battlefield and little else.
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The Information Age has paved the way for an Information War. "Intelligence",
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Steele notes, "is no longer limited to penetrating specific targets to obtain
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specific bits of sensitive information." Intelligence must now be redefined to
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encompass all information -- mostly from unclassified sources -- tailored to
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assist commanders, policy makers, and corporate executives with decisions when
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|
they need it and at a reasonable cost. It is now possible to obtain secrets
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before they are even known to exist, obtain sensitive corporate marketing
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plans before other firms, and identify weaknesses in other nations through
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open source information. By dedicated library research, subscriptions to
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|
technical journals, interviews, and some gray-area collection activities --
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all of which are completely legal -- secrets can be discovered through the
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analysis of disjointed and perhaps seemingly-unrelated data. The intelligence
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community must examine this new area and develop methods to utilize this data
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if it wishes to remain effective and competitive in producing accurate
|
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intelligence estimates.
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Perhaps the greatest problem facing the intelligence community is the
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relative ease that vast amounts of information can be exchanged, especially
|
|
with the aid of computers. Man created computer databases to store this
|
|
information, much of which is easily- and publiclly-available on global
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|
computer networks. Cyberspace, or the "virtual frontier," is a new variable in
|
|
today's political equations and definitions affecting national borders,
|
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communication, security, and hostility. To say "government must monitor or
|
|
control the flow of all information" would transform academia and personal
|
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research into a collective product created by the authorization of the
|
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government and available only to whomever the government deems "not a threat".
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An interesting issue is the ongoing debate of whether information should be
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free versus censoring sensitive issues. Certainly, the arguement for open
|
|
source information as a potential danger to society is a viable one, but will
|
|
not be discussed in-depth here.
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An intelligence operation/information war waged in cyberspace is
|
|
primarily a CI challenge, as there are no concrete identities to these
|
|
electronic warriors -- no faces to the names behind the glowing computer
|
|
screen. If a target believes he has been discovered, he simply modifies his
|
|
name and electronic signature. Unlike a human spy who cannot easily change
|
|
identity in a foreign nation, an information warrior in cyberspace can
|
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instantly do so and force CI officers to begin a new trace on a new target
|
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signature. National boundaries are rapidly becoming electronic "virtual
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|
frontiers" that cannot be controlled by a border patrol. Steele told a
|
|
collection of French military leaders that "I can destroy any major nation in
|
|
24 hours with one platoon of knowledge warriors and make billions of dollars
|
|
on the international market by doing so, because I will know when this is
|
|
going to happen and invest accordingly." The face of the intelligence battle
|
|
has changed; physical laws are now subordinate to the laws of computers and
|
|
cybernetics. Knowledge is power and information power is the ultimate power.
|
|
|
|
Information warfare brings a new challenge to the intelligence
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|
community. Intelligence gatherers must adapt their list of collection
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|
techniques to include overt sources that are easily-available to the public.
|
|
Counterintelligence specialists have always had the task of protecting
|
|
national intelligence interests by tracking tangible human targets. They must
|
|
now realize the potential and threat of open sources, and take steps to deal
|
|
with this issue. Furthermore, counter-intelligence officers must develop their
|
|
security methods of dealing with a hostile pentetration of computer resources
|
|
in the shadowy realm of cyberspace by targets who can change identities at
|
|
will.
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|
|
Technology has made society vulnerable by allowing vast quantities of
|
|
data to effortlessly move around the world. Information is the new enemy. He
|
|
who controls it wields the ultimate power. In summary, policymakers must
|
|
redefine their perceptions of national security and intelligence, while our
|
|
intelligence organizations should re-examine their missions, consider all
|
|
available sources, and eliminate the Cold War groupthink that emphasizes
|
|
secret methods as the single greatest indicator of enemy information. The
|
|
Information Explosion has created an Intelligence Explosion. It is up to the
|
|
intelligence community to exploit the wealth of open material to support its
|
|
covert sources in providing timely and accurate estimates for its consumers.
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firefly@dans.dorm.umd.edu
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The Empire Times Q & A Section.
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Where can I get The Empire Times?
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Via BBS
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This is provided that you are on these systems, none accept many new
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callers, so the #'s arnt listed.
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[NPA] [#] [System Name] [System Operator]
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(301) PRIVATE Empire Albatross
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(703) PRIVATE Digital Anarchy Armitage
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(602) PRIVATE Unphamiliar Territory Invalid Media
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(+49) XXXXXXXXX Secret Techtonics Sevenup
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Via Anonymous FTP
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etext.archive.umich.edu (ftp.etext.org) /pub/Zines/Emptimes
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fc.net /pub/defcon/EMPIRE
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Via The Empire Times Mailinglist
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Mail armitage@dhp.com with "subscribe emptimes <your mail address>" in the
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context of the message. To request old issues, just put
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"request emptimes # <your mail address>" where # is the issue #.
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Where can I get in touch with any of the writers, or contributers?
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Erudite/Armitage armitage@dhp.com
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PuD C0ur13r roach@tmok.res.wpi.edu
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Invalid Media upt@bud.indirect.com
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Firefly firefly@dans.dorm.umd.edu
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X x@dans.dorm.umd.edu
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Noe11e jbowyer@marge.hq.af.mil
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Drunkfux drunkfux@usis.com
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Okinawa okinawa@madhouse.com
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Grayarea grayarea@netaxs.com
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Can I write? And where can I send my Article Submissions?
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You can mail Armitage or Albatross on either Digital Anarchy or
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Empire. You can also mail them to me personally at armitage@dhp.com with
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"Submission" as the title, or in a piece of mail before it.
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