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THE SYNDICATE REPORT
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Information Transmittal No. 22
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(Part 1 of 2)
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Released April 10, 1989
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Featuring:
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Editor's Note
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"TSR #22 Tardy, TSR Copyright Issues"
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Phone Systems as Vulnerable as Computer Networks
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Telenet Status Information
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Telecommunication Events, Conferences, Seminars, and Shows
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Customer Name and Address/Listing (CNA/L) Program
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Cellular Fones on Digital Lines
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Brief Notes from the Report
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Vocabulary Tonic
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by The Sensei
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Editor Syndicate Report Magazine
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EXPOSITION: TSR
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Once again, The Report accepts outside sources. Anybody can write/provide
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information to The Syndicate Report. Articles/Information may be provided
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through RADIO WAVES Bulletin Board System 612-471-0060. Any info such as
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Busts, Phreaking, Hacking, Data / Telecommunications, and new developments
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on any the previous mentioned specialties will be: accepted, labeled, and
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given full actual credit to the article/info provider(s), or writer(s). --
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** All articles have been presented by me unless shown at the end of the
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article as the information provider(s), or writer(s). **
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EDITOR'S NOTE: TSR
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As you may know by now, this transmittal is a few days late. I've been
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pretty good on getting out TSRs on specified dates. Ever since I started TSR,
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back in '85, I've been late only 3 times. 1 time lasted around 6 months, but
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that was really my temporary retirement. I also thought I'd be too busy with
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college.
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That's why I'm late this month. School, work, night school also, and
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women. I pay too much attention on the later. Am I jabbering?
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This month's editorial is dedicated to copyright issues. I'm not going to
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ramble on and on about copyrights - but instead I've completed/gathered a
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discussion about it. It all started on a TC Citadel System. It was
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interesting, and you may find it interesting also. I've put it on
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TSR #22 part 2, so skipped to it now if you like. Otherwise, I'll keep you in
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suspence with some TSR news.
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Comments about copyright issues, dial Radio Waves.
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;The Sensei / TSR Editor '89
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PHONE SYSTEMS AS VULNERABLE AS COMPUTER NETWORKS: TSR (gz.m 3\18)
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U.S. businesses and telecommunications companies should be as
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concerned with the security of their phone systems as they are with their
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computer networks, according Telecom Industry Consulting (TIC).
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Speaking at "Telestrategies '89" Feb. 23, TIC said security risks are
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rising because of advances in open telecommunications networks, as well as the
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changing profile of those who penetrate the systems.
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Today's telephone networks are designed for efficiency and ease-of-use,
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first, then security. As we move toward a more intelligent network
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(SS#7 and ISDN) and fiber optics, our phone systems will be easier to access
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and disturb -- by a larger number of people. The question then becomes,
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what security measures are users willing to pay for and what restrictions will
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they accept?
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This question is made tougher by the changing profile of those who
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penetrate the systems.
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"Today's adversaries are largely hackers interested in testing their
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skills," TIC said. "However, we see breaches of security becoming more
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criminal in nature as the network becomes more 'open' and technical
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sophistication of users is more wide spread."
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TIC cited cases that demonstrated the spectrum of adversaries. TIC said a
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17-year-old hacker once accessed a company's WATS network and used it to call
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computers across the United States. And, on the criminal end of the spectrum,
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a large retail and catalogue store had its phones forwarded to a group that
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wanted customers' CREDIT CARD INFORMATION.
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TIC noted that earlier this month a group of scientific advisers appeared
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before the Senate Government Affairs Committee to warn of possible terrorist
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actions on U.S. telecommunications networks.
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"It's important that providers and users focus on these issues now and
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work together to put information security plans in place," said TIC.
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"Recent events, like the `worm' in the national computer network and,
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although accidental, the fire at Illinois Bell, provided us with a valuable
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lesson," concluded TIC. "And, an opportunity to act now and pre-empt
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future problems."
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TELENET STATUS INFORMATION: TSR (bb 4\7)
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When first connect to your local (or 800) PAD (Protocol Assembly
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Dissassembly; converts your modem-talk to the X.25 protocol, a CCITT standard)
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you'll see this:
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TELENET
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NPA NNA
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NPA is your Number Planning Area (area code in layman's terms) and NNA breaks
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down as follows:
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NPA NNA
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NPA is your Number Planning Area (area code in layman's terms) and NNA breaks
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down as follows:
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NN = Your PAD's Port Address
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A = Your PAD's Sub-Address
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Example:
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TELENET
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612 15D
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Now, see the "612"? That's your PAD's DTE (Data Terminal Equipment). A
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DTE is like a serial number in a way. It identifies the communications gear
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you are using (this particular PAD in this case). It is VERY difficult to
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modify your DTE (possible by EXCEEDINGLY difficult and not worth your time, as
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it will take lots of money for X.25 boards, and such). TELENET knows your DTE.
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All the NUA's (Network User Addresses) that you call also know your DTE address
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(providing they have that feature built into their X.25 software, and most do).
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Here's information about the DISCONNECT message seen on Telenet. These
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are displayed after connecting and disconnection from services online Telenet,
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including PC Pursuit.
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####### DISCONNECTED 00 40 00:00:02:39 143 16
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
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+------------------------------------------- Remote address
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The information can be handy, in case you keep track of the amount of
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information you transfer - also time.
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TELECOMMUNICATION EVENTS, TSR (c.c 4\8)
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CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, AND SHOWS:
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This is a list of meetings and shows in this coming month. I'm providing
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this list for you and your friends to rob, cheat, and swindel the angered
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companys that particapate in their events. You are likely to find your dreams
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come true in telephone accessories and other wonderful equipment. Many thing
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will be on show, so take items as you please. There could be butt sets,
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testing equipment, and other things at your disposel. Remember, their parking
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lots are usually filled with BELL* trucks just waiting for you to clean them
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out.
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Apr. 2-5
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ACUTA Spring Seminar
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Memphis, TN. Peabody Hotel 407-275-2113
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Apr. 3-5
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TEST '89-Telecom
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Collage Station, TX. Texas A & M U 409-845-6675
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Apr. 4-6
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REA Telecomm Eng. & Mgmt. Seminar
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Denver, CO. Hyatt Downtown 202-382-8663
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Apr. 5-6
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North Dakota Telephone
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Minot, ND. Sheraton Hotel 701-293-7570
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Apr. 5-7
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Telecommunications Costing
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San Diego, CA. Hyatt Islandia 201-740-4810
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Apr. 6-7
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Bell Atlantic Exchange Carrier '89
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Washington, DC. Grand Hyatt Hotel 703-974-8345
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Apr. 10-11
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Wisconsin Statewide Tel. Coop.
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LaCrosse, WI. Radisson Hotel 608-537-2461
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Apr. 10-13
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AM/FM International Conf.
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New Orleans, LA. Marriot Hotel 303-779-8320
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Apr. 10-12
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COMDEX Spring 1989
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Chicago, IL. McCormick Place 617-449-6600
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Apr. 10-14
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NTCA Legislaive Conf.
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Washington, DC. Hyatt Regency CH 202-298-2372
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Apr. 17-19
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37th. Ann. National Relay Conf.
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Stillwater, OK. Oklahoma State U 405-744-9226
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Apr. 17-20
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ISDN '89
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St. Louis, MO. Cervantes Convention 800-323-1088
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Apr. 17-20
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NCGA '89
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Philadelphia, PA. Civic Center 703-698-9600
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Apr. 20-22
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APCO N. Central Regional
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Arlington Heights, IL. Woodfield Hilton 312-774-8568
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Apr. 25-26
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INFOLAN '89
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Dallas, TX. Dallas Infomat 800-526-7469
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Apr. 25-26
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California Tel Suppliers
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Sacramento, CA. Radisson Hotel 916-922-4407
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Apr. 29-May 2
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NAB EXPO '89
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Las Vegas, NV. Las Vegas Hilton 202-429-5300
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Apr. 30-May 5
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ICA Conference & Expo.
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Dallas, TX. Loews Anatole Hotel 800-422-4636
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Well that's all for this month.
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Read more, read up comming Reports.
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CUSTOMER NAME AND ADDRESS/LISTING (CNA/L) PROGRAM: TSR (p.f 4\8)
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Ever get tired of looking up out-dated CNA listing in text files?
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Professor Falken, of California 408, Minnesota 612, has devised a program to
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quickly list CNA numbers. It's a handy tool, and he updates it each time new
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information comes in. The latest version has some hard to get information, and
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can be found on Radio Waves BBS at (612) 471-0060. Currently, only IBM version
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1.1 is available. Falken noted to TSR that an Apple version of the CNA lister
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will be released by Twisted Sector, who is also from the 408 area.
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If you have questions, or wish to pick up the latest version, dial in on
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Radio Waves BBS. The Author will be taking suggestions, and questions.
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Here's some updates from the latest version of the CNA lister:
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April 1st, 1989
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I got bored today with Telenet/Tymnet, so, I decided to read some old 2600
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magazines. I found an old CNA list, and with the help of a few TSPS operators
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and a dumb-bitch DA operator I got a couple of UNPUBLISHED CNA's.
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I've added them to the program, they include:
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205: Alabama all locations
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618: Alton, Illinois and surrounding areas
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913: Topeka, Kansas and surrounding areas
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516: Hempstead, New York and local surrounding areas
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315: Syracuse/Utica, New York and local surrounding areas
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919: Williamston/Winston-Salem, North Carolina and surrounding areas
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803: South Carolina all locations
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915: El Paso, Texas and surrounding areas
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I am still missing CNA's for area codes: 818,409,714,719,808,507,609,201.
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These CNA's are quite mysterious as of now, the old CNA's for these were:
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818:213-501-3255
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409:713-820-4112
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714:213-501-3255
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808:212-334-4336
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507:402-345-0600
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609:201-676-7070
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201:201-676-7070
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I cannot even find 719's CNA dial up new or old. If anyone has any of
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these area code's NEW CNA dialups please contact me at the below address. Any
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new CNA's will be added to the program and the version number will be changed,
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and a new release will emerge. The current version of Automated CNA is 1.1
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Any suggestions/comments leave on Radio Waves BBS [612] 471-0060
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CELLULAR FONES ON DIGITAL LINES: TSR (fbs 4\8)
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How will the coming of digital lines improve cellular reception? By
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facilitating error detection and error-correcting mechanisms. Unlike analog
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signals, digital signals are easy to distinguish from background noise and can
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be reconstructed.
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The big telecom. manufacturers, including AT&T, Motorola, Northern
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Telecom, and Ericsson, expect to sell digital car phones. Before they can,
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they must agree on industry standards. So far, they have taken a big step in
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this direction by selecting "time division multiple access" as a way to squeeze
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signals from several phones into one cell over one frequency. This is a time-
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sharing scheme that takes advantage of the fact that one channel can deliver
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about 48,000 bits of data per second while each phone conversation can be
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accurately rendered with only some 16,000 bits per second.
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High-powered digital communication chips, of the sort that would have been
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prohibitively expensive a decade ago, are necessary to this operation. They
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have to freeze-frame a voice several thousand times a second, possibly encrypt
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the resulting data to foil in bursts, and undo all this at the other end to
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reconstruct the sounds. Details are yet to be worked out.
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Does all this mean you shouldn't buy an analog cellular phone today?
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No. the switchover to digital cellular will take place gradually and will
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operate in tandem with the existing analog system. After that, you may be able
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to switch to digital by retrofitting. That convenience will come at a great
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capital cost to the cellular operators, who find themselves in the awkward
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position of having to replace most of their five-year-old transmission gear
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simply to stay in business.
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Someday the phone system will put a million bits a second of capacity on
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every desk. You could never generate that kind of capacity on a radio-based
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system. So the Bill companies aren't going out of business, and much of the
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cellular traffic growth will go to markets out of reach of wired systems and
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not currently will served. So, don't rush to sell your Bell stocks, but
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rejoice that things are looking up for cellular operators and rush-hour
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commuters on the Santa Monica freeway.
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// VMX D.I.A.L.-S System //
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D.I.A.L.-S (Direct Access Link), a new system for call processing
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and voice messaging applications in small to medium-sized organizations, from
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25 to 200 people, is now available from VMX, Inc.
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The D.I.A.L.-S system offers two- to eight-port capacity, expandable in
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two-or four-port increments, providing cost-effective modular growth.
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D.I.A.L.-S was initially offered under an introductory program during the last
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half of calendar 1988.
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D.I.A.L.-S, like the standard D.I.A.L. system, provides a wide range of
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standard and optional capabilities for automated attendant, telephone
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answering, voice mail, audiotext, call routing, and other applications for
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organizations from as few as 25 up to several hundred employees.
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VMX merged with OPCOM in July 1988, combining two of the participants in
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the voice messaging/call processing marketplace. The new VMX is focused on
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providing Strategic Voice Communications solutions vital in today's business
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environment and has sold over 2,500 systems.
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// ATM Body Language // (Advancement from TSR #21-2 ATM Bust)
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Banks are looking for a technological fix, shoved by the recent ATM busts.
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Identix Inc., in Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed a device that can identify a
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machine user's fingerprint in less that two seconds. Ecco Industries Inc., in
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Danvers, Mass., is developing a voice-identification system. But few banks are
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willing to shoulder the cost of replacing their ATM hardware, as would be
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required, and ATM makers aren't eager to change their designs, Identix says.
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Some bankers figure that HACKERS will eventually break any code they
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confront. What's really needed are "line managers to keep an eye on things,"
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says a security consultant with SRI International, Calif. But if ATMs end up
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requiring too much human surveillance, some banks may regret ever switching
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from live tellers.
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// Bell Labs Computer Solves Unsolvable //
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The Military Airlift Command has a humdinger of a traveling salesman
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problem on its hands: MAC flies roughly 1,000 planes in and out of 329
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airports around the world. So what the most efficient schedule for keeping
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those planes in the air as much as possible without skimping on service to any
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of those airports? Answering a question with even a small fraction of those
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variables would bring a mainframe computer to its knees -- there are too many
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possible solutions to evaluate.
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Now the Air Force may have found a solution in a new computer system,
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called Korbx, built by AT&T BELL LABORATORIES. It is based on the work of
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Narendra Karmarkar, a Bell Labs mathematician who, in '84, devised a way of
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"getting inside" problems to spot shortcut solutions. The first commercial
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Korbx system has just been installed at MAC headquarters on Scott Air Force
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Base in Illinois. Fed a problem with 321,000 variables plus 14,000 time
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constraints, the computer chewed away for only an hour before spitting out a
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solution. "We're now in hog heaven, says MAC. Hackers beware!
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::::::::::::::::::::::::::: TSR Vocabulary Tonic ::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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What "Vocab. Tonic" is, is a list of acronyms and definitions to help
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education the ignorant hacker. With an extensive vocabulary, there is
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virtually nothing one can't learn. Study on...
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AMA - Automatic Message Accouting.
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CCITT - The name in French of the International Telegraph and Telephone
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Consultive Committee. At CCITT standards are met on telecom.
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EDT - An old Editor found on the Digital Equip. Corp./ DEC Computers.
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LADT - Local Area Data Transport. LADT is a method by which customers will
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send and receive digital data over existing customer loop wiring.
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LADT will transmit voice and data simultaneously.
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RTA - Remote Trunk Arrangement. An extention to the TSPS system,
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permitting services to be provided up to 200 miles from TSPS site.
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SMR - Specialized Mobile Radio
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:::::::::::::::::::::::::: TSR "Quote of the Month" ::::::::::::::::::::::::
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"Watch your language, you may get sued."
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-Sensei, TSR Editor '89
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TSR will accept additional sponsor/support Systems. If you have a certain
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interest in the Report, and wish to provide support to TSR -- Leave your BBS
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number -- and any other information on RADIO WAVES Bulletin Board Systems.
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R A D I O W A V E S
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6 1 2 - 4 7 1 - 0 0 6 0
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This concludes this Transmittal No. 22
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(Part 1 of 2)
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Released April 10th, 1989
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by The Sensei
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Editor of The Syndicate Report
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