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MŽIM Magazine's Coverage of
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-+ Beige Boxing +-
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Written By :
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D<>’M™¥ Ÿ<><C5B8>D<EFBFBD>R
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[07/16/94]
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Disclaimer : As usual this material is not to be used on any public telephone
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~~~~~~~~~~ network. It is simply for education purposes.(NOT!)
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Introduction : Well, I KNOW that nearly everybody and their brother knows how
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~~~~~~~~~~~~ to beige box, but what group is complete without a file as
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basic as that. Anyways, if you know how to beige box, and consider yourself
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master beiger, skip this and go on to the next production. Otherwise, I'll try
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to help beginners an' I hope there's lots of you.
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What IS Beige Boxing : If you've ever payed any attention to the phone
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ company, you've definately seen a guy in telecum
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overalls running around with a wierd-looking big blue telephone with a couple
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of wires coming out the bottom. That's the commercial version of the "beige
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box", called a Lineman's Handset. There are millions of uses for a beige boxes
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, and they are simple to make, so it's usually a good introduction to the
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phreaking world.
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The Purpose Of This File : If even one person reads this file and learns
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ something, I've accomplished what I set out to do
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(how cliche, right?). But seriously, I'm going to attempt to provide several
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easy methods of beige boxing. Some experienced beigers will definately see
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some familiar designs, but they might also see a new twist or two. I'll also
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include easy but complete directions of some of the possibilities for use and
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abuse.
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Back To Reality : Ok, on with the file. There are about as many beige box
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ designs as there are uses, and with both, new ideas are
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always popping up. The designs in this file are by no means the best designs.
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But they are some of the easiest, but who am I to say?
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Method #1 (Generic, Phone Destroying, Design)
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Required Materials
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1 Telephone that you wont miss (it'll be a permanent beige box)
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2 Gator clips
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1 Telephone cord
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1 Screwdriver
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1 Pair of wire cutters
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1 Soldering iron (optional)
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Solder (optional too)
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Construction
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1. Open up the telephone with the screwdriver. I can't give exact
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directions, because different models vary, but if you can't find
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the screws, try checking under the plastic plate that holds the
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phone number of the location.
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2. Look at the modular jack (the thingy the phone cord plugs into).
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Find the blue and white wires. There should be a red and black
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ones too but ignor then for now. Trace the blue and white wires
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with your finger to the screw that holds them down. Connect your
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phone cord to these screws, either by soldering them, or by
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wrapping them around the screw and tightening it down.
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3. Run the telephone cord out the modular jack's hole. If you can't
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squeeze it through the jack, take the wire cutters the cut the
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wires leading to it, and yank it out. That should leave planty
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of room.
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4. Re-assemble your phone.
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5. At the end of the telephone cord hanging out of the phone,
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connect the gator clips to the same wires hooked up to the screws
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inside the housing of the phone. You can connect them either by
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soldering, or by splicing the wire to them (twisting them around
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the hole and praying that it holds).
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Method #2 (A spin-off of #1, but less permanent)
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Required Materials
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1 Telephone (Don't worry, you wont wreck this one)
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1 Telephone cord (You can use one of the springy ones that you
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always tangle up when you're on the phone)
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2 Gator clips
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1 Pair of wire cutters
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1 Soldering iron
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Solder
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Construction
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1. Cut the modular plug (the thing that plugs into the wall or
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telephone set) off ONE end of the telephone cord.
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2. Find the blue and white wires and connect the gator clips to
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these by soldering or splicing them.
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3. Connect the other end (the that still has a plug) to a telephone.
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Method #3 (Similar to #2, but using a wall jack instead of a cord)
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Required Materials
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1 Telephone (This wont get wrecked, either)
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1 Modular telephone wall jack (This WILL get wrecked)
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2 Gator clips
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1 Pair of wire cutters
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1 Soldering iron
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Solder
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Construction
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1. Look on the back of the wall jack. You should see the typical
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blue and white wires going into the back of the jack. Leave the
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end going into the jack alone, but trace them to where the go
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into the plate holding the jack. Cut them here (being sure, as I
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said, to leave the jack end alone).
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2. Hook the gator clips up to the blue/white wires.
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3. Plug the phone into the wall jack.
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Using Your Box : Ok, now that you've got one of the boxes described above
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (or a different one...I really don't care), you're ready
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to go. Go outside, and on the naturestrip of your house, you should be able
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to find a small, approximately 3" long concrete oval with a telecum stamp on
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it, and a hole in the center. Take a screw driver or something to shove in
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the hole. Pry off the top, look out though, there is usually masive fucking
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redbacks in there, so bug spay and a stick are needed. Right, once all that
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shit is out of the way, you'll find one black wire bundle. Strip this down and
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what do ya find? The good ol' blue white red and black wires! From here there
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is a few things you could do from here. The most important is to strip the
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blue and white wires. Connect 'em to your 'fresh off the production line'
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beige box. Now, if you have a dial tone, then you know what to do. If you
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don't then there is a good chance the wiering is screwed. Fuck around with
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it for a while, if it still doesn't work then your pit is probably a dead one
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(in this case, poor some petrol down there and light it for some laughs).
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Safety Tips: Yeah, yeah I know, "...I won't get caught...", famous last words
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~~~~~~~~~~~ of the busted phreaker. Although you'd never believe it some
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dumb citizens acctully give a shit that you are breaking the law. So ALWAYS
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look out for the old bastards peering out thier windows at you through the
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cirtains. Of course it is advisable to do this under cover of darkness, but
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if you are quick enough, and there is sufficient camoflage (see MŽIM edition2)
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you could do it during the day. But remember there is increased phone activity
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during the day and the rightful owner of your 'aquired' line may bust you.
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Usually they think it is a crossed line, but some aren't as dumb.
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Where Can You Use The Beige Box : You can use the beige box on several pieces
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ of equipment. You can go to telecum pit
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outside your house and use it like I described. I have heard that you
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can use a beige inside a telecum manhole, but I crawled down one (not fun) and
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there was a huge plastic tube. You can see the telephone wires inside, but I
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have no idea how to get to them without fucking up the pipe. If you do
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decide to destroy pipe, then for christ sake don't go back, the phone guys
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wise up and watch the lines to see who you call. There are definately more uses, but these are
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the ones I've been exposed to.
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The Box Of Many Uses : As I've mentioned, there are TONS of uses for beige
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ boxes, and the ones I explain are merely the ones I've
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had some fun with. It's all basically the same, but there are some interesting
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twists.
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Tapping : If you hook up your beige box, and hear voices, the rightful owner
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~~~~~~~ of the line is obviously using it(as mentioned before). Well,
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that's about all there is to phone tapping. Just shut up and listen.
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L/D Calling : Hey, it's not YOUR bill, so go ahead and call your pal in
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~~~~~~~~~~~ France. Or better yet, play the wrong number game to anywhere
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in the world! "...Hello?...Bagdad? Is Sadam Hussein free next
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week for a Barbeque with the Kuwaity Presedent?..."
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Data Connections : Got your interstate/national bbs phone book? If you're
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ lucky enough to have a spare laptop lying around, why not
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go on a stealth mission on d/load the latest O/S warz all night. Hell like I
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said befor, you're not getting the bill. This is best done at night coz it's
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not something you would wnat to leave if busted. Many a beige box had to be
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abandonded because of neigbourhood watch (No.1 on my hit-list) assholes.
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Dial-A-Porn : 0055.... Hey, wait!! How'd that get in here?
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~~~~~~~~~~~
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Conclusion : That's about it. I wont pretend to be an expert on beige boxes,
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~~~~~~~~~~ so I wont say that these are the limits, or that these are the
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best methods. I'm just trying to provide a non-technical introduction to
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phreaking. Well, if anyone has any comments, questions, or come up with any
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new ideas, let me know at Binary2, Altered Reality or Affiliated Crime.
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Greetz:
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~~~~~~
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Ninjak: how R U poof?
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Dylan Morris: U long haired git, mail me damn it.
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Panic: How R ya dude.
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