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The Ocean County Phone Punx Presents
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alt.phreaking Faq
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version 1.4
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created-August 11, 1997
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updated-April 1, 1998
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The alt.phreaking Faq is maintained and edited by the OCPP. It
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is for informational purposes only and is posted on alt.phreaking, at the
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1st and 15th of every month This file can be downloaded at the
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OCPP-http://ocpp.home.ml.org
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Comments or questions can be mailed to XOCPPX@aol.com
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If you think anything should be added/deleted/corrected let
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us know. If you would like to submit your zine, webpage, or
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whatever to be included in the FAQ just email us with the info.
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1. What is alt.phreaking for?
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Alt.Phreaking is a newsgroup for the discussion, and exchange of Phreaking
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information, hints, tips, and general knowledge. It is supposed to be a way
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for people to discuss phreaking without feeling like a moron, whether asking
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or answering questions. It is also a good way for phreaks around the world
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to communicate easily.
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2. What is a phreak?
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Phreak is short for phone phreak, a hacker of the telephone system. A
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phreak, (or a phreaker) is someone who want's to learn about the telephone
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system. A phreak is not someone who destroys phone property if it's not
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necessary for the advancement of their knowledge of said system. Boxing and
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other ways of hacking the telco does not make someone a phreak. Being a
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phreak is a way of life. There are many different views on what is a
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phreak, so two people may call themselves "phreaks" yet have two totally
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different view points.
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3. I'm a newbie please help
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The first mistake newbies make is assuming that everyone will
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jump to spoon feed them answers. Lots of us really DO want to help you,
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but we have better things to do than tutor you non-stop. First and
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foremost, you should try and learn as much as you can about all
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aspects of phreaking. Visit as many phreaking webpages as possible.
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The more you know, the better you'll be able to choose what you want to do
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and don't want to do, and the more useful you will be to others who need
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help.
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Before you ask for help, think of exactly what you want to learn about.
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Then if you know what you want to learn about and have questions do a
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search on what that is, you should be able to find a ton of info on
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that subject. Then, do the homework. Read, read, read, and then, read
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some more. Then, if your questions still aren't answered, ask someone.
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If you just leech off of someone else's research and hard work, then
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you aren<65>t really learning anything at all. If you really want to
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learn about phreaking, you're gonna have to sacrifice some time.
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Also, don't get discouraged if you get flamed and everyone
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calls you a lamer. Keep with it and you will get better.
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4. I need help with phreaking in a foreign country
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It's tough to find phreaks in the same state, let alone the same place
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in a foreign country. There aren't too many places for phreaks to get
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their info in thier country because most phreaking takes place in the US.
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One place to look is in 2600's meeting section to see if there are any
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meetings in your area. Check question 23 for foreign phreak websites.
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Try the UK's phreaking newsgroup @ alt.ph.uk
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and Germany's phreaking newsgroup @ de.org.ccc
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5. What is a red box?
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A red box is a device that generates or plays back the tones that bell pay
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phones generate when a coin is deposited. The red box allows calls to be
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placed free from bell co. owned telephones by mimicking the tones of coins
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being dropped. The most common redbox is a modified radio shack 33 number
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memory pocket dialer.
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6. Where do I get the 6.5536 crystal for it?
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The best place to get crystals is from a place called DigiKey.1-800-digikey.
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They sell them for about 2 bucks each, and the crystals are the smallest
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you can find. Some people like to use a 6.5 MHz crystal because the actual
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frequency is 6.49MHz, and obviously 6.5 is closer to it than 6.5536 is.
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7. Do they still work?
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Redboxes work on Bell telephone only, they do not work on COCOT<4F>s. On
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some phones, there is a bandpass filter or a cut-off handset when you
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dial, so you can't enter redbox tones. Redboxes are slowly becoming
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extinct and it all depends on how big the redbox problem is in your area.
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You'll just have to try it on a phone and see if it works or not.
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8. What is a COCOT?
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COCOT is an acronym for Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephone. This is a
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phone that is owned by a private business or person. Even though they look
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like phones that are owned by your local telephone company they are very
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diffrent. COCOT's are known for thier high security. For instance, you
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cannot redbox off a COCOT. They are also known for their high rates. Calls
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from a COCOT are often more expensive and some even charge for 411. In
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the good old days COCOTs were connected to normal POTS (home phone) lines,
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but there is a growing trend of connecting them to specially leased lines
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from the phone company that allow for greater fraud protection
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(blocking 900/976 and international calls) and services (coin supervision
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and extended operator services).
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9. Does *67 block *69?
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In some areas *69 now has a feature that reads back the number of the person
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that called you and then gives you the option to call them back. In some
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places that have that feature, *67 will block your number from being read
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back but they can still call you. However is some areas it is said that
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*67 will block it all altogher but he best way to check is to spend the
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75 cents and try it yourself.
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10. What is an ANI?
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ANI stands for automatic number identification. It is a service feature
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in which the directory number or equipment number of a calling station
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is automatically obtained. Enhanced 911 systems make the most use out
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of this feature. ANI is often mistaken for ANAC.
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11. What is an ANAC?
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ANAC stands for Automatic Number Anouncement Curcuit. An ANAC number
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refers to a number that you call that tells you what number you're
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calling from. This has a variety of uses. Lineman call them to find
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out the number of the line they are working on. Phreaks use them when
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they are beigeboxing for the same reason.
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12. I need an ANAC number for my area.
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ANAC numbers are different in all areas. Try to find your local ANAC and
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use that one. If you can<61>t use a national one like 1-800-487-9240.
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National ANAC numbers come and go so don<6F>t use it a hundred times a day to
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impress your friends because they<65>ll shut it down if it<69>s used too much.
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13. What is scanning?
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In phreaking terms, there are two diffrent types of scanning. The first
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one is called exchange scanning. This is where you scan an exchange in
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hopes of finding a certain type of number. Most of the time exchange
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scanning is done with a wardialer, or a program that scans that exchange
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for you and saves the numbers for you in a seprate file to review the
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results later.
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Scanning can also be done my hand which called manual scanning. Most of
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the time people scan exchanges for terminal numbers, but text numbers,
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voice mail and other such numbers are often scanned for.
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Another type of scanning is frequency scanning. This type of scanning
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is the same type radio frequency scanning that Ham radio buffs do using
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scanners that you can get in Radioshack and other electronic places. The
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phreaking purpose of this is to pick up cordless and cell phone
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conversations. Some use this just to hear other people's conversations
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but others use it to get credit card numbers and other personal
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information that people carelessly say on wireless phones. Visit the
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PLA at http://www.phonelosers.org for more information on frequency
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scanning.
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14. I need a war dialer, program, dial up, etc.
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First off, search for things your self. Do an Internet search on what your
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looking for. Wardialers are a good way to get the phone companys attention.
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They have equipment that notifys them of your suspicous dialing. Most
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programs are full of bugs and virii and if you don't know what your doing
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you can cause a lot of problems for yourself. To find phreaking programs
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do a web search for "hacking phreaking wardialer" or whatever type of
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program your looking for. If you use a program than you aren<65>t learning
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much. If someone gives you a number or a program than you really aren<65>t
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learning anything. You learn a lot more when you find something yourself.
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15. How do I find my local central office?
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Cental Office locations differ from state to state. Most of time there is
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one in each county, often located in the county seat (main town). Some
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people have said that they're CO is a huge brick building with no windows,
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however, I have seen CO's that have windows all around them. Chances are,
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your not just gonna stumble on your CO. The best way to do it, is to ask
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a bell employee. Most of the time, they'll get real suspicious and ask
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you a bunch a questions. The best thing to say is "I have a uncle from
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another town and he said that he was getting transfered to the CO down here.
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Can you tell me where it is so I can just see if his car is there?" They'll
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be happy to help you. Once you know where it is put on your bathing suit
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and do some dumpster diving.
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However if you are rich and lazy check out CO Finder for windows
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at www.stuffsoftware.com/cofinder.html I'm just amazed that this
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program even exists.
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16. I saw X in the movie (select appropriate) Wargames, Hackers,
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The Net. How do I do it?
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When you watch a H/P type movie you may see them do certain things and
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then you think you can go out and do that too. However most of the time
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the movies will use the real name of a technique but do it totally diffrent.
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This is so they don't wind up in court for teaching millions of people
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how to commit fraud. Another thing movies might do, is just make something
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up. For instance, in the movie "hackers" they talk about a Gibson computer
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when in reality there is no such thing as a Gibson.
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17. Is phreaking (or any method of or related to) legal?
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What is and isn't legal is still very vague when it comes to
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hacking and phreaking. Weather you get in trouble depends on where
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you live, who your pissing off, and what your doin. For example,
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I have seen kids get kicked out school for just having certain
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texts in there possesion. If you respect property and just
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keep a bunch of text files on your comp than you should be fine.
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If you go out and tap someones phone you could get in a lot of
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trouble. Like I said you never know. Your local police will
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probably just tell you to stop, mainly cuz they don't know what your
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doing. However, the secret service can just make stuff up and
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charge you with anything. Some states actually have laws making
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some methods of phreaking illegal. For intance, there are trashing
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laws in certain areas and scanning has been outlawed in Colorado.
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18. I need 31337 warez d00dz
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Wrong news group. Try alt.2600, they are crawling with warez lists.
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19. What does XXXX Box do? & What is my ringback number for my area?
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If you are too caught up in meaningless crap like this, go read the
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2600 FAQ.
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20. What is a CNA number?
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CNA stands for Customer Name and Address. The CNA number is a phone
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number for telephone company personnel to call and get the name and
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address for a phone number. If a telephone lineman finds a phone line
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he does not recognize, he can use the ANI number to find it's phone
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number and then call the CNA operator to see who owns it and where
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they live.
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Normal CNA numbers are available only to telephone company personnel.
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Private citizens may now legally get CNA information from private
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companies.
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Two such companies are:
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Unidirectory (900)933-3330
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Telename (900)884-1212
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Note that these are 900 numbers, and will cost you approximately one
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dollar per minute.
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If you are in 312 or 708, AmeriTech has a pay-for-play CNA service
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available to the general public. The number is 796-9600. The cost
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is $.35/call and can look up two numbers per call.
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If you are in 415, Pacific Bell offers a public access CNA service at
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(415)705-9299.
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If you are in Bell Atlantic territory you can call (201)555-5454 or
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(908)555-5454 for automated CNA information. The cost is $.50/call.
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21. Where can I get a lineman's handset?
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For more info on handsets and other telco tools visit Lineside's Telecom
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Site -
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http://www.angelfire.com/ga/linesidetelco/index.html
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Contact East
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335 Willow Street
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North Andover, MA 01845-5995
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(508)682-2000
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Jensen Tools
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7815 S. 46th Street
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Phoenix, AZ 85044-5399
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(800)426-1194
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Specialized Products
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3131 Premier Drive
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Irving, TX 75063
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(800)866-5353
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Time Motion Tools
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12778 Brookprinter Place
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Poway, CA 92064
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(619)679-0303
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22. What are some phreak IRC channels?
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Keep in mind that many of these chatrooms follow the same rule that most
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chatroom follow. No one talks about the subject that they are suppose
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to talk about. If you want to have a <gasp> intellectual discussion try
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to find some telco personel chatrooms.
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#2600
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#cellular
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#hack
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#rock
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#phreak
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#realhack
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#root
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#npa
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#off the hook
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23. What are some other newsgroups that deal with phreaking?
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alt.phreaking is your best bet as far as general phreaking is concerned.
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I would only advise the other newsgroups if you live in another country
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or if you want to do some research.
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alt.ph.uk - UK Hacking and Phreaking
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alt.2600 - Filled with warez d00dz
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alt.2600.phreakz - Still more warez
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alt.hackers - Hacking
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alt.hack.nl - Hacking
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alt.hacker - Hacking
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de.org.ccc - German H/P newsgroup run maily by the Chaos
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Computer Club
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24. What are some good phreak websites?
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Linenoise
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http://www.linenoise.org/
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Purgatory
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http://soli.inav.net/~dustinm/
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The Library
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http://www.sonic.net/~theruler/txt/index.html
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Gold Matrix's webpage
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http://pages.prodigy.com/Zachs
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Soldiers of Misfortune
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http://som.hypermart.net/
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JadeDragon's Phreaking Page
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http://free.prohosting.com/~jadedrgn/
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Digital Misfit's Syndicate
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http://roo.unixnet.org/~dms/
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-Foriegn phreak websites-
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Canadian Phreak House
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http://mypage.direct.ca/z/zepka/main.htm
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Dake Zone
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http://www.omedia.ch/pages/dake/idxang.htm
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Chaos Computer Club
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http://berlin.ccc.de/
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25. What are some good phreak ezines?
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Phone Losers of America
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http://www.phonelosers.org
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Ocean County Phone Punx (OCPP)
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http://ocpp.home.ml.org
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System Failure
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http://www.sysfail.org
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TFP
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availible from the OCPP's website
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THTJ
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availible from the OCPP's website
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Security Breach
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availible from the OCPP's website
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Phrack
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http://www.phrack.com
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26. What are some good phreak print zines?
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2600
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www.2600.com
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subsciption info-
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2600 Subscription Dept
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PO Box 752
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Middle Island, NY 11953-0752
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subscrition fees: United States: $21/yr individual, $50 corporate.
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Overseas: $30/yr individual, $65 corporate.
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Root zine
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http://www.openix.com/~mutter/
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Subscription info
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Regular Subscription U.S. Resident Non-U.S. Corporate
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1 Issue Sampler $2.00 $2.50 $10.00
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2 Issue Subscription $4.00 $5.00 $20.00
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Back Issue
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Each $2.50 $3.00 $20.00
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Volume $9.00 $10.00 $70.00
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to: root zine
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PO Box 1178
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Maplewood, NJ
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07040
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(please make checks payable to "root zine")
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Blacklisted 411
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Subscription info
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Yearly subscription: U.S. $20 Canada $24 Foreign $35
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Pay be credit card, check, or money order
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send to: Blacklisted! 411 Subsciption Dept., P.O. Box 2506,
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Cypress, CA 90630
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or call 714-899-8853 FAX 714-899-9283
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27. I need to Research X, where do I go?
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There's no point in repeating ourselves; read Mr. Seuss' article
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"Resource Bin" in Issue 7 of the OCPP (ocpp.home.ml.org)
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Editor: Mohawk and the OCPP
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Writers: Mr. Seuss, Checkmate, Redbox111, MR.Sonik, MMX KiLLa, and the OCPP
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Ocean County Phone Punx
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http://ocpp.home.ml.org
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<732>
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