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The Hacker's Handbook
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[ Definitions ]
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Phreak ["free"k] Verb--1. The act of "Phreaking" 2. The act of making
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telephone calls without paying money [Slang]
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Phreaker ["free"-k-er] Noun--1. One who engages in the act of "Phreaking"
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2. One who makes telephone calls without paying money [Slang]
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[ Introduction ]
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Phreaking is a method used by most intelligent people {most often those
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who use a computer and a Modulator-Demodulator (MoDem)}. If you happen to
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resemble the major mass of people who do not have the income to afford large
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phone bills then phreaking is for you. If you live in an area with an
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Electronic Switching System [ESS] then phreaking is something which should be
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done in moderate amounts.
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[ Switching Systems ]
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Three types of switching systems are present in the United States today:
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[1] Step by Step
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[2] Crossbar
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[3] ESS {Electronic Switching System}
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<] Step by Step [>
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First switching system used in America, adopted in 1918 and until 1978 Bell
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had over 53% of all exchanges using Step by Step [SxS]. A long, and con-
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fusing train of switches is used for SxS switching.
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[> Disadvantages <]
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[A] The switch train may become jammed : Blocking call.
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[B] No DTMF [Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency]["Touch-tone"].
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[C] Much maintenance and much electricity.
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[D] Everything is hard wired
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+> Identification <+
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[A] No pulsing digits after dialing or DTMF.
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[B] Phone Company sounds like many typewriters.
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[C] No: Speed calling, Call forwarding, and other services.
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[D] Pay-phone wants money first before dial-tone.
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<] Crossbar [>
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Crossbar has been Bell's primary switcher after 1960. Three types of Crossbar
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switching exist: Number 1 Crossbar [1XB], Number 4 Crossbar [4XB], and Number
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5 Crossbar [5XB]. A switching matrix is used for all the phones in an area.
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When someone calls, the route is determined and is met up with the other phone.
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The matrix is set-up in horizontal and vertical paths. There are no definite
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distinguishing features of Crossbar switching.
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<] ESS [>
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You probably were hoping I wouldn't talk about this nightmare, if you did you
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will know why everyone doesn't want to be reminded about Bell's holocaust on
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America. With ESS Bell knows: every digit dialed {including mistakes!}, who
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you call, when you called, how long you were connected, and in some cases,
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what you talked about! Yes, this is the closest anyone has come to true
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Totalitarianism. ESS is programed to print out the numbers of people who make
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excessive calls to WATS numbers [Wide Area Telephone Service][1-800 numbers]
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or directory assistance. This deadly trap is called "800 Exceptional Calling
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Report." ESS can be programed to print logs of who called certain numbers.
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Electronic Switching System makes the job of the FBI, Bell Security {The
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Gestapo in phreakin' tongue}, NSA, and other organizations which like to invade
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our privacy, extremely easy! Tracing is done in microseconds, and the results
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are printed out on the monitor of a Gestapo officer. ESS can also pick up
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foreign tones on the line, like 2600 Hz. {used in blue boxes, discussed later}.
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Bell claims that the entire country will be plagued by ESS by the 1990's!
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+> Identification <+
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[A] Dialing 911 for emergencies.
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[B] Dial-tone first for pay-phones.
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[C] Calling services, like: Call forwarding, Speed dialing, Call waiting.
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[D] ANI [Automatic Number Identification] for long-distance calls.
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[[[Note]]] of the above identifications of the three switching systems, do
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not solely rely on these descriptions, the best way to find out
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is to [no!] call your local telephone company.
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[ Long-Distance Services ]
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To attempt to help the community {and for private business} companies developed
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ways to lessen the costs of long-distance calling charges. The companies own
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their own switching systems and use extenders for callers to call. The way
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extenders operate: 1] Customer calls service, 2] He/she hears a low tone which
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sounds like a dial-tone, 3] She/he either dials the access code then the phone
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number, or dials the phone number then the access code, 4] Is connected to
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whatever he/she calls. Aside from Ma Bells collection, the customer receives a
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bill for calls made with his/her long-distance company {a supposedly cheaper
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bill than Ma Bell's}. Thought: Hey, I could randomly pick access codes and
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use them to call whatever area the company services! Right, that's what basic
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phreaking is! A wise idea, though, is to have many access codes and many
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service numbers to rotate throughout your average life as a phreaker. To aid
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in your quest to beat the system I have provided many 1-800 numbers which
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anyone can call, aside from local numbers, such as Sprint, or MCI. The reason
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for providing you with WATS numbers is because all of us aren't in a big city
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where Sprint or MCI even exist, this way everyone can phreak! A way to find
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more access codes is by using your old modem. Yes, your modem can imitate DTMF
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tones!
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{>Procedure: 1) dial 1-800 + service number
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2) dial access code->area code->phone number, or
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3) dial area code->phone number->access code
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[ Colored Boxes ]
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A more shrewd, technological, safer {without ESS} way to phreak is with a piece
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of hardware known as a ________ Box. Boxes are many different colors {I don't
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know ALL the colors because it seems like every time I turn around there's some
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new color out!}. Colors I have heard of: Blue, Black, Red, White, Silver,
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Clear, and MANY, MANY more... Plans for making these boxes can be obtained by
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calling different boards [BBS's], AE lines, or whatever. But!, if you have an
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Apple Cat modem then do I have good news for ->you<-!! The Apple Cat modem
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can emulate the frequencies {usually 2600 Hz.} made by ________ Boxes with the
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help of a handy little program called "Cat's Meow!"
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