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& &
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& Maintaining your "Illegal" Page &
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& &
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& or &
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& &
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& Beating Geocities at their own game! &
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& &
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& by &
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& &
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& Cyber Thief &
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& &
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Introduction
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Have you ever run across a good hack/phreak page on Geocities or Tripod?
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If so, I'll bet it only lasted a few weeks. This is because most people have
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absolutely no clue how to protect their page once they have created it.
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It is unfortunate, but every day a cool site is deleted due to
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"inappropriate content". I believe in freedom of speech and expression. In
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my view deleting a web site that is only exercising it's first amendment
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right is not only morally wrong, but it is oppression. That is MY opinion.
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Either you agree with it or you don't. Let's get to the point, they are
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trying to prevent you from expressing yourself. So, what can you do about
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it? Well, you could write a letter to congress, you could organize a march
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against the fascists at Geocities, you could write a petition, you could PAY
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and get a real provider, yada yada.... or you could exercise your right to
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freedom of speech behind their backs.
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Starting Point
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So, you want to create an "inappropriate page" eh? The first thing you'll
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want to do is set up an account with Hotmail, Netaddress, Juno, Mailexcite,
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Bigfoot, or any other free web based email provider. You could also consult
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a mail forwarding service such as Netforward which will provide you with
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free interchangeable email forwarding. Although I would recommend setting
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up an actual send/receive web based account. This way you can also send
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messages (which forwarders won't allow you to do) without people knowing
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your ISP. Better yet, set up a web based email account and mail forwarding
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addresses which forward mail to it! This way you won't be bothered by all
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thos damn ads they send you.
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Now you are ready to get an account for your page. Geocities and Tripod are
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the main free providers, although there are a few others as well. Check the
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list of recommendations at the end of this report.
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Signing Up
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When you sign up for the service DON'T use your real info. Just make up
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some fake name and address, but don't make it sound too fake. When you are
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asked to enter a few phrases that describe your page content do NOT put
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hacking, or anything else they will find offensive. Type something like
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"Joe's Personal Homepage". Remember to provide your new web based email
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address as well.
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Creating Your Page
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After signing up, check your email. You should find a letter confirming
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your registration. Write down the password and login info for future
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reference. Now, you can log in and get to work on your homepage.
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Using "Fake Pages"
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Here is the secret to not losing your page. You will want to create TWO
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sets of pages. Why two sets of pages? Simple. Geocities appoints moderators
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or "block leaders" to randomly view sites within their assigned space. The
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sweet thing is that these moderators don't have access to your password
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or root directory, they can only see what you decide to show them. Remember
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the line in the TOS agreement that said something to the effect of
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"no hidden or password protected pages are permitted"? Well, the reason they
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have this is because they can't monitor pages that are not linked to from
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the index. So, what you need to do is create two sets of pages. One set
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will have the inappropriate content while the other will just be some bull
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shit about your dog or something. Possible topics for fake pages can be
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easily found by surfing through other corny pages on Geocities or Tripod.
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You could simply write a fake page yourself or if you are lazy (like me) you
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can steal someone else's page and upload that as the index. For instance, I
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needed a fake index page for an account I had on Tripod. I searched HotBot
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using the phrase "personal homepage". Of course I got thousands of hits
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because everybody and their damn brother has a page these days! Anyway, I
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ended up copying a page written by some college dude who was an engineer.
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It had his picture, topics of interest, life story, and a few links. These
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make the perfect fake pages! So, upload your fake page as the INDEX. Be sure
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not to link to your "bad pages" from your fake pages. Also, if you steal a
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page, remember to edit out the original owner's email address/contact info.
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Using Web Page Forwarding
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At this point you'll want to set up web page forwarding. Web page
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forwarding is basically a semi url that will forward viewers to your real
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pages. There are several services currently available for free. The only one
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that comes to mind at the moment is rsl.net (http://rsl.net/) because that
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is the service I use :) Once you find a free forwarding service you like,
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sign up and configure it to forward viewers to your "inappropriate pages"
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on Geocities/Tripod etc. This is the URL you can give to friends. If you
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don't want to set up a forwarding account, you can make a forwarding page
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yourself. Get a page on Geocities or Tripod and set it to forward viewers
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to your real page. Here is an example of a forwarding script...
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<head>
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<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://my.page">
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</head>
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Click here to go to my main page:
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http://my.page/.
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Since older browsers may not understand the refresh command be sure to
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include a link to your page as well.
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There are two benefits to using web page forwarding.
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1. Your forwarding address will never change. Even if your illegal page is
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deleted or moved, your forwarding address remains the same.
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2. The forwarding address is usually shorter then your real URL.
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Example: http://members.wbs.net/homepages/c/y/b/cyberthief2001/MAIN.HTM
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(Real URL)
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http://rsl.net/cyberthief
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(Forwarding URL)
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Some Additional Suggestions for Directories
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* Place your "illegal files" in a directory with an innocent name. Examples
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include "stories", "graphics", "poems", "antivirus", "friend" etc. Be
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creative.
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* To better protect the files in your directory, upload a blank page or a
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page that says "404 File Not Found" as the index.
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Recommendations
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Free Email
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http://www.hotmail.com
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http://www.mailexcite.com
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http://www.netaddress.com
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http://www.yahoo.com
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Free Email Forwarding
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http://www.bigfoot.com
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http://www.netforward.com
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Free Web Space
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http://www.angelfire.com
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http://www.fortunecity.com
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http://www.geocities.com
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http://www.tripod.com
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http://www.wbs.net
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http://www.xoom.com
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Conclusion
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I hope this guide has given you some ideas you can put to good use.
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Although I can not promise your page will last forever, it will probably
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last much longer on a fascist server if you use these techniques. While
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you're at it, check out my great page...
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http://rsl.net/cyberthief
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or if you have something to say leave a message on my HaXoReD VMB.
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Call 1-800-284-6244 Box 13 and leave your email address if you would
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like a reply.
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Thanks for Reading. Have phun maintaining your "illegal" page!
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Cyber Thief
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Email: cyberthief@deathsdoor.com
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Homepage: http://rsl.net/cyberthief
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Voicemail: 1-800-284-6244 Box 13 |