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:::: We, the People proudly Present ::::
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:: The Cyberspace Chronicle Volume 1, number 1 ::
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:: Brought to you by Phardak ::
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First off, Welcome!
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Carrying on a war against misinformation and injustice is hardly
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something I can do by myself. If you wish to contribute to this
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magazine, telnet to MARS hotel (130.18.64.3 log in as bbs) and send
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mail to DigitalBishop. It's cumbersome but seeing as how I have no
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real internet address, it'll do.
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This magazine speaks out for the rights of those who have been
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injusticed by the likes of Tom Forester, the US Government, and Bell
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Security. Once again, speaking out for hackers' rights is risky and
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hence the alias. Such is another injustice. For did someone not say,
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long ago, that "all men were created equal"?
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If you are going to submit something to me, make the subject either
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Personal (to me personally), Letters to the Editor (which may be
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reprinted herein), or Submission (an article which may be used). This
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will provide some distinction.
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Part 1: Tom Forester, the computer nerd
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Mister Forester and his hippocritical words piss me off. This word's
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for you, Tom. I'm not going to resort to name calling or
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generalizations, look where they got Tom!
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Everyone who gains access to a computer system through unintended
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channels is NOT vandalizing it. Vandalizing would include leaving
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notes or modifying data, which is simply not done by those whom I
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would call "hackers". Tom Forester states that hackers did damage to
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the E911 system, which routes and handles 911 calls. THESE HACKERS DID
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NO SUCH THING. They distributed a file describing how such calls are
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handled to the public. This document was later found to be public
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access information. In other words, Mister Forester has blown
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distribution of information out of proportion into maliciously
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damaging a system. Not quite the same, Tom.
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Tom, you will probably be greatly disillusioned by this, but I am not
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a social outcast. I have girlfriends and accquaintances just like
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other people. Normal people, if you will. I do not wear glasses, I do
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not wear plaid (God I hate plaid), and I don't have a pocket
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protector. Right now I am wearing a Metallica T-Shirt and some old
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jeans. Whoops, that makes me a heavy metal fan. Do I worship Satan
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too? I am not mad at society, nor do I take said anger out on systems
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by means of hacking. I have only had one pizza delivered to this house
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in all the years I have been alive, I rarely drink carbonated
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beverages, and eat even fewer snacks. Generalization contributes to
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racism, Mr. Forester. It is now also a cause of discrimination against
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hackers. Where were we? Oh yes, my computer skills are mediocre. I've
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been using computers since I was 4, that gives me 10 years of
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experience, plus mastery of C, Pascal, 6502 and 65816 assembly
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language, not to mention higher level languages like BASIC, Logo, etc.
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and partial mastery of 80x86 AT Assembly language. One again, a
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generalization.
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Also, Mr. Forester, it is time to clamp down on hacking and throw all
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these nerds in jail. This was based on your words and generalizations,
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not mine. Why do I hack? To free information from Illuminati hands, to
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show system administrators their security holes. Ask Prarie States
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Marketing of Lenexa, KS if any harm was done to their system. No, I
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left a little note to them showing them all the security holes they
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had. When I came back, they had patched these holes. Maybe it's also a
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game of chess for me, outwitting the sysop. The idea of Pawn takes
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King always appealed to me. There are many definitions of 'hacking'.
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My personal definition, is any person who obtains access to a system
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through unauthorized channels and does not damage the system. It
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stands to reason, however, that hackers modify security logs to ensure
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their safety, lest Big Brother and his injustices come knocking at
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your door. When the public thinks of hacking, they will think of
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someone who 'breaks in' to a top secret computer and trashes
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everything. This guy would not be a hacker, but would be an outcast of
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any hacker community as would anyone else who damages a system, or
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creates viruses. This sort of thing is not tolerated anywhere in the
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world, Forester, not even by those uncouth, nerdly hackers. You also
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have the media to thank for that misleading definition of 'hacker'.
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God, I could go on forever, but I think I'll stop here, Forester.
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Tom Forester is not a psychologist, neither is he an ethicist, nor is
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he an anylist. Other than that, he's a good writer, I want you to
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know.
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** If you reading this have anything to say to Forester to be printed in the next issue, or anything to say to me, please send it.
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Part 2: Definition of a hacker
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What is a hacker, to clarify the word? A hacker is someone who:
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-> NEVER damages any system
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-> USUALLY tells the system operator of security holes one he has
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finished
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-> ALWAYS gains access thru unauthorized channels
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'Nuff said? Undoubtedly, I forgot a few. Mail them to me.
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Part 3: A parting thought (and a poor choice of words!)
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If I left anything unsaid, write an article.
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Hello to the Computer Underground Digest,
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The EFF,
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Knight Lightning,
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and the MECH.
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Expect future issues to be lengthier than this one..
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You'll hear more from me soon.
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- Phardak
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