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Unauthorised Access UK 0636-708063 10pm-7am 12oo/24oo
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The Basics to DATAPAC
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by
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[MISTER X]
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Feb. 2, 1991
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1 ) I N T R O D U C T I O N
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Here is some info for getting started with Datapac. It's a very
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"obscure" system, and few people know how to use it. Hopefully this will
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help out.
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2 ) D I A L U P S
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In the Montreal [514] area:
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875-9470 Async.
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861-4725 x.25
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875-6452 BSC/SSI
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We want to use the asynchronous node, so the node we will call is
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875-9470. This is a 2400 dialup; it's as fast as Datapac gets (not all
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regions have 2400 baud dialups... most are 300/1200)
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Be sure that your terminal is set to EVEN parity, 7 Data bits, 1 stop
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bit. If not, all you will get is garbage.
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3 ) U S I N G D A T A P A C
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Okay, so we connected. You must then enter three periods, as:
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... [ENTER]
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This is somewhat like enter the terminal identifier ("/") on TymNet.
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The system will respond with a message like: DATAPAC (xxxx xxxx). This
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is simply to idnetify the node you are ocnnected on, etc.
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Notice how Datapac - unlike TymNet, and alot like Telenet - is very
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user unfriendly. No PLEASE LOG IN prompts or anything. <sigh>
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Once you're in, connection to any given address (NUA) is done as
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follows:
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P 1nua
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where NUA has a standard DNIC + 8 to 10 digit address. (more on NUAs
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later, under PADs)
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Datapac "charges" using two methods: (1) by charging the Network
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User Identifier (NUI), which is the only method used by TymNet, or (2) by
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charging the remote system ("calling collect"). This second method allows
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you to logon to an NUA without an NUI, however there IS a catch: you can
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only connect to systems which accept these collect calls.
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When connecting to a "foreign" system, there are usually charges that
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can't be charged collect. This means you can only connect to systems on DNIC
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3020. (By "foreign", I mean systems on a different network/DNIC, not
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nessecarily in another country. E.G.: a system on Telenet (3110) is foreign
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to a Datapac system (3020).)
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Also, some systems, such as ODs and GODs wont accept a collect call.
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This is because it is available to everyone (no accounts or PWs). Systems
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that will accept a collect calls are those where you need an account to
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use it. Some pads (which dont require an account) sometimes accept collect
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calls, but I dont know of any such pad on the Datapac network (more about
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PADs later).
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If you have a Datapac NUI, THEN PLEASE GIVE IT TO ME!!! ...seriously,
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to enter it, you must type:
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NUI [nui] [ENTER]
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If you know a system (such as a PAD) then simply enter P 1nua without
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any NUI. You might want to try connecting to the DATAPAC INFO SERVICE
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(DIS), which is free, so it will accept a collect call. The NUA is
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302092100086.
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4 ) P A D S
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First off, what IS a PAD? A pad is nothing more than a system located
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on a given network which allows you to "call out". So if you log TymNet,
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connect to a PAD and from there (you're now on WHATEVER network that system
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is on. Your call from 3106 [TymNet] is to THAT system; that's where it
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ends.) you call another system (such as CIS or QSD), your call will appear
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to be coming from that system (which may be in another country), because
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that is the network being used to connect you.
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Okay, enough on that shit. So how do you use a PAD?
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That depends on what sort of PAD you are using. Some dialports are
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located on business or university systems. This means you will need an
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account, and once you're on the system, you will access the dialport
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(usually an option like PLACE OUTGOING CALL or the like...) Note that
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there are many "lesser" networks on there systems, such as VICNET, which
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only serves to link the computers of various universities across the world.
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(you'll never connect to QSD or a GOD from VICNET).
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The other type of PADs are NUAs that connect you DIRECTLY to the
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dialport, in which case you dont USUALLY need an account or PW. I say
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"usually" because some PADs (like the FINLAND PAD @ 244202051) now require
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a PW in order to use it.
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When you place a call using a PAD, the call is charged to IT. So it IS
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possible, in some cases, to connect to an NUA without an NUI. For example,
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you can switch over to the Telenet network from TymNet by login in with
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SPRINTNET (or SPRINT). Once on Telenet, you could only call Telenet NUA's
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(DNIC 3110), as long as they accepted collect calling. Of course, all of the
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3110xxx00xxx ODs and GODs couldn't be reached, but you COULD reach the Swiss
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SANDOZ network (311020100141). Once on Sandoz, you could place a call to
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just about ANY NUA. I'm not sure if this trick still works, as I think
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Sandoz now refuses collect calls.
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The same can be done with Datapac, except that in the case of this PAD,
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an account name is required. That is because you are connecting Dpac PSN.
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So once on Datapac, you connect to 302083600019. This is GANDALF STARMASTER.
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(note that STARMASTER 2000's are part of Datapac's outdialing network.
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Check out DIS for more info on this... that's what its there for!)
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Once on, you will be asked for a service name. In many cases the
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service is X25. When you are hacking out PADs, keywords to try as services
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are X25, DATAPAC and DPAC (if yer on Dpac, of course!), INTERNET and INET
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(available on many networks) and the usual array of GUEST, USER, PUBLIC,
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etc.
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In this case, the service IS "x25". Once you enter this, the system
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will connect you to a Datapac node. In some cases, you could just type in
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Dpac commands as you would normally, except that you'd be able to connect to
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ANY NUA. Not in this case. This is one of those PADs where you HAVE to
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know the commands, cuz they ain't standard (not to ME anyways!)
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5 ) T H E C A N A D A P A D
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The first thing you enter once you are connected to the Datapac node is
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the NUI: Prof System [ENTER]
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You will then be prompted with a '*'. Enter the NUA as follows:
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P-1nua
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(notice the '-' between the P and the 1, unlike a standard Dpac
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command.)
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You will then be connected... except that the display stops after 3
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lines, and you get a PAGE prompt. When you get this, hit CTRL-P (call up
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PAD commands). You will get another '*' prompt. Enter: SET 22:0 [ENTER].
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This doesn't happen on all systems. I've seen it happen on QSD. If you
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connect and dont get a PAGE prompt, dont worry.
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Everything should be back to normal. One page later, you will get
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another '*' prompt. Simply hit ENTER to exit PAD command mode. Now
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everything should run real smooth!
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Using PADs liek this, you can connect to GODs or systems. Of course,
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if you're connecting with a GOD, it will be real slow, since you're going
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thru a whole bunch of PSNs.
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6 ) C O N C L U S I O N
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Hopefully, this will have helped out. As you can probably see by now,
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CANADA pads (with 3020 DNICs) are very usefull. There where several of them
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a while back (better than GANDALF STARMASTER), but they've either died, or
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are now PW protected. I know there are more out there, they just need to be
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found. I know hacking Datapac isn't as much fun as hacking Telenet NUAs,
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but there are still some interesting things to be found. You find your
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usual array of ODs and GODs, PRIMENET's and the like, but you also get some
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interesting systems. One for example is at NUA 302091600460. If you look
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at the HELP file, you will see that there is supposed to be a way to acces
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both DATAPAC and INTERNET (among other things!) thru it. However, when I
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attempted to, I got an INSUFFICIENT ACCESS PRIV. message. Hopefully someone
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else will have better luck at it than me.
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Not many people pay much attention to Datapac, especially Americans.
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So when you actually FIND something, most people dont know about it.
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Also, unlike Telenet, Datapac NUAs dont work with area codes. If we
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look at the structure of an NUA:
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xxxx yyy 00 zzz ee
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Where: xxxx = 4 digit DNIC
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yyy00zzz = 8 digit address
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and ee = optional 2 digit extention
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On Telenet, yyy is ALWAYS the area code (US) of the address' location
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(e.g: a system in Mississippi [ac 601] would HAVE to be 311060100xxx). This
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doesn't apply for Datapac's NUAs. For example, the Montreal OD (ac 514) is
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302082700903.
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This makes it a bit harder to hack stuff on Datapac. At least on
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Telenet, if you want to hack out an OD for a particular area, you know where
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to hunt for it. Even when "exploring", you know there'll be less systems if
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you look in Cactus City, Arizona than in a major business area like New York
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or L.A.
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Anyways, nuff said. I've had it typing.
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Mister X.
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+ STINGER
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IPA/HA
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