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[ Notice : Typed On 02/15/92 Before Distribution ]
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Hello, everyone! If anyone remembers me, yes, I am Hackmaster, the ex-
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leader of Phreak Out!, The Midnight Society, and The Underground Crime
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Network. Unfortunately, I was busted in early 1991, and am unable to
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continue UCN. As I was going through old files, I found this : One of our
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member-only files. I don't think I had finished it, but I'm sure it can help
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you guys out, since it is a very big text file on VMB hacking. I would finsh
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it, but times have changed, and I dont remember much about that anymore.
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Looking through, I'm not close to finishing.
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Now for the good news. I AM still out here, and will help you as much as I
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can. If you need to contact me, call one GREGDoor BBS @ (708) 904-2149. If
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it's down for some reason, try these boards.
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I dont check these as often, but I do check them. Later, and good luck!
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BTW, If I find more files, I'll shoot them out. I still do 'other stuff'.
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IF YOU NEED HELP OR INFORMATION, DON'T HESITATE TO ASK!
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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UCN Member Only File # 017 : Most Complete VMB Hacking Guide Ever Published
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By : Hackmaster - Thank you for supporting the Underground Crime Network
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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Hi! What's up? This is Hackmaster, the leader, bringing you another
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member only file. I noticed upon looking at about 10-15 articles I could find
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on VMB hacking that NONE of them were complete enough to be helpful at all.
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In this guide, I will tell you how to identify a system, and how to get into
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that particular system. Dont forget (as with all member files) the
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information within is for members only. Do not give this file or the
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information in this file to any non-member, or you could be expelled from UCN.
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AVR - Known for it's "Message Center", it is usually mistakenly called a
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message center system. During the greeting, you can hit "*", and it will say
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"Hello, (name), Please enter your passcode". If you hit "*" again, and a
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lockout is not active, it will either say "Welcome to the message center", or
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the system administrator will have put a personal message that says something
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like "Please enter the 4 digit extension you wish to reach" This system is a
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great system, since it is hard to narc on, considering these systems rearely
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have an operator, and are often very hard to narc on. A lot of times, you
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will find a box with all 9's on the system, but the system administrator box
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ends with an "8". As an example, a 3 digit system would be "998", and a 4
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digit system would be "9998". If you happen to stumble into the system
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administrators box, hit "8" for User Options, then "8", and it should take you
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into the system administrator menu. A default box on many of these systems is
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"1111", which (when there), will usually be empty. This system usually has 4
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digit box numbers, but also semi-frequently has 3 digit, and 7/10 digit (phone
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numbers) box numbers. If you find a direct dial system of this type, most
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of the time hitting "*" after it asks for your passcode, it will not do
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anything, taking the "*" as a digit of the passcode. That is because the
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system is "locked out", preventing you from accessing the message center.. If
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you want to find an empty box, you must hang up, and call 1 up or down from
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that number, and keep doing so until you have found one. On direct dial
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systems, if you have an invalid number, but the number you dialed is still
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with in the range allocated for the AVR system, it will say something in
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it's computerized voice. Depending on what the administrator picks, it will
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be "The number you have dialed is not in service. Please try your call
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again", "Please try your call again", or "Call again". When you get this
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recording, it is a standard error recording, and you will not be billed for it
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on toll calls, and the sys admin will not be billed for the call on 800 calls.
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(-*-) Name : AVR - aka Message Center
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(-*-) Example System : 3 digit - 800-950-4826
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(-*-) Default Passcodes : User set - 1111,1212,1234,5555,9999,NONE,BOX,2580*
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(-*-) SysAdmin Box : Usually all 9's + 8 (Eg. 998 or 9998)
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(-*-) SysAdmin Default : * 2580 is a system administrator default passcode.
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(-*-) Other Features : Pager Service (but rarely)
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(-*-) Notes : The AVR system has a replacement message center
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welcome greeting for another company which says
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something like "Welcome to the Voice-Tel MC."
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VIX - The VIX system is basically a terrible system, but is fairly common and
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easy to get into. On a standard system such as the one below, upon calling if
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you hit "*" it will say "Thank you for calling." and hang up on you. This is
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because the "*" in a VIX system is for aborting or returning to previous menu.
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In the original main menu, if you try to go back a menu, you are, of course,
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disconnecting the call. If you hit "#", it will say "Please enter your
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mailbox number". You then enter a mailbox # which is usually 3 digits, but
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can sometimes be 2 or 4, then it states "Please enter your passcode." There
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is only one default passcode for this system, which is all 0's, and it will
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instantly stop you upon entering the correct number of digits for the
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passcode, which is always 3 or 4, depending on how the system is configured.
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The system administrator box is usually all "9's", but can be any box. To
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access options inside this, you must use "3" for personal options, or "4" for
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administrator options (only if you have the administrative box). Please
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note : The administrator box will allow you to change a mail box name, or the
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greeting you hear when you first call, menu prompts, etc, but will not let you
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create mailboxes. Also, most of these systems will transfer you before giving
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you the voice mail service. On some systems, you can simply hit a key before
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the mailbox number. For example to access mailbox 314 from one system, you
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may hit "7+314" or "9+314" when first calling. Most systems do not have this,
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but there is a gateway, however. You must hit "#" and it will ask for your
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mailbox number. You then enter the correct one, and it will say "Please enter
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the mailbox number of the person you want to leave a message to." This
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mailbox is usually all 5's, but I have seen "100", "055", and some that I
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never was able to find. Usually, mailboxes on these systems will start at 200
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or 300, but can be anywhere in the range. Most systems will hang up on you
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after 4 invalid passcode attempts (upto 2 mailboxes and 2 passcodes for each),
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but some will only allow 1 mailbox, and some will go on forever.
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System Administrator Usage : This system has a complicated system
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administrator box so I will describe it in detail. All prompts that you hear
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someone's voice on are actually a mailbox that does not accept messages. The
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only way to access these is to hit "#" then the mailbox number, and it will
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take you to that menu. To reprogram these, you first need to find them. This
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is done by simply stating at "000". Keep going up until it stops
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acknowledging the mailboxes, then go to "010", and keep going until you run
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out. Then go into the administrator box and there is an option in which you
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enter the mailbox, and record the prompt for that menu. If you find one that
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is empty, you may use it for your own personal use as a non-message taking
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data box for something such as a VMB directory. Dont be stupid, or the
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company will find out and take their box back. The same thing goes for the
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system greeting, which is set up from the menu. I have played "Cant Touch
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This" at the start of 2 systems' greetings. 1 company closed their 800 # down
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in 2 1/2 hours (permanently), and the other totally reprogrammed their voice
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mail system for 4 digit passcodes, etc, in about 2 days (This one was set up
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on the weekend). Usually, on a system that you are giving boxes on, you want
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to take the system administrator box and change the passcode, but you will
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usually not use it. You can also use it as your own personal box.
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(-*-) Name : VIX (Voice Information Xchange??)
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(-*-) Example Systems : 3 digit - 800-950-1027
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: 2 digit - 800-950-3232
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(-*-) Default Passcodes : All 0's
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(-*-) SysAdmin Box : Usually all 9's
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(-*-) SysAdmin Default : All 0's
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(-*-) Other Features : Message Notification (Sometimes Long Distance)
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: Menuning Feature (Rarely)
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: Questionairre Feature (Rarely)
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(-*-) Notes : On a 3 digit passcode system, if you find a box you
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would like to take over, it takes only a couple
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hours to go through all the possible passcodes by
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hand. Sometimes boxes run script questions where
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it goes from one quesiton to the other, and each
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question is a menu-box. All answers are logged to
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the starting box.
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BIX - This is a great system, but it is normally hard to find boxes. BIX
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boxes are 3 or 4 digits, and usually have unlimited greeting AND message time.
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There are some that dont, however, so you will want to time the greeting when
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you first take the box over. When you first call, you can hit "#" and it will
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say "Please enter your mailbox number". You can then enter a mailbox number.
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It will cut you off only if the mailbox number is a correct one. Otherwise,
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it will sometimes let you go on forever. You can hit "*" and it will say
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"Please enter the address for your message". On a couple systems, it says
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"Please dial the extension of the person you wish to reach", but you may hit
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"*" again for the first message. To scan on this system, you just get it to
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the "Enter the address for your message" prompt, and enter a mailbox. They
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usually begin with 200, 2000, or both. Keep going until you get to one where
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instead of saying "(name) Recording (beep)" it says "Recording (beep)", or
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"Mailbox 3232 Recording (beep)". You then hit "#", enter the mailbox number,
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and if it is empty, it will automatically drop you in. There is no default
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passcode for this system, so you have to scan for empties, which is a pain.
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It's only disadvantage is it saves all discarded messages until you leave the
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box, which is a pain in some cases. On many systems there are greeting-only
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boxes, which are nice to have for VMB directories, etc, but are not too useful
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since they do not take messages. There is no known system administrator box
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for this system, but if there is one it remains to be found. To find the
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number of digits on this system, you have to play around and find a valid box
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since it will not cut you off. Some systems have 3 and 4 digits that I have
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seen, and I have seen only 3 or 4 digits. Overall, the BIX is a very nice
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basic system, especially with its extended greeting and incoming messages.
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(-*-) Name : BIX
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(-*-) Example Systems : 3 and 4 digit - 800-521-0850
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: 4 digit - 800-477-7691
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(-*-) Default Passcodes : Empty (no passcode assigned)
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(-*-) SysAdmin Box : None
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(-*-) SysAdmin Default : None
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(-*-) Other Features : Generous greeting and incoming message time.
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: Long Distance Message Notification
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(-*-) Notes : None
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ASPEN - The ASPEN system is a hard-to-get excellent system, whether it has a
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10 second or 10 minute greeting. It has many features that are not matched by
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its clone. To identify an aspen system, you may hit "*", and it should say
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something to the effect of "Please enter the number of the person you're
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calling". You can then enter a mailbox number, and it will take you directly
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to the mailbox instead of transferring. If you hit "#", it will say "Mailbox
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Number Please". This is how you find the number of digits of an ASPEN system.
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I have seen these systems range from 2,3,4,5,7, and 10 digits. Once you push
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"#", enter "1234 etc" until it cuts you off. You then know the maximum number
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of digits for that system. If you hit "1234567" and it cut you off saying
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that was not a valid mailbox number, you would know the maximum length of the
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mailbox number was 7. There could be shorter ones, but to save years of
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scanning you want to go with that one. System administrator mailboxes are
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usually 3000, 9998, or 9999, changing the length for the system size.
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(300,998, 999, etc). The adminsitrator boxes almost always have changed
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passcodes, which makes them very hard to access since on an ASPEN system, one
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can make their passcode from 2-17 digits long, and there is no way to tell
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without getting the correct one.
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[ CLOSING ]
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UCN was in service from 1988-1991. Over the years, we had hundreds of
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members from all different parts of the world. During our time, we did our
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share of phreaking/hacking, and kept our group well-organized, even with more
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than 100 members at one time.
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I'm sure some of you out there used to be UCN members. (Or MSU or Phreak
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Out!) If you were, give one of the boards above a call - I'd like to talk to
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you. Also, if someone is interested in carrying on the UCN tradition, let me
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know.
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As another note, I'm going to let out one of our exclusive code files.
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Although about it's from early '91, it still has a lot of other information,
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such as confrencing numbers, loops, bridges, and MUCH more. From what I
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remember, it was about 75k. When I find it, it'll be out there.
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Good luck in your (il)legal ventures, and contact me to let me know what's
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going on in the p/h world. Later!
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