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From: voyager@attrition.org (The Voyager)
Newsgroups: alt.2600,alt.answers,news.answers
Subject: alt.2600 FAQ Revision .014 - Part 1/1
Followup-To: alt.2600
Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU
Reply-To: voyager@attrition.org (FAQ Comments address)
Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked
Questions (and their answers) about hacking. It
should be read by anyone who wishes to post to the
alt.2600 newsgroup or use the IRC channel #hack.
Archive-Name: alt-2600/faq
Posting-Frequency: Random
Last-Modified: 1999/04/17
Version: .014
Welcome to Version .014 of the alt.2600/#hack FAQ!
The purpose of this FAQ is to give you a general introduction
to the topics covered in alt.2600 and #hack. No document will
make you a hacker.
If you have a question regarding any of the topics covered in
the FAQ, please direct it to alt.2600. Please do not e-mail me
your questions; I do not have time to respond to each request
personally.
If your copy of the alt.2600/#hack FAQ does not end with the
letters EOT on a line by themselves, you do not have the entire
FAQ.
If you do not have the entire FAQ, retrieve it from one of
these sites:
Get it on FTP at:
rtfm.mit.edu /pub/usenet-by-group/alt.2600
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The
alt.2600/#Hack F.A.Q.
Revision .014
A TNO Communications Production
by
Voyager
voyager@attrition.org
Greets go out to:
TNO, L.O.D., The Guild, r00t, L0pht Heavy Industries, TACD, PLA.
Cavalier, Disorder, Major, ThePublic, A-Flat, Aleph1, Alhambra,
Bogus Technician, Frosty, Glen Roberts, Harlequin, Hobbit, Kgee,
Lizzie Borden, Loq, Mad Poo Bandit, Marauder, Mudge, Mustard,
Outsider, Pill, Plexor, Presence, Rage, Rogue Agent, Route,
Simple Nomad, Theora, Tomes, Vidiot, Wozz and all of the other
happy zanies out there on the 'net.
When I picture a perfect reader, I always picture a
monster of courage and curiosity, also something
supple, cunning, cautious, a born adventurer and
discoverer...
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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Section A: Computers
U A-01. How do I access the password file under Unix?
U A-02. How do I crack Unix passwords?
A-03. What is password shadowing?
U A-04. Where can I find the password file if it's shadowed?
A-05. What is NIS/yp?
U A-06. What are those weird characters after the comma in my passwd file?
N A-07. How do I access the password file under Windows NT?
N A-08. How do I crack Windows NT passwords?
U A-09. How do I access the password file under VMS?
A-10. How do I crack VMS passwords?
A-11. What can be logged on a VMS system?
A-12. What privileges are available on a VMS system?
U A-13. How do I break out of a restrictive shell?
A-14. How do I gain root from a suid script or program?
A-15. How do I erase my presence from the system logs?
A-16. How do I change to directories with strange characters in them?
A-17. What is this system?
U A-18. What are the default accounts for XXX ?
A-19. What is a trojan/worm/virus/logic bomb?
A-20. How can I protect myself from viruses and such?
A-21. Where can I get more information about viruses?
A-22. What is Cryptoxxxxxxx?
A-23. What is PGP?
A-24. What is Tempest?
U A-25. How do I defeat copy protection?
N A-26. What are some available debuggers and disassemblers?
U A-27. How do I defeat a BIOS password?
A-28. What is the password for <encrypted file>?
U A-29. Is there any hope of a decompiler that would convert an executable
program into C/C++ code?
A-30. How does the MS-Windows password encryption work?
Section B: Data Networks
U B-01. How do I send fakemail?
B-02. How do I fake posts and control messages to Usenet?
B-03. How do I hack ChanOp on IRC?
B-04. How do I modify the IRC client to hide my real username?
U B-05. What is sniffing?
B-06. What is an Internet Outdial?
U B-07. What are some Internet Outdials?
B-08. What port is XXX on?
B-09. What is an anonymous remailer?
U B-10. What are the addresses of some anonymous remailers?
B-11. What is 127.0.0.1?
B-12. How do I post to a moderated newsgroup?
B-13. How do I post to Usenet via e-mail?
N B-14. What is a firewall?
N B-15. How do I attack a remote network across the Internet?
N B-16. What is a TCP sequence prediction attack?
Section C: Telephony
U C-01. What is a Red Box?
U C-02. How do I build a Red Box?
C-03. Where can I get a 6.5536Mhz crystal?
C-04. Which payphones will a Red Box work on?
U C-05. How do I make local calls with a Red Box?
C-06. What is a Blue Box?
C-07. Do Blue Boxes still work?
C-08. What is a Black Box?
C-09. What do all the colored boxes do?
U C-10. What is an ANAC number?
U C-11. What is the ANAC number for my area?
U C-12. What is a ringback number?
U C-13. What is the ringback number for my area?
C-14. What is a loop?
U C-15. What is a loop in my area?
U C-16. What is a CNA number?
U C-17. What is the telephone company CNA number for my area?
U C-18. What are some numbers that always ring busy?
U C-19. What are some numbers that temporarily disconnect phone service?
C-20. What is a Proctor Test Set?
C-21. What is a Proctor Test Set in my area?
U C-22. What is scanning?
C-23. Is scanning illegal?
N C-24. How can I make a lineman's handset?
C-25. Where can I purchase a lineman's handset?
U C-26. What are the DTMF frequencies?
U C-27. What are the frequencies of the telephone tones?
N C-28. What is the voltage used to ring a telephone?
U C-29. What are all of the * (LASS) codes?
C-30. What frequencies do cordless phones operate on?
C-31. What is Caller-ID?
C-32. How do I block Caller-ID?
N C-33. How do I defeat Caller-ID blocking?
U C-34. What is a PBX?
C-35. What is a VMB?
C-36. What are the ABCD tones for?
C-37. What are the International Direct Numbers?
N C-38. What are some telephone switches?
Section D: Cellular Telephony
D-01. What is a MTSO?
D-02. What is a NAM?
D-03. What is an ESN?
D-04. What is a MIN?
D-05. What is a SCN?
U D-06. What is a SIDH?
D-07. What are the forward/reverse channels?
Section E: Resources
U E-01. What are some ftp sites of interest to hackers?
E-02. What are some fsp sites of interest to hackers?
U E-03. What are some newsgroups of interest to hackers?
E-04. What are some telnet sites of interest to hackers?
E-05. What are some gopher sites of interest to hackers?
U E-06. What are some World wide Web (WWW) sites of interest to hackers?
E-07. What are some IRC channels of interest to hackers?
E-08. What are some BBS's of interest to hackers?
U E-09. What are some books of interest to hackers?
U E-10. What are some videos of interest to hackers?
U E-11. What are some mailing lists of interest to hackers?
E-12. What are some print magazines of interest to hackers?
E-13. What are some e-zines of interest to hackers?
E-14. What are some organizations of interest to hackers?
E-15. What are some radio programs of interest to hackers?
U E-16. What are other FAQ's of interest to hackers?
N E-17. What are some conferences of interest to hackers?
N E-18. What are some telephone numbers of interest to hackers?
U E-19. Where can I purchase a magnetic stripe reader/writer?
U E-20. What are the rainbow books and how can I get them?
Section F: 2600
F-01. What is alt.2600?
F-02. What does "2600" mean?
F-03. Are there on-line versions of 2600 available?
F-04. I can't find 2600 at any bookstores. What can I do?
U F-05. Why does 2600 cost more to subscribe to than to buy at a newsstand?
Section G: Miscellaneous
G-01. What does XXX stand for?
U G-02. How do I determine if I have a valid credit card number?
U G-03. What is the layout of data on magnetic stripe cards?
N G-04. What is pirate radio?
G-05. What are the ethics of hacking?
N G-06. Why did you write this FAQ?
G-07. Where can I get a copy of the alt.2600/#hack FAQ?
U == Updated since the last release of the alt.2600/#hack FAQ
N == New since the last release of the alt.2600/#hack FAQ
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