- G L O B E T R O T T E R - +=+=+=||===============================================================||=+=+=+ + Volume #5, File #1 Date: 14/08/1988 + + + + + + Written By: ----====} THE FORCE {====---- From The depths of THE REALM + +=+=+=||:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::||=+=+=+ (C) - Copyright 88 The Realm CONTRIBUTORS: NONE Yet Again Grrrrr! FROM THE EDITOR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Never.........In The Field......... Of Human Conflict, Have so Few........Stuffed so much...For So many. We shall fight them on our Baud Lines, on The Networks, with our Pc's We Shall Never Surrender!!!!! D E A T H T O T E L E S C U M Anyone hacking in Melbourne and Victoria in general, should understand the above. Lets face it, they have gone too far. As soon as the new laws were passed, they unleashed their terror, purpouse of which was to scare us, and I am afraid It worked. As soon as the word got out that boards were being raided, by the feds and friends, over 50% of existing hacking establishments have been whiped from the face of this earth, and virtually all the rest have been so severelly straightened out, and that's not funny. Apart from The Realm, there are two hacking boards still operating as before, with just one being of decent quality. Congratulations to the sysop. You know who you are. Lets just hope things will get back to normal soon. I would just like to say few words to telescum and DI if they're watching. "You haven't killed the hackers, they will always haunt you. All you achieved, is to remove the only means by which you can find out what we are up to" I must admit they got to me as well, but sometimes, you got to say what the fuck, and go for it. As a result here it is, Globe Trotter Volume #5 and plans are on the way for future issues, which I hope will get even bigger and better. Look on the bright side, if you ever stuff things up, ten years in jail will go very quickly and there is nothing few cc's of Ethylene Glycol can't fix. Catch Ya Later ----====} THE FORCE {====---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I N D E X ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ R E G U L A R F E A T U R E S -------------------------------- - Phreaking This will be a section which will run over the next few issues. It will mainly deal with the more technical espects of phreaking. - System Passwords: Primes and other bits. - Trix of The Trade AUSSIE LOOPS - Unusual Systems An outdial in Hong Kong? - Hack Of The Month HP-3000 In Japan - Inside Information Dialcom System 01, The Times Network User List - Network Profile: We say farewell to datapac, but will it die that easilly. N O T S O R E G U L A R F E A T U R E S --------------------------------------------- - DNIC UPDATES New networks are being Born Every Month. I have a small listing with some of the more recent discoveries. - CONTRIBUTIONS I really need some help!. - PRIME ACCOUNTS Some Tips for Creating Accounts On Primes. - THUNDER DOWN UNDER Time is Near! =============================================================================== PHREAKING ~~~~~~~~~ I don't really want to write this section, so I will try to organise someone else to do it for me. One of the reasons being that I have enough to do with the rest of the file, and I know there are people out there far more qualified in the art of Phreaking. Phreaking is technically, ripping off the phone companies, which I think is ok, since they rip us of rather badly themselves. Phreakers however define phreaking, as using the resources available for the sake of knowledge. There is no doubt everyone has their own definition. To get started, I'll talk about the technology, what systems are being used and how they work, as well as other related topics. This is only an introduction, based on the technical side and on how the system works. The Information on HOW TO, will follow over the next few issues. CLASSES OF TRANSMISSION MEDIA ============================= OPEN WIRE This is the most original of all transmission media. It consists of a pair of copper wires strung between telephone poles, carrying one voicegrade channel that is used alternately by a number of subscribers on the network. One pair of wires can serve only two points at a time. Since the early days of telephone, wire pairs have largely been replaced by other transmission media for voice communications, but are still used in certain countries and even certain rural areas of AUSTRALIA, USA, CANADA etc. For data transmission over long distances, wire pairs are not desirable since they are suceptible to such problems as cross talk, electromagnetic interference, loss of attenuation, etc., resulting in poor line quality. CABLE The cost of installing open-wire pairs and the rapidly increasing requirement for transmission channels soon led to the bundling of insulated wires into a large cable, with each pair uniquely coloured for identification. As many as several hundered pairs of wires can be bundled in one cable. This method not only reduces cost of installing telephone facilities, but also protects the wires from the elements. Most telephone lines between central offices and local subscribers are cables. Significantly, each pair of wires is now capable of carrying a number of voice channels. COAXIAL CABLE A coaxial cable is composed of a conductive cylinder with a wire in the center, with the space between the conductive cylinder and the wire filled with insulating medium. A coaxial cable can transmit at a much higher frequency than a wire pair, allowing greater amounts of data to be transmitted in a given time period, that is, the channel is "wider". A great number of voice channels can be sent over coaxial cables, which are shielded from noise and other forms of distortion. CARRIER SYSTEM A carrier system is not a physical entity, rather, it is a technique of utilizing various transmission media. Through the use of multiplexing techniques, a carrier system can accomodate a number of channels on the same physical line, be it an open wire pair, cable, or a coaxial cable, by placing each channel on a different frequency level. HIGH FREQ. RADIO Instead of sending electrical signals over metallic media as in the cases of open wire, cable and coaxial cable, a long-wave radio system transmits radio signals over ope air space at a specific portion of the frequency spectrum. High frequency means that a much larger number of signals can be transmitted, compared with other media. MICROWAWE MIcrowave transmission utilizes the high end of the radio frequency range and requires special equipment for transmission and reception. It is currently being used by common carriers and specialized common carriers alike, primarily on long-haul communications links. Its advantage over radio, and cable systems is that it requires less frequent reamplification, and that no wire stringing is needed. Also, the possible bandwidth capacity is much greater with microwave radio transmission. By the same token, microwave transmission requires a line of sight path; a high transmission tower and antenae are also needed. A long-distance microwave line is made up of a series of relay towers spaced approximately 30 miles apart, with every two consecutive towers within sight of each other. Signals are amplified and retransmitted by the towers along the route. SATTELITES These are, in fact forms of microwave transmission in that the satellites which orbit around the earth in geo-synchronous orbits, represent relay stations for earth bound communications links. This type of microwave transmission is ideal for long-distance communications since the high altitude of the satellite avoids the interference caused by earth's curvature and other physical obstructions such as mountains and atmospheric conditions. A large number of communication satellites are now orbiting the earth, and are utilized for domestic as well as international communications. UNDERSEA CABLE These are special types of coaxial cables laid on the seabed across the ocean. They provided an important means for intercontinental telephone communications before the introduction of the satellites, and are still used heavily. WAVEGUIDES These are metal tubes that serve as paths and confinement for very high frequency radio waves. There are two types of waveguides: rectangular and circular. The rectangular waveguide has been used for some time as a feder line between microwave antennae and their associated ground equipment. It is useful only for very short distances, usualy not more than 1000 feet. The circular waveguide can provide much longer transmission lengths and is being implemented on Experimental Basis. Waveguides can prowide vast transmiossion capacity for voice as well as data. They hae beep,proven feasible, but their large scale implementation will most probably never take off. FIBRE OPTICS Fibre optic Cables a really a form of a waveguide, in this case light waves are used. The high frequency means a very large number of logical channels can be transmitted over a single fibre. Fibre optic cables are now replacing the wire pairs, and allready are being used for links between subscribers and the local offices, where as few years ago, they were restricted to land lines and inter-exchange lines. This transmission medium, is likelly to dominate the world of telecomunications, within the next few years, because it is cheap and free from distortions and electromagnetic interference, which the wire pairs and other cables suffer. A single Fibre Optic Cable is very thin, thus hundereds of strands can be bound together into a small sized cable, and at 2 cents per meter, per strand, it is becomming very economical. LASERS Laser stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission Radiation. Just like the fibre optic transmission, a laser utilizes a much higher portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. It can thus be used for transmission without tying up all ready crowded radio frequency spectrum. The laser is limited to communications along a line of sight, which suggests a possibility for short links betwwen large buildings for example. The laser is still being developed, and posible hopes are for communications with satellites and over interstellar distances. I have set a limit to the maximum size of each file, and I seem to be going over the limit, so I'll continue this next month. I'll have some actual HOW TO, information on phreaking, as well as information on. - FREQUENCY, BANDWIDTH and TRANSMISSION SPEEDS - DIGITAL AND ANALOG TRANSMISSION - MULTIPLEXING - LINE FACILITIES - SWITCHED FACILITIES - LOW-SPEED LINES - VOICEGRADE LINES - WIDEBAND LINES - PRIVATE LEASED LINES - DIGITAL TRANSMISSION FACILITIES - PACKET SWITCHING SERVICES - COMMON CARRIERS - TRANS-CANADA TELEPHONE SYSTEM - CNCP TELECOMMUNICATIONS - SPECIALIZED COMMON CARRIERS - MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. - SP COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY Rather are large list of material, and the ideas keep comming in, hehehe something to do over the next few months. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYSTEM PASSWORDS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes He did it again. I am fully stocked up with primes, so I guess you will get some of the useless ones to try for yourselves. Ok, lets get to it, I have a prime in Israel, Asia and something little better. 5252116048 PRIMENET 20.2.2 PS PORE Login TEST/TEST 425140000216 PRIMENET 20.2.1.R2 MOKED Login PRIME/PRIME 3110312001xx Type 'OPERATOR' Well, I think after all this time, you might deserve something of greater value. To make sure Only few get it, there are 99 combinations you will need to try untill you find the right system. When you do, typing operator, will give you Nice access with a fair bit of privs, like changing the news and login messages etc etc. Have fun, and may you find it. If you do, I hope you are not that stupid as to actually change the system news and loggin messages!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRIX OF THE TRADE - LOOPS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is very hard to find a loop in Australia, and I guess you can all imagine how many uses they have. There are rumours that they do exist down here, but as I yet I have never seen a REAL ONE. Luckilly, there are ways around everything. There are certain numbers, which you can call, mainly some old PBX's and my favourite an out of order telecom recorded message service. Next thing you will need is to boost the signal which your phone sends out, so that the current leaks across the relays and other circuits. Basically if you can find the right number, and there are a few around, you can create your own artificial bridge. Then if people call the same number, there is enough signal leaking from one line to another to get an audible connection. If you are lucky, you will not need any extra hardware to boost the signals from your phone. This is usually the case if you can come across a telecom recorded message service which is out of order. They work exceptionally well. The second method of building your own bridges, involves few alterations to a telecom junction box. It is a relativelly simple circuit and all you have to do is pick two or more people and install it on their lines. The circuit has to keep the line open, after the real user hangs up the phone. Second thing, via few resistors you connect two lines with an identical circuit on each. Thus one person calls one number, other the second, say it was a wrong number when the real owners answer and after they hang up, the two lines get connected. This is the most simplest circuit, all it does is keep the line open, Connect the two lines after the real owner has droped his receiver and disconnect you as well as the link when he picks up the phone. Basically when the owner drops the line it activates a switch which keeps it open and links with another, and when he picks up the phone it turns itself off, cutting the link and disconnecting you. This also makes an ideal phone tap, since you can listen in from any phone anywhere in the world. If you happen to be a serious electronics buff, then something a little more elaborate is possible. A circuit that hooks up 3 line and is controlled from one line. If you send a particular tone or sequence of pulses, you can activate/deactivate the connections to the other lines and even use them as extenders. Basically the sky is the limit and all of the circuit are cheap to construct, and can be made reasonably compact. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UNUSUAL SYSTEMS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a very interesting System, I have found in HONG KONG. (yes, the complete scans are comming soon). It is most probably an outdial, or some some sort of a datafax conversion service which it claims to be. I have no idea what a datafax conversion service does, but it does prompt you to enter a number, and the accepted format is identical to the local phone numbers. 4545500431 - Datafax Conversion Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HACK OF THE MONTH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hack Of The Month: HP-3000 Location: JAPAN Date: 04/AUG/88 Hacked By: ----====} THE FORCE {====---- Notes: Nothing interesting about this system. Only worth while thing, is the stock and shares information it contains. Theoretically it would be possible to assign yourself shares in that company. Sample Login: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ?-04408xxxxx COM : hello xxxxx.xxxxxxxx HP3000 / MPE V G.xx.xx (BASE G.xx.xx). SUN, AUG 14, 1988, 10:35 AM ######## This is Tokyo, Japan ######################## # # # System Back-up time is as follows: # # # # MON 7:00 ~ 7:30 a.m. # # TUE - THU 7:45 ~ 8:15 a.m. # # FRI 7:45 ~ 9:15 a.m. # # # # To: HPDesk users # # # # HPDesk system is UNAVAILable during about # # 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. every Monday, due to MAIL # # MAINTENANCE. # # # ################# Thank you for your cooperation. #### : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSIDE INFORMATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Times Network has the priviledge of having number 1 in the dialcom network. This doesn't mean it was the first, and it's more or less your average dialcom set up running on a number of primes. I don't know whether the users of this system have Netlink access, since we have never spent enough time on it to find out. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-= TIMES NETWORK System 01 User Directory =-=-= =-=-= =-=-= =-=-= By: ----====} THE FORCE {====---- Date: 12/03/88 =-=-= =-=-= =-=-= =-=-= - From The Depths Of - The Realm - =-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 4132 EXPLORERS TRAVEL MCGEE, B 01:MAG10054 6936 MAPLES, WARING WHITE, I V 01:PCW10004 6937 MICRO RESOURDCE GOLD, STEVE 01:PCW10019 6938 HELSTON COMPUTER CENTRE HARMER, CAREY 01:PCW10024 6939 ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS ILLINS, DAVE 01:PCW10077 6940 LATHAM LATHAM, R F (DR) 01:PCW10084 6941 CAPRICORN DATA LTD DEANE, JAMES 01:PCW10087 6943 TOUCHE ROSS & CO STILLING, PETER 01:PCW10095 6944 STILLING PETER. J. STILLING, PETER. J. (MR) 01:PCW10095 6945 STILLING P.J. STILLING, PETER J. 01:PCW10095 6947 IMPRESSE LIMITED COLLISON, B A 01:PCW10107 6948 SOFTWARE DYNAMICS LTD PINNICK, P R (DR) 01:PCW10110 6949 FIVESTAR SOFTWARE HARRIS, JUNIOR (MR) 01:PCW10118 6950 PRESTEL STOUTE II, EDWIN (DR) 01:PCW10118 6951 FIVESTAR HARRIS, E (MR) 01:PCW10118 6952 FIVESTAR SFTWAR HARRIS, E (MR) 01:PCW10118 11602 PERSONAL COMPUTER WORLD LINDERHOLM, OWEN 01:XYZ001:PCW002 11623 GWYNEDD CAREERS SERVICE WILIAMS, RHYS E 01:YNK011 11707 LACKHAM COLLEGE OF AGRICULTUR SAVAGE, RICHARD (MR) 01:YSS011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DNIC UPDATES ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The number of networks is growing every day, and any new network is mostly virgin territory, full of bugs, and security faults. I will have a revised listing of all the dnics in few months time, but at the moment, here are few new networks and updates which I came up with this month. Country Network Dnic ================================================== BARBADOS IDAS 3420 BELGIUM DCS 2064 BERMUDA IDAS 3500 BERMUDA IDAS 3504 CHILE VTR 7305 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CODETEL 3701 LUXEMBOURG LUXPAC 2703 PANAMA INTELPAQ 7142 PERU ??? 7160 SINGAPORE ??? 5251 SINGAPORE ??? 5252 USA US LINK NETWORK 7045 Some recent updates, to the List in VOLUME #1 ARGENTINA 7220 - Network Called UDTS, not ARPAC CHILE 7303 - Network Called CHILE-PAC Not ECOM EGYPT 6023 - Network Name ARENTO, recently found the DNIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTRIBUTIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Globe Trotter has been running for almost half a year now, and it now enjoys international audiences, so how about putting something back into it. I am really finding it hard to come up with the usual two files, and i can no longer release one issue every month, although I'll keep trying. If you have anything please mail me. We require Information, Files, Sample Logins of Hacked Systems, Nua's, ANYTHING. Ahhh, this reminds me. As you may have noticed, I am obssesd with mapping out the networks on this earth, and I really get exited every time I make a new entry into the Realm Dbase, which now occupies arround 1 meg. If anyone has any Primes (with Netlink) they would like to contribute to the cause, I'll supply you with all the results gained, and I will give the use of the dbase which we all ready have, for searches and for info on particular areas. (Not the complete Dump by the way!). Secondly, if anyone would like to co-ordinate scanning from a particular system, or the areas being scanned, Please, again contact me, since a lot of resources would be saved. Lastly, if you have your own compiled lists of NUA's or even single adresses, I would also appreciate their donation. A lot of little bits make up something really nice. Now, to the problem of actually getting the information to me. Well, I have a mailbox on Altos which I visit quite often, so that's a good place to start (username: force), or I can be reached via these BBS's. MEGAWORKS PACIFIC ISLAND THE FORGOTTEN REALM (USA) ZEN GREYHAWK Or you can pass the info along any member of The Realm, and please put the date on the file, and your handle if you want credit to be given where credit is due. Thanx! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRIME ACCOUNTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It would be too long and too hard to explain the step by step procedure involved in setting up accounts on primes, so you can use the help files which are online, and battle your way through it on your own. Just use some common sense and you should be all right, provided it's a version 19.x and higher. Anyway, here are some important tips and information, which will be of use to you. Primos 17.4 Arrrggghh, This is a real bastard. I have recently played with such a system in Brazil and have stuffed it up pretty well. I didn't have enough time to learn too many things, but I can tell you what i did, and what mistakes I have made. First of all, a little about the early versions of primos, which are not far behind the dinosaurs. There are very few help files online, and almost no help for the utility used to create accounts. Secondly, The familiar comand EDIT_PROFILE does not exist. The command to create new users in this case is ULM. This brings up an important point. The command names often vary from one revision to another, and some have lot more commands. To find what is available, attach to the CMDNC0 directory, and have a look. This is how I found the ULM command. It is then a matter of trying the various commands untill you get the right one. Often its name will suggest it's function. OK do this. OK, A CMDNCO OK, CATA (note CATA is a much nicer catalog Command, if it's not installed use LIST instead) When you type ULM, you will be prompted for a username, and password. This means you can use any account to create the users, as long as you know the password for the high level account. This is very good, since you don't have to log on under that command, which helps to keep the account alive. Once you're in, you have several commands available. WARNING! Before you experiment with anything, get out of the record you have logged under. When you type LIST, you will get the statistics of the account you are logged under and any changes will be made to this record. Note all the details you are given, and type USER USERNAME. If the username exists, you will access the USERNAME record, otherwise you will be prompted whether you want to create the user, so just respond with YES or NO. Don't type USER on it's own, for it will return an error and dump you out of the program. If you respond YES, you will be asked few questions about the account, access level, group etc, so just duplicate the results you have seen with the LIST COMMAND previously. To change the entry of a particular User, attach to it, then type commands such as 'GROUP NEWGROUP' which changes the Group to Newgroup, ACCOUNT NAME, which changes the account name to 'NAME' (i think). PASSWORD NEWPASSWORD will change the password. There is something very beautiful from a hackers point of view. The passwords for each record are printed out in hexadecimal, so instantly you can get all of the user passwords. Now we're getting to the part where I stuffed things up. I found a command called RESUME. When I typed it, I was prompted for a file name. I tried to abort, not wanting to change anything, but it took my atempt to abort as the file name. I am not exactly sure what the command did, but I could not run the ULM program again, and when attempting to log on, I got a command file not found error and was logged out. I think, it either changes the login command file for the account, the login directory, or it changes the file from which all the Record Data is being taken for each account. Without a manual, I can't tell you what it is I actually did, but I recomend you keep away from that command, if like me, you don't know what you're doing. Well, at least they had the good sense to make the more up to date versions of primos far more user friendly. There are online help files to help you create accounts, so by all means use them. All the commands you need will be given to you when you type EDIT_PROFILE, followed by HELP, so I will not go into that, but here are some tips, which apply to creating accounts on All systems. Before you start, list all the information on other users, in full, and make a note of all the details you are given. You will find that you need to know information about which login directory to assign as well as which group, to make the account blend in. Secondly, look at the user names, and pick a username that looks like it's meant to be there. In other words, use the other users to hide your own account. it would be stupid to create a user called 'RADICAL' for example when all other usernames lok like COM10023, COM10064 etc. As far as your login directory goes, see whether users have a common directory, or each has their own. You can then either create yor own for the new account, or simply use one of the communal ones. I personally prefer not to create my own directories, but to use existing ones, with large numbers of entries. Again you can blend in any files you want to use, with the right choice of words, and with 500+ records in the directory looking simmilar, it makes it very hard indeed to spot anything odd, particularly if the directory experiences frequent use. Last bit of advice I can give is to get manuals IF POSSIBLE!, and try to cut down on the amount of blind experimenting. This means, find as much as you can about the system before hand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- END e I can gi