What Is Hacking?

Hacking is the act of penetrating computer systems to gain knowledge about the system and

how it works. Hacking is illegal because we demand free access to ALL data, and we get it. This

pisses people off and we are outcasted from society, and in order to stay out of prison, we

must keep our status of being a hacker/phreaker a secret. We can't discuss our findings with

anyone but other members of the hacking/phreaking community for fear of being punished. We

are punished for wanting to learn. Why is the government spending huge amounts of time and

money to arrest hackers when there are other much more dangerous people out there. It is the

murderers, rapists, terrorists, kidnappers, and burglers who should be punished for what they

have done, not hackers. We do NOT pose a threat to anyone. We are NOT out to hurt people or

there computers. I admit that there are some people out there who call themselves hackers and

who deliberately damage computers. But these people are criminals, NOT hackers. I don't care

what the government says, we are NOT criminals. We are NOT trying to alter or damage any

system. This is widely misunderstood. Maybe one day people will believe us when we say that

all we want is to learn. There are only two ways to get rid of hackers and phreakers. One is to

get rid of computers and telephones, in which case we would find other means of getting what

we want.(Like that is really going to happen.) The other way is to give us what we want, which is

free access to ALL information. Until one of those two things happen, we are not

going anywhere.

why hack ?

As said above, we hack to gain knowledge about systems and the way they work. We do NOT

want to damage systems in any way. If you do damage a system, you WILL get caught. But, if

you don't damage anything, it is very unlikely that you will be noticed, let alone be

tracked down and arrested, which costs a considerable amount of time and money.

Beginners should read all the files that they can get their hands on about anything even remotely related to hacking and phreaking, BEFORE they start hacking. I know it sounds stupid and boring but it will definetly pay off in the future. The more you read about hacking

and phreaking, the more unlikely it is that you will get caught. Some of the most useless pieces

of information that you read could turn out to be the most helpful. That is why you need to read everything possible.

HACKING RULES :

1. Never damage any system. This will only get you into trouble.

2. Never alter any of the systems files, except for those needed to

insure that you are not detected, and those to insure that you have

access into that computer in the future.

3. Do not share any information about your hacking projects with

anyone but those you'd trust with your life.

4. When posting on BBS's (Bulletin Board Systems) be as vague as

possible when describing your current hacking projects. BBS's CAN

be monitered by law enforcement.

5. Never use anyone's real name or real phone number when posting

on a BBS.

6. Never leave your handle on any systems that you hack in to.

7. DO NOT hack government computers.

8. Never speak about hacking projects over your home telephone line.

9. Be paranoid. Keep all of your hacking materials in a safe place.

10. To become a real hacker, you have to hack. You can't just sit

around reading text files and hanging out on BBS's. This is not what

hacking is all about.

Where and how to start hacking ?

After you get yourself a good scanner, scan some prefixes and

find some cool dialups, then do the following: From your terminal,

dial the number you found. Then you should hear a series of beeps

(carrier) which tells you that you are connecting to a remote computer.

It should then say something like "CONNECT 9600" and then identify the

system that you are on. If nothing happens after it says "CONNECT 9600"

try hitting enter a few times. If you get a bunch of garbage adjust your

parity, data bits, stop bits, baud rate, etc., until it becomes clear.

That is one way of connecting to a remote computer. Another way is

through Telenet or some other large network.

Telenet is a very large network that has many other networks and

remote computers connected to it.

Ok, here is how you would connect to a remote computer through

Telenet:

First, you get your local dialup(phone number) from the list that

I have provided in Section G. Then you dial the number from your

terminal and connect.(If you get a bunch of garbage try changing your

parity to odd and your data bits to 7, this should clear it up.) If

it just sits there hit enter and wait a few seconds, then hit enter

again. Then it will say "TERMINAL=" and you type in your terminal

emulation. If you don't know what it is just hit enter. Then it will

give you a prompt that looks like "@". From there you type "c" and then

the NUA (Network User Address) that you want to connect to. After you

connect to the NUA, the first thing you need to do is find out what type

of system you are on.(i.e. UNIX, VAX/VMS, PRIME, etc.)

There are other things that you can do on Telenet besides

connecting to an NUA. Some of these commands and functions are listed in

the next section.

You can only connect to computers which accept reverse charging.

The only way you can connect to computers that don't accept reverse charging is if you have a

Telenet account. You can try hacking these. To do this, at the "@" prompt type "access". It will

then ask you for your Telenet ID and password.

Telenet is probably the safest place to start hacking because of

the large numbers of calls that they get. Make sure you call during

business hours (late morning or early afternoon) so there are many

other people on-line.