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THE SYNDICATE REPORT
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Information Transmittal No. 25
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(Part 2 of 2)
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Released September 20, 1989
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Featuring:
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Editor's Note
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"The Strikes, Pi, and Cracking a Bank Open"
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dOGMA! TSR Feverishly Battered by Citadalions, Again
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NEW! The ProDial V1.0 Hacker for Apple //
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TSR ADVERTISEMENT
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Privacy A Top Concern In The 1990s
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MONTHLY COGNIZANCES
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All New! TSR Historical Information Tome
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Brief Notes From The Report
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by The Sensei
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Editor Syndicate Report Magazine
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EXPOSITION: TSR
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Once again, The Report accepts outside sources. Anybody can write/provide
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information to The Syndicate Report. Articles/Information may be provided
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through RADIO WAVES Bulletin Board System 612-639-1053. Any info such as
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Busts, Phreaking, Hacking, Data / Telecommunications, and new developments
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on any the previous mentioned specialties will be: accepted, labeled, and
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given full actual credit to the article/info provider(s), or writer(s). --
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** All articles have been presented by me unless shown at the end of the
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article as the information provider(s), or writer(s). **
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EDITOR'S NOTE: TSR
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THE STRIKES
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Just to fill this space...
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I've no mentioned anything about the recent BELL STRIKES, though they were
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interesting and did affect many users. As of mid-month Sept 4, all the
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Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of
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electrical Workers (IBEW) members had agreed to contracts with Ameritech Corp.
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At Bell Atlantic Corps., settlements had been reached with CWA, but the
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IBEW continued to strike for a while later against New Jersey Bell.
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Meanwhile, at Nynex Corp., CWA members and IBEW representatives were back
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at the table talking about management responsibilities.
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The strike began August 5th, 1989.
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PI -- THAT ROUND NUMBER:
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Pi. What a wonderfully irrational number. Pi has recently been
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calculated by Columbia Univ. scientists to over a billion places. More than
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twice that of 480 million places record in the past year. The Univ. used a
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pair of IBM 3090 supercomputers (something like my Cray Pc) at IBM's Research
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Center and the experimental IBM Scratchpad automated algebra system to complete
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the feat.
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CRACKING OPEN YOU LOCAL BANK, CONTINUED:
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AND! if that isn't enough, six researches from Amdahl Corp. announced
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recently the largest known prime number -- one that contains 65,087 digits.
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This is useful for cracking open Banks. Banks use prime numbers as
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passcodes. Currently, I would estimate that they are using around 150 digits
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of a prime. I don't think that's very safe, but how many of us have access to
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bank lines, and supercomputers.
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;The Sensei / TSR '89
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dOGMA! TSR FEVERISHLY BATTERED TSR (c.s.comp 9\8)
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BY CITADALIONS, AGAIN:
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Citadel people are great people. They come in all sorts and sizes. They
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also make great shot guns, feverishly attempting to break the TSR back-bone:
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Illegal Telcom Distribution. Haha! There is none! So why whine about it?
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I'm commenting on this one, like the last one, within the brackets [..]
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This particular event occured during, "Evil Feeble Weeble Wonble Week, on
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SuperComputer Cita BBS (Sysop: Hue). The Cita accusations before these,
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occured on Citadel '86 (Sysop: Hue, Jr.)
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I START IT OUT AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF THE CRIME, WITH A RESPONSE:
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89Aug21 1:43 am from The Sensei
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Phluffy, you prude -- leave me alone!!11@10! Hue, I'll not upload another TSR
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TOC to this system again. Just because of Phluffy.
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89Aug21 4:55 pm from Hue
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Prudishness has nothing to do with it.. this board prides itself on being on
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the straight and narrow in all areas where the law might get interested..
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89Aug21 5:45 pm from Phluffy
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It does seem quite clear from the files tsr.23 and tsr.24 contained in this
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directory that the "tsr" report is clearly engaged in providing information
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that could only be used to facilitate criminal activities. I wonder how the
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phone company would feel about this.
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[ Sensei here, commenting. Criminal activities? Tell me how much of that
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sort of data is published within TSR? Not much. It's mainly news. No real
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information that could get me busted. These guys are afraid of everything that
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has to do with fraud -- guess it's called: Old Age. ]
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89Aug22 7:52 pm from Hue
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Say "bye bye" to the offending files everybody..
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[ I never got to say, "bye bye". So, BYE! ]
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89Aug22 10:47 pm from Electric Dude
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First amendment rights. Nothing illegal in printing the info.
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[ There is always a few BRAVE individuals out there to help me out during
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times of "The Anti-1st Amendment Law." This is a perfect example. Thanks
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Electric Dude, true American. ]
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89Aug22 11:00 pm from ???
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MR. ROGERS: Can you say "Probable Cause"? [pause] I knew you could.
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89Aug23 3:08 pm from Sado-Masochist
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I do believe, ED, that the FCC and many other governmental companies
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would not be pleased.. it is an illegal act and printing illegal info..
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89Aug23 7:42 pm from Tin Soldier
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Didn't you read the little clause in the files stating that they are only for
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information purposes and not to be acted upon directly. From the same
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reasoning, there are book out there on how to make Nuks. Is there a
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difference?
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[ Strange, I never wrote such a thing in TSR -- since disclaimers really mean
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nothing to anyone in the first place -- even the law. ]
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89Aug23 10:08 pm from Phluffy
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The little clause you refer to, Tin Soldier, is called a disclaimer, and it
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has been held in court, that the disclaimer has no force, nor effect. If the
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attorney who explained this to me was correct, if you publish the information,
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and it is used to commit a crime, you are, de facto, an accomplishment to the
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commission of that crime, and thereby liable for it.
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89Aug24 2:29 am from Puck
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Nonono, otherwise gun companies would all be toast.
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89Aug24 9:55 am from Michelangelo
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I checked, That should read BACKDOOR.ARC. Rename it and de-ARC it.
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That should work. Sorry for the trouble, I was thinking one thing and typed
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another.
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89Aug24 12:00 am from Electric Dude
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What about the anarchists cookbook? Completely legal and also contains a lot of
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info that could be used to commit various crimes.
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89Aug25 7:46 am from Sado-Masochist
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I can't explain that.. I guess the key word is "could" in your last post,
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ED.. I dunno. Any help? Achilles?
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89Aug25 3:56 pm from Michelangelo
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Anarchists Cookbook, eh? Dangerous stuff, I've seen extracts foatong
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around. Tell you how to break into Express Tellers and Blow up bridges, stuff
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like that. Why would someone want to know something like that anyway?
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(unless they were planning to use it) I think that t king of knowledge is not
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good, but can't be called illegal. Once you start censoring, where do you
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stop? Before long Isaac Asimov could be considered illegal!
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89Aug25 7:06 pm from Phluffy
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A priori censorship, is of course, not acceptable. However, a BBS is NOT a
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free press, you use it by the sufferance of its owner, and you have no other
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factual or derivative rights to its use than those which the owner of that BBS
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chooses to allow you.
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By the same token, if you use a sysop's system to disseminate information
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which is later used in the commission of a crime, and the source of the
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information so used can be traced back to the system, then several courts have
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held that the sysop is a de facto accomplice to the commission of that crime.
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Therefore, Sensei, Eta alia, have to particular right to use this as a forum
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for disseminating that sort of information.
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89Aug27 2:57 pm from The Sensei
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Phluffy -- great vocabulary. The main point of those that are on my side, are
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saying that, "Yeah...it's not at all illegal to carry any type of information
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on a bulletin board, unless it's owned by someone else. Like codes, credit
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cards, passcodes, etc." The Syndicate Report isn't really that type of
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information handout. I haven't had any illegal information in it.
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I've been busted many times before. Once for hacking The Connection's (922
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9000) VMS computers. Edina Police, and the SS got involved. I set up a few
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of my TSR files on the VMS for people to dial in and download. When Edina
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came over, they showed me the file -- probably #12, since #13 explained my
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bust, part 2. The secret service showed no interest in it -- nor FBI. They
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just didn't want me on there, and distributing codes (since the SS controls
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the treasury flow).
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So, you see, it's all very innocent. Read some of the articles, they are not
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at all illegal/damaging.
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Computer Adventures] enter Message
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89Aug27 from The Sensei
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...and for sake of a precedence, the BBSs and Law sub on Cita 86, Hue Jr's, had
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the same discussion. He still holds TSR files.
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entry cmd: save
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Computer Adventures]
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:::: Information/Data Provided by SuperCOMP Users / 612 ::::
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:::: SuperCOMP is a Citadel-86 Exemplar System ::::
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:::: Info Standardized by The Sensei / TSR Editor '89 ::::
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TSR ADVERTISEMENT
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TSR will accept additional sponsor/support Systems. If you have a certain
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interest in the Report, and wish to provide support to TSR -- Leave your BBS
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number -- and any other information on RADIO WAVES Bulletin Board Systems.
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NEW! THE PRODIAL V1.0 HACKER FOR APPLE //: TSR (c.g. 9\7)
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ProDial V1.0
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Communication Disorders, Inc.
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ProDial is a new Apple // wardialer developed over the past six months.
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It was designed and written by Cyber Groan from Minnesota (612). Its main
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purpose is to give old-fashioned hacking a new boost. Since more modems are
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added to the telephone lines daily, the value of a good wardialing program
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increases. Many systems still have default accounts, users who forget to log
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off, glitches in the software, and mnemonic passwords. ProDial represents the
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first step in the hacking process - finding the modem telephone number.
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Features
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- ProTerm style windows and menus
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- A DOS command menu
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- Route output to printer, screen, "alarm bell", and/or data file
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- Dial up to 9 ranges simultaneously
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- Mix and match random with sequential dialing
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- A run-time menu enabling individual ranges to be de-activated
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Tech Info
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- Requires 128k; enhanced //e, //c, or //gs
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- Current version (ProDial v1.0) supports 100% Hayes compatibles only
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- Programed in Applesoft BASIC with ML support files
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- ProDOS 8
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Final Notes
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BETA test released on September 6, 1989. Final release scheduled for the
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second week of September. Current updates may be found on Radio Waves BBS
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(612-639-1053) and Tiamat's Temple (612-731-0296).
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Please direct any problems or suggestions to Cyber Groan.
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:::: Information Provided by Cyber Groan / 612 ::::
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PRIVACY A TOP CONCERN IN THE 1990s: TSR (u.s 9\8)
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Privacy-related issues could emerge as a major battleground for the cellular
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telephone industry, an expert says. Network World reports in its Aug. 28 issue
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that Sharon Nelson of the Washington State Utilities and Transportation
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Commission says the industry might demand warnings on the phones telling
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customers their conversations may be subject to electronic eavesdropping.
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[Oh well, life sucks. I've reports what bandwidths, etc. these waves occupy,
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so read previous TSR Brief/Extended Notes. Thanks. -TS ]
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:::: Info provided by Ali Stench / 612 / Editor of Unknown Mag. ::::
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:::::::::::::::::::::::::: THE SYNDICATE REPORT :::::::::::::::::::::::::
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:::::::::::::::::::::::: HISTORICAL INFORMATION TOME ::::::::::::::::::::::
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TSR HIT Vol. #1 TSR Issue #25
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What's New? The TSR HIT (Historical Information Tome). What HIT is, is
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a BRAND NEW monthly column about the History of Telecommunications (Data, more
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specifically, the modem world of hackers/phreaks, etc.) Each month, I'll be
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presenting you, the TSR reader, a new and exciting titbit of history. For
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we all should know our history -- and be able to manifest our history to
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others....no matter what they are.
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And now for HIT, Volume #1:
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THE TERM 'HACKER' HAUNTS COMPUTISTS OF MIT, AGAIN
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Back in the day, when they used to say Hacker, they meant someone who
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literally HACKS on computers, one who is devoted to working with computers.
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Computists from MIT coined the phrase. Now, of course, the term 'hacker' means
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much more. It has evolved quickly to mean someone who commits computer crime
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(and other detailed terminology). The old to some, new to others MEANING
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casts casts aspersions on all old hackers. New laws are needed to specifically
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cover computer crimes.
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To the last generation of computists from MIT, the term 'hacker'
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should not be used where 'cracker' would be more appropriate. Now we have the
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term 'cracker' to fondle with. Doesn't 'cracker' now mean one who commits
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crime on software? Yes, it does. Now we need a new term for 'cracker'.
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How about, 'decoder'? or 'ware-breaker'? or better yet...'Software Company
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(out-of-business) Pain In The Ass'!
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INTEL'S ANTI-HACKER [KEPROM] CHIP
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KEPROM is Intel's new anti-hacker chip. To protect links between remote
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equipment and a host computer, all that need be done is to replace a standard
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128-Kbyte EPROM chip with the 128-Kbyte KEPROM and write 500 bytes of code. At
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$45 each, the KEPROMs are low in cost compared to the cost of implementing the
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United States data encryption software. Only the systems designer has to know
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the combination, which will put up a strong barrier against a computer hacker
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or software pirate.
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Really? Does anyone know if this thing has been implement? Or even acted
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upon -- by even an inch? Other than past this article? Thought-Not-Tot.
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-End of TSR HIT Vol. #1-
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[Last minute info: HIT articles are mainly information gathered by me over
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the years -- mainly from memory, experience. If you have had any experiences
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like these, send them to Radio Waves via mail, or TSR Mag. Files area. Thanks]
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;The Sensei, TSR Editor, HIT Reporter
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::::::::::::::::::::::: SYNDICATE REPORT BRIEF NOTES :::::::::::::::::::::::
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// Credit Card Checksum Generation Inc. //
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The Phantom Viper has done it again, with a little incentive from Scourge,
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612. He's devised a Credit Card Checksum program for the Apple computer.
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Check it out from Radio Waves / FCP III Systems.
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This is a message directly from T.P. Viper:
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:::: Information Provided by T.P. Viper / 612 ::::
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:::: Programmer of Extender Bender (Hacker) ::::
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// A Consultant Talks To Ignorant //
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Donn Parker, computer security consultant, advises DP managers to think
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like hackers so they will know what to look for in terms of their own data
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security and be able to develop data security plans. Various means by which
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hackers breach system security include shoulder surfing, the stealing of
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passwords from employees when they sign on; spoofing (Social Engineering?),
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the lying to individuals to obtain information; data diddling, the intentional
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entering of false data into a system; and logic bombs, which are the most
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difficult to detect and the most destructive to a system.
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// PACBELL Files Suit //
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Pacific Bell has filed a lawsuit in a California court seeking clarification
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of its right to disconnect dial-a-porn services. The carrier filed Wednesday in
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San Francisco superior court, naming 13 pornographic telephone services as
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defendants. The company asked the court to recognize it as a private business
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with the right to refuse service to dial-a-porn agencies.
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Pacific Bell's filing for clarification of its right to disconnect sexually
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explicit 976 services came following a Tuesday ruling by federal courts that
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said private businesses could refuse to sell the services. The federal ruling
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didn't address whether Pac Bell was considered a private company or a public
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utility. Pacific Bell officials said the company disapproves of the services.
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// SPRINT Offers New Service //
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U.S. Sprint announced Thursday that Integrated Services Digital Network
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features will be available during the first quarter of 1990. ISDN features
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include primary rate interface, integrated telenet packet data access and call-
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by-call service access. ISDN WILL use the companies' development of a flexible
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network that responds more quickly, they said.
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:::: Info from The Sensei ::::
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// Electronic News For Colleges //
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Apple Computer, Inc. and Gannett Co., Inc. are launching in September the
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first daily electronic college news service for college newspapers - the USA
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TODAY/Apple College Information Network. The network lets college journalists
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receive news stories, interact with editors, contribute stories and learn how
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to use desktop publishing software.
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:::: Information from "A Local College Kidd" ::::
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// Telcor Unveils Sppedy Modem //
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Telcor Systems Corp. recently unveiled the Accelerator 3238, a V.32 full-
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duplex modem it says uses a proprietary compression algorithm to transmit data
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at speeds up to 38,4k bit/sec. It is available at $1,695. The DES software is
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$100 per unit.
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____________________________________________________________________________
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TSR will accept additional sponsor/support Systems. If you have a certain
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interest in the Report, and wish to provide support to TSR -- Leave your BBS
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number -- and any other information on RADIO WAVES Bulletin Board Systems.
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____________________________________________________________________________
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Nanotech Collusion 612-476-4913 ----------- Lunatic Labs :: 415-278-7421
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Syndicate Report Support BBS P/H System
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Tiamat's Temple :: 612-731-0296 ----------- The Curse Sy :: 612-835-1653
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P/H-Files Apple Select System
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RADIO WAVES System :: 612-639-1053
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Logon: RW Pass: RADIO
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- Syndicate Report Support BBS -
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This Concludes This Transmittal No. 25
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(Part 2 of 2)
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Released September 20th, 1989
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by The Sensei
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Editor of The Syndicate Report
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