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==Phrack Inc.==
Issue XIV, File 1 of 9
Released On July 28, 1987
Hi and welcome to the final regular issue of Phrack Newsletter. Most of you
already know about the nationwide arrest of many of the phreak/hack world's
most knowledgeable members. I may receive a visit from the authorities as
well and because of this and other events, I am going to leave the modem
world.
As of now, Phrack Inc. is dissolved. It may put out an annual publication
once a year in the summer, but this is only a possibility. If I remain a free
person, I will be able to release Phrack XV which will only be news and it
will feature details about Dan The Operator, PartyCon '87, and, of course, the
current Secret Service bust wave.
One last thing to mention. Although I don't have the time to go into full
detail about it right now, at the current time, we at Phrack Inc. have
uncovered a large amount of evidence to support the conclusion that MAD HATTER
is an informant. He should be deleted off of any BBSes that he calls. We
believe that he was planted by the Secret Service to infiltrate PartyCon '87
and frame Control C and many others.
One last statement to make before the directory. Basically, I have wanted my
escape from the phreak/hack world for a long time. I figured SummerCon '87
would be my last big thing and then I'd write the article for PWN and by July
1, 1987, I would be done and out of the modem community. Unfortunately,
events just kept happening and are still in motion. Even if I am not busted,
as of August 1, 1987, I am considering myself not a member of the modem
community and I will not appear anywhere. If Phrack XV isn't out by then, you
won't see it ever. I'm sorry, but that's the way it has to be.
This issue features:
Introduction by Knight Lightning . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..012 Apple Sectors
Phrack Pro-Phile X Featuring Terminus by Taran King. . . . ..030 Apple Sectors
The Conscience of a Hacker {Reprint} by The Mentor . . . . ..017 Apple Sectors
The Reality of The Myth [REMOBS] by Taran King . . . . . . ..026 Apple Sectors
Understanding DMS Part II by Control C . . . . . . . . . . ..071 Apple Sectors
TRW Business Terminology by Control C. . . . . . . . . . . ..021 Apple Sectors
Phrack World News Special Edition #1 by Knight Lightning . ..053 Apple Sectors
Phrack World News Issue XIV/1 by Knight Lightning. . . . . ..070 Apple Sectors
Phrack World News Issue XIV/2 by Knight Lightning. . . . . ..101 Apple Sectors
I hope you enjoy it.
:Knight Lightning
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==Phrack Inc.==
Volume Two, Issue 14, Phile #2 of 9
==Phrack Pro-Phile X==
Written and Created by Taran King
5/24/87
Welcome to Phrack Pro-Phile X. Phrack Pro-Phile is created to bring
info to you, the users, about old or highly important/controversial people.
This month, we bring to you a sysop and user of past days...
Terminus
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Terminus is the sysop of NetSys Unix and, in the past, ran Metronet.
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Personal
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Handle: Terminus
Call him: Len
Past handles: Terminal Technician
Handle origin: Terminal Technician originated because of Len's view of
himself as a hacker. Terminus was an offshoot of that
and, although it is an egotistical view, it means he has
reached the final point of being a proficient hacker.
Date of Birth: 1/10/59
Age at current date: 29 years old
Height: 5'9"
Weight: About 190 lbs.
Eye color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Computers: 6800 home brew system, Apple ][, Altair S100, 2 Apple
][+es, IBM PC, IBM XT, IBM 3270, IBM AT, and 2 Altos
986es.
Sysop/Co-Sysop of: MetroNet, MegaNet, and NetSys Unix.
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Terminus began with the 6800 home brew system which he built himself.
It was built on a STD44 bus and it had 8K of memory. He then got the Apple ][
(plain old ][) which was impressive with its cassette drive and RF modulator.
He then got an Altair S100 which he liked because it looked like a mainframe
and he also enjoyed building it. The 2 ][+es came along and he got himself a
few floppies and a hard drive. He then sold 2 of the Apples and gave away all
his software (and kept 1 Apple with a 15 meg hard drive) and got the IBM PC.
He was impressed at the time and ditched the Apple. Due to frustration from
switching from an Apple Cat to a Hayes, he sat down and wrote a hacker which
eventually turned into CodeBuster, which was, for a long time, the only good
hacker available on IBM. He then expanded and got an XT and slowly increased
his amount of storage. When the AT came out, he got rid of the PC and got the
AT and at the same time, bought the IBM 3270. After playing around with the
AT for a long time, he sold it because he needed some money so he was left
with the XT and 3270. The XT was sold to make money to buy the Altos 986 and
he sold the 3270 about 4 months ago, now leaving him with the 2 Altos 986es.
Terminus started running a bulletin board with an unmentionable board
to start with in 914 (where he met Paul Muad'Dib), and eventually got MetroNet
going. MetroNet's original purpose was to be a phreak/hack board. It was run
on an Apple ][ with 4 8" drives and 2 floppies plus a 5 meg hard drive, which
made for an impressive system. It was going really well for a while, but then
the hard drive crashed, leaving the board down for about a month and things
slowed down after that. At that time, he got a 15 meg drive, and a 1200
modem soon followed and it stayed up for about a year and a half total, at
which time Lord Digital was co-sysop. It finally went down because he moved.
MegaNet was his next system, which ran under Concurrent PC-DOS. It looked
like a public domain system, but that was camouflage. It was multi-user (2
phone lines) and it ran on the XT. That went down because he moved again
after being up for over a year. He is currently running NetSys Unix on his 2
Altos 986es which are networked. The system consists of 2 Altos 986es, an
Ethernet link, 240 megs, and 4 phone lines on a hunt, 3 of which are 1200 baud
and the final line is 2400 baud. To get on NetSys, it is just $5 a month and
it can be reached at 301-540-3659 (2400 baud), and 3658-3656 (300/1200 baud).
Terminus has never really met anyone in person from the phreak/hack
community, although he had many chances to in New York when he lived there.
He did go to a couple of Tap meetings, but doesn't remember anyone in specific
from when he went.
Len started phreaking and hacking through a friend who worked in the
phone company that told him about various things that could be done with
electronics to play with the network. He was very paranoid about boxing so he
never did anything like that (from his house anyway). He started hacking
naturally after he got a computer. His favorite system was the University of
Illinois because of its huge size and capabilities.
Some of the memorable phreak boards he was on included Plovernet,
L.O.D., Pirate 80, OSUNY, Sherwood Forest I, and Shadowland.
Terminus is an electrical engineer and he designs boards for
different minicomputers like PDP-11s, Data Generals, VAXes, and Perkin-Elmer.
He also writes some software to interface the boards that he makes. He's
pretty decent at machine language, but recently (maybe because of the Unix?
Maybe?) he's gotten into C.
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Interests: Telecommunications (modeming, phreaking, hacking), music,
and smoking (ahem).
Terminus's Favorite Things
--------------------------
Smoking: Let's leave it at that.
Music: Hard rock and progressive jazz (he used to be a drummer).
Programming: Writing software for fun.
Most Memorable Experiences
--------------------------
Getting interviewed by the FBI in 1983 due to someone in Iowa getting busted.
The first time he discovered Alliance Teleconferencing and ran a conference.
Some People to Mention
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Krackowicz (Just a big "Thanks.")
The (414) Gizard (Sysop of Cryton Elite, thanks for giving him the phone
numbers and names to everyone on your system.)
Lord Digital (For being a good friend [Where the hell are you?].)
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Terminus shares Tuc's views on carding and feels it's a big gap
between committing fraud and learning the network. As he got older, he got
more paranoid about things like that. He also feels that the phreak/hack
"community" has already crumbled. He also feels that the old days were
better.
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I hope you enjoyed this file, ...And now for the regularly taken poll from all
interviewees.
Of the general population of phreaks you have met, would you consider most
phreaks, if any, to be computer geeks? No, none of the people that he hung
out with. Thank you for your time, Len.
Taran King
Sysop of Metal Shop Private
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==Phrack Inc.==
Issue XIV, File 3 of 9
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The following file is being reprinted in honor and sympathy for the many
phreaks and hackers that have been busted recently by the Secret Service. -KL
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\/\The Conscience of a Hacker/\/
by
+++The Mentor+++
Written on January 8, 1986
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Another one got caught today, it's all over the papers. "Teenager
Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal," "Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering"...
Damn kids. They're all alike.
But did you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950's technobrain,
ever take a look behind the eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what
made him tick, what forces shaped him, what may have molded him?
I am a hacker, enter my world...
Mine is a world that begins with school... I'm smarter than most of
the other kids, this crap they teach us bores me...
Damn underachievers. They're all alike.
I'm in junior high or high school. I've listened to teachers explain
for the fifteenth time how to reduce a fraction. I understand it. "No, Ms.
Smith, I didn't show my work. I did it in my head..."
Damn kid. Probably copied it. They're all alike.
I made a discovery today. I found a computer. Wait a second, this is
cool. It does what I want it to. If it makes a mistake, it's because I
screwed it up. Not because it doesn't like me...
Or feels threatened by me...
Or thinks I'm a smart ass...
Or doesn't like teaching and shouldn't be here...
Damn kid. All he does is play games. They're all alike.
And then it happened... a door opened to a world... rushing through
the phone line like heroin through an addict's veins, an electronic pulse is
sent out, a refuge from the day-to-day incompetencies is sought... a board is
found.
"This is it... this is where I belong..."
I know everyone here... even if I've never met them, never talked to
them, may never hear from them again... I know you all...
Damn kid. Tying up the phone line again. They're all alike...
You bet your ass we're all alike... we've been spoon-fed baby food at
school when we hungered for steak... the bits of meat that you did let slip
through were pre-chewed and tasteless. We've been dominated by sadists, or
ignored by the apathetic. The few that had something to teach found us will-
ing pupils, but those few are like drops of water in the desert.
This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch, the
beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying
for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn't run by profiteering gluttons, and
you call us criminals. We explore... and you call us criminals. We seek
after knowledge... and you call us criminals. We exist without skin color,
without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals.
You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us
and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals.
Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is
that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like.
My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me
for.
I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this
individual, but you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike.
+++The Mentor+++
[May the members of the phreak community never forget his words -KL]
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==Phrack Inc.==
Issue XIV, File 4 of 9
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The Reality of the Myth
REMOBS
by Taran King
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In the past, many misconceptions have been made of the legendary
REMOBS system. The term has been used and abused. It used to be known as
REMOB, rather than the proper REMOBS, which stood for Remote Observation. The
REMOBS is a REMote service OBservation System manufactured by Teltone, a
company which makes various telephone equipment peripherals.
REMOBS has a number of features. The REMOBS permits evaluation of
equipment or employee performance. It allows observation of subscriber lines,
CO, toll, and E&M trunks, repair bureaus, and operator positions. It can be
portable or set up as dedicated remote terminals. The observer console can
sample entire networks. REMOBS is compatible with all types of switching and
transmission media.
The purpose of the REMOBS system is to measure performance and
service provided to customers in an impartial and unbiased manner. By
monitoring the subscriber connections throughout the network switch, this can
be achieved. The customer experiences are recorded and statistics are derived
to provide service level indices.
REMOBS is compatible with all switching systems including Step by
Step, Crossbar, and electronic equipment. In each situation, it can observe
almost any transmission point such as subscriber lines, inter- and
intra-office trunks, toll trunks, E&M trunks, repair bureaus, commercial
offices, and operator positions. The console operators can observe by phone
line, from one location, any switch location/CO with the remote unit
installed.
The M-241 system (which includes the console and remote terminal)
observes up to 40 circuits, but can scan up to 100 lines with a remote
terminal. The terminal may observe up to 5 locations simultaneously, with a
capacity to observe 500 circuits at any one time.
The REMOBS system can observe all remote terminals at any switching
system location through the console controls, making it feasible to observe an
entire network. Remote terminals are equipped with plug-in connectors so they
can be moved routinely to observe desired locations.
The M-241 Remote Terminal: The remote terminal is located at the point of
========================== observation. It may be ordered in portable or
dedicated configuration. The remote terminal remains inactive until accessed
by the controlling console. The remote unit is 6.5" high, 22.88" wide, and
11.7" deep, arranged for relay rack mounting.
The M-242 Observer's Console: Console operators access the remote terminals
============================= through telephone lines. Access to the remotes
is limited to console operators who know the access number, timing, and four
digit security code. Additional security is available with the optional
security dialback feature. The System automatically scans observed circuits.
The first circuit to become busy is selected and held by the system until the
necessary information is secured, the operator presses the reset button, or
the calling party goes on-hook. Timing circuits automatically drop the call
100 seconds after the calling party goes off-hook or, if answer supervision is
present, 15 seconds after the called party answers. The console itself looks
very much like a cash register. Where the digits are normally, there are
places for the trunk identity, called number, stop clock, and memory. The
pushbutton controls consist of the following: power (key switch), hold
buttons, select buttons, calling party, called party, display hold, clear,
O.G. line, auto reset, reset (manual), read (stop clock operate), talk, voice
exclusion, memory, plus a standard touch-tone keypad with the A, B, C, and D
keys. There are 2 monitor jacks, a volume control and, for the primitive
lines and switches, a rotary dial next to the touch-tone keypad. The
operator's console stands 2.25" in the front and 8.25" in the back; it's
17,25" wide and 16.5" deep.
The observation system network is set up in the following manner.
The operator observer is in an observing center at the local Central Office
with the M-242 REMOBS Central Console (which looks like a telephone to the
Central Office). Through the standard telephone network, communications
occurs between the console and the remote. From the CO, through the incoming
circuitry, it goes through the connector to the M-241 REMOBS Remote Terminal
(which looks like a telephone to the access line). From there the connection
is made to the circuits to be observed including the subscribers lines,
line-finders, toll trunks, repair lines, etc.
The information provided is both visual and audible. The visual
display, showed on the panel, includes the identity of the remote terminal,
the identity of the observed circuit, the signalled digits (up to 52), the
status of the calling and called parties (on/off-hook), and the timing of the
call. The audible information (which is provided through headset or handset)
includes the call progress tones for disposition (dial tone, type of
signalling, 60 IPM, 120 IPM, ringing, answer, etc.) and voice transmission
(calling and called parties).
The REMOBS system is very much different from often-misconceived
system known as 4Tel made by Teredyne. REMOBS is very much different from the
dial-up - enter 1 code - be given instructions simplicity of the 4Tel but it
still has the legendary capabilities of listening in remotely.
If you wish to gain more information about the REMOBS system, Teltone
Corporation can be written to at 10801 - 120th Avenue N.E., Kirkland, WA 98033
or phoned at (206) 827-9626.
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==Phrack Inc.==
Issue XIV, File 5 of 9
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DMS switches were first introduced in 1979. Since then it has been modified
to interface with numerous types of switches. DMS has the ability to
interface with SP-1, #5 XBar, 1ESS, 2ESS, 3ESS, 4ESS, NX1D, NX1E, TSD, SXS,
ETS4, NO. 1 EAC, NO. 2 EAX, NO. 3 EAX, TSPS, CAMA/3CL boards, Stromberg
Carlson Turret of ONI and Visual Indicators, Modified North Electric TSD for
ONI, Stomberg Carlson (CAMA operator Position - ONI/ANI), AE #31 Switchboard,
Co-located NT/AE switchboard I/C, O/G, UDC data poller of OM, DACS (Directory
Assistance Charging System), NT #144 LTD, WECO #14 LTD, WECO #16 LTD, CALRS
(Centralized Automated Loop Reporting System), Badger 612A, AE #1 and #21 LTD,
AE #30, SC #14 LTD, Lordel MITS70 line Test System, Porta System Line Test
Unit, Pulsar II IMTS, Teradyne loop test unit, and the WECO MLT 1 (Mechanized
Loop Testing System).
Common Channel Interoffice Signaling
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Common Channel Interoffice Signaling (CCIS) is a way of signaling and a way of
implementing network level services. CCIS provides reliable, crystal clear
data signaling links between the network and the switching offices. The CCIS
signaling method uses transmission equipment that is separate from voice
trunks.
Common Channel Interoffice Signaling No. 6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The basis for the CCIS system is the International Consultative Committee on
Telephone and Telegraph (CCITT) No. 6 international standard, which is brought
to its fullest capacity for use in the Stored Program Control (SPC) network of
AT&T.
The CCIS6 network contains a bunch of signaling regions, each having a pair of
interconnected Signal Transfer Points (STP). The switching systems put into
CCIS6 that connect to STPs are called Serving Offices (SO).
Band Signaling (CCIS-BS) is used on trunk signaling for intertoll-type trunks
using the CCIS network.
Direct Signaling (CCIS-DS) is used for signaling between SPC switching
machines and a Network Control Point (NCP). At the present time, CCIS6 can
handle Enhanced INWATS Originating Screening Office (OSO), Calling Card
Validation (CCV), Mechanized Calling Card Service (MCCS), and Billed Number
Screening (BNS). CCIS6 is available with DMS-100/200, DMS-200, and
DMS-100/200 or DMS-200 with TOPS.
CCIS6 Diagram:
NSB ST
------------ - - - - - - - - - - -
DTC | | | ------- |
- - - DS30 | IPML | DS30 | - - - | || | |
--------| |------|- - - - - - |------|-| |---| || | |
Digital - - - | | | - - - | || | |
Trunks | | | | || | |
| | | ------- |
| | - - - - - - -|- - - -
DTC | | TM |
DIG - - - DS30 | NUC | DS30 - - - -----
--------| |------|- - - - - - |--------| |----| |
^ - - - |Network | - - - -----
CCIS \ ------------ Modem
Signaling \ |
- - - -----
AN Links--| | | CCC |
- - - -----
Channel
Bank
Acronyms:
DIG - Digital
AN - Analog
DTC - Digital Trunk Controller
MSB - Message Switch Buffer
ST - Signaling Terminal
TM - Trunk Module
NUC - Nailed-Up Connection
IPML - Inter-Peripheral Message Link
Common Channel Interoffice Signaling No. 7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Common Channel Signaling (CCS) No. 7 or CCIS7 is a CCS system based on CCITT
No. 7. CCIS7/CCS7 on the DMS switch consists of two parts: the Message
Transfer Part (MTP) and the Interim Telephone user Part. They are compatible
with DMS-100, DMS-200, DMS-100/200, and DMS-100/DMS-100/200 with TOPS.
CCIS7 can't tell the difference between banded and direct signaling. CCIS7
uses Destination/Origination Point Codes (DPC/OPC) to route back to the
switch.
CCIS7 can handle Automatic Calling Card Service (ACCS), Enhanced INWATS, Local
Area Signaling Services, and Direct Service Dialing Capabilities.
Equal Access
~~~~~~~~~~~~
The DMS-200 Access Tandem (AT) gives a traffic concentration and distribution
function for interLATA traffic originating and a distribution function for
interLATA traffic origination or terminating inside a Local Access and
Transport Area (LATA). This gives the interLATA Carrier (IC) access to more
that one end office inside the LATA. It can handle InterLATA Carrier access
codes (10xxx), 10xxx and 950-yxxx dialing, Automatic Number Identification
(ANI) on all calls, answer supervision, equal access Automatic Message
Accounting (AMA) for both originating and terminating calls, and operator
service signaling.
The DMS-100 EA gives direct and tandem switched access service inside the LATA
for originating and terminating to interLATA Carriers. It is available in the
following three ways:
Equal Access End Office (EAEO)
------------------------------
DMS-100 Equal Access End Office (EAEO) gives a direct interconnection to
interLATA Carriers' (IC) and international Carriers' (INC) Points of Presence
(POP) inside the LATA.
Access Tandem with Equal Access End Office
------------------------------------------
The DMS-200 Access Tandem (AT) when used with equal access end office (EAEO)
lets trunk tandem interconnect to ICs/INCs POP inside the LATA.
The connection of the Equal Access End Office (EAEO) to an IC/INC through the
DMS-200 Access Tandem (AT) uses what is called two-stage overlap output
pulsing which makes the time it takes to set up a call quicker. The AT uses
the digits OZZ + XXX out pulsed in the first stage to identify the IC/INC
dialed and to pick out outgoing trunk. Then a connection is established from
the IC/INC to the EAEO through the AT. The second stage digits consist of ANI
and the called numbers are passed through the DMS-200 AT at the IC/INC.
An AMA terminating record in AT&T format is produced by the DMS-200 for all
the EAEOs. A per call terminating AMA record is made for calls that get to
the stage where the trunk from the IC/INC has been seized and a "wink" has
been returned by the DMS-200 AT.
Access Tandem with a Non-Equal Access End Office
------------------------------------------------
DMS-200 AT using a non-equal access end office gives trunk tandem connection
to an IC/INC POP within the LATA. To set up a call, connection of Feature
Group B (FGB) or Feature Group C (FGC) End Office to an IC/INC through the
DMS-200 AT uses the standard Bell Central Automatic Message Accounting (CAMA)
signaling. The Access Tandem uses the XXX digits of the access code 950-YXXX
out pulsed from the FGB end office to identify the IC/INC and to connect to an
outgoing trunk.
Mechanized Calling Card Service (MCCS)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The fraudulent use of calling cards, third number and collect calls and the
increasing movement to automate current operator services has directly led to
the implantation of the Mechanized Calling Card Service (MCCS) to DMS-200/TOPS
and to the remote and host Operator Centralization (OC).
MCCS uses CCIS to relay queries and responses to and from the DMS-200/TOPS.
Operator handled calling card calls and the direct entry by subscribers of
Calling Cards by DTMF (Touch-Tone) telephones are given special provisions by
the MCCS. Both the operator handling and the direct entry of calling card
calls are decreasing the size of the operators.
Billed Number Screening (BNS) gives an enhancement to the operator-handled
collect and third-number billing by using CCIS to screen a number at the
billing validation data base for billing restrictions (i.e. the third number
is a fortress). This feature naturally will reduce fraudulent use of the
collect call feature.
Common Channel Interoffice Signaling-Direct Signaling (CCIS-DS), which is
the feature that the MCCS is designed around, is used to transmit messages to
and from many possible Billing Validation Centers (BVCs). Messages
transmitted to the BVC about MCCS include the billing number and the Personal
Identification Number (PIN). In BNS the messages have the special billing
number (collect or third number). The return messages from the BVC include
validity (of the number), billing restrictions (if any), and the Revenue
Accounting Office (RAO) code.
Auxiliary Operator Services System
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The DMS-200 Auxiliary Operator Services System (AOSS) is used primarily for
Directory Assistance and the intercept needs that are not included in the TOPS
package. The AOSS is similar to TOPS and co-exists with TOPS on the DMS-200
Toll system.
Major benefits of the AOSS include: Directory Assistance is provided with a
modern environment, AOSS position administrative activities are performed by
the DMS-200 toll maintenance system, trunking savings are achieved by
combining trunking for 1+, 0+, and Directory Assistance traffic, DA services
are managed by using TOPS methods, creation of a built-in training system
which does not require additional training equipment and reduces training
costs.
Integrated Business Network
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Integrated Business Network (IBN) is a revenue-producing concept designed
for small and big businesses to offer modernized PBX and Centrex features.
The Operating Company can use the IBN to maintain and enhance its competitive
position on a operational DMS-100 and DMS 100/200 switches. While using the
DMS-100 switch, the Operating Company can support varying business features
along with existing local/toll traffic.
IBN services can be introduced to a Centrex-Central Office (CO) or a
Centrex-Customer Unit (CU) by additional software modules and minor hardware
enhancements.
Current IBN features include: A growing system that can handle 30,000 lines,
networking capabilities, city wide service for DMS-100 switch and remotes for
any one customer Station Message Detail Recording (SMDR), which gives IBN
customers call records. The records can be used for system analysis and
control and station charge-back. SMDR can use LAMA records (if the IBN host
has LAMA equipment), centralized attendant maintenance, and administration
functions and Direct Inward Dialing (DID).
Electronic Switched Network (ESN)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Electronic Switched Network is designed to meet the telecommunication
needs of large multi-location corporations. The ESN is made up of a SL-1 or
SL-100 Digital Business Communications System with networking features or a
DMS-100 IBN host. The SL-1 can handle from 30-5000 lines. The SL-100 and the
DMS-100 IBN hosts can hold from a few thousands to 30,000 lines.
A DMS-100 IBN or SL-100 can remotely serve many locations from the host site.
This is done by a connection through digital transmission facilities which are
set up at remote modules at the subscriber's premises.
Here are some diagrams showing the differences between normal private
telecommunications networks and ESN networks.
Normal telecommunications network
=================================
----- ------
[Phone]--| SnS | | SL-1 |-[Phone]
| PBX | | PBX |
----- ------
| |DOD/DID DOD/DID| |
| ------- ------- |
|Tie | | Tie|
|Trunk --------- Trunk|
------| Class-5 |------
----| Centrex |----
| --------- |
| |
| |
| |
----- Tie Trunk ---------
| SnS | ----------| Class-5 |
| PBX | | Centrex |
----- ---------
| |
| |
| |
| |
------- ------
[Phone]-| Small | | SL-1 |-[Phone]
| PBX | | |
------- ------
ESN Network
===========
-------- ----------
[phone]--| Remote | | SL-1 PBX |--[phone]
| Module | | ESN Main |
-------- ----------
| |
| DS-1 Facility | DS-1 Facility
| -------------- |
--------> | Local Class 5| <---------
[phone]---------| DMS-100 |
----| IBN/ESN |-------------
2W Loop MFIDP | -------------- | ESN Trunk Group
or DS-1 | | | or DS-1
| ----- ---------------
| | CSC | | Local Class 5 |
-------- ----- | DMS-100 |
| SL-100 | <--- DS-1 ----> | IBN/ESN |
-------- Facility ---------------
| |
| |
| DS-1 Facility | DS-1 Facility
| |
-------- ----------
[phone]--| Remote | | SL-1 PBX |--[phone]
| Module | | ESN Main |
-------- ----------
Specialized Common Carrier Service (SCCS)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The DMS-250 Specialized Common Carrier Service (SCCS) provides the capability
of Analog to Digital (A/D) and Digital to Analog (D/A) conversions which are
necessary with analog circuits. The DMS-250 can also switch voice and data
circuits.
The DMS-250 takes either analog or digitally encoded info and by using time
slot interchange, switches it from any input port to a temporary addressed and
connected exit port. The info may or may not be converted back to analog.
Cellular Mobile Radio Service
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A cellular system consists of two main parts: a cellular switch and cell site
equipment.
Cellular Switching Systems
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A cellular switch performs three main functions: audio switching, cell site
control, and system administration.
The DMS switches provide three basic implementations for cellular switching:
Stand-alone, Combined, and Remote.
Stand-alone switching is done by a Mobile Telephone Exchange (MTX) which is
interfaced with one or more class 5 end offices. The connection is made by
DID/DOD trunks. Depending on the needs of the area, the MTX can be divided as
follows: MTX which serves urban areas, MTXC which handles suburban areas, and
MTXM which is used for rural areas.
Combined switching is incorporated into a DMS-100 by some hardware additions
and cellular software. Combined switching is designed to give an easy,
cost-effective way to install cellular services to an existing host.
Remote Switching is done by combining Remote Switching Center (RSC) with a
Cell Site Controller (CSC). This combination is hosted by either a
stand-alone or a combined switch. Remote Switching is designed for serving
suburban centers, remote areas, or a small community and it gives extra
flexibility for a growing system.
All of these cellular switches have the ability to balance the workload among
various cell sites. For example, if one site's workload reaches the
programmable level of congestion, calls would be routed to nearby sites that
can handle the extra calls.
Cell Site Equipment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cell site equipment consists of a CSC and radio equipment. The CSC is
controlled by the cellular switch and it controls radio equipment and
maintenance tasks. The CSC will work on any MTX cellular switch because of
the Remote Cluster Controller (RCC).
The radio equipment consists of self-contained Radio Channel Units (RCU),
antennas, transmitter multi-couplers, and receiver combiners.
By different program software, an RCU can perform voice, control locating, and
test functions. The self contained nature allows the RCU be remotely located
to the CSC. A RCU has built-in circuitry for extended testing of the radio
part of the system.
Control C
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<May 1987>
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==Phrack Inc.==
Issue XIV, File 6 of 9
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TRW Business Terminology
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by Control C
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Term Explanation
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Legal Legal Involvement
Collect Collection Account
Writ-Off Account Written Off
NSF Not Sufficient Funds
Lease Default Lease Default
Liens Liens
Repo Repossessed
RFC Refused Further Credit
Pays-Sol Pays Slow
Not Pay AA Not Paying as Agreed
Cia-Our-Req Cash in Advance-Our Request
Was Pastdue Account was Past Due
Was Problem Problems In the Past
CIA Cash in Advance
Adj.Bureau Adjustment Bureau
COD Cash on Delivery
COD Cusreq COD Customer Request
Adv-Trend Advertise Trend
New Owner Recent Ownership Change
Hldg-Ord Holding Orders
Secured Secured Account
Discount Discount
Improving Improving
Unr-Disc Unearned Discount Taken
X-Deduct Unauthorized Deductions
Ref Fin Chg Refused Finance Charge
Satsftry Satisfactory Account
Bond Satis Bonding Satisfactory
Prompt Pays Promptly
Exlent Acct Excellent Account
1st Sale First Sale
21 Dys Late 21 Days Late
14 Dys Late 14 Days Late
7 Dys Late 7 Days Late
Exc Disc Excessive Discount Taken
Dispute Dispute Invoice
Prod Complt Product Complaint
Consol Note Consolidation Note
Ltd.Exp Limited Experience
Note Pays By Note
Floor Plan Floor Plan Account
Trd-Acpt Pays by Trade Acceptance
Ern Disc Earned Discount Taken
Job Complet Job Completed
Unfl-Ord Unfilled Orders
Installment Installment Account
New Account New Account
Consignment Sell on Consignment
Retention Retention
Multi Locate Multiple Locations Comments not Available
ADS XXX Average Days Slow
Sold XXX Yrs Number of Years Sold
DDWA XXX Dollar-Days Weighted Average
Payment Terms
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Term Explanation
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Net X Net Due in X Days
Net Eom Net amount due by the end of the month
Net Prx Net amount due on the 1st of the following month
N10 Prxo Net due within 10 days of the first of the following month
N10 Eom Net due within 10 days of the end of the month
X/10 N15 X Percentage discount if paid in 10 days or total amount
due in 15 days
X/15 N30 X percentage discount if paid in 15 days or total amount
due in 30 days
X/30 N45 X percentage discount if paid in 30 days or total amount
due in 45 days
X/10 Eom X percentage discount if paid in 10 days or total amount
due at the end of the month
X/15 Eom X percentage discount if paid in 15 days or total amount
due at the end of the month
X/10 Prx X percentage discount if paid in 10 days, otherwise due on
the first of the following month
X/15 Prx X percentage discount if paid in 15 days, otherwise due on
the first of the following month
X/Eom X percentage discount if paid by end of month
X/Prox X percentage discount if paid by the first of the following
month
Cs Dis Discount in return for payment before final due date.
Tr Dis Reduction of the selling price and is always available to the
customer regardless of the lateness of the payment
Special Special terms offered by seller
Contrct As stated in contract
Varied Offers several different terms
Roi Remit on receipt of invoice
D/S Draft Payable at sight
D/O Draft with order
COD Cash on Delivery
COD-Req COD at seller's request
CIA Cash in advance
CIA-Req CIA at seller's request
CWO Cash with order
NET Balance Due
Multi Customer has more than one way of paying
Note Written promise to pay at a specific time
Cash Cash only
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Login
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The proper format for TRW is as follows:
TCA1 RTS subcode+pw lastname firstname middleinitial...,street# streetinit
zipcode
Example: (Subscriber code is 1234567 and PW is OS5)
TCA1 RTS 1234567OS5 SMITH JOHN S...,3123 H 37923[Ctrl S][Ctrl M]
^C
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Issue XIV, File 7 of 9
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Welcome to the first Phrack World News "Special Edition." In this issue we
have two parts. The first section deals with possible news stories of the
future after the weekend of June 19-21... SummerCon '87! The second section
is a presentation of acronyms that never were, but should be. All posts have
been taken from Metal Shop Private prior to its takedown in June. Posts have
been edited for this presentation.
PWN Special Edition is not a regular series and will only appear when the
author deems it necessary to release one. Please keep in mind that all
material in this file was written several weeks prior to SummerCon '87 and
therefore the events chronicled here are supposed fiction and comedy.
Thank you -KL.
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Name: Phantom Phreaker
SummerCon Prank Backfires June 31, 1987
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, the SummerCon went over well, except when the convention attendees stole
every payphone in the building and placed them in front of Taran King's hotel
room, rang the door, and shouted "Room Service." Needless to say, Taran King
is now in jail until he can pay for all the stolen payphones.
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Name: Knight Lightning
Phreak/Hack World Shut Down! June 21, 1987
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It happened yesterday when John Maxfield accompanied by Ralph Meola, Richard
Proctor, Dan Pasquale, Edward P. Nowicki, and several members of the FBI,
Secret Service, National Security Agency, and local baggers 402 literally
invaded SummerCon '87, the annual phreak/hack reunion. It has been reported
that a total of 97 suspects have been placed in custody with crimes linking
them to jay walking, loitering, curfew violation, disturbing the peace, and
belching in excessive amounts.
Details are sketchy but it appears that it all started when a very drunk pair
of twins decided to visit the local McDonald's and demanded a COSMOS Sundae
with passwords on the side. When a very confused McDonald's employee refused,
they became agitated and whipped out a blue box, using it to open the "trunks"
of all the cars in the parking lot and then finally throwing it at an
employee. A mad crowd of people rushed to the Best Western Executive
International Inn and tried to storm the building when the other previously
mentioned uninvited guests arrived.
Final remarks from the twins... "So who wants to discuss CAMA?"
Information provided by F. R. Newsline Services and on the scene reporting by
Broadway Hacker (arrested for attempted prostitution).
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Name: Thomas Covenant
SummerCon '87 "Laugh Riot"; Numerous Phreaks Still Missing June 25, 1987
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(St Louis, PP) Authorities are still searching for the nearly 100 missing
telecom enthusiasts who gathered in town over the weekend for a convention.
Apparently the missing parties were sitting around, undergoing the intake of
many assorted consciousness altering chemicals, when a strange young man with
shoulder length hair and wearing a Judas Priest jacket appeared. He forced
them all into a white 1957 Chevy pickup and took off, leaving only Evil Jay
and Thomas Covenant behind. Evil Jay was quoted as saying it was a "laugh
riot." Thomas Covenant had nothing to say as he is in shock from the incident
and currently undergoing treatment at the St. Louis Home for the Terminally
Bewildered.
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Name: Phantom Phreaker
Computer Enthusiasts Infected With The AIDS Virus June 22, 1987
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>From St. Louis Post Dispatch
They called it "SummerCon," a gathering of "phone phreaks" and computer
hackers who are loosely organized around a network of computer bulletin
boards. However, tragedy struck the meeting when the hacker named Evil Jay
tricked another hacker, Suicidal Nightmare, into entering the room belonging
to Broadway Hacker. Suicidal Nightmare was found in the parking lot with a
torn anus.
As if this wasn't bad enough, Broadway Hacker then went wild and began trying
to molest the smallest hackers there. He could be seen chasing Kango Kid
while screaming about a flaming mailbox and rubbing his genital area.
Other problems arose from the hackers meeting. Several people were arrested
for possession of cannibus and illegal possession of alcohol. The other
charges included:
o Intoxicated Pedestrian
o Disturbing the Peace
o Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
o Failure to yield at stop sign
o No turn signal
o Theft of telephones
o Verbally harassing telephone operators
As you can see, these computer 'hackers' have no morals and decency and should
not be allowed to meet.
(C) Post Dispatch 2050
Written by Jack Meoff
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Name: Knight Lightning
Phreak World Crippled; SummerCon Causes Despair June 22, 1987
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today, the phreak world was astounded and dealt a horrifying blow as all the
phreaks who attended SummerCon left with their entire phreak knowledge
literally erased from their minds due to an excess of drinking and other
unknown mind altering substances. It is unknown as to if these effects are
temporary or a life-long destruction.
Anarchy World Takes Charge June 23, 1987
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MetalliBashers Inc. have become the new "LOD" of the modem world since all of
the LOD members no longer can even remember what LOD stands for (in fact, no
one can, and forget I mentioned it!). With MBI taking charge, the new wave of
the modem world has turned strictly anarchy, although there are rumors of
various pirating organizations beginning to unload new wares soon.
Investigators Lose Jobs! June 24, 1987
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
John Maxfield reportedly lost ALL contracts today when it was discovered that
the phreak/hack community was completely destroyed, thus no one needed
protection from them. He has now taken a job with the local sanitation
management firm to help figure out what to do with all the garbage now that
the phreak community wasn't stealing 1/3 of it anymore.
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Name: Evil Jay
Suicidal Nightmare - History June 23, 1987
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Suicidal Nightmare met death head on when Evil Jay knocked on his door
pretending to be a lineman checking on his line. Once inside, Jay proceeded
to swing a hand set at him with amazing accuracy. Once dragged outside, Jay
then proceeded to tie Suicidal naked to a tree and call the ever-lovin'
Broadway Hacker over to do his stuff. Jay was last heard pleading insanity.
Suicidal Nightmare remains in intensive care, and Broadway Hacker is happy.
______________________________________________________________________________
That is the last of the news reports, now on with "Those Amazing Acronyms...!"
______________________________________________________________________________
Name: Doom Prophet
FUCK-Facilities Utilization Control Kitchen. A really hot office. They keep
backups of all systems per a LATA, or in special cases, the entire BOC
area, along with user logs and passwords. They use the CUNTLICK system
to interface with SHIT, explained momentarily. They are difficult to
reach as no one knows their number, and anyone calling it has to enter a
special queue dispenser where he enters routing information to reach the
FUCK ACD. The FUCK technicians answer as normal subscribers and you have
to tell them a codeword.
PENIS-Plant Engineering Network Information System. Used by the PMS to deal
with outside plant details and layout maps.
CUNTLICK-Computer Utilities Network In the Control Kitchen. Used to sensor
with SHIT.
SHIT-Supreme Hardware Inventory Totals. Self explanatory.
CRAP-Customer Repair Analysis Service. They use PENIS to supply PMS with
info.
PISS-Primary Intertoll Switching Servicemen. Co-ordinate classes 1 through 4
toll offices and monitor the STP's.
BITCH-Building Installation Table Channel. Used by SHIT technicians to obtain
new switch and office status.
SCAB-Switching Cable Analysis Bureau. They work with PMS for trunk testing
and maintenance. The systems they use are FART and DOPAMINE.
BASTARD-Box Accessible System To Aid Real D00ds. A special in band NPA with
full OSC support for blue boxers to experiment within legally. Only
operating in special areas.
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Name: Phantom Phreaker
DOGSHIT-Division Operations Group SHIT (see above post). DOGSHIT is like
SHIT, except that DOGSHIT is in a division.
CATPISS-Centralized Automatic Tandem Priorities Interexchange Support System.
Self-explanatory.
BEER-Bell Electrical Engineering Research
COOL-Computerized Operations On Loops
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Name: Taran King
BOOGER-Bell Operational Office for Generation of ESS Reports. Self
Explanatory.
STAN-Spanish Tacos And Nachos. This support group, Californian based,
maintains food services for all superior employees (all employees).
NATE-Nacho And Taco Emissary. This department secretly interfaces STAN with
the rest of the network due to the STAN group's inability to fit in with
society. **Due to divestiture, NATE and STAN are no longer part of the
network**
IL DUCE-Not an acronym, but the janitorial services department of the network.
PUMPKIN-Peripheral Unit Modulator Phor Kitchen Installations of NATE. This
group is in charge of interfacing kitchen activities through Project
Genesis. See RAPE.
BRRR-RING-The official word for the sound an AT&T phone makes receiving an
incoming call.
BANANA-Basic Analog Network Analog Network Analog (No wonder they went
digital)
RAPE-Red Afro-PUMPKIN Enthusiast. This group, led by Peter, cheers IL DUCE
while he sweeps the floors.
SCOOP-Secondary Command Output Only Procedure. This converts all text to
lower case. It is a function used in most Bell computers along with
LEX.
LEX-Lengthy Explanatory Xlations. This program, found alongside SCOOP,
converts all lowercase text, from SCOOP, into upper case and 40 columns
surrounded by "$"s.