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Editors: Dr. Menace
Angel of Death
The People's freedom Association
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PRN: 5
PfA: The legally questionable digest for open
mindz...
Disclaimer: The information in this publication perataining to things such as,
but not limited to, computer hacking, phone phreaking, drug
making, weaponsmithing, and other illegal acts is provided on a
so you know policy. We take no responsibility if you actually
do the shit!
P.S.: Don't get caught, d00dz! Have p/h/u/n!
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Letter from the head guys:
Hey! This is Dr. Menace and Angel of Death. We're the guys in
charge of all this bullshit. We imagine you are no doubt thinking,
"Oh god. Another fly-by-night underground computer hacker
magazine!" Well, we actually have a purpose for this one. Here's
the story:
One day Angel of Death and myself were sitting around. We realized
that "Hey, there are magazines on drugs, magazines on weapons,
magazines on phreaking, and magazines on hacking, but no really
wonderful compilations all of the above." (Of course, I am para-
phrasing.)
So here is the fruits of our effort. I hope ya like it.
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This week's letter from Dr. Menace:
Hey guys. I know, I know it's been a fucking LONG time since I put
out an issue of this thing. And I know that seems a tad
irresponsible as I would like this to grow into a very popular 'zine,
right up there with Phrack and 26oo! (In my dreamz...)
Well the thing is I wanted to setup a REAL mailing list...but we've
got info on that and it's in the works...but as of my writing of this
letter I'm sure we won't have it worked out in time for you to read
this using that...
Plans for the hardcopy edition of PfA are now being made. We're not
sure if it'll replace the data version or if they'll go side by side
kinda like 40-Hex started doing quite sometime ago... I think it was
40-Hex anyways. (I'm out of it right now.)
The layout will be a newspaper like format, but it'll be in magazine
physical form. It'll probably be done with Microsoft Word (A payed
for copy of course!!! :-) ) so we can do really cool st00pid fonts
and shit...
I think we'll do it once we get past a couple hundred subscribers or
something. (Probably in 2001! haha.)
btw - Unless you are VERY fucking dumb you will have noticed the name
change by now, it's because there's some lame DiSCo group called ABBA.
Please note we are not endorsed (Nor do we endorse, by ANY fucking
means...) this DiSCo group...
l8r friendz.....
btw - I realize the ASCii art in the beginning there is pretty
lame...think you can do better? Then send it to me...
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( / / /
/ ___ /___ / __
/ / ) / ) / /__) of Kontentz...
/ (___/( (_/____/ (__/ (___
Sektion I Sektion II Sektion III
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Weapon/Bombsmithing Drugmaking H/P/Electronics
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|The best Sektion!!! | |Make stuff to get | |Hacking into systems, |
|Info on Bomb Building,| |high. Hallucen- | |virus information, |
|Weapon making, recipes| |agenics, stimulants| |illegal use of the .|
|etc. | |etc. | |phone system... |
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Sektion I - Weapon and Bomb Smithing
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Phile #: 1
Author: Dr. Menace
Title: WORKING Tennis Ball Bomb...
Date: 03/10/94
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Okay...I've read somewhere...don't quote me on this but I
THINK it was the Jolly Roger's Anarchist Cookbook thing...about this
really lousy tennis-ball bomb. How it worked was that you
jury-rigged...no jury-rigging is fixing something so it barely
works...this just doesn't work...a bunch of strike anywhere matches onto
a tennis ball half and putting blackpowder or some such behind them so
if you through it at the pavement near someone, and god was on your
fucking side and the correct surface area of it hit, the strike anywhere
matches would ignite, and fuck the dude up pretty bad.
Well, this may not mean much from a guy who used to break
Macintosh password copy protections (A scheme which used to be common on
those lousy things.) by hand, but I'm not willing to rely on chance like
that.
My method also involves a tennis ball. First, cut it in half.
If I need to tell you how to do this then get lost, bud. Next, get some
of those paper caps for cap guns. You know the kind that are little
squares with pimples on them filled with gunpowder? They come in
rolls... Any ways, get a bunch of those. Check this out:
half of the tennis ball.
|
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/ +++++++++++++ \
/++++++++++++++++ \
| +++++++++++++++++-+----- Get it? Cover the inside
| +++++++++++++++++ | with ROWS (This is important!)
\ +++++++++++++++ / of the caps.
\_+++++++++++_/
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epoxy all of the caps down except for every 3rd
cap, HEAVILY. (If you do all of them there's a
slight chance it won't work.)
Ok, this done, fill each half with gunpowder, then put
paper on top of one half while you put it on top of the other.
Slide the paper out and hotglue the halves together. You may want
to use something to weight it down if you want to be able to throw
it further.
The Gist: When the bomb strikes a surface, the caps will
hit the hard epoxy layer and discharge, igniting the gunpowder.
Hehehehehhahehaeohaoheh! Great for bullies, assholes,
sociology prof's....whatever.
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Sektion II - Drug Making
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Phile #: 1
Author: Dr. Menace
Title: Glory, Glory, Glory!
Date: 03/11/94
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In our recent trends of covering hallinogenic materials, we are
now going to cover the wonderful world of Ipomoea violacea, that is, Morning
Glory seeds, of the convolculaceae, or bindweed family.
Any part of the morning glory plant except for the roots will work,
but the seeds are the most potent.
Generally consumption:
Take from 5-10 grams grams orally, or grind 'em up really good, soak
'em for 40 minutes or so, strain it and drink it.
What gets you high is the d-lysergic acid amide and the ergometrine,
it's kinda like LSD and last ya about 5-6 hours.
DON'T fuck with this shit if you've had any sort of liver disorders,
or if you are pregnant or have had uterus surgery. (The ergometrine has
uterus stimulating properties.)
Also if you obtain it from a florist, it may have been treated with a
poison to discourage illicit use or with methyl mercury to preserve them.
This will make you puke and will give you the shits. If you suspect the seeds
you've obtained are treated as such, plant 'em, and their offspring will not
be poisoned.
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Phile #: 2
Author: Dr. Menace
Title: Announcement of the Upcoming
Date: 03/11/94
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This is to announce a project that I will be starting soon.
This will be a large file, or a series of files (Which I am not sure
yet.) that covers how to make your own drugs.
By this I don't mean step by step instructions like I have put
in here before. I mean a guide to figuring out your own combinations.
This will include which chemicals can have which effects, which
chemicals will neutralize the effects, and which can enhance them etc...
Allowing you to therefore mix and match.
l8r.
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Sektion III - Phreaking/Hacking/Electronics
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Phile #: 1
Author: Angel of Death
Title: The Chrome Box
Date: 03/20/94
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The Chrome Box
Emergency vehicles in many American cties have now beghun using devices
called OptoComs. An OptoCom is a sensor on traffic lights that will detect
a certain frequency of strobe coming off of an emergency vehicle. The actual
frequency of the strobe varied from city to city, and many cities do not have
them at all intersections.
A Chrome Box is designed to fake the signals coming from these strobe lights,
so that your own car has the same priority as an ambulance, firetruck, or
police car.
The first step is to watch an emergency vehicle. If you watch a firetruck or
ambulance, they will probably have a strobe light mounted on top. If this
light seems to send off a steady stream of flashes, just go to Radio Shack,
and get a strobe, and then adjust the flash rate until you cause traffic
lights to change. However, some cities use a system where the strobe sends
out a morse-code like pattern of flashes.
To figure these out, videotape an ambulance on the move, and then play it
back in single-frame mode. Unless your VCR specifies otherwise, each frame
will be 1/30th of a second, so you can just figure out the flash pattern
from that.
If you're confused, try calling the fire department and asking something like
"what are those flashing lights on the top of the trucks for?" or "how do you
get traffic lights to change when you drive through the intersection?". If
you can find out where they get their equipment from, write the manufacturer
for a service manual, and they'll probably send you some information on it,
some even send a schematic diagram of how to build the lights. Just pose as
a consultant or a free-lance journalist.
Sometimes you might need a faster strobe rate than your light allows, so you
will have to modify it. Just open it up and find the large capacitor inide,
and replace it with one that has the same voltage rating, but a lower
microfarad rating (marked on the outside).
You can also replace the potentiometer (the speed control device with the
knob on it) with one that has a lower ohm rating (abbreviated with the greek
omega letter). This will speed up the strobe. You can also replace the
with one of a lower value, if there is one.
To generate a complex pattern, you will either have to design and build
a triggering circuit using IC chips, or rig up a mechanical device with
a multiple-contact rotary switch and a motor. It HAS been done.
To run it out of your car, you will probable either need to get a 110-volt
inverter that will run off your cigarette lighter, or just get a battery-
powered strobe.
For extra stealth, try putting an infrared filter (available from military
surplus, or from optical supply houses).
Here's some decoded patterns that you can use:
Torrance, California
Standard large Radio Shack strobe lights are used. Moderately fast rate.
* * * * * * * *
Manhattan Beach,CA
Flash-pairs in a 4:1 ratio, at a rate of 2 flash-pairs per second.
* * * * * * * *
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Phile #: 2
Author: Angel of Death
Title: K-RaD VmS/hAx d00dZ!
Date: 03/18/94
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VAX Hacking
VAX is an acronym for Virtual Address eXtension, meaning that it uses memory
addresses beyond the limit of its physical memory, allowing it to run
programs that are too large to fit in its memory. These are manufactured by
the DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation), and generally run an operating
system called VMS (Virtual Memory System). VMS uses a system called the DCL
processor, that lets you enter DCL programs, sort of like a DOS batch file,
or a UNIX shell script.
You can identify VAX systems, because all of them have the "Username:" and
"Password:" prompts as you log in. Anything else is just extraneous, and
helps you guess passwords. There are some default logins built into VAX,
but most responsible sysops delete these accounts or change the passwords:
USERNAME PASSWORD
-------- --------
DECNET DECNET
* SYSTEST UETP
SYSTEST
SYSTEM SYSTEM
DEFAULT DEFAULT
* FIELD FIELD
OPERATIONS OPERATIONS
* SUPPORT SUPPORT
DEC
SYSTEST_CLIG CLIG
SYSTEST
TEST
Accounts with asteriks next to them are VERY powerful, and good ones to
crack.
When you get the "$" prompt, there are hundreds of commands you can enter,
depending on the system. Here's a few basic ones:
@ - Executes a DCL program format is @filename.com
ACCOUNTING - accounting program that charges users for their use of the sys.
CREATE - Pascal compiler. Format is CREATE filename.pas
CREATE/DIR - creates a subdirectory like in UNIX or DOS
DEL - used to delete files. Format is DEL filename.ext
DIR - displays a directory, like DIR in dos or ls in UNIX. Adding the /FULL
option gives you a full listing, with security info. and such, adding
the /BRIEF option gives you a brief listing. Wildcards can be used,
with * to mean all, and % to mean anything matching one character.
DIR *.* or DIR newuser%%.doc
EDIT - VMS editor. Use VT220 terminal with this.
HELP - brings up a help program like what you're reading.
LOGOUT - logs you out of the system
MAIL - lets you send mail locally, and on any networks the system is on.
$PASSWORD - lets you change password. Used: $PASSWORD mynewpass
PHONE - brings up a chat program that changes your prompt to "%". Type in
a user's name to talk to him. If he is on a different node, type
his node name, two colons, and his username.
PHOTO - records session (like a capture)
RUN - executes executables.
SHOW - With SHOW, you can look at a lot. I am
just going to list a lot of things you can
view and what it will show you.
EX: SHOW USERS DAV
CLUSTER - VAX cluster if any
DEFAULT - Directory path and device
DEVICES - The system devices (drives,
etc.)
INTRUSION - If any accounts are being
hacked
MEMORY - Memory of course
NETWORK - Network and the VAX's location
within
PROCESS - PROCESS ProcessName shows
status
PROTECTION - Protection on files
QUOTA - Shows disk space allowed for
your account
SYSTEM - Miscellaneous system info
DAY - Day & date
TIME - Time
USERS - Users online all systems
TYPE - types a file out to your terminal (like the UNIX 'cat' command)
SET FILE/PROTECTION - The syntax for this is:
SET FILE/PROTECTION=OWNER[RWED] filename.ext
To set the Read, Write, Execute, and Delete flags for
a file's owner. WORLD or GROUP can be substituted for
OWNER, to mean users in your world or group. SYSTEM
can be used for anyone that has SYSPRV privileges.
SET TERMINAL/WIDTH=80 - Sets width to 80 columns
SET TERMINAL/ADVANCED_VIDEO = Sets 124 X 24 lines
SET TERMINAL/ANSI_CRT = ANSI escape sequences
SET TERMINAL/AUTOBAUD = Possibly gets higher baud rate
SET TERMINAL/BROADCAST = Enable messages from SEND, MAIL & PHONE
SET TERMINAL/DEVICE_TYPE=VT220 - Sets terminal type to VT220
SET TERMINAL/ECHO = Enables echoing from DCL command line
SET TERMINAL/FULLDUP = Enables full duplex
SET TERMINAL/HANGUP = Causes account to log off if no carrier
SET TERMINAL/INQUIRE - Shows device_type of terminal
SET TERMINAL/PAGE=43 - Sets display length to 43 lines
SET TERMINAL/TYPE_AHEAD = Sets type ahead function on
SET TERMINAL/UNKNOWN - Used for ASCII device types
SET TERMINAL/WRAP = Used to set wrap around feature
NOTE:
All of the above denoted with a "=" rather than a "-" can be
changed to the opposite setting by placing a "NO" directly in
front of the qualifiers. EX: SET TERMINAL/NOECHO
There are other uses for the SET command that you can get with HELP, but
these are the most common.
VAX systems also have some special filename extensions that you might want
to know to keep yourself out of trouble:
ADA Ada compiler source code file
BAS BASIC compiler source code file
B32 BLISS-32 compiler source code file
C C compiler source code file
COB COBAL compiler source code file
FOR FORTRAN compiler source code file
MAR MACRO compiler source code file
PAS Pascal compiler source code file
PLI PL/I compiler source code file
CLD DCL command description file
COM DCL batch or command procedure file
DAT Data file
DIS Distribution file (as in mail)
DIR Directory file (as in a subdirectory)
EDT Command file for the EDT editing program
EXE Executable program
HLP Text for help libraries
JOU EDT editor journal when problems occur
LIS System listing file (as in TYPE, PRINT, & PHOTO)
LOG Batch job output file
MAI Mail message file
MEM DSR output file
OBJ Object code created by compiler before LINKing
RNO Source file for DSR
SIXEL Files for Sixel graphics
SYS System image file
TJL Journal created when the unusual occurs (DECNET a lot)
TMP Temporary file (sometimes valuable)
TPU Editor command file
TXT Text library input file (also MAIL output file)
UAF USER AUTHORIZATION FILE
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Appendix A - PfA BBS List Information.
If run a hacker related Bulletin Board System, perhaps you would like
to publicize your board to the appropriate crowd. If so, call The
Escapade Macabre and leave feedback to Dr. Menace or Angel of Death
telling us the name, number and NuP (if any) of your BBS. Thanx!
Current BBS List:
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{Name} {Phone #} {NuP}
The Escapade Macabre 206-565-0786 None
The Private Cartel 206-475-7439 None
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Appendix B - Submitting articles to PfA
If you have read PfA, and like what you see, perhaps you'd be interested
in being published in our fine magazine?
If so call The Escapade Macabre and leave feedback to Dr. Menace (NOT
Angel of Death.) that contains the body of the article, the author, the
date, and the title. Most articles will be accepted as long as they are
of the appropriate genre. Thanx!
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Appendix C - Receiving copies of PfA
The best way to receive PfA is of course by modem. However this is not
possible for all people, and we were at PfA realize that. Very soon,
you will be able to send a couple bucks to our post office box and get
very nice bound copies of the current PfA issue. (It looks real good,
printed on a BubbleJet Printer with high quality paper, then carefully
photocopied, and stapled.)
At some point, we do plan on making a special hardcopy edition of PfA,
featuring bold, italics, and underlines, with different sized fonts,
hand drawn pictures, and a magazine format (Like 2600 sorta.) and
everything, but this is a long way off....
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Appendix D - Contacting the Editors
There are a few ways you can contact Angel of Death and I. Here they
are:
1) BBS: The Escapade Macabre, (206)565-0786. A WWiV BBS run by Dr.
Menace and Angel of Death. We can both be contacted their.
2) Yaki-Net: If you are one of the few people who are on Yaki-Net, try
E-Mailing Dr. Menace@2600, or Angel of Death@2600, from any Yaki-Net
BBS. Some Yaki-Net BBS's carry an PfA discussion area, too.
3) Internet: We can also be reached by InterNet! Dr. Menace is
drmenace@hebron.connected.com, and Angel of Death is
craig@hebron.connected.com. I (Dr. Menace) am also on the Telnet
Citadel BBS's as Dr. Menace, and Angel of Death is also on them as Net
Prowler.
4) IRC: We will soon host a ?regular? chat ...probably on
Weekends. We do not have this totally worked out yet, but the channel
name will be "#PfAChat"...
Any form of E-Mail is acceptable for submitting articles, just make
sure you make you include the author, and subject of the article.
Also, submissions may be posted in the "PfA Discussion" area of
participating Yaki-Net BBS's. (Please DO NOT post articles in the
Hacking Discussion areas on Yaki-Net!!!)
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Appendix E - Citing the Sources
In short, we ain't gonna do it. I've been through megs and megs...shit
maybe gigs of text and sometimes have to extract information from
memory and it would be totally impractical for me to try citing every
source. I will say though that useful info can be obtained from old
BootLeggers and TAPs, Jolly Roger's Anarchist Cookbook, and
LegalHi.Txt...
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Greets to: The Chief and the uXu staff, thanx for the
endorsements! X-Lod, Taran King, Knight Lightning, Kevin
Mitnick, the Prophet, Knight Lightning, LoC (Haha.), RTM, the
BellCore, ID Software, ACT, Bruce Sterling, William Gibson, the
number 2600, and the letters H and P.
Have fun guyz!
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