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JULY,
VOLUME THREE. NUMBER RF.VF\' $2
There arc :i few general rules of caution concern ir,g Trojan
1986
VIOLATING A VAX
By Bnal/fhtih
An DEC systems have proliferated throughout the
establishment. hackersā desires to know more about same hjtvc
also risen dramaLically. This is ironic as DEC architecture has a
well-designed security schema white many other systems
require additional software, In usiy ease, reg/udloss of what
system you've decided to target, them arc a few tricks. The
follow! ns is written specific to V AX ! VMS bu t mov-1 of this can
bo applied to Other systems,
One two-bit trick is to continually hit Control-'] upon
logging in This feature will tell you what images me being
executed in the system-wide Logitl procedure. M ost likely, this is
where any site-specific security will try and weed out who has
certain privileges nr who should remain inside 0 captive
process.
Conttol-T has limitations, however. It only shows images;
That is. if it's i:0l art executable in the directory
SYSSSY5TFM, il will probably only appear as PCT. Tim I
envois a lot of ground. Furthermore. 0 out no L-T might indicate
that youāre running SET. Well, thatk- jusl tine and dandy hut
SET what? H con'd he anything from setting terminal
characteristics to resetting the CPU clock.
Trojjirt HofSfS
Let if- assume that somehow you got an account and now wish
to give you t self privileges. A Troian horse if- jlisl the licket. A
Trojan horse is simply a tew i ucs of coding that yuu
unobtrusively slip into someone else Y program . That someone,
who has. special privileges, then unknowingly runs your
program. The following, is a simple Trojan horse that could be
copied into a privileged users directory and renamed
LQG1N.C'OM;890. Thus, as he logs inin his account, he
ailiomaticaUy runs the program. Ihc reason for the high
version number is to insure that Lhis will lake pi'ceotlcnce over
any LDG1N.COM LiO already has. The last line deletes the
program .thus erasing any trace of your d irty deeds . We assume
here 1 hat the username you arc working nut of is "TRASH" 1 .
Ksscntially, all we're having Our friend do i.& modify TRASH to
have all default privileges. 1 , tkewi.se, you could have him add
users.
The only Itard patr is copying tills into a userY directory. If
the system allows ad GROUP privileges, then you should lifl-VC
no troubles. As Vaxes arc frequently used in scientific
environments where P rogram-Kwapping is common . thi ^ m iglu
be the ease. Otherwise, you'll itave to pul this or something
simi lar 10 this elsewhere.
SS-TCi VOVLREI'Y
SSETVOtO>TROI^V
KSLT MKSbiAtit/N t)t'AC/KOIĀ£)ENT. f NOfilEVER /HOTEJiT
ASS1CN.TJSER XL: KYSlSOVTPIJT
ssv.t m:v sysisystem:
SftUN 1 ,'U'THORIZE
MODIFY TRASIt/niTTRtV ALL
EXi'l
SSET CONTROL V
SSET M EAR F A C ,'l H F. NT sR V F.R /TEXT
XUELEi'E LOCTNRIOMSN)
horses. First, in general don\ replace or Insert the home directly
intn the resident program. Rather, insert a pointer that tells the
system which program 10 tun, (The sample horse is an
escupliosi as it deletes itself. However, someone perusing tltf
system may discover it before it runs .l Additionally, give your
program an innocuous name. Make it look Like il belongs.
Finally, whenever possible, write your souree code in
compilable language, deleting Ihe source code and leaving only
the image. This will insure thal even the most suspicions of
system people won't be able io to End any evidence of
tampering.
Now, Let's say that you want Lo colled more passwords. The
password grabber is your tool. This childishly simple program
does nothing more than mimic the Logon procedure to some
unsusport ing dope. U tibekrtOWU 1 0 said dope, hi?, username and
password are written to some useful Location (your directory,
for instance) for later retrieval. Sophisticated grabbers
continue to let the user Use tlse system, and just pass Jlis
commands to Ihe ope rating system. An easier approach Is to
bump him offline as if the computer dropped him for some
legitimate reason. The following program .simulates a logon
then gives him a transmission creon (The error looks legit, hut 1
don'L think Lhis message really eisisCs.) followed by the Si ring Of
character?, indicating he got bumped (lhis string may he
site .Term inal specific.!. At lhis point it just vrai(S...an hour.
H aving d isahled Control-Y . he cant do anyl hing anyhow. I le 'cl
hj i: her leave o r turn off the term ica I . Hither is il nc. 'I lie problem
with actually having the gra bber jog you out after i.l Luts- gul Len
the password ri that the Logout message earn: lie readily
suppressed . It also m ig'r.t ha ve an elapse time greater than the IN)
seconds he was on, and it will certainly have your name in it.
Now comes ihc bad news Most privileged users have a
terminal on their desks and perhaps work in restricted areas.
Thus your posswoid grabber, in a more public area will
probably collect unprivileged accounts. To gfl around this,
next lime you visit the system manager at his office, run the
grabber on his terminaL. Tt only takes one short command.
The other hod news it that this is designed to work after
hitting Return or.ee and only once. The second Return wiLL be
a bsorbed as the ti sei name, A I ii tic CKi ra cod i ng cou Id rake ca i e
of this,
Snm sysSsyJnriiclL'nr [Thrii jusl clrars lliu steven, is silf-sjivcirii:]
Sinwilre/Jiopiinct rluiaiay " " l Absorb the first KRTCIRNI
smi tcrnlml ā Y (Iil-ji cum li mie
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VAXES
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V i ruses
Vini'ws arc a hit more inlcresflnp. ITicsc mSnstcTS in [heir
erbdest form do nothing but replica Le themselves. Tlw One
below cErics just tlial bul with* twist, I r keeps on submit: i r.p jobs
tes- the hatch que anil send!; the Output to SYSSSYSI'EM.
Unfortunately. ail that will happen is lire que may ove iflow.
\1 osr V'ajfcs arc set u p to run no mn re 1 lin n three ot ton r iohs
iim ulumeously. Bo user service wtinl realty he degraded . The
system) wĀ£l 1 : ust pet very very cluttered.
This partlctilfi r viajs points oql an inlcrcslinp tlhw m how
most VaXes me set tip. There is generally no limil to the number
nf jobs even a ad n- privileged use* mav si ibmit . E ton ion I ly. 1 h is
parameter may he easily reset in the L'Af.
A good virus does something slightly mure interesting lilte
pin nt o small bomb in the system to go oil' after sonic time
period or after some event occur* or burn a hoLe somewhere sU
thai a certain command will do something dse or insure chat a
certain username wilt always work or dedicate all system
the free phones of philly
by Chester Holmes
In' a snirpri&jflgly alcruislio move, MO/SBS-Sliylma. in
cooperation with IfclL of Pennsylvania (BP A) , recently begti i'i
provid i up. free '.n np d istanoc service to area inhabitants from
ordinary coin bux telephones. The new IL I program was
initiated in several central offices that had recently been
upgraded to equal access.
Under equal access, telephone subscribers arc forced to
'ā āvote ā for their favorite long distance carrier on a flimsy
āballot '-(if they waive this privilege^ a n ^qual access ca 1 1 lc i will
he a is ig tied to the to , ostensibly at rand otu ). I Ins arrangement
allows long distance calls to be made simply by dialing
1+NPA+7D (I plus the 10-digit phone number), and Ihc
selected (or assigned) carrier would hill [he call accordingly.
Users still have Ihe option to place calls Ihrough other Lhan
t -Lcir priiEtii ry ea nit j , though, by d iallng 1 0XXX+ 1 +N E J A+71 1 .
[he XXX lieinp. Ihc carrierās code number (watch for a lull
listing of these soon in 7660). ' I'his āoasuLi I use, āas BP A calls it ,
is hilled by most carriers via tire normal monthly R-PA hill
VI ost coi n box phones have lip pet rentty voted lor AT&T as
their longd islance a rricr, So me nifty things happen witch you
try 1 UXXX+ dialing at a coin box for example , 1 0444+ 1 + 1 01Y
resources to calculating the mill ion rh digit of pi you get the
idea; It car. do anything. You're only Limited by your
imagination. Even more fascinating, when the infected
software is copied 1 n anol her system , the virus takes over yer
another machine. In tliecascofcnmmiiiiicstOn software coding
specifically designed to reach utu and touch other systems, the
final outcome can be phenomenal especially when one
Considers how many systems a re networked togcthfi . In theory,
otic program could in fee: a very large percentage of all system*.
Finally, the virus. can dlller dupliente iLself upon entry to
each system fori cel or clone itself arithmal ion lly (as is Ihe case
below) nr prow in perimetric progression. Yeow!
The sample virus Consists nf two programs. One writes- a
duplicate program and renames each cine slightly rl i Ifcienl I y
Lis purpose is ro duties up disk spice. The other propram
submits- each program.
E hc only words of caution are us follow*. All jobs have the
uv-i name at lathed. IfyuuYc using one of many tionprivileges
accounts and don't care, tliath one ihing Tf you donāt want to
get cn i i_f.hr . you" I need special privileges to add the qualifier
.' 1J SCR X A M L! - S Y STEM to (lie submit cemmund.
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iwbiti: [ā ā n.EāST>m/f>urpi:T=SYSiSvS'i em L>t:vsj.P:i unoonn... r
WTI.OSE FILL
IFT1|)]:VSZ^TR .\S1 1 \CR QW.COM
ICOTOIOB*
AnySmw. happy hunting, and don't byte off more lhan you
cur. eschew.
will give vou the Ailnel tune to enter yot'ir nut bur iai.fi on code,
likewise IflTV^-r (Sprint), and several others. I02M+ (AT&T)
retgicsts payment (āthree dollars Lind forty-five cents, pleits( , 'āk
By dulling 10SSS- the all ii. pfowl through Skyline (currently
merging with MET} aud the ā'casual useā bill wi II presumably be
sent to Ihe coin box. As Lin added (cli L ure. MCI an route alls
io most of the Dec world.
Lack for this new Convenience in your equal access
lie i phhn rhood ā aie k ly l ! ! Asa El PA rep resen ta live sa ys .
āWith equal access, things uliango every day!"
In an unrt; latcd aetiun. BPA a nd AT &T a \ e off; ring Dec Id ng
distance dLrccfOJy assistance oaLK from those blue "Tharpe-A-
C 'allā phones. Ad jueent coin boxes ask for bO rents for 1 he same
call.
4 + 4
Kfafrm.. are you yet tins. ifruWv/nw?. 1 you? phone C0'nip*ti)\
tfiaian?j\ us-tfoogocxl r t c ā .ā ro te.ti s-ermchodyehei }f so, then write
them .IiV'mtt ono who them ;o: The 2 (it if J (Jood fVo, 1 ', F. O. tiox
P!> r V. J 1933-009 1?. Doit today, or it u , ho, r r hlof people.
ivj V be mo vim; to Philadelphia.
3-00
Town on Hold During Strike
When workers (or A'l'A I walked off tlw job mcgntLy, rlvt
people of Sfn Isle City, New Jersey were reminded jtUt Ivtiw
a nli unwind Llteii 44 -yen r-pkl IuSc^HdilC system is, ResiituiLls
a inn o l make long rjislunce calls without "he help of SO
i^tciulor. Sopb nr ihum hail 10 leave town to make calls.
Whst's limit Llid fasjhiftucd about the system is that iL LVl its
on ihe honesty of long d iscanoe colters io pruviile u|ic rators
wilh live COFr-rel phone number for billLflft [MiTp^i!*;K. I hr" LO-WP
double-checks all phone thirds P.bo-vit : 57 . in arii cffcrc'l Lo
identify fnni?Jritepi ailk,
N-cw Jemey Hill says Lite telephone switching equipment will
be replaced In December.
Prisoners Break Law
k'-IH JlTVi IV >ā HrpiBrf
Mortis Ce-unty .In il inmates ksvC bCCa making thousands of
dollars WOT LTi of telephone calls over LliC past y Wt "hy using Lite
privileged, lOllg-distiinre 1 K 71 h u lot Company codes (jf MCI,
according L-e auHlonlies
MC! Communications CurpOl alien cetim.ites IliaL ieimtca
havo PiPite atiouL S 10 .GC 0 worth or calk hy using illegally
obtained ccnl<i mimhcrs.
A few inmates u ppa rcitllyhnvr 1"hu Oddusaftil Si'C CKdumĀ£ing
(Iwimse few dggrC LIES fluid OtheT items.
No suspects WCTC kLerHificd by authorities, hUl R spokesman
foe MCI āci ill that aulilOi lives have not dctemnirtcd who has
beep tilled lor Lite illegal CO '-Is Apparently,ā¢ MCf cuslomers
Igjye cmnplai hclI of being billed lor calls origijlRlSns from Ihe
j n il-
Hacker Degrees?
l.laipi?Tji >T
A If-jTjr-O'jd studml .it TrilOrl Cbltege (River Grove,
[|limmj lias Seed cli.irfpd with using 0 computer 10 raifC ilis
grades ami ^io crod it for-emu ics lie never took . Ite k aim lvccn
PCCUsed of iilLoring Ilk grades nf I f Glhcr Pascal or foTUBr
s'LnlcnLs. creating n a academic KtOid for someone '.vhO never
attended Ihc schyo-1, and allowing student! to lake courses free
by 1 tipping, into 'L Vi LOil 5 computer system.
spate i h olice Director .limes Zagel E*id some movies have
pOrtTSiycd eOPipalfT erintesaS "SOtinc 1 hinĀ£ euk and Off l , er"3Pd
lit diked, "Won VI you lliii'f. il IMPS MS clever if the Piovief;
Opcnicifi Efervr sharwed a jay frvrjyng Ins prn'ern:-' will ot
L- aui'eiilS riiKher clieeks oft letn l rr^rcliaii.ls'. 1-
[We wondnr il' he\ cis r siOj'i &iNhji'e iv.tij' C'lydf or fipAe die
iWi āOtT and Rum... .]
T\e\v Jersey Tops Taps
Vea 1 Jerwy led Ihi; nalioa, av a^nal . Ill k year in the OlHllbe r or
sink Ordered wiralaps. with NtlV Verk cinning ill R C-loir
menial, aecordipp, to a ftaleral 1 eport.
New V*ek reported 1 he Ian gcsL Liinnter of twvenf*reenKnC
-ivirelapi 11 a LitMlwlde. wfieo na-lesd iilg fedcrplly onletcd IP |!^.
Both staLts far ejtcetided ihe lolsL reumher yf 1 u p:i m any tiher
state.
Sew Jersey Stnta CHnopIcted m wiretap-; law year wilt a
grand Loial of I'*! laps. New Yorkās Lola! WOS 716 . In
eisiOjiariKiP. [Vnnsytvaaia had 6L, for exaoip P, nrn3
Cisnoeecieul had 16 -
All ia|is in toih ames wei c approved hy judged and were
plaeed mi lelcjihopes in ipnvatc homes ami hnsitsiMtes u^iort
wiras 1ST rtiierojihoriEE. ?ā¢:rali tajis, Leonitomil p-jhlie pmy
phone 1 -
Thu repdi t dees not list Lips sLill In pj^ress.
Ā£xāFtxi Tapped
TiTivr i , 'Ā»^Ā».fT
Tfic farmer tepd <sf Hie SSI's l.os Angeles olTke. Ted 1.
Gtll'jdeisoa. iv|vo now a-isrks RS a private invesIsgatoi.ViRS O-ted
Oeiverpl T-alrphpne alkgint Ltiat Isis work k-kplmoe IVFi'J hetr.
lapped fornlmnnl Lwu yvafS LORHoweavcaSropping otl hi.i'-ines*
atmveispikrns. tlundersoo lud ^lsi> iieen rtiargptJ 537- par
pnpisih lo-r Lius pleasure.
E lse suit Oonlendt that ā¬!TE did a'iTUift v-llhonl his
knowledge or consent , and [IlOE .AriF-wcrpH tfar iiliftaei i ng
fei vice he w H is wired to, i-jused rlvs wimcri ion to he made "to
listen io privileged telephone eonvcrsacionsaivLisiiisaceeas to
sfiiaitiae ipformalnsn
Apparently, someone plated a w-rirk -onlcr wiiltC I H. and it
CoOLpSied. Gif'- Has Since t'Cf'PIlded almost 3s2,{!00 to
Gunderson.
Ttse former spceul agent said he Ivas been I Li raised hy
Federal ayeneie:, hceanse oJ Ilia effoTls to viniltea Ic a mail wlm
Will cnnvieLCd of Tlltirdering his psegnaaL wiTe prd two
dangjhtetS.
SS N umbers Returned To Citizens
Tv rWnKf .ā ā¢vpI
The euslomeTa of Hoek-rrYuick Waki Coi ill NorlTirni New
.kney mccived a nolioeivilh Lhcir (illLs lIliswiplfT Icllirg llicra
that Lhe company lifid ninigiit Lodcmajid thek Fiouia.1 Setuiily
numbers Inn-.l yr.iT.
In IftiS, wIjl-il New Jcesey ordered Lliai water ip ccriam
dtonglit-strickMl regions he ratismed aCCOi ding, to mimkers of
poTsnni pet household, waki SoppliCTa -were anlhm irOd to
count persons p pd . it' ihcy wanted , 1.0 eolVd Hocul Secnt'it'y
nuj libers. Tire Unckcnrtiek c*ni|ra.uy naked for the names of
every person and the SskLiI Security kncnbiiT nf ilie head of Or
household
[.liter, Ihe Company ad milled Lhot it w-ailled Sgci-ā-l SeiUFily
pumbers, not Lo ration svoter, huL to help crrrliL Imrca us aild
etillrcikfJl a prncies colkvt u npaid hil Is
Reside Ills 111 Ikrgcn Cikutiy seed hrc-aitsf liicy KR >d tn
be lieve the InforreaLiOiL WPS rc(|i.:imd hy LliO wale.
A federal court otdceed dvr company i* send 0 coficctMiir
not ifknlLon Lo its CUeUmKTS ami Ln fvi mil llLĀ«n to have: Ll>.-k
ru.Jrr'bcTS eraiciL.
Computers Strike Again!
i'H IWpi
A fnn'.ly eoinpuld' program in he.ililal.gS ivith leliphnue
jnhemvim ei general iiyg phone kilts opto I y.in.H' 1 !'ā - rcent higher
thon average for linn isy a rca customers, recording U> A L & (
ollleials. AfiT ian'1 si.ire hnw many COStomers are affecLed.
hill one cuiiemici, Pempul IhmUowsky. was ehuTgeit Vlf-I.HS
for a irliiiLliiāi JOPtpl on n s Li ml aid posh-hulloo phone, ^riie
fniTcauiraey is SO h'mateid . Ihe COmptltcrs hnvn Liken rt\or t "
Jaiy 1 1 .ouis Sou re off-7 1 . who vĀ£ul billed f.66 "d I(>t leasing i? .67
worth of c^ujpjp-eni ā A" I AL l IrasnH figuTed met how to fix tlw
problem.
Federal Employees āTrackedā
I hr ā +ā Ā« Vi'ili 1 i'-U
About a Lbird rtf all tfkphonc eaLls tirade by J : Ā«krul
employees ut fwe ageucica lAieie lor [>:Tinnal iaLlier iVinn
business toasonsL nceording to preliminary Govesnmcnt
rauiLics.
Ihe PrcRkfcirt^ Council on Integrity nud liffkieiiey [nb.
jikc^el] ordererl chc Luspcctorsgrncrat ol all E'edcra I asjf-neies 10
conducl the kuiSies in determine thf. exLerk nf plmnc system
abuse in Ihe Elovertimcnt.
Nobctfy Lirteneii i.u Oj'i calls. oeennSiug to tlB iospeeloT
gcneml ol' Ilie (.k iteiil'. Servāc/ii AdminisLiat rOil. limn-id, the
nfttnews Ln::k seleitlifie snniples nf Lhe CgJ!n Itlpdr from Llietr
ollleciand then called tin oimihcT. tfthepliope was in a private
Tcsidiitee. chocnll was elassifird -TiS |Brion,il .
rKcnv much do you UllllV W 41 S wasled try calling pH I'noie
Itombrni initLad of" doing, CNA\ Oil LliCfnY)
Dear 2600
Dear 260fi\
.hist thought we would infirm your readers; of a publication
of inter Kl . ACF. (Association of Clandestine radio Enthusiasts)
is a group interested in pirate and spy radio which publishes a
['['i.o til hly newslcl ter, We encountered these people when the
Private Sector BBS recently expanded into the world of radio
communication*. This iWb"boatfd on the BBS discusses cellular
and mobile phones., scanners, and similar topics such as pirate
rad io.
We'll he interacting more with AOi : n the future as we also
explore shortwave and pirate rad to. bu I you f readers ca n also
explore hv subscribing Co their newsletter ( tlx XCĀ£) fur 3 12 a
year Ofl for buck issues). Write la AfāR. P.O- Box 40)99, Baton
Rouge.. LA 70895 . I hey also run a BliS u'liH)/ 1 2-00 bps') at (9 1 3)
677- 1 ygfi , Mention 2600 when you subscribe n r lop onto the
BBS as this will cut through sonic nf the red tape.
We ran iicrcss t he May 1 984 ( V3. 92) issue of ACF wh ich )ms
a feature article oil pirate TV interruption of pay TV in
Milwaukee, which predates the Captain M id n i gb I -IT D 0
incident, Qrher articles cover making your awn pirate radio
antenna and tin' anatomy of an FCC pirate radio bust, as well
as dvc r'Tecueneics of pirate and spy radio broadcasts.
Shadow' 2609 and. K id & On
C'o-sysnp-s of Ihe Priialc Scclor IfliS
LkwXMW:
In your May 1986 issue, yon discuss boxing I'lT on page
3-38. t . r.fortu natdy the technique d isetissed does not result in n
free phone tail. Following the directions as they are printed
result* in the call being completed by the subscriberās tamer,
not by the [TT network (nnless IT I happens to be volit default
caTT'eil.'J his will, of course, result in the subscriber being billed
lor the call.
The authors of t he a rtiofe were fooled in 1 0 believing ihaf I TT
allows its billing to be circumvented by she application of 2600
Hr bcc&uw of the way the IT!' net work handles this tone. When
a Hr tune is app lied to an ITT c;i 1 1 . ITT bangs u p Oh the
cal let ? lid a pprox i mately 8 seconds later your local dial tone
returns.
As far a s l k now there is no way to defraud ITT by u si ng any
suit of electronic device Other (Iran using TT I'M F (touch-tones)
to hack out their travel todcs or a modern to break i nlo tlwir
billing computer.
Htiwnl
Dear 2tiOQ\
Thanks much for providing lots Of useful information. Here
is mi ironic lirtle announcement about Lhe new president uf tlie
Coalition for Open Systems.
Front Courier published by Xerux. Palo Alto, California;
'"The Corporation for Open Systems has named Lincoln
Fanrer, former d i redo: of the National SeCur ity Agency, OS rhe
group's firsi president. Faurer was chosen an the basis of his
extensive experience in the standard i/aLiun process in id in
negoLiul ions with vendons Membership in CX1S currently
sljmds al nearly <10 companies."
kl
Devir Mr. ];
7iNr.WL-' era not just 40 sit tie compares ivf fter. They include Bid!
1 m. h Boeing. ifiFC Kodak. NCR, Northern 'Telecom, Xerox,
and others on tlx execultw committee itkme!
We (ire sure. .'hat Mr. fattre r will enjoy running future
discuttsitm-t of data encryption and other sirtndt ltd* wish the rest
of ihe coalition.
Dear 260t)ā.
I would like to add u bil of iniurma Libn lu that given iji the
Ma rch g6 issue n n V MS and such. ' L'lic | CXXXXXJ | can he replaced
with a minus sign in bracked S [-] H said somewhere that Ibis
wou Id raise you up one d i rectory leve I alio.
A friend and 1 found a fife listing default passwords, and
orhe r goodies for the VAX etbemel Corrusvuniesi ions Sc rvci
V2.9, To quote from ihe (3) Default Passwords section:
āā āThe default password has been changed lo ACCESS. This,
password is requested on those pOUS- for which a SFT PORT
PASSWOR D FX ART .HD was issued before the user logged in.
' I he password port etui racterisl ic is it feat ure nol found in the
Terminal Server VLC.S release. Terminal Server V ] .0 fumed
users of modem-coni rolled lines only to always enter the login
password.
The d e fun It priv ileged password is SVSTF.M . S his password
allows a nnn-privileged user tex gain access Lo privileged
functions.
Voti should change bnth ofiliesc pnsswn rd s alter a successful
installation of the software, and thereafter un a regular basis.
Change the pass words using Ihe following TSC commands:
ISO DEFINE LOO IX PASSWORD NEW-PASS WORD,
TSC) DFFINF. PRIVILEGED PASSWORD NT W-
PASSWORD ,L
Prel ty bori ng stuff, huh? ' I he nnly t hing we have found lint l
wc could do witiji these so far is broadcast messages to all
terminals, and sign someone nil'.
UnlillnJ
Dear Headers;
lass month, we told yon oho tit tlx A T&.T Toll- Tree Wake-
Up sen tee $002220300}. vdveft featured OH t'dr) last eternal loop
of music h i pianist George Win it on, Si.nte tour mention of H.
the music hrm Insert /,āhrtnged to nonrle.urip! tnuztn and the
volume of the recording has been reduced, making >> less
pleasant mi listen to- We (th<> spoke wj'. r j'j George Winston and
it ā¢ā ked him what he though/ df his music being used by. A T& T.
He replied; '7 Lfo'rrV 'pare, because i don't gel r?jri-' royaities
because of it - "
(bravery different sit Idea . v.-e received the first copy of
Telecom pul ist, which was written hy Data Line , forest
Ranger, Rev Ā£nge. Tarim King, md a few ofJti'M. Tite first issue
is 20 . 1 'weo.',, and. tvo ;7.i-\? told ihat fiUu re issues wifi 1.x mtmihfy
and only 4 pages, like the vid TA P rr.vg, 0 -ino format. 7 he first
i Issue has HsD of Secret Service and other fyctjueneies. a
contusing description Ctf ISDN, a transcript of a Phii Donohue
show on computers (from Slnrelt, I bn,5 /. a list of A ulovon
exchanges anil their equivalents (as in our May , I9&(i issue f.
and a little postal in formation
We sake ihe wait and see attitude on ā¢rh ether or not to invest
in this one. If you warn to inscribe, contact ' I elecompu List
tf trough Telex 65(1-240-6 d 5 f> r by leaving tl note to
TECHNICI A N on the Delphi system, or by writing to /'. O ,
box Florissant, M O 62Cii2. The first issue suyS that COU
should eon t tie f them before sending any money. Hack issues are
only Ā£.50. hut there Is probably only one tto far.
Dear 260(i\
l j us: found a grotil way CO save money on my long distance
ealLs. When 1 (LaL ātT+Areu Code j -95(H hxxX. ihe call goes
through. Since 1 used, the "Oā". 1 chink that the cull is free. This
means (hat if I am in New York and 1 want to call California, 1
can call the R.S. Tel tone in Los Angeles U-*2 1 3 4 93tH ll>33 for
free and then dlala loetil call to my friends in California and be
billed for a local call on U.S Tel. What do you think'. 1
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