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JANUARY, 1985!
VOLUME TWO, St-MBKR OSi.
Those Horrible Hackers Strike Again
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jwffl P'H> iln ■ kr.on i :1ns - 1 .-“w. A ■V « sh W * reporter. nLicha n. baiindj. mis
I'. n .■■■■-. ii wii-.:i ilnrvoflikcliiiv.Kiiil phrejS.in.ii jtltr * wriv* h semi- reveiilirg,
in iSw Mom omhcr .M ■V.-n-iuvi-A for the ariqlj mid I Jncn-.Kr Ifl foi fhw
iul ki ..s' ij |
Hu- oiiiick ^ SanflM) ■> i'w'Sis.-juseIij: itn mei-iber wl'chc prw». Haimm-
•ii ii ii i pi 1 1 i i v_ ... .it- -|. * 1 1 1 1 1 hi p_ui 6 biciL> : <nip«Af H eiH ife owm &M va.Iu>- .a a
-1 days J-onh uJ iniets .: (k) oc Morals fnnning Om [he rjir.pj.nl aIxaa hi
r:i;lim -iMj-L hy put kids. .is i- hi I V eelw-arks ..re, all hiliei hraiHVKi .Jtrhr- w.l «
’ L l .i.i i • lieu mu i. uni: h. ink ^ pi 1 iy oanpinna. ij( Slum Kcile r v ff, NASA
■ KWf.-u eilherw:!. key-hen i p hiiirutiOrA I his i. sufppospj tp make u, gjWp ill
Jud kizil - ip. i-.i vlim itu: ihtonk jwbbLm it Ihess pesky, soniui
kuly Ik : Wf 111 km -.s- IhtI. |lt
Sjp:I/;i rim-dr- ihc .iiiu bej rfiisihkic . J underesl inning. ilv power of li t
Jnckfip Wy were lold hy one or Im 1 1 Kiuis of lnow fie whs' mi s.-i y ill lain shit
oaihiiiu l-ojIiI htisspeiLiis 1 1 1 1 1 1 rvta ij sr h r pubhKncrl . I I r i j'li i.i nJ Vtsshi-lHvr
f)i» hhs bocn or. nrluoai iuiijI c.c pcrit-nct lor ’ ViilK 1 i-e'che tsiekeji .,rm:.,.r. . ■ ...
ixhjIiI use o nil of ili-fi nJui-dtion LhansoNos, Jliinoih, llnrrotiiiip mm - | H -rwm
rrijn:l»j.:,y on Ilv 'untuaiplislMS riL'-ln i. kivpi. io luril'.or Umrth i h. .mv
h nriert. Ily oom[TiriM.-.|i, i "rhe hitkcn lm(l tlunu oil inils-ff nihiy rhi ,■> 'i j lml;
co.Torj:iiM, soy gniun CirfeidtSiiw i l«y min in hBut'h«n iiilp' t WioO'r4istu
Shtncs tlKiUMlim. nsKrill/; thr pi.r. :>2 1 u I popalur ir.Urii Imw bfeii M"i ij
(indtiMj-nding,
■UlAJugh SioO/oA tTijr ar^ ihn putjlkiiy surnulir^inp n Mil rhipN,iih> alien
th= public -r> powiuiiil atoa; cf inkirmniioii hy ochert. it israVniieil .mu: ngfiihcr^
norcchorsilcwi^J Ami consider (Ills; AU hnuuli Sn’ndM hrnkc Kmi nknccs ht
r^A-i kii; lifusyiords. he ludjiMI M mtn;h rij;?il Icuh . n us law. NickcA ilni
rfvcul oommcrcial dci-o purer ptisiworck;
wiretapping and divestiture:
A LINEMAN SPEAKS OUT
hy Thr Shi^lriw
'v-t-.-i niUMii j*i oTipiirL.miiy Itj'r m-oliI «iy>iiin;riii|i. :hu mj Ji. Cti. .ir>.1 I
uni Mi.MlIy mi i a\| |opit -.vinwrsuim w.:li tlir- Ntav l.my fell To>: inslullcr wntii
lit Am v i pul m piy nndcni |fnel I he >. oiivrinii inn ir : r*xl to font nppt pj, Jiaj
\i\ t-r.i . inwr yscliig ijelai ■■■ conic cu I It twcir? n;i .i ikI Jyur> jh;u. ESril had
iniLhiii^ i-.i Jr-wii-i u.i -0 lapptp^. lit sai.1 che- xijpci vi^m ri.\-ci>i."> ’- cjIciJ ordert
friSm i '►.■ sbcnllN jSflwy. nicrclc casriiip them m iff lho liiumcn Then ihc
jml-.yi.-. i I ■ 1 1 1 1 kin' mi ilcr-i Lei to .ip on 1 1>: j 1 . 1 1 ! ■■. . . 1 1 :J r i n i k 1 1 1 LI pair in the^CA \ ~
clmi tii lHc Iotic linu in ■pjeoiiMA, .ir-il il-i-n kav>: i.hc siw.
■fJiic day. aur liniii aikli uv-. cn.-t l>y tin: pplr Ii: 'sic markco mi hm m lhic day.
and saw a lie :l IfutL Wi • ■ k-i u-.y. wtw fl was. he i’mppcd irs rok ’ hy ary up on
i h: pok told him n po ™.ii ..i aJ kavc ami j oir. S off oo ■ I ■ i. iullv lirtnliin
li on i rueoy.oiri : .. i^ii is. ti.i.m ;,s o™ .jt che linci-ih-i h - ihr area, a: asked be.
siiixm-j:. o.n-.i n iiu!J Jiaut fcucu. tin- supervisor cm i k will h ru ir forycl che-
er. ir.- ineiileiil
I >: line iKiin kslrt c.c i h i m ife :.i|J dnsn Lh: I'elcci fusff rli. L pi . :j-.. i.m.mi ofl'ice
■lo-se.l Ii.jiiI in -h . nil ' la-) iH'ci.c lci ihjeuuchnriees <:{)■' f hiOllK CO lo listen
•ii on on lives sni inns Dili i rt mckil Jkiiiml i Of?- niwn vsiwn<ii: smvl J«ncy Ifcll
Nteause of 1 1 : i- . . • i- 1 :i ■. . fi i U. 1 rj.c i'loti . I i.c Itk-n :l : : r'caliicOd llial i >:v ddn'i
Nnt io ryi i .it la i in order lo h:ip !hi pn ip.- Aftoi l’li'i>;?lie>- yrnclually b oie
i rom iikmL.im- f 4 l in onship Now ehr IViik- •. iar yirr. merely marks ihe lines, a ml
III.- |>n wv otiir’s affine h:o.1lm i n- i.-m He u so snkl ihnc in iHk: polite
smu.-i.-m s use u w.i,.-. hu.u.jeo ec'f of "inCo- pifs-s u .«ien i/j
’"'invl’t. reirov.nf ,i.lu i i -nit |he lots: hrres. i kj ch. oo-wiae dfa rune
dffiklpiiny cruck .yscssjOl: wills lek-pSime uinrs is taken for gr.i oii> I by the pcrerocl
isipo ao:. Ihc uteri ‘I ollin- akis Ims a ct-uok of i;-.crn far. leice-. c~ woil .
Si"i.v (liey pal Ihem kick aiN-piaa: ildcj-..sofifullfr.crKllii Ots.il eii .s-ksctrd
i i fk - 1 he okirr nn.sck:ls. '.s ai l hdfliNI jjcai I hc leecks j Lon rcml i,<i lit-cicip/y af
i v m: i-,j 1 1 line i r.-.i.i Inn mi p:m . I lie lireman loH us ,i srgrt ■. ii. i nleul Ty cho
haj poticri truck-.: they li > e u.i\dcn keedtrs. Ntv. iei ■ fj Hell *«.- tL-hod osrr lo
I'laskc nisei sv.ifsajjs
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Jcr«y Ik-ll . ay. i IfahBor uises as much iwia'm:e..is i| ...ncu did. I'fe liison
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loins I as as lijudh lake hon e juy I -k- tirtakup hase.'.ns:il a icnitl ws\— r^eif.
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liliil iSl.t. Lilly ycor wccll Aim hill. drsljkLC liilr^, PHS's. ml :.sa-ipilkl
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H-. inly us nhoeii a eeisim(i;i1 msiik ie Wesarii t.lscirjc uns i — r-i al iiiu
wimnwlinv ir Ihc M i-dwnse Lit hml ipM* rii.ae 1 . 1 Icaiiijss.iut ihc .a n.t-s iypoii ijt
WtllChiiSs aysleriis. On campcEs wjc o lap. miio, -mm' : i -sj e.r. he .Iclinp split on ion
lOiSOis nppitiKirvittijy die ni« of j^mnuiuilvi In eneli was a k.leoperjiioi-.i
ii-i k OiOdel af each nf cht varihiuc sw-iis-bmp systems A' c sc stti Tcrcrir
myj oulotii-ios, intdiHlins all Ihc C.NS! uind La-osslau -nv, h-is.-s. s ■: wcl'. as so.mr
ntp-hy^iops arid several Lyres nf PUXV. I boy IccNltlA-shol anil rc^iiiwil
piohltieis m ihesc mnL-hinrs in ords-r io lenon olnwn aeisn I oncrai mu es|uiiv:>:i-.t
We m iked ahocil the local swiich> iljn’cMfiUf, wliwh :ur veil due en be n .1 1 A
t'SS Aecondinu lo him. soon oil cho kaai COV will hr tun j .iiomm c.illy I
srulTuI k>euLinns cilLtif J ly,il:is" I lie^hpih” handles; jnvus^:li\iu ifatuvniotiplnjl
offices thue ihiphi c-OotC Lhc drcuccil "uriil loc's " of il ■■ inm- sysien- If Ihc
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Iran .inti, WjlH-o ^3 L r ?iis. chc Ihnrd I . I II- . I m i>.- Il i'i L 1 1 .; ri| j on . runnisti^. the
whede npcmcimL
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ciuive-nj iihn, jLiai wv waved Jt him as htpnllcsl one 1 am ends had a new
i nun lull:, Kj| a!so a Icc of outf jl ami initn-shey. ml. jf, as w:' : as Lh: suuYfuidip-n hi
a Irc-iiiJ s elial.
i hr lestson is elrsir. Vi Iwiurvi a Hell employee visils ynn • Iioj m.‘, livl |:1- ii.v k>
ask -whsicsn-cr yeej warn , svirlnr. AAiOn. M use ace uxeiuiivly willlfijj: lo sh. mi rhe
ho d aboui ulnkss .1 a nyihniu or whs:h rhry host knoi+lrs Ip- A 1 1 us., merely c>kc
wiih Ihem hghi ktoi ictd iiedrdL'r Lo pee rhnm off pftlicii poard I eycc cucsriinu,
jykjhle- ho 1 n iicnsiml sivssemcr. such as tijcnl oofoy, ■■ i ■ ■ s. will y:c Ihcm
fullkoj, fcnviiiu.ysou loiSircel lhc co-.Aisrsjiioo nhcrs-su yoe I sc. Askiicj.nh.vji
ihc orcakcp oivd hpur ii ai kvlcd Lhim la n suru fire swjy i i yei | >:ir ij .siup.
OiKscii™ akr- ' H i>w does Lhr £unr reLwork sadiLV akis are U'>-cl. -c s : l a lie J
WJ jjii*. ilwii- jrstu lie disL-jssiiin nl swin hin>; falinalu|u) . Dell
tmpksytr-. a re- rt» ily rjlod Lo Lj Ik lo smimisiw. Mi ni '(viysk are I aeicrcil wlU'li
oihen.^s , ii-. iiiiercsLod in Ihcm. f.errcfi ilcr.. iln-y osohllv ileracl ssuli u ..j/s: ai'jsl
oikkiiTiOTs j|th cimsplainiA. Jlii-ir ‘pmss prohsibA yell ,.e ih.n i. ml il-en
sogvmsura cLchtr compLi.n aImui i kie perTomvjnct or ip.n.:.rc tlifm.-Si vicly ac
arpe iiisuli5tsri‘'ic.irt-ah.nii ifem I hOjAr mcsi jirohnl% dlvf-yiiBliLcd w ifi ihc
werld jc vicyjys. ami mnyfedVOri U ttucissird win ih? r jobs I In- el-si :ce |.s ml s io
tdiKbre olid moiv'y sspnis i.a ’.Tslen tu ■.yh.ic chry siy is a weVonc dhanpc hus
will cjlk im jod un oliivji alniost myihinp fnasi LcaktiLiims cu tlie-ir
horne lilt iiul ilwir <Niklhuod. Ihr possihikeios mi sm-a e'lpuueriiip yrt
trdltss. ktruornla- i . Hell fniployois a tc ho. nans, cm- A II yfio h • cy i,a do is liver
l'l
Getting In The Back Door
A GUIDE TO SOME POPULAR OPERATING SYSTEMS
by Mike Salerno
( hijj'j art* four p i. ;p Li Lri t oprr.nl ing systems on DEC maehi ii.es
that are supported by DEC. Two of these, TO PS- 10 and
IQPS-20, run on the KUO and the K.SI0 30 hi i machines'
1 f DPB- 1 0 also mns on i he older K A 1 0 and K E EO, The other two
art UNIX ami VMS for die VAX, and PDP-J ] series. The
VAX isa 32 bit machine, with a 32 hii virtualaddress space. The
POP- 1 1 is also a 32 1 :■ i 1 machine. VMS is a very intricate
opcial i ng sysICPX wiih iis Loup5ioles, as sum will see.
T OPS- 1 0 is a P opens! idg system lhiiL uses live octal numbers
to identify *' <l iLsei'“ or "accoiint ", This is usually printed in the
form of [565,. 1 3 ] The first number tells which "project” the user
belongs fo.and ihe second is which "programmer’ the user is.
Passwords are any printing character u p to 6 eh a ractc rs loutr,
containing only upper ease alpli&bct its. Also associated wilh
the project programmer h-iimbcr (fTN) is ihe username, or
"user lED”. This Is usually cither a department iiiiine. u: a
personal name. Now, wc all \ i low what «nis people like doing,
t.e. using parts of their name en 1 department as their password
(usually initials, or first names,), Hie only problem i lu'i i remains
is how to get these usernames, right? W rong! TO PS- 1 Ij i* une of
the lew operating systems, besides TOPS^iO, I hid lets you do a
few things wldle nol lugged tn, t his includes running a program
called SYSTA'I that will give yen various performance
statistics, along with a list of users on tlie system. If this system
is running version 7 of L'OFS-H). you can use S VST AT to give
you whal you want. J ust type "SYS']' AT US " This will give a
shoii listing, giving utily users on the system and their
USCfAtutUiSi Useful, isn't it? Jftlie version is previous to version
7, you Oil n get a SYS 1'AT and 1 ben, using the job number in the
left to I umn , type "P J OEi n” where "n' f is the user Is job number,
I h is wi II give yon his userna me. I f [Si is is too ledituis , i ypr
"QUEUE". This will show you a list of users who have enlcrcd
print and hatch i ctjursis, along with their username, "o login,
jnst type "I .06i I IN |L , a space, and 1 hr "HPN ” wil h a comma .
Really taking ifivei is no! easy, unless you’ve worked with
1'QPS- it) l or a wii ilc . Tlicrc a m u few uneem nts I hut might have
been left with (lie default password s sel , I ike [ 1 ,3 1 pc is sword
OLD or OLD1.IB, 1 1 ,4] password SYS or SYSLIU, [1,5J
password NF.W nr YFW].[Tf, [6.6] password MAIM' or
FIX IT. or FIX ■ 1 1 . uud [7 ,7J password f >PER or O PR .
f ike I 'O PS- IU, I X>FS-20[ allows you to do tin tain things
which are helpful to hackers, Accounts on TO PS-20 are up to
iLlphiinLinrnTioeharaeleis ineltid irift hyphens and ■' or periods
passwords are 1 lie same . To login , ityjsc " 1 .00 EX ".. a space, the
USCniume, a space, and the password . Tlve passwoivl will ni>l
■Sfchb SYS I A l ean be run whether you’re logged in or nol uti.
must machines; if the liosr is mi ARP.AXct. use FINGER to
give a list of users on tlic .system, along wilh their personal
names! Them arc Pol mil ny privi I eyed accounts that wi II have
their pfl^swurd wt to something obvious, but. one may he
MAIN I ur I’-S or I I ELD. with a passwoid FIX IT. FlX-lt. or
VI A [NT; If Lhe host is or. ARPANct and yon can login. |ry
FTP, which stands lor E 'tie Transfer Protocol, With l hii, you
ea a I m nsl'i- r- files I rum a noLlier host or. AR PA Net to 1 lit one
yoftVc cm, or vice verst. You have to have an aceouui and
password to use on t he other system, bin guess wlm i? T OPS-21J
systems all have an AXON YMOll R SQtOufl! that any person
using P E P dull log into, willl ii uy password !
UNIX is a pretty simple Operating system, buL has some
pretty good soCutlI y tneasures. I he only way you can get full file
uiXOss, ur any other privilege is by issuing the BE! com mand and
entering the appropriate password, which (E lolievel is the
"root ' accou nt’s passweu d . Accounts ant I [sisswi n tls ,ai l- sloi td
in teat form , i n the d i rcctcuy "/ ele 1 ' in t he file *' passwd Al I the
passwords are coded in .such a way that there is nn way io
decode them, live program responsible for Checking these
passwords codes the password you give, I hen cheeks ii aga i nsi
the already coded password scored i n i In; ,fi le, T he on ly time the
real password is handled hv the cdnlpuler is when the user
himself sets it. All (lie fields i n 1 he password file are separated by
a Culon. Tire first field Ls the username, the second the
password, if there is no password two coin ns after the
username IheT. that account car. Lie inggeri into without a
password, borne of these may he "help" nr "Ecam” which
actually may Let you into the system's command level, '['lie
account “sync" is used to synchronise things so that UNIX can
be craihed i never era sin a U N LX system, it may leave the d isks in
an undesirable slate). One useful accou at which is usually left
wilh no password is "who" which will give you a list uf users un
the system, jiL\t like ry pi ug "who "a l the comma i>d level wou Id .
You ea n sen 1 1 i hrddgh i htwts a nd wse if you ea n : ind an account
with no password , Or pa ri of the ti sernunic as 1 he pitsswocd. If
fhisfdoosnY work, then Irang it up. One thing about UMX— it
thinks uppir ari4 lower case ure- diffuTem, 3 his allows tor iiir
names and even passwonla in upper and lower case!
VMS stands foi Viuutil Memory Syslem. lire VAX's 32 hiL
('f gigabytes!) vi ri: iiii I address space is exploded fully by VMS.
Tire la l roduction of the new VAX SlUUIj with the s ;jcclI of ton i
VAX TKI's is an impressive rnnvc by DRt '. This system should
he able to support up, in 256 users One "goud” thing
(depending on ytiur poi nr os view) h bout VMS is I hat 1 1 IcLs you
do nothin? without first logging in, If llw system has only been
In operation for about 6 months oi so,' tfiCni is ti good chance
thnl tire default accounts supplied with VMS are s(i'l there.
I hesc include tnc system maiiagci s account !>Y S I G-M wi l.h the
password MANAGER, the field .uirme aecuti nt I'UI-LD with
passwoul fvERVECl'-, and Lhe system program rest account
SYSTCST with password UE'l'P. Ail these accaunis either
have fu II privileges or have the privi leges to givi; themselves full
privileges, if you can’t access same files from FIELD or
SYST'LSr. ihis is because you’re the laiier; To give them to
yourself, just lype "Sli'l RREX-’ESS; FREW a I Once you
have full privileges, you can run the sysrem program
AU 1 1 lOK I L L: . I his program wi IL afltyw yi m i o print userna nres,
owners, cic. , a nd inseit new usci s. You ta n ntti print passwords,
since the Logi n p i Ligtn m wanks Ii ke U M X 's tines. 1 1' Lhe VAX is
hnokctl into QECN’ET, which is DEC's suppmrtid lairwnrk,
you 'can aeoes’i any unprotected 1 i le on any "nHule" on Lire
network.
Cue thing about [DEC’S machines is inai lbey Can all
romnumiciUe with one another. Usaig E l'l[FRN'FT L ym.i crtfl
CdniSts’a to. send mail to; anti cransfei files inuud front almost
any other IDLE.' system fhcrC shouiil i>e on line he p for Hie
network! just type HF.E.P,
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dowTv p^rdcd unlisted number* ™ e ™ ' J '' "- ' ' . t H w * r ,
SS^sSS^
“S™' Sportriiv **.,*«.“ *rt cow-»*“
on UA^yers to mber pivtsammi agpnesK,
tl ft Spriftl * n j J ' 1 ^}' th£ y r ,n Lli Slates I>imjiLL CuOTT in,
dislunK carrs.-j-i in its lOviL exchan&Ci
Fascist Computer Network
“Teuder^ ^.y^ciasrottp who« l0 ^™™