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=====> PHORTUNE 500 PRESENTS: <=====
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(==|=--------=- THE PHREAKER'S HANDBOOK -=--------=|==)
(==|=-------------=- ISSUE TWO -=-------------=|==)
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...A reference guide to phone phreaks...
...for beginners and advanced abuzers...
DISCLAIMER:
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The intent and production of this text file is
only for educational and informational purposes.
Neither the author nor PHORTUNE 500 are held as
responsible for the reader's actions following
examination of this document. Also note that the
author and PHORTUNE 500 both do not endorse or
encourage any type of illegal activity; remember
that we may talk a lot, but when it comes down
to doing, our motto is "just say no."
The Phreaker's Handbook - Issue #2 - TPH#2 - Volume I - 7/24/1989
Author::Doctor Dissector Special Thanx To Killer Korean
for helping me out with a few
things here and there... heheh
INTRODUCTION:
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Well, it hasn't been that long since the last issue of TPH, and
I hope you guys didn't miss me too much... hehe... Anyway, down with
the busy stuff... I hope you read the disclaimer on that title, if
not, read it now, or I will not allow you to read this document any
further (yeah right).
Down to business... Welcome to yet another issue of TPH, that
one newsletter written by one person, lonely at the keyboard... shit!
I hope this one isn't so long... anyway, we (I) got a bunch of shit
here that should interest all of you fone phreaks out in modem and
fone land. Also, I will cover divertors and beige boxing in detail
this issue, so if you are interested in those, check this one out. If
you aren't interested in this kind of shit, don't bother me anymore!
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
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| 2.1 Title Page, Introduction, & Table Of Contents |
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| 2.2 Simple Steps To Beige Boxing & Output Devices |
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| 2.3 Divertors & What To Do With Them |
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| 2.4 More Phreak Terms & Abbreviations |
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| 2.5 NPA 619 Scanning Results Part I |
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| 2.6 Pheds & Phreaks |
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| 2.7 Conclusion & Closing Announcements |
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SIMPLE STEPS TO BEIGE BOXING & OUTPUT DEVICES
---------------------------------------------
First thing you ask is what is a beige box? Yeah I know, well,
here's an explanation. A beige box is merely a portable lineman's
telephone that has clips on the end of it's cord or clips and a
modular plug on the end of the cord to facilitate the use of both
modular and unconventional methods of connecting this phone to a free
line. If you have guessed right, the clips are for the unconventional
connections and the modular plug is the typical plug that fits into
the female modular connector in your own home.
Then you say, big deal, they have portable telephones, and I
don't. Besides, I don't have a portable telephone, the most portable
one I have is the one in my car, and that one's no biggie... Well,
WRONG, a beige box can be very useful and entertaining as a phone
phreak's tool/toy. For instance, have you ever wanted to call the
operator and bitch at her and threaten all of your phone phreak
attempts to undermine your local telco at her? Or have you ever
wanted to phuck someone over real bad with the OWN phone system so
that they get into a helluva mess with the telco? Or ever wanted to
experiment with a certain kind of box, but you thought it might be
too risky or something? Maybe you wanted to tap lines, phuck people
over, get free calls, mess with the telco, and do everything without
the risk of being traced. Sound impossible? Sound good?
Well, now that I have gotten you to listen, calm down! Remember,
all this is is a phone, a portable one that can be hooked up
unconventionally. This in itself is, I agree, no big deal. However,
the uses of such a fone are unlimited. With a beige box, one can
enter any output device and easily connect their fone onto another
line or an open line and phuck with it! This is the part that I will
cover in detail, the connection and the physical aspects of the
various telco output devices, and how to use beige boxes properly.
Now, if you are interested enuff, follow the STEP BY STEP
instructions and you'll be on your way...
STEP I::Building Your Own Beige Box
-----------------------------------
So you want to build a beige box, eh? Well, all it is is a
telephone equipped with some clips to ease hooking this baby onto any
wires or terminals that you might run into, instead of the typical
modular plug found on most fones. Here's the basics on how to make
one.
A beige box can be made two ways. The first way is the method
where you must take apart a fone for optimum results. The second way
can use a regular fone with no taking or breaking involved. I
personally prefer the take and break method since you can add as many
extra features on the fone as you like.
Method 1 - The Take And Break Method
Ok, get a real cheap fone at a real cheap store, preferably
touch tone if it is offered in your area. Or, get a fone you have
that you don't use anymore. The best kind of fone for this box is the
kind that has the touch tone pad and the mouthpiece/earpiece in one
unit that can be plugged directly into a modular outlet (ie, no base
station thing that weighs 10 pounds). Then, if this fone is the kind
that has the modular female connector in it then stick a plug and
fone cord in it so that you have at least 5' of cord attached to your
fone. If your fone has cord built into it, then you don't have to
worry about this.
Then, you take the fone cord, and strip the outside rubbery
layer off and you should see four smaller wires inside, red, green,
black, and yellow. Cut off the black and yellow wires, and strip the
red and green wires. The red wire is called the "ring" while the
green is called the "tip", remember this.
Ok, now that you have stripped wire, get some alligator clips or
some clips of some sort that will open at least to 1cm across, and
attache one to each wire, the red and green. Now, you have yourself a
primitive beige box. If you want to make it a bit more "technical,"
you can open your cheap fone and cut one of the wires going to the
microphone (mouthpiece) and connect it to a SPST switch (2 terminal
type) which will make a great mute switch when tapping lines. If you
happen to have a DPST switch (6 terminal type) handy, you can make
the switch-hook into a switch instead of a button, which is helpful
(at least I think so). Also, if you are good at electronics, you can
mess around with the insides of your fone and make it into a silver
box, which will yield more phun things to do with your beige box
(hey, two boxes in one then!).
Method Two - The Fone Saver Method
Ok, you don't wanna mess with the breaking apart and messing
with the insides of a phone or cords. Then, get yourself a phone,
preferably touch tone, at least five feet of phone cord, and a phone
jack (ie, wall outlet jack that you stick fone cord into). Now, get
the fone jack and look at it, it should have 4 wires going into the
jack. These wires should be colored black, yellow, red, and green.
Cut the black and yellow wires off and strip the red and green ones.
Put clips on the end of the red and green wires, clips that will open
to 1cm across minimum or your beige box will be hard to install
quickly. Now remember this, the red wire is called the "ring," and
the green wire is called the "tip." Ok, now, take the fone cord, plug
it into your fone and then plug the other end into your modified
jack. You are set with a primitive beige box.
STEP II::Phucking Around With Your Beige Box
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Now, you either have a beige box or are bored and decided to
read this lengthy info anyway. So, you have a beige box, right! Now,
you wanna mess with it... Go look around your neighborhood or cruise
around in a car if you have access to one and look for the telco's
output devices; the ones in southern California are green and are of
various shape and size, but all are ugly! By the way, the technical
name for these green bases are "Controlled Access Design (CAD)
Pedestals". These green bases usually come in a few sizes, I have
seen many kinds. There are green bases that are about 4"x6"x36"
(approximate dimensions), 6"x6"x36" (approximate dimensions),
8"x8"x36" (approximate dimensions), 12"x8"x36" (approximate
dimensions), and larger ones with handles that pop open when you turn
the lock bolt. All of these green bases can be opened universally
with a 7/16" wrench; however, these devices usually have some sort of
guard against typical wrenches but socket wrenches and hex drivers
will work fine.
To open the regular sized green bases without the silver
handles, all you hafta do is loosen the bolts at the sides holding
the front cover in place. Then, lift up on the bottom of the front
lid and pull out; this should pull the cover out of place, exposing
the treasure inside. However, if you chose a real boonie spot in the
middle of nowhere, such as unfinished construction sites, there may
be nothing on the inside and you will hafta go look for another one.
To open the ones with the silver handles, all you hafta do is follow
directions (it says turn 1/8 counterclockwise on the handle!), so
turn the bolt above the handle 1/8 counterclockwise and the handle
should pop up and the green box should pop partially open. Then open
the big sucker up and check out the inside.
Allright, you have infiltrated a green base, now what? If you
have done everything correctly and haven't chosen a bad base, you
should see a bunch of bolts or screws connected to a piece of plastic
or material in pairs creating a long strip of pairs. This pairing of
screws/bolts in a group on a block of material (usually plastic) is
called a terminal block. Sometimes there is a thick black wire that
enters the terminal block at either end of the block. You might see
two or more of these pair blocks if you have picked a big box in a
busy area. Either way, if the base has a block and pairs inside, you
should see something like this:
/-----------------------------\
| |<<-------------[ Green Base
| +-----+ |
| | 0 |<<----------------------------------[ Terminal Block
| | O | |
| | 0 | |
| | O | |
| | 0<<--------------------------------------[ Terminal (tip)
| | O<<------------------------------------[ Pair (ring)
| | 0 | |
| | O | |
| | 0 | |
| | O | |
| | 0 | |
| | O | |
| | 0 | |
| | O | |
| | 0 | |
| | O | |
| +--#--+ |
| |#|<<------------------------------------[ Black Thick Wire
| |
| |
\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\/Ground\//\\//\\
If you see something like the above, you should also see some
small wires connecting to a few of the 0's and O's, if so, those
wires go to some nearby house, and you are pretty much in business.
If you don't see any wires connected to the 0's or O's, read on and
hope this one is live...
The terminal block shown above is probably the most common type
of block used, however, you might see some blocks that look like the
following (examples, the actual may have more pairs):
o=screw,tip 0=bolt,tip, x=screw,ring, @=bolt,ring
Model RPT25A4 Model RPT25A4 Model RPT10PA4 Model RPT10A
25 Pairs Total 25 Pairs Each Side 10 Pairs Each Side 10 Pairs Total
+-----+ +------+-----+ +------+-----+ +-----+
| o | | 0 @ | o | | 0 @ | o | | o |
| o x | | 0 @ | o x | | 0 @ | o x | | o x |
| o x | | 0 @ | o x | | 0 @ | o x | | o x |
| o x | | 0 @ | o x | | 0 @ | o x | | o x |
| o x | | 0 @ | o x | | 0 @ | o x | | o x |
| o x | | 0 @ | o x | | 0 @ | o x | | o x |
| o x | | 0 @ | o x | | 0 @ | o x | | o x |
| o x | | 0 @ | o x | | 0 @ | o x | | o x |
| x | | 0 @ | x | | 0 @ | x | | x |
+-----+ +------+-----+ +------+-----+ +-----+
Now, do you see a pattern evolving here? Yes, there are two
types of terminal blocks, the single sided and the dual sided. I
really don't know the difference, just that the dual sided has twice
as many terminals. Anyway, remember this. Ring Right Red, the Ring
always connects to the RIGHT terminal, and is Red. The Tip, figure
that one out if you are not stupid!
Ok, if you have followed me this far, I am going extremely slow
for you slow people, so listen up. If there are wires connected to
any screws or bolts on the terminal block, those ones are, for sure,
connected, so if worse comes to worse, you can tap or use them
(unless you were planning to tap them in the first place). From this
point, if you see no wires connected to the bolts or see some, place
the tip of your fone on an UNUSED (no wires) tip side of a terminal
and the ring side of your fone to the matching ring side of the
terminal. Listen to your fone, if you have a dial tone, you have hit
the jackpot. Dial whatever or box off that line or ANI if you want to
know what number you are calling from. Read further for other
possibilities of this great box.
If you see no wires on this terminal, the line belongs to the
telco, and they can trace it but will have no address listing for it
(hehe...). On the other hand, if you don't get anything or just
static, try some more unused ones, and if you have no unused
terminals on your terminal block, then go for the used terminals;
these live terminals will be connected to homes or businesses VERY
nearby so you might suddenly break into a conversation or something
(if someone picks the fone up, yell at them, etc, phuck with them,
etc, they probably won't know what the phuck is going on) that could
be really neet, now, understand how the tapping part works? If you
are tapping a line and want to know more about the person you are
tapping (if you don't know who you are tapping), you always can dial
ANI and then inquire your CN/A bureau for more info. You can also
locate a certain fone # in a base by using the ANI over and over
(tiring, but works).
If you have the primitive beige box with the fone jack attached,
to reduce static upon connection, remove the fone cord from the jack
and place the clips on the tip and ring of the terminal. Then, with
the fone on (switch-hook up) put the fone cord in the jack. This may
reduce the suspicion of tapping if the person you are monitoring has
anything to be suspicious about in the first place. Also, if you have
a fone with a mute switch, turn it on if you are tapping, then you
can laugh and cry and shit and the tapped person will not hear it.
Now, understand the concept of the beige box? You are using
someone else's line... hehe... that mean you can dial LD for free,
phuck with the operator(s), call Alliance direct, tap the line you
are connected to, put recorders and shit on the line directly from
the green base, make the line busy forever (stick a wire across the
tip and the ring so they short), box directly from your line, phuck
people over from your line (like they will see their fone bill or
Pheds at their door for boxing or LD calls), and anything you want
without the fear of being traced or caught (unless you choose a
stupid base in front of a police station or telco!).
If you are a bit more quick, all you hafta do is make a beige
box, open a green base with the 7/16" socket wrench/hex wrench. Find
an open terminal that works or seize/tap one that is connected. Tap
it, use it or abuze it. Close the base. Leave the site!
To insure safety in beige boxing and phucking with output
devices, you should place a piece of transparent tape over some
obscure place on the base so that if it is opened in your absence,
you will notice the displacement of the tape and you can get the
phuck out of there. Also, choose a spot where neighbors and curious
policemen will not bother your beige boxing, nightime is a great time
to go beige boxing. Use more than one output device, the Gestapo has
been known to stake out pay fones, why shouldn't they stake out an
over-used green base?
SUMMARY OF EVENTS::The Do's And Dont's Of Beige Boxing
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The Do's:
1) DO call Alliance Direct
2) DO call long distance phriends direct
3) DO bitch at the operator and threaten the bring the telco
down with a phederation of phreakers
4) DO tap other people and phuck with them if they pick their
fone up while you are beige boxing
5) DO phuck with the output device so that you record off the
line, make it busy forever, or something
6) DO box directly off of a seized line, who cares if they trace
7) DO phuck people over by unlawfully using their line which
gets traced to THEM
8) DO call anything and anywhere
9) DO phuck with the output device, like switching the fone
wires around so the lines are crossed, changed, all on one
extension, or blow the base up if you are pissed
The Dont's
1) DO NOT use only one output device excessively
2) DO NOT beige box where people are apt to see you and get
suspicious
3) DO NOT post your accomplishments on public BBS's under your
real name
4) DO NOT let your phriends let the Pheds or any inquiring
person know that you placed an illegal phone call to them
5) DO NOT forget to place that tape over the box, you want
to minimize your chance of getting caught as much as possible
6) DO NOT forget that we are not responsible if you get caught
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DIVERTORS & WHAT TO DO WITH THEM
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Yes, at last, an in depth guide to divertors, or at least a
pretty good guide on divertors. In this article, I will attempt to
cover he major aspects of divertors, from their advantages to
disadvantages; not to mention to cover their discovery and use.
Well, now that you have come this far, you have tried
everything, codes and extenders, fortress phreaking, and hacking with
your favorite program (I hope it's Code Thief, my fav). But, the
pheds are catching up on us phone phreaks; hear about that guy who
got a $1000+ phone bill at the end of the month for all the illegal
fone calls he placed through the 950 dial-ups? How about all the
busts going down by phreaks who were hacking out codes? Yeah, it is
getting rough and tough out there, and I kinda propose a possible
solution to all of that through the use of divertors.
What is a divertor? A divertor is a type of call forwarding but
it is independent from the phone company, it is a mechanical piece of
equipment which serves as a forwarding device. For example, in many
24hr services like plumbing and repair, they may have to foreword all
calls after a certain time of day (people don't live in their offices
you know). Anyway, lets say it's 12am and you want to call the
plumber cuz your drains are all blocked up. You look in the fone
book, find a 24hr plumber and call him/her. Then, if it is a
divertor, you will hear a normal ring or two, and then a click, and
then another ring (sometimes this other ring sounds different from
the first). What the divertor is doing is it is picking up one side
of the fone (your side) and dialing another fone # at the same time
so that your call is "forwarded" through the divertor. Get it? This,
in itself is no big deal, but, when it comes to using them, they are
great.
Ok, now that you know what a divertor is, it is time to find and
use them. Look in your telephone yellow pages and write down a bunch
of fone numbers which could be divertors, look under 24hr plumbers,
repairmen, doctors, and dentists. Note that most doctors and dentists
often have networks set up so one answering service always answers
their calls and forewords them to the actual office, so you cannot
phreak off of these networks (I think); you can tell if a doctor or
dentist has a network if you find three or more doctors/dentists with
the same fone # and it is 24hrs a day. Anyway, find a few fone
numbers that might be divertors. Then, at night (probably after 8pm
or whenever regular business hours are over), give the number a call
and listen for clicks or anything. Then, when the other side answers,
get the other side to hang up by asking some stupid question about
their business (how much would it cost to un-clog 2 drains in my
house?) or ask for someone that you know is not there and say you
have the wrong number; however, do not hang up on them, and do not
annoy them (they are smarter than you think!) but wait for them to
hang up. Then, when they hang up, wait for the dial tone (could take
a few seconds) and when you get a dial tone, if it is a divertor, you
will have the dial tone of the divertor! But, to make sure it is,
dial your local ANI number to find out; if it repeats your fone
number, it is not a divertor, if it repeats another fone number, it
is a divertor!
Now, you have found a divertor, how would you use it? Well,
first give the divertor a call and wait for the other side to pick it
up. Say something stupid or say nothing at all and wait for them to
hang up. Now, wait for the divertor's dial tone. Now, dial any number
you want; if you are using it to phreak data calls off and your modem
is the kind that clears the line before it dials (touch tone only!),
then just get a fone in your house and take it off the switch-hook
while your modem is dialing, then hang the fone up when your modem
finishes dialing. You are now phreaking off of a divertor... hehe
Advantages Of Divertors
There are numerous advantages to divertors. First, they aren't
used as widely as codes and extenders, so they are much safer. Also,
you won't have to worry about getting traced or anything like that
cuz if you happen to bitch at someone in the White House from a
divertor, they will trace the divertor's number, not yours! So, at
the end of the month or whatever, the owner of the divertor has to
explain the extra LD charges on his/her fone bill as well as any
charges to him/her on phucking with the white house or somewhere.
Also, most divertors local to you will have cleaner connections than
most 950 or port dialups. Also, you can dial anywhere direct, if you
want to call Alliance, just dial it direct; if it won't go through,
dial 10288 first and then Alliance, your call will be routed through
AT&T. Also, you can do anything you want, since all traces will be to
the divertor; box off the divertor, phreak off the divertor,
experiment with the divertor, etc...
Disadvantages of Divertors
Yes, this was too good to be true, wrong. There are only a few
disadvantages to these babies. The most common problem is the
security divertor which may hang up on you after a set period of
time, usually 5-10 minutes. Also, there is the divertor that clicks
every minute or so, enuff to kill a computer connection, but annoying
with voice phreak calls. One danger of divertors is if you or someone
else overuses them. Never use divertors for more than 2 months, maybe
1 month. If the pheds or telco suspect someone using a divertor to
phreak calls, then they can place a CLID (Customer Line
IDentification) on the line and it is just as bad as an ANI from a
dialup.
There is one other type of divertors that can be used with
payphones. This divertor only works with ESS. All you hafta do is go
up to a phortress, dial "0" and ask for the AT&T Credit Operator. If
you normal Credit Operator says that they can take all refund
information, insist on the AT&T Credit Operator. Then you should hear
a real lame recording on you name, address, etc and how much money
you lost. Don't say anything and wait for the recording to hang up on
you. Now, you should get a dial tone; to dial off of it, hit
9+1+NPA+Nxx-xxxx. Also, dial ANI to make sure you have a divertor;
dial 9+ANI if ANI is 3 digits in your area and 9+1+ANI if it is a
seven digit number. If it says the payfone's fone number, it isn't a
divertor in your area; if it says a different number, write that
number down (for phucking up the telco, explained later) and you have
a divertor! Now you can dial off if it and shit like that. If you
dial that number I told you to write down, you will connect with
other people trying to connect with the credit operator! You can act
like the credit operator and you know what happens next!
That is about it on divertors, use, abuze, and share the wealth
if you find one! Remember not to use them too much, since the owner
of the divertor will get suspicious quickly if 10 people in a row
call and say they got the wrong number! Also, never use them for long
periods of time, or they will stick a CLID on the line and you know
what happens then. Another thing, don't forget to try the ANI first
on a divertor to make sure it is one, otherwise you might have a
large fone bill at the end of the month if it isn't! Have phun and
hasta!
[2.4]
MORE PHREAK TERMS & ABBREVIATIONS
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A&A Bureau - Abuse and annoyance bureau. The personnel in this
line of work spend their time helping customers get rid of nuts,
obscene callers, harassing collectors, etc.
access - The existence of paths within a network from an input
terminal to a set of output terminals in the absence of traffic is
indicated by the term ACCESS. Full access permits connecting to all
output terminals by unique paths; multiple access indicates that all
output terminals can be reached in more than one way; partial access
refers to the ability to reach only a fraction of the output
terminals.
accessibility - availability - The number of trunks of the
required route in a switching network which can be reached from an
inlet.
adaptor - A device designed to switch a number of voice-
frequency fone channels coming from a non-time-division switching
system to a time-division multiplex highway.
alternate routing - A procedure by which several routes involve
different switching stages or switching networks. Usually the rout
having the fewest switching stages is tested first.
asynchronous system - A system in which the transmission of each
information character is individually synchronized usually by the use
of start and stop elements.
average holding time - The average duration of a call expressed
in seconds or minutes.
BEX - Broadband EXchange - Public switched communications system
featuring full duplex connections of various bandwiths. A Western
Union facility.
blast box - A piece of equipment which replaces the microphone
on a regular phone with a small amp and a microphone, which allows
the user to "blast" their voice and other audio noises over the line
at large volumes. This one was invented by Shadow Hawk 1.
blocking - congestion - A condition where the immediate
establishment of a new connection is impossible due to the lack of
available paths or the inability to interconnect two idle network
terminals because some of the applicable links between them are used
for other connections.
brown box - Allows the use of two separate fone lines which are
manipulated to make them a party line, with a slight reduction in
volume. This one was developed by The Doc.
BSI - Business Services Instructor - A traffice employee who
will come out and teach you how to use your fone system.
busy hour - An uninterrupted period of 60 minutes in which the
total traffic of a sample is at a maximum.
CAD Pedestal - Controlled Access Design Pedestal - The technical
name for green bases, the type of output device that is tall and
skinny that stick from the ground in most modern neighborhoods. There
usually is at least one of these between every house.
calling rate - Average calls per subscriber per hour.
call store - The memory section of a stored program control
switching system in which temporary information used in the
processing of calls through the exchange is contained. It is also
referred to as the Process Store.
CCR - Call Congestion Ratio - The ratio of the time during which
congestion exists to the total time considered. It is an estimate of
the probability that an external observer will find a system in a
congested condition.
central processor - The main computer element of a stored
program control switching system, which under the direction of the
stored program establishes switching network connections and also
monitors and analyzes the system to insure proper operation. Routine
process testing, maintenance and administrative functions are also
carried out.
Centrex - A PABX system in which the switching equipment is
located centrally and away from the location being served. Direct
inward dialing and direct outward dialing as well as automatic number
identification are provided by such a system.
cheese box - (Covered in TPH#1 also) This is a "device" which
allows one to make his/her fone into a phortress. You get call
forwarding on your line, and then set it up so it forewords all calls
to your local intercept operator. Then, you will have a phortress;
and you use red-box tones to make calls. You can also make calling
card and credit card fone calls this way.
chrome box - A non-phone associated box which is a modified
strobe light which will allow green lights at most modern busy
intersections, this is often used by emergency vehicles in order to
gain all green lights. This one was invented by The Outlaw
Telecommandos.
circuit switching - Telecommunications switching in which the
incomming and outgoing lines are connected by a physical path, as
through crosspoints or switch contacts.
class of service - The services and facilities offered to each
individual terminal connected to a system. This information is
usually stored with the directory or equipment numbers of the
assoicated terminal, and is accessed by the call processors when a
connection is required to or from that terminal.
clock - Equipment to provide a time base for a switching system.
In time-division switching it is used to control sampling rates,
duration of signal digits, etc.
COAME - Customer Owned And Maintained Equipment.
CODEC - The combination of a coder and decoder, as used in time-
division switching systems to code the incoming message and decode
the message being returned to the caller. It is a contraction of the
words, coder and decoder.
common control - An exchange control method in which the dialed
signals are received and registered separately from the switching
elements before they are used to control these switches. Also defined
as a control method, which identifies the input and output terminals
of the switching network and then causes a connecting path to be
established between them. Such systems are also designed as marker
systems.
concentration stage - A switching stage in which a number of
input lines are connected to a smaller number of output lines or
trunks, as in the connection of a large number of subscriber lines to
a smaller number of trunks based on the grade of service desired.
connecting row - All those crosspoints directly accessible from
an inlet. only one connection can be established via a connecting row
at any instant.
coupler - A device used to prevent electrical flashback and
maintain normal electrical flow on a telephone line. Used as a buffer
between COAME and telephone company equipment.
crosspoint - A set of contacts that operates together and
extends the speech and signal wires of the desired connection. Each
connection in a space-division switching network is established by
closing one or more crosspoints.
crosstalk - An unwanted transfer of signals from one circuit to
another as may occur between switching elements or circuit wiring.
day-to-busy hour ratio - The ratio of the 24hr day traffic
volume to the busy hour traffic volume. In some countries the
reciprocal of this ratio is used.
delay system - A switching system in which a call attempt, which
occurs when all accessible paths for the required connection are
busy, is permitted to wait until a path becomes available.
dial pulse - The signaling pulse which is formed by the
interruption of the current in the DC loop of a calling telephone.
Such interruptions are produced by the breaking of the dial pulse
contacts of the calling telephone subset during the dialing process.
DID - Direct Inward Dialing.
DOD - Direct Outward Dialing.
DUV - Data Under Voice - Electromechanical Switching System - An
exchange system in which both the speech paths and the control
equipment is composed of electronic circuits and components,
generally of a solid-state type.
EMD Switch - The speech-path switching element used in a Siemens
rotary switching system. EMD is an abbreviation of Edelmetall-Motor-
Drehwahler, which translates in English to Noble-Metal Motor Switch.
Entraide - A switching system in which outlets from a given
connecting stage are connected to inlets of the same or previous
stage. In such systems calls may traverse a stage more than once.
Usually these reentering links are used as last choice paths and the
resulting network is heterogeneous. Such an arrangement is used in
ITT's Pentaconta Crossbar system.
Erlang - The unit of traffic intensity, which is measured in
call-seconds per second or call-minutes per minute. Also, one erlang
equals 3600 call-seconds per hour. It is named after A.K.Erlang, the
Danish engineer and mathematician who first adopted it.
FX - Foreign Exchange calls - The term applied to calls made to
a central office other than the one located in the calling customer
area.
GTN - Global Telecommunications Network - Citibank's
international data network which allows Citicorp customers and
personnel to access Citibank's worldwide computerized services.
H.C.Instrument - An ordinary telephone with no extras.
KK6 - Six button telephone. The standard telephone found in most
offices. The KK6 can can handle 5 lines, the 6th button is used for
hold.
link - trunk - The connection between the terminals of one
switch and the terminals on a switch of the next stage corresponding
to a single transmission path.
link system - A system in which: (1) there are at least two
connecting stages; (2) a connection is made over one or more links;
(3) the links are chosen in a single logical operation; and (4) links
are seized only when they can be used in making a connection.
long distance - Technically, any call that terminates more than
seventeen miles from the source.
Long Lines - A division of AT&T which is responsible for the day-
to-day operation of the long distance network. While the local Telco
handles all maintenance, Long Lines directs overall supervision.
lunch box - A simple transmitter which could be aired over
common AM airwaves. Another component of this box was also the
receiver, which could be made out of similar parts. This box was
designed and developed by Dr. D-Code.
Matrix - A simple switching network in which a specified inlet
(matrix row) has access to a specified outlet (matrix column) via a
crosspoint placed at the intersection of the row and column in
question. A complete matrix is one in which each inlet has access to
each outlet, while an incomplete matrix is one in which each inlet
may have access to only some of the outlets.
mauve box - A strange box which, with the use of magnets, dirt,
and batteries, creates a magnetic field with "draws" in the nearest
fone conversation. I think this one is great, but dirty! This one was
developed by Captain Generic and The Genetic Mishap.
message switching - A method of receiving and storing a message
for more appropriate time of retransmission. With such a method, no
direct connection is established between the incoming and outgoing
lines as in the case of circuit switching.
OCC - Other Common Carriers - The low price alternatives to Ma
Bell's long distance services. These are what we call extenders and
LD ports. See SCC.
olive box - This box merely serves as a phone ringer. This one
was presented by Arnold.
packet switching - Basically the same as message switching.
PBAX - Private Automatic Branch eXchange - A private automatic
telephone exchange which provides for the connection of calls going
to and coming from the public telephone network as well as
intraexchange calls between the served extensions.
PBX - Private Branch eXchange - Commonly known as a switchboard.
Mini-central office equipment for business customers with from 10-
2000 telephones.
pearl box - A great box which generates any tones from 1-9999Hz.
This can be substituted for many other boxes, and it great for
experimenting. This one was developed by Dr. D-Code.
pink box - This is a relatively simple box which serves as a
telefone hold button/hold with music on-line. This one was presented
by The Crack Crew.
purple box - (Different from Purple Box in TPH#1) This box is
another type of telefone hold button. No biggie. Presented by The
Flash.
rock box - This box allows good quality audio signals to be sent
directly through the fone line. A interesting concept! This one was
developed by Video Vindicator.
RPL - Restricted Private Line.
terminal block - A block of plastic or other insulating material
which has a grouping of paired terminals (ring/tip pairs) which are
the origin of the telephone source for most homes and businesses.
These terminal blocks may be found in COD pedestals (aka green bases)
in groups from 1+ depending on the area it is installed in.
Trans-Union - Another credit service which is like CBI, TRW, and
Chilton, but offers more competitive rates.
scarlet box - This box will create a very bad connection and
lots of line noise. It must be connected to a victim's fone line
(output devices can be hooked up too). A good one developed by The
Pimp.
SCC - Specialized Common Carriers - Companies like MCI, ITT,
Travelnet, Metrofone, Sprint, etc. Also see OCC.
snow box - A non-phreak related box which is a mini-TV pirate
station. It allows the takeover of small areas of TV (non-cable)
reception with normal HAM radio equipment. This one was developed by
the Outlaw Telecommandos.
tan box - This box allows you to make fone recordings only when
the fone is picked up. This can be connected at the victim's house or
in an output device. It was developed by the Samuri Cat and Tarkin
Darklighter.
TASI - Time Assignment Speech Interpolation - Allows more than
one person to use a trunk at one time by putting them on while the
other person isn't talking. This can kill a modem communication;
however, you can get an independent trunk with the locking frequency.
TASI Locking Frequency - Frequency which allows the caller to
use an independent trunk (ie, he/she will not have to share it with
some other geek). The frequency is 1850Hz which should be played
before the transmission.
tron box - A non-phone related box which negates the power use
in a household, thus saving money! A very ingenious box! It was
developed by Cap'n Crunch.
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NPA 619 SCANNING RESULTS PART I
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NPA 619 Is Located In Southern California, San Diego Country Area
This is just a partial listing of some fone scanning that was and is being
done in the 619 NPA at the moment. This document is dated summer of 1989. Also
note the following NOTE so that you don't get pissed off if you find something
different. Future parts to this series will be posted on local 619 BBS's as
well as future issues of TPH. If you have something to contribute, please call
the BBS's at the end of this issue. Thanx.
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* This listing was compiled from various sources, the scanner *
* assumes no responsibility for the validity of the results *
* presented in this listing. Also note that scanning is legal, *
* but not late at night. Check with your local telco and find *
* out this info. *
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All text between 77 character length "."s represent the logon screens of
various computer mainframes/systems.
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