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%# ..uXu.. 1991 #%
#% Underground eXperts United %#
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#% -=*=- %#
%# The European Digest Series Vol.1 Issue #1 #%
#% 1991 By THE CHIEF ..uXu.. %#
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Contents...
01.............Introduction
02.............Why?
03.............Even Worse!
04.............SysOp's Underground Network (SUn)
05.............Now You Know
06.............Oops!
07.............Recommended
08.............End Comments
1. INTRODUCTION
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Welcome to TED Vol.1 Issue #1 - The uXu File #1!
The European Digest Series have come to life because of the massive amount
of claimed underground bulletin board systems that, in recent years, have
seen the light, or, on the other side, have hit the dust. The European
Digest Vol.1 Issue #6 and #7 will include lists of Established and Known
Underground Boards, in area-code order, and with comments, facts, status
(number of members, meetings and so on), and a record of the amount of
Online Gfiles available.
This series will not, repeat NOT, be updated in a regular basis because of
the pre-mentioned massive amount of boards that exist today. It is impossible
to update it regularly without having that as a full-time job. And, secondly,
I call Long Distance to ALL of these boards, which keeps the phone-bill at a
regular $1000.00 amount.
2. THEN WHY?
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Well, I have, probably as the most of you reading this, called a few boards
in my lifetime. More than often, these boards have claimed to be Under-
ground boards with:
'More than XXXX+ Gfiles Online'
'Very Active Subs'
'Serious discussions'
'H/P/A/V/C/x Only! No ELITE!'
'Latest Hacker Utils'
'Full Access First Call'
'Free Leeching'.
I can say straight away that 90-95% of these "Claims" have been false, and
have been encountered when checked with:
'The HD just crashed last week...'
'I had to make room for another Warez Filearea...'
'I don't know you, so I can't give you Full Access on the first call...'
'Is Hacker v0.0087 Beta NOT the latest version?...'
and stuff like the following:
* On A 'Free Leeching' Board:
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YOUR UL/DL RATIO IS .....
YOU MUST UPLOAD xxxx GB Before Downloading
GFILE AREA NOT AVAILABLE
FILE AREAS NOT AVAILABLE
NOTHING IS AVAILABLE
NO LEECHING! - LEECH AND YOU'RE KICKED OUT!
NO CARRIER
* On A 'H/P/A/V/C/x! No Elite!' Board:
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AREA 27 AMIGA 0-DAY WAREZ ONLY
AREA 87 IBM 0-WEEK WAREZ ONLY
(E) ELITE ONLY! MESSAGES SUBS
PARABLOCKS HQ 9600- ONLY!
BLAH BLAH BLAH...SOFTWARE... BLAH...IF YOU AGREE TYPE 'OK' ONLY
IF YOU ARE A 'LAMER' YOU'RE KICKED OUT! ONLY 0-DAY WAREZ!
NO CARRIER ONLY
* On A 'Very Active Subs' and 'Serious Discussions' Board:
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Message: 1 Date: 12/6/87
From: SysOp Pvt Recd
To: All
Title: Sub
..........
This Message Sub is for all Hackers out there. And I just Know it will
be a Very Active Sub, because of all the hackers that call here.
/&/&/&/ SYSOP /&/&/&/
Message: 2 Date: 1/12/90
From: Mr Novice Pvt Recd
To: All
Title: Help!
............
I have a Vic-20 and I have problems.
When I call with my 1200/75 modem I
can't connect to any bulletin board
systems except for this one. Please
help. Also, I wonder what Basic is?
Bye!!
ps. What is 80 columns? ds.
[End Of Messages]
(P)ost (R)ead (S)can (E)xit
(Command:
* On a 'More than XXXX+ GFILES Online' Board:
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AREA FILES LAST DATE
------------------- ------ ---------
1. General Gfiles 7 05/18/86
2. Hacking 2 01/21/87
3. Phreaking 11 01/21/87
4. Carding 1 01/21/87
5. Magazines 3 01/21/87
6. Phrack Inc.!! 1 11/17/85
7. GIF 18 01/21/87
8. Warez 0-Dayz 0 01/21/87
9. New Uploads 0 01/21/87
[End Of Areas]
(U)pload (L)ist (A)rea (E)xit
(Command:
(Note: No VIEW command! uachk!)
...and so it goes. On and On, and even After you have checked the board,
received the 'explanations' from the SysOp, the Ads still look the same.
You start to understand the point to this series? Well, here's something
even Worse (if possible)!
3. EVEN WORSE!
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We have all read about Feds and SS who starts Fake Underground Boards. Now
how can you see the difference from a real one? How can you decide NOT to
call 'Dragons Dentist' when you don't know that it is a Fed Bust-Board?
Here's a little piece from a very funny (and true) gfile called 'Feds,
how to find and eliminate them' (author unknown):
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Feds can be found in almost every major bbs system in the country. They are
the ones who keep asking the "famous name" pirates for warez, and post none of
their own. Yes, the fed is the ultimate leech. They are also mistaken for 12-
14 year-old leeches, but sysops can usually tell that something is wrong when
a 13-year-old who "just started last week" is typing faster than the fire rate
for an UZI sub-machine gun.... and uses words like "extenuating", "viable",
and "situation normal". The typical 13-year-old follows the real leech's
guide, with "k00l", "<``l", "rad", "l8t0r", and "do you have this...?".
WHERE THEY HANG OUT: Sprint, MCI, Telediscount, AT&T, ESS, and Metro (?)
Security offices.... Police Stations... Large BBS's... Gay Bars... You know...
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That's some good advice there. We have also seen articles like:
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COLORADO COPS GO ONLINE
The board, which uses RBBS software, is open after 5 pm weekdays and
all day Saturdays and Sundays at 303-987-7388. The department's address is 445
S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80226.
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FORBIDDEN ZONE BBS BUSTED
The FBI set up their own BBS to nail the kid (the SysOp).
- How was the FBI able to use a BBS to catch the Forbidden zone?
I understand that it was used to track uploaders of commercial software.
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POLICE SET UP BULLETIN BOARD STINGS
For more than two years, the department secretly ran a board called the
Underground Tunnel, which was set up to appear as a bulletin board run by a
system operator called Pluto. But late last month - to the surprise of the
board's more than 1,000 users - Pluto was revealed as Sgt. Robert Ansley, a
seven-year veteran of the police department.
Sting and intelligence gathering bulletin board operations are on the rise
throughout the country, according to law enforcement officials. Several police
departments nationwide have already used bulletin boards to track down and
arrest microcomputer users who post illegally obtained calling card codes,
mainframe access procedures and passwords, or other confidential information.
According to one high-lvel West Coast law enforcement officer who declined to
be identified, federal officials are now joining local authorities in running
bulletin boards in several key metropolitan areas.
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(all article-excerpts courtesy of the writers & authors)
This is a bit scary, because when there are Cop-SysOps around, the information
flow will thin out to NOTHING in the end. No new underground boards will be
accepted, and when the old ones die, there will be Zero Underground boards
to call! For an example, Ripco was a Great board once. Had the reputation, was
known to a majority of underground users, and had been active for a very long
time. After it got up again, after the bust, people was of course reluctant
to call. Most explanations were 'Feds got it once..' and 'Ever heard of
bugs?'. I understand these people, and therefore it would be nice to TRUST the
boards we call by checking them out. Now, you all say 'So how are You going to
spot the difference between a Fake BBS and a Genuine Underground Board then??'
Answer: I can't! That's a problem. All I wanted to say by this is that you
can Never trust New Unknown Underground Boards and that you should be careful
when calling one. Of course I will report Fake Boards if I spot any, so keep
an eye on the "Number of Feds" grade in the BBS-Listings, starting in TED
Issue #6.
4. SysOp's Underground Network (SUn)
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The SySop's Underground Network is a group of SySops who, in the effort to
further advance the state of underground computing, have joined together
to form a network. It will not include 'warez type boards', so if that's
your thing, you can't be a member. They will concentrate instead on the
informational boards. Text files, P/H/A/C/V bases, and good 'underground'
activities.
A Recent forming of an information-spreading Network have made the job of
spotting Feds and fake boards easier. SysOp's Underground Network will keep
it's members updated on Fake Users and Feds spotted on Underground boards,
and Busts. The members in their turn will inform the members of their boards,
and they will then warn their friends. This will mean that fake users and feds
will have a hard time keeping their identity secret, and will hopefully not be
able to harm the underground community too much.
To join The SysOp's Underground Network, you have to be an Underground Board
SysOp (if you didn't understand that by now), and you have to fill out the
SUn Application form and agree to the rules therein. The SUn application form
can be obtained on the following boards:
Persistance Of Time.....313-462-1141
Guild Of Assains........713-933-7248
Project X...............713-356-2042
DoPey's Domain..........714-951-7939
Info Addict.............+46-###-####
The Lifetime Detour.....313-644-5505
The Crowbar Hotel.......409-372-5511
5. NOW YOU KNOW
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These things should be more than enough to convince you that this series of
files will be needed. If someone have the time to keep the BBS-Check files
updated, that help would be greatly appreciated. It sure would be useful.
If you still aren't convinced, please go into your bathroom, fill the bath-
tub with ice-cold water, (add a few 100's of ice-cubes), and get into it.
Thank you.
6. OOPS!
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This file should have been the 1st BBS Check file, but became a my view
of the underground bulletin board scene. I am tired of wasting my time on
those fake/empty/claim-to-be-great boards. That's the way gfiles are born.....
7. RECOMMENDED
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This section is included in every issue of The European Digest and will
contain recommended stuff/boards/reading and so on. For this file,
Some 4 Great Boards:
NAME PHONE WHY
-------------------------- ------------ -------------------------------------
Condemned Reality 618-397-7702 Huge Gfile Collection. Nice SysOp.
Good Subs & Discussions.
Lunatic Labs 213-655-0691 The Old Timer still online. Neat
subs, Gfiles, Misc Files. Serious.
The Crowbar Hotel 409-372-5511 Home of SUn. Good Gfile Collection.
Nice SysOp. Kinda nice BBS Software.
Demon Roach Underground 806-794-4362 The Old Timer still online. Great
subs. Lotsa Gfiles. Nice SysOp.
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8. END COMMENTS
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You have probably already guessed that I am not American (my spelling stinks!)
Well, I am working on my spelling so hang in there guys. It will get better.
The European Digest will not feature Hacking techniques, Phreaking, Carding,
information about government systems or the basic underground rap. It will
be different. It IS different. Manuals, The Underground Scene, Deep Deep
whatever, and so on. Less 'general rag stuff' and More Miscellaneous stuff.
Swedish Hacker News will be presented through the 'uXu - Swedish News' series,
but ONLY in Swedish. English translations will however be published in other
well-known underground rags, as contributions.
Check out the Next TED for Something Completely Different!
You can reach me on the following boards for comments, contributions,
questions or whatever:
Condemned Reality [618-397-7702]
Land Of Karrus [215-948-2132]
Demon Roach Underground [806-794-4362]
Balanced pH [818-783-5320]
Info Addict [+46-###-####]
The Chief 1991
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