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T E X T F I L E S

Phone Phreaking: Blue Boxing

To a young person dabbling in the underground in the early 1980s, few concepts

were as powerful, alluring, or exciting as the "Blue Box". A number of simple

circuits enclosed with push buttons, it changed everything in the relationship

between the Phone Company (Ma Bell) and her customers (The Peons).

Created in the late 1960's and working well into the 1980s (and maybe beyond),

the Blue Box took advantage of a design flaw in the entire telephone system:

it was possible to gain access to parts of phone switching equipment and

send them false signals to make the machinery do whatever you wanted.

With the blast of a 2600hz tone down a telephone line (signifying you Meant

Serious Business), you could seize the telephone trunk and gain a sort of

"Administrator" access to the phone switching equipment. And since operators

were unlikely to do the sort of wild experimentation that a phreak with a

blue box would try, all sorts of amazing things would happen with a few

button presses.

The Blue Box was a tangible Swiss Army Knife of the telephone, a powerful tool

that gave the whole world to you in a small box. Little like it has been seen

since. It inspired dozens and dozens of other <A HREF="../BOXES">phone-related

home-grown circuits</A>, who all were given the label of "(Color) Box" in

homage.

40bluebox.txt

Blue Box Plans (40 Columns, with Borders!)

advfreq.txt

Advanced Blueboxing, by Guru Josh (December 13, 1991)

anar5.txt

The Building a Blue Box

at&tcode.txt

AT&T/BOC Routing Codes List

bbbuild.txt

How to Build a Blue Box

bbfreq.txt

The Real "Info's" about Blue Boxing Version 1.01 by Phreaker's Paradise (August 5, 1991)

bbnumber.txt

Collection of 1-800 Numbers that will Drop a Trunk in ESS

bbox

Blue Box Frequency List

bethome1.phk

Blue Boxing Information, Part 1

bhbb1.hac

Better Homes and Blue Boxing Part I, by Mark Tabas

bhbb2.hac

Better Homes and Blue Boxing Part II: Practical Applications

bhbb3.hac

Better Homes and Blue Boxing Part III: Advanced Signalling

blubxrus.box

How to Blue Box into Russia, by Mark Tabas

blue.box

Blue Box Plans, by Mr. America

blue0002.box

Basic Construction, Troubleshooting and Adjustment of the Blue Box

blue0003.box

Blue Boxing Safely Today, by the Micro Master

blue1.phk

The Real Info About Blue Boxing from Hannover, United Germany

blue10.box

Blue Box Construction, by Mr. Nibblemaster

blue11.txt

Using a Blue Box as Associated with PicturePhone

blue2.box

Assorted Blue Box Frequencies

blue2.phk

COMPLETELY (but humorously) screwed up transcription of a Blue Boxing File

blue2.txt

Overview of Making a Blue Box

blue3.box

Various Blue Box Information

blue3.con

Blue Box Plans: An Original OSUNY Phile

blue3.phk

Building a Blue Box

blue4.box

Compilation of many Blue Boxing Textfiles

blue5.box

Blue Boxing, by The Micro Master

blue5.phk

Building your own Blue Box, by Jester Sluggo

blue6

Some Things To Do With Your Blue Box When You're Bored

blue6.box

Complete Overview of the Technical Reasons behind Blue Boxing

blue7.box

The Art and Practice of Blue Boxing, by Nickie Halflinger

blue8.box

Some Advice on Using a Blue Box

blue9.box

Blue Boxing Information

blue9.txt

Informative Overview of the History and Aspects of Blue Boxing

blue_art.txt

The Art and Practice of Blue Boxing

blue_sec.txt

"Secrets of the Little Blue Box" by Ron Rosenbaum (40 col. version, from the Greek Inn BBS)

bluebeep.txt

Documentation on the BlueBEEP Boxing Program

bluebh.box

Better Homes and Blue Boxing, Parts II and III

bluebox.doc

Various Blue Boxing Information

bluebox.txt

Basic Construction and Operation of the Blue Box, from OSUNY BBS

blueboxi.txt

Advanced Blue Boxing, from 13th Floor Enterprises

bluefact.txt

Don't Believe the Hype of Lamers! Blue Boxing in the UK is Dead! By 2Tuff/Crystal

bluelex.box

Blue Box Plans by Lex Luthor

blueti99

Making a TI/994a into a Blue Box

boxbust.txt

Some Guys In France Got Busted for Blue Boxing!

boxing4.txt

How to Blue Box Into Russia by Mark Tabas

bprison.txt

Blue Boxing in 1991 (Phreaking Without Knowledge)

bxblue.txt

Well, Dudes, Here's How you Use a Blue Box

deadblue.phk

What may be the End of Blue Boxing, by the Kook (1986)

dialing.txt

Advanced Blueboxing by Guru Josh (December 13, 1991)

euro.box

Information about Blue Boxing in Other Countries

eurobbox.txt

The Real Information About Blue Boxing in Eurpose and Other Countries by Phreaker's Paradise (August 5, 1991)

jolly.box

Jolly Box Plans (Creates a <B>Blue</B> box on a computer)

laymans.box

Blue Boxes, by the Technician (A Layman's Definition)

manual7.s

TSC Multi-Frequency Dialer v7.1: The Bluebox Program for Atari ST/STE

misp15.phk

Blue Box Information/Construction, from The Overlord

nofilter.txt

The Blue Box Filter, by Lord Raphael (December 29, 1991)

obb.phk

The Basic Construction, Troubleshooting, and Adjustment of a Blue Box

phoney.phk

Secrets of the Little Blue Box (Short) by AP&P

portbb.txt

Portable Blue Box Plans by Ford Prefect (May 21, 1984)

ukblue.phk

The UK Blue Box Plans, using 2280hz.

warn0003.txt

A Very Big Italian Warning To Stop using Blue Boxes

warn0004.txt

Warning about using Blue Box Numbers in Germany, by TRAX

yabb.txt

Documentation for the Yet Another Blue Box Software, Version 0.93, January 1992