This section of files contains how-tos and stories centered around the
dark flipside of the BBS world: BBS hacking. This is the process of somehow
breaking into a BBS program, the actual program that runs the BBS, and
then either halting it, deleting it, or otherwise taking down the
machine.
By doing this, of course, the users would bring to a crashing halt the only
line of communication that community had; the single machine that everyone's
words and thoughts were being kept. Taken from this perspective, it seems
foolish, but in some locations there were a lot of BBSes, and in many
cases, the BBS would be back up, shaken but not gone, by the next morning.
One can make an argument for the feeling of power this might give a young
modem user. One also can't discount the scads of bland, uninteresting
BBSes that populated the landscape, who only provided an interest to those
who could penetrate its meager defenses and shake it by the scruff of the
neck.
Of course, the software designed for bulletin boards in the 1980's was often
the work of programmers using their spare time, so while the security would
be existent, it would not be bulletproof. In the case of some programs (like
the GBBS software), the code would be in something like the BASIC computer
language, and certain Back Doors that had been put into the program were
then known to all. By giving these BBS programs the wrong information at
the right time, users could make the system die, or worse, get access to
the command prompt of the BBS computer, causing havok all over the place.
The BBS Abusing Handbook by The Joker
The Best Ways to Abuse a BBS by The Joker
How to have Fun with Apple-Net BBSes
Hacking Apple BBSes: A Collection of Hints
Backdoor for PCExpress V1.0 Registered by iLLeGaL e?Ror
Computer Terror and Destruction Issue #1: BBS Infiltration
BBS Crashing Techniques, by Mr. Memorex
The Really Fine Art of BBS Hackingm by Vortex of HIT Inc.
Creating Beeping BBS Annoyance, by Abigwar
Destroying an Apple II Board by Doctor Crunch
How to Hack Your Favorite BBS Systems by Raven of BOM
What to Do When You Break Into a BBS, by Doctor Crunch
Crashing AE Lines, by Delta Master
The How to File on Crasking a C-Net Part Two by Ditto and Shlomo
How to Crash a Commodore BBS, by The Highwayman of Chaotic Computing
What to Do when you Break into a BBS, by Dr. Crunch
Crashing Networks, the Causes and Prevention, by the Oracle of Delos
Crashing Forum Boards by Panther Man
The Anti Modem Weapon by Amiga Trading Board BBS
A Simple Way to Hack Around PC-BOARD And Succeed by Sniper
System Crusher Part II or How to Crash a BBS II, by Grim Raper and Mind Master (October 1987)
DOCUMENTATION: HackBBS v0.2 COM Only Version by Virogen (June 29, 1993)
Attention all PC Board Sysops! Beware of a User Called RAM DRIVE!
Hacking Into Renegade BBSes by Slide N Gutz
A Serious Flaw in Renegade BBS Software
How to Hack into a Telegard Board by Caramon Majere
Hacking into WWIV, Second Edition by Vision
Hermes Back-Door (Hacking the Hermes BBS Software) by Dookie (November 13, 1992)
How to Become a Sysop on Any Hermes System (December 13, 1992)
Hacking the Oxgate Public Bulletin Board System by The 0mega & Lord Vision
Havok Crashes a BBS and Prints out a Userlist (December, 1993)
Kevin Dahlstedt describes major security breaches in Wildcat! BBSes
How to Crash a BBS Part II by Grim Reaper
Kill the Lamer SysOP's Computer! By the Crypt Keeper and The Evil Master
Some MajorBBS Backdoors, by Enigma
Networks (BBS Program Hacking) by The MinuteMan (May 26th, 1984)
A Tutorial On how to Fuck Up Net-Works, by The Minuteman, 3/26/1984
Fun with Random Access BBS Software, by Vince Niel
How to Destroy an RBBS-PC System by Mad Hacker
Hacking Renegade 07-17 by Tokyo of PSW
DOCUMENTATION: Renegade History Finder (June 1993) by Kris Greer
DOCUMENTATION: Renegade Smart Trojan (June, 1993)
The Rebel Riting Guild: Having Phun on WWIV II by The Evil Master (December 3, 1991)
The Rebel Riting Guild: Having Phun on WWIV III by the Evil Master (December 9, 1991)
How to hack into a Telegard board, by Carmon Majere
How People Crash a 10.0 PCBOARD, by Jeremy Kruse (Ninja)
How to hack WildCat! 4.0 by RoBoTiC HaMSTeR
how to Hack Wildcat by Virus in 1994
Kill the lamer SysOp's computer! By The Crypt Keeper and The Evil Master of WCCP