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  • Hack FAQ. No document will make you a hacker
  • Section A: Computers
  • Section B: Telephony
  • Section C: Cellular
  • Section D: Resources
  • Section E: 2600
  • Section F: Miscellaneous
  • Section A: Computers
  • 01. How do I access the password file under Unix?
  • 02. How do I crack Unix passwords?
  • 03. What is password shadowing?
  • 04. Where can I find the password file if it's shadowed?
  • 05. What is NIS/yp?
  • 06. What are those weird characters after the comma in my passwd file?
  • 07. How do I access the password file under VMS?
  • 08. How do I crack VMS passwords?
  • 09. What can be logged on a VMS system?
  • 10. What privileges are available on a VMS system?
  • 11. How do I break out of a restricted shell?
  • 12. How do I gain root from a suid script or program?
  • 13. How do I erase my presence from the system logs?
  • 14. How do I send fakemail?
  • 15. How do I fake posts and control messages to UseNet?
  • 16. How do I hack ChanOp on IRC?
  • 17. How do I modify the IRC client to hide my real username?
  • 18. How to I change to directories with strange characters in them?
  • 19. What is ethernet sniffing?
  • 20. What is an Internet Outdial?
  • 21. What are some Internet Outdials?
  • 22. What is this system?
  • 23. What are the default accounts for XXX?
  • 24. What port is XXX on?
  • 25. What is a trojan/worm/virus/logic bomb?
  • 26. How can I protect myself from viruses and such?
  • 27. Where can I get more information about viruses?
  • 28. What is Cryptoxxxxxxx?
  • 29. What is PGP?
  • 30. What is Tempest?
  • 31. What is an anonymous remailer?
  • 32. What are the addresses of some anonymous remailers?
  • 33. How do I defeat Copy Protection?
  • 34. What is 127.0.0.1?
  • 35. How do I post to a moderated newsgroup?
  • 36. How do I post to Usenet via e-mail?
  • 37. How do I defeat a BIOS password?
  • 38. What is the password for <encrypted file>?
  • 39. Is there any hope of a decompiler that would convert an executable
  • 40. How does the MS-Windows password encryption work?

  • 01. What is a Red Box?
  • 02. How do I build a Red Box?
  • 03. Where can I get a 6.5536Mhz crystal?
  • 04. Which payphones will a Red Box work on?
  • 05. How do I make local calls with a Red Box?
  • 06. What is a Blue Box?
  • 07. Do Blue Boxes still work?
  • 08. What is a Black Box?
  • 09. What do all the colored boxes do?
  • 10. What is an ANAC number?
  • 11. What is the ANAC number for my area?
  • 12. What is a ringback number?
  • 13. What is the ringback number for my area?
  • 14. What is a loop?
  • 15. What is a loop in my area?
  • 16. What is a CNA number?
  • 17. What is the telephone company CNA number for my area?
  • 18. What are some numbers that always ring busy?
  • 19. What are some numbers that temporarily disconnect phone service?
  • 20. What is a Proctor Test Set?
  • 21. What is a Proctor Test Set in my area?
  • 22. What is scanning?
  • 23. Is scanning illegal?
  • 24. Where can I purchase a lineman's handset?
  • 25. What are the DTMF frequencies?
  • 26. What are the frequencies of the telephone tones?

  • 28. What frequencies do cordless phones operate on?
  • 29. What is Caller-ID?
  • 30. How do I block Caller-ID?
  • 31. What is a PBX?
  • 32. What is a VMB?
  • 33. What are the ABCD tones for?
  • 34. What are the International Direct Numbers?

  • 01. What is an MTSO?
  • 02. What is a NAM?
  • 03. What is an ESN?
  • 04. What is an MIN?
  • 05. What is a SCM?
  • 06. What is a SIDH?
  • 07. What are the forward/reverse channels?

  • 01. What are some ftp sites of interest to hackers?
  • 02. What are some fsp sites of interest to hackers?
  • 03. What are some newsgroups of interest to hackers?
  • 04. What are some telnet sites of interest to hackers?
  • 05. What are some gopher sites of interest to hackers?
  • 06. What are some World wide Web (WWW) sites of interest to hackers?
  • 07. What are some IRC channels of interest to hackers?
  • 08. What are some BBS's of interest to hackers?
  • 09. What are some books of interest to hackers?
  • 10. What are some videos of interest to hackers?
  • 11. What are some mailing lists of interest to hackers?
  • 12. What are some print magazines of interest to hackers?
  • 13. What are some e-zines of interest to hackers?
  • 14. What are some organizations of interest to hackers?
  • 15. What are some radio programs of interest to hackers?
  • 16. What are other FAQ's of interest to hackers?
  • 17. Where can I purchase a magnetic stripe encoder/decoder?
  • 18. What are the rainbow books and how can I get them?

  • 01. What is alt.2600?
  • 02. What does "2600" mean?
  • 03. Are there on-line versions of 2600 available?
  • 04. I can't find 2600 at any bookstores. What can I do?
  • 05. Why does 2600 cost more to subscribe to than to buy at a newsstand?

  • 01. What does XXX stand for?
  • 02. How do I determine if I have a valid credit card number?
  • 03. What is the layout of data on magnetic stripe cards?
  • 04. What are the ethics of hacking?
  • 05. Where can I get a copy of the alt.2600/#hack FAQ?

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