FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT very old school.I read your post and this reminded me of you./-/ Phreak Dictionary /-/Here you will find some of the basic but necessary terms that should beknown by any phreak who wants to be respected at all.Phreak : 1. The action of using mischevious and mostly illegalways in order to not pay for some sort of tele-communications bill, order, transfer, or other service.It often involves usage of highly illegal boxes andmachines in order to defeat the security that is setup to avoid this sort of happening. [fr'eaking]. v.2. A person who uses the above methods of destruction andchaos in order to make a better life for all. A truephreaker will not not go against his fellows or narcon people who have ragged on him or do anythingtermed to be dishonorable to phreaks. [fr'eek]. n.3. A certain code or dialup useful in the action ofbeing a phreak. (Example: "I hacked a new metrophreak last night.")Switching System: 1. There are 3 main switching systems currently employedin the US, and a few other systems will be mentionedas background.A) SxS: This system was invented in 1918 and wasemployed in over half of the country until 1978. Itis a very basic system that is a general waste ofenergy and hard work on the linesman. A good way toidentify this is that it requires a coin in the phonebooth before it will give you a dial tone, or that nocall waiting, call forwarding, or any other suchservice is available. Stands for: Step by StepB) XB: This switching system was first employed in 1978in order to take care of most of the faults of SxSswitching. Not only is it more efficient, but italso can support different services in various forms.XB1 is Crossbar Version 1. That is very limited andis hard to distinguish from SxS except by direct viewof the wiring involved. Next up was XB4, CrossbarVersion 4. With this system, some of the basic thingslike DTMF that were not available with SxS can beaccomplished. For the final stroke of XB, XB5 wascreated. This is a service that can allow DTMF plusmost 800 type services (which were not alwaysavailable.) Stands for: Crossbar.C) ESS: A nightmare in telecom. In vivid color, ESS isa pretty bad thing to have to stand up to. It isquite simple to identify. Dialing 911 for emergencies,and ANI [see ANI below] are the most common facets ofthe dread system. ESS has the capability to list in aperson's caller log what number was called, how longthe call took, and even the status of the conversation(modem or otherwise.) Since ESS has been employed,which has been very recently, it has gone throughmany kinds of revisions. The latest system to date isESS 11a, that is employed in Washington D.C. forsecurity reasons. ESS is truly trouble for anyphreak, because it is 'smarter' than the othersystems. For instance, if on your caller log they saw50 calls to 1-800-421-9438, they would be able to doa CN/A [see Loopholes below] on your number anddetermine whether you are subscribed to that serviceor not. This makes most calls a hazard, becausealthough 800 numbers appear to be free, they arerecorded on your caller log and then right before youreceive your bill it deletes the billings for them.But before that the are open to inspection, which isone reason why extended use of any code is dangerousunder ESS. Some of the boxes [see Boxing below] areunable to function in ESS. It is generally a menaceto the true phreak. Stands For: Electronic SwitchingSystem. Because they could appear on a filtersomewhere or maybe it is just nice to know themanyways.A) SSS: Strowger Switching System. Firstnon-operator system available.B) WES: Western Electronics Switching. Used about 40years ago with some minor places out west.Boxing: 1) The use of personally designed boxes that emit orcancel electronical impulses that allow simpleracting while phreaking. Through the use of separateboxes, you can accomplish most feats possible withor without the control of an operator.2) Some boxes and their functions are listed below.Ones marked with '*' indicate that they are notoperatable in ESS.*Black Box: Makes it seem to the phone company thatthe phone was never picked up.Blue Box : Emits a 2600hz tone that allows you to dosuch things as stack a trunk line, kickthe operator off line, and others.Red Box : Simulates the noise of a quarter, nickel,or dime being dropped into a payphone.Cheese Box : Turns your home phone into a pay phone tothrow off traces (a red box is usuallyneeded in order to call out.)*Clear Box : Gives you a dial tone on some of the oldSxS payphones without putting in a coin.Beige Box : A simpler produced linesman's handset thatallows you to tap into phone lines andextract by eavesdropping, or crossingwires, etc.Purple Box : Makes all calls made out from your houseseem to be local calls.ANI [ANI]: 1) Automatic Number Identification. A serviceavailable on ESS that allows a phone service [seeDialups below] to record the number that any certaincode was dialed from along with the number that wascalled and print both of these on the customer bill.950 dialups [see Dialups below] are all designedjust to use ANI. Some of the services do not havethe proper equipment to read the ANI impulses yet,but it is impossible to see which is which withoutbeing busted or not busted first.Dialups [dy'l'ups]: 1) Any local or 800 extended outlet that allows instantaccess to any service such as MCI, Sprint, or AT&Tthat from there can be used by handpicking or usinga program to reveal other peoples codes which canthen be used moderately until they find out aboutit and you must switch to another code (preferrablybefore they find out about it.)2) Dialups are extremely common on both senses. Somedialups reveal the company that operates them assoon as you hear the tone. Others are much harderand some you may never be able to identify. A smalllist of dialups:1-800-421-9438 (5 digit codes)1-800-547-6754 (6 digit codes)1-800-345-0008 (6 digit codes)1-800-734-3478 (6 digit codes)1-800-222-2255 (5 digit codes)3) Codes: Codes are very easily accessed procedureswhen you call a dialup. They will give you some sortof tone. If the tone does not end in 3 seconds,then punch in the code and immediately following thecode, the number you are dialing but strike the'1' in the beginning out first. If the tone doesend, then punch in the code when the tone ends.Then, it will give you another tone. Punch in thenumber you are dialing, or a '9'. If you punch ina '9' and the tone stops, then you messed up alittle. If you punch in a tone and the tonecontinues, then simply dial then number you arecalling without the '1'.4) All codes are not universal. The only type that Iknow of that is truly universal is Metrophone.Almost every major city has a local Metro dialup(for Philadelphia, (215)351-0100/0126) and since thecodes are universal, almost every phreak has usedthem once or twice. They do not employ ANI in anyoutlets that I know of, so feel free to checkthrough your books and call 555-1212 or, as a moredevious manor, subscribe yourself. Then, never useyour own code. That way, if they check up on you dueto your caller log, they can usually find out thatyou are subscribed. Not only that but you could seta phreak hacker around that area and just let ithack away, since they usually group them, and, as abonus, you will have their local dialup.5) 950's. They seem like a perfectly cool phreakersdream. They are free from your house, from payphones,from everywhere, and they host all of the major longdistance companies (950)1044 , 950)1077, 950-1088 , 950-1033 .) Well, they aren't. They were designed forANI. That is the point, end of discussion.A phreak dictionary. If you remember all of the things contained onthat fileup there, you may have a better chance of doing whatever it is youdo. This next section is maybe a little more interesting...Blue Box Plans:---------------These are some blue box plans, but first, be warned, there have been2600hz tone detectors out on operator trunk lines since XB4. The idea behindit is to use a 2600hz tone for a few very naughty functions that can reallymake your day lighten up. But first, here are the plans, or the heart of thefile:700 : 1 : 2 : 4 : 7 : 11 :900 : + : 3 : 5 : 8 : 12 :1100 : + : + : 6 : 9 : KP :1300 : + : + : + : 10 : KP2 :1500 : + : + : + : + : ST :: 700 : 900 :1100 :1300 :1500 :Stop! Before you diehard users start piecing those little tone tidbitstogether, there is a simpler method. If you have an Apple-Cat with aprogram like Cat's Meow IV, then you can generate the necessary tones, the2600hz tone, the KP tone, the KP2 tone, and the ST tone through the dialsection. So if you have that I will assume you can boot it up and it works,and I'll do you the favor of telling you and the other users what to do withthe blue box now that you have somehow constructed it. The connection to anoperator is one of the most well known and used ways of having fun with yourblue box. You simply dial a TSPS (Traffic Service Positioning Station, orthe operator you get when you dial '0') and blow a 2600hz tone through theline. Watch out! Do not dial this direct! After you have done that, it isquite simple to have fun with it. Blow a KP tone to start a call, a ST toneto stop it, and a 2600hz tone to hang up. Once you have connected to it,here are some fun numbers to call with it:0-700-456-1000 Teleconference (free, because you are the operator!)(Area code)-101 Toll Switching(Area code)-121 Local Operator (hehe)(Area code)-131 Information(Area code)-141 Rate & Route(Area code)-181 Coin Refund Operator(Area code)-11511 Conference operator (when you dial 800-544-6363)Well, those were the tone matrix controllers for the blue box and someother helpful stuff to help you to start out with. But those are only thefunctions with the operator. There are other k-fun things you can do with it.More advanced Blue Box Stuff:Oops. Small mistake up there. I forgot tone lengths. Um, you blow atone pair out for up to 1/10 of a second with another 1/10 second for silencebetween the digits. KP tones should be sent for 2/10 of a second. One way toconfuse the 2600hz traps is to send pink noise over the channel (for all ofyou that have decent BSR equalizers, there is major pink noise in there.)Using the operator functions is the use of the 'inward' trunk line.Thatis working it from the inside. From the 'outward' trunk, you can do suchthings as make emergency breakthrough calls, tap into lines, busy all of thelines in any trunk (called 'stacking'), enable or disable the TSPS's, andfor some 4a systems you can even re-route calls to anywhere.All right. The one thing that every complete phreak guide should bewithout is blue box plans, since they were once a vital part of phreaking.Another thing that every complete file needs is a complete listing of all ofthe 800 numbers around so you can have some more Fu7nC/-/ 800 Dialup Listings /-/1-800-345-0008 (6) 1-800-547-6754 (6)1-800-245-4890 (4) 1-800-327-9136 (4)1-800-526-5305 (8) 1-800-858-9000 (3)1-800-437-9895 (7) 1-800-245-7508 (5)1-800-343-1844 (4) 1-800-322-1415 (6)1-800-437-3478 (6) 1-800-325-7222 (6)All right, set Cat Hacker 1.0 on those numbers and have a # of aday. That is enough with 800 codes, by the time this gets around to you Idunno what state those codes will be in, but try them all out anyways andsee what you get. On some 800 services now, they have an operator who willanswer and ask you for your code, and then your name. Some will switch backand forth between voice and tone verification, you can never be quite surewhich you will be upagainst.Armed with this knowledge you should be having a pretty good timephreaking now. But class isn't over yet, there are still a couple importantrules that you should know. If you hear continual clicking on the line, thenyou should assume that an operator is messing with something, maybe evenlistening in on you. It is a good idea to call someone back when the phonestarts doing that. If you were using a code, use a different code and/orservice to call him back.A good way to detect if a code has gone bad or not is to listen whenthe number has been dialed. If the code is bad you will probably hear thephone ringing more clearly and more quickly than if you were using adifferent code. If someone answers voice to it then you can immediatelyassume that it is an operative for whatever company you are using. The famed'311311' code for Metro is one of those. You would have to be quite stupidto actually respond, because whoever you ask for the operator will alwayssay 'He's not in right now, can I have him call you back?' and then theywill ask for your name and phone number. Some of the more sophisticatedcompanies will actually give you a carrier on a line that is supposed togive you a carrier and then just have garbage flow across the screen like itwould with a bad connection. That is a feeble effort to make you think thatthe code is still working and maybe get you to dial someone's voice, a goodtest for the carrier trick is to dial anumber that will give you a carrierthat you have never dialed with that code before, that will allow you todetermine whether the code is good or not. For our next section, a lighterlook at some of the things that a phreak should not be without. A vocabulary.A few months ago, it was a quite strange world for the modem people outthere. But now, a phreaker's vocabulary is essential if you wanna make agood impression on people when you post what you know about certain subjects./-/ Vocabulary /-/- Do not misspell except certain exceptions:phone -> fonefreak -> phreak- Never substitute 'z's for 's's. (i.e. codez -> codes)- Never leave many characters after a post (i.e. Hey Dudes!#!@#@!#!@)- NEVER use the 'k' prefix (k-kool, k-rad, k-whatever)- Do not abbreviate. (I got lotsa wares w/ docs)- Never substitute '0' for 'o' (r0dent, l0zer).- Forget about ye old upper case, it looks ruggyish.All right, that was to relieve the tension of what is being drilledinto your minds at the moment. Now, however, back to the teaching course.Here are somethings you should know about phones and billings for phones,etc.LATA: Local Access Transference Area. Some people who live in largecities or areas may be plagued by this problem. For instance, let's say youlive in the 215 area code under the 542 prefix (Ambler, Fort Washington). Ifyou went to dial in a basic Metro code from that area, for instance,351-0100, that might not be counted under unlimited local calling because itis out of your LATA. For some LATA's, you have to dial a '1' without thearea code before you can dial the phone number. That could prove a hasslefor us all if you didn't realize you would be billed for that sort of call.In that way, sometimes, it is better to be safe than sorry and phreak.The Caller Log: In ESS regions, for every household around, the phonecompany has something on you called a Caller Log. This shows every singlenumber that you dialed, and things can be arranged so it showed every numberthat was calling to you. That's one main disadvantage of ESS, it is mostlycomputerized so a number scan could be done like that quite easily. Using adialup is an easy way to screw that, and is something worth remembering.Anyways, with the caller log, they check up and see what you dialed. Hmm...you dialed 15 different 800 numbers that month. Soon they find that you aresubscribed to none of those companies. But that is not the only thing. Mostpeople would imagine "But wait! 800 numbers don't show up on my phonebill!". To those people, it is a nice thought, but 800 numbers are picked upon the caller log until right before they are sent off to you. So they cancheck right up on you before they send it away and can note the fact thatyou #ed up slightly and called one too many 800 lines.Right now, after all of that, you should have a pretty good idea of howto grow up as a good phreak. Follow these guidelines, don't show off, anddon't take unnecessary risks when phreaking or hacking.