How To Build Black Box

How to build a black box?

 I found this tutorial quite a long time ago and I don't know if it still works. Nevertheless , it might be interresting to read, you might even learn something from it! I would have gladly given credit to it's author but won't since I have no idea who he is. So here is his tutorial that remained unchanged ( I hope!):

A BLACK BOX
is a device that is hooked up to your phone that fixes your phone so that when you get a call, the caller doesn't get charged for the call. This is good for calls up to 1/2 hour, after 1/2 hour the phone Co. gets suspicious, and then you can guess what happens.

What this little beauty does is keep the line voltage from dropping to 10v when you answer your fone. The line is instead kept at 36v and it will make the fone think that it is still ringing while your talking. The reason for the 1/2 hour time limit is that the
phone CO. thinks that something is wrong after 1/2 an hour of ringing.

All parts are available at Radio Shack. Using the least possible parts and arangement, the cost is $0.98 !!!! And that is parts for two of them! Talk about a deal! If you want to splurge then you can get a small PC board, and a switch. There are two
schematics for this box, one is for most normal fones. The second one is
for fones that don't work with the first. It was made for use with a Bell
Trimline touch tone fone.

** Schematic 1 for most fones **
** LED ON: BOX ON **

FROM >--------------------GREEN-> TO
LINE >--! 1.8k LED !---RED--> FONE
!--///--!>--!
! !
------>/<-------
SPST



Parts: 1 1.8k 1/2 watt resistor
1 1.5v LED
1 SPST switch

You may just have two wires which you connect together for the switch.


** Schematic 2 for all fones **
** LED ON: BOX OFF **

FROM >---------------GREEN-> TO
LINE >------- ---RED--> FONE
! LED !
-->/<--!>--
! !
---///---
1.8k
�Parts: 1 2 watt resistor
1 1.5v LED
1 DPST switch


Here is the PC board layout that I recommend using. It is neat and is very easy to hook up.

Schematic #1 Schematic #2

************** ****************
* * * ------- *
* ----- * * ! ! *
* ! ! * * ! *
* RESISTOR ! * * ! ! ! *
* ! ! * * ! ! / *
* -------- ! * * ! ! *
* ! ! * * ! ! / *
* --SWITCH-- * * ! ! *
* ! ! * * ! ! / *
L * ! ! * F L * ! ! ! * F
I>RED- -RED>O I>RED- ---RED>O
N>-----GREEN---->N N>-----GREEN------>N
E * h * E E * * E
************** ****************

Once you have hooked up all the parts, you must figure out what set of wires go to the line and which go to the fone. This is because of the fact that LED's must be put in, in a certain direction. Depending on which way you put the LED is what controls what wires are for the line & fone.

How to find out:

Hook up the box in one direction using one set offor line and the other for fone.

*NOTE* For Model I switch should be OFF.
*NOTE* For Model ][ switch should be set to side connecting the led.

Once you have hooked it up, then pick up the fone and see if the LED is on. If it is, the LED will be lit. If is doesn't light then switch the wires and try again. Once you know which are which then label them. *NOTE* - If neither directions worked then your
�lable the switch in its current position as BOX ON.

How to use it:

The purpose of this box is for poeple who call you not to pay so it would make
sence that it can only be used to receive! calls. When the box is *ON* then you may only recieve calls. Your fone will ring like normal and the LED on the box will flash. If you answer the fone now, then the LED will light and the caller will not be charged. Hang up the fone after you are done talking like normal. You will not be able to get a dial-tone or call when the box is on, so turn the box *OFF* for normal calls. I don't recommend that you leave it on all the time, as you don't want it to answer when Ma Bell calls!

Hope it brought something to those who read it.

XIII
numberXIII@Phreaker.net

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Hacking Web Pages

Chapter 4: Hacking Webpages

Getting the Password File Through FTP

Ok well one of the easiest ways of getting superuser access is through
anonymous ftp access into a webpage. First you need learn a little about
the password file...

root:User:d7Bdg:1n2HG2:1127:20:Superuser
TomJones:p5Y(h0tiC:1229:20:Tom Jones,:/usr/people/tomjones:/bin/csh
BBob:EUyd5XAAtv2dA:1129:20:Billy Bob:/usr/people/bbob:/bin/csh

This is an example of a regular encrypted password file. The Superuser is
the part that gives you root. That's the main part of the file.

root:x:0:1:Superuser:/:
ftp:x:202:102:Anonymous ftp:/u1/ftp:
ftpadmin:x:203:102:ftp Administrator:/u1/ftp

This is another example of a password file, only this one has one little
difference, it's shadowed. Shadowed password files don't let you view or
copy the actual encrypted password.  This causes problems for the password
cracker and dictionary maker(both explained later in the text). Below is
another example of a shadowed password file:

root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/usr/bin/csh
daemon:x:1:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:
bin:x:2:2:0000-Admin(0000):/usr/bin:
sys:x:3:3:0000-Admin(0000):/:
adm:x:4:4:0000-Admin(0000):/var/adm:
lp:x:71:8:0000-lp(0000):/usr/spool/lp:
smtp:x:0:0:mail daemon user:/:
uucp:x:5:5:0000-uucp(0000):/usr/lib/uucp:
nuucp:x:9:9:0000-uucp(0000):/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
listen:x:37:4:Network Admin:/usr/net/nls:
nobody:x:60001:60001:uid no body:/:
noaccess:x:60002:60002:uid no access:/:
webmastr:x:53:53:WWW Admin:/export/home/webmastr:/usr/bin/csh
pin4geo:x:55:55:PinPaper Admin:/export/home/webmastr/new/gregY/test/pin4geo:/bin/false
ftp:x:54:54:Anonymous FTP:/export/home/anon_ftp:/bin/false

Shadowed password files have an "x" in the place of a password or sometimes
they are disguised as an * as well.

Now that you know a little more about what the actual password file looks
like you should be able to identify a normal encrypted pw from a shadowed
pw file. We can now go on to talk about how to crack it.

Cracking a password file isn't as complicated as it would seem, although the
files vary from system to system. 1.The first step that you would take is
to download or copy the file. 2. The second step is to find a password
cracker and a dictionary maker. Although it's nearly impossible to find a
good cracker there are a few ok ones out there. I recomend that you look
for Cracker Jack, John the Ripper, Brute Force Cracker, or Jack the Ripper.
Now for a dictionary maker or a dictionary file...  When you start a
cracking prog you will be asked to find the the password file. That's where
a dictionary maker comes in. You can download one from nearly every hacker
page on the net.  A dictionary maker finds all the possible letter
combinations with the alphabet that you choose(ASCII, caps, lowercase, and
numeric letters may also be added) .  We will be releasing our pasword file
to the public soon, it will be called, Psychotic Candy, "The Perfect Drug."
As far as we know it will be one of the largest in circulation. 3. You then start up the cracker and follow the directions that it gives
you.


The PHF Technique

Well I wasn't sure if I should include this section due to the fact that
everybody already knows it and most servers have already found out about
the bug and fixed it. But since I have been asked questions about the phf
I decided to include it.

The phf technique is by far the easiest way of getting a password file
(although it doesn't work 95% of the time). But to do the phf all you do
is open a browser and type in the following link:

http://webpage_goes_here/cgi-bin/phf?Qalias=x%0a/bin/cat%20/etc/passwd

You replace the webpage_goes_here with the domain. So if you were trying to
get the pw file for www.webpage.com you would type:

http://www.webpage.com/cgi-bin/phf?Qalias=x%0a/bin/cat%20/etc/passwd

and that's it! You just sit back and copy the file(if it works).

The best way to get root is with an exploit. Exploits are explained in the
next chapter.

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Goverenment Computer Security Techniques

 Parts 1-3
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
*=*=*        Government Computer Security Techniques        *=*=
*=*=*=*=*=*=*      Written By: The Line Breaker     *=*=*=*=*=*=
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
As most of you know (those who have been around for over 1 year),
I am a computer security consultant by trade.  I do work for most
large companies and sometimes the government.  Well I am here now
going to explain in great detail the fundamentals of government
computer security.  There are going to be roughly 25 sections to
this g-phile, so open your buffers and let them rip.
Each file is broken into several parts starting with the control
title and ending with the principles of note.  I help design most
of the systems that you are about to read about, and most of the
problems that you run across in your every day hacking should be
solved here.  The secret to the philes is to read them carefully
and then reverse the process in some cases, otherwise they will
help you understand in greater detail the workings of computer
security.
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
*=*=*            C.S.T. Volume One -- G-phile One           *=*=
*=*=*=*=*=*        Written By: The Line Breaker     *=*=*=*=*=*=
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
Control Title: Low Building Profile
-----------------------------------
Description -> buildings housing computer systems and the computer
facilities should be unobtrusive and give minimum indication of
their purpose.  There should be no obvious signs identifying
computing activities outside or inside buildings.  Buildings
should look unimpressive and ordinary relative to nearby
buildings.  Building lobby directories and company telephone books
should not identify locations of computer activities except for
offices and reception areas that serve outsiders and are located
separately from operational areas.  Physical access barriers,
including access control signs, should be reasonably visible,
however.
Strengths -> a low profile reduces the likelihood of attention by
destruction-minded outsiders.  Such attention tends to be directed
away to other more visible targets.
Weaknesses -> a low profile may reduce business promotion values
and inconvenience visitors, vendors, delivery people, and others
who have a legitimate need to find computing facilities.
Purpose -> deterrence
Control Area -> computer center
Mode -> manual procedure
Area of Responsibility -> management, security
Cost - low
Principles of Note -> avoidance of need for design secrecy,
completeness and consistency, least privileged
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*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
*=*=*             C.S.T. Volume One -- Phile Two                                                     *=*=
*=*=*=*=*=*=*      Written By: The Line Breaker     *=*=*=*=*=*=
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
Control Title -> telephone access
Objective -> avoid computer access exposure
Description -> limiting access to a computer and data files can be
an important means of security.  Several means of accomplishing
this are possible.  It may be possible and important to eliminate
dial-up access to a computer.  A computer interfaced to the
dial-up public telephone network is exposed to access from any
telephone in the world.  There may be a trade-off in computer
security by giving up or limiting the benefits of dial-up access.
This can be accomplished by using only point-to-point wire or
leased-line telephone access to the computer.  An alternative is
to provide dial-up access to a small computer for development or
other timesharing purposes while reserving another computer for
more sensitive production activity that is not interfaced to
dial-up telephones.  A control computer providing access to two or
more other computers can also be used as a means of protecting
them from dial-up access.  An alternative method of restricting
access is to provide for dial-up access at limited periods of time
of day.  During periods of dial-up access, particularly sensitive
files or applications would not be resident in the computer system
or secondary storage.  A partial degree of protection for dial-up
access systems is to maintain strict need-to-know availability of
the telephone numbers and log-in protocol for accessing the
computer system.  Most dial-up timesharing computer services have
similar access protocols; therefore, a unique, very different
initial access exchange of identifying information may be useful
to limit access.  The telephone numbers should be unlisted,
different in pattern of digits, and have different prefixes from
voice telephone numbers for the organizations that are publicly
listed.  Call back to verifying the source of telephone access is
also popular.
Strengths -> avoidance of exposure is a particularly strong means
of simplifying and reducing the problems of securing computer
systems.  Limiting or eliminating dial-up access significantly
reduces exposure.
Weakness -> an important objective for computers is to make them
easily and widely accessible.  Eliminating or limiting dial-up
significantly reduces this capability.
How to Audit -> access capabilities, review access logs
Purpose -> prevention
Control Area -> computer system
Mode -> hardware
Area of Responsibility -> operation
Cost -> high
Principles of Note -> least privilege, limit dependence on other
mechanisms                                                                              
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*=*=*            C.S.T. Volume One -- Phile Three           *=*=
*=*=*=*=*=*=*      Written By: The Line Breaker     *=*=*=*=*=*=
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
Control Title -> limit transaction privileges from terminal
Objective -> prevent loss or destruction of assets, prevent
unauthorized browsing of systems files, prevent "hacking", prevent
system crashes caused by unauthorized use of certain system
commands
Description -> in addition to controlling resources (files,
off-line data storage volumes, etc.), the transactions that a
particular user is permitted to initiate are limited.  What the
system commands that a user can use or is informed of is
controlled by the user's job duties.  Thus, the system's level and
application command, such as reporting who is currently logged
into the system, are restricted on a need-to-know basis.  Logs may
be kept for all attempts to use an authorized system command; this
can be used to determine who needs training or perhaps
disciplinary action.
Strengths -> prevents users from performing unauthorized acts,
including examination of files names of other users and other
system-related commands.  Without these systems transactions,
compromise of the operating system and other such abuses are made
significantly harder to accomplish.  Because the system commands
are monitored and controlled by the computer, they can be
sustained and enforced.
Weaknesses -> may unduly restrict users' ability to perform their
jobs, especially if the users are programmers.  Undue restriction
may result in reduced productivity and increased levels of
frustration.  Determination of what commands should be restricted
may be involved and time consuming.
How to Audit -> examine system commands permitted for certain
groups of users for reasonableness. Review request for changes in
systems command privileges for authorization and need.  If
available, examine logs for unauthorized attempts to use systems
commands that certain users are not permitted to use.
Purpose -> prevention
Control Area -> computer system
Mode -> computer operating system, computer application system
Area of Responsibility -> operations management
Cost -> medium
Principles of Note -> simplicity, least privilege, independence of
control and subject, substantiality
Downloaded from P-80 Systems.....

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Firefox speed tweak

Yes, firefox is already pretty damn fast but did you know that you can tweak it and improve the speed even more?

That's the beauty of this program being open source.
Here's what you do:
In the URL bar, type “about:config” and press enter. This will bring up the configuration “menu” where you can change the parameters of Firefox.

Note that these are what I’ve found to REALLY speed up my Firefox significantly - and these settings seem to be common among everybody else as well. But these settings are optimized for broadband connections - I mean with as much concurrent requests we’re going to open up with pipelining… lol… you’d better have a big connection.

Double Click on the following settins and put in the numbers below - for the true / false booleans - they’ll change when you double click.

Code:
browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs – true
network.http.max-connections – 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server – 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy – 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server – 4
network.http.pipelining – true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests – 100
network.http.proxy.pipelining – true
network.http.request.timeout – 300


One more thing… Right-click somewhere on that screen and add a NEW -> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0”. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. Since you’re broadband - it shouldn’t have to wait.

Now you should notice you’re loading pages MUCH faster now!

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Becoming a Phreaker

PHREAKING - A guide for beginners

                              /-------------------\
                           | Becoming A Phreaker |
                           +---------------------+
                           |The Quick n' Easy Way|
                             \---------------------/

                               /-------------\
                          < By cyberRF >
                               \-------------/





So, you want to be a phreaker, and you want to do it the Quick 'n Easy

Way, eh?  Well, no fear, your obdn't servant, NightJoker is here!  if

you've been a wannabe phreaker for years, but don't have the patience

or know-how to make some of the more advanced boxes, this is for you.



This file will show how to make one of the easiest boxes, which will

make your life fun, and your enemies cringe (OK, maybe not *cringe*

exactly, more like be really pissed off...).  Using readily availible

parts from your nearest Radio Shack, you too can be up there with the

ranks of Cap'n Crunch (well, you'd actually have to do something pretty

damn daring or revoulutionary, but practice, practice, practice!).



Notice the lack of ALL CAPS or an³n®oy#¶ing giÈœbbðÛeriÆsh.  This is

easy to read, easy to follow, and lots of phun.  I've done my best to

make it so that the instructions can be followed if some of the the

ASCII art gets fucked up in the transfer.  Just wing it.



The BEIGE Box



The beige box is the primary source of entertainment for the phreaker.

With some experience, you can successfully make long distance phone

calls, obscene/prank calls, and other stuff, all on someone else's

bill. The beige box is simply a ripoff linemans handset.  You know, the

bright orange ones that you see linemans holding while they cling to a

telephone pole? But of course, no phreaker in their right mind is going

to climb up a pole! You're going to stay nice and safe on the ground.

All this is is a normal phone with a special cable.  Simple.



The construction:



    Now using the minimmum of parts, you could create a basic beige

box.

(1) Phone cable with the wires color-coded

(1) Telephone

(2) Alligator clips, green and red.



It's best to use an X-Acto-style knife, or a utility knife.



Now, find a phone cable (the one that goes between the wall and phone,

not the handset cable).  It should be a couple feet long.  Carefully

slice it open near on plug - do it slowly, and not too deep, so that

you dont cut any wires. Peel it open slightly, and if you see several

wires that are colored, great. If all you see is some wires that aren't

colored, forget it, that'll be too hard (tape it up with some scotch

tape, maybe your mom won't notice).



Now that you've found your cable, cut off one end, a few inches from

the connector.  Save this connector (with a few inches of cable) for

later.  Slice the covering back 3-4 inches, and cut it off, leaving the

colored wires intact. There sould be four wires - red, green, black,

and yellow.  To be able to use the wire for other things later, tape

the black and yellow paralell to the cable, so they won't get into the

way.  Now, strip abot a half an inch of the red and green wires.  To

strip it, take your knife, and lay the cable on a hard table. Take the

red wire, and press it to the table with your finger, about 2 inches

from the end.  Taking the knife, position it about a half an inch from

the end, the point on the wire. Slowly and gently, swipe the knife AWAY

from you, towards the end of the wire.  You should make a thin cut

along the wire. If you have not cut all the way through, do it again.

Carefully separate the wire from the insulation.  You should have a

wire, with the end splitting into a piece of insulation and a piece of

wire.  Cut off the insulation - dont cut the wire!  Do the same thing

for the green wire. 

Now, you should have a phone cable, with a connector at one end, and a

sripped green and red wire at the other end.

Go to the nearest electronic store.  They should sell little baggies of

alligator clips with colored plastic sheathes - make sure they don't

have wire attatched to them.  These cost about $1.50.  Buy (or

otherwise get) a bag that has a red and green clip. Now, take your red

and green clips, and slip the sheathe off of them.  They should slide

right off, and leave the metal clip that has a small screw attatched to

it, or a tab with a hole in it.  Unscrew the screw until there is

enough space to wrap the wire around it. Wrap the properly colored wire

around it, and screw it in.  Or, stick the wire in the tab, and wrap it

around a few times, until ther is no stripped wire left.Give it a

little tug to see if it's secure.  Put the sheathe back on.  Do it to

the other wire.     OK, you now have a phone cord, that has a plug at

one end, and a red

and green alligator clip, attached to the same colored wires, at the

other end.     Your're done!  

  +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
  |     *Into Your Phone                     Attach the clips to these|
  |     *                                                       ,     |
  |     *                                        +++Black.......,...  |  
  | +-----+              /   /              +++++               ,  .  |    
  | +-+   |-------------/---/------------+++++++++++++++Red,,,,,,  .  |     
  | +-+   |-----------//--//-------------+++++++++++++++Green,,,,  .  |    
  | +-----+          /   /                  +++++                  .  |    
  |                                              +++Yellow..........  |    
  |                                                                .  |    
  |                                                                .  |  
  |                                 Tape these back.................  |  
 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+

NOTE:  If you (A) can't find the right cable, or (B) are too damn lazy,

Radio Shack sells cables with a standard phone connector at one end,

and spade lugs connected to the colored wires at the other end.  Just

cut off the connecors, and strip the wires.



How to use it:



How old is your house?  If it was built or if the phone system was

upgraded within the last 20 years, go to the side of the house where

your gas and electrical meters are.  You should find the power box

(where the breakers are) that wierd things with all the pipes and a

meter (the gas thingie), and, maybe, a grey box with some wires

attatched to it.  Now, this might be your cable hookup, but if there's

a Bell logo on it, that's probably it.  If you can't find it, look in

the backyard.  Once you've found it, see if there is some sort of bolt

on it.  If it dosen't have one, reach under the box, and find the edge

of the cover.  Grab it, and pull down and out.  It should open up.  If

it dosen't, try the sides, or the top.  If it sitll dosen't, look again

for a bolt.  If there is one, go to the handy-dandy hardware store, and

get yourself a 7/16 inch hex driver.  This should open up the box.

This can also be used to open up other kinds of telco switch boxes.

Once you have it open, you may see several things:



= Four wires, red, green, black, and yellow, hooked up to four posts by

a screw.



= A bunch of wires - look for the red, green, black, and yellow ones.



= If you live in an apartment building, a bunch of rows of plastic,

with metal tabs sticking out of them.  There should be wires coming out

of most of the tabs, that are colored red, green, black, and yellow.

They should be labeld with apartment numbers or phone numbers.  Look

for yours.



= One or two thick cables, connected to something else.  This is a

cable box, bozo.  If you want free cable, figure it out.



= A shitload of spiders.  Get the RAID.



Now, get a phone - the ones that are the "slimline" kind are the best,

or the kind that are just a handset, and no base are better.  Plug your

modified cable into this.  Making sure that the switch for the handset

is down, clip the red clip to the post/terminal witht the red wire.

This is the RING terminal. It's usually on the right - remember the

phreakers adage: ring-red-right. Connect the green clip to the green

wired post/terminal.  Make sure they are firmly attached, and not

touching any other wires.  Now, pick the phone up, and (hopefully) you

should hear a dial tone.  If not, adjust the clips (can't touch any

other posts, remember!).  If that dosen't work, then switch the clips

(if that's the problem, just switch the colored insulation on the

clips).



    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    |             The Telephone Network Box                        |
    |              +--------------------+                          |
    |              |                    |                          |     
    |  Green ---------->x<........>x --------- Red                 |          
    |              |         .          |                          |         
    |              |         .          |                          |          
    |              |         ............... Put the clips on these|          
    |              |                    |                          |          
    | Ignore ---------->x          x<--------- Ignore              |          
    |              |                    |                          |          
    |              |                    |                          |     
    |          +--------------------+                 |     
 +--------------------------------------------------------------+

If you live in an apartment building:

    +-------------------------------------------------------------+
    |                  ............Yellow                         |
    |                  .                                          |      
    |                  .  .........Black                          |      
    |                  .  .                                       |      
    |             +----.--.----+                                  |      
    | Green Tip.... -  -  -  -.....Red Ring                       |      
    |             | -  -  -  - |                                  |      
    |             | -  -  -  - |                                  |      
    |             | -  -  -  - |   The Telephone "Punchdown Block"|      
    |             | -  -  -  - |   Usually found in office and    |      
    |             | -  -  -  - |   apartment buildings.           |      
    |             | -  -  -  - |   NOTE: TIP and RING might be    |      
    |             | -  -  -  - |   switched, depending on the     |      
    |             | -  -  -  - |   building.                      |      
    |             | -  -  -  - |                                  |      
    |             | -  -  -  - |                                  |      
    |             | -  -  -  - |                                  |      
    |             +------------+                                  |      
    +-------------------------------------------------------------+



NOTE:  first try this on your own line.  That way, you can fiddle with

it all you want, and not get in trouble (unless someone's on the

phone). Congrats!  If it works, great!  If it dosen't, go back and

check what you did.



The Phun You Can Have:



Obviously, this has to be good for something!  Remember, this is

literally and extension of their phone, keep that in mind.     So here

is some stuff:



= Make free calls.  Hopefully, the box is somewhere secluded.  Make all

the calls you want!  But, tell the person that you may have to hang up

quickly.  Tell them that when this happens, they should hang up quick,

too.  Don't stay on for too long!  You can get caught this way, if

someone tries to call alot, or someone picks up the phone and hears

someone else having a convesation!  Be careful.



= Getting someone in trouble.  Call a radio station (most have caller

ID).  Start cussing your brains out.  Say that everyone should worship

satan, fuck jesus, eat SPAM, or whatever.  Hopefully, they'll track the

number down.  Or call a bomb threat to the police.  They'll always

trace the call.  Perhaps, call the operator, and start fucking around.

NOTE:  don't do this to someone you don't  know.  Only do it to real

pricks who deserve it.  And DON'T call 911.  Their response is shitty

already, don't make it worse for some guy with a shard of glass in his

skull.



= Eavesdropping.  Get a phone that has a MUTE button.  Tape it down

SECURELY!  If you hold it down, the line could get noisy, and they

might get suspicious.  Record it, and blackmail 'em if it's juicy! But

be careful, extortion is a federal offense.



Some Tips:



Try to look inconspicuous - don't go wearing a hot pink raincoat.  If

going a night, wear dark clothes.  Keep all your stuff in a small

backpack.  Case the place first - look to see if there's a car in the

driveway.  Are alot of lights on?  Look for the box in the obvious

places - if you can't find it, skip it. Try to find a house that looks

empty, or has alot of bushes by the box.  If you crouch, and it's dark,

you might not be seen by the idle jogger or walker.  If you're really

paranoid, wear a fake moustache.  Also, wear some kind of gloves.

People are paranoid, and might get the box dusted.  (You can never be

too careful!) If someone does pick up the phone whale you are doing

your stuff, either hang up, or, for a better chance at them  not coming

out, say something like "Oops, must be a crossed line."  Maybe say

something about the phone guys doing something on the poles this

morning.  In either case, LEAVE FAST!  Don't forget to close the box,

or they'll know someone was there.  And always tell the person you are

talking to that you might have to leave quick and they should hang up

quick also.

If you are over 21, try to look like a telco guy.  Get a

fishing tackle box, and but your stuff in it.  If someone hears

something on the line, and then see's a telco guy walking away, they

might not get suspicious.  Or, if you can get a REAL telco outfit,

complete with belt with all the tools, and an orange/blue/yellow hard

hat with the local service logo, get real ballsy, and knock on the door

 and say "Hello ma'am/sir, I need to run some line tests, we've been

having some problems with the trunk lines, and I need to check some of

the houses on this block.  Could you not use the phone for the next

half an hour?  Thanks."  Try not to piss in your pants.  Right before

you leave, tell them "All done here, thanks."  Remembet to spraypaint

the phone orange. Oh, and another thing, don't do it in your own

neighborhood!  Someone might see you, or there might be a nosy old guy

across the street, and he might say "Joe, I saw that kid of Marty's

snooping around today."  Busted.  Also, be wary of "Neighborhood Watch"

areas - this is full of people with binoculars and 911 on the speed

dial. If someone happens to see you messing with their stuff, look as

innocent as possible.  Say something like "My friends dared me to do it

- they said I was chicken unless I went to someone's house and called

them!  Please, don't tell anyone!  My parents will KILL me!

Pleaseohplease!.  Oh god, uncle Gene's gonna kill me!  Oh Jesus,

please!  I was just trying to prove something to my friends!"  Maybe

start to sob.  You might just get off with a lecture.  If you are

wearing some sort of disguise, maybe try to make a run for it.  Ditch

the disguise, and make like nothing happend. Another thing - you may

want to buy a 10-20 foot cable, so you can connect to their phone box,

and sit in the bushes a bit away, and have your phun.





Advanced Stuff For The Beige Box:



If you know what you are doing, here's some suggestions:



= Wire a switch in line with the microphone so you can flip it in and

out of the circut.  This is a helluva lot cleaner than a MUTE button,

but make sure to switch it on or off before you pick up the phone, so

there won't be any abnormal noise.



= If it's the kind that is just a handset, you might want to install a

switch for an on-off switch, instead of having the switch on the bottom

down.



= Wire an "in-use" light into it, so that you don't pick up the phone

on someone.



Remember, you are treading into illegal territory.  Don't get caught,

unless you like dishing out 100,000-200,000 buckaroos and/or having

"Crusher Moe" breating down your neck for 1-5 years.  And don't brag

about your phun openly - who knows, maybe Ma Bell is listening!  Brag

behind a name (like me!).



DISCLAIMER

I, the guy named NightJoker, do not accept any responsibility

for any damage you, the reader, may cause.  I will not pay bail, be

your lawyer, or bake cakes with hacksaws in them.  If you get caught,

you are screwed, because I can't help you.  In other words:  it ain't

my fault!

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