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PALADIN PRESS BOULDER, COLORADO
TABLE
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CONTENTS
Introduction
The Ultimate Internet Terrorist:
How Hackers, Geel<s, and phreaks Can Ruin Chapter 1 9
a"*n:d_ W!:rOat oynou t hCe aInn fDorom taot iporno tSeuitp eyrohuig"rhswealfy' . . . Terror Mail in CybersPace:
by Robert Merkle The Anatomy of the E-Mail Address
Copyright O 199g by Robert Merkle Chapter 2 37
Electronic Stalking:
ISBN 0-87364_970_2
Printed in the United States of America The New Frontier
Published by paladin press, a division of Chapter 3 51
l.l.-djr Enterprises, Inc., p.O. Box 1307, Chat Rooms:
Boulder, Colorado g0306, USA. The Good, the Bad and the Dangerous
Q03) 443_72s0
Direct inquiries and/or orders to the above address. Chapter 4 63
Extreme Countermeasures:
PAI-A,DIN, PALADIN PRESS, and the ..horse head,, design Survival in the Electronic War Zone
are.tradeln:rl_t belonging to paladin Enterprises and
regrstered in United States patent and Trademark Office. Chapter 5 85
All rights,reserved. Except for use in a review, no Cybergangs and Codeslingers:
portion of this book may be reproduced in any form Terrorist Bands That Roam the Highways of
without the express written permisrion of tt" puUtirt r.. Cyberspace Ready and Willing to Take You Out
Neither the author nor the publisher assumes
any responsibility for the use or misuse of
information contained in this book.
The Uhimate lnternet Terrorist
Chapter 6 AGKNOWLEDGMENTS
103
The Wonderful Art, Life,
and Science of Downloading:
Free Software for Fun and piofit
Chapter 7
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Black Archives:
Forbidden Files from the Darkside
A Final Word
139
The author would like to thank the following people for
their welcome interest and patience with the creation of this
little book:
o Gionassimo, for the use of his immense library of icons
o ]ason Kraft, always a welcome source of inspiration and
colorful backgrolnd (thanks for getting me through
coBol,!)
o |ason Chambers, who allowed me to bounce many a
strange idea off his fertile imagination
. ChriJCraft, f.or putting up with mybizarte questions and
being a friend for some 20 odd Yearc
. Dar# who knew this project would reach the world
JohnsorU
. Brendan Hynes, VCA stitl lives on in our hearts, O Strid-
ing One
.
The Avenger's Frontpage
a
(http:/ /#ww.ekratt.to/ht-t f rcvengel), wonderful
repository of maYhem
. (who will remain anonymous), props and congrats for
Jeif
his contributions and hacking magic
o And all those nice Paladin people, for giving me a medi-
um to reach all of you, my wonderful readers ' ' '
VI vil
INTRODUCTION
WARNING
The information and techniq-uthees described in this book are
potentially illegal, and neither author ,r* p""u]irr,".
will be held liabre for their use or misuse. T"hoe, use or misuse
of this information could result it', r"rio.r, criminal penarties or
other not-so-nice things. This book ir'prururt"
d for academic
study only!
rFlhis book is the most comPlete
I colection of methods, hintt tips, and dirty tricks
t used by hackers, geeks, and phreaks you will ever
find. All these tec-hniques are culled from active soldiers who
roam the Internet underground in search of fresh victims to
terrorize . . . and they are all easily accessible by you'
That's the best part about it: this book is designed with the
knowledge that mbst of you do not have the privileges of a
licensed frivate investigation firm andlor a law firm's unlim-
ited acceis to expensive high-tine services such as P-Track or
U.S. Datalink. You, the average American user of a PC con-
nected to the Internet, can and will be using the techniques
described herein the second you read this book they're all free
and open to the public. Again, these tricks and methods don t
require yo.t-uj informaiion in other books may-to be a
licensed-Pl or attorney with mega bucks to "sign on" to ser-
vices, nor do they require a degree in computer science'
In fact you don't-need programming experience at all to
fully utilize this manual.
if you think 'C' is just another letter of the Latin alphabet
take hlart; you'll be just fine. (Howevet, if you think- a "server
error" has something to do with tennis, welf you and I need to
talk.) In any eveng after a thorough read of this handy little
tome of haiting magic, you'll be cruising and surfing the 'net
with the best of hackers to search for information on anyone ' ' '
or to stop others from doing it to you!
But be warned: read this book and you'll put it down
doomed to spend several sleepless nights wondering how badly
y-o u've slippld information to unknown forces on the'net'
You'lfwonder who knows what about you'
You'll wish you had performed the steps outlined in the
"Extreme Countermeasuies" chapter before you even bought
your first comPuter.
But there is still hope. Read this book cover to cover twice
before you even think about going on-line ever again' Then
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Introduction
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The "lnformation Superhighwlyll-r, and yours as well. browse the TV Guide for free in the comfort of your living
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mind on over-the-counter cough medicine at:
new, admittedly awesome technologf. Ilis sold Uy
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1p1,' either, they,ll interfere in your RL (Real Life) affairs. In And most of all, follow the Creed' Follow it to the letter'
:rnel .words, you could earn yourself a lifetime contract
involving swarms of hackers.
Respect. That,s the first lesson.
What you are reading 1gw wlll give- you respect. plenty of
respect' And bear in mind that the irnderrying pr,ii"r"pny .r
this manual is the important pu.t. ettno"griy;; i"'iii""Tro-"
exact addresses and lines of code herein"toitu.t yo,, o,rr, ,nr,
field is, far too plastic to preserve the.specifics for anything
more than several y"g, after publication. nrrryniif
6n the
'net is time-sensitive. Therefore, you must keep ,rp ,?in
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harm on the Highway.
You can do this by reading any and all current magazines,
both virtual (e-zines) and rear"(if tfr"y stilr exist when y?.r-."ua
this) devoted to the Internet una t# Internet underground in ii
particular' Visit sites such as cnet.com and thecodex.com for
privacy-related issues. Also, check out the wJ rit" n."tty
Good Privacy" for hot securitv tios.
withI f stehaesrceh s eenrvgicineess d sou ncoht aesx Iinsif oa.te'tehiks otirm Ley, ctohse.n U src"a nf .f"oyr _ooth.ear,s Those are the breaks, and I wanted you to know-that from
andphrases such as,'privaq,, or ,,security on the internet.,, the get-go. So let's do this thing' Please extinguish aII smoKrng
roomSsta. yT_htiigs hist wpriothb ayboluy r thpee oUpLlset wona_yli ntoe s. t.a y. easppperciisaeltyd ionf ccuhr_at matWeriealclso maned abbuocakrlde tYheo uHr iagshsw uaPy' to Hell'
rent events and revorutionary changes on thl ,;Jt. G;il .ior"
with hackers and read what in"y r"Ea, as explained later on in
this book. Become a.hacker yr;;;;'if you wish,
the.security of knowing you 3r".ffit" of defenain""fryJi"l"";rr;yr_".f"yf
on-line and wasting people at witt if
necess-a-r-yl
aggressive; after all, it,s the best defense.
watch cable shows (on the sci-Fi channel, cNN, pBS,
etc.)
that have relevance to the nigf,*"y. ihi, 1:r;';;;;"#", *
learn about new Web sites. J
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