On 7/2/02 3:06 PM Ryan Coleman edified us all by writing:
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phreaking /freek'ing/ n. [from `phone phreak'] 1. The art and
science of cracking the phone network (so as, for example, to make
free long-distance calls). 2. By extension, security-cracking in any
other context (especially,
Michael Bryan Bell wrote:
At Starbucks the other day (no Airport at this one), a friend of a
friend was finishing up his homework assignment on computer security.
Heh, tell him to keep reading.
Tell him to keep reading and actually try it in real life sometime...
What intrigued me was
Well, a) Kevin Mitnik's great prowness was less in hacking than in
social engineering, which attackes the weakest link: the users. and B)
Draper's crunchbox can be built for a hell of a lot less than
$7kwith appropriate scrounging a usable router can be bult for less
than the cost of the
John Draper (the inventor) didn't invent phone phreaking
and system breakins
He waa Cap'n Crunch, right? (IIRC). That guy was/is hilarious. His antics
cracked me up. Even when he got out of jail, he wanted Woz to turn the
Apple II into the ultimate phone phreaking machine.
Actually he was
phreaking /freek'ing/ n. [from `phone phreak'] 1. The art and
science of cracking the phone network (so as, for example, to make
free long-distance calls). 2. By extension, security-cracking in any
other context (especially, but not exclusively, on communications
networks) (see
Ryan Coleman wrote:
Amen. mine cost $30. And that was for the NIC. I Was given the
computer by someone for free. A little setup with SQUID and I was all
up and running.
I don't have a normal firewall, I have a Dual NIC box running a
proxy. Much better as no traffic can get through.
On 7/2/02 3:06 PM Ryan Coleman edified us all by writing:
...
phreaking /freek'ing/ n. [from `phone phreak'] 1. The art and
science of cracking the phone network (so as, for example, to make
free long-distance calls). 2. By extension, security-cracking in any
other context
