[3/4/2006 3:03 PM] Okay, so phreaking got started around the 50s [3/4/2006 3:03 PM] There is some debate over when it really got started, but it started to pick up then [3/4/2006 3:04 PM] There was this one phreak, Joybubbles [3/4/2006 3:04 PM] He was blind [3/4/2006 3:04 PM] and he could acually whistle a 2600hz tone [3/4/2006 3:05 PM] he was one of the first phreaks [3/4/2006 3:05 PM] The 2600hz tone, thats important because it just happends to be the tone that would casue a trunk to reset itself [3/4/2006 3:06 PM] now a trunk is not just wants n the back of a pickup [3/4/2006 3:07 PM] what im talking about is a trunk as in a circuit between switchboards [3/4/2006 3:08 PM] the use of 2600hz tone gave access to AT&T's long distance service, for free [3/4/2006 3:08 PM] but what about those crazy kids who say "phreaking isent about making free calls"? [3/4/2006 3:08 PM] This tone, was used in the first phreaking device, aka a box, called the blue box [3/4/2006 3:09 PM] Once the blue box was created, this opened the door to new phreaks everywhere [3/4/2006 3:10 PM] phreaking became somewhat popular in october 1971, when Esquir Magazine printed an article called "Secrets of the Little Blue BoX' [3/4/2006 3:11 PM] The story talked about our friend Mr. Joybubbles and Jphn Draper [3/4/2006 3:11 PM] John* [3/4/2006 3:12 PM] John Draper, probaly one of the most known phreaks, is also known as Capt'n Crunch [3/4/2006 3:12 PM] He became friends with two guys you've probaly never heard of, Steave Jobs and Steave Wozniak [3/4/2006 3:13 PM] The blue box was the first box, and their are many more [3/4/2006 3:13 PM] but this blue box, it was the most important, since it started phreaking altogather [3/4/2006 3:14 PM] So, now, lets move into the 70s and 80s [3/4/2006 3:14 PM] any questions so far? [3/4/2006 3:14 PM] ... it dident start phreaking, it started kids freaking out wanting to make free calls [3/4/2006 3:14 PM] D31337, nope, no questions [3/4/2006 3:14 PM] Alright [3/4/2006 3:15 PM] So, with computers being around [3/4/2006 3:15 PM] in the 70s, phreaks and MaBell moved into computers as well [3/4/2006 3:16 PM] =-= Ch4r has changed the topic to ``Phreaking lecture in progress.'' [3/4/2006 3:16 PM] Many phreaks would share ideas and converse on bulletin board systems, or BBSs [3/4/2006 3:17 PM] There was also new phreaking techniques created, such as wardailing [3/4/2006 3:18 PM] With wardailing, one could scan exchanges for terminals to explore later, like in the move Wargames [3/4/2006 3:18 PM] movie* [3/4/2006 3:19 PM] When computers came into play, many phreaks also became hackers [3/4/2006 3:20 PM] and with the use of BBSs, many new ideas were tested in many areas, and test numbers, exchage scans, just about anything because avalible to a phreak wanting to learn [3/4/2006 3:21 PM] Many of these texts can be found on the textfiles.com phreaking section [3/4/2006 3:21 PM] So, you've got these BSSs, lots of information sharing going on, and you also have phreaking groups [3/4/2006 3:22 PM] There have been many, but more famous ones are the Legion of Doom [3/4/2006 3:23 PM] Masters of Deception, and Phone Losers of America [3/4/2006 3:23 PM] Okay, so in the 80s and 90s [3/4/2006 3:23 PM] Payphones were the target of one box, called the red box [3/4/2006 3:24 PM] You see, when you put a quarter in a payphone, it plays a tone [3/4/2006 3:24 PM] that tone, that's what the red box mimics [3/4/2006 3:25 PM] loonies, dimes, nickles ect to.. [3/4/2006 3:25 PM] You pick up the phone's handset, put the box up to the earpeice, and press a button, it plays the tone, and you get your dailtone [3/4/2006 3:25 PM] Free calls on a payphone, gotta love it [3/4/2006 3:27 PM] The Red box died out when payphone manufactorers changed the way the phone read money [3/4/2006 3:28 PM] Another popular box, called the beige box, is still used today, and is my favorite. [3/4/2006 3:28 PM] The beige box was created to replace a lineman's butt-set, you know, that weird looking phone that the phone man has hooked on his belt. [3/4/2006 3:29 PM] Some phreaks couldn't find a butt-set, so they made their own using an old telephone. [3/4/2006 3:30 PM] you chop the wire, and replace the plug thing with two aligator clips.. [3/4/2006 3:30 PM] chedder, you aren't giving the lecture... ;) [3/4/2006 3:30 PM] The beige box is used to access a line on a person's phone line on their TNI box [3/4/2006 3:31 PM] The reason for doing this could range from testing a new line, or to tap someone elses line [3/4/2006 3:32 PM] Mostly, it's used to use the person's line to make prank calls, or to call numbers they wouldn't want to on their line because ther pheer the telco [3/4/2006 3:33 PM] If you would like to look more into how to make a beige box, I made a tutorial for the lecture that you can find at http://giblee.googlepages.com/beigebox [3/4/2006 3:33 PM] I would cover it here, but This way you can look at photos and it saves time. [3/4/2006 3:33 PM] Any questions so far? [3/4/2006 3:33 PM] nope [3/4/2006 3:34 PM] Okay, moving on then [3/4/2006 3:34 PM] D31337: dont forget charging services to the line [3/4/2006 3:34 PM] :P [3/4/2006 3:34 PM] yeah, lol, but I dont want to give people ideas [3/4/2006 3:35 PM] So, lets talk about today's phreak. [3/4/2006 3:35 PM] ok :) [3/4/2006 3:35 PM] Since the blue box and ed box don't work, whats a phreak to do? Alot. [3/4/2006 3:36 PM] Lets see, oh eah, there's this little thing called VoIP I could talk about... [3/4/2006 3:37 PM] VoIP = Voice over Internet Protocol. [3/4/2006 3:38 PM] VoIp has been around since like 1999, but wasn't popular untill broadband became avalible in most areas. [3/4/2006 3:39 PM] There are many major VoIp providers, such as Vonage, FreeWorld Dialup, and Skype. [3/4/2006 3:40 PM] One huge jump in VoIP usage was the creation of Asterisk, an open source PBX server [3/4/2006 3:40 PM] Asterisk is what has opened the playing feild for phreaks again [3/4/2006 3:41 PM] With new ideas coming from everywhere, and an easy and cheap way to play with the systems, it really has made a huge impact. [3/4/2006 3:41 PM] Caller ID Spoofing, for example, was previously done using an orange box, and did a horrible job of spoofing. [3/4/2006 3:42 PM] Now, you can set up a PBX using Asterisk@Home and start spoofing in under 2 hours. [3/4/2006 3:44 PM] With VoIP based PBXes, you need a way to script menus and funtions, so a new language was developed, calld VXML, or Voice XML [3/4/2006 3:47 PM] There are many scripts you can try out with VXML, and there are service that allow you to use their PBX to learn for free [3/4/2006 3:48 PM] In 2004, Kevin Mitnick was on a TV show called The Screen Savers, in which he spoofed the white house's caller id and called a host of the show's cell phone [3/4/2006 3:48 PM] this created alot of unwanted buzz in the phreaking community with the show's fanboys attempting to learn this "new" technique [3/4/2006 3:50 PM] Once they learned that he used VXML and PBXs, many found a popular caller id spoofing script and abused the heck out of a vxml service [3/4/2006 3:50 PM] the service provider noticed the abuse, and automaticly deleted the script and user account of people who used it [3/4/2006 3:51 PM] SO, basicly, Kevin Mitnick fanboys screwed alot of us over [3/4/2006 3:51 PM] So, Asterisk became the new HAM Radio of phreaks and has picked up ever since early 2005. [3/4/2006 3:53 PM] You can pick up Asterisk@Home at http://asteriskathome.sf.net [3/4/2006 3:53 PM] and read this wonderful set of tutorials at http://mundy.org/blog/index.php?p=81 to being using a PBX in your own home [3/4/2006 3:55 PM] One more subject I'll talk about, cell phones [3/4/2006 3:56 PM] Well, cell phones in some form can be dated back to the radio, since that's basicly what the first cell phones were untill the 90s [3/4/2006 3:56 PM] Today's cell phones are digital, but before the mid-90s, cell phones for the most part were analog [3/4/2006 3:57 PM] These analog phones were REAL easy to listen to, all you would need is a scanner or a satalite dish. [3/4/2006 3:59 PM] For example, when I was like 6, we had a satalite dish that would move around and pint to other satalite dishes [3/4/2006 3:59 PM] not like the Dishnetwork or directTV ones we have today, i'm talkign about htose big ones [3/4/2006 4:00 PM] Well, if we got on the Telestar satalites, and turn through the channels, we could her people talking on their cell phones [3/4/2006 4:01 PM] I recall once hearing a couple break up and cursing each other. I bet they would have died knowing a 6 year old was listening to what they were saying [3/4/2006 4:02 PM] Another example, is from my father's police scanner. He was on the local fire department, so he had that thing on al the time [3/4/2006 4:02 PM] well, every once in awhile, he would turn it to certain freqs that would pick up a guy talking on the phone [3/4/2006 4:03 PM] He told me it was the police cheif in the next town, the dude was talking to his wife about stuff [3/4/2006 4:03 PM] So, cell phones, before moving to analog were real easy to listen in on [3/4/2006 4:03 PM] there is one other thing, cloning [3/4/2006 4:04 PM] Whe nyou clone one's cell phone, your basicly using their account [3/4/2006 4:04 PM] think of it like beige boxing their cell phone [3/4/2006 4:05 PM] There are many methods to this, and the person cloning has to have some pretty hefty equiptment [3/4/2006 4:06 PM] One method that is used today, is to copy data fro mtheir SIM card, and put in on your own [3/4/2006 4:07 PM] I'm sure your local Cingular employee could do this if they had the nerve to [3/4/2006 4:07 PM] Anyway, let me talk about one last thing about cell phones, and that is voicemail [3/4/2006 4:08 PM] With caller id spoofing, people found that logging into people's cell phone voicemail was easy- because they didnt have a password set up [3/4/2006 4:08 PM] or, if they did, they had an auto-login when calling from their cell phone [3/4/2006 4:09 PM] So, when you do set up your voicemail, do not set up the auto-login, its just not smart. [3/4/2006 4:10 PM] Some carriers are still open to this, so read up on if your carrier is stupid or not