K2's H/P Guide
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                             08/05/95 Release

Intro
~~~~~

   This release was put out MUCH later than I intended due to the fact that 
 my hard drive was formatted (accidentally... don't even ask.). There's a
 few updates in here, not quite as many as I has intended. More next time, I
 suppose...
   I'm shifting from ripping up on CEM (Joker has proven himself to be much
 more intelligent than I though, but I still think his zine sucks, heh) to
 PuNK... if you ever get a chance, look through some of the newer issues, my
 zine gets mentioned indirectly frequently... and I've gotten lots of fan
 mail from Squelch.
   Whatever. It's hard to write at 4:30 am. You probably already know what 
 this is, so read, pick something out good.... I'd recommend oMFuXS, (since 
 I write for it, of course) but CoTNo and F.U.C.K. remain the best picks.

   Until next time...

   K2 oMFuXS
   Internet: kay@rushnet.com
             (if there's problems with my inet address, try k2@rushnet.com)

  Thanks to: TcP, Silicon, Rotting Christ, DisordeR, Rage, and that big
             flying appendix named Flint that passes my window daily (wait!
             I can explain that!).

The Trendy New Rating System
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

   All right. In order to help you figure out what was new since my last
 release, I've decided to introduce some flags after the bar rating to help
 figure things out. So, here's what the various characters mean...

        *  New Zine.
        -  Changes made to review since last release.
        ì  Zine known to be in production (releases still coming out). Phear!
        í  The zine isn't coming out anymore.
        ?  I have no clue if the zine is alive or dead.
        A  Anarchy related articles
        P  Phreaking related articles
        H  Hacking related articles
        O  Opinionated articles (see F.U.C.K.)
        W  Warez related articles
        S  Something else that wasn't covered by the other relations

   I also made a few that will help you find out what I think is good, and
 what sucks...

        ä  ä7ää+-0 /<r4D z1n3!! A warez kiddie/lamer zine, or a bad program. 
           Don't get it.
        ­  Highly recommended. Programs that you won't regret downloading.


   As always, I try to keep information accurate, but with so many zines out
 and different BBSes that support them, it's near impossible. Any corrections
 should be sent to my email address, along with comments on the new rating
 system.

E-Zines
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  1. AI - 5 issues
     So far, I've seen more talk about how big and cool AI is in their issues
      than any real information at all. Be sure to hand a copy to your
      favorite lamer and you'll make him happy.
     Rating: ħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  A ? ä

  2. Anarchy 'n' Explosives - 6 Issues
     Primarily heavy explosives, 800 directory in first issue. Not bad.
     Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°  A í   

  3. Art of Technology Digest - AoTD - 6 Issues
     Information on computer/modem related issues.
     Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°  S ì

  4. Boston Anarchist Drinking Brigade - BAD - 8 Broadsides (Issues)
     A bunch of editorials. The zine has little to do with anarchy at all.
     Rating: ħħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  O ? ä

  5. CEManar - 39 issues
     I'm not too sure where to put this. It's basically a bunch of zines on
      anarchy put together with an .EXE to run it made by one of the authors
      of CEM. All I can really say is, WHY?
     Rating: ħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  A H P í
  
  6. Colorado Elite Magazine - CEM - 20 executables
     Mostly a bunch of boring, reused (sometimes up to 4 times) articles. In
      older versions, there's a lot of warez BBS reviews. The high point is
      that it's in .EXE form... interesting, but not enough to be good.
     Rating: °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  - W O ì ä
  
  7. Colorado Hemp Primer - 2 executables
     Primer on marijuana in Colorado, legalization, and lots of other stuff.
      Nice big information guide, and while it's not exactly a zine, I put
      it in here for you reefer guys.
     Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°  - S í
  
  8. Communication of the New Order - CoTNO - 5 Issues
     Nice fat files on all types of H/P issues, includes instructions on
      building various anarchy items, hacking, and lots more. One of the best
      sets of E-Zines ever written.
     Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ  A P H S í ­

  9. CORE - 10 Issues
     This is supposed to be based on security, but I haven't been able to 
      read through any more than about 4 issues of this from boredom. Don't
      waste time reading this.
     Rating: °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  - S ì ä
     
  10. DargonZine - 5 Issues
      What the fuck is this? How did this earn the name e-zine? Seems like a
       bunch of stories from authors rejected from Scientific American. About
       as stimulating as regurgitating gasoline. My recommendation: don't
       waste your time.
      Rating: °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  S ? ä
  
  11. Digital Anarchist's Society - DaS - 7 Issues
      It's an okay zine. Nothing out of the ordinary, and it basically has the
       same old stuff as other zines. Isn't really good, isn't really bad.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°  H P ?
  
  12. Digital Free Press - DFP - 5 Issues
      This is probably one of the better hacking zines in the country. Lots of
       information on hacking put in an easy to understand way. Also includes
       a few editorials.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°  - H O ? 

  13. ELiTE-0 /<-N33t-0 'ZiN3 (Krad) - 14 Issues
      This zine is really just a big joke and rips on bad zines, warez 
       kiddies, and the like. Pretty funny, but don't mistake it for a 
       serious zine. Download it for a few laughs.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°  - W S ì
  
  14. FEDZ - 8 Issues
      Reports on government activities that brush unconstitutional. Pretty
       much like reading something from the newspaper - informative usually,
       but somewhat boring.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°°  * S ì
  
  15. Fucked Up College Kids - F.U.C.K. - 145 Issues + FAQ + Application
       + Index
      Opinions on human life and how things are - not anywhere as near as lame
       as it sounds. Headquartered in Denver. My favorite zine out of all I've
       seen so far.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ  O ì ­

  16. gasp - 33 Issues
      A bunch of stuff that's supposed to make you laugh. Some parts are a
       little similar to Krad, but usually these are a little better. If you
       see this on a BBS, be sure to get a copy.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ  * S ­
  
  17. Greyareas - 8 Issues
      When the writers actually get serious, the zine is not too bad.
       Otherwise, reading this is like a bad copy of Krad...
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°  * H P ì
  
  18. Jolly Roger's Cookbook - 197 Issues
      Huge cookbook comparable to the Anarchist's Cookbook. Contains recipes
       for bombs, boxes, methods of destruction, and much much more. The
       knowledge within these files are a perfect introduction to anarchy.
       It's also gotten national attention on Dateline NBC.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°  A H P S í

  19. LOD/H Technical Journal - LODTJ - 9 Issues
      Journal of information and instructions on issues relating to hacking
       and phreaking, aimed towards experienced H/P.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°  H P ?
    
  20. NINJA009 - 9 Issues
      If you can get past the name and the capitalized text (the title is
       normal however... hmm...), this is a pretty good zine. The info can
       be found in other zines, but it still has some value.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°°  * S í
  
  21. Old MFer's Union of Xbar Switchmen - oMFuXS - 6 Issues
      Articles on nearly anything that hasn't been in other zines. Goes in
       depth very well on the articles and is easy to understand so as
       beginners can read it too. Don't miss this one.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ  * P S ì ­
  
  22. Phreaker's/Hacker's Underground Network - P/HUN - 5 Issues
      Long text files on information on Phreaking and Hacking, aimed at a more
       experienced H/Per. Similar to LODTJ.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°  H P ?

  23. Pirate - 5 Issues
      Somewhat like an early version of CEM, but somewhat worse. Lame, lame,
       lame. Mostly a bunch of warez kiddies talking about how cool they are.
      Rating: °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  W í ä

  24. Punks Using Narcotics.....KRIME!!! - PuNK - 25 Issues
      Terrible, just terrible. The opinion files are very poor and rarely over
       three paragraphs. The instructions for anything destructive were
       obviously leeched from another zine, and are things a little kid could
       figure out. Looks like a bunch of 12 year olds copied JR's Cookbook.
      Rating: °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  A P O ì ä
  
  25. Syndicate - 17 Issues (some come in SYND-xxA and SYND-xxB)
      News reports on the telephone business. Useful to a phreaker who needs
       to keep up to date, but I haven't seen any of these out that are even
       published in the nineties, so they are not as useful.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°°  P í

  26. Trickster Encyclopedia - 9 Chapters
      Sort of a big long thing on doing anarchy stuff, but the lack of
       any REAL information is big. It's like reading a really boring news
       article. Don't waste your time on this.
      Rating: ħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  A S í

  27. United Phreaker's Incorporated - 10 issues
      Pretty good zine. Goes in depth on a lot of stuff, but it doesn't really
       offer anything on how to make or do things - just about them.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°  P ?

Programs
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  1. BlueBEEP! v0.10á
     Probably in the top five phreaking programs out. Includes red box tones,
      a scanner, a code cracker, a trunk locator, and a phreaking first - the
      CardTalker, a program that will relieve you from using your voice when
      you use stolen phone cards. Includes a few other interesting features.
     Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ  ­

  2. CATCALL v3.4
     This program will call up people at set times for various lengths. I
      suppose it could be okay except you could be traced, and why not just
      harass somebody voice?
     Rating: ħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  ä
  
  3. CodeBuster v8.20
     Seems like a five year old (or older, it's in CGA) hacking program.
      You're probably better off with BlueBEEP or Code Thief Deluxe.
     Rating: ħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
  
  4. Code Thief Deluxe v5.1
     Mainly a hacking program. You can program Code Thief to hack codes both
      locally and long distance. It also includes a scanner, which are a bit
      harder to find than they used to be.
     Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°  -

  5. CreditMaster v3.0
     The best credit card creation and utility programs I've seen anywhere.
      With CreditMaster you can generate cards, generate more reliable cards
      from former numbers, fix invalid card numbers, and see what the prefixes
      of cards refer to (different banks).
     Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°  ­

  6. Doo Tools v1.10
     Yet another scanner/harassment program. The scanner is a little above
      average, and the harassment (dials people over and over) program is
      about the norm. Nothing great, nothing bad.
     Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°
  
  7. Professor Falken's Phreak Tools v1.11
     A few tools for phreaking that aren't in any other programs I've seen -
      nothing to base anything huge on, but saves you time flipping through
      the phone book or calling information. Shows who owns 800/900 numbers,
      some areacode stuff, and some inner state stuff.
     Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°

  8. ToneLoc v1.01
     Another wardialer, about the most popular one I've seen. Above
      average, but nothing to get excited about. I would use BlueBEEP instead
      so as to have more options.
     Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°  ­

  9. Ultra-Dial v5.1
     Ancient wardialer program - only goes up to 1200 baud. Great if you have
      a $5 you got from a garage sale. Otherwise, get a better program like
      ToneLoc.
     Rating: ħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  * ä
  
  10. Virus Creation Lab v1.00
      Erm... I thought this was great until I realized any decent virus
       scanner can pick anything made by this up. A good learning tool, but
       really nothing more.
      Rating: ħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  -

Utilities (Smaller programs)
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  1. AT&T Calling Card Number Generator v0.1á
     Supposedly makes a calling card number, but they never really work. Just
      left the review in the zine so people know it's not real. Phear.
     Rating: °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  ä

  2. Credit Card Number Generator
     Cranks out ten MasterCard numbers, according to an algorithm. Includes
      Pascal source code. Password protection and speed are pluses, but in
      order to change the password you've got to edit the Pascal program!
     Rating: ħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  ä

  3. CĦN Card Checker
     Checks out the four major credit cards (MasterCard, Visa, AmEx, and
      Discover), and it will sometimes identify license numbers.
     Rating: ħħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°°°

  4. Death Box 2.0
     Generates Red Box tones (not specified which types, unfortunately). Bleh.
     Rating: ħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°

  5. DTMF Decoder
     Tests out touch tones through a speaker plugged in your Sound Blaster.
     Rating: ħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°

  6. Flordia Driver's License Number Generator v1.1
     One of the most original things I've ever seen. Want a driver's license?
      Need to get away from the cops or into adult files? Just type in a name,
      DOB, and sex, and you've got a license number!
     Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°  ­

  7. Modem Jammer 2.8
     This is supposed to jam your modem and keep if from being traced.
      However, I'm not too certain wheter or not it works. You'd be safer if
      you diverted your call.
     Rating: °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°

  8. Password
     Huh? This is suppose to keep track of your passwords, but without a
      documentation or any type of instructions, you can't use it! The author
      might want to put more thought in it next time...
     Rating: °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  ä

  9. PassWord Grabber for Remote Access BBS v1.11
     This program supposedly (I haven't tried it out) grabs the USERS.BBS
      file from RA BBSes, which would let you use any account there. If it
      works like it says, this program could be valuable.
     Rating: ħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°°  *

  10. Pbxscanner v5.0
      Yet another phone scanner. This one seems to be pretty good, though, even
       though it's old and is written for 2400 modems. Not a top choice, but
       also not a last resort if you need a PBX scanner.
      Rating: ħħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
  
  11. PKCrack
      This will give you a pretty good shot at finding the password in an
       encrypted .ZIP file. Limited docs makes it hard to understand at first,
       but this is something you'll want to keep around on the HD.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°°
  
  12. RúBox 0.99
      I like this one. You need an AdLib compatable for this one (who doesn't
       have this anyway?). It provides Blue, Silver, Red, and Green Box tones.
       Pretty good for a small program.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°  ­
  
  13. Wendin CRACKER V1.0 Disassembler
      This disassembles programs (I tried it on PKUNZIP) so you can look
       through the code to modify things. It's slow and I stopped it before
       it had a chance to finish, but from what I saw I was impressed.
      Rating: ħħħħħħħħħħ°°°°°°°°°°  *