AREA CODE: Synonym: Numbering Plan Area (NPA). A three digit number identifyingmore than 150 geographic areas of the United States and Canada which permitsdirect distance dialing on the telephone system. A similar global numberingplan has been established for international subscriber dialing.ATTENDANT POSITION: A telephone switchboard operator's position. It provideseither automatic (cordless) or manual (plug and jack) operator controls forincoming and/or outgoing telephone calls.ATTENUATION: A general term used to denote the decrease in power between thattransmitted and that received due to loss through equipment, lines, or othertransmission devices. It is usually expressed as a ration in db (decibel).(B) ENTRANCE INTO THE DDD TOLL NETWORK MAY BE EFFECTED BY A PRETEXT CALL TO ANYOTHER TOLL-FREE # SUCH AS UNIVERSAL DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE (555-1212) OR ANY # INTHE INWATS NETWORK, EITHER INTER-STATE OR INTRA-STATE, WORKING OR NON-WORKING.(C) ENTRANCE INTO THE DDD TOLL NETWORK MAY ALSO BE IN THE FORM OF "SHORT HAUL"CALLING. A "SHORT HAUL" CALL IS A CALL TO ANY # WHICH WILL RESULT IN A LESSERAMOUNT OF TOLL CHARGES THAN THE CHARGES FOR THE CALL TO BE COMPLETED BY THEBLUE BOX. FOR EXAMPLE, A CALL TO  BIRMINGHAM FROM ATLANTA MAY COST $.80 FOR THEFIRST 3 MINUTES WHILE A CALL FROM ATLANTA TO LOS ANGELES IS $1.85 FOR 3MINUTES. THUS, A SHORT HAUL, 3-MINUTE CALL TO BIRMINGHAM FROM ATLANTA, SWITCHEDBY USE OF A BLUE BOX TO LOS ANGELES, WOULD RESULT IN A NET FRAUD OF $2.65 FOR A3 MINUTE CALL.(D) A BLUE BOX MAY BE WIRED INTO THE TELEPHONE LINE OR ACOUSTICALLY CONNECTEDTO THE HANDSET. THE BLUE BOX MAY EVEN BE BUILT INSIDE A REGULAR TOUCH-TONEPHONE, USING THE PHONE'S PUSH BUTTONS FOR THE BLUE BOX'S SIGNALLING TONES.(E) A MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDING MAY BE USED TO RECORD THE BLUE BOX TONESREPRESENTATIVE OF SPECIFIC PHONE #'S. SUCH A TAPE RECORDING COULD BE USED INLIEU OFA BLUE BOX TO FRAUDULENTLY PLACE CALLS TO THE PHONE #'S RECORDED ON THEMAGNETIC TAPE.     ALL BLUE BOXES, EXCEPT "DIAL PULSE" OR "ROTARY SF" BLUE BOXES, MUST HAVETHE FOLLOWING 4 COMMON OPERATING CAPABILITIES:(A) IT MUST HAVE SIGNALLING CAPABILITY IN THE FORM OF A 2600HZ TONE. THE TONEIS USED BY THE TOLL NETWORK TO INDICATE, EITHER BY ITS PRESENCE OR ITS ABSENCE,AN "ON HOOK" (IDLE) OR "OFF HOOK" (BUSY) CONDITION OF THE TRUNK.(B) THE BLUE BOX MUST HAVE A "KP" TONES THAT UNLOCKS OR READIES THEMULTI-FREQUENCY RECEIVER AT THE CALLED END TO RECEIVE THE TONES CORRESPONDINGTO THE CALLED PHONE #.                                    Page 18                        The Official Phreaker's Manual(C) THE TYPICAL BLUE BOX MUST BE ABLE TO EMIT MF TONES WHICH ARE USED TOTRANSMIT PHONE #'S OVER THE TOLL NETWORK. EACH DIGIT OF A PHONE # ISREPRESENTED BY A COMBINATION OF 2 TONES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE DIGIT 2 IS X-MITTEDBY A COMBINATION OF 700HZ AND 1100HZ.(D) THE BLUE BOX MUST HAVE AN "ST" KEY WHICH CONSISTS OF A COMBINATION OF 2TONES THAT TELL THE EQUIPMENT AT THE CALLED END THAT ALL DIGITS HAVE BEEN SENTAND THAT THE EQUIPMENT SHOULD START SWITCHING THE CALL TO THE CALLED NUMBER.   THE "DIAL PULSER" OR "ROTARY SF" BLUE BOX REQUIRES ONLY A DIAL WITH ASIGNALLING CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE A 2600HZ TONE.*BLACK BOX*-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-     THIS ETF DEVICE IS SO-NAMED BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THE FIRST ONE FOUND.IT VARIES IN SIZE AND USUALLY HAS ONE OR TWO SWITCHES OR BUTTONS.  ATTACHED TOTHE TELEPHONE LINE OF A CALLED PARTY, THE BLACK BOX PROVIDES TOLL-FREE CALLING*TO* THAT PARTY'S LINE. A BLACK BOX USER INFORMS OTHER PERSONS BEFOREHAND THATTHEY WILL NOT BE CHARGED FOR ANY CALL PLACED TO HIM. THE USER THEN OPERATES THEDEVICE CAUSING A "NON-CHARGE" CONDITION  ("NO ANSWER" OR "DISCONNECT") TO BERECORDED ON THE TELEPHONE COMPANY'S BILLING EQUIPMENT. A BLACK BOX ISRELATIVELY SIMPLE TO CONSTRUCT AND IS MUCH LESS SOPHISTICATED THAN A BLUE BOX.*CHEESE BOX*-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-  ITS DESIGN MAY BE CRUDE OR VERY SOPHISTICATED. ITS SIZE VARIES; ONE WAS FOUNDTHE SIZE OF A HALF-DOLLAR.  A CHEESE BOX IS USED MOST OFTEN BY BOOKMAKERS ORBETTERS TO PLACE WAGERS WITHOUT DETECTION FROM A REMOTE LOCATION. THE DEVICEINTER-CONNECTS 2 PHONE LINES, EACH HAVING DIFFERENT #'S BUT EACH TERMINATING ATTHE SAME LOCATION. IN EFFECT, THERE ARE 2 PHONES AT THE SAME LOCATION WHICH ARELINKED TOGETHER THROUGH A CHEESE BOX. IT IS USUALLY FOUND IN AN UNOCCUPIEDAPARTMENT CONNECTED TO A PHONE JACK OR CONNECTING BLOCK. THE BOOKMAKER, AT SOMEREMOTE LOCATION, DIALS ONE OF THE NUMBERS AND STAYS ON THE LINE. VARIOUSBETTORS DIAL THE OTHER NUMBER BUT ARE AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTED WITH THEBOOKMAKER BY MEANS OF THE CHEESE BOX INTER-CONNECTION. IF, IN ADDITION TO ACHEESE BOX, A BLACK BOX IS INCLUDED IN THE ARRANGEMENT, THE COMBINED EQUIPMENTWOULD PERMIT TOLL-FREE CALLING ON EITHER LINE TO THE OTHER LINE. IF A POLICERAID WERE CONDUCTED AT THE TERMINATING POINT OF THE CONVERSATIONS -THE LOCATIONOF THE CHEESE BOX- THERE WOULD BE NO EVIDENCE OF GAMBLING ACTIVITY. THIS DEVICEIS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN ADVISEDTHAT WHEN UNUSUAL DEVICES ARE FOUND ASSOCIATED WITH TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS THEPHONE COMPANY SECURITY REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE CONTACTED TO ASSIST INIDENTIFICATION. (THIS PROBABLY WOULD BE GOOD FOR A BBS , ESPECIALLY WITH THEBLACK BOX SET UP. AND IF YOU EVER DECIDED TO TAKE THE BOARD DOWN, YOU WOULDN'THAVE TO CHANGE YOUR PHONE #. IT ALSO MAKES IT SO YOU YOURSELF CANNOT BE TRACED.I AM NOT SURE ABOUT CALLING OUT FROM ONE THOUGH)*RED BOX*-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-  THIS DEVICE IT COUPLED ACOUSTICALLY TO THE HANDSET TRANSMITTER OF ASINGLE-SLOT COIN TELEPHONE. THE DEVICE EMITS SIGNALS IDENTICAL TO THOSE TONESEMITTED WHEN COINS ARE DEPOSITED. THUS, LOCAL OR TOLL CALLS MAY BE PLACEDWITHOUT THE ACTUAL DEPOSIT OF COINS.                                    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Conceivedfrom the boredom and loneliness that could only be derived from: The Traveler!But now, he has returned in full strength (after a small vacation) and is hereto 'World Premiere' the new files everywhere. Stay cool. This is the prequil to the first one, so just relax. This is notmade to be an exclusive ultra elite file, so kinda calm down and watch in thebackground if you are too cool for it.../-/   Phreak Dictionary   /-/ Here you will find some of the basic but necessary terms that should be knownby any phreak who wants to be respected at all... Phreak [fr'eek]:1.  The action of using mischevious and mostly illegal waysin order to not pay for some sort of telecommunications  bill, order, transfer,or other service. It often involves usage of highly illegal boxes and machinesin order to defeat the security that is set up to avoid this sort ofhappening. [fr'eaking]. v. 2.  A person who uses the above methods of destruction andchaos in order to make a better life for all. A true phreaker will not not goagainst his fellows or narc on people who have ragged on him or do anythingtermed to be dishonorable to phreaks. [fr'eek]. n.    3.  A certain code or dialup useful in the action of being aphreak. (Example: "I hacked a new metro phreak last night.") Switching System [Swich'ing sis'tem]: 1.  There are 3 main switching systems currently employedin the US, and a few other systems will be mentioned as background.A) SxS:  This system was invented in 1918 and was employed in over half of thecountry until 1978. It is a very basic system that is a general waste of energyand hard work on the linesman. A good way to identify this is that it requiresa coin in the phone booth before it will give you a dial tone, or that no callwaiting, call forwarding, or any other such service is available. Stands for:Step by StepB) XB:   This switching system was first employed in 1978 in order to take careof most of the faults of SxS switching. Not only is it more efficient, but it                                    Page 20                        The Official Phreaker's Manualalso can support different services in various forms. XB1 is Crossbar Version1. That is very limited and is hard to distinguish from SxS except by directview of the wiring involved. Next up was XB4, Crossbar Version 4. With thissystem, some of the basic things like DTMF that were not available with SxS canbe accomplished. For the final stroke of XB, XB5 was created. This is a servicethat can allow DTMF plus most 800 type services (which were not alwaysavailable...) Stands for: Crossbar.C) ESS:  A nightmare in telecom. In vivid color, ESS is a pretty bad thing tohave to stand up to. It is quite simple to identify. Dialing 911 foremergencies, and ANI [see ANI below] are the most common facets of the dreadsystem. ESS has the capability to list in a person's caller log what number wascalled, how long the call took, and even the status of the conversation (modemor otherwise.) Since ESS has been employed, which has been very recently, ithas gone through many kinds of revisions. The latest system to date is ESS 11a,that is employed in Washington D.C. for security reasons. ESS is truly troublefor any phreak, because it is 'smarter' than the other systems. For instance,if on your caller log they saw 50 calls to 1-800-421-9438, they would be ableto do a CN/A [see Loopholes below] on your number and determine whether you aresubscribed to that service or not. This makes most calls a hazard, becausealthough 800 numbers appear to be free, they are recorded on your caller logand then right before you receive your bill it deletes the billings for them.But before that they are open to inspection, which is one reason why extendeduse of any code is dangerous under ESS. Some of the boxes [see Boxing below]are unable to function in ESS. It is generally a menace to the true phreak.Stands For: Electronic Switching System. because they could appear on a filtersomewhere or maybe it is just nice to know them any ways.             A) SSS: Strowger Switching System. First non-operator systemavailable.             B) WES: Western Electronics Switching. Used about 40 years agowith some minor places out west.  Boxing [Boks'-ing]: 1)  The use of personally designed boxes that emit orcancel electronical impulses that allow simpler acting while phreaking. Throughthe use of separate boxes, you can accomplish most feats possible with orwithout the control of an operator.                      2)  Some boxes and their functions are listed below. Onesmarked with '*' indicate that they are not operatable in ESS.    *Black Box: Makes it seem to the phone company that the phone was neverpicked up.      Blue Box:  Emits a 2600hz tone that allows you to do such things as stacka trunk line, kick the operator off line, and others.       Red Box:  Simulates the noise of a quarter, nickel, or dime beingdropped into a payphone.    Cheese Box:  Turns your home phone into a pay phone to throw off traces (ared box is usually needed in order to call out.)    *Clear Box:  Gives you a dial tone on some of the old SxS payphones withoutputting in a coin.into phone lines and extract by eavesdropping, or crossing wires, etc.    Purple Box:  Makes all calls made out from your house seem to be localcalls. ANI [ANI]: 1)  Automatic Number Identification. A service available on ESSthat allows a phone service [see Dialups below] to record the number that anycertain code was dialed from along with the number that was called and print                                    Page 21                        The Official Phreaker's Manualboth of these on the customer bill. 950 dialups [see Dialups below] are alldesigned just to use ANI. Some of the services do not have the proper equipmentto read the ANI impulses yet, but it is impossible to see which is whichwithout being busted or not busted first. Dialups [dy'l'ups]: 1)  Any local or 800 extended outlet that allows instant access toany service such as MCI, Sprint, or AT&T that from there can be used byhandpicking or using a program to reveal other peoples codes which can then beused moderately until they find out about it and you must switch to anothercode (preferably before they find out about it.)             2)  Dialups are extremely common on both senses. Some dialupsreveal the company that operates them as soon as you hear the tone. Others aremuch harder and some you may never be able to identify. A small list ofdialups:                   1-800-421-9438 (5 digit codes)                   1-800-547-6754 (6 digit codes)                   1-800-345-0008 (6 digit codes)                   1-800-734-3478 (6 digit codes)                   1-800-222-2255 (5 digit codes)             3)  Codes: Codes are very easily accessed procedures when you calla dialup. They will give you some sort of tone. If the tone does not end in 3seconds, then punch in the code and immediately following the code, the numberyou are dialing but strike the '1' in the beginning out first. If the tone doesend, then punch in the code when the tone ends. Then, it will give you anothertone. Punch in the number you are dialing, or a '9'. If you punch in a '9' andthe tone stops, then you messed up a little. If you punch in a tone and thetone continues, then simply dial then number you are calling without the '1'.             4)  All codes are not universal. The only type that I know of thatis truly universal is Metrophone. Almost every major city has a local Metrodialup (for Philadelphia, (215)351-0100/0126) and since the codes areuniversal, almost every phreak has used them once or twice. They do not employANI in any outlets that I know of, so feel free to check through your books andcall 555-1212 or, as a more devious manor, subscribe yourself. Then, never useyour own code. That way, if they check up on you due to your caller log, theycan usually find out that you are subscribed. Not only that but you could set aphreak hacker around that area and just let it hack away, since they usuallygroup them, and, as a bonus, you will have their local dialup.             5)  950's. They seem like a perfectly cool phreakers dream. Theyare free from your house, from payphones, from everywhere, and they host all ofthe major long distance companies (950-1044 <MCI>, 950-1077 <Sprint>, 950-1088<Skylines>, 950-1033 <Us Telecom>.) Well, they aren't. They were designed forANI. That is the point, end of discussion. A phreak dictionary. If you remember all of the things contained on that fileup there, you may have a better chance of doing whatever it is you do. Thisnext section is maybe a little more interesting...Blue Box Plans:---------------   These are some blue box plans, but first, be warned, there have been 2600hztone detectors out on operator trunk lines since XB4. The idea behind it is touse a 2600hz tone for a few very naughty functions that can really make yourday lighten up. But first, here are the plans, or the heart of the file:==============================================700  :   1   :   2   :   4   :   7   :  11   :900  :   +   :   3   :   5   :   8   :  12   :                                    Page 22                        The Official Phreaker's Manual1100 :   +   :   +   :   6   :   9   :  KP   :1300 :   +   :   +   :   +   :  10   :  KP2  :1500 :   +   :   +   :   +   :   +   :  ST   :     : 700   : 900   :1100   :1300   :1500   :============================================== Stop! Before you diehard users start piecing those little tone tidbitstogether, there is a simpler method. If you have an Apple-Cat with a programlike Cat's Meow IV, then you can generate the necessary tones, the 2600hz tone,the KP tone, the KP2 tone, and the ST tone through the dial section. So if youhave that I will assume you can boot it up and it works, and I'll do you thefavor of telling you and the other users what to do with the blue box now thatyou have somehow constructed it. The connection to an operator is one of the most well known and used ways ofhaving fun with your blue box. You simply dial a TSPS (Traffic ServicePositioning Station, or the operator you get when you dial '0') and blow a2600hz tone through the line. Watch out! Do not dial this direct! After you