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method but Novell would rather have you do this than
h t t p : / / w w w. eff. o rg/p u b / P u b l i c a t i o n s/ E -j o u r n a I s /
admit to having a back door into every Netware server. )
Cu D_and_hacker_zines/Inform/inform-3 . gz
Another important thing to note is that not only will
and
at
other archives. )
Netware report failed login attempts to a fi le, but also to
I do not now go by, nor have I ever gone by, nor do
the System Console (by default) with the Network ID
I intend to go by the pseudonym "Dr. No". Furthermore,
( w i re number) and ethernet card address. So be pre­
to the best of my knowledge, I have never conversed
pared to spoof IPX packets with Packet Signatures
with anyone calling themselves "Dr. No".
( something I woul d personally l i ke to see ) .
My permission was neither sought nor obtained for
Trap's article does make o n e point very clear to
the publication of this article in 261111.
Novell CNAICNE types though ... people do think about
[ hereby demand public apologies/retractions/cor­
how to break into Netware systems, however misin­
rections from those parties who perpetrated this fraud. [
formed they may be. I woul d hope that before Novell
also request that these apologies appear as prominently
Hack II comes out, that Trap gets some experience and
as the plagiarized article in the next issue of 26110 mag-
does his I'eseal'clr!
azine.
GandoIf
Words of Praise
E
;n ery W. Lapinski ([email protected])
We contacted the "authol' ' ' of this al'ticle alld got
thefiJI/owillg I'espollse:
Dear
2600:
I just bought my first copy of your mag. Wow. Nice
emmanuel and the entire staff of 2600:
to know there are people out there who are actively
i must admit that i, Dr. No, pitifully embarrassed
defending the liberty that this country was founded
myself and the magazine 2600 with this plagirized arti­
upon - liberty that has since become corrupted by
cle. Why you might ask? hmm, that is tough. Who
power-hungry feds.
knows what goes on in a young persons head when such
Of course that's not the real reason I picked out your
an easy thing can be done. [ guess i wished i were in the
mag among the hundreds of glossy "commerciali zed"
spotlight . . . Although i did plagirize, i also did do
computer selections. It's nice to finally have a publica­
research on this topic. [ regret what i have done . . . i was
tion that isn't totally controlled by industry and political
not trying to take anything away from Emery
correctn�ss.
Lapinski, but just try to spread knowledge ( i n a quite
What a thri l l it was to open it up and find aclllal
W.
interesting way ) . So, i must apologize, officially to
W.
"paper" white pages fi l led with nothing but clear-cut
Emery
i n formation. I also appreciate your boldness concerning
hacker/information seeker community for this fraudu­
Lapinski, 2600 Magizine, and the entire
"controversial" issues such as phreaking and other so­
lent act, all i can say is that i was nieve and disrespect­
called i llegal activities. These laws against us "crimi­
ful . . . and i have no excuse. That is that.
nals" are nothing but the feds' way of protecting indus­
Regretfully,
try giants' profit margins - it is a travesty of free com­
Dr. No
munication and liberty that there must be a group of
people who are forced to break laws and be a secretive
society all in the pursuit of knowledge.
Tt :v IWl'd/",. us to imagine how someone could selld
ill an al'ticle wI'itten hy anothel' pel'SOIl and claim it as
The Cyber Hitchhiker
theil'S. With tells of thol/sands '!f ,.eadel's Q/m/lld the
wm'id,
Words of Shame
the odds of getting away with it al'e pl'etty slim.
In mIl' 1 2 yeal's ,!fpuhlishing. this is thefil'st case ofthis
that has come to 0/11' attention. Since it :v not possihlefol'
We I'ecent(v I'eceived this lettel' fmm a jllSti(iah(v
1/S to know if an al'ticle has heell lif/ed fivm somehody
01' someplace outside
upset I'eadel':
(Ifthe hackel' 11'01'/£1,
we I'e(v on the
honesty of au,. wI'ite/'s alld the l'igilance of au,. I'eader:v.
Dear
2600:
We 'I'e so/'/y this had to happen and we will do eve,.y­
The most recent I ssue of 261111 contains an article
entitled " Understanding Verifone Machines" attributed
thing in OUI' powel' to keep this kind of thing out '!f our
pages.
to "Dr. No" on the Verifone credit card authorization
machine. ( Vo l ume 1 2, Number
22-24)
4,
Winter 1 995-96, pps
Immortalize Yourself
Except for the first and last paragraph. this arti­
cle is a verbatim dupl ication of an article I wrote and
Send youI' letters to:
published, including A S C I I diagrams, under my own
name to alt.hackers i n
1 992
entitled "Credit Card
Authorization Machines". My article was later pub­
l i shed in I ssue 03 of the e-zine Tnf"l'mlltik (available at
Page 52
2600 Magazine
2600 Editor;al Dept.
P.O. Box 99
Middle Mand, NY 11953-0099
Spring 1996