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The Canadian Anarchy and Technology Society
Presents...
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| CATSlash Magazine |
| Issue #2 - September 1996 |
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From Edmonton - The City of Champions
in beautiful Alberta, Canada
Welcome back to school! Well if you are in the hellish scenario I'm in,
then this issue may come as something to help you pass the time.
Maybe you could build a bomb for show and tell...
Anyways, we're back with our second issue, bringing you more toys
and ideas to try on whatever you want. For all those that read our
first issue, I hope you liked it and found some use for it other
than pir8 board credit value. For all those who want to send us
mail and comments, you can't reach us at Bethlehem (it is private
access).
Some notes about distribution: Bethlehem now requires a new user
password, so a lot of people can't get in. The fact that C.A.T.S.
was recently plunged into problems means that the C.A.T.S. board
will not be up as soon as we thought. But don't despair! We will
be uploading our issues to various internet sites, so wherever
you picked this up would probably be the best place to look for
further issues. As for mailing us, mail me (Jeriatrick) wherever
you picked this up.
Now on to issue 2!
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| Table Of Contents |
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|1. Introduction | |
|2. The Aqua Box |
|3. Scrambling Ratings Sweeps |
|4. Making Certain Chemicals |
|5. Getting Free Access to Compuserve |
|6. ED Tel Dissolves |
|7. Vengence Column |
|8. CATSlash Special Report |
|9. CATSlash Top Ten |
|9. Disclaimer & Wrap Up |
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CATSlash Magazine - Issue #2, September 1996
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| The Aqua Box |
| By: Jeriatrick |
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Well, its time for another box, and this is an easy to build one.
Its the Aqua Box. Its origional function was to beat the FBI's Lock
In Trace. The Lock In Trace worked by keeping the voltage in the line
up so they would be able to trace you. Your phone would keep ringing.
The Aqua Box was invented to drain the voltage in the line. I doubt
that you will ever run into the Lock In Trace here, especially since
ESS keeps logs of calls and they only have to look at that, but this
is still a neat toy.
All you need are: A lightbulb socket (not in the wall), a phone
extension cord, a Lightbulb, and some wire strippers. Ok, take the
phone extension cord and cut off one end. Strip off the beige or grey
wire and you will see four wires - Red, Green, Yellow, and Black.
Strip the red and green wires. Screw them onto the bottom of the
lightbulb socket where the wiring goes. Then screw in the light bulb.
There you have it! A genuine Aqua Box!
To test it, have a friend call. Plug it into a phone jack. If the
ringing stops: Success! If he says it just suddenly stopped ringing
then it works for sure.
This is great for controlling your houses phone lines. If you plug
it in the line is dead. No dialtone, no dialing ability, just silen-
ce. I think the phone company computers probably notice it on their
computers, so I wouldn't reccommend using it a lot at your own
house.
To use it at a phone box: Plug it into the jack on your Beige Box.
Or place two wires with alligator clips on the end instead of a
cut phone extension cord.
Well, I hope you find some use for this box. If not I don't really
care. Have Phun!
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| Scrambling Ratings Sweeps |
| By: Jeriatrick |
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Ok, you've made or bought or built a Pay-TV hacking box.(the one
that gives you all the pay channels) Now how do you keep from
getting busted. Well, by talking to our contact at SHAW Cable,
we learnt a lot.
The cable company has a detection circuit in their computers.
It used to only be used for ratings, to see who was watching
what, but now it is used for Pay-TV fraud detection. They can
take 6 seconds to trace you. Some boxes have fail safes that
hold out on detection for 1/2 an hour, but that is still bad
because you can't watch or record the whole movie.Well we
found the solution.
The solution is to get one of those scrambler boxes that
are always advertised in the back of Popular Mechanics.
You know, the ones for TVs with knobs.I'll type a picture.
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Get it? the black boxes with the red or green digital channel display.
Ok, now heres how you would hook it up:
Cable in-->Scrambler Box--->Pay TV Box--->VCR--->TV
The scrambler box must be before the Pay-TV box in your hookup!
We have also heard rumors that you can use your VCR instead
of a scrambler box. This probably works too, but may not be as
safe.
Have fun and don't get caught!
CATSlash Magazine - Issue #2, September 1996
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| Making Certain Chemicals |
| A collection of Chemical Recipies |
| Brought to you by: Jeriatrick |
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Even though there are some chemicals that there are no household
equivelents for, that dosen't mean you can't make them from
household chemicals. Here's a few chemical making recipies from
our knowledge and other files we have found.
1. Gunpowder
Everyone should know this one. If you don't heres the chance to
learn:
75% Potassium Nitrate (Salt Peter)
15% Charcoal
10% Sulphur
Seperately crush each into a fine powder.Then mix. Uses for gunpow-
der will be discussed in another article.
2. Oxygen
Mix Hydrogen Peroxide and Maganese Dioxide (Black battery powder)
together. It will make highly flammable Oxygen. Put a balloon or
something on top to catch it.
3.Hydrogen
Take some Liguid Plumr and some aluminum foil. Mix them together
and youve got Hydrogen. Place a Balloon or something on top to
catch it.
4.Potassium Chlorate
This article is from the Jolly Roger's Cookbook III
Potassium chlorate is an extremely volatile explosive compound,
and has been used in the past as the main explosive filler in
grenades, land mines, and mortar rounds by such countries as
France and Germany. Common household bleach contains a small
amount of potassium chlorate, which can be extracted by the
procedure that follows.
First off, you must obtain:
[1] A heat source (hot plate, stove, etc.)
[2] A hydrometer, or battery hydrometer
[3] A large Pyrex, or enameled steel container (to weigh
chemicals)
[4] Potassium chloride (sold as a salt substitute at health and
nutrition stores)
Take one gallon of bleach, place it in the container, and begin
heating it. While this solution heats, weigh out 63 grams of
potassium chloride and add this to the bleach being heated.
Constantly check the solution being heated with the hydrometer,
and boil until you get a reading of 1.3. If using a battery
hydrometer, boil until you read a FULL charge.
Take the solution and allow it to cool in a refrigerator until it
is between room temperature and 0 degrees Celcius. Filter out the
crystals that have formed and save them. Boil this solution again
and cool as before. Filter and save the crystals.
Take the crystals that have been saved, and mix them with
distilled water in the following proportions: 56 grams per 100
milliliters distilled water. Heat this solution until it boils
and allow to cool. Filter the solution and save the crystals that
form upon cooling. This process of purification is called
"fractional crystalization". These crystals should be relatively
pure potassium chlorate.
Powder these to the consistency of face powder, and heat gently to
drive off all moisture.
5. Chlorine
Chlorine is used in a lot of neat explosives. Heres how to make it.
Mix Ammonia with Clorine Bleach or powder cleanser (like Bon Ami or
Ajax).The Chlorine will stay in the bottle unless the bottle is too
full, because it is heavier than air.
6.Potassium Nitrate
This too is from the Jolly Roger's Cookbook III
Potassium Nitrate is an ingredient in making fuses, among other
things. Here is how you make it:
Materials needed:
-3.5 gallons of nitrate bearing earth or other material
-1/2 cup of wood ashes
-Bucket or other similar container about 4-5 gallons in volume
-2 pieces of finely woven cloth, each a bit bigger than the
bottom of the bucket
-Shallow dish or pan at least as large in diameter as the bucket
-Shallow, heat resistant container
-2 gallons of water
-Something to punch holes in the bottom of the bucket
-1 gallon of any type of alcohol
-A heat source
-Paper & tape
Procedure:
- Punch holes on the inside bottom of the bucket, so that the
metal is"puckered" outward from the bottom
- Spread cloth over the holes from the bottom
- Place wood ashes on the cloth. Spread it out so that it covers
the entire cloth and has about the same thickness.
- Place 2nd cloth on top of the wood ashes
- Place the dirt or other material in the bucket
- Place the bucket over the shallow container. NOTE: It may need
support on the bottom so that the holes on the bottom are not
blocked.
- Boil water and pour it over the earth very slowly. Do NOT pour
it all at once, as this will clog the filter on the bottom.
- Allow water to run through holes into the shallow dish on the
bottom.
- Be sure that the water goes through ALL of the earth!
- Allow water in dish to cool for an hour or so
- Carefully drain the liquid in the dish away, and discard the
sludge in the bottom
- Boil this liquid over a fire for at least two hours. Small
grains of salt will form - scoop these out with the paper as they
form
- When the liquid has boiled down to 1/2 its original volume let
it sit
- After 1/2 hour, add equal volume of the alcohol; when this
mixture is poured through paper, small white crystals appear. This
is the posassium nitrate.
Purification:
- Redissolve crystals in small amount of boiling water
- Remove any crystals that appear
- Pour through improvised filter then heat concentrated solution
to dryness.
- Spread out crystals and allow to dry
7. Sodium Chlorate
Also from the Jolly Roger's Cookbook III...
Sodium Chlorate is a strong oxidizer used in the manufacture of
explosives. It can be used in place of Potassium Chlorate.
Material Required Sources
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2 carbon or lead rods (1 in. diameter Dry Cell Batteries
by 5 in. long) (2-1/2 in. diameter by
7" long) or plumbing
supply store
Salt, or ocean water Grocery store or ocean
Sulfuric acid, diluted Motor Vehicle Batteries
Motor Vehicle
Water
2 wires, 16 gauge (3/64 in. diameter approx.), 6 ft. long, insulated.
Gasoline
1 gallon glass jar, wide mouth (5 in. diameter by 6 in. high approx.)
Sticks
String
Teaspoon
Trays
Cup
Heavy cloth
Knife
Large flat pan or tray
Procedure
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1) Mix 1/2 cup of salt into the one gallon glass jar with 3 litres (3
quarts) of water.
2) Add 2 teaspoons of battery acid to the solution and stir vigorously
for 5 minutes.
3) Strip about 4 inches of insulation from both ends of the two wires.
4) With knife and sticks, shape 2 strips of wood 1 by 1/8 by 1-1/2. Tie
the wood strips to the lead or carbon rods so that they are 1-1/2
incles apart.
5) Connect the rods to the battery in a motor vehicle with the insulated
wire.
6) Submerge 4-1/2 inches of the rods in the salt water solution.
7) With gear in neutral position, start the vehicle engine. Depress the
accelerator approx. 1/5 of its full travel.
8) Run the engine with the accelerator in this position for 2 hours, then shut it down for 2 hours.
9) Repeat this cycle for a total of 64 hours while maintaining the level
of the acid-salt water solution in the glass jar.
CAUTION: This arrangement employs voltages which can be quite dangerous!
Do not touch bare wire leads while engine is running!!
10) Shut off the engine. Remove the rods from the glass jar and
disconnect wire leads from the battery.
11) Filter the solution through the heavy cloth into a flat pan or
tray, leaving the sediment at the bottom of the glass jar.
12) Allow the water in the filtered solution to evaporate at room
temperature (approx. 16 hours). The residue is approximately 60% or
more sodium chlorate which is pure enough to be used as an explosive
ingredient.
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8. Iodine
Take a bottle of tinticure of Iodine (the kind in stores).Place
it on a piece of metal and heat it. Have another metal lid over it
with ice on top for the Iodine to sublimate on. WARNING: Don't
breathe in the iodine fumes or it will condense in your lungs and
really screw them up!
9.Mercury Fulminate
This is from a PrimoPyro file:
The following are manufacturing processes for small laboratory amounts
of primary explosives. Follow safety rules if you decide to
manufacture them.Mercury Fulminate: This is one of the oldest
explosives used for making deto-nators. It is one of the easiest
explosives to make.In a glass container put 40 ml. of 90% nitric
acid. If you have red fuming nitric acid, put in 10 ml. of water
then add 30 ml. of acid one drop at atime until all the acid is
added. Water should never be added to acid.The reaction can cause
splattering of the acid. Acid to water is what you oughta.
Water to acid is not very placid.Now, add 5 gms. of mercury
metal. As the metal dissolves in the acid, some red fumes of
nitric oxides may be released. Avoid breathing them. Allow the
mixture to stand until the mercury is dissolved. You may want
to stir theacid to help the mercury dissolve. The mercury may
take some time to dissolveso have patience. When the metal is
dissolved, add the acid to 75 ml. of warm 90% ethyl alcohol.
in a 500 ml. glass container. In a few minutes a reaction will
start. The mixture will start bubbling and frothing so the
reaction musttake place in a large container. White fumes will
start coming out of thereaction and must not be inhaled. The
white fumes will give way to red fumes then change back to white
again. A precipitate will be seen to form in theliquid. This is
mercury fulminate. When the reaction stops bubbling, pour
the liquid into about 12 oz. of water. Wash the precipitate
out of the reaction container and into the water. Filter
the fulminate out of the water and washit with a few ounces
of ethyl alcohol and a final wash of a few ounces of distilled
water. The fulminate should be a grayish to a white powder.
It isbest stored under water until use.Mercury fulminate can
be exploded by a 4 cm. drop of a 1 kilo weight. It will become
"dead pressed" if subjected to pressures of 25,000 - 30,000 psi
and will no longer explode but just burn.
10. Nitric Acid
This is also from the Jolly Roger Cookbook III
There are several ways to make this most essential of all acids
for explosives. One method by which it could be made will be
presented. Once again, be reminded that these methods SHOULD
NOT BE CARRIED OUT!!
Materials: Equipment:
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sodium nitrate or adjustable heat source
potassium nitrate
retort
distilled water
ice bath
concentrated
sulfuric acid stirring rod
collecting flask with
stopper
1) Pour 32 milliliters of concentrated sulfuric acid into the retort.
2) Carefully weigh out 58 grams of sodium nitrate, or 68 grams of
potassium nitrate. and add this to the acid slowly. If it all
does not dissolve, carefully stir the solution with a glass rod
until it does.
3) Place the open end of the retort into the collecting flask,
and place the collecting flask in the ice bath.
4) Begin heating the retort, using low heat. Continue heating
until liquid begins to come out of the end of the retort. The
liquid that forms is nitric acid. Heat until the precipitate in
the bottom of the retort is almost dry, or until no more nitric
acid is forming. CAUTION: If the acid is headed too strongly,
the nitric acid will decompose as soon as it is formed. This
can result in the production of highly flammable and toxic gasses
that may explode. It is a good idea to set the above apparatus up,
and then get away from it.
Potassium nitrate could also be obtained from store-bought black
powder, simply by dissolving black powder in boiling water and
filtering out the sulfur and charcoal. To obtain 68 g of
potassium nitrate, it would be necessary to dissolve about 90 g
of black powder in about one litre of boiling water. Filter
the dissolved solution through filter paper in a funnel into
a jar until the liquid that pours through is clear. The char-
coal and sulfur in black powder are insoluble in water, and
so when the solution of water is allowed to evaporate,
potassium nitrate will be left in the jar.
Well, these are all the chemical recipies I will put in for now.
Keep reading other issues for more great recipies!
CATSlash Magazine - Issue #2, September 1996
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| Getting Access to Compuserve |
| By: Jeriatrick |
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First you need a copy of the CIM Software. Call their toll free
line and get a copy mailed to a false address. This software also
comes with a new modem.
Type in all phoney information in the signup program. Use a phoney
or stolen credit card number (Citibank works exceptionally well). Do
not order promotional mailings and stuff (it only attracts unwanted
attention).Signup. The computer will accept any credit card number and
expiry date as long as it matches the proper algorithyms. It does not
check if it is useable! Although you may have to repeat this process
every few times you call, because when Compuserve checks the credit
card no. and finds it phoney, they will erase your account. Don't
worry, just use the signup program again. You don't have to change
any information, it will still accept you and give you a new account.
You now have a basic access. To get internet, you need the version
of CIM with the built in Internet Browser (v.3.0 on PCs 2.0 on Macs).
Get this from a friend. You will not get access to a few features
because you have no second password.
To get full access, you must get into someone's account. The
process varies.
The first and easiest way is to log on with your basic account.
Join a conference with the name "Supervisor" or something like that.
Then, chat with people. Say you are Compuserve, you had a hard drive
wipeout or something and you lost their logon number and password.
Some gullible people will fall for this, but be warned, once
Compuserve finds out about this scam, they'll post that "someone
using supervisor names was asking passwords" everywhere they can.
The second way is to use a terminal program (not the CIM terminal
emulator). Dial Compuserve and when you connect hit CONTROL - C.
It will say HOST NAME:. Type CIS. You will get USER ID:. type in any
Compuserve account number (eg. 120745,783).It will ask you for the
password. This is the hard part. Compuserve automatically assigns
passwords like this: WORD SYMBOL WORD (eg.BIRD*BOAT). Most people
have never changed their password from the one Compuserve gave them,
or they use this style because Compuserve recommends it. There
are some fine utilities for hacking these passwords. Check your local
pir8 board. Then type GO PASSWORD to change it, and the password is
yours! The guy will have to call Compuserve and pay to get his pass-
word. Keep changing it often to keep him from getting the right one.
Things to remember:
1. Don't attract any attention
2. Don't post any messages
3. Don't play the online games
4. Don't chat with a hacked account
5. Be very Careful when you mess with Compuserve!!!
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| The Dissolving of ED Tel |
| By:Jeriatrick |
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Have you noticed all the ED Tel workers screwing with the phone booths
lately. Wonder why? Or perhaps you saw the Tellus van/worker in the
season premier of X-Files. Why was it Tellus and not AGT? Its the
beginning of a lot of changes to the
telecommunications world in Alberta.
First off, by the end of 1996, ED Tel and AGT will become Tellus.
That is why, they have been changing the phone booths to that faggy
purple coloring and changing the ED Tel Logo to the Tellus logo.
After talking to several linemen and such, I learnt that the same
thing will happen to AGT. This is only the start (I was really
ticked when I heard this), because Tellus will redo all of ED Tel's
services. That means all of those precious loop, ringback, etc
numbers from our exchange scans will be changed!! What a way to
start 1997.
Secondly, there will be a new local compeditor to ED Tel/Tellus
here in Edmonton. They will be moving in from Ontario to compete
with ED Tel for local calling. They are suppost to install their
own lines, but according to the ED Tel people, they probably will
just rent the existing ones. They are rumored to have shittier
service than ED Tel, but are a lot cheaper. We will probably
publish more about them in further issues.
With Tellus taking over AGT, expect a lot of changes. Sure, Tellus
has owned them for a few years already, but those were just set-up
years. With this final process emerging, expect lots more security
on rural boxes. It will not be as easy as it was to phreak from the
country.
Well, I hope this has given you some insight as to what the hell
is going on here. Expect more changes than outlined here, but
remember, a lot is still in the works.
CATSlash Magazine - Issue #2, September 1996
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| Vengence column |
| by: Poison Ice |
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Hello my fellow phreakers, today on the vengence
column, how to annoy your enemies, personally, I have
rather good experience in this field of expertise, so here's
what you do. First of all, you find out how to draw, second,
you find a lot of paper(either looseleaf or blank white),
third, you draw a halfassed picture of him that does both insult
him and imply a lot, forth , You include the word "story" and
explain the happenings of the picture, fifth, use stealth to
deploy the picture where everyone can see it, sixth, run
like hell and keep real quiet about it to protect your
identity.these
are the tricks of the trade, use them wisely and don't
squeal,
see ya in hell!
CATSlash Magazine - Issue #2, September 1996
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| Catslash Special Report |
| by: Poison Ice |
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This is a Catslash special report by poison ice, the
connection corner will be back next issue, but for now, this
is the report. The person known as "Elektrik fire", who has
created the N.E.R.D'S society ( Negitive Energy Rechannled
Destructively) has Wrongfully used my name and jeriatricks,
in his newsletter, the "information" shown to be by poison
ice is inacurate and overdone, we, the writers of catslash
magazine totally deny any and all facts that we were apart
of that morons magazine or ever participated in his
information
gathering, we also deny the fact that we are sources for his
magazine. So remember, hack the planet, not our reputations.
CATSlash Magazine - Issue #2, September 1996
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Top ten ways to tell when you need a new computer
10. It runs on kerosine.
9. To get into windows you must correctly align the
runes.
8. When entering windows, the screen reads "Ye olde
windows programme".
7. Every few weeks, you need a new tape reel.
6. To use the modem, you require a firestaff and the
proper spell.
5. Once in a while, you need a new vaccum tube.
4. You need to warm up the motor before using it.
3. Your hard drive can barely hold a three word sentence.
2. you can't turn it on without a lightning rod.
1. It's an Apple 2!
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MADE WITH MACINTOSH
Macs Rule!!!
NOTE: We also have a Mac Version of this magazine. It is an
application, so it contains the text, plus pictures, sound,
and other things. If you would like a copy of the Mac version,
e-mail me (Jeriatrick) on any board where you
picked this up, or if you can't do that, we will have an
internet e-mail address and web page coming soon!
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If you have any comments, questions, or an article you
would like put in the magazine, e-mail Jeriatrick on any
boards you picked this up on. Until the next issue, Have
phun!
