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NuKE InfoJournal #7
August 1993
% NuKE International News Update %
IJ#6 Errata
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Unfortunately several mistakes were made in NuKE InfoJournal #6.
Article #4 ("IRIS Guide") was written by Nitro-187, not Ned-239 as
indicated in some copies of the InfoJournal. In article #2 ("A Guide to
the North American Numbering System"), by Nowhere Man, the non-published
number percentage chart should list Bakersfield, California as being in
area code 805. We apologize for any inconvenince to our readers or
writers.
Two Years Of NuKE!
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This month marks the second year of NuKE's existance! NuKE was founded
in August 1991 as an H/P group local to 514 (Montreal, Canada). Since
then NuKE has matured and evolved in to an international pro-virus
group with a worldwide network and many inovative products. Two
years may not seem like much, but there have been very few "groups"
that have lasted this long...
News From Europe
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NuKE now has four sites in Europe, adding Land of Lost Souls in
Sofia, Bulgaria (sysop: Winnie the Pooh). Winnie is working on adding
sites in the former USSR and other parts of Eastern Europe. Savage
Beast reports that sites are under consideration in Spain; he is unable
to add any French sites because of overzealous computer crime laws in
that country. A Belgian site is on the way, too. Besides Land of Lost
Souls, NuKE maintains three boards in Switzerland, one in the French-
speaking areas and two in the German-speaking areas. NuKE's European branch
is finally growning again after the closing of several of its sites due
to hardware problems, personal difficulties, and police raids.
NuKE Site Changes
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Cybernetic Violence, NuKE's world headquarters, now has a new number.
It can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at +1 514 426 9194.
The old number is no longer valid! Cybernetic Violence (sysop: Pure
Energy) is located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and runs 24 hours/day
7 days/week at 14.4k v.32bis. Cybernetic Violence is also the central
hub of NuKENet.
The Hell Pit (sysop: Hades), located in Chicago, Illinois, USA, has
upgraded its modem and is now running at 14.4k v.32bis. The Hell Pit
can be reached 24 hours/day 7 days/week at +1 708 459 7267.
New 500 Area Code
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In July 1993 Bellcore, the agency designated to assign area codes
and exchanges (NXXs) for the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean,
announced that starting sometime in August (pending U.S. government
approval) it will allocate numbers in the 500 NPA for use by
personal communication services. Exchanges will be handed out
to corporations if they show a real need -- already AT&T and
Atlantic Bell have asked for exchanges. In the future, NPA 500
will probably also be used for cellular phones, pagers, and other
mobile services.
Quelle Horrible! Rock Steady French?!
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In an interview done by Netta Gilboa of _Gray Areas_ Magazine
(an excellent publication, highly recommended) with Urnst Kouch,
published in Gray Areas no. 3 and reprinted in Computer Underground Digest
vol. 5 no. 44, Urnst Kouch states in error that "Rock Steady is
French-Canadian." We here at NuKE would like to make it very clear that
Rock Steady is not French, never was French, and never will be French.
Not everyone who lives in Quebec is a Francophone...
NuKENet -- One Year Old And Still Growing!
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This summer marks the first anniversary of the creation of NuKENet.
NuKENet began in mid-1992 as a mail link between Cybernetic Violence
in Canada and Total Mayhem in Australia. It has since grown into
a huge multinational network with sites in Europe, Africa, Australia,
and North America. In fact, NuKENet can now be reached via the FidoNet
backbone at NUKE_THEWORLD -- request it today!
Interested in joining NuKENet? We'd be happy to have you, *if* you're
the right kind of system... Boards wishing to join NuKENet should
contact a net administrator; if that's not possible, mail any NuKE member
or supporting sysop for information.
Area Contact System Phone Number
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United States ARiSToTLE Black Axis +1 804 599 4152
Europe Savage Beast Enigma E:N:U:N +41 22 340 0329
Africa Lone Wolf TRATEOTU (22h-15h GMT+2) +27 11 884 2270
Australia/NZ Phrozen Doberman The Brutal Truth +61 3 899 9213
Canada/Other Pure Energy Cybernetic Violence +1 514 426 9194
Area Split For Alabama
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On July 22, 1993 South Central Bell announced that Alabama will become
the first state to gain an interchangable (NXX) area code. In 1995 area
code 205 will split; Huntsville and Birmingham will remain in 205, while
Montgomery and Mobile will move to area code *334*. More details
will be published as they become available.
The following chart summerizes the remaining North American area code
splits:
NPA/NEW Location Split Full Cutover
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416/905 Ontario, Canada October 4, 1993 March 1994 (TBA)
919/910 North Carolina, USA November 14, 1993 February 13, 1994
313/810 Michigan, USA December 1, 1993 August 10, 1994
215/610 Pennsylvania, USA 1994 (TBA) TBA
205/334 Alabama, USA 1995 (TBA) TBA
Trick Of The Month
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Special thanks to Vest from 708 for an intresting tidbit of information --
spent three volt lithium batteries (model number CR-2032) will register
as nickles in coin-operated vending machines! Use old, exhausted
batteries only, though, since new batteries are around US$2.00 each...
This has only been tested in the U.S., but the CR-2032 is even closer
in circumference and weight to the Canadian nickle. If you call around, you
might be able to pick up bags of spent batteries for "recycling." Note:
this information is for informational purposes only, and is meant to alert
owners of coin-operated devices so that such fraudulent acts might be
detected and prevented.
Tough Swiss Anti-Piracy Laws
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In response to rampant piracy throughout the country the Swiss government
has enacted tough new anti-piracy laws that force people convicted of
using pirated software to name the person(s) providing the software or
face additional penalties. In Switzerland piracy has been particularly
bad, with most businesses using pirated software and some huge pirate
boards charging up to US$500 for unlimited access to copyrighted programs.
Viruses are not affected by the new law: possessing and creating viruses
are still legal in Switzerland.
Anti-Virus Results
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Savage Beast has conducted experiments with various anti-virus products
and has concluded that "a lot of them only look good...they're really
shit." No surprise there...however Savage has provided us with scientific
data to back up his claims. Below are the results of scanning with the
latest versions (as of July 1993) of various virus scanners -- judge for
yourself:
Product Maker Virus Tested Virus Found MTE Tested MTE Found
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SCAN 106 McAfee 2547 2075 200 200
M.S. AV Microsoft 2547 1500 200 0
F-Prot F. Skulason 2547 2253 200 200
XScan Anyware 2547 2151 200 200
C.P. AV Central Point 2547 1700 200 0
Norton AV Symantec 2547 1566 200 3
HackBuster H&B 2547 1776 200 0
ViruSafe Heliashim 2547 1896 200 0
As you can see, even the "best" products (F-Prot, XScan, SCAN) will miss
between 15% and 20% of current viruses. Even if you think your computer
is "protected" from viruses you can still get a virus from one out of five
infected programs...and that's not counting MTE-using viruses -- only three
of the scanners provide acceptable protection against the Mutation Engine,
which has been out for over two and a half years. Each time you put a
new disk in your floppy drive, ask yourself if this might be the "1 in 5."
The NuKE Crew
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