HIR Issue 3: Introduction
HIR Release #3, December 1, 1997
So far, so good. We've finally made it to HiR 3. Due to a major screw up on the server that the main html files were located at, the distro site has been down. I really don't know if it will be back up by the time this issue makes it out. As usual, there are several outlets for HiR, including people who post the mag on their pages, mirror sites, people who spread it around, and some bulletin boards. For those of you just discovering HiR, I would recommend tracking down the first two as well. We seem to be getting better and better info each time around, but maybe just keep them for collection's sake. If you need them that bad and can't find them anywhere you can email H_I_R@hotmail.com asking for HiR1 and HiR2.
Furthermore, the major delay in HiR3 has been that Axon's Laptop, which was the machine responsible for all of the articles, archiving, etc. was down, due to some stupid 8-pin IC on the motherboard sizzling to it's untimely death. Now it only works off battery power, and no way to charge 'em up.
Greetz 2 Asmo, Our newest writer. Asmodian X, who recently read up on some previous releases of ours, and decided to help out. He really didn't have much choice but to run into HiR, as He is friends with tgsnoop and Axon, before even realizing they were both HiR writers, editors, etc. tgsnoop introduced it to him, and axon was working on an article in class, and, all of a sudden, Asmo, who was in the same class Axon was in, said "Is that HiR? I know one of the writers." His debut article is about his newest (and most fascinating) toys, a Palmtop computer. We're just waiting for him to find out how to hack the main password login screen in windows CE.
Hackers Information Report is an electronic magazine (E-Zine) that is devoted to the free flow of information. We only publish material that has some sort of learning value to it, and we do not believe in "Cookbook Hacks". If you are looking for articles such as "How to bring any unix server to it's knees", read no further. (if you want to know how to bring microsoft to its knees, we MAY be able accommodate your interests...teehee). Seriously, we DO walk the reader through steps, but reading HiR alone will not make you a hacker, will not give you enough information to pose a serious threat to anyone, and surely will not make you "3l33t". We try to write articles for all groups of people, and try to make it easy to understand. We do assume quite a bit of computer literacy, but for the most part, this material can be used as a primer, or to add to existing intelligence. You can direct questions to any one of our writers by writing e-mail to our HiR e-mail address posted above.
We are still looking for any article submissions you may have. We can never get too many writers! We'll also publish any letters you send us. Send letters, questions, and article submissions to H_I_R@Hotmail.com. Send all complaints to bgates@microsoft.com. Thanx!
Writers for HiR
Axon (Introduction/ToC Layout, compiling articles, writer)
Dr. Freeze (Newz Editing/Layout, Product Overviews, Writer)
tgsnoop/kminor (kodeine phiend, Ascii God, Writer, did we mention schizo?)
Asmodian X (Insane Lunatic, Writer)
This Issue of HiR
File # Title of Article Writer
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1 Introduction/Table of Contentz Axon
2 Official HiR Guide To The Art Of Social Engineering Axon
3 The Joys of The Personal Computer CMOS Axon
4 Hijinks With Handheld PC's (Palmtops) Asmodian X
5 Fun With UNiX Part I Axon
6 The IR.966 Box (Infrared Communications Jammer) Asmodian X
(Schem By Axon)
7 Windows Telnet Daemon: A Hacker's Friend Axon
8 A Word about Microsoft... Asmodian X
9 EasyESN kminor
10 HiR Hacker NeWZ Axon 
