H/P BBS Review
Author: iDH Staff
BBS Name : Midian Private
Number : 703-FIN-DOUTNew User Pass : REBORN
Groups : N/A Message Base CommentsThis is a very active message base system but most of the posts are in the general discussions are or the areas not dealing exclusively with hacking and phreaking. The board gets anywhere from 15 to 75 posts a day but it averages about 30 to 35 during the week and over 50 or 60 on the weekends. This is a good board for the beginner or the more experienced hacker.
File Area Comments
This one of the better file areas out there for textfiles. It has over 3100 textfiles and almost all are hack/phreak oriented with few sex/non hacker textfiles. This great selection of textfiles plus the no ratios make this a truly phenomenal board.
Rating
M: ****´ of *****. One of the best message bases around today.
F: ****- of *****. One of the better file area systems.-------------------
BBS Name : Digital Warfare II
Number : 717-FIN-DOUTNew User Pass : N/A
Groups : PHALCON/SKISMMessage Base Comments
The message area on this board seems to be focused more on viruses than hacking or phreaking but is still worth the call. The board doesn't great that much activity in the message area but its decent.
File Area Comments
This is the best virus board in the United States (at least one of the top 3) and maybe one of the best in the world now that the Virus Exchange went down. The board offers over 700 scanned and tested viruses and a decent amount of textfiles. If you are into viruses this is one of the best boards to call.
Rating
M: **´-- of *****. Not that great but not that bad.
F: ***** of *****. One of the best virus boards around.--------------------
BBS Name : Blitzkrieg
Number : 502-FIN-DOUT
New User Pass : COLUMBIAN COKE
Groups : cDc Factory Direct OutletMessage Base Comments
This is one of the most active message bases out there although the quality of the users is high with callers like Knight Lightning and some of the other old school hackers but goes to an all time low with people like Blind Faith aka The Dictator (Dale Drew). There are over 500 users on this system making it very active. There is no illegal information on here so it is a very good refreshing board that is worth calling.
File Area Comments
A great file area with many new uploads a day. Good selection of textfiles make this place worth calling. There are no file ratios which is another good thing.
Rating
M: ****´ of *****. Good messages.
F: ***´- of *****. Average file areas but there is a lot of activity.---------------------------
BBS Name : The Floating Pancreas =FPG=
Number : 305-FIN-DOUTNew User Pass : N/A
Groups : cDc Factory Direct OutletMessage Base Comments
No offense to the user or the system operator (the Majestic Cockster of cDc) but this is one of the saddest message bases known to man. The message areas are all pointless with stupid messages that make the posters look like fools.
This may be funny sometimes but it gets really old really fast. The look of the board is funny with the alternating caps/lowercase lettering (that is also how the chat and the messages are) but its annoying with the strange color scheme. This board is nice to call sometimes but don't make it a habit since it will bore you.
File Area Comments
Well the file area is the exact opposite of the message area. This is one of the best file areas out there with over 4500 underground textfiles online. If you are looking for something odd and unusual or just some tfile on a certain operating system then this board is sure to have it. Its active - very active.
Rating
M: ´---- of *****. Pathetic.F: ***** of *****. This is one of the BEST textfile boards around.--------------------------
BBS Name : UnPhamiliar Territory
Phone Number : 602-FIN-DOUT
New User Pass : BUNNYLUST
Groups : PHALCON/SKISMMessage Area Comments
This is one of the most active message bases in the United States locally and with the 4 national nets that are available on here. The board gets over 60 message a day in the local bases and many in the networked bases. On occasion the board must get over 100 messages locally since I have seen that advertised various places (100+ Messages). The areas are all underground and very technical although there are no codes or any illegal information posted on the board. I would recommend calling here for a great board.
File Area Comments
The file area isn't that great but does have a reasonable selection of text files and viruses. It has over 2500 textfiles and all are underground and in the range of 600 to 700 viruses and many more trojans. The virus aspect of the board is good but the textfiles are still lacking in comparison to the great tfile boards like =FPG=.
Rating
M: ***** of *****. Great message base, undoubtable one of the best
F: ****´ of *****. Good mix of both viruses and files.--------------------
BBS Name : Landfill
Phone Number : 914-FIN-DOUT
New User Pass : N/A
Groups : PHALCON/SKISM World HeadquartersMessage Area Comments
This board just rose up from its ashes and is getting off to a wonderfully fast start. The message areas are pretty decent but not as good as the ones on Blitzkrieg, Midian or UnPhamiliar Territory. They are getting to a good solid level though.
File Area Comments
The board's file areas are just starting off and they are doing great. The textfile count isn't that impressive yet but the viruses (like all the other PHALCON/SKISM boards) is tremendous.
Rating
M: **´-- of *****. Average
F: ****- of *****. Great virus board.-----------------------
BBS Name : & the Temple of the Screaming Electron
Phone Number : 510-FIN-DOUT
New User Pass : N/A
Groups : N/A Message Area CommentsI consider this essentially a PD Board with a great file area. No comment on the message area.
File Area Comments
This is a great textfile board although there are more non underground textfiles than I care to see. Its a great place to add to your collection. Don't quote me on this board I think that the file transfers are no ratio.
Rating
M: ----- of *****. No Comment
F: ***** of *****. Great Textfiles-------------------
BBS Name : Source of Magic
Phone Number : 203-FIN-DOUT
New User Pass : N/A
Groups : NuKEMessage Area CommentsThis is a fairly average message area with not much going on. When there is information posted then its pretty good info though but I view this as more of a codes and pure info board than a board where techniques are discussed.
File Area Comments
Like the message area, not much seems to be going on here. Its a pretty average file area but nothing that great. There are only 5% of the number of text files are viruses on here as the other boards review (this place has only about 300 to 400 textfiles and under 300 viruses of which many are trojans).
Rating
M: **´-- of *****. Average
F: **--- of *****. Average-------------------------
BBS Name : Condemned Reality
Phone Numeer : 618-FIN-DOUTNew User Pass : SMASHED
Groups : cDc Factory Direct Outlet and former NoT WHQMessage Area Comments
This message area is completely dead with a few posts here and there.
File Area Comments
This is one of the greatest textfile boards around with over 4100 textfiles.
Many of the texts are Sex and Humor related though so this collection is not as impressive as =FPG=.
Rating
M: ´---- of *****. Slow message activity
F: ***** of *****. Great file areas.------------------
BBS Name : Phun Line
Phone Number : 916-FIN-DOUT
New User Pass : N/A
Groups : PHALCON/SKISMMessage Area Comments
This board is a mix between a warez board and a hacking board and that just does not mix. Axiom's hacking conference is full of codes kids and no good information is really exchanged. This board has really died since its prime a while back and can only be truly seen as a codes board (but what do you expect from the name of it.). Because its running ViSiON-X, it has access to FelonyNet which is a nice pirate network that is one of the best ones around. If you are into general conversations that may or may not have anything to do with hacking but pirating for the most part then this is a ok place for you.
I was not impressed by this message area.
File Area Comments
Well this unfortunately is a warez board gone hack/phreak. The file areas, with the exception of the rather large virus area, did not impress me one bit. It is full of warez and nothing else (besides viruses).
Rating
M: ´---- of *****. Only the network gets points. Ok for codes.
F: **´-- of *****. I was horrified by the warez.This review is here to help you out and not all things are completely accurate so don't blame us its just a reference guide. As far as I know, All of the above boards are codeless which reduces the codes kids from the userlist but are some of the best boards in the United States at the present time. If the rating for the message and file areas is added the following is a list in order of which boards would be the top:
UnPhamiliar Territory : 9´ stars : iNVALiD MEDiA
Midian Private : 8´ stars : The Raging Golem
Blitzkrieg : 8 stars : Predat0r
Digital Warfare II : 7´ stars : Decimator
Floating Pancreas : 5´ stars : Majestic Cockster
Condemned Reality : 5´ stars : Suicidal Maniac
& the Temple of the S.E.: 5 stars : Jeff Hunter
Source of Magic : 4´ stars : JuleS
Phun Line : 3 stars : AXiOM CODEXIf you would like more boards added to the review then please let someone know so they can add some more boards to the list. I am on all these boards and have seen them progress in the past months. The fastest growing boards area Midian, UnPhamiliar Territory, Landfill while the most rapidly declining boards are Phun Line and Source of Magic.
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