| AT&T's 5ESS switch was a big deal to 1990s phone hackers.
This is probably the best 5ESS textfile I've ever seen. |
| AT$T 5ESS(tm) From Top to Bottom by Firm G.R.A.S.P. |
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On the Northern Telecom ("Nortel") DMS-100 switch |
| Understanding the Digital Multiplexing System Part One by Control C |
| Understanding the Digital Multiplexing System Part Two by Control C |
| Understanding the Digital Multiplexing System Part Two (B?) by Control C |
| Notes on using the DMS-100 Switching System Interface |
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On Bell's COSMOS system |
| The Definitive COSMOS by Erik Bloodaxe |
| Computer System for Main Frame Operations (COSMOS) Part One by King Arthur |
| Computer System for Main Frame Operations (COSMOS) Part Two by King Arthur |
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Other Bell System computer systems |
| Computer-Based Systems for Bell System Operations by Taran King |
| Facility Assignment and Control Systems (FACS) by Phantom Phreaker |
| Loop Maintenance Operations System (LMOS) by Phantom Phreaker and Doom Prophet |
| The Fine Art of Telephony by Crimson Flash |
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Added for the great descriptions of physically breaking into
telephone company Central Office buildings, tapping SCCS lines, and more. |
| Everything a hacker needs to know about getting busted by the Feds by Agent Steal |
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The document that finally gave me the "a-ha!" moment regarding the
origin of the term "Recent Change" in switch parlance |
| Basic Concepts of Translation by The Dead Lord & The Chief Executive Officers |
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Decent article on gaining access to other's phone lines via "junction boxes" |
| The Art of Junction Box Modeming by Mad Hacker |
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On X.25 / Telenet / Tymnet / etc hacking |
| How We Got Rich Through Electronic Fund Transfers (EFTs) by The Legion of Doom |
| Hacking & Tymnet by Synthecide |
| BT Tymnet (1/3) by Toucan Jones |
| BT Tymnet (2/3) BT-GNS Worldwide Asynchronus Outdial Service by Toucan Jones |
| BT Tymnet (3/3) BT-GNS Worldwide Access Sorted By Node by Toucan Jones |
| Western Union Telex, TWX, and Time Service by Phone Phanatic |
| Everything you always wanted to know about Telenet Security ... by Phreak_Accident |
| Tymnet Support for Customer's Data Security by Tymnet |
| Telenet The Secret Exposed by Mad Max (cleaned up) |
| Telenet The Secret Exposed by Mad Max (original) |
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LOD/H Technical Journal: Massive 3,000+ line text files |
| Issue 1 (1987) |
| Issue 2 (1987) |
| Issue 3 (1988) |
| Issue 4 (1990) |
| Issue 5 (1993) |
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Phrack's reporting on Robert Tappan Morris's infamous Internet worm |
| A Report On The InterNet Worm by Bob Page |
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The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier
By Bruce Sterling (1993) |
| The Hacker Crackdown (full book text) |
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Mother Earth Mother Board
By Neal Stephenson (1996) |
| Mother Earth Mother Board (full article text) |
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Other textfiles |
| Metal Shop Private's Phreak/Hack Sub |
| Concerning Hackers Who Break into Computer Systems by Dorothy E. Denning |
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On the OKI 900 phone and cellular cloning |
| The Complete Oki 900 guide by IceBerg |
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The alt.2600/#hack FAQ |
| The alt.2600/#hack FAQ by Voyager (beta .013 / 1996) |
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"International Subversive": 1990s Australian hacking scene, "Underground" book, old school Julian Assange, etc |
| Internationl Subversive Volume #1, Issue #1, 1991-08-21 |
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Textfile archives / mirrors |
| Phrack Archive |