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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: To Post or Not To Post... That's the Moral Issue
Message-ID: <500@bucket.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Sep-87 04:51:47 EDT
Article-I.D.: bucket.500
Posted: Mon Sep 14 04:51:47 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 13-Sep-87 19:41:58 EDT
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Reply-To: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Organization: Rick's Home Grown Unix; Portland, OR
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I'm sorry, but I can't quite see the point of view that says the phone-
phreaking article "gave instructions". 

It had _two_ pieces of info of possible use to a phreaker.
1. The fact that certain computer generatable tones can be used to fool
   some phone systems.
2. It named two phone systems subject to such spoofing.

It didn't say _which_ tones, even though I was under the impression
that they were common knowledge. Nor did it say how they could be used.
Just that they could.

This is encouraging people? Gimme a break. _Any_ book on the inner workings
of "the" phone system will give more info than this! And in the U.S., such
books are available for around $5 at Radio Shack.
(now I suppose they'll flame _me_ for mentioning the book!)
-- 
Leonard Erickson		...!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard
CIS: [70465,203]
"I used to be a hacker. Now I'm a 'microcomputer specialist'.
You know... I'd rather be a hacker."