The Phreakers Hanbook

Other Fone Information ====================== Voltages & Technical Stuff -------------------------- When your telephone is ON-HOOK, there is 48 volts of DC across the tip and the ring. When the handset of a fone is lifted a few switches close which cause a loop to become connected between you and the fone company, or OFF-HOOK. This is also known as the local loop. Once this happens, the DC current is able to flow through your fone with less resistance. This causes a relay to energize which causes other CO equipment to realize that you want service. Eventually, you will end up with a dial tone. This also causes the 48 VDC to drop down to ...

[Phile 1.4] The Phreaker's Glossary ======================= 1XB - No.1 Crossbar system. See XBAR for more information. 2600 - A hack/phreak oriented newsletter that periodically was released and still is being released. See Phile 1.6 for more information on the magazine and ordering. 4XB - No.4 Crossbar system. See XBAR for more information. 5XB - No.5 Crossbar system. The primary end office switch of Bell since the 60's and still in wide use. See XBAR for more detail. 700 Services - These services are reserved as an advanced forwarding system, where the forwarding is advanced to a user-programed location which could be changed by th...

[Phile 1.3] The Phreak's Vitals: ==================== True Definition Of The Phreaker ------------------------------- "Many people think of phone phreaks as slime, out to rip off Bell for all she is worth. Nothing could be further from the truth! Granted, there are some who get their kicks by making free calls; however, they are not true phone phreaks. Real phone phreaks are 'telecommunications hobbyists' who experiment, play with, and learn from the phone system. Occasionally, this experimenting and a need to communicate with other phreaks, without going broke, leads to free calls. The free calls are but a small subset of a >TRUE< p...

[Phile 1.2] TPH #1 Table Of Contents: ========================= Title Page & Disclaimer Notes............................. 1.1 Table Of Contents & Introduction.......................... 1.2 The Phreak's Vitals....................................... 1.3 True Definition Of The Phreaker The Phone Phreak's Ten Commandments The Phreaker's Glossary................................... 1.4 Other Fone Information.................................... 1.5 Voltages & Technical Stuff Scanning Phun Fone Stuff References & Suggested Reading............................ 1.6 Introduction To TPH #1 ====================== This phile was written for beginning ...

*================================* [# #] [# THE PHREAKER'S HANDBOOK #1 #] [# #] *================================* **** An Official Phortune 500 Product **** ---------------------------------------------- a useful source for the phreaker covering both the basics and advances of phreaking ---------------------------------------------- GENERAL NOTE ------------ The purpose of this newsletter is purely educational. It has been released in order to teach and advance the knowledge of today's declining phreaks. However, the author does not take any responsibility over the misuse of the herein contained information, and the newsletter itself do...