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alt.2600 FAQ Revision 2004/02/16 - Part 1/1


From: Voyager <voyager@hackfaq.org>
Subject: alt.2600 FAQ Revision 2004/02/16 - Part 1/1
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From: voyager@hackfaq.org (The Voyager)
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Subject: alt.2600 FAQ Revision 2004/02/16 - Part 1/1
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Welcome to the alt.2600/#hack FAQ: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about
Hacking

The purpose of the alt.2600/#hack FAQ is to give you a general introduction to
the art and science of hacking. No document will make you a hacker.

Please use the information contained in the alt.2600/#hack FAQ wisely.

If you have a question regarding any of the topics covered in the 
alt.2600/#hack FAQ, please direct it to the alt.2600 newsgroup. Please do
not e-mail me your questions; I do not have time to respond to each
request personally.


The alt.2600/#hack FAQ started as a FAQ for the IRC channel #hack and was
later adopted by the alt.2600 newsgroup. The alt.2600/#hack FAQ now exists
as a web document for all of the Internet.

The alt.2600 / #hack FAQ is no longer maintained as an ASCII text file.

The only authoritative source for the current alt.2600/#hack FAQ is on the
world wide web at http://www.hackfaq.org

The contents of the alt.2600 / #hack FAQ include:

Computers
-------------------

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/unix-password-file.shtml
     How do I access the password file under Unix?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/crack-unix-passwords.shtml
     How do I crack Unix passwords?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/unix-password-shadowing.shtml
     What is password shadowing?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/find-shadowed-password-file.shtml
     Where can I find the password file if it's shadowed?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/nis-yp.shtml
     What is NIS/yp?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/weird-characters-password-file.shtml
     What are those weird characters after the comma in my passwd file?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/windows-password-file.shtml
     How do I access the password file under Windows NT?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/crack-windows-nt-passwords.shtml
     How do I crack Windows NT passwords?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/vms-password-file.shtml
     How do I access the password file under VMS?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/crack-vms-passwords.shtml
     How do I crack VMS passwords?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/vms-logging.shtml
     What can be logged on a VMS system?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/vms-priveleges.shtml
     What privileges are available on a VMS system?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/break-restricted-shell.shtml
     How do I break out of a restricted shell?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/suid-root-script-binary.shtml
     How do I gain root from a suid script or program?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/erase-unix-system-log-files.shtml
     How do I erase my presence from Unix system logs?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/strange-directory-file-names.shtml
     How do I change to directories with strange characters in them?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/identify-system.shtml
     What is this system?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/default-accounts-passwords.shtml
     What are some default accounts?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/trojan-worm-virus-logic-bomb.shtml
     What is a trojan/worm/virus/logic bomb?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/protect-from-viruses.shtml
     How can I protect myself from viruses and such?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/information-about-viruses.shtml
     Where can I get more information about viruses?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/tempest.shtml
     What is TEMPEST?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/remove-copy-protection.shtml
     How do I remove copy protection?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/debuggers-disassemblers.shtml
     What are some available debuggers and disassemblers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/reset-bios-password.shtml
     How do I reset a BIOS password?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/decompiler.shtml
     Is there any hope of a decompiler that would convert an executable program into C/C++ code?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/windows-password-encryption.shtml
     How does the Microsoft Windows 3.1 password encryption work?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/ids-intrusion-detection-system.shtml
     What is an Intrusion Detection System (IDS)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/sql-injection-attack.shtml
     What is an SQL Injection Attack/Vulnerability?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/format-string-vulnerability.shtml
     What is a format string vulnerability?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/source-code-security-vulnerabilities.shtml
     How can I find security vulnerabilities in source code?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/integer-overflow.shtml
     What is an integer overflow?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/recover-windows-nt-administrator-password.shtml
     How can I recover a lost Windows NT Administrator Password?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/securely-erase-data.shtml
     How can I securely erase data?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/bootable-linux-distributions.shtml
     What are some bootable Linux distributions?

http://www.hackfaq.org/computers/vulnerability-information.shtml
     Where can I find information about vulnerabilities?

Data Networks
-------------------

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/send-fake-mail.shtml
     How do I send fake mail?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/fake-post-control-messages-usenet.shtml
     How do I fake posts and control messages to Usenet?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/change-mac-address.shtml
     How do I change a MAC address?
 
http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/hack-irc-client.shtml
     How do I modify the IRC client to hide my real username?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/packet-sniffing.shtml
     What is packet sniffing?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/internet-outdial.shtml
     What is an Internet outdial?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/port-scanner.shtml
     What is a port scanner?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/ports-services.shtml
     What port is XXX on?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/anonymous-remailer.shtml
     What is an anonymous remailer?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/anonymous-remailers.shtml
     What are the addresses of some anonymous remailers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/127-0-0-1.shtml
     What is 127.0.0.1?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/post-moderated-usenet.shtml
     How do I post to a moderated newsgroup?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/post-usenet-mail.shtml
     How do I post to Usenet via e-mail?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/firewall.shtml
     What is a firewall?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/attack-internet.shtml
     How do I attack a remote network across the Internet?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/tcp-sequence-prediction.shtml
     What is a TCP sequence prediction attack?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/vpn-virtual-private-network.shtml
     What is a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/peer-to-peer-file-sharing.shtml
     What is peer-to-peer file sharing?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/fibre-channel-security.shtml
     How secure are Fibre Channel networks?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/anonymous-surfing.shtml
     How does anonymous surfing work?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/cisco-password-recovery.shtml
     How do I recover the password for a Cisco router?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/cisco-decrypt-password.shtml
     How do I decrypt Cisco passwords?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/scada.shtml
     What is SCADA?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/free-e-mail-encryption.shtml
     What are some free e-mail services with encryption?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/ldap-lightweight-directory-access-protocol.shtml
     What is LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/hack-ldap.shtml
     How do I hack LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/radius.shtml
     What is RADIUS?

http://www.hackfaq.org/data-networks/tls-transport-layer-security.shtml
     What is TLS (Transport Layer Security)?

Wireless Networks
-------------------

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/wireless-networks.shtml
     What kind of wireless data networks are there?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/cdpd-cellular-digital-packet-data.shtml
     What is CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/hscsd-high-speed-circuit-switched-data.shtml
     What is HSCSD (High Speed Circuit Switched Data)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/pdc-p-packet-data-cellular.shtml
     What is PDC-P (Packet Data Cellular)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/gprs-general-packet-radio-service.shtml
     What is GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/bluetooth.shtml
     What is Bluetooth?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/irda-infrared.shtml
     What is IrDA?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/lmds-local-multipoint-distribution-service.shtml
     What is LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution Service)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/mmds-multichannel-multipoint-distribution-service.shtml
     What is MMDS (Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/wi-fi-80211.shtml
     What is Wi-Fi (802.11)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/ssid.shtml
     What is a SSID?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/wep-wired-equivalent-privacy.shtml
     What is WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/mac-address-filtering.shtml
     What is MAC Address Filtering?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/rogue-access-point.shtml
     What is a rogue access point?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/wireless-antenna.shtml
     Where can I find a better wireless antennae?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/wi-fi-software-tools.shtml
     What are some interesting Wi-Fi (802.11) tools?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/eap-leap-peap-eap-tls-ttls.shtml
     What are EAP, LEAP, PEAP and EAP-TLS and EAP-TTLS?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/tkip-temporal-key-integrity-protocol.shtml
     What is TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol)? 

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/sms-short-message-service.shtml
     What is SMS (Short Message Service)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/wap-wireless-application-protocol.shtml
     What is WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/location-directory-wi-fi-hotspot.shtml
     Where can I find a Wi-Fi hotspot?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/wpa-wi-fi-protected-access.shtml
     What is WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/wireless-networks/mic-message-integrity-check.shtml
     What is MIC (Message Integrity Check)?

Telephony
-------------------

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/red-box.shtml
     What is a Red Box?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/build-red-box.shtml
     How do I build a Red Box?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/red-box-crystal.shtml
     Where can I buy a 6.5536Mhz crystal?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/red-box-pay-phones.shtml
     Which payphones will a Red Box work on?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/red-box-local-calls.shtml
     How do I make local calls with a Red Box?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/blue-box.shtml
     What is a Blue Box?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/blue-boxing.shtml
     Do Blue Boxes still work?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/black-box.shtml
     What is a Black Box?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/colored-telephone-boxes.shtml
     What do all the colored boxes do?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/anac-number.shtml
     What is an ANAC number?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/anac-numbers.shtml
     What is the ANAC number for my area?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/ringback-number.shtml
     What is a ringback number?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/ringback-numbers.shtml
     What is the ringback number for my area?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/loop.shtml
     What is a loop?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/loops.shtml
     What is a loop in my area?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/cna-number.shtml
     What is a CNA number?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/cna-numbers.shtml
     What is the telephone company CNA number for my area?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/ring-busy.shtml
     What are some numbers that always ring busy?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/temporary-disconnect.shtml
     What are some numbers that temporarily disconnect phone service?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/proctor-test-set.shtml
     What is a Proctor Test Set?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/proctor-test-sets.shtml
     What is a Proctor Test Set in my area?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/war-dialing.shtml
     What is war dialing?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/war-dialing-law.shtml
     Is war dialing illegal?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/make-linemans-handset.shtml
     How can I make a lineman's handset?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/purchase-linemans-handset.shtml
     Where can I purchase a lineman's handset?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/dtmf-tone-frequencies.shtml
     What are the DTMF tone frequencies?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/telephone-tone-frequencies.shtml
     What are the frequencies of the telephone tones?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/telephone-voltage.shtml
     What is the voltage used to ring a telephone?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/lass-codes.shtml
     What are all of the * (LASS) codes?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/cordless-phone-frequencies.shtml
     What frequencies do cordless phones operate on?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/caller-id.shtml
     What is Caller-ID?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/block-caller-id.shtml
     How do I block Caller-ID?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/defeat-caller-id.shtml
     How do I defeat Caller-ID blocking?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/pbx.shtml
     What is a PBX?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/vmb-voice-mail-box.shtml
     What is a VMB (Voice Mail Box)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/abcd.shtml
     What are the ABCD tones for?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/country-direct-numbers.shtml
     What are the Country Direct Numbers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/phone-switches.shtml
     What are some phone switches?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/milliwatt-test-line.shtml
     What is a milliwatt test line?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/958-959.shtml
     What are the 958 and 959 NXX's?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/clli-codes.shtml
     What are CLLI codes?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/datu.shtml
     What is DATU?

http://www.hackfaq.org/telephony/ani-automatic-number-identification.shtml
     What is ANI (Automatic Number Identification)?

Mobile Telephony
-------------------

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/mobile-telephone-systems.shtml
     How many types of mobile telephone systems are there?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/advanced-mobile-phone-system.shtml
     What are AMPS (EIA/TIA-553) and NAMPS (IS-91)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/mtso-mobile-telephone-switching-office.shtml
     What is a MTSO (Mobile Telephone Switching Office)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/nam-number-assignment-module.shtml
     What is a NAM (Number Assignment Module)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/esn-electronic-serial-number.shtml
     What is an ESN (Electronic Serial Number)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/min-mobile-identification-number.shtml
     What is a MIN (Mobile Identification Number)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/scm-station-class-mark.shtml
     What is a SCM (Station Class Mark)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/sidh-system-identification-for-home-system.shtml
     What is a SIDH? (System Identification for Home System)

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/forward-reverse-channels.shtml
     What are the forward/reverse channels?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/tdma.shtml
     What are IS-54 and IS-136 (TDMA)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/cdma.shtml
     What is IS-95 (CDMA)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/gsm.shtml
     What is GSM?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/pcs.shtml
     What is PCS?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/iden.shtml
     What is iDEN?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/cell-phone-cloning.shtml
     What is cloning?

http://www.hackfaq.org/mobile-telephony/tumbling.shtml
     What is tumbling?

Radio
-------------------

http://www.hackfaq.org/radio/hacker-radios.shtml
     What are these radios I see all of the hacker types carrying around?

http://www.hackfaq.org/radio/radio-license.shtml
     Do I need a license to use one of these radios?

http://www.hackfaq.org/radio/radio-modification.shtml
     What about modifying (modding) these radios?

http://www.hackfaq.org/radio/scanners.shtml
     What are better radios for scanning?

http://www.hackfaq.org/radio/trunking.shtml
     What is trunking?

http://www.hackfaq.org/radio/pirate-radio.shtml
     What is pirate radio?

http://www.hackfaq.org/radio/radio-frequencies.shtml
     What frequencies are used for what purposes?

http://www.hackfaq.org/radio/cb-citizens-band.shtml
     What is CB (Citizens Band)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/radio/frs-family-radio-service.shtml
     What is FRS (Family Radio Service)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/radio/murs-multi-use-radio-service.shtml
     What is MURS (Multi Use Radio Service)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/radio/gmrs-general-mobile-radio-service.shtml
     What is GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/radio/repeater.shtml
     What is a Repeater?

Television
-------------------

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/satellite-television.shtml
     What kinds of satellite television networks are there?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/videocipher-ii.shtml
     What is VideoCipher II RS (VCII RS)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/digicipher-ii.shtml
     What is DigiCipher II (DCII)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/free-dss.shtml
     How do I get free DSS programming?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/directv-access-cards.shtml
     What kinds of DirecTV access cards are there?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/signal-theft.shtml
     What do DirecTV and Dish Network do to stop signal theft?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/software-dss-access-cards.shtml
     What software is there to experiment with access cards?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/access-card-reader-writer.shtml
     What are the different types of access card hardware?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/where-access-card-reader-writer.shtml
     Where can I purchase hardware to experiment with access cards?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/directv-extension.shtml
     What is this extension DirecTV is telling me to call?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/tivo.shtml
     What can I do with a TiVo?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/content-scrambling-system.shtml
     What is CSS (Content Scrambling System)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/regional-playback-control.shtml
     What is RPC (Regional Playback Control)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/regional-coding-enhancement.shtml
     What is RCE (Regional Coding Enhancement)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/television/macrovision.shtml
     What is Macrovision?

Cryptology
-------------------

http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/cryptology-cryptography-cryptanalysis.shtml
     What are cryptology, cyptography, and cryptanalysis?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/plaintext-ciphertext.shtml
     What are plaintext and ciphertext?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/symmetric-asymmetric.shtml
     What are symmetric and asymmetric ciphers?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/chosen-plaintext-attack.shtml
     What is a chosen plaintext attack?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/known-plaintext-attack.shtml
     What is a known plaintext attack?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/known-ciphertext-attack.shtml
     What is a known ciphertext attack?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/rot-13.shtml
     What is ROT-13?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/one-time-pad.shtml
     What is a one-time pad?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/pgp.shtml
     What is PGP?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/gpg.shtml
     What is GPG?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/cryptographic-libraries.shtml
     What are some useful cryptographic libraries?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/cryptographic-algorithms.shtml
     What are some common cryptographic algorithms?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/disk-encrypt.shtml
     How can I encrypt an entire disk?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/recover-zip-password.shtml
     How can I recover a Zip password?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/brute-force-attack.shtml
     What is a brute force attack?</a>
http://www.hackfaq.org/cryptology/rubber-hose-cryptology.shtml
     What is rubber hose cryptology?</a>

Resources
-------------------

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/hacker-web-sites.shtml
     What are some World Wide Web (WWW) sites of interest to hackers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/hacker-ftp-sites.shtml
     What are some FTP sites of interest to hackers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/hacker-usenet-newsgroups.shtml
     What are some newsgroups of interest to hackers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/hacker-irc-channels.shtml
     What are some IRC channels of interest to hackers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/hacker-books.shtml
     What are some books of interest to hackers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/hacker-videos.shtml
     What are some videos of interest to hackers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/hacker-mailing-lists.shtml
     What are some mailing lists of interest to hackers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/hacker-magazines.shtml
     What are some print magazines of interest to hackers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/hacker-zines.shtml
     What are some e-zines of interest to hackers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/hacker-organizations.shtml
     What are some organizations of interest to hackers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/hacker-radio-shows.shtml
     What are some radio shows of interest to hackers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/hacker-faq.shtml
     What are other FAQ's of interest to hackers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/hacker-conferences.shtml
     What are some conferences of interest to hackers?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/mag-stripe-reader.shtml
     Where can I purchase a magnetic stripe reader/writer?

http://www.hackfaq.org/resources/rainbow-books.shtml
     What are the rainbow books and how can I get them?

2600
-------------------

http://www.hackfaq.org/2600/alt-2600.shtml
     What is alt.2600?

http://www.hackfaq.org/2600/meaning-2600.shtml
     What does "2600" mean?

http://www.hackfaq.org/2600/2600-online.shtml
     Are there on-line versions of 2600 available?

http://www.hackfaq.org/2600/2600-bookstores.shtml
     I can't find 2600 at any bookstores.  What can I do?

http://www.hackfaq.org/2600/2600-cost.shtml
     Why does 2600 cost more to subscribe to than to buy at a newsstand?

Magnetic and Smart Cards
-------------------

http://www.hackfaq.org/cards/smart-card.shtml
     What is a Smart Card?

http://www.hackfaq.org/cards/common-smart-card.shtml
     What are some common Smart Cards?

http://www.hackfaq.org/cards/mag-stripe-cards.shtml
     What is the layout of data on magnetic stripe cards?

http://www.hackfaq.org/cards/valid-credit-card-number.shtml
     How do I determine if I have a valid credit card number?

http://www.hackfaq.org/cards/rfid.shtml
     What is RFID?

Miscellaneous
-------------------

http://www.hackfaq.org/miscellaneous/acronyms.shtml
     What does XXX stand for?

http://www.hackfaq.org/miscellaneous/pda.shtml
     What's inside my PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)?

http://www.hackfaq.org/miscellaneous/palm-pilot.shtml
     Can I hack my Palm Pilot?

http://www.hackfaq.org/miscellaneous/xbox.shtml
     Can I hack my XBOX?

http://www.hackfaq.org/miscellaneous/ethics-hacking.shtml
     What are the ethics of hacking?

http://www.hackfaq.org/miscellaneous/warez.shtml
     Where can I find warez?

http://www.hackfaq.org/miscellaneous/pick-locks.shtml
     How can I pick locks?

http://www.hackfaq.org/miscellaneous/0-day.shtml
     What is 0-day?

http://www.hackfaq.org/miscellaneous/hack-traffic-lights.shtml
     How can I hack traffic lights?

http://www.hackfaq.org/miscellaneous/biometrics.shtml
     What are biometrics?

http://www.hackfaq.org/miscellaneous/bar-codes.shtml
     How do bar codes work?

http://www.hackfaq.org/miscellaneous/simplex-lock.shtml
     How do I open a Simplex lock?

http://www.hackfaq.org/miscellaneous/social-engineering.shtml
     What is social engineering?

Administrative
-------------------

http://www.hackfaq.org/administrative/why-write-faq.shtml
     Why did you write this FAQ?

http://www.hackfaq.org/administrative/where-alt-2600-faq.shtml
     Where can I get a copy of the alt.2600 / #hack FAQ?

http://www.hackfaq.org/administrative/mirrors.shtml
     Where is the alt.2600 / #hack FAQ mirrored?

http://www.hackfaq.org/administrative/contribute-faq.shtml
     How can I contribute to the FAQ?

http://www.hackfaq.org/administrative/alt-2600-survival-guide.shtml
     What is the alt.2600 Survival Guide?



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