Hacking in SA

[Necropolis]

Lol! Excellent read - memory lane

Sounds like the good old days where IRC was pretty much the only "IM" service out there

/gzline Breacher!*@*.myip.co.za 24h

Which servers did you guys chat on in those days?

I used the following over the years:

ZAnet
LagNet
Shadowfire

And one or 2 others whose name escapes me.

IRC was the best - but social media all but killed it locally.

 

[breacher]

Remember all of those, also frequented them

Also BlabberNet and the strictest IRC network of all time (rule wise) - M-Web's IRC Servers (chat-pta.mweb.co.za & irc.mweb.co.za)

Is IceAngel and/or Warlock (M-Web Mods) perhaps on here?

What do you guys use mostly to "IM" now with random people?

 

[c3n0byt3]

...f0rbidden knowledge anyone?

lol yes FK.

and #Hack

 

[xrapidx]

First thing I did was checked where the people in the article are now
e.g https://www.linkedin.com/in/kriekjooste

 

[Necropolis]

What do you guys use mostly to "IM" now with random people?

Nothing.

I miss the IRC days.

 

[Necropolis]

What do you guys use mostly to "IM" now with random people?

Nothing.

I miss the IRC days.

 

[Sinbad]

Nothing.

I miss the IRC days.

TK

 

[gregmcc]

Ahh back in the days....toll free numbers to Swift + a blue box

 

[etienne_marais]

Ahh back in the days....toll free numbers to Swift + a blue box

To a U.K. exchange ? Local exchanges were CCITT 7, needed CCITT 5 for BB to work...

 

[gregmcc]

To a U.K. exchange ? Local exchanges were CCITT 7, needed CCITT 5 for BB to work...

From SA to USA

 

[Insider Threat Model]

From SA to USA

I'm sorry, I'm not so sharp, please explain?
I have a deep understanding of Call-Control and Signaling in SS#7 and ANSI-A7 so feel free to be as technical as you'd like regarding SS#5, which I have a little knowledge on.

 

[etienne_marais]

I'm sorry, I'm not so sharp, please explain?
I have a deep understanding of Call-Control and Signaling in SS#7 and ANSI-A7 so feel free to be as technical as you'd like regarding SS#5, which I have a little knowledge on.

Don't know if we should share the exact details, but it entails the fact that 5 uses DTMF signals for control signals (in-band). I think most of the old
equipment has been replaced in most countries anyway.

 

[Insider Threat Model]

Don't know if we should share the exact details, but it entails the fact that 5 uses DTMF signals for control signals (in-band). I think most of the old
equipment has been replaced in most countries anyway.

This is wrong for the following lay reasons:
Dial Tone Multi Frequency uses different frequencies. Thus onward propagation of the exploit is impossible.
DTMF is not call-control capable without implicit context as well (press 1 to continue, 2 to hang up etc).

P.S. These were considerations for SS#7 design.

 

[etienne_marais]

This is wrong for the following lay reasons:
Dial Tone Multi Frequency uses different frequencies. Thus onward propagation of the exploit is impossible.
DTMF is not call-control capable without implicit context as well (press 1 to continue, 2 to hang up etc).

P.S. These were considerations for SS#7 design.

Ok, you're the expert

 

[Insider Threat Model]

Ok, you're the expert

Hardly, but this information and knowledge is fundamental to the exploit.
One doesn't just accidentally propagate a legacy exploit through a new protocol and complete design change. Moreover, one does not allude to doing it without being called out on it.
Tapping out E-M pulse on a Telkom DISA cradle does not a phreaker make.

 

[diskette]

I used the following over the years:

ZAnet
LagNet
Shadowfire

And one or 2 others whose name escapes me.

IRC was the best - but social media all but killed it locally.

IRC is still king in my heart.

It's where les academics are and usenet too.