\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-* @c %**start of header @setfilename crackdown.info @settitle The Hacker Crackdown @setchapternewpage odd @c paragraphindent asis @c %**end of header @c ------ @set edition 1.2 @set origin-date January 18, 1994 @set first-release-date January 23, 1994 @set update-date February 23, 1994 @set update-month February 1994 @c ------ @iftex @tex @message{**NOTE: Building US letter size version.} @end tex @c @afourpaper @c set paper size @finalout @include specials.texi @end iftex @c ------ @ifinfo @flushleft THE HACKER CRACKDOWN Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier by Bruce Sterling Literary Freeware: Not for Commercial Use Copyright (c) 1992, 1994 Bruce Sterling -- bruces@@well.sf.ca.us This is Texinfo edition @value{edition}, as of @value{first-release-date} created by Joerg Heitkoetter -- joke@@ls11.informatik.uni-dortmund.de The original plain ASCII files are available electronically by Gopher from @samp{tic.com}. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this publication provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. @ignore Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the results, provided the printed document carries copying permission notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph (this paragraph not being relevant to the printed booklet). @end ignore CONTENTS Preface to the Electronic Release of @emph{The Hacker Crackdown} Chronology of the Hacker Crackdown Introduction Part 1: CRASHING THE SYSTEM A Brief History of Telephony / Bell's Golden Vaporware / Universal Service / Wild Boys and Wire Women / The Electronic Communities / The Ungentle Giant / The Breakup / In Defense of the System / The Crash PostMortem / Landslides in Cyberspace Part 2: THE DIGITAL UNDERGROUND Steal This Phone / Phreaking and Hacking / The View From Under the Floorboards / Boards: Core of the Underground / Phile Phun / The Rake's Progress / Strongholds of the Elite / Sting Boards / Hot Potatoes / War on the Legion / Terminus / Phile 9-1-1 / War Games / Real Cyberpunk Part 3: LAW AND ORDER Crooked Boards / The World's Biggest Hacker Bust / Teach Them a Lesson / The U.S. Secret Service / The Secret Service Battles the Boodlers / A Walk Downtown / FCIC: The Cutting-Edge Mess / Cyberspace Rangers / FLETC: Training the Hacker-Trackers Part 4: THE CIVIL LIBERTARIANS NuPrometheus + FBI = Grateful Dead / Whole Earth + Computer Revolution = WELL / Phiber RunsUnderground and Acid Spikes the Well / The Trial of Knight Lightning / Shadowhawk Plummets to Earth / Kyrie in the Confessional / $79,499 / A Scholar Investigates / Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Electronic Afterword to @emph{The Hacker Crackdown,} New Years' Day 1994 @end flushleft @end ifinfo @c ------ @titlepage @title THE HACKER CRACKDOWN @subtitle Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier @subtitle Texinfo Edition @value{edition} @subtitle @value{update-month} @author by Bruce Sterling @page @vskip 0pt plus 1filll @flushleft Literary Freeware: Not for Commercial Use Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1994 Bruce Sterling -- bruces@@well.sf.ca.us This is Texinfo edition @value{edition}, as of @value{first-release-date} created by J@"org Heitk@"otter -- joke@@ls11.informatik.uni-dortmund.de The original plain ASCII files are available electronically by Gopher from @samp{tic.com}. @end flushleft Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this booklet provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. @ignore Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the results, provided the printed document carries copying permission notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph (this paragraph not being relevant to the printed booklet). @end ignore @end titlepage @c ------ @c this-node's-name, next-node's name, previous node, up node @headings double @c ------ @ifinfo @node Top, Preface to the Electronic Release, (dir), (dir) @top THE HACKER CRACKDOWN @flushleft by Bruce Sterling Literary Freeware: Not for Commercial Use Copyright (c) 1992, 1994 Bruce Sterling -- bruces@@well.sf.ca.us This is Texinfo edition @value{edition}, as of @value{first-release-date} created by Joerg Heitkoetter -- joke@@ls11.informatik.uni-dortmund.de The original plain ASCII files are available electronically by Gopher from @samp{tic.com}. @end flushleft @menu * Preface to the Electronic Release:: * Chronology of the Hacker Crackdown:: * Introduction:: * CRASHING THE SYSTEM:: * THE DIGITAL UNDERGROUND:: * LAW AND ORDER:: * THE CIVIL LIBERTARIANS:: * Afterword The Hacker Crackdown Three Years Later:: @end menu @end ifinfo @headings double @c Intro @c ------ @node Preface to the Electronic Release @unnumbered Preface to the Electronic Release @include preface.texi @node Chronology of the Hacker Crackdown @unnumbered Chronology of the Hacker Crackdown @include chrono.texi @node Introduction @unnumbered Introduction @include intro.texi @c Parts 1-4 @c -------- @c Part 1: CRASHING THE SYSTEM @node CRASHING THE SYSTEM @chapter Crashing The System @quotation @i{A Brief History of Telephony / Bell's Golden Vaporware / Universal Service / Wild Boys and Wire Women / The Electronic Communities / The Ungentle Giant / The Breakup / In Defense of the System / The Crash PostMortem / Landslides in Cyberspace} @end quotation @sp 2 @include part1.texi @c -------- @c Part 2: THE DIGITAL UNDERGROUND @node THE DIGITAL UNDERGROUND @chapter The Digital Underground @quotation @i{Steal This Phone / Phreaking and Hacking / The View From Under the Floorboards / Boards: Core of the Underground / Phile Phun / The Rake's Progress / Strongholds of the Elite / Sting Boards / Hot Potatoes / War on the Legion / Terminus / Phile 9-1-1 / War Games / Real Cyberpunk} @end quotation @sp 2 @include part2.texi @c -------- @c Part 3: LAW AND ORDER @node LAW AND ORDER @chapter Law And Order @quotation @i{Crooked Boards / The World's Biggest Hacker Bust / Teach Them a Lesson / The U.S. Secret Service / The Secret Service Battles the Boodlers / A Walk Downtown / FCIC: The Cutting-Edge Mess / Cyberspace Rangers / FLETC: Training the Hacker-Trackers} @end quotation @sp 2 @include part3.texi @c -------- @c Part 4: THE CIVIL LIBERTARIANS @node THE CIVIL LIBERTARIANS @chapter The Civil Libertarians @quotation @i{NuPrometheus + FBI = Grateful Dead / Whole Earth + Computer Revolution = WELL / Phiber Runs Underground and Acid Spikes the Well / The Trial of Knight Lightning / Shadowhawk Plummets to Earth / Kyrie in the Confessional / $79,499 / A Scholar Investigates / Computers, Freedom, and Privacy} @end quotation @sp 2 @include part4.texi @c -------- @node Afterword The Hacker Crackdown Three Years Later @unnumbered Afterword: The Hacker Crackdown Three Years Later @include after.texi @c ------ @contents @c ------ See ya! @bye