³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÚÄÄ°±²ÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛÛÜÄÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛ²±°ÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄ°±²ÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÄÛÛÛÄÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛßÄßÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛ²±°ÄÄ¿ ÄÄÄ°±²ÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛÄÛÛÛÄÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²Û²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ°±²ÛÛÛ²±°ÄÄÄ ÀÄÄ°±²ÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÄÛÛÛÄÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛÜÄÜÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛ²±°ÄÄÙ ÀÄÄ°±²ÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÄßÛÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²±°Ä°±²ÛÛÛ²±°ÄÄÙ "Another day another dialup..." ³ NeuroCactus bulletin number one ³ ÀÅÙ Minnow ®The Pick¯ Scourge ÀÅÙ "Another day another dialup..." ³ ³ ³ N ³ E ³ U ³ R ³ O ³ ³ ³ C ³ A ³ C ³ T ³ U ³ S ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ [1.1] - Contents ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ [1.1] - Contents [1.2] - Important events [1.3] - DMSE numbers go down [1.4] - MessageBank System upgrade [1.5] - VoiceMail, The Final Frontier [1.6] - ISP VMC Mailbox plan by R¡PM…X [1.7] - Ethics [1.8] - General greets etc ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ - [1.2] - IMPORTANT EVENTS - [1.2] - ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ November 1st, 1993 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 4:00am - Melbourne System 2 (SBD) dialup gets disconnected: 008-022-356 7:00am - Melbourne System 1 (DMSE) dialups get disconnected: 008-033-018 008-008-234 008-001-001 008-776-546 008-779-666 008-334-787 008-174-323 008-179-517 008-022-356 008-140-000 008-012-097 008-013-227 008-014-474 008-015-708 008-016-428 November 7th, 1993 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1:00pm - Melbourne System 1 (DMSE) dialup gets disconnected 008-747-001 2:30pm - ®The Pick¯ gets a haircut November 10th, 1993 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 3:10pm - Melbourne System 1 (DMSE) dialup gets reconnected 008-747-001 5:35pm - Minnow's cat dies 6:10pm - Adelaide System dialup gets disconnected 008-080-598 December 3rd, 1993 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 9:00pm - Melbourne/Hobart, Sydney 1, 2 and 3, Melbourne 2, Brisbane, Canberra/Newcastle and Adelaide systems go offline 11:45pm - Perth system goes offline December 4th, 1993 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 6:30am - Melbourne/Hobart, Sydney 1, 2 and 3, Melbourne 2, BLAH 7:10am - Adelaide system goes back online 8:50am - Canberra/Newcastle goes back online 10:15pm - Scourge admitted to hospital for severe nicotine overdose ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ - [1.3] - DMSE NUMBERS GO DOWN - [1.3] - ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ Just a quick note regarding the demise of most of the DMSE numbers and a couple of add - ons (so to speak). The reason for this is not entirely certain, however it has been rumoured (and stated by various Telecom sources) that the -1-800- numbering system is almost finished with only the -1-800-12X-XXX- range to be completed. These exchanges are basically direct mirrors of the -0014-800-12X-XXX- numbers. The Melbourne 2 system dialup (CBD) also went down on the same day and the alternate number was no longer accessable from most areas. Rumours are also currently afoot that -008-032-486- is currently being monitored, however this has not been confirmed in any way and we at NeuroCactus tend to believe it is fairly safe for general use. However, all Voice Mail users are urged to spread their calls over as many dialups as possible and not overusing specific dialups. ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ - [1.4] - MESSAGEBANK SYSTEM UPGRADE - [1.4] - ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ On Friday the 3rd of December at 9:00pm the national MessageBank network was taken offline for a major software upgrade. The new version of software is Trilogue version 4.4. All systems are now running the new software. Sydney 1 was the first to come online with the new software at around 4.00am (congrats to the Haymarket team!) Melbourne 1 and 2 were both reported back on line not long after the deadline of 6.00am, although Adelaide and CNS were slower. Adelaide came online at 7.10am, while bugs in the most complex msgbank server (CNS) meant that it didn't come back on line until around 8:50am. Whats new in V4.4? ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The most visible changes to the user will be a quantum leap in security. Version 4.4 has eliminated the possibility of unlimited password attempts. Any attempt to "hash" out of a password attempt after getting it wrong will be met with a short sharp "click". The older "* *" trick will get a similar reponse. This spells the end for sequential hacking of boxes, and NeuroCactus have indefinately put plans well down the track to release a new version of TVMBT. Interestingly, no hacked mailboxes on any system have been lost in the upgrade, although if Telecom had half a brain this version would contain tighter auditing of accounts to quickly find virgin mailboxes accumulating large bills. This is still a possibility, and will become evident in a few weeks as we all use our boxes. Behind the scenes, Inter-system mail has been fine tuned and sped up, with initial tests showing message transfer on east coast systems to be close to realtime. ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ - [1.5] - VOICE MAIL, THE FINAL FRONTIER - [1.5] - ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ Neil Campbell, Detective Sergeant Ken Day and one other unknown Telecom official stand aboard the bridge of the Starship MissingLink. Suddenly the navigational officer, John Blackman, alerts Captain Day. "Captain, our pre - historic CLI sensors have detected an unknown entity shifting through the Melb / Exec galaxy. Its origin is not currently known. It appears to be hostile." "Proceed to co-ordinate 8003 at warp 7, Dr Black" replies Captain Day as the Starship M.L. zooms out of the Infoline sector and through the Messaging star clusters. Meanwhile, aboard the mercenary pirate cruiser The R2, Captain T. Pick is recording some techno messages on Grudges VMB. Captain Minnow is sitting over in the corner picking out obscure bugs in TVMBT version 1.0. The 486 is sitting on top of the 250 watt speakers that are currently booming out a track by Cellblock X. First Officer Scourge is smoking cigarettes and read Virtual Light. "Hey, the 486 has got another exec for us" says Minnow in a bored sounding voice. "Virgin?" enquires Officer Scourge "Nope" "leave it alone" replies Mr Pick Back aboard the Missing Link... "Sir, the entity has taken form as a series of sound waves." "By god, that's DTMF!" exclaims first officer Campbell as the tones are emitted at regular intervals. "Captain, we have initiated scans on the being's source." "Approaching sector 8003, Captain" states Officer X, the unknown occupant of the AXE starship. "Shields activated." "Yellow Alert" proclaims Security Officer Campbell, "Phasors ready." Aboard The R2, Captain Minnow glances at the control panel on his S12 system and notices the Telecom warning indicator on. "Well, looks like Mr Day and associates are trying to get CLI going." "I though I smelt something....." replies Mr Scourge "Hey, we're being hailed. Open communication frequency." The image of Captain Day flickers up on to the main screen. Immediately Captain Minnow interrupts him. "Finished playing games, Mr Day?" Mr Pick asks, knowing well what the reply will be. "It's not a game... uhIt's a criminal act." replies Captain Day. "Dammit, sorry Ken, I didn't have the line in on the Gravis UltraSound plugged in properly... Can you say that again just with a slight speech impedemant so we can sample it properly?" Says The Pick while fiddling with the line in adapter. Captain Day looks suitably unimpressed. Minnow snickers. Scourge lights another... The Missing Link closes the channel and iniates their primative CLI device. "No information... to identify... telephone... number.." reads out the artificial voice. Aboard the R2 Minnow casually sets the ship's phasor torpedo guns to Medium - Well done. "Captain, it appears the R2's source is coming from... A disconnected number!?!?" says Officer Campbell. "Ah well, whatdya say, wanna go to that rave now?" Captain Minnow asks The Pick. "Why, what time is it... 11pm, yeah, OK let's cruise." replies Captain Pick and presses space on the 486, pausing TVMBT instantly. Scourge decides to give the Starship ML a quick blast of mailing list messages from the phasors to the tune of 100 duplicate messages. They hang up and head down to the transporter room. Aboard the Missing Link, Captain Day is cursing and having a general spack (and he thinks WE'RE antisocial!) and the starship Missing Link heads for federation territory, trying to circumnavigate their way around all the floating mail debris... ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ - [1.6] - I.S.P Voice Message Centre mailbox plan - [1.6] - ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ OK, the ISP VMC is on 0014-800-125-865, located in U.S.A Thanks go to R¡PM…X/PHaTe^UZI for this map (Level 2 Mailbox) ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĶ MAIN MENU ÇÄÂÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĶ9 - EXIT BOXº ³ ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ³ ³ ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍ» ³ º8 - USER OPTS º ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º7 - PLAY MSG º º2 - CHECK MAILº ³ ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ³ ÉÍÍÍ[4,6,7]ÍÍÍÍ» ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ³ ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» ³ º5 - LISTEN º ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» ³ º4 - GREETING ÇÄ´ º7 - RE-RECORD º º1 - PAUSE º º6 - ENTER MAILÇÄÙÚĶ5 - LISTS º ³ º9 - EXIT º º2 - REPLY º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ³ º6 - NAME ÇÄ´ ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ º3 - DISCARD º ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» ³ º7 - PASSCODE ÇÄÙ ÉÍÍÍÍÍ[7]ÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º4 - FORWARD º ºENTER BOX NO'Sº ³ º9 - EXIT º º1 - PAUSE º º5 - KEEP MSG º º* - DELETE BOXº ³ ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ º2 - APPEND MSGº º7 - RESTART º º# - START MSG º ³ ÉÍÍÍÍÍ[5]ÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º3 - DISCARD º º8 - SKIP MSG º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ÀĶ1 - ADD LIST 1º º7 - REVIEW MSGº º9 - EXIT BOX º ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º2 - ADD LIST 2º º9 - SAVE/EXIT º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ º1 - PAUSE º º3 - ADD LIST 3º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ÉÍÍÍÍÍ[6]ÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º2 - APPEND MSGº º4 - ADD LIST 4º ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º2 - PRIVATE º º3 - RE ENTER º º5 - ADD LIST 5º º2 - ADD BOXES º º7 - RECEIPT ÇÄĶ6 - ADDRESSINGº º6 - ADD LIST 6º º3 - DROP BOXESº º8 - URGENT º º7 - REVIEW MSGº º7 - ADD LIST 7ÇÄÄĶ6 - RECRD NAMEº º9 - EXIT º º9 - EXIT º º8 - ADD LIST 8º º7 - PLAY LISTSº ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ º9 - ADD LIST 9º º9 - EXIT º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ - [1.7] - ETHICS - [1.7] - ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ OK, well some people may consider this irrelevant and off-topic, but we think ethics is extremely important to one's self-preservation and safety. Not only the safety of yourself but your fellow sceners. Also, we, as an institution, don't agree with the idea of ripping off small time companies. The governmental or "Big Brother" institutions are our main concerns, as freedom fighters. That's why we are using their equipment not others. Anyway on with the ethical rules... 1) Don't hack mailboxes that are active (i.e. actively being used by subscribers) Taking active mailboxes that have no password is no more than mindless psuedo-hacking. The boxes you get like this will almost always go down, so don't bother doing it. Aim for virgin mailboxes. You will find that these will stay up for much longer (We've had one now for over three years). 2) Many of the 1800 dialups are owned by private companies and divert to the VMB system after hours only. If you get voice using one of these numbers then for gods sake DO NOT abuse the person at the other end. Preferably, ask for John, and then say you had the wrong number and don't ring back during business hours. Alternatively you can just hang up, but we prefer the wrong number routine. 3) Because many of the 1-800s are private, the companies who own them will recieve a bill each month. For this reason, don't over use a particular dialup. If possible, spread your calls around all the available 1-800s, and don't call just for the hell of it. Many of the 1-800 dialups for various systems have died because they've been hammered to death. Also, spend time engineering or scanning your own dialups. 4) Finally, if you get hold of extremely powerful information such as default password structures, system administrator boxes or modem dial in's, do not, under any circumstances, let your ego run riot and release info that can bring down the entire voice mail system. So perhaps we have learned a little lesson with TVMBT... ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ - [1.8] - GENERAL GREETS ETC - [1.8] - ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ Ok, so there it is, NeuroCactus Bulletin number 25. A quick plug to the Scene Info Line (ask an Elite for the number), and the following Bulletin Boards: Chiba City - +61-6-YOU-WISH - Sysops: Scourge, ®The Pick¯ and Minnow Destiny Stone II - +61-9-YEA-RITE - Sysop: R¡PM…X/PHaTe^UZI We are looking for contributions for the next NeuroCactus bulletin so if you specialize or write about ANY aspect of VoiceMail then we need your articles to make it happen. This is regarding all Voice Mail Box systems including Trilogue/MessageBank, Aspen, ISC, Octel, Meridian & whatever else you can dig up. NeuroCactus would like to send greets to the following people: Grudge/VSW - Hmm, hardcore will never die, hehehe... R¡PM…X/PHaTe^UZI - I'll get those EP's to you eventually, dude FreeStyle - Minnow will get that Aspen up for you soon Deicidal Maniac, Blade, Method Man, DataKing, Maxima, Ten Contact us on the TVMBT support box - 0014-800-126-919 * 3140 (Australian business hours/U.S.A. after hours only) Peace, Love and Flowers from the NeuroCactus team, 1993 ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ ÀÅÙ All BBS's below this line are LAME so don't call them