Saturday October 2, 1999
Ultimate beginners guide to phreaking 





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|The Ultimate Beginners Guide**|
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|         To Phreaking         |
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|         1999 Edition         |
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|       By Squiler (SQR)       |                                                         
        Updated By Pescaline        
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|  http://blacksun.anrki.com   |
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|______________________________|

"No AT&T, thank YOU!"
           -Phone Losers Of America

"What the hell is caller id?"
             -Blink 182         

"Laughter is free, anytime, just call me, 439-0116"
           -Sublime 

"I got the hook up"
             -Master P

"By the way! its not a game! its a way of life!!!!!"
           -(¯-_-¯13¯-_-¯) PLA QuÉbec

"Alexander Graham Bell must be turning over in his grave"
             -Squiler   


**On the Lighter Side:  I was originally going to call this 
"SQR's
Phreaking Tutorial".However this was changed after I felt 
that I sounded 
to much like a foul-mouthed hick.


I have seen many phreaking tutorials in the past.  Each of 
them had one or more things wrong with them.  Either they 
were too old, too long, too short, or too advanced.  That 
is why I set out to create an up to date phreaking tutorial 
short enough too be read, easy enough to understand, and 
covered more areas of phreaking rather than box plans.


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Preface

What is a phreaker?

Literally, a phreaker is a "phone hacker".  However a 
phreaker can be anyone who messes around with phones 
or phone lines. The same way a hacker is not necessarily 
someone who cracks government files, but someone that 
messes around with computers.

Why become a phreaker?

Only become a phreaker if you are committed to it, 
interested in it, and in need of a hobby.  Do not, 
and I stress do not become a phreaker to impress 
your friends. If you want to impress your friends 
then do something else. Also, do not become a hacker 
to impress your friends, you must be stupid if you 
try to impress your friends by becoming a hacker or
a phreaker. If you want to learn how to phreak or
how to hack just to impress your friends i suggest
that you stop reading now, and leave. Anyway.. 
you should do it for either the fun of it, or 
to learn about the phone companies and their 
system of widespread telephony.

Disclaimer

Much of the information here contains illegal 
activities. This document is for informational 
purposes only. Do not attempt anything 
stated in this document.  If you do attempt anything 
here, you are solely responsible for what you do.
If you get caught and get in any kind of trouble, 
it is your own fault. If you do not agree to this, 
do not read any further.


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Part 1: Prank Calling

You may have heard the term "boxing" (boxing refers to the 
building of various phone add-ons) associated with phreaking
before. However boxing is in no way all that phreaking has 
to offer. Boxing is phreaking, but phreaking is not boxing. 
Got it?

Now I'm going to begin with one of the easiest and most phun 
areas of phreaking--prank calling! Before we get into prank 
calling, let me tell you a few things that prank calling is not.

-dialing a random number, screaming FUCK YOU!!!, and hanging 
up (although occasionally I get a kick out of that).

-repeatedly dialing the same number over and over again, and 
every time someone picks up, you hang up.  This drives the 
person insane, but it is still not a phreak. 

Ok...So what is a prank call you ask?  Well A prank call is 
when you call someone up, lead them on for as long as you 
can (the key to success in prank calling is the longer you 
stay on, the better), and hang up with them still thinking 
that was a real call.  The call can be funny or serious. An 
example of a serious call would be calling someone up, and 
getting important information on them (i.e. credit card 
number, be creative). A funny call is one where you make 
the person think that you are messed up. An example is a 
great one from Crankings (a prank calling group) where a 
guy calls up a Mobile gas station claiming his son used 
their oil as a sexual lubricant.  He then asked the gas 
station attendant if his son's dick would fall off. I was 
cracking up.  That was an example of a real prank call.
The key to a funny call is that it can be funny to you 
without pissing them off. In the previous call, the 
callers, and anybody who heard the call was cracking 
up, but the gas station attendant was not angry. He 
just thought he was talking to some really screwed 
up people.

One mistake I made was that I used to think you had to 
piss the other person off to make it funny for you. 
But I was wrong. Once I called up a woman and asked
her if she was satisfied with her sex life.  I went
into all these other things and kept her on the phone for 
a few minutes. A little later her husband or boyfriend or 
whatever called back.  He recited my address then added, 
"That's where you live punk?"

        Which brings me to the next part--don't get caught!!

Well first of all if you are calling from home, 
you better use *67 or whatever.However the best 
thing to use is a caller-id blocker box.  It 
makes it so your name will not show up on a 
caller id, while *67 only stops your number 
from *69.  Well now you ask, where do I obtain 
a caller-id blocker box?  Well, there are 2 ways.
The first is to get one from one of those 
"things you never knew existed catalog", the 
drawback is the price sometimes (remember 
shipping and handling) and the fact that it will take 
a few days to get to you, plus it is non-returnable
and non-refundable.  The next way is to pick 
one up from Radio Shack.  The drawback to 
this is that not all Radio Shack stores carry 
them, and it may be hard to obtain. However 
this is probably your best bet.

One last note on prank calling- Practice, 
practice, practice.  If you feel the need 
to laugh, press mute, or hang-up. Try 
not to piss people off.

And oh yeah, I have discovered one of the 
most fun prank calls.  You call someone up, 
and say, "mom, can you pick me up now?", 
or something of the sort, then lead 
them on to other stuff, be creative.  
From my experience, this works at 
least 40% of the time.  Another form of this 
is to call someone up, and ask for a common name, 
(like Josh or David or something) then claim 
to be their friend.  If they ask who you are, 
use another common name like Michael or something.  
Then say, you want them to come over to your 
house, or to meet them somewhere.  This call 
works less of the time, but when it does, it's 
great...So don't screw it up!

[END OF PART 1]
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Part 2: Boxing

Let me begin by saying that this document is for informational purposes only.  Do not attempt 
anything written here.  You are responsible for your own actions.


Oh, and one more thing- along with phreaking comes a code of ethics.  I can't tell what that is,
you'll have to find out yourself.  But the one thing I will tell you is that you should never 
fuck with people who don't deserve it.  If you want to screw people up, make sure they are 
assholes who deserve it.


To begin, what exactly is boxing?  As I said before, boxing refers to the building of various 
phone add-ons.  These add-ons can do anything from adding music to your line to making free 
phone calls.  There are over 40 boxes in all.

Box names are usually named after colors, such as the red box, or the yellow box.  However some 
are named for other things such as the cheese box and the tron box.  Boxes are used by phreakers 
everywhere.  The most popular boxes are the red box and beige box.


FYI (for your information):  You might think that boxes were invented and are only used by 
teenage phreakers, but that is not true.  One of the most famous phreakers is Cap'n Crunch, 
who is long past his teenage years.  As a matter of fact, the first box ever made was the blue 
box (free long distance calls).  It was made in the 70's by Steve Jobs, who later founded Apple
Computer.  


On The Lighter Side:  With his blue box, Steve Jobs made one of the most famous prank calls in 
history.  He called up Vatican city, and pranked the pope.


So far, you have made prank calls, which makes you a phreaker.  However your adventures are 
still related to hacking.  Boxes are the clincher, the line that truly separates phreaking from 
hacking.  This is because boxing is a form of phreaking called "field phreaking".  As a hacker, 
you sit at your computer all day.  When you make prank calls, you still just sit at home.  But 
as a field phreaker, you go out an do things.

Now we come to the next section-your first box.
But before we get into your first box, here's a list of tools to keep handy when you're out 
field phreaking:

-Backpack for holding these tools:
        -wrench
        -wire strippers-a MUST have
        -7/16 hex driver
        -3/8 hex driver
        -Philips head screw driver (large)
        -Philips head screw driver (small)
        -flathead screw driver (large)
        -flathead screw driver (small)
        -alligator clips
        -2 feet of extra telephone wire
        -good, sharp scissors
        -binoculars (for day snooping, from your backyard)
                    (locate boxes on people's houses 
                     during the day, it saves you the time
                     of having to look for it, and getting
                     caught.)
        -small flashlight
        -gloves
        -Swiss army knife (optional, but very useful) with:
                -Philips head screw driver
                -flat head screw driver
                -long knife
                -short knife
-A Partner (once again optional but useful.  You should always have a partner for field 
phreaking "missions", but generally, you should have about 2-3 other "phreaking buddies".)



FYI:  Yet another reason that separates phreaking from hacking.  A partner will always help in
field phreaking "missions".  Sometimes  you will see that having a partner will make the 
"mission" a more fun experience, plus they can help you out of sticky situations.  This is also
true in prank calling, because why would you prank call if you have no one to laugh about it
with?



Got everything? Good. Now we can finally get to making your first box.

First of all, the box you will be making is called the beige box.  It is very easy to make and 
has many purposes.  Anytime you see the words "lineman's headset" or "test phone", they are 
referring to the beige box.

What is it?  Did a phone guy ever come to your house to repair or install something? Or have you 
seen the phone working up top the phone pole?  Look at his tool belt.  There is a bright orange 
phone, you can't miss it.  This phone is called a lineman's headset.  Usually, after the phone 
guy repairs a line, or installs a new one, he uses the lineman's headset to test and see if the 
line is working.  This is what we'll be making, but we have other purposes for it.  

Basically, the beige box enables a phone to be hooked directly to the line.  Usually, you hook 
the phone up to a jack, which is hooked up to the line, however the beige box eliminates the 
need for a jack.  Can you think of any uses for this?  Yup, that's right, with the beige box, 
you can use someone's phone line without having to go inside their house and hook up to the jack.

Don't get so excited just yet, we haven't built it yet.

Parts you will need for this:

-a phone
-phone wire with modular jacks at both ends.  (one goes into the phone, the other goes into the 
jack)
-alligator clips

Tools you will need for this:
-wire stripper
-scissors, or knife
-7/16 hex driver (for later)

that's all? Yup! With such few things needed to make this, it can't be hard, and it's not.

Directions:
    
    Step 1:  If one end of the phone wire is not already connected to the phone line, do so now.
    
    Step 2:  Cut off the modular jack at the other end.  Strip about 6 inches of the outside 
    wire.  This is not easy, because the wire is very thick.  You may want to take the scissors 
    and make a small cut in the wire (not too deep or you will cut the inside wires) and put it
    off.

    Step 3:  There should be four wires inside.  Yellow, green, red and black.  Discard the 
    black and yellow wires, you don't need them.  Concentrate on the red and green wires.

    Step 4:  Strip the green wire.  Now strip the red wire.

    Step 5:  Connect one alligator clip to the red wire, then connect one to the green wire.

CONGRATULATIONS, you have a beige box.

Were those directions too hard to follow? Here's a step by step schematic:

Step 1:
__________________________
|                         |
|          Phone          |
|_________________________|
 Modular Jack-> |||
 Phone wire----->|-----------------


Step 2: 
                               
                                    Strip Wire        
                                      Around
                                       Here                    ____
             __________________________________________________|   |                                             
 Phone wire->--------------------------------------------------|___|
                                             Cut here--------^   ^
                                            Modular Jack---------^ 






Step 3:

it [the wire] should look (somewhat) like this:

___________________________________
                                  |_
                                   -
                                   ^------|Wires to concentrate on
                                   _ <----|  
                                   -
__________________________________|



All in all, it should look like this:



_________________
|               |
|     Phone     |
|_______________|
       |||
        |______________________|---|<> <-  
                               |---|<>  |
                   Alligator clips---^--|


Now that you've built your beige box, let's see what you can use it for.

You have just built the most basic beige box, which means it has no security options.  
When using this box, it is very easy to get caught.  That is why you will only be using this
beige box on your own phone line.  Later in this tutorial I will show how to build the Beige Box 
Advanced System (BBAS), my own advanced version of the beige box.  You can use the BBAS on other 
people's phone lines.  But first, let's see how we attach the beige box to your phone line.

You will need the 7/16 hex driver for this.

First thing is to locate the phone box outside your house.  It is usually on the side of your 
house, or in the backyard.  Most of the time it is near your heating shit. It is usually gray or
beige, and has a bell logo on it.  To open the box put your hand on the bottom, push up and 
open it.  If that fails pop it open with the hex driver.  All you have to do now is connect the
alligator clip on the red wire to the wire in the box, do the same with the green wire.  This is 
hard to explain so I've drawn a schematic:


(schematic on next page)



It should look (somewhat) like this:


_____________________________________
|                                   |
|                                   | <----Phone Box                                   
|    **  <-----Screws-->  **>=<|    |
|              Alligator clip^ |    |
|                              |    |
|  Red Wire (sometimes green-->|    |
|                              |    |
|                              |    |
|                              |____|______________
|     Screws--> **             | ^  |              |
|Modular Jack cut from here------^  |              |
|                              |    |              |
|                              |    |              |
| Green Wire (sometimes red)-->|    |              |
|                              |    |              |
|                              |    |              |<--Phone Wire
|    **  <----Screws-->   **>=<|    |              |
|                            ^      |              |              
|              Alligator Clip^      |              |
|                                   |              |
-------------------------------------              |
                                                   |
                                                   |      
_____________________________________              |
|                                   |              |
|                                   |              |
|             Phone                 |______________|
|                                   |
|                                   |   ^Phone Wire
-------------------------------------



This may be hard to follow, but try, reading schematics is something you'll have to do if you 
want to build boxes in the future.


Now pick up the phone.  If you hear a dial tone, you are now officially a field phreaker.  
If not retrace your steps.


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[RED BOXING]    



Ok, you've built your beige box.  You can't quite use it yet because it has no safety 
precautions.  Don't worry, I'll get to the BBAS later.  But for now, I'm going to teach you one 
of the most talked about techniques in all of phreaking--(drum roll please) Red Boxing.

Well I'm assuming that if you went around to enough phreaking sites to find this tutorial, then 
you must have heard the term red boxing before.  But for those of you who didn't...


What exactly is red boxing?
Red boxing is a way of getting free calls off of pay phones.  The way this is works is because 
when you insert a quarter into a pay phone, it makes a tone which signals the phone that you can 
make a call.

How does red boxing work?
What the red box does is generate the tones that the phone makes when you put in a quarter, 
Thus giving you a free call.

What is the difference between the red box, and red boxing?
One thing you must remember is that a red box does not give you free calls from a payphone.  
All the red box does is generate tones, which can be used for free calls.

Are you getting an idea? What if I could alternatively obtain the tones?  Then I could make free
pay phone calls without the trouble of building a red box!  

Well there are a few ways to do this.

First, you could go to HTTP://SQUILER.HOME.DHS.ORG and pick up the tones from there, but hey,
you're a phreaker, and you like to do things yourself.

Well, the first thought that probably comes to mind when you here this is to put a tape recorder
to a phone, put in a quarter, and record the tone it makes.  That way you get unlimited payphone 
calls for a quarter.  However it is not that easy, in fact there are two things wrong with this 
method.

The first thing wrong is the tape recorder.  You see, the tones generated by the phone are 
digital.  Your tape recorder on the other hand is analog.  When you record digital tones on to 
an analog tape recorder (although you can't hear it) they become to distorted for the phone to 
recognize.  Your best bet is to get one of those personal hand recorders.  You know, the ones 
you always see in ads?  Those are digital because they use a chip to record the sounds, not a 
tape. 

Even if you a digital recorder to the phone, there is still a problem--background noise.  This 
also distorts the tones, making them unusable.  However there is a way around this using your 
answering machine.

First off, you'll need a digital answering machine.  If you've bought an answering machine in 
the past year and a half or so, it's digital.  Mine is the AT&T 1720 Digital Answering Machine.

Now here's what you have to do.  When no one is home, go to a payphone and call your house.  
Since no one is home, the answering machine will pick up.  When you hear the tone, put a quarter 
or two into the phone.  When you get home, record the tones from your answering machine to your 
digital recorder.

Now that you are all set go to a payphone.  Pick up the phone and play the tones.  There you go.
  

Usually this works perfect on long distance calls.  But for local calls, you might have to speak 
to an operator.  But before you do, you better get some practice because speaking to an operator 
is the number one way that phreakers get caught.


Overwhelmed? Don't be.  You know more than you think.  You must be tired now, so we're going to 
take a little break.  Maybe now you should eat, go to the bathroom, call a friend (if you still
have any) get out of your house, go somewhere, maybe make a few prank calls.  Just don't get 
caught.

But for now you should sit back and read some good phreaking literature.  You can start with 
this adventure story.


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                                        Bad as Shit



   Recently, a telephone fanatic in the  northwest made an interesting
discovery.  He was exploring the 804 area code (Virginia) and found out that the 840 exchange 
did something strange.

  In the vast majority of cases, in fact in all of the cases except one, he would get a 
recording as if the exchange didn't exist. However, if he dialed 804-840 and four rather 
predictable numbers, he got a ring!

  After one or two rings, somebody picked up.  Being experienced at this kind of thing, he could
tell that the call didn't "supe", that is, no charges were being incurred for calling this 
number. (Calls that get you to an error message, or a special operator, generally don't 
supervise.)  A female voice, with a hint of a Southern accent said,

"Operator, can I help you?"

"Yes," he said, "What number have I reached?"

"What number did you dial, sir?"


He made up a number that was similar.

"I'm sorry that is not the number you reached."  Click.


He was fascinated.  What in the world was this?  He knew he was going to
call back, but before he did, he tried some more experiments. He tried the 840 exchange in 
several other area codes.  In some, it came up as a valid exchange.

In others, exactly the same thing happened -- the same last four digits, the same Southern 
belle.  Oddly enough, he later noticed, the areas worked in seemed to travel in a beeline from 
Washington DC to Pittsburgh, PA.

He called back from a payphone.  "Operator, can I help you?"

"Yes, this is the phone company.  I'm testing this line and we don't seem to have an 
identification on your circuit.  What office is this, please?"

"What number are you trying to reach?"

"I'm not trying to reach any number.  I'm trying to identify this circuit."

"I'm sorry, I can't help you."

"Ma'am, if I don't get an ID on this line, I'll have to disconnect it.  We show no record of it 
here."

"Hold on a moment, sir."

After about a minute, she came back.  "Sir, I can have someone speak to you. Would you give me 
your number, please?"

He had anticipated this and he had the payphone number ready. After he gave it, she said, 
"Mr. XXX will get right back to you."

"Thanks."  He hung up the phone.  It rang.  INSTANTLY!  "Oh my God," he
thought, "They weren't asking for my number -- they were confirming it!"

"Hello," he said, trying to sound authoritative.

"This is Mr. XXX.  Did you just make  an inquiry to my office concerning a phone number?"

"Yes.  I need an identi--"

"What you need is advice.  Don't ever call that number again. Forget you
ever knew it."

At this point our friend got so nervous he just hung up.  He expected to
hear the phone ring again but it didn't.

Over the next few days he racked his brains trying to figure out what the number was.  He knew 
it was something big -- that was pretty certain at this point.  It was so big that the number
was programmed into every central office in the country.  He knew this because if he tried to 
dial any other number in that exchange, he'd get a local error message from his CO, as if the 
exchange didn't exist.

It finally came to him.  He had an uncle who worked in a federal agency.  He had a feeling that 
this was government related and if it was, his uncle could probably find out what it was.  He 
asked the next day and his uncle promised to look into the matter.

The next time he saw his uncle, he noticed a big change in his manner.  He was trembling.  
"Where did you get that number?!"  he shouted.  "Do you know I almost got fired for asking about
it?!? They kept wanting to know where I got it."

Our friend couldn't contain his excitement.  "What is it?" he pleaded.

"What's the number?!"


"IT'S THE PRESIDENT'S BOMB SHELTER!"

He never called the number after that.  He knew that he could probably cause quite a bit of 
excitement by calling the number and saying something like, "The weather's not good in 
Washington.  We're coming over for a visit."  But our friend was smart.  he knew that there were
some things that were better off unsaid and undone. <>


>From @UICVM.uic.edu:TK0JUT2@NIU Tue Jun 12 06:40:26 1990


Taken from "The Official Phreaker's Manual".



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[BBAS]

Well I've putting it off long enough, and if you've accomplished everything, you are ready to 
build the BBAS.

Let me take back something I just said.  You see, sometimes us phreakers are pressed for time.  
We can't just build things from scratch.  So now instead of building the BBAS from nothing, 
we're going to modify the beige box we already have.  Although we're only going to make some 
small changes, these are very important changes.  The main improvement on the BBAS is that is 
has features to prevent you from getting discovered and caught.  And if I must, once again-- 
there is no sure way to prevent getting caught.  But don't get discovered, and don't do anything 
that's bad.

Well since we're only going to be modifying the beige box, we won't need many parts.  Here is a 
list of things you'll need for the BBAS:

-your beige box
-a phone with an "in-use" light
        -batteries
        -clip, to hold down mute.  (This is hard to find and use, but very useful)
-Scissors
-Wire Strippers
-A simple switch (can be bought for under $2USD at any hardware store

Ok, here's what to do:

STEP 1:  Switch the phone you have already with the phone that has the "in-use" light.

STEP 2:  Cut the phone wire in half around the middle of it.

STEP 3:  Strip some wire off both of the new ends of the wire.

The switch should have 2 screws on it.

STEP 4:  Wrap one of the new ends of the wire (both wires, red and green) around one screw, and 
the other new end around the other screw.

It should look (somewhat) like this:

________________
|               |
|     Phone     |------====*|||||*===--------=====
|_______________|      ^ ^ ^  ^  ^   ^ 
   Wire stripped here--^ ^ ^  ^  ^   ^
  Red and green wires----^ ^  ^  ^   ^_____
         |         Screws--^  ^--Switch   ^
         |              |________^        ^
         |________________________________^
         

Now lets how to explain how to use it.

Put the clip (if you have one) on the mute button of the phone.  This is for the occasion that 
you plug into someone's line while they're on the phone, and you don't want them hearing any 
noises.

Put the batteries in the phone.  For the light, will be in the phone manual.

The switch is a "panic" switch.  It is used to immediately disconnect your call if you're on 
someone's phone and then they pick up.

Adding the panic switch to your BBAS

Ok, all you need is one SPST (Single Pole 
Single Throw) switch. There should be 2
little metal things on the bottom of it.
Hook one of them up to the green wire,
and one onto the red wire. It doesn't
matter which goes on which, you should
just solder the spst switch onto the 
the wires, but make sure that the wire
goes through the hole in the metal
thing first, one goes through one
metal thing,the other goes through
the other. Then just solder it on.
Now go hook your BBAS up to your
house. You should hear a dial tone,
switch the switch on, you should
hear silence, now switch it back.
You should hear the dial tone again.
Thats all. Its real easy.



Finding a House to use your BBAS on.

Some houses have the *original* grey box with the bell logo on
it, but some houses, such as mine, have a small box on it that
says Telephone Network Interface on it.It should have telephone
wires going into the bottom, and coming out of the top. This 
phone box has Customer Access, protected by one screw, and 
Telco Access, protected by a 3/8 hex screw.You don't really 
need telco access, also if you want telco access you need 
the 3/8 hex driver as mentioned in the above tool list. 
All you need is customer access. So, whip out your philips 
head screw driver and and unscrew the customer access part, 
when you feel the screw getting loose, just open up the 
customer access part, it should open up half of the box.
Now you should see four screw things, black, yellow, green,
and red. Here's what it should look like:
 
            _      _
  black->  {-}    {-}  <-yellow
            _      _
  green->  {-}    {-}  <- red
            ^      ^-|
            |    Red: clip the red one right here.
Green: clip the alligator clip that is connected to the 
green wire here. 

Ya see? they're right next to eachother on the bottom, 
its easy. then you just put your phone to your ear.


Now the first rule of phreaking I always say, is knowing where you are, and this is very important 
because one of the most frustrating things that happens when field phreaking is not knowing what
number you are beige boxing from. Lucky for us phreakers there are things called Automated 
Number Identification Numbers (ANI or ANAC).  When you dial the ANAC number for your area code, 
a recording will come on and name your phone number.  So naturally, this is perfect for beige 
boxing.  The only catch is that there is a different ANAC for each area code.  Here is the 
complete list of ANAC numbers for each area code:


Area Code:                              ANAC Number:

201                                     958
202                                     811
203                                     970
205                                     300-222-2222
205                                     300-555-5555
205                                     300-648-1111
205                                     300-765-4321
205                                     300-798-1111
205                                     300-833-3333
205                                     557-2311
205                                     811
205                                     841-1111
205                                     908-222-2222
206                                     411
207                                     958
209                                     830-2121
209                                     211-9779
210                                     830
212                                     958
213                                     114
213                                     1223
213                                     211-2345
213                                     211-2346
213                                     760-2???
213                                     61056
214                                     570
214                                     790
214                                     970-222-2222
214                                     970-611-1111
215                                     410-????
215                                     511
215                                     958
216                                     200-????
216                                     331
216                                     959-9968
217                                     200-???-????
219                                     550
219                                     559
301                                     958-9968
310                                     114
310                                     1223
310                                     211-2345
310                                     211-2346
312                                     200
312                                     290
312                                     1-200-8825
312                                     1-200-555-1212
313                                     200-200-2002
313                                     200-222-2222
313                                     200-???-????
313                                     200200200200200
314                                     410-????
315                                     953
315                                     958
315                                     998
317                                     310-222-2222
317                                     559-222-2222
317                                     743-1218
334                                     5572411
334                                     5572311
401                                     200-200-4444
401                                     222-2222
402                                     311
404                                     311
404                                     940-???-????
404                                     940
405                                     890-7777777
405                                     897
407                                     200-222-2222
408                                     300-???-????
408                                     760
408                                     940
409                                     951
409                                     970-????
410                                     200-6969
410                                     200-555-1212
410                                     811
412                                     711-6633
412                                     711-4411
412                                     999-????
413                                     958
413                                     200-555-5555
414                                     330-2234
415                                     200-555-1212
415                                     211-2111
415                                     2222
415                                     640
415                                     760-2878
415                                     7600-2222
419                                     311
502                                     200-2222222
502                                     997-555-1212
503                                     611
503                                     999
504                                     99882233
504                                     201-269-1111
504                                     998
504                                     99851-0000000000
508                                     958
508                                     200-222-1234
508                                     200-222-2222
508                                     26011
509                                     560
510                                     760-1111
512                                     830
512                                     970-????
515                                     5463
515                                     811
516                                     958
516                                     968
517                                     200-222-2222
517                                     200200200200200
518                                     511
518                                     997
518                                     998
603                                     200-222-2222
606                                     997-555-1212
606                                     711
607                                     993
609                                     958
610                                     958
610                                     958-4100
612                                     511
614                                     200
614                                     517
615                                     200200200200200
615                                     2002222222
615                                     830
616                                     200-222-2222
617                                     200-222-1234
617                                     200-222-2222
617                                     200-444-4444
617                                     220-2622
617                                     958
618                                     200-???-????
618                                     930
619                                     211-2001
619                                     211-2121
703                                     811
704                                     311
707                                     211-2222
708                                     1-200-555-1212
708                                     1-200-8825
708                                     200-6153
708                                     724-9951
708                                     356-9646
713                                     380
713                                     970-????
713                                     811
714                                     114
714                                     211-2121
714                                     211-2222
716                                     511
716                                     990
717                                     958
718                                     958
802                                     2-222-222-2222
802                                     200-222-2222
802                                     1-700-222-2222
802                                     111-2222
804                                     990
805                                     114
805                                     211-2345
805                                     211-2346
805                                     830
806                                     970-????
810                                     200200200200200
812                                     410-555-1212
813                                     311
815                                     200-???-????
817                                     290
817                                     211
818                                     970-611-1111
818                                     1223
818                                     211-2345
903                                     211-2346
904                                     970-611-1111
906                                     200-222-222
907                                     1-200-222-2222
907                                     811
908                                     958
910                                     200
910                                     311
910                                     988
914                                     990-1111
915                                     970-????
916                                     211-2222
916                                     461
919                                     200
919                                     711

Now the second rule is never to get caught.  If you call someone from someone else's line, 
tell that person that you might get disconnected suddenly.  

If you hear someone pick up the phone, while you are on it, use the switch to disconnect your 
call.  Unhook your BBAS, and run like hell.

Also, you should be very cautious.  Before you go phreaking, think of an alibi of why you were
snooping around in someone's yard.  

NEVER, and I stress NEVER, use the BBAS on someone's house more than twice.  You WILL
get caught.

Also I said before that if you hear someone on the line when you hook up the BBAS that you
should immediately hang up, if you want to make a call.  This is not entirely true.  What if you
didn't want to make a call.  Got my drift?  If you didn't, I'm talking about eavesdropping! 
That's what the clip on the mute button is for.  

Although it might not seem like it, eavesdropping is probably the most serious part of  beige boxing.  You might get lucky and listen in on a really good 
call, well use your imagination.

Anyway, they key to beige boxing-- the one thing you must always remember is--

Nothing will end up on your phone bill!  (hehehe.....)  Be creative.

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So far, you have made some killer prank calls, 
made a machine to use anyone's phone for free, 
and gotten free payphone calls.  This document 
is for begginers only, and you are way past that. 
If you didn't understand something, read it over. 
But whatever you do, like I said before--don't get caught!!

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Coming soon: Intermediate guide to phreaking


Saturday October 2, 1999

Updaters notes(pescaline)

I added the part on finding a phone to
use your BBAS on.I also added how to
add the panic switch. The panic switch
is just one part of the switchbox.
and i added some other unnoticable 
stuff. If you have any questions
email me: raffi@fsck.org