Just who is Mucho Maas?

George p00955 at psilink.com
Wed Feb 7 16:55:11 CST 1996


>DATE:   Tue, 6 Feb 1996 16:36:10 -0500 (EST)
>FROM:   Scott Weintraub <scottw at wam.umd.edu>
>
>I discovered something all too interesting late last night.  My buddy and 
>I were chatting about what the whole hacking/phreaking/warez scene was 
>like a few years back--something I finally outgrew three years ago upon 
>arriving at college.
>
>Well one of the topics that came up was wardialing which was one of my 
>favorite things to do, and for the unitiated, it basically involves 
>setting up your computer to dial every number in a specific exchange.  

I was lurking on alt.2600 a year or so back, and now THEY are looking 
for wardialers, if you run one for more than an our or so, you can 
expect a visit...

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>*     Scott Weintraub  -  scottw at wam.umd.edu  -  College Park, Maryland     *
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>*    "The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three:  empty    *
>*         heroics, low comedy, and pointless death."  -Kurt Vonnegut        *
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>
george


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