TAP Classified No. C5 - Free Abbie Hoffman Campaign & WATS-80 Report

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Use of collodion (photographic suppl; for king fir . that"doing what is right" isn't alweys "doing is aie oe acai a iia whet is legal", and that a hero should be able 3. Use of calendar watch as timing device. to collect a little wealth along the way as 4. Improvised poison, toxic gas, or biological weapons (other than compensation for his services, end to fund his Poor Man's James Bond), exploits. (ihere would Batman be if Bruce 5. Copies of Assassin and Urban Guerrilla magazines. Wayne pumped gas for min. wage?) ‘FOR SALE writer John Sullivan Rt. 1, box 310 Forest, VA 24551 Two sets of three Woodstock tickets (one for each day of event): unused; consecutive serial numbers, Reply to Box D, C/O TAP Abbie Hoffman faces a mandatory 15 years to life sentence for a seven year old cocain€ charge. You can help Abbie. We ask that letters or telegrams be sent to Gov. Huyh Cerey urging him to drop the charges. Also letters to the editor of your local paper helps, as well as phoning in radio talk shows. liere are 2 few reasons why we believe Abbie should be free. 1. For. twenty years Abbie has been in the forefront of the struggle for justice. In the early '60's he was in the south fighting for Civil Rights, then the long years against the Viet Nam War, in the past three years as an enviromentalist preserving one of New York State's great rivers - the St. Lawrence. 2. Sen. Moynihan at a Senate Hearing in 1979 said of him, everyone in New York State owes Barry Freed (Abbie Hoffman) a debt of gratitude for his organizing ability. 3. During the last battle, Abbie (Barry Freed) was praised by Gov. Carey for his work in saving the river. "I want to thank you for your leadership in this important issue ana for your sense of public spirit". 4. Since the early seventies the difference between cocaine and other drugs such as heroin, has been widely recognized. Penalties today are way out of line. 5. Abbie is a literary writer of merit. He has published six books and 70 articles in various publications. 6. Abbie has been subjected to undo harassment from many gover: agencies. There are 24,000 pages alone on Abbie in the FBI files, detailing illegal surveillance and harassment. And the FBI was oniy one of five agencies used by Nixon against him. 7. The seven years Abbie has been underground, cut off from family and friends, have been an intense emotional strain. 8. We believe Abbie has made and can make a contribution to our society. Nothing will be gained by putting him in prison for years. 9. If there is any sentence, let it be one that utilizes his abilities as a community orgenizer to benefit the City of New York. For example to organize funds and support for a massive anti-hero program. The above reasons are just a few that have been made. They should be only as a guide; Tt is much better in your own language and feelings. your fricnds to write letters. Time is of the essence. Letters should be sent to: Gov. Hugh L. Carey Executive Chamber Lbany, New Yor! 32228 Thank You Abbie Hoffman I 44 ¢ Now York, (212) 673-7669 ense Fund enue 16011 ‘The next edition of TAP, dated May - June 1981, will be the 10th anniversary issue. It will be a color double issue. To help commemorate this occasion, TAP is planning to publish a book entitled "The Best of TAP". It will contain the best articles that we've printed over the last 10 years. In addition, it will have a complete index to all past TAP issues, a history of TAP, an index to our D,A. files, never before published articles, and hopefully, an introduction by Abbie Hoffman, TAP"s co-founder. Availability of the book will be announced in the next issue of TAP. To help finance this project, TAP is running an auction, I recently found the original paste up of TAP #1 put together by Al Bell and Abbie Hoffman, I also found a copy of "Steal This Book" that was donated to TAP by Abbie.° I will try to get these two items autographed by Abbie. Bids for these two items will be excepted until June 1st, 1981. High bidder will be notified by mail. Please support this project. Make us an offer we can't refusel AP's last convention was a complete success, so much so that TAP is now back to bi-monthly publication. For the many readers who could not attend, a special WATS-80 report by Richard A, Kuehn, president of RAK Associates in Cleveland, Ohio, which originally appeared in the November-December 1980 issue of Business Communications Review is reprinted below. Phreaking Out It started with a plain, brown, unmarked envelope that announced a convention of Phone Phreaks.”” It was sent to me by a member of TAP (Technological Assistance Party). The convention was to be in Washington D.C. sponsored by WATS (Washington Area Telephone Society). The contact, if | was interested in coming, was either an answering service or mail drop in New York. With an invitation like that I could not resist going. So on one of the hottest Saturdays imaginable in Washington, I appeared at the designated place to register for the ‘‘convention.”” It was a most unusual registration. In fact, it is the only convention I have ever attended where I was offered a black mask to protect myself from “FBI, CIA, and Bell Security. I might also note that I was one of the few, if not the only, individual dressed in a suit and tie. Once inside and vouched for by someone who knew me as a BCR columnist, I met many of the regulars: “The Cheshire Catalyst,”’ Tom Edison,” “Captain Zap” and “The Wizzard.” Phone Phreaking is, of course, nothing more than a theft of service. For years I have heard of devices such as the “Blue Box"’ (permitting a free phone call from any telephone), the '*Red Box"? (us- fd to duplicate the sound of coins being deposited in pay phones), the "Cheese Box"* (used to create con- ference calls), and the ‘*Black Box"? (used to prevent network supervision on incoming calls and, therefore, make them free). These devices were of in- terest to me because of the sreased use of remote system access and remote maintenance dial-in to PBXs. I was interested in assessing the vulnerability of these systems to the Phreaks’ ‘‘experimentation."* While at the conference, I purchased the total complement of back issues of their newsletter TAP. While I can say that the editorial content is sometimes poor, sometimes vulgar, most certainly anti-establishment and occasionally inaccurate, 1 ‘could never accuse it of being uninteresting. Topics include phone phreaking, erasing cancellations and reusing postage stamps, stealing electricity, gas, water and cable TV, and using Silly Putty to copy printed material (must be read in a mirror). Listening to conversations about “‘hacking"’ (ex- perimentation with telephone and computer net- works), I found that the “hobbyists” satisfaction seems to come from “beating the system’” starting numbers in it) to find those numbers answering with tones; then experimenting to discover what the numbers reach; and through months of experimenta- tion, being able to place a call around the world free (called tandeming). The use of DISA and remote maintenance access lines to telephone systems seems mundane in that light. After all, only a four digit bar- rier code must be ‘‘cracked.”” Rather, these Phreaks interested in accessing the U.S. Air Force’s White Alice network in Alaska and then plac- ing calls throughout the world, These calls not only move through supposedly secure networks, but also access “secure” computer systems. The Phreaks seem legitmately concerned that, if they can do this as “hobbyists,” unfriendly sources have the same capability There is also a younger group of members, not nearly as sophisticated, who seem more intent on “calling a loved one far away"” at someone else's ex- pense. Their favorite target seems to be the specializ- ed common carriers. For example, one of the hottest items at the convention was a list of Southern Pacific Sprint access numbers. In spite of the fact that the Phreaks’ targets generally do not include PBX accesses, I think steps are needed to better protect these systems. One step is to change the way access numbers are assigned. It is typical practice in an installation to order all trunks in a single number group. Unfortunately, this per- mits the Phreak to progress through a series of numbers, sequentially after the listed directory number and ultimately reach the remote system ac- cess lines. Upon hearing a tone, he obviously knows ‘what he has reached in what organization. Therefore, 1 am now ordering the remote access lines from a separate number group (and if possible, a different central office). While this does not eliminate the problem, it does make it more difficult for the un- wanted caller to know what he has reached. The convention was fascinating. While the theft of service should not be condoned, I can appreciate the “hobbyist” aspects. And as someone at th vention said, by inviting the press for the perhaps the danger posed by the vulnerability of so- called ‘secure’ networks will be addressed. I hope 0.