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Phrack Issue #68
- Inufu 14y agowait, why can I download the .tar.gz of Issue 67, but not 68? (I get a file with just "nice try ;-)" )
- gnu8 14y agoPerhaps they've sold out and your only options are to read it on their web site or purchase an Amazon DRMed eBook version.
- Inufu 14y agoHaha, how can you be sold out of an eBook? Besides, it's a free download.
- gnu8 14y agoAn eBook is an abstract thing you can't be sold out of, but integrity and desire to disseminate information freely are.
- quinndupont 14y agoWell said.
- delinka 14y agoNo. "Sold out" to The Man. The Capitalist Man.
- peterwwillis 14y agoMan, I hate people who are successful doing what comes naturally to them.
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- swansong 14y agoworks for me
- NewInstall 14y agoNice Try ;)
- jbverschoor 14y agoWould love to see a new issue of hacktic.nl
- biggus_dictus 14y agoMaar ik kan niet lezen Nederlands.
- tbeseda 14y agoFor those, like myself, unsure about the significance of this post, this digital magazine has an infrequent and lengthy release cycle. The last issue is from 2010.
- zobzu 14y agoI'm surprised how the younger generation does not seems to know all these things. It's not like if they weren't well-known. Sometimes I hear "what's 2600?" "why is it called 2600?" from "security professionals". Woot.
- jmspring 14y agoThose who forget history are not likely to learn from it... In all seriousness, in this day and age of social media, FB, etc. the old school tech mags just aren't well known. I'm really not surprised that even younger security interested people don't know them. 2600, Phrack, and the like just don't end up on people's radars... I'm not sure why that is.
- TheCowboy 14y agoI think the landscape has changed a lot since then. Back then computer security had more of an underground feel it, where free and open discussion about it was viewed as being discouraged by 'the authorities'. The 'underground' pretty much existed for this reason. Now the information out there is so widely available. Given enough time and effort, you can become pretty well-versed based on what's available. Still, even back then most people weren't aware of Phrack, defcong and 2600. Kevin Mitnick was the only thing people knew of, and that came pretty late. Whereas today if you haven't heard of Anonymous you've been living under a rock. (Phreaking also has become less relevant with the proliferation unlimited cellphone plans, ubiquitous broadband, and proper encryption of cell calls. I never hear the term 'phreaking' anymore, which was a large part of 'the scene'.) Overall, I think the spirit of encouraging the'free exchange and discussion of information' has ultimately been successful.
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- jmspring 14y agoI'm glad to see a magazine, even sporadic, that has been around on and off since my days BBSing. It is fun to go back and read old articles in Phrack, 2600, and others... I hope to see more.
- Brad_Smith 14y agoThis makes me so happy. Reading old copies of Phrack in the early to mid nineties is one of the major things that fueled my passion for technology. I remember at the time feeling like I was arriving too late - that all the cool stuff had already happened. If I only knew...
- caudipublius 14y agoThank you: The Phrack Staff.
- sanswork 14y agoI just found my hard copy of issue 57 that they printed out for hal2001 while sorting out old books. :) that was a great con.
- sanswork 14y agoHere's a pic of the cover http://sitethree.com/phrack.jpg http://sitethree.com/phrack.jpg sorry for the twitter image link but easiest way with my iPad. (Updated link)
- channi 14y agoEventually it is out....woohoooo...was waiting for it for soooo long...:):)
- peterwwillis 14y agoThe 'Lines In The Sand' piece reads like someone who is enamored with being a 'bad boy' and that breaking the law is just really cool and if you want to be a cool black hat hacker you should basically try to cause as much mayhem as possible, fuck anyone else (but also be in complete solidarity with the black hat brethren who should totally go to jail for you without question). Apparently you can't even hack for a living because that would be selling out. I guess it's just not cool to get paid for doing the thing you'd do for free anyway. The author is proud, vain, simple-minded, selfish, jaded, misguided, and totally enamored with his/her ideal 'scene' where they get to be the coolest person in the room because they can be an outlaw. You can't just reject all forms of society and pretend to live in your own little world where everything revolves around you and what you want. We have to accept certain things we don't like because it's the contract we make with our fellow human beings to live together. Yes, i'll pay my taxes. Yes, I will stop at red lights. And no, you cannot steal from me or destroy my property just because you think it's lulzy or because you justify it as part of some cause you have. Something is wrong with this person that they have absolutely no remorse for any collateral damage suffered by his/her actions toward his/her noble cause. Also, seriously, having a beef with an irc server is like having a beef with a specific bar or restaurant. Just don't go in there if you don't like it. The 'Happy Hacking' article should just be renamed 'Why Selling Out Isn't As Fun And Cool As Black Hat Hacking'. I'm pretty disappointed in Phrack for publishing crap like these articles.
- sgt 14y agoMaybe you should write a better piece for Phrack 69? To teach these outlaw dweebs some values!
- richardk 14y agoAs a student taking a CS degree for fun, I think the 'Happy Hacking' article is fairly insightful. Not of the best quality, perhaps, but insightful none the less.
- peterwwillis 14y agoA good article would have taken the actual source material "The Happiness Hypothesis" and not filtered it through antisec/anticorp propaganda. It's nice that they pointed out the general idea that doing what you love as your job doesn't always work out, but jesus fucking christ, there's so many jobs out there I can guarantee you there's a way to do what you love and make money off it and not grow to hate it. Nothing is set in stone.
- Mizza 14y agoPHUCK YEAH. You wanna talk about news for hackers, and not this Bay Area, VC-manipulated, water-downed, same-ol' bullshit? Phrack is real talk. If you want to travel outside of California and actually call yourself a hacker, you're gonna need to read this and as much of the archive as you can. Phrack 0wnz.
- skrebbel 14y agoGood point. Also, why are you on this site? You can't get much more "Bay Area, VC-manipulated, water-downed, same-ol' bullshit" than HN.
- Mizza 14y agoI like both! I live in the Bay now, and I am running a start-up project. I think that startups are good! I'm just coming from a culture where hacker means something very different. In California, it seems to just mean "developer," and HackerNews should probably just be called DeveloperNews, but really it's too late for that now, and not really even worth talking about. Words can mean different things regionally, and that's okay. That's the only point I was trying to make.
- itmag 14y agoShameless plug: Interesting Times Magazine - http://interestingtimesmagazine.net/download.html http://interestingtimesmagazine.net/download.html We try to keep the old-school badboy ethos from Phrack and 2600, but we write about hacking in a greater sense. Ie hacking the body, hacking relationships, hacking gardening (aka permaculture), hacking one's own psyche, all kinds of fun stuff :) We aim to be what you would get if you were to put Tim Ferriss and Tony Robbins in charge of 2600 :)
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