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- Hacking into WWIV, Second Edition
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- by Vision
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- WWIV, when unmodified and when not using external chains/protocols/programs,
- is essentially impregnable. However, good ol' Wayne Bell has also distributed
- the source code, external network programs, protocol support, and other nifty
- benefits that have made life for a WWIV hack much easier. This textfile will
- [PAUSE] describe the essentials of hacking into WWIV via a hole in unregis
- The key here is >unregistered<, since this hack works through DSZ's refusal to
- reroute Zmodem-batch downloads without registration.
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- Step One:
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- Call your local WWIV startup under a false alias. They are usually struggling
- and haven't had the time to 'register' DSZ with PUTSNP or register their
- source so they can patch this hole. You need to find out what COM port they
- are operating on. Once you do this, create several files:
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- a) DLZ.BAT - this should read:
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