Shareware Grab Bag

home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search

/ Shareware Grab Bag / Shareware Grab Bag.iso / 011 / codeth.arc / THIEF22.DOC < prev next >

Wrap

Text File | 1987-06-11 | 23.6 KB | 378 lines

T h e C o d e T h i e f R e v i s i o n 2 . 2 D o c u m e n t a t i o n B y B r e w A s s o c i a t e s -> Welcome To Code Thief 2.2 <- It is exactly 2 days since Code Thief 2.1 has been released, and already 2.2 is out? Yes. I modified something in 2.1 and didn't check on previous work and thus, during hacking your display got screwed up if you selected multiple-port hacking or hacked any other way than random. Sorry. To make up for it I have added a NEW feature. This is the ability to hack FROM DOS. That's right. Enter "THIEF 1:00" from the DOS command line and Code Thief will hack with multiple targets and multiple extenders (if found) until 1:00 am. This is great for putting it in a BBS's batch file (or something like a Fido or Opus external event if you run a board like that). When the time specified on the command line comes Code Thief will exit to DOS right back into the batch file. Now wasn't that neet? -> Welcome To Code Thief 2.1 <- Well, since I released Code Thief 2.0 a few minor bugs have popped up and have been fixed (they were really stupid ones too) and also a number of suggestions have been incorporated into the program. One of these is the ability to have a user defined initialization string. This allows you to send anything you want to the modem (IE ATX6 for advanced modems so that it recognizes the extended result codes). This means that the MODEM.DAT file has been changed, so delete it and start over or it will only screw things up. Repeat: DELETE YOUR OLD MODEM.DAT FILE. Then re-do your configuration. This should only take about a minute. Also, someone told me that their modem sent ";" and ":" as a result code. Wierd. I modified the program to accept those too as a result code. I also fixed the double boarder windows and made them a single boarder window. The old window frames started to get on my nerves. Most likely this will be the last release of Code Thief unless something comes up in another program that would threaten my work to be obsolete. I doubt any bugs will craw out of this, as I have been running extensive hack-tests on the program. -> Welcome To Code Thief 2.0 <- Welcome to CODE THIEF revision 2.0! It's been quite some time since a version of the Code Thief has been released and I am quite sure that this one will please everyone. Code Thief has been TOTALLY redone and now has a completely different user interface as well as BETTER hacking and scanning capabilities! This is, again, a TOTAL re-write of the documentation because the program has been re-written. Some of the code from version 1.95 has been used but note that 95% of the program is totally new. Read this documentation or you will not know what you are doing. If you remember Code Thief version 1.95 then revision 2.0 will seem like a totally different program. -> From The Author <- A LOT of work has gone into the Code Thief project, especially revision 2.x of the program. If you support the program then be sure to leave a message to me, Brew Associates, about it with any questions or comments you might have. -> Starting The Program <- To start the program normally, enter THIEF from DOS. You can also enter THIEF xx:xx from DOS (substitute a valid time for xx:xx) and Code Thief will automatically hack the flagged multiple extenders with multiple targets until the time specified, then drop back out to DOS. This is great for a BBS's batch file. For instance, you can have your BBS invoke a batch file at a certain time. This batch file could say something like THIEF 5:30. This will invoke multiple target/multiple extender hacking until 5:30 am. Note that all times are in 24 hour mode. Also, if no multiple targets are found the defaults are automatically used. This modification is on the request of an Opus BBS sysop. Hope it comes in handy. IF THE PROGRAM IS STARTED NORMALLY When you first start the program you will see the main option menu. At this and any menu you can use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight over an option and press RETURN or the SPACEBAR to finally choose the option. I will try to move you through the running of the program to get it working on your machine so it is suggested that you print this documentation out and work the actual program as you read it. -> Setting Your Modem Paramaters <- The first thing you will probably want to do is set your modem paramaters. Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight over option "H" on the main option menu then hit CR or RETURN, or just hit "H" then CR or RETURN. You will be greated with three more options. First choose "Modem Specifics". This is where you can set the paramaters for your particular modem. If a default doesn't match your configuration then use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight over the option then hit RETURN or SPACE. The highlight will disappear and the origional value will also. Now you can key in a new value, remembering to hit RETURN after you are finished. MODEM SPECIFICS COM Port - This can be either 1 or 2 for COM1 and COM2. Baud Rate - Enter the baud rate to open the modem at whenever hacking or scanning is performed. PBX Mode - Enter "Y" or "N" for this. If you are in a building with a PBX then you have to enter "Y" for this option. PBX Digit - This is the PBX digit. When you are in a building with a PBX installed a certain digit has to be dialed to receive an outside line. This will only be sent if PBX mode is set to "Y"es in the previous above. PBX Delay - This is the number of seconds after entering the PBX digit to wait for the outside line. Hangup Mode - You can enter "D" or "E" here. Entering "D" means that DTR will be forced false to cause the modem to hang-up. If your modem DIP switches are not set properly DTR will not work. Then you should choose "E" so that the modem hangs up using the escape sequence. Whenever the modem connects to a remote computer the program will now hang up by sending "+++" to the modem until it responds, then sending "ATH0". It's tested and works great for me. It should for you also. Speaker On - Hit "Y" to keep the speaker on during hacking and scanning or "N" to keep it off. Dial Tone Wait - This is the number of seconds the modem is to wait after picking up the line until starting to dial. Carrier Detect - This is the number of 1/10 seconds that a carrier must be present for the modem to detect it as valid. This defeats some LD service's fake-carrier routines that send a fake carrier for a short period of time. Remember that REAL carriers are sent for a longer period of time than fake carriers. Dialing Speed - This is the speed of the touchtone dialer. This is in 1/100 of a second. This number can range from 50- 255. User String - If there is something entered here then it is sent out to the modem. If you have an advanced modem, then set it to "ATX6" to enable your extended result codes for such things as VOICE, etc. You can over-ride the "Speaker On" setting by making this "ATM1". That would be stupid, but it's just an example. MODEM RESULT CODES In this section you enter the result codes that your modem uses when in non-verbose mode. Note that the defaults should suffice. If you have a strange modem configuration you can change these. -> Edit Extender Configurations <- The next thing you will want to do is create configurations for the different extenders you wish to hack. Choose "Edit Extender Configurations" after you exit back to the main options menu. You will be prompted with another menu. Choose "Add An Extender". Now you will be given the opportunity to enter the complete configuration for the extender. The first thing is the telephone number of the extender. After that is a short note used to identify the extender. Note that throughout the program in various sections extenders are refered to by this short note, so make sure it is something you can easily recall. You can make it the number of the extender if you wish. Anything goes here. Don't leave it blank or it will become confusing as hell. Next is the length of the codes. For METRO it is 6, MCI calling cards it is 14, etc... Next is the code template. This idea is borrowed from another program because I think it is a very powerfull feature. If this is used it completely over-rides the code length, hacking mode, starting code, and sequential increment in your configuration. Anyway, here you are to construct a "template" for your codes. For instance, entering "444XXX" will make every code 6 digits and starting in 444. Entering "0X1X2X" will make set the first, third, and fifth numbers in every code to 0,1, and 2 respectively and the second, fourth, and sixth number in each code will be totally random. Commas are also allowed in the code template and will cause the modem to pause for 2 seconds. For instance, XXXX,9 will cause a random 4 number code to be sent, a pause for 2 seconds, then a 9 will be sent. This is good for hacking PBX's that require a code be sent then need a number for an outside line. Next you will enter the code delay. This is the number of seconds to delay before sending the code. Then you will enter the target delay. This is the number of seconds to wait until entering the target number. Notice that also in the config is an option to put the code first or not. If the code is sent first then the Code Delay should be the number of seconds to wait after dialing the extender until the code is sent after the extender answers and provides a dial tone. If the code is not sent first then the target number will be sent first. The target delay should be the number of seconds to wait after dialing the extender until the target is sent at the extender's dialtone. Then the code delay is the number of seconds to wait until sending the code AFTER the target number is sent. The timeout is next. This is the number of seconds to wait for your TARGET number to answer. If it doesn't answer within this time the code is considered invalid. Next is the hacking mode. Enter "R", "S" or "B" here. "R" means totally random codes. "S" means sequential codes. "B" means both - sequential codes with a random increment. Next you enter the starting code. You do not need to enter this if random hacking is chosen. With random hacking each digit of the code is picked totally randomly. Next you enter the sequential increment. Is sequential hacking is chosen then this is the number to increment each code by. Now you will be prompted as to if the code should be entered first. Hit "Y" for yes. If you hit "N" then the target will be sent first. Next is the target prefix digit. This is a number to add to the beginning of the target number. For example, for the MCI calling card service you enter the target first and prefix it with a "0". ITT requires that the target be sent first and be prefixed by a "1". Other services require that the CODE is sent first and the target has NO prefix. Next is the multiple extender flag. If you hit "Y" then the extender will be flagged immediately as one to be used when Multiple Extender hacking is chosen. If you hit "N", then this extender will be put on reserve. More on this comes later. Next is multiple port mode. Say the extender number is 950-1000 and the extender has multiple port hunt groups from 950- 1000 to 950-2000. If you wish to randomly choose the port to dial out to enter "Y" here then enter the ending port when prompted. Now it will randomly dial numbers with an extention in the range of 1000-2000 in the 950 prefix. If you hit "N" for multiple port mode, hit CR to skip over the entry of the ending hunt number. Next you will enter the filename to place valid codes in. Valid codes are logged with the time and date for convienence. All valid code files end with the ".COD" extention. When finished entering this information it is saved to disk. All extenders are saved in the EXTENDER.DAT file. Choosing "Edit Extenders" instead of "Add An Extender" brings you to a different screen. If no extenders are defined you are told so. You will be shown the complete information that has been entered for the first extender. To navigate through the configurations use the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys. To flag an extender for deletion enter "D". You will be prompted to enter "Y" if you are sure or "N" if you are not. Once an extender has been flagged for deletion it will be skipped over when you use the left and right arrow keys. Hit "Q" to quit this section. When you hit "Q" all extenders flagged for deletion are physically deleted. Another nice feature in this section is the ability to edit extenders. Hit "E" to choose edit. The highlight will appear. You cal use the left, right, up, and down arrow keys to navigate the hightlight over the option you wish to change. Then hit RETURN or SPACE to enter a new value. When finished entering a new value hit RETURN and the highlight will re-appear so that you may move it over new things to edit. When finished editing hit "Q" when the highlight is present. Note that everything in the configuration is described in the previous paragraph. -> Edit The Multiple Target File <- Navigate back to the main menu. Choose "Edit The Multiple Target File". You will then be shown the current multiple target file. Now you can either hit "1" to add to it, "2" to delete entries from it or "3" to quit. Everything here is self-explanatory. A multiple target file is provided with the program. Credit for it goes to Terminus. It is kept in ASCII file format for easy editing with your word processor, if you wish. -> Build Multiple Extender Library <- Exit to the main menu and choose "Build Multiple Extender Library". This is the option to choose to change the flags on extenders. If it is flagged then it will be one of the extenders used when multiple extender hacking is chosen. The extenders will be showed, eight to a page. A "+" in front of the extender means it will be included when multiple extender hacking is chosen, otherwise it will not. This option is included because some people don't want to hack all of the extenders they have configurations for. Editing an extender and changing the multiple extender flag does the same thing, but this is easier. If there are more than eight extenders then they will take up more than one page. You can flip through the pages by choosing "Jump To Next Page" and "Jump To Previous Page". Hitting RETURN or SPACE when the highlight is over an extener toggles the flag. -> Use The Exchange Scanner <- Navigate back to the main menu and choose "Use The Exchange Scanner". This is basically the same exchange scanner implemented in version 1.95 with a couple of changes. You will be prompted with the exchange to hack, the starting number in the exchange, then the ending number. If the ending number is not larger than the starting number it will not be accepted. This is a full screen exchange scanner, and it will show each of the numbers dialed. Numbers where computers are detected are shown BLINKING. If the modem does not detect a dial tone when trying to dial (receives the no dial tone result code) it retrys the line. After 5 retries it exits the exchange scanner. If the modem sends a BUSY result code that is logged to the CARRIERS.TXT disk file along with numbers that produced a CONNECT result code of any baud. It will specifically log it as a BUSY number or a number that the modem CONNECTed to. You can then consult the log and dial these numbers back manually if you wish to ensure that the numbers listed as busy aren't important. There is a delay of two seconds from the time that the next number is printed to the screen until the modem actually picks up the line to dial. This is no problem and is done to ensure the reset of the hardware. -> View/Delete Code Files <- When you choose this option from the main option menu the disk will be searched for files with a .COD extention. If there are any they will be displayed. If there are no files with a .COD extention that will be displayed also. You have the option of viewing one of these files or deleting one. If you view one it will be one screen at a time so nothing scrolls past you. Note that the time and date the code was found is logged for your convienence. -> View/Delete Carrier File <- This option is also on the main option menu. All carriers found when using the exchange scanner are logged to a file called CARRIERS.TXT, as well as BUSY numbers if the modem sends a BUSY result code. When viewing the file it will be showed one screen at a time so nothing scrolls past you. You can also delete the file. Note that the time and date the number was found is logged for your convienence. -> Start Hacking <- After you choose this option you will be prompted as to weather you want to do Single Extender/Single Target Hacking, Single Extender/Multiple Target Hacking, Multiple Extender/Single Target Hacking, Or Multiple Extender, Multiple Target Hacking. If you choose multiple target hacking of any kind the targets will be read into memory before hacking begins to cut down greatly on disk access time. If single extender hacking is chosen you will be prompted for the extender to hack. Use the arrow keys to highlight the extender you want then press RETURN or SPACE. If there is more than one page of extenders then highlight "Jump To Previous Page" and "Jump To Next Page" to navigate around the list. WHEN HACKING BEGINS With version 2.x the hacker has been greatly enhanced. You will be shown the complete statistics for every extender. Also shown is the number of codes found, the last code found as well as the number of codes found for that extender plus other statistics for the current hacking run for each extender. The number of extenders you can have at any time is limited only to disk space, of course. Multiple targets are limited to 500. This is, I think, more than enough. Hit ESCape to quit hacking at any time. If you forgot to configure your modem and it is connected to COM2 (the default is COM1) then just hit ESCape to exit hacking and re-configure the modem. The program won't hang waiting for input and the ESCape quits at any time. In previous versions it quit only after the current attempt. POSIBILITIES DURING HACKING Many things can happen during hacking. For instance, if the modem connects the code and extender is logged to it's respective disk file. If the modem sends an ERROR result code the current attempt is retryed again. If NO DIAL TONE is detected by the modem the current attempt is retryed. If NO CARRIER or VOICE is detected by modem the program moves on. The maximum number of retrys that can ever be done in a row is five. Oh, if the modem sends a RINGING result code that is also shown to the user while the modem waits to timeout or connect. Ringing does nothing but just display "Ringing...". If the modem receives a busy signal it goes on to another attempt. I origionally planned on making it retry the code but I remembered that some extenders send a re-order which is a fast busy signal that can be detected by the modem and send a BUSY result code. -> Closing Notes <- I hope you understood this new documentation. Im not really a good writer, so if you have any questions leave me a note on The Private Connection or any other board I am on and I will try to answer it. I hope you like version 2.1 as I put a LOT of hours and hard work into it until I was satisfied. If anything goes wrong with the program on your machine, or anything else in general then leave me a note. I will try to diagnose the problem and stamp it out. F i l e s S u p p l i e d W i t h C o d e T h i e f 2 . 2 Make sure that these are the files you received in your ARChive of Code Thief revision 2.2. If these are not the files then what you got is something that someone else re-archived and forgot to include something in. I ask that you only distribute the origional archive because people have confused themselves in the past. THIEF.COM - The Code Thief rev. 2.2 Program THIEF21.DOC - The Documentation To Code Thief rev. 2.2 URGENT.MSG - Things You Need To Know Immediately EXTENDER.DAT - Sample Extender Configurations To Get You Started MTARG.DAT - 369 Number Multiple Target File (Telenet Dialups) Full credit is given to Terminus for the MTARG.DAT file which was origionally used in the CodeBuster hacker for the IBM with Hayes and compatible modems. The current version of CodeBuster as of mid-January 1987 is 8.20.