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- Introduction
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- Have you ever run across a good hack/phreak page on Geocities or Tripod?
- If so, I'll bet it only lasted a few weeks. This is because most people have
- absolutely no clue how to protect their page once they have created it.
- It is unfortunate, but every day a cool site is deleted due to "inappropriate
- content". I believe in freedom of speech and expression. In my view
- deleting a web site that is only exercising it's first amendment right is
- not only morally wrong, but it is oppression. That is MY opinion. Either you
- agree with it or you don't. Let's get to the point, they are trying to
- prevent you from expressing yourself. So, what can you do about it? Well,
- you could write a letter to congress, you could organize a march against
- the fascists at Geocities, you could write a petition, you could PAY and get
- a real provider, yada yada.... or you could exercise your right to freedom
- of speech behind their backs.
-
- Starting Point
- --------------
-
- So, you want to create an "inappropriate page" eh? The first thing you'll
- want to do is set up an account with Hotmail, Netaddress, Juno, Mailexcite,
- Bigfoot, or any other free web based email provider. You could also consult
- a mail forwarding service such as Netforward which will provide you with
- free interchangeable email forwarding. Although I would recommend setting
- up an actual send/receive web based account. This way you can also send
- messages (which forwarders won't allow you to do) without people knowing
- your ISP. Better yet, set up a web based email account and mail forwarding
- addresses which forward mail to it! This way you won't be bothered by all
- those damn ads they send you.
-
- Now you are ready to get an account for your page. Geocities and Tripod are
- the main free providers, although there are a few others as well. Check the
- list of recommendations at the end of this report.
-
- Signing Up
- ----------
-
- When you sign up for the service DON'T use your real info. Just make up
- some fake name and address, but don't make it sound too fake. When you are
- asked to enter a few phrases that describe your page content do NOT put
- hacking, or anything else they will find offensive. Type something like
- "Joe's Personal Homepage". Remember to provide your new web based email
- address as well.
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- Creating Your Page
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- After signing up, check your email. You should find a letter confirming
- your registration. Write down the password and login info for future
- reference. Now, you can log in and get to work on your homepage.
-
- Using "Fake Pages"
- ------------------
-
- Here is the secret to not losing your page. You will want to create TWO
- sets of pages. Why two sets of pages? Simple. Geocities appoints moderators
- or "block leaders" to randomly view sites within their assigned space. The
- sweet thing is that these moderators don't have access to your password
- or root directory, they can only see what you decide to show them. Remember
- the line in the TOS agreement that said something to the effect of
- "no hidden or password protected pages are permitted"? Well, the reason they
- have this is because they can't monitor pages that are not linked to from
- the index. So, what you need to do is create two sets of pages. One set
- will have the inappropriate content while the other will just be some bull
- shit about your dog or something. Possible topics for fake pages can be
- easily found by surfing through other corny pages on Geocities or Tripod.
- You could simply write a fake page yourself or if you are lazy (like me) you
- can steal someone else's page and upload that as the index. For instance, I
- needed a fake index page for an account I had on Tripod. I searched HotBot
- using the phrase "personal homepage". Of course I got thousands of hits
- because everybody and their damn brother has a page these days! Anyway, I
- ended up copying a page written by some college dude who was an engineer.
- It had his picture, topics of interest, life story, and a few links. These
- make the perfect fake pages! So, upload your fake page as the INDEX. Be sure
- not to link to your "bad pages" from your fake pages. Also, if you steal a
- page, remember to edit out the original owner's email address/contact info.
-
- Using Web Page Forwarding
- -------------------------
-
- At this point you'll want to set up web page forwarding. Web page
- forwarding is basically a semi url that will forward viewers to your real
- pages. There are several services currently available for free. The only one
- that comes to mind at the moment is rsl.net (http://rsl.net/) because that
- is the service I use :) Once you find a free forwarding service you like,
- sign up and configure it to forward viewers to your "inappropriate pages"
- on Geocities/Tripod etc. This is the URL you can give to friends. If you
- don't want to set up a forwarding account, you can make a forwarding page
- yourself. Get a page on Geocities or Tripod and set it to forward viewers
- to your real page. Here is an example of a forwarding script...
-
- <html>
- <head>
- <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://my.page">
- </head>
- <body>
- Click here to go to my main page:
- <A HREF="http://my.page">http://my.page/</A>.
- </html>
-
- Since older browsers may not understand the refresh command be sure to
- include a link to your page as well.
-
- There are two benefits to using web page forwarding.
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- 1. Your forwarding address will never change. Even if your illegal page is
- deleted or moved, your forwarding address remains the same.
-
- 2. The forwarding address is usually shorter then your real URL.
-
- Example: http://members.wbs.net/homepages/c/y/b/cyberthief2001/MAIN.HTM
- (Real URL)
-
- http://rsl.net/cyberthief
- (Forwarding URL)
-
- Some Additional Suggestions for Directories
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-
- * Place your "illegal files" in a directory with an innocent name. Examples
- include "stories", "graphics", "poems", "antivirus", "friend" etc. Be
- creative.
-
- * To better protect the files in your directory, upload a blank page or a
- page that says "404 File Not Found" as the index.
-
- Recommendations
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- Free Email
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- http://www.hotmail.com
- http://www.mailexcite.com
- http://www.netaddress.com
- http://www.yahoo.com
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- Free Email Forwarding
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- http://www.bigfoot.com
- http://www.netforward.com
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- Free Web Space
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- http://www.angelfire.com
- http://www.fortunecity.com
- http://www.geocities.com
- http://www.tripod.com
- http://www.wbs.net
- http://www.xoom.com
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- Conclusion
- ----------
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- I hope this guide has given you some ideas you can put to good use.
- Although I can not promise your page will last forever, it will probably
- last much longer on a fascist server if you use these techniques. While
- you're at it, check out my great page...
-
- http://rsl.net/cyberthief
-
- or if you have something to say leave a message on my HaXoReD VMB.
- Call 1-800-284-6244 Box 13 and leave your email address if you would
- like a reply.
-
- Thanks for Reading. Have phun maintaining your "illegal" page!
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