Section D: Resources

Table of Contents

  1. What are some FTP sites of interest to hackers?
  2. What are some FSP sites of interest to hackers?
  3. What are some newsgroups of interest to hackers?
  4. What are some telnet sites of interest to hackers?
  5. What are some gopher sites of interest to hackers?
  6. What are some World Wide Web (WWW) sites of interest to hackers?
  7. What are some IRC channels of interest to hackers?
  8. What are some BBS's of interest to hackers?
  9. What books are available on this subject?
  10. What are some videos of interest to hackers?
  11. What are some mailing lists of interest to hackers?
  12. What are some print magazines of interest to hackers?
  13. What are some e-zines of interest to hackers?
  14. What are some organizations of interest to hackers?
  15. What are some radio programs of interest to hackers?
  16. What are other FAQ's of interest to hackers?
  17. Where can I purchase a magnetic stripe encoder/decoder?
  18. What are the rainbow books and how can I get them?

(Italic indicates updated questions, while bold indicates new questions.)


1. What are some FTP sites of interest to hackers?

204.215.84.2            /pub/users-www/dmackey
aeneas.mit.edu                                          (Kerberos)
alex.sp.cs.cmu.edu      /links/security                 (Misc)
asylum.sf.ca.us                                    (CyberWarriors of Xanadu)
atari.archive.umich.edu /pub/atari/Utilities/pgp261st.zip (Atari PGP)
athena-dist.mit.edu     /pub/ATHENA                     (Athena Project)
atlantis.utmb.edu                                       (Anti-virus)
cert.org                                                (CERT)
ciac.llnl.gov                                           (CIAC)
cnit.nsk.su             /pub/security                   (Security)
coast.cs.purdue.edu     /pub                            (Security/COAST)
coombs.anu.edu.au       /pub/security                   (Security)
csrc.ncsl.nist.gov                                      (NIST Security)
ds.internic.net                                         (Internet documents)
ftp.2600.com                                            (2600 Magazine)
ftp.acns.nwu.edu        /pub                            (Mac Anti-virus)
ftp.acsu.buffalo.edu    /pub/security & /pub/irc        (Security & IRC)
ftp.alantec.com         /pub/tcpr                       (Tcpr)
ftp.armory.com          /pub/user/kmartind              (H/P)
ftp.auscert.org.au      /pub                            (Australian CERT)
ftp.bellcore.com                                        (Bellcore)
ftp.cerf.net            /pub/software/unix/security     (CERFnet)
ftp.cert.dfn.de                                         (FIRST)
ftp.cisco.com                                           (Cisco)
ftp.cs.colorado.edu
ftp.cs.ruu.nl           /pub/SECURITY                   (Security & PGP)
ftp.cs.uwm.edu          /pub/comp-privacy               (Privacy Digest)
ftp.cs.vu.nl
ftp.cs.yale.edu
ftp.csi.forth.gr        /pub/security
ftp.csl.sri.com         /pub/nides                      (SRI)
ftp.csn.org             /mpj                            (Cryptology)
ftp.cso.uiuc.edu        /security
ftp.csua.berkeley.edu   /pub/cypherpunks                (Crypto)
ftp.dartmouth.edu       /pub/security                   (Security)
ftp.delmarva.com
ftp.demon.co.uk         /pub/misc/general/0800num.txt   (0800/0500 numbers)
ftp.denet.dk            /pub/security/tools/satan
ftp.digex.net           /pub/access/dunk
ftp.dimensional.com     /users/jericho                  (H/P)
ftp.dimensional.com     /users/srain                    (H/P+Virus)
ftp.ee.lbl.gov
ftp.eff.org             /pub/Publications/CuD           (EFF)
ftp.elelab.nsc.co.jp    /pub/security                   (Security)
ftp.etext.org                                           (Etext)
ftp.etext.org           /pub/Zines/PrivateLine          (PrivateLine)
ftp.fastlane.net        /pub/nomad
ftp.fc.net              /pub/defcon                     (DefCon)
ftp.fc.net              /pub/defcon/BBEEP               (BlueBeep)
ftp.fc.net              /pub/phrack                     (Phrack)
ftp.foobar.com
ftp.funet.fi            /pub/doc/CuD
ftp.giga.or.at          /pub/hacker/                    (H/P)
ftp.greatcircle.com     /pub/firewalls                  (Firewalls)
ftp.ieunet.ie           /pub/security                   (Security)
ftp.ifi.uio.no
ftp.indirect.com        /www/evildawg/public_access
ftp.info.fundp.ac.be
ftp.infonexus.com                                       (The Guild)
ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de
ftp.informatik.uni-kiel.de /pub/sources/security
ftp.inoc.dl.nec.com     /pub/security                   (Security)
ftp.isi.edu
ftp.leo.org             /pub/comp/os/os2/crypt
ftp.lerc.nasa.gov       /security
ftp.llnl.gov            /pub                            (CIAC)
ftp.luth.se             /pub/unix/security
ftp.lysator.liu.se
ftp.mathematik.uni-ulm.de /pub/security             (Security)
ftp.mcs.anl.gov         /pub/security
ftp.nec.com
ftp.net.ohio-state.edu  /pub/security/satan
ftp.netcom.com          /pub/va/vandal                  (DnA)
ftp.netcom.com          /pub/zz/zzyzx                   (H/P)
ftp.netsys.com
ftp.nmt.edu             /pub/misc                       (Terrorist Handbook)
ftp.ocs.mq.edu.au       /PC/Crypt                       (Cryptology)
ftp.ox.ac.uk            /pub/comp/security
ftp.ox.ac.uk            /pub/crypto                     (Cryptology)
ftp.ox.ac.uk            /pub/wordlists                  (Wordlists)
ftp.paranoia.com        /pub/toneloc/tl110.zip          (ToneLoc)
ftp.pipex.net           /pub/areacode                   (uk areacodes)
ftp.pop.psu.edu
ftp.rahul.net           /pub/lps                        (Home of the FAQ)
ftp.sert.edu.au
ftp.sgi.com
ftp.smartlink.net       /pub/users/mikes/haq
ftp.stanford.edu        /general/security-tools/swatch  (SWATCH)
ftp.sunet.se            /pub/network/monitoring         (Ethernet sniffers)
ftp.technet.sg
ftp.technion.ac.il
ftp.tis.com             /pub                            (TIS)
ftp.tisl.ukans.edu      /pub/security
ftp.uni-koeln.de                                        (Wordlists)
ftp.uspto.gov
ftp.uu.net              /doc/literary/obi/Phracks       (Zines)
ftp.uwp.edu             /pub/dos/romulus/cracks         (Copy Protection)
ftp.vis.colostate.edu
ftp.vix.com
ftp.vortex.com
ftp.warwick.ac.uk       /pub/cud                        (Zines)
ftp.wi.leidenuniv.nl    /pub/security
ftp.win.tue.nl          /pub/security                   (Security)
ftp.wustl.edu           /doc/EFF                        (EFF)
ftp.wustl.edu           /pub/aminet/util/crypt
ftp.zoom.com
garbo.uwasa.fi          /pc/crypt                       (Cryptology)
gemini.tuc.noao.edu     /pub/grandi
gti.net                 /pub/safetynet
gumby.dsd.trw.com
hplyot.obspm.fr
idea.sec.dsi.unimi.it   /pub/crypt                      (Crypto)
info.mcs.anl.gov
jerico.usc.edu
l0pht.com                                               (The L0pht)
lod.com                                                 (Legion of Doom)
mac.archive.umich.edu
mirror.lcs.mit.edu      /telecom-archives               (Telecom archives)
monet.ccs.itd.umich.edu
net-dist.mit.edu        /pub/pgp
net.tamu.edu            /pub/security/TAMU              (Security)
nic.ddn.mil             /scc                            (DDN Security)
oak.oakland.edu         /pub/hamradio                   (Ham Radio)
oak.oakland.edu         /pub/simtelnet/msdos/sound      (DTMF decoders)
oak.oakland.edu         /pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysutl     (BIOS attackers)
parcftp.xerox.com
relay.cs.toronto.edu    /doc/telecom-archives           (Telecom)
research.att.com        /dist/internet_security         (AT&T)
ripem.msu.edu           /pub/crypt                      (Ripem)
rtfm.mit.edu                                            (Etext)
rtfm.mit.edu            /pub/usenet-by-group            (Usenet FAQ's)
scss3.cl.msu.edu        /pub/crypt                      (Cryptology)
sgigate.sgi.com         /Security                       (SGI Security)
src.doc.ic.ac.uk        /usenet/uk.telecom              (uk.telecom archives)
sunsolve1.sun.com
theta.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp /security                       (Security)
ugle.unit.no
vic.cc.purdue.edu
whacked.l0pht.com                                       (Mac + H/P)

(Italic indicates updated sites, while bold indicates new sites.)


2. What are some fsp sites of interest to hackers?

None at this time.


3. What are some newsgroups of interest to hackers?

alt.2600                 Do it 'til it Hertz
alt.2600hz
alt.2600.codez
alt.2600.debate
alt.2600.moderated
alt.cellular
alt.cellular-phone-tech  Brilliant telephony mind blow netnews naming
alt.comp.virus           An unmoderated forum for discussing viruses
alt.comp.virus.source.code
alt.cracks               Heavy toolbelt wearers of the world, unite
alt.cyberpunk            High-tech low-life.
alt.cyberspace           Cyberspace and how it should work.
alt.dcom.telecom         Discussion of telecommunications technology
alt.engr.explosives      [no description available]
alt.fan.kevin-mitnick
alt.fan.lewiz            Lewis De Payne fan club
alt.hackers              Descriptions of projects currently under development
alt.hackintosh
alt.locksmithing         You locked your keys in *where*?
alt.hackers.malicious    The really bad guys - don't take candy from them
alt.ph.uk                United Kingdom version of alt.2600
alt.privacy.anon-server  Tech. & policy matters of anonymous contact servers
alt.radio.pirate         Hide the gear, here comes the magic station-wagons.
alt.radio.scanner        Discussion of scanning radio receivers.
alt.satellite.tv.europe  All about European satellite tv
alt.security             Security issues on computer systems
alt.security.index       Pointers to good stuff in misc.security (Moderated)
alt.security.keydist     Exchange of keys for public key encryption systems
alt.security.pgp         The Pretty Good Privacy package
alt.security.ripem       A secure email system illegal to export from the US
comp.dcom.cellular       [no description available]
comp.dcom.telecom        Telecommunications digest (Moderated)
comp.dcom.telecom.tech   [no description available]
comp.org.cpsr.announce   Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
comp.org.cpsr.talk       Issues of computing and social responsibility
comp.org.eff.news        News from the Electronic Frontier Foundation
comp.org.eff.talk        Discussion of EFF goals, strategies, etc.
comp.os.netware.security Netware Security issues
comp.protocols.kerberos  The Kerberos authentification server
comp.protocols.tcp-ip    TCP and IP network protocols
comp.risks               Risks to the public from computers & users
comp.security.announce   Announcements from CERT about security
comp.security.firewalls   Anything pertaining to network firewall security
comp.security.misc       Security issues of computers and networks
comp.security.unix       Discussion of Unix security
comp.virus               Computer viruses & security (Moderated)
de.org.ccc               Mitteilungen des CCC e.V.
misc.security            Security in general, not just computers (Moderated)
rec.pyrotechnics         Fireworks, rocketry, safety, & other topics
rec.radio.scanner        [no description available]
rec.video.cable-tv       Technical and regulatory issues of cable television.
sci.crypt                Different methods of data en/decryption
(Italic indicates updated groups, while bold indicates new groups.)


4. What are some telnet sites of interest to hackers?

anarchy-online.com
ntiabbs.ntia.doc.gov                  (NTIA)
lust.isca.uiowa.edu 2600              (underground bbs) (temporarily down)
spy.org                               (Computer Systems Consulting)
(Italic indicates updated sites, while bold indicates new sites.)


5. What are some gopher sites of interest to hackers?

csrc.ncsl.nist.gov      (NIST Security Gopher)
gopher.cpsr.org         (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility)
gopher.eff.org          (Electonic Frontier Foundation)
gopher.panix.com        (Panix)
iitf.doc.gov            (NITA -- IITF)
info.itu.ch             (International Telegraph Union)
ncjrs.aspensys.com      (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)
oss.net                 (Open Source Solutions)
wiretap.spies.com       (Wiretap)


6. What are some World wide Web (WWW) sites of interest to hackers?

alumni.caltech.edu/~dank/isdn                 (ISDN)
att.net/dir800                                (800 directory)
ausg.dartmouth.edu/security.html              (UNIX Security Topics)
ccnga.uwaterloo.ca/~jscouria/GSM              (GSM Specification)
cell-relay.indiana.edu/cell-relay             (Cell Relay Retreat)
ciac.llnl.gov                                 (CIAC Web Site)
csrc.ncsl.nist.gov                            (NIST)
daemon.apana.org.au/~longi
dcpu1.cs.york.ac.uk:6666/fisher/telecom       (Embryonic Telephone History Page)
freeside.com/phrack.html                      (Phrack Magazine)
ice-www.larc.nasa.gov/ICE/papers/hacker-crackdown.html (Sterling)
info.gte.com                                  (GTE Labrotories)
info.mcc.ac.uk/Orange/                        (Orange)
infosec.nosc.mil/infosec.html                 (SPAWAR INFOSEC)
iss.net/iss                                   (Internet Security Systems)
jumper.mcc.ac.uk/~afs/telecom                 (UK Telecom Pricing Information)
l0pht.com                                     (The l0pht)
l0pht.com/~spacerog/index.html                (Whacked Mac Archives)
lod.com                                       (Legion of Doom)
meridian.jammin.net/underground               (Underground Links)
mnementh.cs.adfa.oz.au/Lawrie_Brown.html      (Lawrie Brown's crypto bibliography)
motserv.indirect.com                          (Motorola)
nasirc.nasa.gov/NASIRC_home.html              (NASIRC)
pages.ripco.com:8080/~glr/glr.html            (Full Disclosure)
rschp2.anu.edu.au:8080/crypt.html
seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/Security.html           (Security)
seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/Security.html           (UCDavis.edu Security Page)
seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/slides/slides.html      (Security Lab Slides)
seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/slides/slides.html      (Security Lab Slides)
smurfland.cit.buffalo.edu/NetMan/index.html   (Network Management)
sunsite.unc.edu/sun/inform/sun-info.html      (Sun Microsystems Sponsor Page)
support.mayfield.hp.com                       (Hewlett Packard SupportLine Services)
the-tech.mit.edu                              (LaMacchia case info)
town.hall.org/university/security/stoll/cliff.html (Cliff Stoll)
turnpike.net/emporium/C/celestial/celest.html (Detective Databases 1995)
web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html                  (Getting PGP)
weber.u.washington.edu/~phantom/cpunk/index.html (Cryptology)
wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/~klon/underground/underground.html (Klon's Underground Links)
www-mitpress.mit.edu/mitp/recent-books/comp/pgp-source.html
www-ns.rutgers.edu/www-security/index.html    (Rutger's documents on WWW security)
www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~jgotts/underground/boxes.html (Box info)
www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html     (Findingsomeone's PGP key)
www.2600.com                                  (2600 Magazine)
www.8lgm.org                                  (8lgm Security Advisories)
www.aads.net                                  (Ameritech)
www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs
www.alw.nih.gov/WWW/security.html             (Unix Security)
www.artech-house.com                          (Artech House)
www.asg.unb.ca                                (Atlantic Systems Group Mosaic Index)
www.aston.ac.uk/~bromejt/mobile.html          (Mobile Phone Service Locator)
www.att.com                                   (ATT)
www.auditel.com                               (Auditel)
www.auscert.org.au                            (Australian CERT)
www.axent.com                                 (Axent Technologies)
www.bctel.com                                 (BC Tel)
www.beckman.uiuc.edu/groups/biss/VirtualLibrary/xsecurity.html (X-Win)
www.bell.ca                                   (Bell Canada)
www.bellatlantic.com                          (Bell Atlantic)
www.bellcore.com/BETSI/betsi.html             (Betsi)
www.bellcore.com/SECURITY                     (Bellcore Security Products)
www.bellsouth.com                             (BellSouth)
www.bianca.com/bump/ua                        (Unauthorized Access Home Page)
www.border.com                                (Border Network Technologies)
www.bt.co.uk                                  (British Telecom)
www.careermosaic.com/cm/uswest                (USWest)
www.castle.net/~kobrien/telecom.html          (Telecom)
www.cco.caltech.edu/~rknop/amiga_pgp26.html
www.cdt.org/cda.html
www.cec.wustl.edu/~dmm2/egs/egs.html          (En Garde Systems)
www.cert.dfn.de                               (German First Team)
www.checkpoint.com                            (Checkpoint)
www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/alt-2600-faq/faq.html
www.cityscape.co.uk/users/ek80/index.html     (Inside Cable Cover)
www.cohesive.com                              (Cohesive Systems)
www.con.wesleyan.edu/~triemer/network/docservs.html
www.cosc.georgetown.edu/~denning/crypto       (The Cryptography Project)
www.cost.se                                   (COST Computer Security Technologies)
www.cpsr.org/home                             (CPSR)
www.crimson.com/isdn/telecomacry.txt          (Crimson's Telecommunications Acronyms)
www.crtc.gc.ca                                (CRTC - Canadian regulator)
www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html  (Anon remailer list)
www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/bsy/www/sec.html (CMU Security)
www.cs.purdue.edu/coast/coast.html            (Coast)
www.cs.purdue.edu/pcert/pcert.html            (PCERT)
www.cs.tu-bs.de                               (Network management Tools)
www.csl.sri.com                               (SRI Computer Science Lab)
www.cwi.nl/cwi/people/Jack.Jansen/spunk/cookbook.html
www.cwplc.com                                 (Cable and Wireless)
www.cybercafe.org/cybercafe/pubtel/pubdir.html (CyberCafe)
www.cygnus.com/~gnu/export.html               (Cryptography Export Control Archives)
www.datafellows.fi                            (Data Fellows (F-Prot))
www.datasync.com/~sotmesc/sotmesc.html        (SotMESC)
www.dcs.exeter.ac.uk/~aba                     (Cypherpunk)
www.demon.co.uk/mobiles                       (C.C.Mobiles)
www.dhp.com                                   (DataHaven Project)
www.dhp.com/~pluvius                          (Pluvius' Home Page)
www.digicash.com/ecash/ecash-home.html        (Ecash Home Page)
www.digital.com/info/key-secure-index.html    (Digital Secure Systems)
www.dnai.com/~gui
www.dtic.dla.mil/defenselink                  (Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense (OSD)
www.dtic.dla.mil/iac                          (DoD Information Analysis Center (IAC) Hub Page)
www.eecs.nwu.edu/~jmyers/bugtraq/about.html
www.eecs.nwu.edu/~jmyers/bugtraq/archives.html
www.eff.org
www.eff.org/pub/Alerts
www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Tools/Crypto
www.engarde.com/~mcn
www.ensta.fr/internet/unix/sys_admin          (System administration)
www.ericsson.nl                               (Ericsson)
www.etext.org/Zines                           (Zines)
www.farmstead.com                             (Farmstead)
www.fastlane.net/homepages/thegnome           (Simple Nomad)
www.fbi.gov                                   (FBI Homepage)
www.fedworld.gov                              (Federal Government)
www.first.org                                 (FIRST)
www.flextel.com                               (FleXtel)
www.fonorola.net                              (Fonorola (a Canadian carrier)
www.frus.com                                  (Firewalls R Us)
www.fsk.ethz.ch/fsk                           (CSSCR)
www.gbnet.net/kbridge                         (KarlBridge)
www.ginch.org/~vixen                          (Empire Times)
www.greatcircle.com                           (Great Circle Associates)
www.gta.com                                   (Global Technology Associates)
www.gti.net/grayarea                          (Gray Areas)
www.hotwired.com                              (Wired Magazine)
www.hpcc.gov/blue94/section.4.6.html          (NSA)
www.iacr.org/~iacr                            (International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR)
www.ic.gov                                    (Central Intelligence Agency Home Page)
www.ifi.uio.no/pgp
www.iminet.com/starlink                       (Starlink)
www.indirect.com/www/evildawg
www.ingress.com                               (Ingress Communications)
www.io.org/~djcl/phoneb.html
www.iquest.net/~oseidler                      (Oliver Seidler's WWW Page)
www.itd.nrl.navy.mil/ITD/5540                 (NRL Center for High Assurance Computer Systems)
www.itu.ch/TELECOM                            (Telecom '95)
www.jedefense.com/jed.html                    (Journal of Electronic Defense)
www.l0pht.com/cdc.html                        (Cult of the Dead Cow)
www.l0pht.com/radiophone                      (Radiophone Archive)
www.l0pht.com/~oblivion/IIRG.html             (International Information Retrieval Guild Archive Site)
www.lat.com                                   (Los Altos Technologies)
www.lerc.nasa.gov/Unix_Team/Dist_Computing_Security.html (Security)
www.links.net
www.louisville.edu/~wrbake01                  (The GodZ of CyberSpacE)
www.lysator.liu.se:7500/mit-guide/mit-guide.html (Lockpicking Guide)
www.mastercard.com                            (Secure Electronic Payment Protocol)
www.mgmua.com/hackers/index.html              (Hackers, the movie)
www.mhv.net/dcypher/keytrap.html              (Key Trap Home Page)
www.milkyway.com                              (Milkyway Networks Corporation)
www.mit.edu:8001/people/warlord/pgp-faq.html  (PGP 2.6.2 FAQ, Buglist, Fixes, and Improvements)
www.mot.com                                   (Motorola)
www.mwjournal.com/mwj.html                    (Microwave Journal)
www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/security.html (Security in Mosaic)
www.ncsl.nist.gov                             (NIST Computer Systems Laboratory)
www.netpart.com                               (NetPartners)
www.nic.surfnet.nl/surfnet/security/cert-nl.html (CERT-NL)
www.nist.gov                                  (NIST)
www.nokia.com                                 (Nokia)
www.nortel.com                                (Northern Telecom)
www.ntt.jp                                    (Nippon Telephone)
www.nynex.co.uk/nynex                         (NYNEX)
www.odci.gov                                  (The CIA)
www.one2one.co.uk                             (Mercury One-2-One)
www.open.gov.uk/oftel/oftelwww/oftelhm.htm    (OFTEL's Home Page)
www.openmarket.com/info/cryptography/applied_cryptography.html
www.pacbell.com                               (Pacific Bell)
www.paranoia.com/hpa                          (Paranoia's H/P/A Links)
www.paranoia.com/~darkfox                     (Darkfox's Home Page)
www.paranoia.com/~ice9                        (Ice-9's Home Page)
www.paranoia.com/~mthreat                     (ToneLoc)
www.pegasus.esprit.ec.org/people/arne/pgp.html(PGP)
www.phantom.com/~darkcyde                     (DarkCyde)
www.phred.org                                 (The Phred Networking Organization)
www.primenet.com/~kludge/haqr.html            (Kludge)
www.quadralay.com/www/Crypt/Crypt.html        (Quadralay Cryptography)
www.raptor.com                                (Raptor)
www.research.att.com                          (AT&T)
www.rocksoft.com/rocksoft/integrity_links.html(Security and Integrity Links)
www.rogers.com                                (Rogers Communications)
www.rourkem.com                               (FakeMail FAQ)
www.rsa.com                                   (RSA Data Security)
www.safe.net
www.sctc.com                                  (Secure Computing Corporation)
www.service.com/cm/uswest/usw1.html           (USWest)