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Introduction
Well, a few of you reading this right now will most likely know everything that Analog.5 is about.
However, I'm guessing the majority of you readers may have no idea what this thing is, and just picked it up sometime this morning amidst the daily grind with cup of coffee in hand. If you haven't picked it up already, Analog.5 is an ezine, or electronic magazine. The history of electronic magazines is extensive at most, dating back to the days of dial-up BBS and the 300 baud. But why release a BBS at this day in age? A day with email, BitTorrent, FIOS connections and instant messengers. A day nothing like a day twenty years ago.
Frankly, when I stumble around the Internet at my leisure I see all sorts of independent media. Media distributed how electronic ezines of the past would be distributed. Free to anybody, and keeping it that way. Even though this is great, there is something missing, something that should be in place but isn't Ezines seem to be lost in the heyday of independent movies, podcasts and IPTV. Ezines are a great medium for information and shouldn't be overlooked.
So in the communal spirit, Analog.5, an ezine made by the Hak5 community, for the Hak5 community takes its shape here in this form.
Whether or not you've been a supporter of Analog.5 since the idea was first brought up, or if you just heard about this ten minutes ago, you might not know the story of how it came up and where its all going, so without further ado, on with the story...
Back in early November 2006, I was reading through some old ezines from the days of BBS up through present time because of the interest I have in the subject. Whether or not an ezine was successful or not, whether or not it had more than one issue, whether or not people liked it, it leaves its own unique impression in one way or another. Simply the idea that these publications could gather information from numerous sources and then release it freely to the public without any distribution expenses at all seemed like a really easy way to get what you want out there. A model that would change and evolve over and over again for many mediums.
So its early November, at this point, after reading some zines, I'm drifting in and out of conversations in IRC trying to figure out something to do with my time when it hits me, create a Hak5 ezine. I was excited with it, the few people I bounced it off of (one who I believe to have been Moonlit) were excited with it, so I ran it by the development community who accepted it with open arms. A few days later, I released my idea to the complete public and waited for the submissions to roll in. Here I sit about two months later with eleven articles under my belt and a fantastic group of followers always there to hear out my ideas and make suggestions for improvement. The magazine could not have made it this far without a single one of them.
In the matter of where this zine is going, the best way to have that question answered would be by using the famous "Where do you see it in five years?" approach. Answering honestly, I see it surviving at least that far. How it looks, what form its in, and if I'm still doing anything for it is uncertain, but as long as someone wants to create content for it, it will keep going. Offering information by hackers, gamers, geeks, nerds, phreakers, sysadmins and everyone else to create a genre almost irresistible.
I think a low-down of all of the functions of the magazine deserve to be discussed, so I'll cover everything I have decided on thus far.
This ezine will be distributed though a variety of means. HTTP downloads, its own Wiki page, and hopefully a few other methods, perhaps even through a Hak5 BBS. If you would like to mirror this somewhere, be it on your website, your BBS, an FTP server, you may freely do so due to the fact that Analog.5 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license.
I would just ask you to notify me in some fashion so I could perhaps recognize you in future publications, and see how far Analog.5 is reaching out. Depending on how many articles I get from you the submitters, I would like to release every month on the 20th to be spaced out with the monthly Hak5 releases.
If you would like to send in an article, feel free to drop it at Analalog5@live.com and it will most likely instantly be put into the next distribution. For a list of submission rules and guidelines, I'd like to point you at hak5.org/wiki/Analog5 for any questions you may have.
In all honesty, those are the only two things completely solid about Analog.5 so far. It's always changing and growing to be what the community wants it to be. Because of this, I'm also completely open to all suggestions. Whether you love this issue, or hate it, I'd like to hear from you.
Submission Guidelines
Submitting an article is easy, but there are rules and guidelines.
- No anarchy, this is a hacking zine.
- Hak5 has an extended audience. You know what is appropriate in the way of language.
- We ask all articles are submitted in English. Main magazine will be in English, but we may want translations if there is demand, so you can send your article in other languages.
- No mature themes.
- You have a full keyboard, use it.
- Avoid being vague.
- Please, this will be released in TXT. No pictures unless in ASCII.
- Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated at all, and result in a ban from article submission.
Submission Suggestions
These items of this list are not mandatory, but could only help.
The formatting for Analog.5 is formatted at 74 (not counting the two spaces before each text line) text characters per line. You can pre-format your article by using this rule. The easiest way is to copy-and-paste a header from a previous issue, and use it as a guide, never passing the edges.
Explain how you would like to be credited. Tell whether or not you want to name, nickname, website, and email address exposed if at all.
Have fun with it.
Email: Analog5@live.com
Editors: Famicoman (Editor-in-Chief) / Mubix (Executive Editor) / Moonlit (Executive Editor) / Gameman73 (Executive Editor) / Brainedchild (Layout)
IRC: irc.hak5.org/hak5 -- Ask for Famicoman
Staff: Famicoman
Who: The Hak5 community!
What: Analog.5 is a community-based hacking ezine by the Hak5 community, for the Hak5 community.
Where: Analog.5 is created throughout the community. It is released through the Wiki, IRC, as well as official/unofficial mirrors.
When: The ezine will be released when there are a total of 10 submissions.
Why: The Hak5 community is a great resource housing many people who posses knowledge and will to teach others, but don't have the medium. Analog.5 acts as a way for people who want to share their ideas, tutorials, etc. a way to do so all withing the comfort of the community.
How: You can easily become part of the ezine by submitting an article you have written to Analog5@live.com. Please include your email address at the end of the article if you wish to receive credit as well as your website and nickname for credit. You can also use this email address to purpose columns, send feedback, or even to say that you mirrored an issue or two. Feedback is greatly appreciated.
Download Issues
Analog.5 - Issue #00 January 2007 (PDF Version)
Table Of Contents. Section.0.Analog.5: A Rundown..................................Famicoman Section.1.Getting the Most Out of Your Connection.................Cooper Section.2.Windows XP Computer Security & Protection.............ChevronX Section.3.The Hackers Manifesto 2.0.................................TomB Section.4.Hak.5 Radio - How does he do it..........................Mubix Section.5.Setting up an IRC Bot.........................TechCentric-Nick Section.6.Warchalking: The Lost Art............................Famicoman Section.7.Exploring Networks..................................nickisgod1 Section.8.The World Outside......................................Moonlit Section.9.code.C/++ Basics..........................................TomB Section.10.Voice Activated Mac Media Center aka Voice Row.....Shinmaryuu
Table Of Contents. Section.0.Analog.5: Update.....................................Famicoman Section.1.//Madprops...........................................Famicoman Section.2.Fedora Core 6: Frequently Answered Questions .......NickisGod1
Table Of Contents. Section.0.Analog.5: Update.....................................Famicoman Section.1.Basic Networking.....................................gameman73 Section.2.Writing your own shell in C/C++.....................Nickisgod1 Section.3.A primer on PKI.........................................Cooper Section.4.The Hackers conundrum By...........................FragUPlenty Section.5.Rant.................................................gameman73 Section.6.A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. is an acronym.......................Bob.Chatman Section.7.DVD to AVI: A brief How-to for Windows...................DigiP Section.8.Keeping Your Windows Box Alive..........................Max302
Table Of Contents. Section.0.Analog.5: Update.....................................Famicoman Section.1.Web Application Penetration Testing....................Paradox Section.2.Botnet Hunting.......................................gameman73
Table Of Contents. Section.0.Analog.5: Update.....................................Famicoman Section.1.Casters Corner: Issue #9...........................Issue9Ethan
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