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Collusion E-Zine - Volume #1  (July 1999)

Port-A-LAN  - The Port-A-LAN: Ethernet anywhere, anytime!, by TexorcisT

Sticks and Stones  - The third-party option, by Abraham Normal

The Citizen's Guide to Citizen's Arrest  - Officer Bob's Law Journal, Part 1, by Officer Bob

Does the Internet Improve Your Life?  - Brief thoughts about the internet from the point of view of a cyber-junky, by Swift

Faking Out The Food Police  - Methods and tricks for obtaining free pizza, by Abraham Normal

irQconflict Goes to DEFCON!  - The irQconflict Q2/3 (plus whatever else pops up) Frag-A-Thon and Q2 Tournament goes to DEFCON 7!, by Collusion Group

Austin Annihilation  - If you think you have what it takes to be Austin's supreme commander, you must attend this LAN event, by Lord Red

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #2  (August 1999)

Star Warez (the Technology)  - DVD vs. cheaper and more available tech, by ne0

A Brief History of Visual Music  - Theories and methods regarding the use of image as an expressive medium have been prevalent in many cultures and time periods throughout recorded history, by d i g i t a l ? c o n f u s i o n

Cell Phone Programming Matrixes  - Here are basic programming matrixes of some popular cell models. More will be listed by request, by TexorcisT

Depleted Uranium  - Depleted uranium is currently a part of many nations' non-nuclear forces.  The United States military used depleted uranium in Iraq and, most recently, in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, by Abraham Normal

The Microsoft Matrix  - You may or may not prefer life as a free pauper to a rich slave, since freedom can be messy and difficult - but in today's webbed world, everybody, but everybody, deserves choice, by Chris Worth

Knowledge is Power  - Software piracy rationalization, by ne0

Declaration  - A new declaration of independence, by Abraham Normal

Swift's Guidelines For DEFCON Newbies  - Since this was my first time to go to DEFCON I didn't know what to expect, had I known what I know now this is what I would have told myself, by Swift

Peace Action Day  - NOWAR - Peace Action Day, by The NOWAR Collective

TISD LAN Party  - This LAN will be dedicated to our boy Sp00n, who is scheduled for back surgery a week after the LAN.  Good luck, by Ice

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #3  (September 1999)

OFTA, Fixed Line Service and VOD  - Hong Kong Telecommunication, part one of a look at Hong Kong's telecommunications market, one of the most advanced, dynamic and competitive in the world, by White Dolphin

Trolling for Trim  - Wanna scan ports with the big dogz?  Start by shutting down windows.  The pro's of poking around the net on a *NIX box, by Bubba

Whatever Happened to Iraq?  - Did you think the 'problem' with Iraq was over?  Did you think the bombing had stopped?  Think again!, by Abraham Normal

More Than You Pay For  - Do you have a fast Internet connection?  Do you have more than one computer and don't want to pay for additional service.  Do you want to cheat your ISP out of a few bucks?  If you answered yes to any of these read on, by Swift

Q3 Bus Stop Goes Bust  - id Software decided to do a bus tour to promote the upcoming release of Quake III Arena.  This is the story of a cewl idea that goes to shit, by TexorcisT

Quake3: Professional?  - Ramifications of Quake3: Arena to the computer gaming culture and the rest of the world, by Novus

Clinton Administrashun Gets T'Aimin' at Encrypshun  - De Justice Department wantsa make it easia' fo' law enfo'cement audo'ities t'obtain search warrants t'secretly enta' suspects' cribs o' offices and disable security on sucka'al clunkers, by Dolemite

Useless Facts  - Twenty-seven utterly useless but interesting (if not disturbing) facts, by Anonymous

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #4  (October 1999)

The Long-Ear Project - Part 1  - The Long-Ear Project, also known as the LAN Com, started off as an ideal way to communicate with others over a Local Area Network.  Well, here's a special on how to *bug* your boss at work, by Swift

Texas Frequencies  - Live in Texas and just getting started scanning?  Been scanning a while and coming to visit Texas soon?  Here are some links to Texas frequency lists.  Hope you find it helpful, by TexorcisT

Hong Kong Wireless Telecommunications  - Part two of a look at Hong Kong's telecommunications market, one of the most advanced, dynamic and competitive in the world, by White Dolphin

Virtual Existence  - Digital Signatures are now officially recognized in four states as the legal equivalent of handwritten signatures for online transactions, by sfear

East Timor  - East Timor is big news today.  With approximately 80% of the population voting for independence in a recent referendum, militia forces began a campaign of terror that has led to the presence of U.N. security forces in the region to maintain order.  But where did all this come from?, by Abraham Normal

Music Boxes and Chatterbots  - Will chatterbots go the way of the player piano?, by Robby Garner

Beer Warning Labels  - Due to increasing products liability litigation, beer manufacturers have accepted the FDA' suggestion that he following warning labels be placed immediately on all beer containers, by Anonymous

irQconflict  - irQconflict is a quarterly gaming convention that will be happening at Jazz on Sixth Street (yeah that's right, the party capital of... Texas), by Armadon

Hack www.netway.net.cn for Money  - A Shanghai Internet company is trying to test the security of its website by offering computer hackers 5,000 yuan ($600) if they can break in, by SHANGHAI (Reuters)

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #5  (November 1999)

The Long-Ear Project: Part 2  - The Long-Ear is a communications device used to monitor audio over a network.  This month's focus is on the stealth model, by Swift

IP Masquerading with Linux  - The benefits of running a Linux/UNIX server as your gateway, and masquerading your IP addresses are simple, by Jensen

Digital Warfare Now!  - Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos is a different breed of rebel.  Instead of hiring Mercenaries, he contracted Hackers, and new weapons for a new type of war, by sfear

U.S. Senate Rejects Nuclear Treaty  - On October 13, 1999 the US Senate rejected the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, signaling the end of US leadership in nuclear disarmament, by Abraham Normal

Internet Permeates the Populace  - Internet Connectivity has permeated over half the citizens in only five cities in the U.S., by sfear

A Purists Rules for FPS Multi-Player Design  - In an effort to make it easier for the new guy in First-Person Shooter (FPS) multi-player gaming - the one who doesn't really know what he is getting into when his buddy sits him down in front of his computer and says, "Kill everything that moves" - the rules of the game should be as simple as possible.  Simple is better, by Novus

irQconflict Rocks On!  - Hey all you gamerz out there!  The Collusion Group just completed its latest installment of the quarterly irQconflict.  The event was held at Jazz on Sixth Street in the upstairs venue.  And it rocked - Completely, by Armadon

Is the System Administrator Dead?  - A frank and open discussion about the issues surrounding the concept of the existence of the System Administrator, by Unknown

Virtual Sit-ins in Progress  - WTO currently occurring in Seattle, several groups around the country have set up online DoS attacks known as "virtual sit-ins," by sfear

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #6  (December 1999)

The Long-Ear Project: Part 3  - The final step in the Long-Ear Project gives you the ability to use this device on an actual network, by Swift

Black Ice  - Black Ice is, in essence, counter offensive data.  Hackers in the Gibsonesque stories jack into the net brain first so, to them, Black Ice is essentially lethal feedback.  Today we don't quite engage the net with anything nearly as sexy; however, the possibility for Black Ice certainly does exist, by neoThoth

Crises in Seattle Demands Alternative Media  - The current crises of Democracy in Seattle brings home more than ever the massive amount of propaganda and thought-control that the Mass Media have accumulated over the years, by Keith A. Vick

Introduction to Hacktivism  - Digital Protest in Theory and Practice, by sfear

Staples Sues "John Doe" Hacker  - O.K., so this hacker hacks Staples website and redirected its customers to Staple's competitor Office Depot.  Office Depot's response, "We're not that dumb," by The Collusion Group

MS Intellimouse Explorer  - For as long as mice have been a crucial part of a computer peripheral suite, companies have tried countless times to deliver the "Next Big Thing" in mouse innovations.  Does the MS Intellimouse Explorer live up to its self-proclaimed hype as the first good change since the inception of the mouse?, by "6"

Austin "No to WTO Coalition" Rally & Protest  - The time has come for activists and NGOs to stop being dependent on corporate media and corporate handouts, by Keith A. Vick

Whitney Museum Legitimizes Internet Art  - Did you think you'd seen every type of webpage possible?, by by d i g i t a l ? c o n f u s i o n

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #7  (January 2000)

What We Can Learn from the SIPRNET  - The SIPRNET is a military WAN that is completely separated from all other networks.  To understand what the SIPRNET is about and how we can learn important lessons on security and system integrity from it, we must first understand the history of this network, by No-Mad

Officer Bob's Guide to Car Theft  - How not to steal a car, by Officer Bob

The CAVE Virtual Reality System  - An interview about U of I's Electronic Visualization Laboratory and the CAVE VR system, by d i g i t a l ? c o n f u s i o n

The Newest Government Plot to Take Away My Freedom  - The Internet is literally flooded with information. Unfortunately not everything we see online is true, by Abraham Normal

The New Ziggurat  - The Ziggurat's were for all practical purposes mankind's first database.  The pinnacle of this body of knowledge is now known as the Internet.  Just as the Tower of Babel fell, we are dangerously close to our own infoclypse, neoThoth

History of a Hacker  - Some people say that I'm a hacker.  I never really thought so.  I still don't.  My world is that of the electron, where packets are transported to vast global networks of fascinating machines, by neoThoth

A Letter from the 20^th Century to the 21^st Century  - Guerrilla muckracker, Michael Moore's letter from the past to the future, by Michael Moore

Clinton Cancels Christmas  - In a widely anticipated move, President Clinton declared today that Christmas would again be canceled this year in Iraq, by anonymous

Swift's Guide to CuervoCon 2000  - CuervoCon is booze, guns and hacking at the Mexican border in Texas

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #8  (February 2000)

The DVD Conspiracy  - DVD CCA is plotting to monopolize the new media and won't let anyone get in their way, by neoThoth

W3C Announces XHTML  - XHTML signals the first major change to HTML since 4.0 was released in 1997, by sfear

eToy Story  - What prompted the Electronic Disturbance Theatre and RTMark in their virtual sit-in of eToys.com and the not so virtual aftermath, by ®TMark

Radium Isn't Dead!  - As you might know a few of the 'old' Radium seniors have retired.  There's been a few rumors about Radium (some funny ones too) so I'm posting this note written by one of the old Radium leaders, by Radium

1999 Cyberserk Award  - The Cyberserk Award is bestowed annually upon an individual, company, organization or institution that is unclear on the concept of the domain name system, by The Domain Name Handbook

Resolution in 30 minutes or Less  - While working on my latest piece of code I let myself get distracted by some new email, by neoThoth

HiDef Waste of Time  - What I thought was going to be a good demonstration of a 1080i High Definition digital filming and projection, by TexorcisT

Swift's Guide to CuervoCon  - Viva La CuervoCon!

The Osiris Enigma - Part 1  - SciFi Series - Part 1.  The Office of Electronic Warfare and Investigation had too few top agents and Quinn needed help, by Choptop

Confessions of a Phone Switch Hacker  - Mid Spring, East Texas Nowhere Town, very early 1990s, by Dumb Hick

Office Language  - It has been brought to management's attention that some individuals throughout the company have been using foul language during the course of normal conversation with their co-workers, by Anonymous

irQconflict  - irQconflict is Austin's premier Lanparty, bringing you the finest players from around Central Texas and beyond to fight for great prizes and bragging rights, by Armadon

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #9  (March 2000)

Proxy IP Spoofing  - Disguising your IP address with proxies is an easy way to achieve relative anonymity on the Internet.  By relative anonymity I mean that the FBI might still find you, but it would take them a little extra time.  It works well as a preliminary line of defense for light corporate work and personal grudges, by sfear

Joe User's Guide to Securing Your Linux Box  - The last year has seen an explosion in the use of the Linux operating system.  This document will try to help those new to the OS learn how to harden their system, by No-Mad

Open Letter to Amazon  - We are writing to request that Amazon stop all attempts to enforce the patent that it has been granted on "one-click ordering" (Patent Number 5,960,411), by Tim O'Reilly

Code Dream  - When I first learned Java, I realized that it was a perfect model of the universe.  From inheritance to polymorphism, everything could be explained by some type physical phenomenon, by ne0 and sfear

The Osiris Enigma - Part 2  - SciFi Series - Part 2.  The Office of Electronic Warfare and Investigation had too few top agents and Quinn needed help, by Choptop

Another irQconflict!!  - Sunday, March 12.  See the irQconflict website for RSVP details, by Armadon

First Internet Industry Roast  - First Internet Industry Roast: produced by subvert.com in association with SxSW Interactive and HerDomain of Austin, by Donna K. Kidwell

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #10  (April 2000)

Primer to the Art of Information Security  - The purpose of this text is to start you down the road to learning the art of information security.  It is the first in a series of papers written to help educate people about system administration and information security, by No-Mad

Practical Demonkeeping  - A history of the evolution of intelligent agents on the web as presented at the SXSW 2000 Interactive Conference, by Paco Xander Nathan and Robby Glen Garner

Recent Security NewsBites  - These security news bites were provided by the SANS Weekly News Service, by The SANS NewsBites Service

irQconflict 2000 - More Killing - Half the Fat!  - irQconflict recently kicked off its new millennium with two events in February and @SxSW that were completely moving experiences, by Armadon

The Osiris Enigma - Part 3  Part 3 in the ongoing science fiction series, by Choptop

Twisted Photography  - Twisted photograph, by the net

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #11  (May 2000)

Building Your Own Security Lab  - Part 2 of the art of information security series - To learn how to properly secure a system you first must know the system inside and out.  The only way to learn this is to have access to some servers.  This article will show you how easy and relatively cheaply you can have your very own network, by No-Mad

Towards Bottom Up Information Warfare  - The currently dominant IW conceptions are not based on our interests, but on the interests of the corporate military intelligence community.  Bottom-up IW should affirm our digital resistance to a future war, totally dependent on information and communication technology, by Stefan Wray

The U.S. Navy's Potential Hackers List  - A list of all the IP addresses that were tagged by the Navy's Informational Warfare division as potential hackers in March of 2000.  Want to see who made the list?, by Undisclosed

CDT Policy Post  - A Briefing on Public Policy Issues Affecting Civil Liberties Online, by The Center for Democracy and Technology

AVS: Advanced Visualization System  - The Eyecandy VJ's critical evaluation of AVS, now one of the stock Winamp visualization plug-ins, by Eyecandy

The Osiris Enigma - Part 4  - Part 4 in the ongoing science fiction series, by Choptop

Hacking Panties  - So, you're looking for the next big thrill?  Exploiting another Sendmail hole and getting root not giving you the rush your attention deficit afflicted mind desires tonight?  O.K., then take a seat, because this may be shocking news to you, by Pimp

dookieChips  - dookiechips are manufactured by Gross National Product Inc., by eye

Austin Museum of Digital Art Spring Party  - A celebration of all that is fun about digital technology, by AMODA

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #12  (June 2000)

Worm Evolution: The First Gnutella Worm  - Let me state right now that today is a day you should remember.  You are witnessing the evolution of the Worm.  No longer are modern worms restricted to mass file transfer via e-mail.  The methodology of the computer worm is evolving again, by Armadon

Napster Ban Fix  - For those of you who have been banned from Napster (I've had some friends that were), I offer these 8 steps to getting back on, by TexorcisT

Understanding 4:1:1 and 4:2:2 Sampling Rates  - In the digital world video signals are encoded when recorded and decoded on playback.  Depending on the digital format the video signal will be sampled at either a 4:1:1 or 4:2:2 sampling rate, by Studio 1

FBI's DDoS Client Scanner  - The FBI released a warning and scanner for the new DDoS tool called mstream, with capabilities exceeding those in older DDoS attack tools, by National Infrastructor Protection Center

Consumer Protection  - This information will help if you have had billing problems with any large companies like Southwestern Bell Wireless (*Texas Specific*), by BHS

Regarding Mimetic Entities  - A Mimetic Entity is a Machine which may mimic the personality of a human being, by Robby Garner

Binary Souls: Part 1 of the Synthoids Trilogy  - Assassination takes on a new form, by neoThoth

The Osiris Enigma - Part 5  - Part 5 in the ongoing science fiction series, by Choptop

RESONANT MOON  - Universal Mind Productions presents, RESONANT MOON Dallas, by Universal Mind Productions

Computer Security Links  - Some links of interest for the computer security crowd, by Nomad and ne0

The Samerous Web Art Awards  - Click to see the 13 best art sites on the web, by Samerous

Job Ops  - Two great websites for those looking for a new job or wanting a raise at your existing job, by Susan via HerDomain

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #13  (July 2000)

Introduction to Ethernet Frame Types  - This is a general overview of Ethernet frame construction for people interested in learning some of the lower level architecture of networking, by TexorcisT

The Intelligence of an Entity  - Mimetic Synthesis is a new terminology that more accurately describes a programming methodology used to mimic human behavior in a computer such as a PC.  Previous work in this field has been incorrectly categorized under various aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI), by Robby Glen Garner and Steven Boyd Henderson

Know Your Enemy: Part 1  - What are the tools and methodology of the most common black hat threat on the Internet, the script kiddie?  By understanding how they attack and what they are looking for, you can better protect your systems and network, by Lance Spitzner

How ATMs Work  - Have you ever wondered about the process that makes your bank funds available to you at the many thousands of ATMs?, by FunZik

LockerGnome's Software Reviews  - Prog reviews including: Eraser {Make sure those files are gone}, Ziata! {Cross-office data management}, Universal AutoComplete {Finish file and folder paths}, Envirolyzer {Web enviroment reporting tool}, NetFreeze {Save your network settings}, and QuickResource {Windows resource monitoring}, by LockerGnome

The Osiris Enigma - Part 6  - Part 6 in this science fiction series, by Choptop

Hackers Gather in New York City for H2K  - Thousands of hackers from around the globe will be attending H2K, New York City's third international hacking conference, which begins Friday, July 14, 2000 at 9:00am and will run around the clock until Sunday evening, July 16 at the Hotel Pennsylvania

OpenHack  - So you wanna be a hax0r?  Show the world yer eleet ninja skills!, by The Collusion Group

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #14  (August 2000)

Armoring Linux  - How to armor the Linux operating system.  This article presents a systematic method to prepare your system for the Internet.  The article is based on Red Hat 6.0, but should apply to most distributions of Linux, by Lance Spitzner

Know Your Enemy: Part 2  - How to determine what the enemy is doing by analyzing your system log files.  Includes examples based on two commonly used scanning tools, sscan and nmap, by Lance Spitzner

Convention Hospitality and Police Brutality  - Once again, Americans will be watching the extravaganzas known as the Republican and Democratic national conventions, this time in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.  Both events are underwritten by business patrons; both cities are notorious for police misconduct.  Hospitality and brutality - the contrasts could hardly be more extreme, by Norman Solomon / Creators Syndicate

Bush and Gore Make Me Wanna Ralph  - I address this letter to the largest political party in the United States - the 55% of you in the voting public who are so disillusioned with politics and politicians, so sick and tired of all the broken promises, so disgusted with all the b.s., that you have absolutely no intention of voting in November, by Michael Moore

DEFCON 8  - Ah, DEFCON.  The smell of the unwashed masses of hackers (Oh, I'm sorry, haxors is it now?) all wearing black in 110 degree heat, and the sluts who love them.  Over the years (four to be exact) I have developed a love/hate relationship with Vegas and the Con, by Pimp

The Osiris Enigma - Part 7  - Part 7 in this ongoing science fiction series, by Choptop

CHECKPOINT FOUND TO BE VULNERABLE!!!  - A German consultant who has a track record of finding several FW-1 vulnerbilities has reported a major flaw in the CheckPoint FW-1 system, by John Alford

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #15  (September 2000)

You Too Can Be An Electric Dog!  - I don't know what to call it, but it's fun to play with and pretty good for running cable in dropped ceilings, by TexorcisT

Know Your Enemy: Part 3  - What happens after the script kiddie gains root.  Specifically, how they cover their tracks while they monitor your system.  The paper goes through step-by-step on a system that was recently compromised, with system logs and keystrokes to verify each step, by Lance Spitzner

ATM?  What the Hell Is It, and Why Do We Want It?  - This isn't your banking machine, retard!  This month I will touch base on what this is and what it does.  In months to follow, I will go into it in more detail, such as routing, switching and the different layers of each.  As well a write up on Frame Relay, by Rusty

Mental Terrorism on the World Wide Web  - The World Wide Web was developed by the Department of Defense in order to insure their continued existence.  Sounds cool.  Maybe it's true?, by oubug

Are You a Hacker or a Really Bad Dresser?  - Stereotypes exist everywhere in society.  Whether we like it or not, they are a fact of life.  I do not fit the stereotype, yet I am a part of the hacker community, by Lana

The Osiris Enigma - Part 8  - Part 8 in this ongoing science fiction series, by Choptop

"Taking Liberties in Cyberspace"  - An ACLU of Texas Cyber Liberties Project lecture, by Ann Beeson

Phoneline Networking  - A review of three phone line networking kits; the D-Link DHN-910 Home Phoneline Network in a Box, Bay Networks' Netgear PA301, and the Intel AnyPoint PCI.  The review includes full technical specs, speed tests, and compliance with the recently ratified HomePNA 2.0 standard, by Blurr

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #16  (October 2000)

Know Your Enemy: A Forensic Analysis  - This paper, the fourth of the series, studies step by step a successful attack of a system.  However, instead of focusing on the tools and tactics used, we will focus on how we learned what happened and pieced the information together.  The purpose is to give you the forensic skills necessary to analyze and learn on your own the threats your organization faces, by Lance Spitzner

Coincidence  - Warning: This document may contain explicit descriptions of or advocate one or more of the following adultery, murder, morbid violence, bad grammar, plagiarism, misspellings, deviant sexual conduct in violent contexts, or the consumption of alcohol and illegal drugs, but it's alive, and will tell you that you are free!, by oubug

Netscape 6 DTD Bugs  - I sent in a few bugs to Mozilla for Netscape 6 preview release 2.  I found out a few things that aren't exactly great news but it's better than taking the new Netscape the way it was/is, by DJ Cookie

COLLUSION.ORG VOTED BEST IN AUSTIN!!!!!!  - COLLUSION.ORG was voted the best webzine in Austin by the Austin Chronicle's reader's poll

Austin's Camcorder Truth Jihad?  - A call to video heads.  Are you ready for Austin's Camcorder Truth Jihad?, by Stefan Wray

Confessions of a Dumpster Diver  - What was I caught doing, you ask?  Well, I was found red-handed in a Dumpster.  Not just any Dumpster, mind you.  This gold mine happened to be behind a Fortune 100 company, by Lana

The Rules of Web Design  - Is it me, or do all the artsy designs out there look exactly the fucking same?, by Babylon

The Osiris Enigma - Part 9  - Part 9 in this ongoing science fiction series, by Choptop

NETSPIONAGE  - by Ne0 and TexorcisT

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #17  (November 2000)

Mr. Nick's Guide to Cracking - Part 1  - Please note that this is for educational purposes only.  It will teach someone how to remove protections from programs, but not encourage it for illegal purposes.  The idea, in the guide is to show how people add protections onto software, and how you can use your skills as a computer expert to undo those protections, etc., by Mr. Nick

Tools of the Trade  - The tools a hacker has in their toolbox can define their speed and effectiveness.  What are your tools of the trade?, by oubug

Bush and Gore Still Make Me Wanna Ralph  - I'm a staunch Libertarian, but I attended the Green Party rally in Austin Texas on October 18, by Dweezel

How Bush Got $1.4 Million  - A new report by Texans for Public Justice details how Governor Bush reaped $1.4 million from officials he appointed to state office, by Craig McDonald & Andrew Wheat

The Leper Server  - A Leper server is a way to protect your self while still having fun.  It's a very offensive defense.  It is a hoot play with, and if you have fallen victim to a Leper Server I have only one thing to say to you --- SUCKER!, by Jakery

Am I Hot or Not?  - A new site popped up on our radar recently called Am I Hot or Not?.  Similar to the ol' "Babe of the [whatever]" sites, only with a slight twist: You put your own pic in and the public rates you from 'hot' (10) to 'not' (1), by TexorcisT

The Osiris Enigma - Part 10  - Part 10 in this ongoing science fiction series, by Choptop

Internet Prophecy  - And, lo, it came to pass that the trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot, by jrock

Debate Transcript  - For those who wearn't able to catch the recent presidential debate, the following transcript has been provided, by _an_ohio_newspaper_

Satan's Cheerleaders' Cheerleading Camp Weekend  - The Satan's Cheerleaders, in all their gory glory, are doing a benefit for a non-profit crime victim assistance organization which will include a special appearance by the Collusion Group on Friday, by Stephen Romano

Stelarc  - ZOMBIES AND CYBORGS: ABSENT, OBSOLETE, INVOLUNTARY AND AVATAR BODIES, by sfear

CG Opens Maillists to the Public  - Collusion Group is in the process of migrating from a predominantly Texas-based group to an open online community.  This is one of our first steps.

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #18  (December 2000)

Tools of the Trade - Part 2  - What are your tools of the trade?  This article focuses on some tools that can help you analyze a targeted system on the Internet, Intranet, Extranet, or through remote access, by Characterdisorder & Oubug

Armoring Solaris  - This article will take a step by step look at how you can best armor your Solaris box, both Sparc and x86.  These steps can apply to any situation, however I will be using Check Point FireWall-1 on Solaris 2.6 as an example.  At the end of this article is a script that you can download that will automate most of the armoring process, to include implementing TCP Wrappers, by Lance Spitzner

Four Score But NOT Gore Because  - In last issue, 'Pissed Off' submitted a response to the 'Texas Rankings' article, by TexorcisT

ICANN't Believe The Stupidity  - ARE THEY FUCKING NUTS?????, by handel

Satan's Cheerleaders' Cheerleading Camp Photos  - A few photos from the Satan's Cheerleaders recent Cheerleading Camp Weekend, by Armadon

The Osiris Enigma - Part 11  - Part 11 in this ongoing science fiction series, by Choptop

Punk Rock Robb  - Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house..., by ®øββ13

NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE  - To the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure to elect a President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today, by United Kingdom

CuervoCon5  - drinking / computer / drinking / security / drinking / telephony / drinking / guns / drinking / drinking / drinking, by Jefe De Jefes

The Forbidden Fruit Fashion Show  - Who likes sexy fetish stuff?, by Satan

Linux Rex and Geek Porn  - Here is "The Gartner Group" duly revising upward their projections for Linux, and some photos from Super Computing 2000, by Cynbe ru Taren

Anti-Hacking Law  - A controversial anti-hacking law came into full force on Saturday, October 28, by TexorcisT

Word Play  - Here are some interesting links for the cunning linguist, by ChopTop, Bubba, & TexorcisT

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #19  (January 2001)

Armoring NT  - Preparing NT for a firewall, by Lance Spitzner

IP Addressing and Virtual Domains  - This is some basic shit, but I've seen some confused comments lately regarding browsing by dotless IP and when it will and won't work, so this should clear that up, by TexorcisT

eToys is Dead (Nearly)!  Long Live Ferrero!  - One year ago today, eToys capitulated to activist pressure - which some say had helped drive down its stock price, recently sighted at $0.03 - and officially gave up its attempt to steal an art group's domain name, by RTMark

Authority in Cyberspace  - Let's face the facts.  Hackers, crackers, and phreaks are naturally anti-authoritarian.  The authoritarian attitude has to be fought whenever and wherever you encounter it, by oubug

How to Get Fired  - Recently I left my company, well let's say it was a mutual parting.  Those of us that work in the IT industry have a lot to think about when we leave and there are some tips I want to impart to the readers of this zine, by thothic

Horseman  - Frozen faces in bartered lives bought and sold for an hour of tension.  Tension that goes away but shadows your step like a landlord without trust, by Steven Henderson

GOD OVERRULES SUPREME COURT VERDICT  - Bush to be smitten later today, by ronf

OS Beer  - This is one of the best geek humor tidbits I've ever seen, by geek humor (via cookie)

Center for Internet Security Briefing in Dallas  - The briefing will consist of three talks: Top Ten Internet Vulnerabilities, Fighting Back against Attackers, and Securing Emerging Internet Applications, by Stephen Northcutt

80oz to Freedom (RFC)  - RFC for conference event at CuervoCon5 by Collusion Group's 4N7I-31337 Team, by 4N7I Team

Secret Admirers  - The "secret-admirers" list is intended to function in a manner similar to the well-known USENET newsgroup "alt.anonymous.messages", by Brian

Collusion Group Featured in Web Gallery  - The Collusion Group and irQconflict were featured in the Kill The President web gallery, by sfear

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #20  (February 2001)

Intrusion Detection for FW-1  - Firewalls do a good job of keeping the bad guys out.  But wouldn't it be nice to know when the bad guys are knocking on your door?  This article covers just that, how to determine when the bad guys are probing your network.  We discuss how you can use the IDS script alert.sh to track when you are being probed, and by whom, by Lance Spitzner

Bulk Mail Recycling Prank  - On behalf of the Black Rock City Post Office (BRCPO) and the Soup Advisory Board, I would like to invite you to participate in a postal prank that we feel will continue to foster a sense of community and soupy spirit year-round while gently curbing the throws of gross non-soup-consumerism that continue to contort this nation, by Super 2N

AT&T Wireless Can Suck My Ass!!!  - I know.  Some of you have been telling me for years.  But in my own defense, AT&T wireless had been more than simply the lesser of evils to me, but actualy pleasant to deal with for almost ten years of service, by Operknockity

Pacifism as Pathology  - Pacifism as Pathology-Notes on an American Pseudopraxis is the title of Ward Churchill's well-argued and persuasive essay criticising the form and ideology of non-violent political action in North America, by Carl Webb

The Osiris Enigma - Part 12  - Part 12 in this ongoing science fiction series, by Choptop

Collusion Group Seeks Mastermind  - Group of disillusioned professionals, expert in various technical disciplines, seek criminal mastermind to assume leadership position, by TexorcisT

CODE Conference  - Here are details of the CODE conference happening in Cambridge U.K. in April this year, by Bronac

Forum for Artificial Intelligence  - "Why Robbie Can't Learn: The Difficulty of Learning in Autonomous Agents".  Friday, 16 February, 2001, at the University of Texas, by Ken Stanley and Tal Tversky

sm0ked crew  - Hello, my name is splurge, I am a member of sm0ked crew.  Lately we have been in the newspapers for hacking Intel, go.com, Gateway, and a few others.  Someone emailed us suggesting we write you guys a summary, so umm here it goes, by splurge

SSL is Insecure  - SSL is insecure because it does not authenticate clients and the connection can be hijacked, by Security Portal

How Do I Protect My Sighting of Elvis?  - This is #58 on the U.S. copyright law FAQ, by Abe Normal

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #21  (March 2001)

Media-Whoring 101  - Media whoring.  I recommend it!  Yes, I too used to make fun of people that have made a life of it until I tried it.  It's not just funny, it's fun!, by TexorcisT

A Challenge to the Austin Activist Community  - If the Austin Police Department had used the same degree of force against a political protest in Austin as it did against a group of Mardi Gras revellers on the evening of February 24, 2001, the Austin progressive and radical activist community would be up in arms, by Stefan Wray

Wanted: Creative Uses for a Ten-Foot Metal Fence  - I am looking for creative solutions to the problem of a ten-foot metal fence erected by the FTAA, by metac0m

The Information War  - Humanity has always invested heavily in any scheme that offers escape from the body.  And why not?  Material reality is such a mess.  Some of the earliest "religious" artefacts, such as Neanderthal ochre burials, already suggest a belief in immortality, by Hakim Bey

The Osiris Enigma - Part 13  - Part 13 in this ongoing science fiction series, by Choptop

More Microsoft.com Fun  - (For labbie hackers primarily) Watch what happens when you do 'whois microsoft.com@whois.internic.net' from a shell, by Allucquere Rosanne Stone

The Prometheus Radio - Texas Tour  - Prometheus Radio Project is a non-profit working to help other non-profits get low-power FM licenses (100 watt) in their communities.  This is part of a multi-state tour to help non-profits understand how EASY it is to get a station, by slave

irQconflict  - After dissappearing for almost a year, there is another irQconflict in the works.  We will have music with S-fear's visual aid and Bawls will be provided at the door, by Armadon

Gallery of CSS Descramblers  - If code that can be directly compiled and executed may be suppressed under the DMCA, as Judge Kaplan asserts in his preliminary ruling, but a textual description of the same algorithm may not be suppressed, then where exactly should the line be drawn?, by Dr. David S. Touretzky

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #22  (April 2001)

Understanding the FW-1 State Table  - The intent of this paper is to help you understand how Firewall-1's stateful inspection works.  This table is how FW-1 maintains who is doing what and what connections are allowed based on the rule base.  To help you better understand your own FW-1 stateful inspection table and validate my data, I have posted all the source code I used at the bottom of the article, by Lance Spitzner

Flash as Widget Technology  - From the huge influx of Flash animations at independent film festivals to Jacob Neilson's "Flash is 99% Bad," no one seems quite sure what Flash's place is, by sfear

TELENETLINKS  - Chuck Welch, a.k.a. Crackerjack Kid, is an art networker.  An active "mail artist," Chuck has formed the "NC92 Telenetlink Congress" to develop "netlinks" with electronic art networkers, to facilitate creative communications across technological access barriers, by Crackerjack Kid

New Primitives  - On the local level, machine-smashing can actually accomplish something.  Even one or two nuclear reactors have been shut down by "sabotage" (legal, political, or actual) - and one can always gain at least a moment of satisfaction with a wooden shoe or a monkey wrench, by Hakim Bey

Don't Stick Candles in Yer Ears!  - Cleaning your ears with candles (actualy they are wax impregnated rolled up paper cones) not only doesn't work but can actualy be bad for you, by Operknockity

Satan's Cheerleaders Can't Lose for Winnin'  - Ruby Lamb, webmistress of the Satan's Cheerleader's site (www.satanscheerleaders.com), was nominated for a $X$W award and some of the CG crew was lucky enuf to tag along, by TexorcisT

CRACK HABIT  - If we can put our fingers up our noses without fear of eternal damnation, then anal sex has to be okay, doesn't it?, by K2

Quebec - FTAA - ECD  - Thousands of people will gather online and engage in Electronic Civil Disobedience, by metac0m

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #23  (May 2001)

Penetrating Wireless Networks  - Nothing like a Sunday drive.  Especialy with the laptop in the passenger seat bumping into the WLANs along the way.  Wardialing gives way to wardriving, by Mark Seiden

Simple Buffer Overflow Exploits  - This guide intends to teach the basics of buffer overflow to the average C programmer without the need for complex knowledge of assembly, by fides

Cyberwar with China: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy  - Web sites were defaced both in the U.S. and China before there was any hacktivism excuse.  Nothing but the graphics and text change when there is a cause, by Attrition

The New Cryptography  - This authentication power is a crucial aspect of the new cryptography, and may prove to be more socially important than secrecy.  Authenticity means that electronic promises can be made, electronic proofs can be established, electronic contracts can be signed, electronic documents can be made tamperproof, by Bruce Sterling

How Can You Keep Pay  - Stop using Microsoft and start using Linux, by Oubug

Can You Write Like Kanji Satori?  - Here we are at ELECTRIC MURDEROUS CONFERENCE!  All WILL BE DECIDED.  MAC will GO DOWN IN FLAMES as MAC is JUGGLED two LAPTOP with JUGGLED two LAPTOP PC MAC one MAC fall in JUGGLE, by Dr. Samantha Henriette Krukowski

Classified Ads  - WANTED: Someone to go back in time with me.  This is not a joke.  You'll get paid after we get back.  Must bring your own weapons.  Safety not guaranteed.  I have only done this once before, by Robb13

Republic of Tex's Party  - Welcome to the Republic of Tex's'!  Where Tex is your king!, by TexorcisT

DVD Anti-Piracy Code-Cracking Case Back in Court  - A federal appeals court in New York heard arguments on Tuesday in a case that pits the Motion Picture Association of America against a journalist who published computer code and also linked to the code that can crack the encryption security on DVDs, by Stefan Wray

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #24  (June 2001)

Finding Yourself in the Seas of Data  - One can find a lot of different criminals among their list of friends if they are crafty enough, by thothic

A New Cold War  - The Cyberwar with China was more than created by the American Media, it was created by the government as part of a public sentiment campaign to support a new Cold War, by Sfear

War is Virtual Hell  - The Cold War is over.  Military budgets are slashed.  But it's still a cruel, hostile world out there.  How to get more bang for the buck?  If you're the U.S. military, the answer is to build ever smarter weapons, and be prepared to use them by training hard.  In cyberspace.  How effective is that strategy?  Ask the Iraqis.  Or Bruce Sterling, who returns from the electronic battlefield with a report on the evermore lethal future of war in the global village, by Bruce Sterling

The Virtual City  - Thanks in part to the advances that you yourselves set in motion, violent conflicts between virtual and actual communities have become a permanent feature of the cultural landscape, by Bruce Sterling

Practical Ideas for Home Defense  - Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you, by Dr. Deth

Interview Conducted by Hermando Escobar  - Cybersex turned nightmare.  True story, by metac0m

DEF CON 9  - DEF CON Nine will be July 13th thru 15th, 2001, in Las Vegas, Nevada USA at the Alexis Park Hotel and Resort, by the Dark Tangent

A CALL TO ECD ACTION  - July 4 & 5, 2001.  For over 20+ years an innocent NA man, Leonard Peltier, has been ILLEGALLY incarcerated by the USA gov, by zoe

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #25  (July 2001)

Neophyte Guide to Memory  - Are you a beginner to the hardware aspect of computers?  This article will help you on your way to hardware extacy!, by buildpc.net

Protein and Propaganda  - Several generations of school children and doctors were taught incorrectly that we need meat, dairy and eggs for protein.  The meat, dairy and egg industries funded this "nutritional education" and it became U.S. government policy, by Michael Dye

Immediatism  - All experience is mediated- by the mechanisms of sense perception, mentation, language, etc. - and certainly all art consists of some further mediation of experience, by The Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade Collective

Conquering the CCNA 2.0 (640-507)  - This is for all of you who don't know about the Cisco Certified Network Associate exam and/or want to know more about it before you get yourself in over your head, by Rocko

Syn Werk  - The phone call was very strange.  Apparently, Syn Werk had purchased DMS some time back and had recently filed for bankruptcy.  Larry assured me several times that I would get paid.  "Chapter 11," he said, "just means a restructuring of the company," and that since it was past the bankruptcy file date I would get paid, "whatever I charged."  The whole thing sounded like some kind of legal scam to me, but it seemed like I was on the inside of it.  I didn't really need the money, and Larry practically begged me to come. So I went., by sfear

Cobol Joke  - There isn't anything funny about Cobol, so I decided to bring humour to this programming language by throwing a joke in.  Enjoy it, smirk, laugh even.  (Don't laugh too much though, it's not THAT funny), by Unknown

ALERT: Protest Arrest of Dmitry Sklyarov!  - Rallies planned for July 23, 2001 in: San Jose CA, Chicago IL, Seattle WA, Porland OR, Denver CO, Reno, NV, and Moscow, Russia, in opposition to Adobe and Dept. of Justice actions against Russian programmer, by EFF

DEFCON 9 Wedding  - TexorcisT and K-dog tieing the knot at DEFCON 9, July 14th, 2oo1! (Knot not Noose ;), by Rocko

Microsoft vs. Linux  - Microsoft compares Linux to Cancer, by BlackBeard - ZDNET

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #26  (August 2001)

'Code Red' Resurfaces  - The "Code Red" worm has faded from the spotlight, perhaps because many network administrators heeded calls to patch their IIS servers.  It's not over yet, though, because the worm is programmed to continue scanning for vulnerable systems until August 20, by Anne Lear

Father n0z3 Best  - As hackers, we all know where we came from.  Most of us know where we are going.  But few of us realize the one societal role through which we can change the world - Fatherhood, by handel

How Can You Keep Payin' the Man?  - Stop the money, and the game has changed in a very big way, by Oubug

Anarchy Offline  - The excitedly anticipated and then ultimatly annoying experience playing Funcom's newly released Anarchy Online, by TexorcisT

Top 15 Nerd Beverages  - The Top 15 Computer Nerd Alcoholic Beverages, by Unknown

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #27  (September 2001)

Something Must Be Done  - Things like this don't happen to the most powerful nation in the world.  Hack the planet.  You might be tempted to laugh, but don't.  All of you with special skills and unique talents should be using them.  Hack the planet.  Focus your eyes and ears.  Extend your fingers and click your way into the world.  Hack the planet.  Information is power.  This is the age of information and we are hackers.  We are those that control the power.  Hack the planet.  This is a day that not only the United States must remember as an eventful day.  Let terrorists of the world quake in their boots at the power of the Hackers of America, by Stirbei

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #28  (October 2001)

PHP-Nuke Still Flawed  - PHP-Nuke, a well known PHP-based portal system which is used by thousands of sites on the internet still cannot keep its security factor up, by corrupt

RAID Levels  - I recently found myself not being able to remember RAID 2 thru 4.  So I refreshed my not-so-dynamic mem, and just in case any of you need to brush up as well, by TexorcisT

Land of the Free (Some Restrictions Apply)  - New legislation is in the process of being passed to give any acts of terrorism a mandatory life sentence without parole.  But "terrorism" may not be as limited as people think, by inferno

Immediatism  - All experience is mediated - by the mechanisms of sense perception, mentation, language, etc. - and certainly all art consists of some further mediation of experience, by The Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade Collective

The Yellow Book (1-4)  - Chapters 1-4  (Installment 1 of 6), by Joe Lindsay

MY BEST FRIEND  - I was setting in my seat, sweating and burning up.  Images of Satan started to stir me up, by ACID POOL

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #29  (November 2001)

Ultrasonic Hell Device  - The Ultrasonic Hell Device emits a very high sound which is almost unheard but very loud and causes discomfort and a headache, by Anonymous

Mr. Nick's Guide to Cracking - Part 2  - How to crack StartClean using W32Dasm, by Mr. Nick
Warner Bros Claims Rights to SU T-Shirts  - Warner Brothers claims the SU in Collusion SU t-shirts looks too much like "S" and threatens legal action.  The typo's are theirs, not ours, by Marc Brandon

The Yellow Book (5-8)  - Chapters 5-8  (Installment 2 of 6), by Joe Lindsay

Fall Activist Camp  - Radical Education Community Fall Activist Camp!, by the prisoner

Meet and Greet  - The Collusion Group Austin Crew is having a meet and great, and everyone is invited, by Swift

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #30  (December 2001)

More Cell Phone Programming Matrixes  - T200/T250 programming, by Lost Cause

The Anti-Spam Network  - A project proposal that explains a way to put an end to spam on the Internet, by Sfear

Hacking Panties in Perl  - Getting Laid in Perl, Abstract: using perl to get laid, by Thothicus  (Source Code)

CG Meet and Greet Review  - Collusion Group had a massive gathering in Austin, TX, by Swift

The Yellow Book (9-12)  - Chapters 9-12  (Installment 3 of 6), by Joe Lindsay

Access Secret Files  - Hollywood seems to have a strange concept of computer technology.  The following are things that can only be done in the movies, by Anonymous

SantaCon  - by Santarchy

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #31  (January 2002)

RMA of HDD  - Return Merchandise Authorization of Hard Drives, by Swift

Retro Gaming  - Atari, Apple //e, and MAME, by dweezel

Basic Windows XP Tweaks  - Some config tips and registry tweaks for getting started with WinXP, by TexorcisT

Free Cellular Phone Calls Without Cloning  - This file is not in any way intended to endorse commiting fraud, rather to show weaknesses in the cellular system that anyone could exploit, by TRON

Conspiracy Theory #69  - "I am become death, destroyer of worlds" was the cry that went out to them over covert channels, by neothoth

SantaCon  - Austin terrorized by what The Tick would describe as a Yule Tide!, by Dkr. Armand Geddyn

The Yellow Book (13-16)  - Chapters 13-16  (Installment 4 of 6), by Joe Lindsay

Internet and Society 2002  - The tentative spring syllabus for Internet & Society: The Technologies and Politics of Control at Harvard Law School, by Jonathan Zittrain

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #32  (February 2002)

Cell Phone Tracking  - This paper describes how and why cellular telephone networks track the physical location of their users, by Phil Karn

George W. in the Garden of Gethsemane  - An Open Letter to George W. Bush from Michael Moore, by Michael Moore

Was Enron also a Cult?  - Enron cultists follow the leader, by Froma Harrop

Travel Journal - New Years  - Travel Journal - New years (Rio/Iquassu/Sao Paolo 3 weeks travel condensation: re - Brazil - accepted eclectic, by DjSpooky

The Yellow Book (17-20)  - Chapters 17-20  (Installment 5 of 6), by Joe Lindsay

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Knobby  - You want to best backup service around?  You tired of getting ripped off by outa work techies?  Then Knobby's Backup Service is for you, by Knobby

Kill The President in SXSW  - KillThePresident.org is up for Wierd/Extream at SXSW Interactive website awards.  Please vote for us, by sfear

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #33  (March 2002)

Cell Phone Cloning (Programming)  - Cell phone cloning (programming) For: Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, by LYSERGIC

Morpheus Down After Attacks  - StreamCast/Morpheus CEO Steve Griffin on their downed system, by Steve Griffin

Lamer Smith - Chief-Dickhead of the Day  - One of Texas' finest wants to execute hackers, and it looks like he is going to get his way, by Swift

Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Disaster  -Dr. Leon M. Lederman, director of the Fermi National Accelarator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., moves the hands of the "Doomsday Clock," by Reuters

Blackhawk Down  Gerry is a Captain at Comair.  He flew one of the UH-60s on the mission that is depicted in Blackhawk Down.  This is his review of Blackhawk Down, by Capt. Gerry Izzo (Super65)

The Yellow Book (21-24)  - Chapters 21-24  (Installment 6 of 6), by Joe Lindsay

ENRON Code of Ethics / Retirement Coffee Cup  - Code of Ethics book Dated July, 2000, 64 pages paperback.  Front of coffee cup states "Enron Retirement Planning" and the back states "Who decides where to invest your money?  Only You."  Buyer to pay $5.00 for shipping, handling & insurance, by silver falls

Dead, Famous Show Up on Her Caller ID  - LE ROY, N.Y. - Nancy Crocker gets calls from famous dead people.  Or at least that's what her Caller ID box at her western New York home has been telling her, by Associated Press

Please Help Me Pay My Parking Ticket  - The NYC Department of Finance urges the individuals on this list to take full advantage of the many options available to address their outstanding debt so that their names can be removed, by NYC.gov

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #34  (April 2002)

W32/Klez.I  - Panda Software warns of the outbreak of a variation of the Klez worm, which has been assigned a threat level of 4 out of a possible 5, by Panda Software

Cellular Phone Phreaking  - The cellular/mobile phone system is one that is perfectly set up to be exploited by phreaks with the proper knowledge and equipment, by The Jolly Roger

Information Security Survey  - PwC survey finds lack of information security in U.K. business, by Out-Law.com

Got Food?  - The Fox network recently aired the Glutton Bowl: an athletic "event" of Olympic proportion that captivated me and thousands of viewers worldwide, by ChopTop

Bull$#*t Bingo  - Do you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars?  What about those long and boring conference calls?  Here's a way to change all of that, by Anonymous

d i g i t a l w i n d  - A live audio/video presentation of killthepresident.org's online gallery show, digital wind, by sfear

Why Was KaZaA Lite Made?  - Quote from the creator of KaZaA Lite, Yuri from Moscow, Russia, by Yuri

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #35  (May 2002)

spam.pl  - Custom skript for spamming the spammerz!, by metaCom

Many-to-Many  - Explination of Many-to-Many Database Tables, by TexorcisT

Canadian Protocol  - The Canadians have put U.S. Medals of Honor to Canadian troops "on hold," by Gil

What is Keeping Linux from Becoming a Desktop OS?  - Linux has been a popular server OS for many years.  So what's keeping it off the typical office workstation?, by Oubug

Celine Dion Kills iMacs!  - An Apple dealer has "confirmed" to the Campaign for Digital Rights (CDR) that attempting to play the latest Celine Dion CD in a new iMac will result in the machine having to be sent for repair, by AISD EGroup

AIMC Global IMC Meeting  - The Austin Independent Media Center invites activists, artists, videographers, photojournalists and community to participate in the global IMC project, by the slave

Emergency National Anti-War Conference  - Act Now to Stop War & End Racism West 27th St & 8th Ave (F.I.T.) New York City, by A.N.S.W.E.R.

Google Search Tips  - Google has some not-so-well-known search features that, if I'm not mistaken, were undocumented until recently, by TexorcisT

Access Around Austin  - AustinWireless.net begins a database of 802.11b nodes in the Austin, Texas area, by AustinWireless.net

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #36  (June 2002)

Deathmatch: Round II  - Recurring Brain Tumor vs Mommy of Two with Gamma Knife, by Sarah Cakes

Nortel Millennium Payphones  - Northern Telecom Millennium Multi-pay Terminal Installation, Operation, and Maintenance Guide, by Ned Ludd

Mental Terrorism on the World Wide Web  - A hoax was rapidly traveling the Internet in the form of an email containing detailed instructions the reader could easily follow to remove an infected file from their computer, by oubug

The Global War on Piracy  - The Global War on Piracy - Repent Now to Avoid Prosecution, by metac0m

Smoke Screen Hides Dangers of Alcohol  - The anti-marijuana law should be protested until it's finally seen for the crock that it is, by Sunni Brown

Dubya Quotes  - Quotes from the President of the United States of America, by Anonymous

Collusion Meet & Shoot  - The meet and shoot is June 15th, somewhere east of Austin, sometime in the AM, by bubba

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #37  (July 2002)

How to Clone a Sprint Phone  - Here's a sweet exploit I came up with while waiting in line at the Sprint PCS store, by suburban2002

Motorola Programming Manual  - OCR'ed and edited by Andy Rabagliati, submitted by suburban

Ashcroft Remix  - Why The Attorney General Lost His Senate Race to a Dead Man, by Abe Golam

A Reaction to 'Tactical Media'  - The spectacle and spectacular media are forms of tactical media, by Sfear von Clauswitz

Weird Sex Laws  - Something the K-dog found funny, by Unknown

Real Dubya Quotes  - Last issue we posted an article called "Dubya Quotes."  The funny part is none of them were, by Collective

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #38  (September 2002)

Free Cellular Phone Calls Without Cloning  - American Roaming Network, Cellular Express, Prepaid Cellular and more, by TRON

Homegrown VR with Nintendo PowerGlove  - I wrote a portable kernel module for Linux 2.4.  It works fairly consistently for me, but I am looking for other people to test and report their experience, by chocobospore.org

Opening Up Your Wireless Internet Connection  - It is quite simple to "open up" the 802.11b wireless network to all and sundry, by captian

Don't Take Your Gameboy to Greece  - English translation of controversial new Greek law banning computer gaming with fines of thousands of dollars and prison time, by www.gameland.gr

VoiceStream Over-Charging Prepaid  - Hey VoiceStream, stop stealing from my prepaid cellular phone give me some free minutes or free service, by SKiN E BonE

Intel Case Tests Email as Free Speech  - A disgruntled ex-Intel employee is sending email to coworkers to complain about mgmt and leak layoff news, by TexorcisT

The Conscience of a Hacker  - The Mentor's manifesto, now featured on the back of the new Phrack shirt available at jinxhackwear.com, by The Mentor

Palladium: Be Afraid.  Be Very Afraid  - Microsoft Palladium is a truly diabolical operating system with the potential to not only end any remaining individual freedom of use of the PC platform, but to destroy GPL, the free public licensing system which is the heart of the open-source movement, by Allucquere Rosanne Stone

Win a Wig from Wigs A GoGo  - Win a free wig in the "Go Incognito at Wigs A GoGo" banner ad creation contest!, by Star@everythingagogo.com

Collusion Syndicate Meeting at FlightPath  - The next Collusion Syndicate Meeting is open to the public, by swift

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #39  (January 2003)

Unlocking/Uncapping Cable Modems  - Information on unlocking/uncapping DOCSIS cable modems, by n0risc

Defeat Telemarketers for FREE!  - Now you can save that $40.00 you were thinking of spending on a TeleZapper, by kukison@hotmail.com

National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace  - Of all the constitutional violations committed thus far by the Bush adminisration in the name of counter-terrorism, this plan to continulously monitor the Internet activity, email, and instant messaging of all Americans would rank among the most heinous, by eye

Machine-Readable Copyright Licenses  - Creative Commons launched its first product December 16, 2002: its machine-readable copyright licenses, by creativecommons.org

The New Rosetta Stone  - Imagine the suprise when someone digs this out of archive some time in the distant future and have to use "fuck" as the key to unlocking all our languages, by thothics

Got World Peace yet?  - Why not, what's stopping us?  For the first time in history, we have the means, motive and opportunity to set everyone down in the Global Village Town Hall and agree that everyone wants Peace for their children, by Mark Mulligan

Vericon Resources, Inc.  - A letter from Tony Pichetto, Director of Operations, Vericon Resources, Inc., by Tony Pichetto

Linux Top Gun  - Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Austin, Texas, open to the public, free admission, by linuxtopgun.org

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #40  (March 2003)

De-gaussing  - My 27" TV has psychedelic coloration around the edges of the screen, by Erik J. Vecchione

PageRank - Google  - PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual pages value, by Google Watch

BIGGIE Dr. BLEACH?  - Imagine for a minute that you are making your usual trip through the drive-through window at Wendy's... little do you know that it would be your last, by Matthew A. Lawver

Am I Affected?  - UT loses personal information including SSN #s of almost 60,000 people to haxorz, by aries_tab / sfear

Undermining Democracy  - Freedom of information, conspiracy, government surveillance, and the evils of corporate media, by Cmpshrimp

Please Remove These From Your Forums  - It seems like all you've done is remove my posts telling people not to call me.  Apparently you condone this harassment, by Dave Arnold

CuervoCon 2K3  - CuervoCon is a sometimes annual event involving, in no particular order: computers/drinking/security/telephony/drinking/guns/drinking, by Jefe De Jefes

Collusion E-Zine - Volume #41  (August 2003)

How to Hook a Cell Phone to a Modem  - by Phantasm

MobileWorld  - Secrets and Codes for Nokia GSM Phones, submitted by suburban

L33t H4x0r University?  - Network Security Degrees Gain Popularity, by JS

One Google to Rule Them All  - It's pretty obvious that a lot of people want to control information.  And if we want it to be free then we need to keep building the tools that will keep it that way, by Abe Burmeister

BIGGIE Dr. BLEACH?  - Your throat begins to burn as the harsh liquid soaks in and lays its poisonous trail to your stomach.  "911" springs to mind and seconds later you are online with the ER and then Poison Control, by Matthew A. Lawver

MONSERA BANOSERA  - Don't mind about Godzilas, titans and the peacock cops who are going to and fro in all the cheap movies.  Don't give a damn about the hidden government or about the stinky generals who are dying to pick you up and to throw you away to the first line, by Ovidiu Bufnila

No More Slash Mobs  - When parodied pop culture is too much of a stretch for cops who aren't hip to your jive, by thebeatlestheyrock