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  1. 1We Keep the Copyrights!
  2. 2Terminal Compromise - the Reviews
  3. 3Terminal Compromise: Synopsis
  4. 4Shareware - Novel Fees
  5. 5Fees
  6. 6Getting Terminal Compromise
  7. 7Isbn: 0-962-87000-5
  8. 8Conclusions
  9. 9Chapter 1 — August, 4 Years Ago. National Security Agency Fort Geor…
  10. 10Mr. Foster Welcome to Japan…
  11. 11Chapter 2 — Friday, September 4 San Francisco, California
  12. 12Wtfo
  13. 13Ta
  14. 14Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx — Welcome to the Sdsu/bbs. Steve Billings, You Are…
  15. 15Sdsu/bbs Window on the World
  16. 16Password: Xxxxkirkxxxx
  17. 171 — Passwords 2. New Nets 3…
  18. 18Conversation Pit: La Creme, Rambo. Do You Want to Join in?
  19. 19Who Are You? — Welcome to the Conversation Pit, Kirk. How Have You…
  20. 20Password
  21. 21Sir George
  22. 22Follow the Instructions in Each File, Exactly. Keep an Exact Log of…
  23. 23Alex Requires Precise Information. Whatever You Are Told by the Peo…
  24. 24Good. Are You Interested in Money? — Y
  25. 25N — Will You Discuss Your Job or Its Nature With Anyone? Anyone at…
  26. 26N
  27. 27Chapter 3
  28. 28Chapter 4
  29. 29Ram Optimizer Test Procedure… Initializing……
  30. 30Crypt Key
  31. 31Please Clarify...my Memory Is Not What It Was
  32. 32And They Can Be Trusted?
  33. 33You Say Mail Men. What Is That Term?
  34. 34Very Good. And They Too Are Responsible? — What If They Read the Co…
  35. 35The Sekigun-Ha Are at Your Disposal — How Many and Where
  36. 36How Will They Function?
  37. 37Do Not Disappoint Me
  38. 38There Is No Such Thing as Allegiance. Don’t You Know That Yet?
  39. 39And They Are Prepared for Their Jobs? · Do It Well. I Will Leave Yo…
  40. 40Chapter 6
  41. 41Chapter 7 — Thursday, September 17 New York City Times
  42. 42Fbi Powerless in National Blackmail Scheme
  43. 43Chapter 8
  44. 44Chapter 9
  45. 45Chapter 10
  46. 46Chapter 11
  47. 47Do It as Soon as Possible. Then Make More
  48. 48Chapter 12 — The Ground Launch Sequencer Has Been Initiated. We’re…
  49. 49T-Minus 110 Seconds and Counting
  50. 50@Computer T-Minus 100 Seconds and Counting
  51. 51T-Minus 90 Seconds and Counting — T-Minus 80 Seconds and Counting
  52. 52T-Minus 70 Seconds and Counting
  53. 53T-Minus 60 Seconds
  54. 54T-Minus 50 Seconds and Counting
  55. 55T-Minus 40 Seconds and Counting
  56. 56@Compmemo “Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Welcome the Crew of…
  57. 57T-Minus 30 Seconds and Counting
  58. 58Twenty Nine · Twenty Eight · Twenty Seven · Twenty Six · Twenty Fiv…
  59. 59Phone Home
  60. 60You Leave Tracks? · Better Be Sure · There’s Gonna Be Some Serious…
  61. 61Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Welcome the Crew of the Space…
  62. 62Wtfo · Are You Scott Mason? · This Is Kirk · Is This Your First Tim…
  63. 63Very Good. You’re Quick · Is This Really Scott Mason? · Prove It ·…
  64. 64Still, It’s Not Like You Think — Yeah, That’s What the Press Says a…
  65. 65And What Do You Call Someone Who Has a Calculator in His Short Pock…
  66. 66A Car Tinkerer? — And Someone Who Jumps Out of Planes?
  67. 67First There’s No Theft · Arguable · No, Not Really — Listen. Let’s…
  68. 68We’re Talking Aren’t We · I Could Have Ignored You. I’m Untraceable…
  69. 69Reporter Man. Suspicious Too
  70. 70Exactly. See the Point?
  71. 71Pretty Simple Huh? — Exactly. But No One’s Taking Credit
  72. 72What? · Who Would You Tell? · What Would You Tell Them? — Who Am I?
  73. 73I Don’t Know. Nobody Does · Exactly · Student at a Major University…
  74. 74In a Way We Are All Travel Agents. Just Thought You Might Be Intere…
  75. 75Chapter 13
  76. 76Chapter 14
  77. 77Good. Remove All Evidence. Replace Him
  78. 78We Need to Talk — One of the Readers Is Dead. His Equipment Has Bee…
  79. 79Maybe So, but True. We Need to Get This Mason Back on the Track. He…
  80. 80Killed the Cat as You Say · Mr. Foster? One More Thing — Keep It to…
  81. 81Wtfo · Very Good! Couldn’t Have Said It Better Myself · Yeah, Well,…
  82. 82Just About. First I’m Going to Send You a Copy of ‘Mirage’ Software
  83. 83Use Prtscr · Is Your Printer on Line? — Or Save the Whole Thing to…
  84. 84Hit Alt-F9. Mirage Is Coming
  85. 85Wtfo
  86. 86Ctrl-Alt-S, Yeah · You Can’t Interfere. Just Along for the Ride — W…
  87. 87Welcome to Usa-Net, the Complete Data Base — Are You a First Time U…
  88. 88Do You Want the Main Menu? Y
  89. 89See How It Works? — That Was Just a Test. Now for the Real Thing. S…
  90. 90Engage Warp Engines — Quit? Y Are You Sure? Y
  91. 91Secondary Sys-Admin Authentication Accepted. Please Begin Final Ide…
  92. 92Whad’ya Think? · What? — Vive le Hacker!!!
  93. 93Chapter 15
  94. 94I Read the Papers. Again You Move Precipitously — First State Bank.…
  95. 95Explain · They Will Hurt Our Plans · How Is That? · But It Is in th…
  96. 96I Wish I Believed That — Why Not Stop Them
  97. 97Find Them · The First Bank Attackers · I Want Them Stopped · Look a…
  98. 98Freedom Flash!!!!!!!!!
  99. 99Do You Want to Speak to Revere? Y — Let Me See If He Is Here, or If…
  100. 100Mf? Is That You? · Same Ol’ Same Ol’. You? · Out Loud? · OK. Let Me…
  101. 101Triggers? · OK! Lookin’ Good · Surprisingly, Yes. We’re Turning a P…
  102. 102No Way · Damned If I Know or Care — I Can Get a Lot of People to Ad…
  103. 103Gotcha
  104. 104Think He’ll Bite? · And If We Find Him? — OK Boss. Anything Else?
  105. 105Bye, You Mf
  106. 106Mason · Its Me. Kirk · Aw Cmon · I Called You Today · I’m in Troubl…
  107. 107I Do · They Found Me — The People From First State Bank
  108. 108Called a Few Friends Who Think They’re Funny — No Motivation. I’m M…
  109. 109What Doesn’t
  110. 110Are You Sure?
  111. 111And Doing a Damned Good Job of It — No. Not Yet. I’m Not in the Lin…
  112. 112Not That I Can Think of
  113. 113Well, There Was Freedom — Freedom Is a National Bbs System. It’s Fa…
  114. 114That’s What They Say · I Only Have the la Number — Shit. Yeah. I’m…
  115. 115What?
  116. 116What Does That Mean? · So · But How Would First State Know About It…
  117. 117Didn’t Need to. You Wrote the Article. You’re Getting Very Well Known
  118. 118Sure. Hey, Question · Seriously — What Do You Think’s Going on? You…
  119. 119I Give. How Many — I Don’t Understand
  120. 120How Do You Mean? — No Way
  121. 121Live or Memorex? — Really. Next Week, There’s a Convention of Sorts…
  122. 122In Amsterdam — Yup
  123. 123Not This Year. Can’t Spare the Time. Don’t Act Like a Reporter. Par…
  124. 124Ta
  125. 125Enter Password Enter Crypt Key
  126. 126By Whom · How? · What Did He Want? · How Much Does He Know? · Fish…
  127. 127And the Press? Is It in the Papers? · And You. Why Contact You? — I…
  128. 128What Did You Say?
  129. 129How Much Money? — $50,000 Us · Does It Matter? — Make Sure They Do…
  130. 130They Are Wrong. We Call It Insurance — What Will You Tell Them?
  131. 131And They Will Believe You?
  132. 132Chapter 16
  133. 133Do Be Careful, You Are Valuable. No One Can Know Who You Are
  134. 134We’re Going After Them — Did You Ever Talk to Anyone and Feel That…
  135. 135You Can Tell. He Spoke With an Accent
  136. 136Then I Hacked His System When I Knew He Wasn’t on Line. Just to Loo…
  137. 137I Found Huge Areas of His Computer Not Assigned to the Bbs
  138. 138Chapter 17
  139. 139I Guess So
  140. 140Repo Man, What’s Up? · Yeah. No Problem — Totally, Dude
  141. 141Thanks · Would It Do Any Good? · Then, No · Yes · Sure — They Didn’…
  142. 142That Would Be Telling — Phew!
  143. 143All Stocks Losing 35% or More of Value in Last Year
  144. 144Sort by Zip 100xx
  145. 145Chapter 18
  146. 146Chapter 19
  147. 147Chapter 20
  148. 148Chapter 21
  149. 149I Take Exception to That · I Assume You Have Been Watching Televisi…
  150. 150One of My People Got a Little Over Zealous. It Is Regrettable, but…
  151. 151The Winds Blow. Conditions Change · Dgraph. That’s the Program We I…
  152. 152Of Course. He Had Incentive
  153. 153But You Are Mr. Foster. I Hope That This Is an Isolated Incident Th…
  154. 154Chapter 22
  155. 155I Am Not Pleased · That Was a Most Sloppy Job · Why Is He Not Dead?…
  156. 156People Wake Up. I Do Not Want Him to Wake Up
  157. 157For Your Sake I Hope So. I Do Not Tolerate Sloppiness
  158. 158Mr Alex · Congratulations. Rickfield Is Being Most Cooperative — Mi…
  159. 159Who Is Senator Deere? She Could Present a Problem
  160. 160I Will Follow the Progress With Interest. When Are the Hearings to…
  161. 161I Think It Is Necessary. It Is Done? — Keep the Pipeline Full
  162. 162Chapter 23
  163. 163I Don’t Think You Would Do That · Cause We Have a Deal · Now That I…
  164. 164That’s Not the Spook!!!!
  165. 165How the Hell Should I Know? · What’s Going on Repo? — Got the Man L…
  166. 166What May They Be? · Sure, Everyone Does. Legal or Not · Reverse Eng…
  167. 167Chapter 25
  168. 168Good You Are There — I Want to Thank You for Your Invaluable Assist…
  169. 169Good. Can You Do More?
  170. 170Nothing. I Am Fulfilling My Destiny — Then You Will Understand
  171. 171G4-Yu7-%t64-666.009
  172. 172Mr Alex · The Time Has Come · Yes. Monday Is Groundhog Day · Have I…
  173. 173I Don’t Care About Your Technology. I Want to Know That They Will W…
  174. 174You Must Maintain the Sanctity of Our Arrangements. No Matter What…
  175. 175Will You Continue? — Enough. More Than Enough
  176. 176Wtfo? · Picky Picky · Life’s a Cesspool. Then You Die — We’ve Learn…
  177. 177There’s More About the Freedom Boards. I Thought You Might Be Inter…
  178. 178No, Not at All. Could Be Just a Few
  179. 179For Who? · They’ve Distributed Millions of Programs. Millions — I G…
  180. 180No. I — Moved What Was Left of My Equipment and We Switched to Cell…
  181. 181Rickfield Resigns
  182. 182Chapter 26
  183. 183I’ll Send Dgvirus.rpt. It’s in Ascii Format, Easy to Read Into Any…
  184. 184If You Want to Find Out How I Did It, Call Me Tonight. 9pm. 416-555…
  185. 185Identify Yourself
  186. 186Good Start. Nice Tits
  187. 187That’s It · Are You Saving This Yet? — Let Me See the Contract
  188. 188Chapter 27
  189. 189I Don’t Expect So · Are You Saving? — I Am Not Looking for Approval…
  190. 190Let’s Get to It
  191. 191The Full Attack. It Can’t Be Totally Stopped, but I Can Help
  192. 192Maybe Later. That Doesn’t Matter Now. I Will Say, Though, That I Ne…
  193. 193God Given Gift. I Guess You Could Call Us a Think Tank for Computer…
  194. 194The National Reservation Service Computers Are Going to Be Very, Ve…
  195. 195Chapter 28
  196. 196Conversation Pit: Kirk, Rambo, Phaser, Fon Man, Poltergeist
  197. 197Why Did You Wait So Long?
  198. 198Chapter 29 — Monday, January 25 the White House
  199. 199Chapter 30

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