Where the term "Zero Day" comes from

Post by randomflavor » Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 5:05 AM UTC

clamprecht wrote: post #20

deftnerd wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I remember using Toneloc during that time to wardial entire exchanges looking for dialup modems into servers. I wonder how many people I annoyed with getting phone calls in the middle of the night with my 14.4 modem screeching in their ear.

ToneLoc author here (mthreat), checking in, 20 years after the release of the last version. I didn't manage to avoid the federal prison part, but somehow ended up fine in the end. My path, roughly: BBSes -> saw WarGames -> wannabe hacker -> warez boards (Public Enemy) -> cracking games (learned x86 asm) -> hacking voicemail boxes -> wrote ToneLoc (learned C) -> real hacking -> COSMOS access -> physical hacking (burgl…

Post by randomflavor » Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 5:07 AM UTC

hect0r wrote: post #43

randomflavor wrote: post #41

who here was on lutzifer/qsd etc?

And who here was on Altos?