Phrack

Phrack is an underground ezine made by and for hackers that has been around since November 17, 1985. The magazine is open for contributions by anyone. Topics of interest are security, hacking, phreaking, anarchism, cryptography, spying, radio broadcasting, coding, conspiracy, and world news.

The original editors of Phrack were hackers with the handles Taran King and Knight Lightning, and it was originally published on the Metal Shop BBS. It was the first electronically distributed magazine.

The popular Hacker Manifesto, an inspiration to young hackers since the 1980s, was published in the 7th issue of Phrack. An article in the 24th issue relating to the workings of Enhanced 911 emergency response systems played a major part in the Secret Service raids called Operation Sundevil and features in Bruce Sterling's book The Hacker Crackdown.

There are two different Phrack websites online at the moment: phrack.org houses the original, while phrack.nl is a complete fake.

External link

• Phrack's homepage (http://www.phrack.org)