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"Dreams become entangled in the system"
-- Anne Clark
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Edited by: K.L.
Contributions by: Spider
Email:
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0. Table of Contents:
1. Editorial
2. Software Review: VFS
3. Next Issue
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1. Editorial
Welcome to the first issue of TECHNARCHY, a new electronic
digest dedicated to the computer underground. Our mission
statement is to provide quality information and opinion about
any topic of relevance to the community, with special focus on
technology and politics.
The time between each issue will depend on the amount of
material we can write ourselves or get from our contributors, but
we are aiming at putting out a new issue every month.
Of course, reader feedback is welcome. So feel free to send
us your comments, suggestions or contributions of any kind.
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2. Software Review: VFS (by Spider)
There has been a lot of buzz in the scene around this
mysterious piece of software. The first rumours about VFS talked
about game-changing network tech, unnamed gov agencies... truly
Area 51-level stuff. But nobody seemed to have actually SEEN it.
Well, I'm glad to announce that I managed to score some
binaries! I won't get into details on the process, let it just be
said that I had to pull some strings in dark corners of the Net.
Long story short, this thing is unlike anything I've ever
used before. It installs like a regular program, and from the
user's perspective it operates unassumingly like a command shell.
The brilliant part is how VFS seems to expose a filesystem-
like representation of the internals of any device connected to a
network. I tried it on my own boxen and it bypassed every
protection, software or hardware, with zero manual intervention.
It cut through the network like a hot knife through butter. WTF!
So how does it do this? I can only say some kind of deep
magic must be involved. Personally, I'm betting on a combination
of quantum computing and an arcane, yet undiscovered "OSI Layer
-1" connecting through the astral plane (just kidding of course).
This means, forget about social engineering for access,
cracking passwords or hunting 0-day exploits for privilege
escalation. The user experience is surreal, like wearing X-ray
glasses. Just unbelievable.
Is this thing suddenly turning us all into script kiddies?
What will happen if (or when) VFS goes mainstream? It will
be interesting to find out, that's for sure. In the meantime,
my advice is to get it, keep the secret and enjoy while it lasts.
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3. Next Issue
It wasn't quite ready for this issue, but we have a piece
in the pipeline about the tech behind Empyreum. These folks
are announcing a service with bleeding-edge crypto and self-
sustaining shelter technology. The target here is clearly the
high end survivalist crowd. If they deliver, this would fulfill
some libertarian fantasies out there. And if they don't, it could
at least be a clever scheme to milk paranoid tech moguls for
their excess cash.
Watch your mailbox or the doc section of your favorite BBS!
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TECHNARCHY e-zine, Volume I, Issue #001 EOF
