The Sysop's Guide to NOT
Getting Busted!

By The Story Teller
Micro World Incoporated.
Distributed by:  The Micro Master


This file is dedicated to
all you phreak/sysops out there who
run those boards full of Longdistance
codes, box plans, etc.

Intro: The purpose of this file is to explain to those sysops in fear of FEDs
that they can safely run a board with the above mentioned info on it.

The Fear of the Sysop.

The number one fear of a sysop is having a FBI agent get access to the stuff
on their board that could get them busted.  Today, the only thing you can
really get busted for is the posting of long distance codes.  Therefore, all
possible steps must be taken to avoid the access of this information. 
(Steps will be explained latter)

Due to this fear, Many sysops will NOT have these boards on their BBS. I find
it odd that this should be true, but, from info from a friend, many users are
against having a phreak board because they fear losing a BBS to call and
getting them selves busted (even though a good sysop would delete all user
info, as soon as he thought he was busted).  I will explain the steps taken to
stop being busted and perhaps it will bring understanding to those who blindly
or misinformitly fear these boards.

The first, easiest, and most inportant step comes at validation. Voice validate
the applicant for access and ask these questions:

#1:  Are you a programer for a company and/or do you sell software.
#2:  Do you work for the government, have connections with it, and share info
     with it?
#3:  Do you agree not to use any info found on the board, or heard about the
     BBS, against it?

If you receive a no to the first two questions and a yes to the next then it
is O.k. to validate them. Any evasive answers should be pursued until a
definite yes or no is given. Any untruthful answers void the right to use info
in court due to illegal access to system laws. That is step one, if by some
chance a FBI agent still gets in, you should still be safe if you use the next
procedures.

Give only people that have done the following, access to the phreak board:

Admitted they are a phreak.
Given codes.
Admitted that they will use codes for other than educational purposes.

That, together with the first security procedure and this one should filter
out 99.9% of all FBI attempting access. And if you run a BBS for 1 year you'll
be lucky if even one FBI agent tries for access.

The final protection is this, ever time someone accesses the board a message
should be printed that goes something like this:

Your using of any info on this board in any way, forfeits the use of this info
against the system in any way, or else be subjected to presucution in a court
of law.

By having this printed each time a person accesses the phreak board, no one
can say they didn't know.

Now your system is protected if you use those steps.

I hope to have helped you in your pursuit of phreaking. Any coments are welcome
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  Micro World Incorperated.
  New York, New York
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Note added by The Micro Master:

Micro World Inc. is located mainly in Illinois.
The file was just made by a member in NY, NY.
Second, I'd like to say something about his language.  Jeeze, It's hardly
English!  Well, Storyteller can't help it, he's a lawyer!

L8R THE MICRO MASTER

                     Originally Captured From:
                     THE IMAGINATION FACTORY BBS (513)-787-3777
