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JAnet
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JAnet (Joint Acedemic Network) links most of the country's acedemic institut-
ions together and also has links with SERC (Science and Engineering Research
Council) and PSS (Packed Switch Stream).

This network is very nice when it comes to finding out how to hack new oper-
ating systems (OS) since it is usually quite simple to get into a number of
universities and play. * Many hackers boards exist throughout JAnet * - it's
just a case of knowing the right people or stumbling accross them (Hull univ-
ersity suffered lately due to a 'mailbox' being setup on one of there IDs).

There are also some interesting hosts on JAnet and finding them is a simple
task with the help of the 'JANET directory' located on the SERCnet gateway.

To get an idea of how easy it is to access JAnet and SERC's help guides then
do the following:

1) Setup your modem to 1200/75 8/N/1.
2) For this time use the University of London Computer Centre's (ULCC) pad.
   [PAD - Packet Assembler/Disassembler] - The number is (01) 831 6181.
3) Hit <CR> a few times.

- A welcome message should now have been displayed and you will be prompted
- with 'PAD>'. From here you can use the 'HELP' commands for information on
- the following:

  i) ADDRESS - Mnemonics for some addresses which are called from the pad.
 ii) PROFILE - Allows you to setup your terminal configuration
iii) CALL    - How to CALL network addresses and mnemonics (only on some nets)

4) Now you want to connect to the SERCnet gateway - this is done by using the 
  'CALL' command. You can call either using a mnemonic or by using the full 
  network address. In this case use the network address - when calling an
  address it is preceded by an 'A' symbolising the use of an address. So type
  'CALL A000000000040' followed by '<CR>'.

5> The system should respond with something like:

Welcome to SERCnet-PSS gateway.

User (Here enter help for the PSS guide)

6) Once you're in follow the prompts for access to help with using SERC and
   accessing the address lists (same as in the files directory here).

7) When you want to logout back to the PAD do the following:

Hit 'CTRL-P' - this tells the PAD to listen.
Then type 'CLR' - this tells the PAD to disconnect from the called address.

8) You are now back at the PAD and can call another address, logoff, or use
   the help facility as you wish.

That was a *VERY* basic introduction to using JAnet. There is a lot more to 
it than that if you want to hack it. But you'll need to get used to it before
you can start hacking it.

Once you've got used to using PADs the next thing to do is to get used to a
few of the operating systems you'll need to know about. There are many 'stan-
dard' OS which crop up all over the place - and this enables the hacker to
get into them very quickly - since one UNIX of level x is much the same as
another UNIX of level x (this applies with most OS). Some OS that you may
come accross include UNIX, VMS, RSX, CMS, and there are many more.

So the best thing to do is now is to use some of the 'guest' accounts which are
available on various universities and institutions. Just login and play....

-UCL has a guest account on Euclid (at least it did when I last looked - ages
 back!) and you can access it by 'CALL EUCLID' or maybe 'CALL UCL.EUCLID'.

-Lancaster University has an account which you can play with too although the
 network address that I have may have changed - it can be found on SERCnet's
 (mentioned earlier).

-Hull University still has an account open which you can play on. Access is by
the following: 'CALL A000012301601' then enter username:LINK password:LINK.

There are many more such services available to everyone if you can find the
right accounts on the right systems. A lot mroe of the universities than these
have 'openaccess' accounmts - don't let them know I said that though!

