More How to Hack
other Computers fromWindows 95/98...
The secret to hacking from AOL/Win 95 (or
Win 98) -- or from any on-line service that gives you
access to the World Wide Web -- is hidden in MS-DOS (DOS 7.0).
DOS 7.0 offers several Internet tools, none of which are documented
in either the standard Windows or DOS help features. But you're
getting the chance to learn these hidden features today.
So to get going with today's lesson, use AOL or whatever lame
on-line service you may have and make the kind of connection
you use to get on the Web (this will be a PPP or SLIP connection).
Then minimize your Web browser and prepare to hack! Next, bring
up your DOS window by clicking Start, then Programs, then MS-DOS.
For best hacking I've found it easier to use DOS in a window
with a task bar which allows me to cut and paste commands and
easily switch between Windows and DOS programs. If your DOS comes
up as a full screen, hold down the Alt key while hitting enter,
and it will go into a window. Then if you are missing the task
bar, click the system menu on the left side of the DOS window
caption and select Toolbar.
Now you have the option of eight TCP/IP utilities to
play with: telnet, arp, ftp, nbtstat, netstat, ping, route, and
tracert.
Telnet is the biggie. You can also access the telnet program
directly from Windows. But while hacking you may need the other
utilities that can only be used from DOS, so I like to call telnet
from DOS.
With the DOS telnet you can actually port surf almost as well
as from a Unix telnet program. But there are several tricks you
need to learn in order to make this work.
First, we'll try out logging on to a strange computer somewhere.
This is a phun thing to show your friends who don't have a clue
because it can scare the heck out them. Honest, I just tried
this out on a neighbor. He got so worried that when he got home
he called my husband and begged him to keep me from hacking his
work computer!
To do this (I mean log on to a strange computer, not scare
your neighbors) go to the DOS prompt C:\WINDOWS> and give
the command "telnet." This brings up a telnet screen.
Click on Connect, then click Remote System.
This brings up a box that asks you for "Host Name."
Type "whois.internic.net" into this box.
NOTE!!! Whois.internic.net doesn't work
the way this Guide says any more. Instead, click
here to learn the new way to use it.
Below that it asks for "Port" and has the default
value of "telnet." Leave in "telnet" for
the port selection. Below that is a box for "TermType." I
recommend picking VT100 because, well, just because I like it
best.
The first thing you can do to frighten your neighbors and
impress your friends is a "whois." Click on Connect
and you will soon get a prompt that looks like this:
[vt100]InterNIC>
(Sorry, sorry, but in 1999 Network Solutions
took down the telnet server at whois.internic.net. This will
not work any more. I'm just leaving this in for historical interest.
Check our wargame page to see what telnet servers are running now.)
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