BlueBEEP
Encyclopedia
BlueBEEP was a popular blue boxing computer program for MS-DOS
written between 1993-1995 by a young German programmer known by the pseudonym
Onkel Dittmeyer. Used correctly, it could be used to exploit vulnerabilities in the CCITT Signaling System No. 5
, used by international telephone switches of this era, to make free calls around the world. The program spread like wildfire around the planet via the BBS
scene and was popular with phreaks, hackers
and the warez
community.
The Pascal
source code
was released to the public along with the final version on April 1, 1995.
BlueBEEP has been praised as "the most finely programmed phreaking tool ever coded".
The install docs report the build system as follows: "386-40 8meg with 530meg HDD and SB/16+SVGA, a Philips 102-key soft-keyboard, a 2001 canadian keyboard and a GENIUS 4-year-old shoplifted 3-button mouse."
MS-DOS
MS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems, and was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s to the mid 1990s, until it was gradually superseded by operating...
written between 1993-1995 by a young German programmer known by the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
Onkel Dittmeyer. Used correctly, it could be used to exploit vulnerabilities in the CCITT Signaling System No. 5
Signaling System No. 5
CCITT5 was a multi-frequency telephone signalling system in use from the 1970s for International Direct Distance Dialing . It was sometimes nicknamed "Atlantic Code" because the first IDD connections between Europe and North America used it....
, used by international telephone switches of this era, to make free calls around the world. The program spread like wildfire around the planet via the BBS
Bulletin board system
A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a computer system running software that allows users to connect and log in to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, a user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging...
scene and was popular with phreaks, hackers
Hacker (computer security)
In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, including profit, protest, or because of the challenge...
and the warez
Warez
Warez refers primarily to copyrighted works distributed without fees or royalties, and may be traded, in general violation of copyright law. The term generally refers to unauthorized releases by organized groups, as opposed to file sharing between friends or large groups of people with similar...
community.
The Pascal
Pascal (programming language)
Pascal is an influential imperative and procedural programming language, designed in 1968/9 and published in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth as a small and efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring.A derivative known as Object Pascal...
source code
Source code
In computer science, source code is text written using the format and syntax of the programming language that it is being written in. Such a language is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source...
was released to the public along with the final version on April 1, 1995.
BlueBEEP has been praised as "the most finely programmed phreaking tool ever coded".
The install docs report the build system as follows: "386-40 8meg with 530meg HDD and SB/16+SVGA, a Philips 102-key soft-keyboard, a 2001 canadian keyboard and a GENIUS 4-year-old shoplifted 3-button mouse."