(>View: trw info TRW INFORMATION SERVICES IS AMERICA'S LARGEST CREDIT REPORTINGINSTITUTE, CONTAINING THECREDIT HISTORIES OF OVER 90 MILLION AMERICANS ON-LINE (HUMM..)! WHEN YOU CALL TRW, THEDIAL UPWILL IDENTIFY ITSELF WITH THE MESSAGE "TRW".IT WILL THEN WAITFOR YOUTO TYPETHE APPROPRIATEANSWER BACK(SUCH AS CTRL-G) ONCE THIS HAS BEEN DONE, THE SYSTEMWILL SAY "CIRCUIT BUILDING IN PROGRESS"ALONG WITH AFEW NUMBERS. AFTER THISIT CLEARS THE SCREEN(CTRL-L) FOLLOWED BY A CTRL-Q. AFTER THE SYSTEM SENDSTHE CTRL-Q, IT IS READYFOR THEREQUEST. YOU FIRST TYPE THE4 CHARACTER IDENTIFIER FOR THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE ACCOUNT. FOR EX) TCA1 - FOR CERTAIN CALF. & VICINITY SUBSCRIBERSTCA2 -A SECONDCALF. TRW SYSTEMTNJ1 - THEIR NJDATABASETGA1 - THEIR GEORGIA DATABASE. THE USER THEN TYPES A ANDTHEN ONTHE NEXT LINE, HE MUST TYPE HIS3 CHAR. OPTION. MOST REQUESTS USE THE RTS OPTION. OPX,RTX, AND A FEW OTHERS EXIST. (NOTE:TRW WILL ACCEPTAN A, C, OR S AS THE 'X' IN THEOPTIONSABOVE.)THEN FINALLY, THE USER TYPES HIS 7 DIGIT SUBSCRIBERCODE. HE APPENDS HIS 3-4 CHARACTER PASSWORD AFTER IT. IT SEEMS THAT IF YOU MANAGE TO GET HOLD OF A TRW PRINTOUT (TRASHING AT SEARS, SAKS, ETC. OR FROM GETTING YOUR CREDIT PRINTOUTFROM THEM) THEIR SUBSCRIBER CODE WILL BE ON IT, LEAVING ONLY A3-4 CHARACTER P/W UP TO YOU. FOR EX) (CALLTHE DIALUP)TRW (SYSTEM TYPES, ST FROM NOW ON)CTRL-G (YOU TYPE, YT FROM NOW ON)CIRCUIT BUILDING IN PROGRESS 1234 (ST)CTRL-L CRTL-Q (ST)TCA1 (YT)RTS 3000000AAA (YT) NOTE, THIS SYSTEMIS IN HALF DUPLEX, EVENPARITY,7 BITS PER WORD, AND 2 STOP BITS ------------------------------------------------- FILE: ANOTHER TRW FILEHACKING TRW... WHEN YOU CALL TRW, THE DIAL-UP WILLIDENTIFYITSELF WITH "TRW".IT WILLTHEN WAIT FOR YOU TO RESPOND W/PROPERANSWER, CTRL-G. THEN SYSTEM RESPONDS"CIRCUIT BUILDING IN PROGRESS"AFTERTHIS IT CLRS SCREEN WITH CTRL-L FLLWEDBY CTRL-Q. NEXT SEND REQUEST. TYPE4-LETTER IDENTIFIER FOR GEOGRAFICALAREA OF ACCOUNT.TCA1-CA & VICINITY ACCTS.TCA2-2ND TRW SYSTEMTNJ1-NEWJERSEY DATABASEETC, ETC.THEN TYPE A, AND ON NEXT LINE, TYPE3-CHAR OPTION.MOSTREQUESTS USE RTS,OPX, RTX AND OTHERS EXIST. (X=A,C,S)THEN TYPE 7-DIGIT SUBSCRIBER CODE,W/3-4CHAR. PW AFTERIT. GETA TRW PRINTOUTBY TRASHING, THE CODE WILL BE ON IT,LEAVING A 3-4 PW UP TO YOU.EXAMPLE:(CALL)TRWCTRL-G <-YOUR TYPINGCORCUIT BUILDING IN PROGRESSCTRL-L CTRL-QTCA1 <- YOUR TYPINGRTS 1111111AAA <- YOUPARAM. HLFDPLX, EVEN, 7 BITS, 2 STOP. nitzer reb