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Cranks routinely E-mail bomb it, trying to level the IBM clone with millions of pages of gibberish. Hot-headed hackers dispatch bit-eating "worm" programs to Helsinki to search for and destroy the computer's precious electronic cargo. A few vengeful folks have even threatened Helsingius him- self, for what would be the machine without the man? But for hundreds of thousands of people on the Internet, Helsingius' comp- uter-and the service it provides-is a glorious heaven. Known technically as an anonymous remailer, it is the network equivalent of a Swiss bank: a conduit by which users can ship data around the world in complete anonymity. Dozens of anonymous remailers have sprouted up in recent years-many of them in Scan- dinavia-but none as popular or as trusted as Helsingius' service, known as Penet. For the past three years, networkers around the world have used his node on the Internet as a transfer point for the most sensitive and explosive information, secure in assurance that it could never be traced back to them. Three weeks ago, all that changed when Finnish police, who were acting on a complaint from the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles, served a search-and- seize warrant on Helsingius, demanding that he turn over the real name of one of his users. Caught by surprise, Helsingius gave them what they wanted. It was either that, he said, or give them his entire computer. That rip in the curtain of privacy is certain to send a chill through cyber- space: Helsingius has become the keeper of the "Who's Who" of the computer underground. Stored in his 200-megabyte data base is a master list of the names and E-mail addresses of everybody who has ever sought the shelter of his service: pornographers and political exiles; software pirates and corporate whistle blowers; the sexually abused and their abusers. The need for anonymous remailers stems from the design of the Internet, which tags every packet of data with an electronic address so it can be return- ed or re-sent if something goes wrong in transit. The system works, but it offers no comfort to those who want to preserve their privacy. Remailers en- sure anonymity by separating messages from their return addresses. It's simple: say Peter wants to send an anonymous message to Paul. Instead of mailing it directly, he sends it to Helsingius' machine, putting Paul's address on the first line of text. Helsingius' machine automatically strips off Peter's name and return address, and replaces them with a new, randomly assigned address, and forwards the message to Paul. When he gets the message, Paul has no way of knowing who sent it, though he can correspond with the secret sender by sending a reply in care of Helsingius' Penet. It's a service Helsingius, 33, happily provides, and since 1992 he has offered it free to anyone on the Internet, subsidizing it with income from his daytime job-providing Internet access to paying customers. Born to Swedish parents in Finland, where Swedes make up only 6% of the population, Helsingius knows what it feels like to be an outsider. Growing up near the former Soviet Union also gave him a taste of repression. Helsingius remembers learning as a child that people who owned typewriters in Russia had to register their machines and provide type samples to the government "for identification pur- poses." He came to fear that the online world could evolve into a Soviet police state, where every utterance is traceable. Services like Penet have fast become a popular outlet for people with secrets to share. All sorts of people, as it turns out, have an urge to comm- unicate incognito. The Usenet newsgroup called alt.sex.bondage, for example, where people are encouraged to discuss some of the more esoteric sexual prac- tices is filled with messages sent through remailers. But while anonymity can be liberating, it can also abet illicit activity. Penet have been used to send all sorts of contraband, from copyrighted art- icles to stolen software to hard-core pornography. Helsingius, who opposes thievery, put a limit on the size of the files that could be transmitted- killing two digital birds at once, since pornographic images are now too large to transport through Penet. But text messages can be just as controversial as pictures. The Scien- tologists went to police after learning that someone had broken into one of their in-house computers, then anonymously posted a stolen file on alt.religion.secientology, a Usenet group where contentious current and ex- secientologists spar. --- -------------------------- NO MORE POCKET-TENNIS, EH? -------------------------- This a text file on how to stop masturbating, which should be "handy" for a few of you out there. --- GROUP: alt.sex.masturbation SUBJECT: Those masturbating Mormons! - mormon.txt [1/1] POSTER: CLINT3505@ins.infonet.net STEPS IN OVERCOMING MASTURBATION Mark E. Petersen Council of the 12 Apostles Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints Be assured that you can be cured of your difficulty. Many have been, both male and female, and you can be also if you determine that it must be so. This determination is the first step. That is where we begin. You must decide that you will end this practice, and when you make that decision, the problem will be greatly reduced at once. But it must be more than a hope or a wish, more than knowing that it is good for you. It must be actually a DECISION. If you truly make up your mind that you will be cured, then you will have the strength to resist any tendencies which you may have and any temptations which may come to you. After you have made this decision, then observe the following specific guidelines: A Guide to Self-Control: 1. Never touch the intimate parts of your body except during normal toilet processes. 2. Avoid being alone as much as possible. Find good company and stay in this good company. 3. If you are associated with other persons having this same problem, YOU MUST BREAK OFF THEIR FRIENDSHIP. Never associate with other people having the same weakness. Don't suppose that two of you will quit together, you never will. You must get away from people of that kind. Just to be in their presence will keep your problem foremost in your mind. The problem must be taken OUT OF YOUR MIND for that is where it really exists. Your mind must be on other and more wholesome things. 4. When you bathe, do not admire yourself in a mirror. Never stay in the bath more than five or six minutes - just long enough to bathe and dry and dress AND THEN GET OUT OF THE BATHROOM into a room where you will have some member of your family present. 5. When in bed, if that is where you have your problem for the most part, dress yourself for the night so securely that you cannot easily touch your vital parts, and so that it would be difficult and time consuming for you to remove those clothes. By the time you started to remove protective clothing you would have sufficiently controlled your thinking that the temptation would leave you. 6. If the temptation seems overpowering while you are in bed, GET OUT OF BED AND GO INTO THE KITCHEN AND FIX YOURSELF A SNACK, even if it is in the middle of the night, and even if you are not hungry, and despite your fears of gaining weight. The purpose behind this suggestion is that you GET YOUR MIND ON SOMETHING ELSE. You are the subject of your thoughts, so to speak. 7. Never read pornographic material. Never read about your problem. Keep it out of mind. Remember - "First a thought, then an act." The thought pattern must be changed. You must not allow this problem to remain in your mid. When you accomplish that, you soon will be free of the act. 8. Put wholesome thoughts into your mind at all times. Read good books - Church books - Scriptures - Make a daily habit of reading at least one chapter of Scripture, preferably from one of the four Gospels in the New Testament, or the Book of Mormon. 9. Pray. But when you pray, don't pray about this problem, for that will tend to keep [it] in your mind more than ever. Pray for faith, pray for understanding of the Scriptures, pray for the Missionaries, the General Authorities, your friends, your families, BUT KEEP THE PROBLEM OUT OF YOUR MIND BY NOT MENTIONING IT EVER - NOT IN CONVERSATION WITH OTHERS, NOT IN YOUR PRAYERS. KEEP IT _OUT_ of your mind! The attitude of a person toward his problem has an effect on how easy it is to overcome. It is essential that a firm commitment be made to control the habit. As a person understands his reasons for the behavior, and is sensitive to the conditions or situations that may trigger a desire for the act, he develops the power to control it. We are taught that our bodies are temples of God, and are to be clean so that the Holy Ghost may dwell within us. Masturbation is a sinful habit that robs one of the Spirit and creates guilt and emotional stress. It is not physically harmful unless practiced in the extreme. It is a habit that is totally self-centered, and secretive, and in no way expresses the proper use of the procreative power given to man to fulfill eternal purposes. It therefore separates a person from God and defeats the gospel plan. 10. This self-gratifying activity will cause one to lose his self-respect, his testimony becomes weak, and missionary work and other Church callings become burdensome. Suggestions: 1. Pray daily, ask for the gifts of the Spirit, that which will strengthen you against temptation. Pray fervently and out loud when the temptations are the strongest. 2. Follow a program of vigorous daily exercise. The exercises reduce emotional tension and depression and are absolutely basic to the solution of this problem. Double your physical activity when you feel stress increasing. 3. When the temptation to masturbate is strong, yell _STOP_ to those thoughts as loudly as you can in your mind and then recite a prechosen Scripture or sing an inspirational hymn. It is important to turn your thoughts away from the selfish need to indulge. 4. Set goals of abstinence, begin with a day, then a week, month, year and finally commit to never doing it again. Until you commit yourself to _never again_ you will always be open to temptation. 5. Change in behavior and attitude is most easily achieved through a changed self-image. Spend time every day imagining yourself strong and in control, easily overcoming tempting situations. 6. Begin to work daily on a self-improvement program. Relate this plan to improving your Church service, to improving your relationships with your family, God and others. Strive to enhance your strengths and talents. 7. Be outgoing and friendly. Force yourself to be with others and learn to enjoy working and talking to them. 8. Be aware of situations that depress you or that cause you to feel lonely, bored, frustrated or discouraged. These emotional states can trigger the desire to masturbate as a way of escape. Plan in advance to counter these low periods through various activities, such as reading a book, visiting a friend, doing something athletic, etc. 9. Make a pocket calendar for a month on a small card. Carry it with you, but show it to no one. If you have a lapse of self control, color the day black. Your goal will be to have _no black days_. The calendar becomes a strong visual reminder of self control and should be looked at when you are tempted to add another black day. Keep your calendar up until you have at least three clear months. 10. A careful study will indicate you have had the problem at certain times and under certain conditions. Try and recall, in detail, what your particular times and conditions were. Now that you understand how it happens, plan to break the pattern through counter activities. 11. In the field of psychotherapy there is a very effective technique called _aversion therapy_. When we associate or think of something very distasteful with something which has been pleasurable, but undesirable, the distasteful thought and feeling will begin to cancel out that which was pleasurable. If you associate something very distasteful with your loss of self-control it will help you to stop the act. For example, if you are tempted to masturbate, think of having to bathe in a tub of worms, and eat several of them as you do the act. 12. During your toileting and shower activities leave the bathroom door or shower curtain partly open, to discourage being alone in total privacy. Take cool brief showers. 13. Arise immediately in the mornings. Do not lie in bed awake, no matter what time of day it is. Get up and do something. Start each day with an enthusiastic activity. 14. Keep your bladder empty. Refrain from drinking large amounts of fluids before retiring. 15. Reduce the amount of spices and condiments in your food. Eat as lightly as possible at night. 16. Wear pajamas that are difficult to open, yet loose and not binding. 17. Avoid people, situations, pictures or reading materials that might create sexual excitement. 18. It is sometimes helpful to have a physical object to use in overcoming this problem. A Book of Mormon, firmly held in hand, even in bed at night has proven helpful in extreme cases. 19. In very severe cases it may be necessary to tie a hand to the bed frame with a tie in order that the habit of masturbating in a semi-sleep condition can be broken. This can also be accomplished by wearing several layers of clothing which would be difficult to remove while half asleep. 20. Set up a reward system for your successes. It does not have to be a big reward. A quarter in a receptacle each time you overcome or reach a goal. Spend it on something which delights you and will be a continuing reminder of your progress. 21. Do not let yourself return to any past habit or attitude patterns which were part of your problem. _Satan Never Gives Up_.. Be calmly and confidently on guard. Keep a positive mental attitude. You can win this fight! The joy and strength you will feel when you do will give your whole life a radiant and spiritual glow of satisfaction and fulfillment. --- ------------ ECHO MY @$$! ------------ Here's an ASCII diagram of the echomail point system. --- Network Hierarchy The diagram below shows the hierarchy of the Echomail network. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ZEC 1 ÃÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ Zone Echo Coordinators ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÁÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÁÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÁÄÄÄÄ¿ ÃREC 10 ³ ³ REC 11³ ³REC 12 ³ Regional Echo Coord. ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÁÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÁÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÁÄÄÄ¿ Net Echo Coord. ³NEC 155³ ³NEC 156³ ³NEC 157³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÙ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÁÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ Nodes and Hubs ³ 157/3 ³ ³HUB 100³ ³ 157/200 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÁÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÁÄÄ¿ ÚÄÁÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÁÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄ¿ Nodes ³ 510 ³ ³ 516³ ³ 525 ³ ³ 533 ³ ³ 534 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÂÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÀÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÁÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÁÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÁÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÁÄÄÄÄ¿ Points ³3533/1³ ³3533/3 ³ ³3533/9³ ³ 3533/20³ ³3534/1³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ --- ------------------- HANDY DANDY NUMBERS ------------------- We all use the phone for one thing or another, to order food or tell mommy that you've eloped with your pregnant girlfriend and now live in Horny Gulch, AZ. Well, here are a few #s for all you people to play around with... ( --> means that the # tells you to call the # after the --> ) --- 1-317-522-1215 K.K.K., Realm of Indiana 1-517-731-1867 K.K.K., Realm of Michigan 1-618-251-4691 K.K.K., Realm of Illinois 1-800-222-TALK --> 1-900-FUN-SLUT (Adult) 1-800-2FUCK-ME Pilgrim Telephone (Adult) 1-800-242-0100 Love Phones, radio show, 10p-12p broadcast in Cleveland, Houston, and New York. 1-800-ANAL-SEX --> 1-800-664-2223 and --> 1-800-385-1000 (Adult) 1-800-BLOW-JOB A service of USA Infotel (Adult) 1-800-FUCK-ASS (Adult) 1-800-FUCK-OFF Pilgrim Telephone (Adult) 1-800-FUN-COLOr M&Ms Color Voting 800# 1-800-HAVE-SEX --> 1-800-664-2223 and --> 1-800-385-1000 (Adult) 1-800-HOT-FUCK --> 1-800-868-6998 and --> 011-592-592-369 (Adult) 1-800-ORAL-SEX Uhhhh... "Raw, uncensored oral sex"... (Adult) 1-800-SEX-CHAT If no credit card --> 1-900-446-7722 (Adult) 1-800-WET-PUSSy If no credit card --> 1-900-226-4567 (Adult) 1-800-555-1212 1-800 lookup #, call and ask for the # of any business. 1-800-759-7243 SkyPager (Yep, still pretty short... but we'll add some more later. If you're inter- ested in beeper and voice mail numbers, call just about any # in the (216) 290-xxxx region. Just about every one of those #s is a beeper or VM. If you like cellular phones, try in the (216) 490-xxxx area.) --- ----------------------- HEY! I WANNA GO AGAIN! ----------------------- Issue #2 comes to a close... as always, if you're interested in writing for TT, drop me a line... 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