Phrack E-zine Comes To An End

Flammable writes "Since 1985 Phrack has been releasing ezines to public about Hacking, Cracking, Radio, Social Engineering, etc. All things come to an end, and Phrack is no different: the last issue, #63, is accepting articles from the community now."

Comments

A useful resource

[Alcemenes]

I could always find something interesting in useful in Phrack.

2600 is still around

[tutwabee]

2600 magazine seems to keep a little more up-to-date than phrack anyways.

Re:2600 is still around

[lambent]

2600 has dumbed itself down over the years; they now publish useless howto hacks for kiddies and bored teenagers. Emmanuel also seems to concern himself more with activism now, than actually doing anything useful.

Phrack always had something sophisticated, unusual, or actually creative. The true hacker spirit, that didn't care that mass media confused 'hacker' with 'cracker', and that didn't wear the term 'hacker' like a merit badge or fashion statement, was very evident in their issues. They published for themselves, and if anyone got anything useful out of, that's great too.

While the true spirit never dies, it's sad to see one of the last vestiges of the old school go under. (btw, they've had 'last issues' before. I'd be surprised if they went away forever.)

Re:2600 is still around

[lambent]

Why does everything on /. have to be about establishing a pecking order based on how much credibility someone else has? It's always got to be a fight. Your phrases like "I seriously doubt you know", "Despite your phrases like" and "you don't seem to know much about" smack of intelluctual elitism. It was never truly about activism, chatting to your buddies or trying to tell other people what they do or do not know. Ma Bell has nothing to do with it. Putting other people down and infighting have nothing to do with it.

It's about knowledge, aquiring and sharing both. I feel sorry for you, little man. Not everything has to be a battle. And next time you do want want to fight/shoot your mouth, get a real nick and don't hide behind the anonymous shield.

Re:heh..

[Zocalo]

You'd think they'd be a little more sentimental.

Judging by the release rate of the last few years "apathy" on the part of the Phrack editors seems to be the order of the day, but that's perhaps a little unfair. There have been scores of papers published that would have been worthy of Phrack at its best in that time. The problem is that everyone writing such papers can just as easily create their own website and publish their works there. Why wait for what might be several months to see you work published for what little kudos being published in Phrack still has left and risk someone else stealing your fifteen minutes of fame?

Great stuff for a long time

[Prophetic_Truth]

The way Phrack has presented security information with a sense of humor has always made Phrack an entertaining read. Even when the articles weren't funny, and were serious, the tone had already been set with the loopback section. It is sad that Phrack will no longer be something to look forward to.

However, anyone who has followed Phrack will admit that it peaked long ago, and has slowly been going away. Phrack closing shouldn't be a shock to anyone. I'm glad someone finally decided to say 'it's over' rather than having one issue a year.

Re:I wrote

[TommydCat]

Which editor, or all of them? :)

I had the pleasure of meeting or knowing several of the editors and the wear and tear on their enthusiam was evident as the torch was passed. Today it seems hard to find like-minded individuals willing to take up the cause in the ether-sea of a me-too generation.