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AARNET Australian Academic Research Network
ACARB Australian Computer Abuse Research Bureau, once called CITCARB
AFP Australian Federal Police
Altos West German chat system and hacker hang-out, connected to X.25 network and run by Altos Computer Systems, Hamburg
ANU Australian National University
ASIO Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Backdoor A program or modification providing secret access to a computer system, installed by a hacker to bypass normal security. Also used as a verb
BBS Bulletin Board System
BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)
BRL Ballistics Research Laboratory (US)
BT British Telecom
CCITT Committee Consultatif Internationale Telegraph et Telephonie: Swiss telecommunications standards body (now defunct; see ITU)
CCS Computer Crime Squad
CCU Computer Crimes Unit (Australian Federal Police)
CERT Computer Emergency Response Team
CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability: DOE's computer security team
CITCARB Chisholm Institute of Technology Computer Abuse Research Bureau (now defunct. See ACARB)
COBE Cosmic Background Explorer project: a NASA research project
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
DCL Digital Command Language, a computer programming language used on VMS computers
DDN Defense Data Network
DEC Digital Equipment Corporation
DECNET A network protocol used to convey information between (primarily) VAX/VMS machines
DEFCON (a) Defense Readiness Conditions, a system of progressive alert postures in the US; (b) the name of Force's computer program which automatically mapped out computer networks and scanned for accounts
DES Data Encryption Standard, an encryption algorithm developed by IBM, NSA and NIST
Deszip Fast DES Unix password-cracking system developed by Matthew Bishop
Dial-up Modem access point into a computer or computer network
DMS-100 Computerised telephone switch (exchange) made by NorTel
DOD Department of Defense (US)
DOE Department of Energy (US)
DPP Director of Public Prosecutions
DST Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire-- French secret service agency
EASYNET Digital Equipment Corporation's internal communication network (DECNET)
GTN Global Telecommunications Network: Citibank's international data network
HEPNET High Energy Physics Network: DECNET-based network, primarily controlled by DOE, connected to NASA's SPAN
IID Internal Investigations Division. Both the Victoria Police and the AFP have an IID
IP Internet Protocol (RFC791): a data communications protocol, used to transmit packets of data between computers on the Internet
IS International Subversive (electronic magazine)
ISU Internal Security Unit: anti-corruption unit of the Victoria Police
ITU International Telecommunications Union, the international telecommunications standards body
JANET Joint Academic Network (UK), a network of computers
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory--a California-based NASA research centre affiliated with CalTech
LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (US)
LOD Legion of Doom
Lutzifer West German computer, connected to the X.25 network, which had a chat facility
MFC Multi Frequency Code (Group III): inter-exchange telecommunications system used by Telstra (Telecom)
MILNET Military Network: TCP/IP unclassified US DOD computer network
MOD Masters of Deception (or Destruction)
Modem Modulator De-modulator: a device used to transmit computer data over a regular telephone line
NCA National Crime Authority
Netlink A Primos/Dialcom command used to initiate a connection over an X.25 network
NIST National Institute of Standards (US)
NIC Network Information Center (US), run by DOD: a computer which assigned domain names for the Internet.
NRL Naval Research Laboratory (US)
NSA National Security Agency (US)
NUA Network User Address: the `telephone' number of a computer on an X.25 network
NUI Network User Identifier (or Identification): combined username/password used on X.25 networks for billing purposes
NorTel Northern Telecom, Canadian manufacturer of telecommunications equipment
PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PAD Packet Assembler Disassembler--ASCII gateway to X.25 networks
PAR `PAR?'--command on PAD to display PAD parameters
RMIT Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
RTG Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, space probe Galileo's plutonium-based power system
RTM Robert Tappan Morris (Jr), the Cornell University student who wrote the Internet worm, also known as the RTM worm
Scanner A program which scans and compiles information, such as a list of NUAs
SPAN Space Physics Analysis Network: global DECNET- based network, primarily controlled by NASA
Sprint US telecommunications company, an X.25 network provider
Sprinter Word used by some Australian and English hackers to denote scanner. Derived from scanning attacks on Sprint communications
Sprintnet X.25 network controlled by Sprint communications
Sun Sun Microsystems--a major producer of Unix workstations
TCP Transmission Control Protocol (RFC793): a standard for data connection between two computers on the Internet
TELENET An X.25 network, DNIC 3110
Telnet A method of connection between two computers on the Internet or other TCP/IP networks
Trojan A program installed by hackers to secretly gather information, such as passwords. Can also be a backdoor
Tymnet An X.25 network controlled by MCI, DNIC 3106
Unix Multi-user computer operating system developed by AT&T and Berkeley CSRG
VAX Virtual Address Extension: series of mini/mainframe computer systems produced by DEC
VMS Virtual Memory System: computer operating system produced by DEC and used on its VAX machines
WANK Worms Against Nuclear Killers: the title of DECNET/VMS-based worm released into SPAN/DEC/HEPNET in 1989
X.25 International data communications network, using the X.25 communications protocol. Network is run primarily by major telecommunications companies. Based on CCITT standard # X.25
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