

     CyberCrime International Network.

     HUBS AND HOSTS - INFO AND REQUIREMENTS.

     Last Updated on 16 June 1998.


CYBERCRIME DEPENDS ON ITS HUBS AND HOSTS!  Without our hubs and hosts,
CyberCrime would not exist.  If you are interested in acting as a hub for your
area code, we'd really appreciate it!  We are constantly looking for hubs in
new areas, the only requirements are:

        1) You have at least one dialup line into your BBS.
        2) You run a front-end mailer such as Intermail or FrontDoor,
           and it must remain online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Even if you've never acted as a hub before, as long as you were able to setup
this network to run on your BBS, you should also be able to act as a hub with
little added difficulty!  If you wish to be a hub for your area code or
country (if international), simply e-mail Midnight Sorrow at midsorrow@ice.org

Thanks!


NOTE:  *ANY* system in CyberCrime may hub for any other system, purely based
       on convenience.  You MUST, however, have submitted all information for
       your downlink to Midnight Sorrow (midsorrow@ice.org), and he must have
       approved your downlink, BEFORE you begin feeding the system.  Read on
       for additional information on this subject:

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   ALL CyberCrime systems; hubs, hosts, or otherwise, are required to abide
   by ALL the Rules, Regulations, and Policies laid out in the RULES.TXT
   file.  Be sure that you are well-acquainted with that document before
   perusing this one.


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   UNIVERSAL REQUIREMENT FOR ALL CYBERCRIME HUBS AND HOSTS:  Regardless of
   which position you currently occupy, <ALL> CyberCrime Area Code Hubs and
   Regional Hosts <MUST> (and this cannot be stressed enough) have a Fido-
   standard Front End Mailer online and accessible 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 days
   a week.  All of your downlinks must be able to crashmail you if needed,
   and your mailer must be available in case of emergency or a problem in
   the network.  If ANY current CyberCrime host attempts to crashmail you, and
   it is found that you do not have a mailer currently online, your system
   will be instantly demoted to a standard node.


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   CyberCrime Area Code Hub Requirements:
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   CyberCrime Area Code and Country Hubs have only three requirements:

1) Pick up ALL ECHOS that are requested by your downlinks.  (Downlink is a
   "network" term for any system that polls from you - ie, the other BBSes
   in your area code.)  If you are already carrying whatever echos they are
   interested in, then you need carry NOTHING extra.

2) Carry CCI-###.xxx, the CyberCrime Information Pack, on your BBS for
   download.  If your software has a provision for Free Downloads, it is
   highly preferable that you set the file to Free, and mark it as such.
   We want completely unrestrained distribution of this file.  Feel free to
   upload it ANYWHERE - hand it out on IRC, send it up to FTP sites, use it
   to improve your upload/download ratio on other boards.  Spread it!

3) Advertise for the network.  This one is more an option than a requirement,
   but the more you advertise for your network, the more systems will join it,
   the better off the network will be as a whole.  As hub for your area, it is
   your duty and responsibility to try and find new member bbses for CyberCrime
   within your area.  Spread the infopack to EVERY bbs in your area, regardless
   of whether or not they are scene-based.  Know of a system with active
   message bases?  Regardless of their orientation, as long as they have
   intelligent users, they may be interested in maybe carrying just 2 or 3 of
   CCi's echos.  Recruit!  Recruit!  Recruit!  :)


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   CyberCrime Regional Host Requirements:
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   CyberCrime Regional Hosts, of course, must follow all of the above rules.
   In addition:

4) CyberCrime Regional Hosts must carry ALL of CyberCrime - every single echo,
   with a minimum rollover value of 100 messages (per echo).

5) Help your new nodes in any way possible.  While the majority of applicants
   are knowledgable and experienced, some are occasionally new and
   inexperienced, and need to "have their hands held", so to speak, during
   the setup process.  As a Regional Host, you are REQUIRED to administer
   any assistance necessary to get the new nodes setup completely.


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   Adding a new system into your area/country/region:
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   As a CyberCrime Host, your judgment is of utmost importance.  Due to
   this, your happiness is also incredibly important, so it is now
   SIGNIFICANTLY easier to add a new node into your area:

   1) Give them a copy of the CCi infopack and have them look it over.

   2) PREFERABLY have them fill out an app, and forward a copy to Midnight
      Sorrow, at midsorrow@ice.org (this is ONLY required if you do not
      wish to maintain your area yourself).

   3) If you wish, you may add new nodes directly into the network.  As host
      of your area, this is entirely your prerogative - if you'd prefer that
      Midnight Sorrow handle the nodelist for your area, that's fine, but
      if you find it easier to maintain it yourself, then you may do so, and
      simply e-mail the latest nodelist segment to Midnight Sorrow any time
      there is an update.  The only requirements to this end are:

        a) Conform to the current method of nodelist arrangement, which is:

            * STANDARD END-NODES (bbses) are incremented by hundreds.
              You are, say, 66:1922/0 and /100.  New nodes will go in as
              66:1922/200, 66:1922/300, /400, etcetera.

            * POINT NODES (individuals, and telnet subnodes) are incremented
              by ONES, under the system they receive from.  66:1922/201 is
              a point node is 66:1922/200.

           NOTE:  You MUST increment new nodes correctly!  If you fail to do
                  this, then Midnight Sorrow WILL renumber your area for you!

        b) Add the Uxx line to the end of each node, such as UPC (PCBoard),
           URG (Renegade) or UIQ (Iniquity) indicating what bbs software each
           system makes use of.

        c) Send Midnight Sorrow updates *BEFORE* the new nodes begin echoing
           messages to the network.  He will accept your judgment that any
           new nodes are quality ones, but he requires that they be listed
           in the public nodelist BEFORE they start posting on the net. :)

   4) Aside from that, you're basically given free reign over your area.
      Just be SURE you are recruiting QUALITY bbses, and that the sysops are
      FULLY aware of the rules and regulations of CyberCrime BEFORE they join
      up.  I don't want to see any kiddie garbage systems coming in and
      spewing CCi with oneliners and dogshit posts, so be careful about how
      unselective you are when trying to make your area code the largest one
      in all of CyberCrime.  :)


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   If, as a host or hub, you find yourself incapable, unable, or unwilling to
   comply with ALL of the above regulations (where applicable), you will be
   forced to resign your position.

   Now, even though this SOUNDS very cruel and sinister, it isn't, and is
   certainly very easy to keep up with even the strictest of the above rules.

   Thank you,

   Midnight Sorrow


