Editing Phrack (section)

==Content==
''Phrack'' issues are released irregularly, and issues are grouped into volumes. Each issue comprises a number of Philes: stand-alone text files of technical or counter-cultural content. Philes are submitted by members of the hacker underground community, and are reviewed by the editors.

In addition to technical articles, ''Phrack'' also provided a focus for news and gossip among the hacker community.<ref name="thomas"/>

In the 1990 [[National Computer Security Conference]], Sheldon Zenner and [[Dorothy Denning]] suggested that ''Phrack'' articles contained the same factual content in computer and security magazines, but differed in tone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phrack.com/issues.html?issue=32&id=7|title= Phrack Magazine |website=phrack.com}}</ref>

===Notable articles===
''Phrack'' is especially popular due to the general high standard of the releases compared to other underground zines, but has made its reputation from a number of high-quality articles.
* "\/\The Conscience of a Hacker/\/ (aka the [[Hacker Manifesto]])" by [[Loyd Blankenship|The Mentor]] has been an inspiration to young hackers since the 1980s, having been published in the 7th issue of ''Phrack''.
* "Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phrack.org/issues.html?issue=49&id=14#article|title= Phrack Magazine |website=phrack.org}}</ref> by [[Elias Levy|Aleph One]], published in issue 49, is the "classic paper"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=165600196 |title=Busted Buffer: How To Prevent It |first=Andrew |last=Conry-Murray |magazine=InformationWeek |date=2005-07-04 |access-date=2008-01-20 }}</ref> on [[stack buffer overflows]], partly responsible for popularizing the vulnerability.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vnunet.com/itweek/comment/2086023/worms-unhappy-returns |first=Neil |last=Barrett |title=Worms: many unhappy returns |publisher=IT Week |date=2003-11-05 |access-date=2008-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830082912/http://www.vnunet.com/itweek/comment/2086023/worms-unhappy-returns |archive-date=2008-08-30 }}</ref>
* "The Art of Scanning" by [[Gordon Lyon|Fyodor]], published September 1, 1997 in Issue 51 introduced the [[nmap]] Internet scanning tool.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://phrack.org/issues/51/11.html| date=1997-09-01|publisher=Phrack|title=The Art of Scanning}}</ref>

===Regular features===
Several regular columns are present in most issues of ''Phrack'', such as:
* Prophile - a profile of an influential individual from the hacking underground.
* Loopback - answers to emails received by the phrack staff.
* Phrack World News - a compilation of reports on the latest counter-culture events.
* International Scenes - a compilation of testimonies from hackers around the world focusing on national and international activities.