Changelog

2026-10-18Now served through self-hosted edge (Caddy on DigitalOcean) instead of ngrok
2026-10-16Added Ellis’s January 1970 non-secret encryption report to the evidence timeline, preserving month precision and the distinction between theoretical possibility and implementation. Updated JSON, plaintext, and search; 18,790 search entries, ten evidence milestones. Source scan linked, not mirrored.
2026-10-16Published remote-access trojans and their countermeasures: the history of NetBus, Back Orifice and Sub7, and how antivirus grew into behavioral detection, sandboxing, memory analysis and EDR. Original synthesis; no tools or code hosted.
2026-10-16Fixed subject retrieval for the existing traceroute and Nmap records: time-to-live, round-trip, Phrack 51 and filtered states now search their published original commentary. JSON/plaintext indexes agree; stable IDs, direct anchors and all 18,789 entries are preserved. No new source works or full texts imported.
2026-10-16Expanded the existing traceroute and Nmap entries with historical contribution, conceptual mechanism, measurement limits and source-availability assessments. Updated JSON, TXT and CSV exports. Catalog remains 28 tools; no binaries or original source code acquired or hosted.
2026-10-16Made the existing 28 historical tools and 42 source leads discoverable from the homepage, browse index and search page, with descriptions and collection-filter links. Clarified the 18,529-entry base browse index plus 260 research additions and labeled the homepage’s original-release statistics as a snapshot. No records or provenance changed.
2026-10-16Published two unchanged Site Security Handbook RFCs after source-byte, reproduction-rights and independent editorial review. Added plaintext originals, provenance and historical context; corrected editor roles in foundational records. The earlier full-text hold is closed.
2026-10-16Published eight research collections and 260 searchable additions: 105 foundational references, 18 botnet/intelligence records, three CAPTCHA explanations, 28 historical tools, 49 public profiles, 42 source leads, 14 discussion leads, and an inert agent proposal. Metadata/original synthesis only; downloadable exports on each page. No policy adoption or raw source-text hosting.
2026-10-16Reworked all 12 myths discussions with clear takeaway headings, separately labeled claims and evidence explanations. Distinguished historical findings from ethical or membership judgments. Updated plaintext, browse and search titles; labeled the phreaking narrative as cultural interpretation.
2026-10-16Added The network answered back: blind participants, affection for Ma Bell, shared discovery, and the sometimes beautiful imperfections of telephone sound. Historical accounts are attributed; personification is identified as interpretation. Updated plaintext and search subjects.
2026-10-16Clarified phreaking beyond free calls: telephone exploration, switching and signaling, hardware experimentation and community, alongside documented abuse and consequences. Updated plaintext, structured data and search/browse wording.
2026-10-16Corrected Decoding reCAPTCHA (DEF CON 18) with verified Chad Houck/Jason Lee credits and an official video link. Fixed multiword search across event, title and presenter fields, including DEF CON/DEFCON spelling and joined-name matching. Updated record, event and plaintext exports. Conference credits now cover 9,796 of 12,394 records; remaining gaps are explicit.
2026-10-16Expanded to 12,394 conference records (9,795 with presenter credits) with edition-level gaps. Published 3,962 taxonomy and historical concept records, 24,721 explicitly sourced assertions and 12 distinct publication references. Added unified search, crawlable indexes, plaintext index and reuse notices. Metadata coverage remains incomplete; actor claims and historical mappings retain their qualifications.
2026-10-16Published the 3,579-record Signal Atlas timeline with accessible search/list and distinctly labeled UFO / Disclosure context, plus 12 hacker and phreak belief discussions. Added timeline plaintext and myths plaintext. Fixed the coverage page schedule provenance link and linked earlier release notes to their content.
2026-10-16Added 30 contributor profiles, 60 sourced relationships, historical pathways and institutional and evidence-history timelines. Published 3,477 searchable metadata records, conference schedules, four neutral case histories, coverage counts and gaps, and plaintext exports. First release; incomplete historical coverage.
2026-10-15Added a disclaimer line to every page footer and a full disclaimer page at /disclaimer.html.
2026-10-09Added a short privacy note to every page: visits are logged on our own server to understand traffic and spot attacks.
2026-10-09Added a footer linking to the other sites in the network.
2026-10-09Launched the first version of aol.pm, a security research site.

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