| ==Phrack Inc.== | |
| Volume Two, Issue 21, File 2 of 11 | |
| == Phrack Pro-Phile XXI == | |
| The Phrack Pro-Phile's purpose is to present to the reader profiles of older or | |
| influential hackers or phreakers that have or do exist. This month's Pro-Phile | |
| features a user of past days...Modem Master, a.k.a. Napoleon Solo. | |
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| Personal Information | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| Handle: Napolean Solo | |
| Call me: Scott | |
| Past Handle: Modem Master | |
| Handle Origin: I used to be a real "Man from UNCLE" fan | |
| D.O.Birth: March 29, 1970 | |
| Current Age: 18 yrs. | |
| Height: 6'0" | |
| Weight: 207 lbs | |
| Eyes: Hazel | |
| Hair: Light Brown | |
| Computers: Apple //+, Apple //gs, normal extra hardware, 2400 baud modem | |
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| I started on my way to hackerdom in early 1983 when I bought my first modem, a | |
| Networker 300 baud (What a gem!!) to use in my Apple II+. I asked the | |
| salesperson for the numbers of the local boards (at the time there were a whole | |
| 3 here, and one was an IBM users group board). Well, it just so happened one | |
| was an Apple board run on an old version of Networks II, with a sysop who had | |
| been known to rip off a local extender here and there. After chatting with him | |
| for a while he realized I was one of those eager-to-learn Jr. High kids, so he | |
| put me in touch with several other users of his board. Well, one of those was | |
| Simon Templar, who would later be the sysop of the Pearly Gates, and I guess to | |
| me, about as close a friend a phreak can have that lives 1000 miles a way. | |
| Simon gave me my first code (to an 800 number owned by LDX), and the numbers of | |
| some boards where I might pick up some more additional knowledge (IC's Socket, | |
| AT&T Phone Center, and Sherwood Forest). Well, after pestering just about | |
| anybody that seemed to know ANYTHING, I was on my way. Soon, I was frequenting | |
| at least one board in almost every area code. I also learned the advantage of | |
| scanning exchanges, I found several local PBXes and a Sprint indial that nobody | |
| seemed to known about. That facilitated my "habit" even more and I then found | |
| a little Diversi-Dial dubbed "Beandial." That was where I really got off the | |
| ground. It was frequented by many knowledgeable phreaks, so between that and | |
| all of the BBSes I was on, I had a wealth of knowledge to look to all at my | |
| fingertips when I had a question. | |
| Beandial also left me with several good friends, the most notable being Lord | |
| Kahz. It also put me in touch with someone rather well known, King Blotto (you | |
| should have seen my face the night my phone rang and the guy at the other end | |
| said "Hi, this is King Blotto, wanna be on my board?" and gave me the number!). | |
| As of the last several years, I have left the mainstream phreaking life, and | |
| only look in once in a while through past friends. That may change now, as | |
| Taran King and Knight Lightning have shown me that there are in fact TRUE | |
| phreaks left. I was beginning to doubt it, hence my absence. | |
| Memorable bulletin boards that I have been on include; The Pearly Gates, AT&T | |
| Phone Center, Blottoland (even though I was only actually on during the last | |
| phase of its life), and Bean Dial, plus all the normal ones that everybody and | |
| his brother were on. | |
| Currently I am enrolled at North Dakota State University, majoring in computer | |
| engineering. I work at McDonalds flippin' dem burgers. | |
| Regrets | |
| ~~~~~~~ | |
| I regret leaving the phreak world in the first place, I was disillusioned | |
| with all the little nerds with computers and modems who thought they were | |
| phreaks just because some dork they knew gave them a code. | |
| Favorite Things | |
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| Chicks: The ones with really big... uh.. Brains! Thats it! Ya know, they | |
| stick out their bras.. Uh.. I mean their intelligence protrudes!! | |
| Ya! thats it! | |
| People: I like just about anybody who has something interesting and | |
| meaningful to talk about (and chicks with big ****) | |
| Music: 70's music like Led Zeppelin, and most heavy metal bands. I also can | |
| go for top 40 as long as we aren't talking Whitney, or Jackson, or G. | |
| Michael or some other puke like that. | |
| Most Memorable Experiences | |
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| The time me and a friend from Idaho called this local guy who THOUGHT he was a | |
| phreak. I talked to him on one line, while MIKE talked to him long distance on | |
| another, convincing him that AT&T security had really busted his ass. I've | |
| never heard ANYONE sound so scared in my life! HAHAH | |
| Starting on my high school's varsity football team for two years instead of the | |
| average 0-1 yr. | |
| Some people to mention | |
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| Lord Kahz | |
| Cookie Cruncher | |
| Android Base -- for pointing me in the right direction | |
| Simon Templar -- for taking that direction and showing me what to do with it. | |
| All others who have helped me in anyway, whether it be questions I had, or | |
| whatever else... Thanks. | |
| Inside Joke | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| To Kahz: "Hey MM, let's call Mari!" | |
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| Serious Section | |
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| I think people who abuse CCs are assholes. That does nothing but hurt all of | |
| us; all that comes out of it is one person's gain and many people's suffering. | |
| Example; Sysops of the board where the inevitably BUSTED asshole posted his CC | |
| numbers. | |
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| Although he has never met any hackers, Scott feels that there are a few geeks | |
| out there based on some of his phone conversations. | |
| Thanks for your time Scott. | |
| Taran King | |