I could have voted either way, Seeker.

I know nix and TCP/IP. I am responsible for the security of several servers and a small network, and in that capacity have more than a passing familiarity with many of the tools out there.

Before the days of the WWW, I used to hack just to get on the 'net, running NOS through the MERIT system. That's probably as far as I've ever come to breaking into anybody else's system though, except when I've been asked to by folk who have the authority to grant - and back then, the MERIT system was sort of open anyway. They knew we were there and didn't do anything about it.

By today's standards, I'm no hacker, and I certainly wasn't one of the first - but I was in there pretty early and do know my way around. Not sure what you'd call that anymore.