Within seconds of the appointed time, Roger got a message from Spike that gave him Talisent’s network address. Roger immediately recognized the domain name as an ISP (Internet Service Provider) and the specific address looked like an auto-assigned IP number. As Roger had expected, Talisent was connected through a dial-up link rather than a directly connected and registered server. Tracking her location was a matter of tracing the phone call that her modem had placed. In order to do that, he needed the ISPs modem ID and accompanying telephone number. Nancy checked her watch as she paced back and forth behind Roger's chair. It took him about ten minutes to hack the line number out of the company's dial-up server. That translated into about a half mile of wear and tear on Nancy's shoe leather. To her credit, Nancy held back all the questions she wanted to ask Roger while he was working.

Roger grabbed his phone and punched in a number. Then he entered another long series of numbers, calmly said his name, "Tango," and hung up the phone. He sat back in his chair and folded his arms while watching the telephone. Nancy gulped and asked what went wrong when she saw him hang up. This cloak and dagger stuff made her a nervous wreck. She kept checking the security monitors to see if the police were pounding on the front door yet. She couldn't help herself. Roger just told her to relax. Everything was proceeding as planned. Lot a help he was.



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