I had nodded off for a while, awakening at about 5:15 am. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes, stretched, and then looked at the computer monitor. All was OK. The status window showed the number of systems accessed (24,383), the number of systems successfully back-doored (18,275), and the number of error/alert accesses (82). Things were working quite well.
I hit the command key sequence to stop any new connections, and watched the last access finish up. Then I shut down the program. I removed the phone cable from the jack, and then looked at the log file.
I had a good list of systems that I could access later on. I dumped the log file to the encrypted floppy disk, along with the other support programs. And I made three backup copies of that disk for later access.
I was pleased with the first night's test. There were over 18,000 systems available for the next phase of the attack. I shut down the systems, grabbed the notebook computer, enabled the alarm system, and went out the front door, locking up tight. I looked up at the alarm system's remote LED, which had turned green just like it was supposed to. The LED wasn't that bright, so it wouldn't show up at night, even if you knew where to look.
So I got into the van headed back to the house.
Except it was time for another stop at Hilda's for some essential supplies. Today, they had some fresh French rolls just out of the oven, so I got a couple for lunch, along with the usual supply of oatmeal raisin cookies. And there were also some hot out-of-the-oven croissants, so two of those occupied my left hand (one at a time, of course) on the trip back to the house.