They gave me a couple of really useful computer programs. One is called "crack" and it trys to find out peoples' passwords. If I can get their passwords, I can find out what they are saying about me on their email. Even better, I can even send the occasional email from their account so I can make them say good things about me.
Another program he gave me is called a "sniffer". He said it might find out the "root" account password. Apparently that is a really good thing. He says that if I can find out how to get into some of the root accounts on the servers I can really protect myself.
When you're in the line of fire, it sure pays to have friends who know how to make use of the system.