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Title: Steal This Computer Book 3: What They Won't Tell You About the Internet by Wallace Wang ISBN: 1-59327-000-3 Publisher: No Starch Press Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (8 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Steal this computer book 3
Comment: I orderd this book after seeing the "stunning" reviews it recieved on this site. I'm sorry to say that I am very disappointed. I got it yesterday morning and was real eager to get into it, but within an hour I just stopped reading. Why?
Dont get me wrong this isnt a bad book per-se and its just that it has its audience and i'm not part of it. This is for people\parents\employers\new users to the internet who want to know more about its dark underbelly.
If you know or understand phrases like- firewalls, sniffers, back-doors, loggers, scanners, spam, idtheft, filters, Airsnort, dumpster-diving, social-engineering, shoulder surfing and so on....- then dont even pick this book up. I'm no computer security guru but i'd say a couple of days surfing the net and you'll soon have the bones of this book.
If on the other hand, you're new to the net, you're worried about you kids safety while on the net, who's using your computer, what they're doing, what other could be doing to you, or just need a quick jumpstart into the darker side of the net then maybe (and only just maybe!!) you should consider this book.
Its like one reviewer said, its for the ordinary guy, but if you've done any bit of work in IT then a lot of it will seem like fluff. So I've left it for now but am not gonna throw it out, its something i'll read when i got time and also there looks to be some interesting sections that I'm gonna look through.
It still gets 2 stars though; one because its well organsied and written in a very easy to understand language, not too technical which is definately a plus if you're new to the net and all thing computers, and two beacuse theres a lot of good links to related software and sites that can help you understand more. Think of it as a good reference\starting point.
Peronally i'd say save you're money and read "computer espoinage, counter measures and tactics" if you want more intersting read.
Rating: 1
Summary: Nothing of value here
Comment: I read through this book anticipating I would find information that would help me understand the darker side of the internet and protect myself from it. In the end though, the bottom line of the book is that you need: 1) anti-virus software, 2) a good firewall like Zone Alarm, and 3) a good spy blocking program like Spycop. I knew that already and I have all that installed on my PC. The rest of the book is fluf. I found the reading extremely tedious and painful because there is so little new here. Don't waste your money. If you do the three things I mentioned above, you can bypass this book alltogether.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must-Read Internet Exposé
Comment: A great book -- packed with information, and an enjoyable read to boot. "Steal This Computer Book 3" reveals the "other" side of the Internet -- the good stuff (many great little-known resources) and the bad stuff (viruses, trojans, hackers and various other baddies). I was happy to learn I was already doing most of what I needed to do to secure my computer, and the book inspired me to beef up my security even more. Highly recommended.
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Title: Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Fourth Edition (Hacking Exposed) by Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, George Kurtz ISBN: 0072227427 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Steal This Computer Book 2 : What They Won't Tell You About the Internet by Wallace Wang ISBN: 1886411425 Publisher: No Starch Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon, Steve Wozniak ISBN: 0471237124 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 04 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering by Andrew Huang ISBN: 1593270291 Publisher: No Starch Press Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Steal This Computer Book by 25, Wallace Wang ISBN: 1886411212 Publisher: No Starch Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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