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Title: Steal This Computer Book by Wally Wang, Wallace Wang ISBN: 1-886411-21-2 Publisher: No Starch Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.77 (39 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good for newbies, but not for the well-seasoned.
Comment: "Steal This Computer Book" is a good introduction to the existence of the dark side of computing, but there's not a whole lot here for the advanced user. Some chapters just seem to be lists of reference material (URLs, mostly); others provide some in-depth info on specific topics. If you're looking for a "how-to" guide, this is not the book for you. The final chapter, "Hostile Java Applets," contains the entire code of three such applets, but has no explanation of how they work -- if you don't already know Java, this chapter will do almost nothing for you. It has the feel of an author who has some basic knowledge of the subject, and has read some other books or articles on the topic, but then went and found some things and just pasted them into his book. The section on phreaking is the same way. My advice? Buy this book, read it all the way through and copy down all the URLs, and then return it. Even advanced users (like, I daresay, myself) will have gained some additional perspective on certain matters, though a good amount of the material needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Newbies certainly should read this book, to gain at least a basic groundwork of knowledge (if not understanding) about the topics presented herein.
Rating: 1
Summary: Not even close to a hacker book.
Comment: Fist of all it is a cracker not a hacker. A hacker is some one who enjoys learning about computers and breaks down software to learn about it. Cracking is attacking another computer. Second of all it uses Visual Basic. VB is THE worst programming language. No hacker or cracker would recommend the use of such. It tells you how to be a Skript Kiddie. A SK is some one who uses other peoples software and goes around saying they are a hacker or a cracker. Thirdly virus writers aren't good people. They are niether hackers or crackers. They are black hat crackers(NOT HACKERS). A cracker has ethics and is often reffered to as a white hat hacker. Blacks do bad things, and get little benefit if not zero, but merely enjoy ruining other peoples computers. Black hat hackers are usually SKs with a wee bit more knowledge.
If you want to be a hacker(which if you are a good one, means you can probably crack), I recommend using Linux, learning C and C++, Networking, A+ certified(don't actually get certified but get a book, it provides basic hardware info). Get to know GCC and become fluent in C and C++. If you know no language and they will be your first, I recommend Python. Python is a good starting language. But first of all switch to Linux. use sourceforge.net and tldp.org for info and free software. That'll start you up. Oh yeah...never use the "elite" jargon. If you use this you are no cracker you are a SK.
Rating: 4
Summary: Amusing and informative.
Comment: A great way of teaching some of the less enlightened about computer saftey some of the ins and outs. It has some wonderful information. One complaint: it doesn't really *tell* you how to certain things, just hints at how you could find out.
Highly recommended.
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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: Steal This Computer Book 3: What They Won't Tell You About the Internet by Wallace Wang ISBN: 1593270003 Publisher: No Starch Press Pub. Date: May, 2003 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 ISBN: 0471237124 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 04 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Secrets of a Super Hacker by Knightmare, the Knightmare ISBN: 1559501065 Publisher: Loompanics Unlimited Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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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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