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Summary: Dumb, Dumber ...
Review: It's hard to be rational or objective when you realize you've been ...; best to keep this short and sour.The author plays to a juvenile and no-brain crowd; reminds me of an Ed Wood movie. Entertaining on its own level, but I expected some technical insight. Save your money. Too bad there is not zero or minus stars. This book deserves it.
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Summary: Bad would be an understatement
Review: This has got to be the worst book in my library. There isn't any hard information. You do get a whole lot of hints and teasers but little in the way of a clear explanation. Spend your money elsewhere. Not only is Bellovin and Cheswick's Firewall's and Internet Security so much better, you'll also be spared from suffering through very juvenile writing.
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Summary: Cool book
Review: This is a decent book. The author is an "old school" hacker. By the way she writes, you can tell that she is deeply rooted within the
internet. I would give this book to any high school or college student who is interested in hacking. I don't recommend this book for any seasoned security pros. The information in the book is a bit dated at times, but it is packed with plenty of great technical pointers. I think the author would have done a better job if she would have written a book purely on hacking experiences and how the internet has developed. That information was more enjoyable than anything else included in the book. If you're a newbie this might not be a bad place to start.
Good start with TCP/IP, Unix adminstration and programming.These are all things you'd need to be a successful hacker anyways. Like I said, some of the information is dated. If I had this book in 1996...who knows?
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Summary: Cool book
Review: This is a decent book. The author is an "old school" hacker. By the way she writes, you can tell that she is deeply rooted within the
internet. I would give this book to any high school or college student who is interested in hacking. I don't recommend this book for any seasoned security pros. The information in the book is a bit dated at times, but it is packed with plenty of great technical pointers. I think the author would have done a better job if she would have written a book purely on hacking experiences and how the internet has developed. That information was more enjoyable than anything else included in the book. If you're a newbie this might not be a bad place to start.
Good start with TCP/IP, Unix adminstration and programming.These are all things you'd need to be a successful hacker anyways. Like I said, some of the information is dated. If I had this book in 1996...who knows?
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Summary: A Great Guide Newbies
Review: This book got me into the world of linux. After reading it I migrated from Windows to Linux and have been happy ever since. Whoever says this book is worthless must not know how to operate a computer, because I found It very usefull. People say it is outdated but they come out with new editions every couple years to keep up with new OS's. I saw a review that it had bad grammer and spelling. The sentence they picked out, if read in the correct context, is a sarcastic remark. And for those who claim it is over priced, most tech manuals and how to books run around 30 bucks. Anyhow, it is a great read for people wanting to know more about the subject of hacking, or a guide to starting in Linux.
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Summary: weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Review: This book is pretty darn good. It's not as informative as my linux or unix bibles, but sometimes it does the job. I highly Recommend this book to all the newbs out there.
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Summary: Great insights into the hacking world-both legal and illegal
Review: This book certainly provides more information and actual how-to's than any other book. Not excessivly technical so a non technical person could still read it and enjoy.
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Summary: Good for newbies who want to learn a few tricks
Review: If your technical knowledge if from basic to mid-range and that you want to learn a few interesting tricks and techniques about defeating information security systems, taking advantage of your computer, and other's, this book is probably for you. On the other hand, do not expect just by reading a book to become a strong hacker, or even a hacker at all for that matter. Aquiring strong hacking skills require knowing the in-depths of the systems that compose networks and computers, so start reading now and expect much, much more than a 400 pages book which'll teach you tricks without you really understanding why those tricks work. Remember there are the people who vulnerabilities and those who discover them. This is the very thing that differenciates the 'script kiddies' and the real 'hacker'. Carolyn Meinel has nothing of an 'elite' or even a skilled hacker, on the other hand she has enough knowledge of the subject to provide someone with lower technical skills with a few interesting tricks.. and who knows, maybe give one the motivation to go further, where it really begins.
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Summary: Useless is an understatement
Review: This book is pure nonsense.For a start it is worded very badly.
pg 30 :::"When you get the kind of online connection that allows you to see pretty pictures on the Web, you are using TCP/IP"
Come on please! At least explain that it is HTTP.Thats the writing of a "computer security expert"?? I don't think so.
If you want to learn about hacking go and get the Hacking exposed books. I am not saying that they are amazing but I certainly learnt more from them in the first chapters then in all of Happy Hacker.
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Summary: Great for newbie
Review: It's a great book, for beginers. It explains what are ports and showes you a little of programming in c and shell, but not a allot. Funy book. If you are a beginer, you should read it.
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