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Summary: One of the worst books on the subject ever written
Review: This book is reprints of guides freely available on the web, ithas numerous technical errors and it is confusing...
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Summary: Meinel, tell me darling, what is this?
Review: Meinel, if you ever read this review, please answer it. Why was koan shut down for good when HFG hacked it... OH! Oops, the public wasn`t supposed to know about that! But of course, Tg0d did, and so did I. Coincidence? I think not. You are too cowardly to admit that you`re incompetent and cannot fix your own FreeBSD box. What, your goons ran away? Nobody to do it for you?
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Summary: Fun....for a newbie like me.
Review: The only thing more fun than this book is the Happy Hacker web page. Sure the stuff in the beginning chapters regarding changing the windows startup screens is lame...but the author herself says that. It taught me things I didn't know.All-in-all this is a good book for absolute beginners. To all those reviewers who complained that this book is a terrible book for serious computer security: Would a book about serious network security be titled "Happy Hacker"?
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Summary: reviews, reviews, reviews
Review: First of all I'm extremely annoyed by the ignorance of reviewers. It's obvious that some people know more about computers than others. It's not a story book! If you are already familiar with the topics of discussion in this book than it's definetly a waste of time for you. Compared to a story book, it would be like reading the same book twice ( why bother). As far as outdated goes, I can pull books off the shelf from late 99 and their outdated already. The world of computers change at an extremely fast pace. There are some things that generally stay the same and I think this book does a good job of teaching these things. I want some of these reviewers to think back to when they decided to go beyond average everyday computer use. Now imagine asking a question like "how do I port scan" what type of response would you get, not a good one. You are the same as those people that flamed you when you ask those now seemingly slow questions, why, because you only have to learn once After that you think you gain this privilege of looking down upon people that don't know what you do. Trust me this book will not teach you how to "hack", it will only point you in the right direction. I've advanced to the point of being able to penetrate systems with an uncanny ease. I don't consider myself a hacker because I have an utmost repect for the title. These people who are reviewing her book are probably no more than script kiddies keeping themselves up dated on the work of the true hackers (if even that much credit should be merited). I consider myself to be a script kiddie also, and I have no shame. As far as you sysadmins reviewing this book go, you had better look out. I obliterate your college earned, security expertise every day with my happy hackin' skillz. Nefarious
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Summary: The Happy What?
Review: Have you ever read one of those books that just leaves you feeling ill? After the first five pages of this monstrosity I was already on my mad-dash for the toilet. This is -not- a 'guide to hacking' as the title may imply, it is a series of inaccurate, typo-ridden, paranoid, rants. Any information that could possibly have been useful is out of date and widely available on the net for free anyways. The entire book is one big play off of the media's 'hacker hysteria', and definetly not worth the thirty bucks you could be spending on something useful, such as an informative (and often inexpensive, atleast compared to 'The Happy Hacker') Linux manual.
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Summary: Dr Anne Andersen
Review: This was rather a disappointing book, given the "hype" that surrounds it.There were one or two interesting chapters, but it written for "newbies" and I'm afraid most of the information was out-of-date.Anybody could get this information, and more up-to-date "stuff", reading Phack and trawling the Web.Nothing about the virus Chernobyl, and its offspring, Colossus, used by the UK and US military, to blast unwanted intruders.On a more basic level where is the info on Back-Orifice?. In the Psychology Dept at Glasgow University, we have protection , via firewalls and Norton's anti-virus software.Meinel doesn't address the issue as to how these packages work,with "all" her writings and self indulgence, she doesn't say that these systems are virtually hacker-proof.How do they work?.Next time she writes a book on this subject, lets hope she goes up-market, instead of pandering to spotty faced youths, hiding away in bedrooms.She is capable of better things, if she wasn't on an ego trip! .
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Summary: Waste Your Money and Learn Very Little
Review: I returned this book three days after buying it, it was so bad. It is riddled with computing errors, typos and really terrible writing. The few useful things in the book can be _easily_ picked up off the web for free. The author seems to be a Johnnie-Come-Lately to hacking, has no in-depth knowledge and is just trying to make a buck. This is not a good book even for newbies.
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Summary: This book is a good one
Review: This book is not just about hacking and doing harm. Basically, it's nothing about doing harm. It teaches you how to do many things from your own computer without changing it at all. This is a great book for a newbie who doesn't want to get caught. I would recommend this book to any new hacker.
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Summary: Happy Hacker Hype
Review: Why buy the Happy Hacker book? In case you aren't just totally awed by it being written by yours truly, Carolyn Meinel (shock, shock!), here are some other reasons to get it. The Happy Hacker book is much more than just reprints of my Guides to (mostly) Harmless Hacking that you can find on countless hacker Web pages. They... COME ON DOWN! This is crass advertising for a second rate book, culled from,LOPHT,LOD etc.Even we in Britain are beyond the baubles in this trivia book.O.K good fro REEL bEGINNERS,SEE WHAT i MEAN,NO SPEEK ENGLISH GEEKS.pTHETIC PLAYGROUND HUMOUR.My Computer SysmANAGER,COULD KNOCK A BOOK UP LIKE THIS IN A MONTH.gET REEL,STOP PLAIGIARISING, BE A REEL Russian/Bulgarian HACKER.kNOW wot i mean.
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Summary: Hacker Finally Sheds Light On Newbies
Review: The book is an excellent book in my opinion. Tho some things are quite stupid such as how to press "ESC" when it asks for your windows passord - but other ends of the book reveal complete port mapping, download links, references to sites and other books to purchease. For anyone wanting to start but has no clue where to start - and whants a fast start into the underground world - This book is for you! TechnoGecko
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