| #1176649 in Books | Pocket | 1990-11-01 | Format: Print | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.03 x4.19 x6.69l,.50 | Binding: Mass Market Paperback | 356 pages | Great product!||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting account of the early days of hacking, when the Internet was in its infancy|By Matthew Lala|The review somewhat over-dramatizes this book, but it's still pretty interesting if you're curious about the mechanics of hacking networks and the earliest days of the internet... back when it was the hobby of a handful of geeks and not the omnipresent househol|.com |A sentimental favorite, The Cuckoo's Egg seems to have inspired a whole category of books exploring the quest to capture computer criminals. Still, even several years after its initial publication and after much imitation, the book remains a good r
Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorized users on his system. The hacker's code name was "Hunter"-- a mystery invader hiding inside a twisting electronic labyrinth, breaking into U.S. computer systems and stealing sensitive military and security information. Stoll began a one-man hunt of his own, spying on the spy-- and plunging into an incredible internati...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Cuckoo's Egg | Clifford Stoll. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!