- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd; Revised edition edition (2 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1842227246
- ISBN-13: 978-1842227244
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 279,075 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A Complete Hacker's Handbook is a technical book, not a journalistic account of hacker activities and the implications of their work. Dr K, the founder of the Phreak/Hack-United Kingdom e-zine (P/H-UK), touches on the issues, but concerns himself mostly with practical information for people who want to investigate computer systems. If Unix, TCP/IP and cgi scripts don't turn you on, this is unlikely to be for you.
If Dr K had written "How to Rob a Bank", he would almost definitely have found himself in trouble. But here he actually creates a persuasive case for indulging in harmless investigation of computer systems. His list of "The Ethics of Hacking" makes sense. For example one of his principles is that "Corporations and government cannot be trusted to use computer technology for the benefit of ordinary people". That rings true. Today's hacker may be tomorrow's champion of freedom. But he does hint at the seamier side, like the chapter about going through people's bins to get an idea of their computer systems.
Computer viruses do cause many problems for people, and manipulation of the telephone system is likely to be a criminal activity, but it is perfectly reasonable to want to learn about how these things work. Certainly the Hacker's Handbook helps you understand the importance of good computer security and gives a little glamour to the process of learning about how the Internet works. --Brian Jenner --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Dr. K takes hacking from its beginning in the computer networks of the early 80's to the increasingly complex hacking of the 21st century.
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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a fantastic book for someone who wishes to understand computer security and its breaching. It explains many key methods of attack, including syn/ack flooding, ping floods, security scanning, war dialing and ip spoofing. The best thing about the book is it's cheap. If you buy a 40 quid computer book, you'll find most of it contains lists of info which you could get for free from the internet. "A Complete Hacker's Handbook" is clear, concise and easy to understand.
Also covers Hacker culture, virii, warez and securing your own computer system.
Also covers Hacker culture, virii, warez and securing your own computer system.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bought on recommendation from Amazon, and I wasn't disappointed. It's a good introduction to 'hacking' as a topic. It does cover quite a bit, but there are four things that I would say about this book to anyone considering reading it. Firstly,the author is far too timid. Almost every chapter contains a reference to cover his back from a legal point of view. This is understandable, but a disclaimer at the beginning would have been easier. Secondly, you need a good understanding of networking, security and computers in general before reading this book. It does go into areas that less experienced readers will find confusing, however this isn't intended as a comlpete manual, so that's fair enough. Thirdly, the author manages to dispel some of the myths of hackers in general, and does a good job of differentiating between the 'good' guys and the 'bad' guys. I'm sure, however, that it is never quite as simple as this book makes out, and although it is not the place of the author to dictate what people should and should not do, it would have been nice to see a section on 'why malicious cracking is a bad idea'. Hopefully this should be enough to give a good insight and still prevent legions of 'script kiddies' from taking up the hobby. All in all, it's a good read - more of a 'read once' book than a work of reference that you will use again.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've sat down and read my way through this book in pretty much under a day and whilst I had a few niggles (not going deep enough on some subjects as I would have liked but hey its a personal preference) and was pretty much what I had expected, including the scathing review of the "warez scene" which coming from a hacker err ex-hacker is what I'd expected .. I mean "warez d00ds" .. purrlease !! this is the 2001 not 1980.
Whilst the basic premise that piracy is theft, cracking is theft etc is true and very well highlighted (perhaps too much ?). The details on how the scene operates are much out-dated, there's no discussion of "warez" terminology which is certainly as advanced as hacker terminology and the portrayal of "warez d00ds" (more correctly "supps (suppliers)", "crackers (copyright/registration breakers)" and "currys (couriers)") is very very sketchy as all are lumped together and dare I say wrong and (again a personal thing) perhaps some mention of online credit card fraud which basically ties the two themes(Hacking & Warez)together.
heck I think I'll write a book on it ;)
Basically - buy this book - rip out chapter 11 because it is - quite frankly - rubbish and read the rest of the book and enjoy :)
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Out of date.
This book is very dated now and much of what it contains has long since passed in to the realms of computer history. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. Martin Jury
HACKERS HANDBOOK....GOOD READ
New to the IT world, as I am, then you will find this an interesting read. Don't expect it to teach you how to hack, after all its illegal! Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2004 by "mccabe_a"
Good but doesn't tell you a lot
When I got this book I was looking to start hacking. This is a good start...aslong as you don't want to learn anything. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2003
Unsure about its aim
Sometimes this book tries to aim itself at the novice, at other times it targets the IT expert. This mixture left me flicking around. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2002 by Mudcow
Not bad at all.
When i read this book i was already a competant computer/internet user. As i read it i noticed that if i hadn't have been, then i could have struggled to grasp some of what was... Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2001
This book was incredible!!!!
This book can come very handy for you HACKING people out there. It has very usefull ideas in the book about hacking. THis would be the best book i've bought this year
Published on 8 Nov 2000
Not bad but wrong title
This book serves more as an introduction to hacking, rather than anything else. Hardly any detials are given about specific hacks and the book concentrates too much on non-computer... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2000 by Pete
great book demystifying for hacking ordinary internet users
I'm interested in hacking, but as a computer newbie i find most of the things i read too difficult to understand. I read this though, and it was really good. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2000
Very informative, just make sure you keep an open mind...
This book has several chapters including; Newbie corner, Hackers toolbox (includes most tools & methods) phone phreaking, Viruses & Warez which all have a good description... Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2000 by c0ol.burn@euphony.net
good introduction, though not perfect
This book gives a fairly comprehensive overview of what "hacking" is, what they do, why they do it, and very importantly the difference between a hacker and a cracker. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2000
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