- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd (15 Aug 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1858689430
- ISBN-13: 978-1858689432
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 833,248 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
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All the different areas of hacking are discussed, along with their implications, what is at stake, ways to protect against potential damage, and how to try them out for yourself.
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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great book to get you started,
By A Customer
This review is from: A Complete Hacker's Handbook: Everything You Need to Know About Hacking in the Age of the Web (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.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A good book, but I'm not sure who it's aimed at,
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This review is from: A Complete Hacker's Handbook: Everything You need to know about Hacking in the Age of the Web (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:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Grounding In The Basics,
By A Customer
This review is from: A Complete Hacker's Handbook: Everything You need to know about Hacking in the Age of the Web (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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