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by David H. Freedman (Author), Charles C. Mann (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster; New edition edition (2 Mar 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0684835584
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684835587
  • Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.1 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 685,711 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Jon Katz

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Freedman and Mann understand technology, computers, and security issues. Their message in "At Large" is clear and convincing.



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Phantom Dialer was the subject of the first major investigation of the FBI's new computer-crime squad. This tale which reads like a thriller is perhaps the biggest and most disturbing computer breach of security to date showing the ominous indications of the vulnerability of the global online network.

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5.0 out of 5 stars More than an absorbing page flipper, 27 Sep 1999
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The cover of the paperback edition says this is "An absorbing page flipper". It is, but the case described has so many worrying aspects it left me thinking, and thinking....

This morning I had just finished reading the last page of the book when my laptop's hard drive whirred into action of its own accord. A chill of fear went through me. Fortunately it was just an autosave - or was it?

That's the sort of thing this book gets you thinking.

The most worrying part is that the cracker who gained illegal access to thousands of computer systems was retarded, ill, couldn't write programs, and never invented a new cracking technique himself. Despite this he succeeded by persistently searching for well known security weaknesses, for hours, and hours, days and days. He always got in.

Reading through the explanations of his techniques (very well explained with minimal rocket science) I could see how the complexity of securing Unix systems and the continual reliance on password disciplines being followed by users had left so many sites exposed.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, sustains interest, makes you think., 28 Nov 1999
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This book was very good on the whole (apart from some spelling and gramatical mistakes). It portrays the real world of hacking in a generally successful way and does well in getting across the real fealings of "Hackers".
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