5 comments about Hack Attacks Denied: Complete Guide to Network LockDown.

1. Anyone that is worried about securing there information, these books are a must have resource. These two books are essential information for knowing and understanding how a hacker thinks and how hacker gets into your network. I was truly amazed at the information and the way it is presented is where for both types of users, advanced and Novices.

   Doesn't matter if you're new to this area of the IT industry or a veteran. These two books are a must have resources. It doesn't matter if you're a small business or a large IT firm. Hackers are trying to get anyone and everyone. It is best to be prepared.

   There is a set of utilities that come with the book, which is great. The book has a lot of real life examples and plenty of resources on the CD...




2. This is a good book and i advise anyone who has is a sysadmin to read this.



3. Boring, bad structured, a lot of errors, too shallow, and full of not backed up assumptions.
   If you are really interested in 'Hack Attacks . .' then try the very recent 'Hack Proofing Your Network (2nd Edition)', quite up to date and comprehensive.



4. I bought this book online and never had a chance to preview it first hand. It's amazing how some books get published. There are constant references to his previous book. It crazy how many pages are just code. Nice if your a programmer I guess. Many references to their 'great' security programs too. Towards the end of the book there is 20 pages of a discovery, for what???? The one plus is the chapter on security policies. It's nothing outstanding, but compared to the rest of the book, it's literary art. Buy another book like 0735708681, which covers the same material, but is excellent.



5. This second edition of "Hack Attacks Denied" is just as good as the first, which is to say that it is extreemly badly written, not tech edited, and contains on average one glaring mistake on every other page. The countermeasures may end up opening up new holes in your system that were not there before. Avoid the recomendations of this book.

1 comments about Internet Protect Your Kids:: Keep Your Children Safe from the Dark Side of Technology.

1. This book is very basic. It deals more with sexual predators and the possibility of kids getting carried away from not knowing whom they are talking to. I received little material from this book that is adequate to prepare a youth lesson. I would suggest a book that is much more deeply though out with study questions.

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5 comments about Secrets of a Super Hacker.

1. This book gives nothing of value. It doesn't tell you anything about true hacking. The guy who wrote this book gave a brief history of some snooping around he did at work.



2. The book is entertaining, but it was written for a completely different era. This book can no longer be seriously accepted as a guide to computer hacking. If you know what a dial-up BBS was, you may be entertained by the stories within. If you're an old-timer techie, you may be amused with how the Knightmare describes how to repair a 5 1/4 inch disk; slice it open and place the magnetic material inside of a fresh disk. Other than the nostalgia, I do like how the book emphasizes hacker ethics, and the friendly pursuit of knowledge. If anything useful is to be gleaned from it besides that, it would be the segment on the lost art of social engineering. The book does not mention Unix, or the Internet.

   Simply put, this book may be entertaining, but is no longer useful.




3. Read it and can't believe they let him tell the secrets. I'm ready to try these out. Knightmare is elite. I want to learn more. Do you have other books?



4. This book talks about trojan land when we had our Atari computers. I remember those days when very few knew what trojans were. Dude talks about sneaking on site and installing trojans and backdoors. Yeah, try doing that at Chase Manhattan Bank or Microsoft. See you in the slammer. Trojans land is over. Anyone can get a trojan and infect a Windows sytem, look through all their files. Trojans are known about by most people today. Maybe they don't know how to use them, but once I teach them, they say, "Wow, this is easy!" Word to the wise, this book is written for kids who liked Wargames back in the 80s. Check it off teaching you anything. If you want a nice laugh and discover those Pac-man days once again, go for it man! Maybe you can bring back the Regan Presidency. Least the Iran Contra was better than the Iraq war. It was all peace and love back then, and everyone drove a nice car.



5. I read this book and I am glad I never bought it. I learned more by googling than here. A lot of this stuff is common sense, as if whoever wrote this was watching Hackers and Sneakers (both are movies).

2 comments about Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age (Texts in Computer Science).

1. Excellent chapters covering morality, law, ethics, professional codes, and intellectual property rights. Provides a basic introduction to many topics that stimulate further study, research, and discussion. Discussion of social issues is limited. The weaker chapters are the modern areas of the information age such as cyberspace, the internet, email, privacy, security, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality.



2. Many chapters ramble on with insignificant facts making it difficult to see what point the author is trying to make. Typographical errors are abundant due to insufficient editing and proofreading. I recommend schools find a different text to ethics in technology courses.

5 comments about The Good the Spam and the Ugly.

1. There are some hilarious pages in this book, some that had me crying and unable to speak. If the author had a little more variety it would have been a great book, but it did seem to repeat its formula in the responses to the email scams after a while.



2. This was one of the funniest books I have enjoyed in a long, long time. The content is fun and light and makes for an easy read. There were times I had tears in my eyes and pain in my stomach from laughing so hard. It's an excellent book for when you need a break from this mad, mad, world.
   
   It's one of those purchases you won't regret.
   
   Highly recommended!



3. A laugh-riot from start to finish--the funniest book I've read in years.



4. The Publishers Weekly review above is on the money, in that this book is gleefully offensive.
   
   I'm fine with that.
   
   If you're fine with that as well, this book will make you snort with laughter at inappropriate times. Do not read while sitting in bed next to your sleeping spouse. She will eventually punch you in the chest for waking her up.
   
   It'll be worth the bruise.



5. I often play with Nigerian scammers though not to the extent that the author does. Some of his responses to the scammers email are really funny. A lot like the annals of "The Porcine Princess".

5 comments about Fake: Forgery, Lies, & eBay.

1. In the early heyday of ebay bidders flooded the site willing to buy nearly everything - among them art collectors who hoped to buy bargains and rarities from less educated listers. FAKE describes the actions of one Kenneth Walton, a lawyer who was not only seduced by an online con artist, but who become one himself. From his initial hobby as an online art-trading hobbyist to his entry into a world of fraud and selling fakes which would lead to a federal felony conviction, FAKE: HOW ONE MAN'S CON GAME CREATED AN INTERNATIONAL SCANDAL AND TRIGGERED A NATIONWIDE FBI HUNT tells of a hobby gone wrong and packs in all the detail and excitement of a true adventure read.
   
   Diane C. Donovan
   California Bookwatch



2. I am a high end art collector at major auctions and have looked at ebay items up for sell. So many are obviously fakes that I have written to a couple of power sellers. They immediately threatened to sue me.
   
   However, that is not why I am writing this review. This is a story of someone who knew nothing about art but was slowly engulfed in a new world where profit opportunity was high and old rules no longer applied. The individual involved acted like a major corporation in slowly bending the rules until they no longer believed the old rules or thought they could not possible be caught.
   
   I think the story should be read by every corporate executive in America. It shows how easy it is to justify going 65 in a 55 zone and then occasionally speeding up to 85 when you think no one cares that you are going over the speed limit.
   
   It is also an inspirational tale. I am very impressed with the author and how he changed his life around.
   
   I would also recommend this book to anyone buying or selling on ebay. It is unbelievable how some of the items are marketed there. Ebay is not incented to police it to the degree they should. Buyer beware. At least for sure, I can tell you the art is not what you think it is!
   
   This is a fast read .. get it.



3. My son picked "Fake" for our mother/son book club. The boys are sixteen; the mothers work in a variety of professional fields. No one was bored. Everyone finished the book, which is unusual. Discussion was lively and wide-ranging, even with the author present. I asked and he came!
   
   Part of the charm of the book, the story and the man derives from our inherent hope that people can grow by surviving adversity, even self-made, or perhaps, especially self-made. Walton gives readers an engaging look at the California art scene and ebay, while allowing us to watch him decide what he will do next.
   
   If he writes another book, I'll definitely read it.



4. This "author" is a liar, a lawyer, and a snitch. If you think it couldn't get any worse it does: he thinks his writing is clever. Wait for his victim (Fetterman)'s book.



5. Someone had recommended this book to me as a "good read". really didn't even know why I bought the book as I thought reading about ebay would be totally boring. Well I was wrong. The book sat on a shelf at my home for 3 months before I even opened the cover. Couldn't sleep one night and picked the book and started to read. I honestly couldn't put it down until I had finished from cover to cover. It is a great story and well written by the author. Whether you don't care about art or even Ebay this is an interesting story written in such a way that you find yourself totally emersed in the deceptions of an art forger who gets caught and the story line of getting caught and punished in a court of law. This is a good read.

No comments about Cybercrime: The Transformation of Crime in the Information Age (Crime and Society).

No comments about The Cock Crows Murder and Other Tales from the Pulps.

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