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Author(s): Wallace Wang
Publisher: No Starch Press
Year: 2003
ISBN: 1593270003
Language: English
File type: CHM
Pages: 359
Size (for download): 13.75 MB


THIS BOOK WON'T TURN YOU INTO A HACKER ANY MORE THAN READING A MILITARY MANUAL CAN TURN YOU INTO A SOLDIER. You won't find step-by-step instructions explaining how to break into a computer, nor will you find technical discussions that show all the flaws inherent in any particular type of operating system. This isn't a technical book about computer hacking. This is a philosophy book about the implications of computer hacking. Hacking isn't just about breaking into computers. Hacking is about exploring, extending boundaries, and searching for knowledge for its own sake.

So if you're looking for detailed information about finding flaws in the latest version of Red Hat Linux or how to configure a Cisco router to protect a corporate network from attack, look somewhere else. But if you want a book that explores both the technical and social implications of the hidden, darker side of the Internet that most people never see, read, or hear about, keep reading. The world of hackers, virus writers, political activism, censorship, racism, and government, religious, and corporate propaganda and intolerance disguised as news, advertising, and press releases awaits you.

Not surprisingly, some people will find the information in this book distasteful, disturbing, and downright dangerous. Yet others will see this same information as an excuse and a reason to cause havoc and make trouble for others. But neither side is correct.

The purpose of this book isn't to teach you how to be a hacker, but rather to teach you to think like a hacker, which means challenging your own preconceived notions about right and wrong and looking beyond the mental limitations that your culture has trained you to think no matter what part of the world you may live in. Computers and the Internet can help open your mind to new worlds that you never dreamed could possibly exist-or it can shut off your mind and funnel your thinking down the narrow confines of a fantasy world that only you choose to see. The choice is up to you.

So if you want to use your computer as a tool to expand your awareness rather than substitute for it, this book is for you. We need you more than ever before. But don't get me wrong. This book isn't advocating the overthrow of your government or the development of a radically different one.


TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Finding What You Need—The Magic of Search Engines
Chapter 02 - Alternative Sources of News and Information
Chapter 03 - Censoring Information (We Know What's Best for You)
Chapter 04 - Hacktivism—Online Activism
Chapter 05 - Pledging Allegiance—Hatred as Patriotism
Chapter 06 - Where the Hackers Are
Chapter 07 - Viruses and Worms
Chapter 08 - Trojan Horses— Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts
Chapter 09 - CON Games on the Internet
Chapter 10 - Online Stalkers
Chapter 11 - Probing a Target
Chapter 12 - Sneaking into a Computer
Chapter 13 - Digging In
Chapter 14 - Computing on a Shoestring
Chapter 15 - Protecting Your Data and Your Privacy
Chapter 16 - Waging War on Spam
Chapter 17 - Web Bugs, Adware, Pop-Ups, and Spyware
Chapter 18 - Firewalls, Intrusion-Detection Systems, and Honeypots
Chapter 19 - Computer Forensics: Recovering and Deleting Data
Chapter 20 - Protecting Your Computer
Appendix A - Software
Appendix B - A Hacker's Gallery of Rogue Tools
Appendix C - A Bit of History—Phone Phreaking and Other Phun
Appendix D - Glossary


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