- Gebundene Ausgabe: 324 Seiten
- Verlag: Hyperion (Januar 1996)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0786862106
- ISBN-13: 978-0786862108
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,6 x 16 x 3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 2.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (43 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 430.021 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The true story of how Kevin Mitnick was snagged by computer security expert Tsutomu Shimomura. As gripping as a great mystery novel -- but true -- and as important as any book on computer security -- but eminently readable by anyone.
You can read more about Mitnick specifically or computer crime and social engineering generally in Jonathan Littman's recent The Fugitive Game: Online With Kevin Mitnick, or in any one of a sampler of books on computer crimes and computer cracking.
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In the cyberspace age, security defaults to specialists like Shimomura. Physically chasing electronic burglars, though, isn't his normal method, except in this fascinating case from early 1995. When software was stolen from his own computers and taunting messages were left on his voice mail, Shimomura felt challenged to go screen-to-screen against a thief who had such personal animosity for him. Despite the technical field of battle, the drama is attractively unencumbered by jargon and is humanly appealing, even to the computer-challenged. They'll follow how Shimomura, his colleagues, and FBI associates discovered clues by writing ad hoc programs to strip out the intruder's electronic footsteps from billions of bytes of noise. They were eventually able to eavesdrop on the thief's real time e-mail, which, combined with the recognition that he transmitted via a stolen cell phone frequency, pinpointed his locale in Raleigh, where he was literally cornered in his lair. Just as the Wild West spawned Wyatt Earp legends, this unusual crime drama surely begins the lore of white hats policing the technological frontier, where gold isn't in banks but in binary code. Gilbert Taylor
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I hated this book. Wading through the endless tripe about food and girlfriends really made Takedown a chore to read. Shimomura can't resist an opportunity to make himself seem like a God while everyone else is a complete dolt. His beratement of his own graduate student protege was thoughtless and cruel. I finally concluded that "Julia" is his loving name for his right hand. I can't imagine that anyone would want to be around so irritating a person.
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Hacking is an industry, not just for security experts of various kinds, but for the media as well. Hackers are the modern-day equivalent of the gunslingers of the American frontier, exploited by the media and misunderstood by a public fascinated by them. The picture of Mitnick presented by Shimomura and Markoff is no better then an account of Billy the Kid in a 19th century penny dreadful.
Don't purchase this book without picking up Jonathan Littman's excellent Fugitive Game. There are two stories to every side, and the Kevin Mitnick saga is no exception. Littman presents a much more complex and problematic account of Mitnick's exploits and the media circus that has surrounded him.
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I really enjoyed this book, and found it very quick and easy to read. The only thing that kept me from giving it a "10" was the never-ending deluge of trivia about Tsutomu Shimomura's life, and his disdain for everyone he meets.
I liked having the technical details included. Far too many books about computer crime include every gory detail of dumpster-diving and skim lightly over what happens on the computer. After all, people reading these books are likely to be computer people!
As an author myself, I understand the need to promote yourself. I don't understand the need to pepper the book with the minutia of your day-to-day life, and I'm sure my readers couldn't care less what I eat. I certainly hope that in the future, Shimomura learns to keep his self-promotion on the dust jacket, and to control his obvious contempt for everyone he works with.
All in all, I'd recommend this book. It has much better technical information than Jonathan Littman's book about Kevin Mitnick and provides a much different slant on Mitnick. If you're really curious, read both.
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Terrible
Agreed. This book was the worst one written. To get to the story, you have to read through the authors autobiography, which is extremely boring in itself. Do not buy this book.
Am 9. Mai 2000 veröffentlicht
PLEASE BELIEVE THE REVIEWS---AWFUL!
I read all the reviews before I bought this book, but I didn't believe it could be that bad. I wanted a view from "the other" side of this story--but instead I got a... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 13. März 2000 von Jeff Nunn
A pile of monkeycrap
There are many lies told about computer hackers, and the ones told in this book are among the worst. The reason? There is money and reputations to be made; it is as simple as that. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Februar 2000 von Johnny Dark
Mitnick Rules!
Indeed, this book is a must read for all students of Mill and Hart. When USA , the so-called defenders of libertarianism, mercilessly stalked a brilliant, if immature computer... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Dezember 1999 von Satya
Quite poor
I can't blame Tsutomo Shimomura for writing page after page of uninteresting and unrelated narrative in this "thriller," but I can blame the publishers for leaving it in. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
Intriguing and Very Interesting
The story of how Kevin Mitnick was caught (with the expert help of the author) was fascinating! It goes to show that cyber criminals should not step on Superman's cape, and should... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. November 1999 veröffentlicht
For simple minds only
I've read just about every book on hacking & related topics, and this one really ranks at the very bottom end. Looking for information, perspective, or even technical clues? Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. November 1999 veröffentlicht
Cliff Stoll, he ain't
Stoll (author of _The Cuckoo's Egg_) may have been an egotistical jerk, too, but at least he had enough sense not to write his book that way. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 31. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
Please, Amazon, consider a zero star rating!
Every couple of pages I had to open the book to the back cover and whack the picture of Shimomura with my fingernail. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
A brutal chore to read. Absolute trash.
To contradict the positive reviews of this book, I am NOT a Kevin Mitnick supporter. Couldn't care less about the man, although I was interested in his activities and capture. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 2. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
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