1. Edition - August 2008
34.90 Euro
2008. 888 Pages, Hardcover
- General Reading -
ISBN-10: 0-470-29419-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-29419-2 - John Wiley & Sons






Sample Chapter

Detailed description
24 years of enduring exploits, creative controversy, and hackers who made history

It's colorful, controversial, cutting-edge - and you can't wait to read the next issue. Since its birth in 1984, 2600: The Hacker Quarterly has published the discoveries and adventures of hackers worldwide. Now you can enjoy the best of them all in this entertaining, provocative collection. From the first curious and intrepid souls who discovered they could outwit Ma Bell to those who've hacked the Department of Defense and ParadisePoker.com, they're all here, telling their stories in their own words.

Trailblazing tales from 2600
* Hacking an election
* An American Express phone story
* The world vs. Kevin Mitnick
* How to track any UK GSM mobile phone
* Pirate radio primer
* Simplex locks - so simple to break
* A hacker in Iraq
* The saga of Bernie S
* All the details about DeCSS
* Hacking Google Adwords

From the contents
Author Biographies.

Introduction.

1. Stories and Adventures.

2. The Last Days of Ma Bell.

3. Fun Toys to Play With.

4. The Early Days of the Net.

5. Corporate History.

6. Raids.

7. The Hacker Philosophy.

8. Pop Culture and the Hacker World.

9. The Computer Revolution.

10. Learning to Hack Other Things.

11. More Hacker Stories and Adventures.

12. The Changing of the Telephone.

13. Hackers and the Law.00s

14. The Lawsuits.

15. Still More Hacker Stories.

16. A New Era of Telephony.

17. Retail Hacking.

18. Toys of the Twenty-first Century.

Index.