The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll

by Paul Balogh.

I hadn't read an actual book in a while, so I picked up this offering. I recommend it as a decent read for those who are interested in the discovery and pursuit of a hacker.

The book is about an actual incident circa 1986. The author was a System Administrator with a university in Berkely, CA. While investigating an accounting issue for network usage charges, he discovered that a hacker had obtained root access to his systems using a security hole in GNU Emacs. From there, the hacker was able to use the school's network as a gateway to hack into other systems, including military networks. The book also shows how, at the time, laws and jurisdictions for cyber crimes weren't really in place.

You can find the book on Amazon.com.

This post was posted on August 2, 2007. There are currently 2 comments.

Re: The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll
Another great book is Fun With Java by Milton Wallace Benstein. This is a story about the confilcts between being a Jewish programer and the complex world of flux capacitor theory. Truley a man torn by the reality of life and fantasy fuel creation.
Posted 3 years, 4 months ago by Li cho min • • • Reply
Re: The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll
"Fun with Java" was a great book. However, as a man of science, labeling flux capacitor theory as "fantasy" is wrong and hurtful.
Posted 3 years, 4 months ago by Bill Nye • • • Reply

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