Ultimate Internet Terrorist: How Hackers, Geeks, And Phreaks Can Ruin Your Trip On The Information Superhighway . . . And What You Can Do To Protect Yourself [Paperback]

Robert Merkle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1998

This is an owner's manual to the "Darkside" of the Web. Read it and weep. Then do what it takes to save yourself from becoming roadkill on the Highway to Hell.

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About the Author

Robert Merkle is frighteningly at home in the world of hackers, geeks, and phreaks. A grad student in computer science, he knows the 'net like the back of his hand, and as a former Internet terrorist himself, he has done his time on the "Darkside" of the Web.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Press (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873649702
• ISBN-13: 978-0873649704
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #728,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, December 31, 1999

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DIABOLIKA (New York, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultimate Internet Terrorist: How Hackers, Geeks, And Phreaks Can Ruin Your Trip On The Information Superhighway . . . And What You Can Do To Protect Yourself (Paperback)

If you are a novice and know little about the darkside of computers, this book might help you. On the other hand, if you look up hacking on the web, you will gain as much or probably more information than this book will give you. I didn't get anything out of this book that I've already knew. All that Robert Merkle does in the book was make fun of those who knew nothing on the subject, making fun of ignorance. He just brags on how smart he was. However, if he was truly smart, he would cut out the garbage and give the reader more information. Most of the information given in the book is based on common sense and very very beginning hacker information. Don't waste your time. I think I'm going to return this book. Don't waste your money people.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother., May 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ultimate Internet Terrorist: How Hackers, Geeks, And Phreaks Can Ruin Your Trip On The Information Superhighway . . . And What You Can Do To Protect Yourself (Paperback)

This book is not worth your money. Granted there is some information for the beginner, but everything else is the author showing off how smart he is.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Full of scare tactics and misinformation, December 10, 2000

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"peewhitlle" (Nashua, NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultimate Internet Terrorist: How Hackers, Geeks, And Phreaks Can Ruin Your Trip On The Information Superhighway . . . And What You Can Do To Protect Yourself (Paperback)

I had the misfortune of buying and reading this book for a course on Computer Security. If you're looking for the glance into the mind of a typical "3l33t h@x0r" you might find this interesting. If you're already familiar with the information security field you'll recognize that most of this book is at best very out of date, and at worst completely untrue. If you're not familiar with computers and the internet, please take this book with a HUGE grain of salt. It's meant to scare you, and if you let it, it will.

For $4 in the fiction section this might be a quick, fun read. For more than $10 it's really not worth it.