Subj : Re: Anyone reading anything gripping lately?
To   : Bob Roberts
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Dec 08 2020 02:06:11

 BR> 24.fidonet_coffeekl@1:218/840 2433df2a
 BR> KW> "The Hacker Crackdown" is an interesting walk down memory lane
 BR> KW> chronicling the late 20th century, the rise of BBSes and electronic
 BR> KW> law, and the rise of digital civil libertarians. It's almost
 BR> KW> refreshing to see what we used to be worried about back then,
 BR> KW> compared to now. :(
 BR> 
 BR> That reminds me of a book called the Cuckoos Egg, by Clifford Stoll.  Written by a Unix admin at Lawrence Berkeley Labs that tracked down a hacker in their system and how he did it... back in 1989.  Very good and well written....

The Cuckoo's Egg is a nice fast-paced read. There is a film/documentary by the same name that was produced around that time which is also fun to watch.


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