Hacking -- Reviews

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"What Good Technical Books Adorn Your Library?" posting cites Silence on the Wire and Hacking: The Art of Exploitation.
--Slashdot, November 15, 2006 (Read more)

Q&A with author John Erickson to promote Japanese translation
--O'Reilly Village, "Never Stop Hacking!" May 17, 2005 (Read transcript)

Highlighted in article exploring (self-)image of today's hackers
--MIT Tech Review, "Hack License," March 2005 (Read article)

Sample chapter from Hacking: The Art of Exploitation posted
--Security IT World (Read chapter)

"Buffer overflow attacks work in just this way: upload a large packet, stuffed with machine code and with trickery to get the target computer to execute it. For more gory details, see Jon Erickson's Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, from No Starch Press"
--The Inquirer, Aug. 10, 2004 (Read article)

"I recommend this book for the programming section alone."
--The Unix Review (Read article)

"I highly recommend this book. It is written by someone who knows of what he speaks, with usable code, tools and examples."
--IEEE Cipher (Newsletter of the Technical Committee on Security and Privacy) (Read article)

"Erickson, a cryptologist and security specialist, introduces the spirit and theory of computer hacking as well as the science, allowing readers to understand the hacker mindset and thwart potential attacks."
--Amazon review

"Erickson's book, a compact and no-nonsense guide for novice hackers, is filled with real code and hacking techniques and explanations of how they work."
--Computer Power User (CPU) Magazine

"This is an excellent book. Those who are ready to move on to [the next level] should pick this book up and read it thoroughly."
--About.com

"Most complete tutorial on hacking techniques. Finally a book that does not just show how to use the exploits but how to develop them."
--Phrack

"While 'Hacking' is probably a bit too technical for a casual computer user, it makes fascinating reading for those who either wish to know more or want to refine their advanced skills."
--The Tribune Review (Pittsburgh)

"Overall this book is excellent and teaches the fundamentals of various types of exploits that exist and what they mean and how they 'work'. This book should be required reading for any aspiring programmer and should probably be taught as basic computer programming fundamentals in computer schools everywhere...an invaluable resource..."
--Flash-MX (Read article)

"From all the books I've read so far, I would consider this the seminal hackers handbook."
--Security Forums.com (Read article)

"...it takes a pretty fantastic book to take someone from playing countless videogames. They continued to stack but I actually wanted to keep reading. That alone is a testament to the book's quality."
--PGNx.net (Read article)

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