Part four, dealing with network installation, is a valuable resource often left out of LAN-related books. Unfortunately it is long on very detailed product specific information, and short on generic advice for the novice installer. Since LANtastic is very attractive to those wanting to network a few machines to share simple resources, this latter omission could be important. While it asks all the right questions, it doesn't tell you how to deal with the answers. There are other omissions.
Security is given a reasonable amount of space.
However, while password setting, changing and aging are discussed, selection of good passwords is not. There is a brief section on viral programs. If I understand it correctly, the authors have a good grasp of the realities of the situation. Unfortunately, this is one area where their humour has been granted too much leeway, and it is difficult to interpret what has been written. Given the preference for LANtastic in situations that are either very limited or highly technical, the shortcomings of the work may be either unimportant or easily covered.