The Best of 2600, Collector's Edition
Subtitle: A Hacker Odyssey
Publisher: John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 914
ISBN-13: 9780470474693
Subjects: Computer crimes -- History; Telecommunication -- Security measures -- History; Computer hackers -- History; Wiretapping -- History; Computer security -- History
Description: In response to popular demand, Emmanuel Goldstein (aka, Eric Corley) presents a spectacular collection of the hacker culture, known as 2600: The Hacker Quarterly, from a firsthand perspective. Offering a behind-the-scenes vantage point, this book provides devoted fans of 2600 a compilation of fascinating-and controversial-articles. Cult author and hacker Emmanuel Goldstein has collected some of the strongest, most interesting, and often provocative articles that chronicle milestone events and technology changes that have occurred over the last 24 years. He divulges author names who were former.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
Table of contents: title: The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey Collector's Edition; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Credits; Contents; Contributors List; Introduction; Part I: The 1980s: In the Beginning; Chapter 1: Stories and Adventures; Chapter 2: The Last Days of Ma Bell; Chapter 3: New Toys to Play With; Chapter 4: The Early Days of the Net; Chapter 5: Corporate History; Chapter 6: Raids; Chapter 7: The Hacker Philosophy; Part II: The 1990s: The World Discovers Hackers; Chapter 8: Pop Culture and the Hacker World; Chapter 9: The Computer Revolution; Chapter 10: Learning to Hack Other Things; title: Chapter 11: More Hacker Stories and AdventuresChapter 12: The Changing of the Telephone; Chapter 13: Hackers and the Law; Part III: 2000 and Beyond: A Changing Landscape; Chapter 14: The Lawsuits; Chapter 15: Still More Hacker Stories; Chapter 16: A New Era of Telephony; Chapter 17: Retail Hacking; Chapter 18: Toys of the 21st Century; Index