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Halting the Hacker: A Practical Guide to Computer Security (2nd Edition) Review by Ben Rothke
Valuable for anyone needing to know about info security
It is ironic that the advent of the computer promised to dramatically reduce paper usage; today's 1,000-page-plus computer-security tomes have probably single-handedly deforested whole regions of the earth. A happy exception to this trend of titanic texts is Halting the Hacker. Which is relatively concise yet highly informative.
It provides a good overview of core information security issues and concepts. It takes a big-picture approach to information systems security, not bogging down the reader in arcane minutiae.
Halting the Hacker delves into more intricate details and includes a CD-ROM with many security tools.
Overall, it is valuable for anyone needing to know about information systems security without sacrificing a forest in the process.