Knightmare

If you know little about computers and nothing about [ha,cr]acking, this book will fascinate you. If you're decently skilled, this book is a quaint look back at what [ha,cr]acking was in the 1980's - dialup systems and guessing passwords. There isn't anything about finding your own exploits, how to leverage programming skills (including familiarity with obscure languages, such as terminal emulators' scripting lanuages), or how any protocols actually work.

The book assumes that you don't know the fundamentals, and in fact mentions little to nothing about how to bend the fundamentals to your will.

I can't recommend this book as anything but a curiosity. It will give the reader only the barest of knowledge that would be necessary for compromising information security and nothing of what can be done with a computer after you've broken in.… (meer)