I've read it and I think it is a fine book.  Written by Clifford Stoll who in the book comes across as a very human and clever person.  He is an astronomer and a typical grad student.  

Contrast this with Takedown by Tsutomu Shimomura.  In this book he just comes across as a self-centered, egotistical, look-at-me-mom! guy who helped the authorities find Mitnick.  

This is my take on it:  Mr. Stoll was a pioneer.  Mr. Shimomura was just out to glorify himself.

-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Alan B. Pearce
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 11:31 AM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [PIC] PIC based login device for PC?

>Does anyone actually have any hard facts about
>proven password hacking in the real world?
>Does it actually happen? I have looked for
>evidence and not found anything more that lots
>of would's and coulds. No lists of documented
>compromised computers.

Have you ever read "The Cuckoos Egg" ? I cannot remember who wrote it, but I
read the condensed form as about 3 parts in a magazine (wasn't Byte, but a
similar one) some time back. That was a true story.

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