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By: Rob Shein , Marcus SachsImprint: Syngress
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The realistic portrayals of researching, developing, and ultimately defending the Internet from a malicious "Zero-Day" attack will appeal to every corner of the IT community. Although finctional, the numerous accounts of real events and references to real people will ring true with every member of the security community. This book will also satisfy those not on the "inside" of this community, who are fascinated by the real tactics and motives of criminal, malicous hackers and those who defent the Internet from them.
* The realistic portrayals of researching, developing, and ultimately defending the Internet from a malicious "Zero-Day" attack will appeal to every corner of the IT community.
* This book will entertain, educate, and enlighten the security and IT community about the world of elite security professionals who safeguard the Internet from the most dangerous cyber criminals and terrorists.
* Although finctional, the numerous accounts of real events and references to real people will ring true with every member of the security community.
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| Title of Computers eBook: Zero-Day Exploit: | |
| Release Date: 07-21-2004 | |
| Publisher: Syngress |
This eBook download is available in the following formats:
| Parent title | Zero-Day Exploit: |
|---|---|
| Encrypted (DRM) | Yes |
| SKU | 9780080543925 |
| File size | 20793 |
| Security | n/a |
| Printing | Not allowed |
| Copying | Not allowed |
| Read aloud | No Sys requirements Download reader |
| Devices | Samsung Tablet, Apple Ipad & Iphone, Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobo eReader, Aluratek Libre, Iliad, Nokia, Blackberry, Hanlin |
| Note | Excellent navigation features are available via Adobe such as bookmarks and a quick access table of contents. Text search is easily accessible. An Adobe DRM-protected file is different than a pdf file in that it uses Adobe DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology, which authors and publishers use to protect their content from illegal online distribution and to set certain privileges such as restrictions on copying and printing. |
Zero-Day Exploit:
Chapter One
Prologue
Southeastern New England: Thursday, 3:45 PM, 1980
"That's wicked cool."
Reuben and his friends looked at the design on the screen, astounded at the result of their hard work. A dragon, complete with chunkily-animated fire spouting from his mouth, filled the small video screen of the computer. They sat for a minute and front of the Apple II+ computer, just watching the fruits of their labor.
They had spent hours working on the code that described the dragon in terms of coordinates on the screen, and then almost as long just to work on the code to overwrite sections of the design to produce the animation. In 1980, this was the cutting edge; low-resolution 16-color animation on a 10" RGB screen, produced on a computer with a whopping 48K of RAM. More importantly, it was the coolest thing they'd ever done.
For seasoned programmers as well as total beginners like these, programming is a journey. Every bug is a surprising disappointment, and every bug freed is its own victory. But, nothing matches the sense of disbelief, then joy, then relief that comes from having it done and completely functioning at the end. There is something of a masochist in every programmer for renewing the cycle with every new program.
"Good job, guys!" Mr. Donegal peered over their three sets of shoulders to view the screen against the glare of the florescent lighting. As the "media director" for the middle school, he was in charge of the transparency projectors, the movie projectors, and other such equipment. A hobbyist with enough vision to see that computers had a critical place in everyone's fu
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