韦氏新世界黑客辞典 Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary

出版时间：2006-12  出版社：John Wiley & Sons Inc  作者：Schell, Bernadette H./ Martin, Clemens  页数：387  

内容概要

The comprehensive hacker dictionary for security professionals, businesses, governments, legal professionals, and others dealing with cyberspace    Hackers. Crackers. Phreakers. Black hats. White hats. Cybercrime. Logfiles. Anonymous Digital Cash. ARP Redirect.    Cyberspace has a language all its own. Understanding it is vital if you're concerned about Internet security, national security, or even personal security. As recent events have proven, you don't have to own a computer to be the victim of cybercrime-crackers have accessed information in the records of large, respected organizations, institutions, and even the military.    This is your guide to understanding hacker terminology. It's up to date and comprehensive, with:    * Clear, concise, and accurate definitions of more than 875 hacker terms    * Entries spanning key information-technology security concepts, organizations, case studies, laws, theories, and tools    * Entries covering general terms, legal terms, legal cases, and people    * Suggested further reading for definitions    This unique book provides a chronology of hacker-related developments beginning with the advent of the computer and continuing through current events in what is identified as today's Fear of a Cyber-Apocalypse Era. An appendix entitled "How Do Hackers Break into Computers?" details some of the ways crackers access and steal information.    Knowledge is power. With this dictionary, you're better equipped to be a white hat and guard against cybercrime.

作者简介

Bernadette H. Schell is dean of the Faculty of Business and Information Technology at Ontario’s only laptop university, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Schell is the 2000 recipient of the University Research Excellence Award from Laurentian University, where she was previously director of the School of Commerce and Administration in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Schell has written numerous journal articles on industrial psychology and cybercrime topics. She has written four books with Quorum Books in Westport, Connecticut, on such topics as organizational and personal stress, corporate leader stress and emotional dysfunction, stalking, and computer hackers. She has also published two books on cybercrime and the impact of the Internet on society with ABC-CLIO in Santa Barbara, California.

书籍目录

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionHacker Dictionary A-Z Appendix A: How Do Hackers Break into Computers? by Carolyn MeinelAppendix B: Resource Guide