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SEMINOLE, Fla., June 3 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation -- "The Happy
Hacker" continues to rock the InfoWar.Com on-line bookstore with " stunning
international response!" according to site manager, Betty O'Hearn. 

Orders are pouring in from around the world. The book, recently given rave
reviews by Winn Schwartau has skyrocketed to the top of InfoWar.Com's sales. 

Authored by "I remember the 40's" Carolyn Meinel, "The Happy Hacker"
apparently is satisfying everyone's burning desire to understand the hacker
mind and to learn their tricks in a step by step fashion. 

Schwartau's review opens with, "In her folksy conversational manner (she's
from New Mexico), Carolyn starts off by teaching the reader how terribly
insecure a Windows95 box is, and walks us through a series of super-simple
ways to hack right into your corporate network. Considering that the vast
majority of computer crimes and hacks occur from within a company's network,
these introductory parts of 'The Happy Hacker' are worth the price of the book
alone. " 

He continues, "These are the weaknesses that Microsoft will never tell you
about, wishes would just go away and provide one of the most compelling
reasons to ignore Win95, forget about Win98 and rush right out and buy a copy
of the infinitely more secure NT." 

Meinel provides dozens of step by step methods on exactly how hacking is done;
from telnet to port surfing to using a shell account. 

Far from encouraging teenage wannabes to hack away at your front door, the
book is chock full of "You Can Get Punched In the Nose, Fired and Busted
Warnings" and "You Can Go To Jail Warnings." Many of the tricks and techniques
throughout "The Happy Hacker" are clearly illegal, immoral and unethical. The
point that Meinel makes over and over is that "hacking your own equipment is
healthy and good. Hacking a box or network with permission is good. Any other
kind of hacking will land you in jail. " 

Schwartau echoes those sentiments. "Hacking is good. Criminal hacking is bad.
Happy Hacking is educational, ethical and legal." 

"The Happy Hacker" has something for everyone. It's a moderately technical
book, with advice for the Newbie sprinkled throughout, as well as offering
Evil Genius Tips for the more advanced readers. 

Included in the book is an extensive education section on "spoofed" email,
which will be a God-send to the network administrator trying to train staff in
the details of how hackers work their so-called magic. The dangers of open
ports and shell-based telnet are driven home as is the clearly written section
on How To Map the Internet. 

"The biggest criticism of 'The Happy Hacker' is that there is So-Much
information," Schwartau says, "and so many URL's, I wish they were all
organized in a single bibliography." 

InfoWar.Com ships "The Happy Hacker" from stock within 24 hours unlike the
"others" who require 4-6 weeks. 

"The Happy Hacker," Copyright, Carolyn Meinel, 1998. 260pp American Eagle
Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-929408-21-7 $29.95. Available at the on-line
bookstore at http://www.infowar.com or by calling 813-393-6600. SOURCE
InfoWar.Com, Interpact, Inc. 

/CONTACT: Contact Betty O'Hearn of InfoWar.Com, 813-393-6600/ /Web site:
http://www.infowar.com/ 

[Copyright 1998, PR Newswire] 

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