The Cuckoo's Egg

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The Cuckoo's Egg
Clifford Stoll
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The Cuckoo's Egg

  • 4.0 (19 ratings) ·
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In the days when the presence of a computer did NOT presume the presence of a network (they used to be freestanding units that could not easily communicate with another system), accounts to use the computer were expensive to maintain and heavily scrutinized by management. When the Accounting staff of Stoll's university employer discovered 75 cents' worth of time used with which no user was associated, they called him and demanded that he locate the "phantom" user. Stoll wasn't even a computing pro - he was an astronomer that used the computer to run programs that pointed telescopes properly. But he was a member of a club that exists today - that person elected to do network administration because he drew the short straw. Stoll tells the ensuing circa 1985 tale of analysis when people worldwide were only just discovering what networks could reveal... and hide. Rather like today.

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Publisher
Random House Audio
Language
English

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Cover of: The Cuckoo’s Egg
The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
September 13, 2005, Pocket, Pocket Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Cuckoo's Egg
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
October 3, 2000, Pocket
Paperback in English - 1 edition
Cover of: Kuckucksei
Kuckucksei
January 1, 1998, Fischer
Paperback in German
Cover of: The Cuckoo's Egg
The Cuckoo's Egg
August 1, 1990, Random House Audio
Audio cassette in English
Cover of: Cuckoo's Egg
Cuckoo's Egg
November 1, 1990, Pocket, Pocket Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Cuckoo’s Egg
The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
1989, Doubleday
Hardcover in English - 1st ed.

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Format
Audio cassette
Dimensions
7 x 4.3 x 1.8 inches
Weight
5.6 ounces

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Open Library
OL7827440M
ISBN 10
055345255X
ISBN 13
9780553452556
Library Thing
69135
Goodreads
1819027

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December 3, 2022 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
September 23, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Updated format 'Audio Cassette' to 'Audio cassette'; Removed author from Edition (author found in Work)
August 6, 2010 Edited by IdentifierBot added LibraryThing ID
April 24, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs.
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from amazon.com record