Underground -- Suelette Dreyfus and Julian Assange/reader and critical acclaim

From Sy

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Copyright (c) 1997, 2001 Suelette Dreyfus & Julian Assange

This HTML and text electronic version was arranged by Julian Assange <proff at iq.org> and is based on the printed paper edition.

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I am breaking your rules, and hacking your book. I'm compelled to add notes/corrections and links. All books should be similarly community-updateable. This book will become larger and more connected to the world because of these efforts. I do this not to lessen its value but to enhance it. -- Sy

Sy says: It's too annoying to find/use a Linux text editor with block highlighting to rescue these columns and put them into a proper table. Sigh. =(

todo take an bunch of time to clean this up. =/

	`...I hold your book           `I have never before read a
	responsible for destroying my  book this good, literally!'
	social life for the last two   -- benwebb at hotmail.com
	days...I bought it Friday
	afternoon, and then finished   `I just finished the book..
	it at lunchtime today!         and thoroughly enjoyed it.
	(Sunday) *grin*. Excellent     Dreyfus showed an amazing
	reading!' -- bam at iinet.net.au  insight into the world of
 				       electronic exploration. I am
	`A few pages into this book I  sure it was in no small part
	found it to be different to    due to [the researcher's]
	any other book I have ever     excellent technical
	read on the subject. Dreyfus   assistance. Good Job!!' --
	treats the people she writes   jimgeuin at cyberservices.com
	about AS PEOPLE not just
	"computer junkies" or "cyber   `I loved the book - couldn't
	geeks"' -- lucasb at sub.net.au   put it down!' --
				       texasdeluxe at hotmail.com
	`A real pleasure' -- George
	Smith, Crypt News              `I wanted to say how much I
				       liked your book Underground'
	`A tale of madness, paranoia   -- Prof. Dorothy Denning
	and brilliance among
	Australian computer hackers -  `I was blown away' --
	and how they nearly brought    lucasb at sub.net.au
	NASA undone' -- The Weekend
	Australian Magazine            `I'm grateful to Ms Dreyfus
				       for introducing me to a
	`Adventure book for the brain' number of first-rate
	-- Sarah McDonald, JJJ         subversives' -- Phillip
				       Adams, Late Night Live
	`After reading the extract of
	Underground in The Age I       `Joy knew no bounds' --
	couldn't wait to read it.      Phillip Adams, Late Night
	Finally it came out in the     Live
	shops and I finished it all
	within a few days. I wasn't    `Just thought that I would
	disappointed for a second.' -- say great job on your book
	dcw at alphalink.com.au           very nice piece of work and
				       very informative!' --
	`Amazing insight' --           Anonymous hacker
	jimgeuin at cyberservices.com
				       `Keeps the reader glued to
	`Backed up by..detailed        the page' -- Danny Yee, Danny
	technical research' -- Trudie  Yee's review of books
	MacIntosh, The Australian
				       `La descripcion de las
	`Best hacker book I've read'   detenciones, registros
	-- Jim Lippard                 yprocesos legales es
				       especialmente interesante' --
	`Brillant read - will rest     Cripto, Spain
	safely next the rest of my
	Gibson, Sterling and           `Let me say how much I
	Brunner...' --                 enjoyed Underground. I really
	Neil.Garbutt at affa.gov.au       thought it was fascinating
				       and a great read.' --
	`Brillant' --                  philip_sim at idg.com (Editor,
	gerardc at one.net.au             Network World)

	`Compelling reading for those  `Loved it' --
	of us who want more than just  kaos at ctrl.com.au
	salacious and hyped snippets'
	-- Trudie MacIntosh, The       `Makes the esoteric world of
	Australian                     the hacker accessible' --
				       Australian Bookseller and
	`Compelling' -- David Nichols, Publisher
	The Big Issue
				       `Matt Piening told me about
	`Contains enough technical     it and showed me the article
	information to impress anyone  in The Age.. consequently..
	who can appreciate it' --      we bought it, we read it, we
	jmidgley at cyberjunkie.com       loved it. :)' --
				       camson at swin.edu.au
	`Couldn't put it down' --
	Trudie MacIntosh, The          `Meeslepende book' --
	Australian                     Digiface, The Netherlands

	`Depth of character and rapid  `Meticulously researched' --
	pacing' -- Ed Burns, IBIC      Australian Bookseller and
				       Publisher
	`Displays a level of research
	and technical understanding    `Meticuously researched
	not matched by other hacker    psychological and social
	books' -- Jim Lippard          profile of hackers' --
				       Australian Bookseller and
	`Dive into the Underground and Publisher
	be swept into a thrilling
	elite realm' --                `Most brilliant book I have
	evburns at gte.net                ever read' --
				       phoenix at eisa.net.au
	`Dreyfus does not attempt any
	sleights of hand with jargon'  `Nice work' --
	-- David Nichols, The Big      aleph1 at underground.org
	Issue
				       `Powerful' -- evburns at gte.net
	`Dreyfus has clearly done her
	research well' -- Danny Yee,   `Reads like Ludlum.. I love
	Danny Yee's review of books    the book.. The style of
				       writing is the clincher..' --
	`Dreyfus hat hier Abhilfe      jmj at speednet.com.au
	geschaffen' -- iX, Germany
				       `Reads like a thriller' --
	`Dreyfus is one smart cookie'  The Age
	-- Ed Burns, IBIC
				       `Riveting' -- Australian
	`El libro tiene como fuentes a Bookseller and Publisher
	varios grupos de hackers
	australianos y todas las       `Riviting read'-- The
	sentencias de los casos de     Adelaide Advertiser
	asaltos informaticos de esa
	epoca' -- Cripto, Spain        `Several cites to it in my
				       own book on information
	`Enjoyed the book!' -- Jake    warfare' -- Prof. Dorothy
	Barnes, The Face (UK)          Denning

	`Entirely original' -- Rolling `Skall du la:sa Underground'
	Stone                          -- Mikael Pawlo, Internet
				       World, Sweden
	`Especialmente interesante' --
	Cripto, Spain                  `THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU!' --
				       lucasb at sub.net.au
	`Excellent insight' --
	dcw at alphalink.com.au           `Thank you for such an
				       AMAZING and informative book'
	`Excellent reporting' --       -- jasonvas at hotmail.com
	Editor, IBIC
				       `The reader is readily drawn
	`Excellent.. Compared against  forward into the eddies of
	Bruce Sterling's text (the     the underground by the thrust
	most obvious comparison), it   and parry of the hackers and
	makes for much better          their pursuers' -- Ed Burns,
	reading.. Commendable' --      IBIC
	harshman at paradigm.uor.edu
				       `The true stories of
	`Extraordinary' -- Rolling     Underground are simply
	Stone                          compelling' -- David Nichols,
				       The Big Issue
	`Fascinating piece of
	investigative journalism' --   `There is much to admire in
	Jim Reavis, Network World      the doggedness with which
				       Dreyfus follows her subjects'
	`Fascinating' -- Ed Burns,     -- Gideo Haigh, Australian
	IBIC                           Literary Suppliment

	`Fiercely independent thinking `Thoroughly enjoyed' --
	found on every page' -- Lew    Suzanne Pratley, Frugal Films
	Koch, ZDNET
				       `Thoroughly researched' --
	`For those sick of bullish     Jim Reavis, Network World
	cyberpiffle, Underground
	contains any amount of         `Those inclined to seek the
	counterintelligence.." --      unvarnished truth will find
	Gideon Haigh, Australian       Underground an excellent
	Literary Suppliment            read' -- George Smith, Crypt
				       News
	`Genuine perception' -- George
	Smith, Crypt News              `Totally recommended' --
				       Matthew Green, NetBSD
	`Genuinely fascinating' --     Security Officer, author IRC
	David Nichols, The Big Issue   II

	`Great real life thriller' --  `Very good, very accurate..
	jmidgley at cyberjunkie.com       makes for an interesting
				       contrast with books like
	`Gripping Account'-- The       Cuckoo's Egg, and Takedown'
	Adelaide Advertiser            -- btherl at nullnet.net (Codex
				       Surveillance List)
	`Gripping, eminently readable'
	-- Rolling Stone               `WOW! What an incredible
				       read! Your book captures
	`Highly intense and enjoyable  exactly what it was like for
	read' -- Rolling Stone         me...'  -- Anonymous Canadian
				       hacker
	`Highly original investigative
	journalism' -- Gideo Haigh,    `Well done and thanks' --
	Australian Literary Suppliment Skinny at usaf.org

	`Highly recommended' -- Jim    `What is most impressive,
	Lippard                        however, is the personal
				       detail she has managed to
	`Will Surprise' -- Darren      garner about her subjects:
	Reed, author, ipfirewall       more than anything else, it
				       is this is which gives
	`Wonderful Book' --            Underground its appeal' --
	SteveV at pigpond.net.au          Danny Yee, Danny Yee's review
				       of books

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