Hacking (2008)
Hacking is a 2008 computer networks book written by Jon Erickson.
Jon Erickson treats hacking as creative problem solving rather than button pushing. Instead of cataloguing ready-made exploits, the book rebuilds the foundations: C, assembly, and shell scripting seen from an attacker's angle, so you grasp why a technique works before you run it. Chapters walk through buffer overflows, network hijacking, cryptographic weaknesses, and the machine-level details most tutorials skip past. This second edition ships a bootable Linux CD holding every tool and code sample, so you can compile, break, and debug alongside the text on Gentoo without touching your own system. Written for readers who want the mechanics under the surface.
Quick answers
What is Hacking about?
Jon Erickson treats hacking as creative problem solving rather than button pushing. Instead of cataloguing ready-made exploits, the book rebuilds the foundations: C, assembly, and shell scripting seen from an attacker's angle, so you grasp why a technique works before you run it. Chapters walk through buffer overflows, network hijacking, cryptographic weaknesses, and the machine-level details most tutorials skip past. This second edition ships a bootable Linux CD holding every tool and code sample, so you can compile, break, and debug alongside the text on Gentoo without touching your own system. Written for readers who want the mechanics under the surface.
When was Hacking published?
Hacking was published in 2008.
Who made Hacking?
Hacking was written by Jon Erickson.
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A few thoughts on Hacking
The appeal here is watching a system bend in ways its builders never intended. The TV series Mr. Robot chases that same fidelity, staging its attacks with real command lines and tools. For the culture and stakes around it, Cory Doctorow's novel Little Brother follows teenagers turning these skills against surveillance, and the documentary The Great Hack traces where the data actually goes.