Book: "Fatal System Error: The Hunt For The New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down The Internet"

[Richard]

Hello All,

Just wanted to recommend an excellent book, which I have recently read, "Fatal System Error: The
 Hunt For The New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down The Internet" by Joseph Menn.

The book is fascinating and reads like an exciting novel.  The book is the story of a gifted computer geek, who is hired by corporations to secure
 their networks against denial of service attacks.  The computer geek, Barrett Lyons goes beyond the call of duty by trying to locate the criminals, who are behind the denial of service attacks.  He teams up
 with a British police agent to track down, and bring about the arrest criminals in Russia.

The book also shows the evolution of Internet crime, and how criminals have stayed ahead of corporations, government, and those, who are supposed to be protecting us.  While, the book is not very technical, (I wish it had more detail.) it does contain some technical explanations.  

As I understand it, Barrett Lyons and others believe the Internet was never meant to be secure, has been built out piece-meal, and thus is a perfect playground for criminals.  As I remember, he or another in the book compared the Internet to a system held together with duct tape.  

Here is Barrett Lyon's blog website: 

http://www.blyon.com/






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