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8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Nothing new!Sep 18, 2001
By Y. S. Ming
I read her first book entitled "The happy Hacker" I was fastinated hoping to get more info of legal/illegal hacking but found little about it. I feel her first book was till the best while her 2nd book..more of entertainment coz more about herself, her friend and setting up linux server (partition HDD and etc). Lots of the information written here can still be found in her first book. Better read "Hacking Exposed" than this book. Sorry!
8 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 One star is too manyAug 20, 2002
Outdated methods, sophomoric approaches and ... tricks comprise the bulk of this text that represents what the security community has come to expect of Ms. Meinel. Only the most ignorant of novices could possibly be duped into thinking this is any sort of advanced penetration manual (Even the term "Uberhacker" is outdated vernacular from 1996).While the intent to disseminate hacking knowledge to the unwashed masses is certainly an admirable one, the cautious reader is better off taking some programming and administration classes and perhaps picking up a copy of Hacking Exposed.
 Be CarefullJan 03, 2011
By J. smith
"pnecro"
I guess if you are reading books about hacking , . Everything in her books are available in her site for free . Why do u want hack or wut are u hacking . Cause theres no way to have snow ball fight without getting snow on youre hands .
Some background on this workFeb 26, 2010
By MTEQC
First a disclaimer: I was asked to write the foreword on this book by Carolyn P. Meinel, and I did. I am not terribly proud of it, since somehow the rough copy ended up there unrevised. But that's done and I must live with it. Furthermore, I was not paid for that work, and did not request any payment.
Uberhacker is not a terribly good book, but it isn't as bad as some make it to be either. It is more of a primer designed for absolute beginners, something to get a kid started and interested, with just enough information to get you into trouble - information that is available on the Internet, in a thousand pieces everywhere - and importantly, a book that does take a great deal of care in keeping you out of trouble, or at least warning you about its potential impact on your life. It is THAT information, one rarely attached with what you can find on the Web, that adds solid value to it.
Any 10 year old can find hacking how-to's if interested in the topic, and will probably get them from the same reviewers here that start with "Carolyn is well know in the hacking community..." and go one calling the author an incompetent fraud (unusually kind words from people used to a much cruder vocabulary).
Carolyn P. Meinel isn't a fraud or a bad writer. While her intentions often exceeds her resources, she pulls a competent cataloguing and vulgarization job here, keeping the above in mind. She is careful about what she writes, and how she writes it. Giving youngsters Uberhacker may be the better alternative: It will not land anyone in jail.
What Meinel has, however, is a 20 years talented history of making enemies in the black hat hacking community, a vindictive and vengeful group if there was ever one. A quick web search will show you what kind of mud slinging these guys have done elsewhere. This more than anything is what explains the tone of some reviews written by folks I seriously doubt ever opened a copy.
9 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Author is either incompetent, or a crook, possibly both.Apr 18, 2003
DO NOT BUY THIS! This lady is either incompetent, a crook, or both. This book is poorly written, has no flow, difficult to read, and gives the reader little information worth retaining. What little reliable information is in this book is outdated, and so poorly written as to be a joke. Her stories about the FBI remind me of that old Bloom County cartoon where Oliver frames Steve Dallas for hacking. The FBI arrests him, and the judge overseeing the case states "Mr. Dallas, you couldn't even pick your nose, let alone operate a computer, I hereby find you innocent of the charges." I am sure that's EXACTLY what the FBI said after talking with this lady for all of 5 minutes. Buy "Hacking Exposed" instead, you will be a much happier person for it. Anonymous Information Security Administrator for the largest telecommunications company in the US.
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