Cover of book Kukułcze jajo by Clifford Stoll
Kukułcze jajo

Ekscytujące łowy na nieuchwytnego hackera

Author: Clifford Stoll

I’ve read it in Polish, so I kept polish picture.

This book had a huge impact on how I perceive IT security. It was the way that shaped my fascination by Unix systems and probably impacted some of my decisions about my future 😉

It’s a fascinating lecture on the battle between “sys admin” (actually an astronomer and a random guy, but with a skill) and a hacker. Cold war times. Quite “analog” IT systems, printers as terminals, etc. A time machine to the beginnings of networks and Internet.

I recommend it to all System Administrators and Security Engineers.