TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson,Herbert H.
TI  - Mezonic agenda: hacking the presidency 
T2  - Cyber-Fiction Ser
SN  - 9781931836838
AV  - PS3620.T56 M49 2004eb
U1  - 813/.6 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Rockford, MA
PB  - Syngress Pub.
KW  - Computers
KW  - Fiction
KW  - American fiction
KW  - FICTION
KW  - Suspense
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Litteratur
KW  - Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur
KW  - Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik)
KW  - Andre fag
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Political fiction
KW  - Suspense fiction
KW  - gsafd
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 368); Cover; Contents; Preface; About the CD; About the Contest; Part One, The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the Presidency; Prologue: Seattle, WA; Chapter 1: Seattle, WA; Chapter 2: Macau, China; Chapter 3: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 4: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 5: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 6: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 7: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 8: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 9: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 10: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 11: Seattle, Washington; Chapter 12: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
N2  - The Mezonic Agenda deals with some of the most pressing topics in technology and computer security today including: reverse engineering, cryptography, buffer overflows, and steganography. The book tells the tale of criminal hackers attempting to compromise the results of a presidential election for their own gain. The accompanying CD contains real, working versions of all the applications described in the fictional narrative of the book. Computer users, programmers, IT professionals, and policy makers need to be made aware of the risks involved with deploying new technologies and see how attackers can leverage these technologies for their own purposes. While the story in The Mezonic Agenda is fictional, the technologies, exploits, and hacking techniques are all very real. * The first cyber-thriller" that allows the reader to "hack along" using the accompanying CD which contains working versions of all the applications described in the book. * To be published in October 2004 when interest in the American Presidential election will be at its highest. * Provides IT professionals with the most advanced, timely, and accurate information available on security exploits in a fascinating, fictional narrative
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