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It sounds like I thought I was getting when I bought Hacking: The Art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson, which is fairly basic and easy to read level, other than some of the writing is not as polished as it could be. It did get through the basic concepts explained in various classic Phrack articles but without the 'leet speak which drives me crazy.

It sounds like this is a more serious and rigious book, and those that were turned off of Jon Erickson's Hacking might prefer it. I think I will take a look at it.

I think new programmers are likely better served reading something like Writing Secure Code: Practical Strategies and Proven Techniques for Building Secure Applications in a Networked World by Michael Howard and David LeBlanc or Building Secure Software by John Viega than get bogged down in details of this book.

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