Actually the registry is being used less and less in Windows too,.NET has a really nice api for reading/writing config files stored as xml.
I'm not sure tho that xml is that optimal for doing hand-editing of xml files, I liked the format of apaches config files. Xml can get quite bloated and hard to read if it contains too many attributes etc.
Just the subtitle should make it qualify for that list...
"Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage"
Excellent book by Clifford Stoll, he details how he got involved in computer security.
It's really a quite exciting thriller like story.
Book Description
Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorized user on his system. The hacker's code name was "Hunter" -- a mystery invader hiding inside a twisting electronic labyrinth, breaking into U.S. computer systems and stealing sensitive military and security information. Stoll began a one-man hunt of his own, spying on the spy -- and plunged into an incredible international probe that finally gained the attention of top U.S. counterintelligence agents. The Cuckoo's Egg is his wild and suspenseful true story -- a year of deception, broken codes, satellites, missile bases, and the ultimate sting operation -- and how one ingenious American trapped a spy ring paid in cash and cocaine,and reporting to the KGB.
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Actually the registry is being used less and less in Windows too, .NET has a really nice api for reading/writing config files stored as xml.
I'm not sure tho that xml is that optimal for doing hand-editing of xml files, I liked the format of apaches config files. Xml can get quite bloated and hard to read if it contains too many attributes etc.
'Access is denied'
Firefox 1.5 rc3 instantly crashed
go figure...
Just the subtitle should make it qualify for that list... "Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage"
Excellent book by Clifford Stoll, he details how he got involved in computer security.
It's really a quite exciting thriller like story.
Book Description
Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorized user on his system. The hacker's code name was "Hunter" -- a mystery invader hiding inside a twisting electronic labyrinth, breaking into U.S. computer systems and stealing sensitive military and security information. Stoll began a one-man hunt of his own, spying on the spy -- and plunged into an incredible international probe that finally gained the attention of top U.S. counterintelligence agents. The Cuckoo's Egg is his wild and suspenseful true story -- a year of deception, broken codes, satellites, missile bases, and the ultimate sting operation -- and how one ingenious American trapped a spy ring paid in cash and cocaine,and reporting to the KGB.
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