Provides step-by-step instructions for entering supposedly secure computer systems, along with a summary of the laws covering this generally illegal activity and an explanation of the role of hackers in maintaining computer security
ROFL. I remember reading this when I was like 13 or 14 years old. It taught me how to bad like Jesse James ROFL. Not really. It's an old dated book. The only things you will get out of it are tactics for gathering information. Like shoulder surfing, dumpster diving, social engineering and keylog proggies.
Disappointed. The methods and information discussed in this book were -very- general. And the only two techniques I remember are a) so-called social engineering, and b) diving through dumpsters, both of which I would never do.
Read it in the book store a couple decades ago in one sitting. Was a true money grab without any useful content. Reading Phrack or 2600 offered better material.