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│ worms and trojan horses.
│ . │ The inside cover makes some
┌┐┌┐┌┐┌┐┌┐┌┐┌┐├┐┬┌┐┌┐ │ startling claims:
┌┤│││││ ││┌┤│ │││││││ │ "... twelve million of the
└┘├┘├┘┴ └┘└┘└┘└└┴└└└┤ │ world's seventy million PCs will
│ │ ┌┐┌┐┌┐┌┐ └┘ │ be infected with computer viruses
┌┘├┘│ ││ │ within the next two years;
└┘└┘┴ └┘ │ teenage hackers using home
πα≤α Γ±Φ∞Σ αφπ ≤τΣ │ computers have αδ±Σαπ√ ß±εΩΣφ
Γε∞∩⌠≤Σ± ⌠φπΣ±÷ε±δπ │ Φφ≤ε ≤τΣ '≥ΣΓ⌠±Σ' Γε∞∩⌠≤Σ±
│ ≥√≥≤Σ∞≥ α≤ ≤τΣ ∩Σφ≤αµεφ, φα≥ε
ß√ δΣαφφΣ ±ΦΓτα±π │ αφπ φα≤ε; Γε∞∩⌠≤Σ± σ±α⌠π Φ≥
│ Σ≥≤Φ∞α≤Σπ ≤ε Γε≥≤ öÆ αφπ öè ßαφΩ≥
BOOK AUTHORS: bryan clough and │ αφπ Γε∞∩αφΦΣ≥ £ ßΦδδΦεφ ∩ε⌠φπ≥
paul mungo │ Σ⌡Σ±√ √Σα± - αφπ óƒ ∩Σ± ΓΣφ≤ εσ
│ Γε∞∩⌠≤Σ± σ±α⌠π isn't ever
Approaching Zero is a book │ reported."
about the history of hackers and │ However, the authors later
hacking. The authors also look │ note that the figures for the
into the development of viruses, │ virus infection of the world's
computers were based on the │ (based on the words "free" and
propagation of a particularly │ "phone"). The various
nasty virus and that researcher │ "generations" of hackers are
had limited the projection to two │ discussed within interviews and
years. Further extension of time │ case histories (the Bulgarian
would have revealed that all of │ virus manufacturer, The Dark
the world's computers would │ Avenger, has an entire chapter),
become infected, suggesting some │ and how the philosophy and ethics
flaw in the model. Other factors, │ of this subculture have changed
explained in the book, were also │ from the early hippie/beatnik
not taken into account. │ ideals.
│ Aproaching Zero is a well-
The book begins with the very │ written introduction behind the
first hackers - people (although │ newspaper and magazine hype of
there are very few women hackers) │ hacking and virus infections.
who found ways of getting free │ Those who want to know more about
telephone calls on the US │ viruses, hacker exploits and the
telephone systems by sending │ effects they have on the business
certain sounds down the line. │ and security worlds should read
Then, they were called phreakers │ this book.