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Re: Humble Book Bundle: Hacking Reloaded

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Post by fapjacks »

arkx wrote: post #2

Last time there was a bundle like this ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14791255 ) dsacco wrote an awesome comment with recommendations on which books to pick up. Any chance for another round?

The physical books from this list I own are actually great (Metaploit guide, Pentesting, Book of PF, Art of Exploitation, The IDA Pro Book, and Practical Packet Analysis). I am buying this bundle because I'd love to have PDFs of these, and I'm thinking the other books must be good if they're bundled with these others which I find useful.

Re: Humble Book Bundle: Hacking Reloaded

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Post by sodafountan »

Asdfbla wrote: post #7

I'd also be interested in someone knowledgeable weighing in on the quality of those books. My first world problem with somewhat random information dumps like that is usually that I don't really find that it's a lack of resources holding you back from learning about certain topics, it's a lack of time. The quality of those books really has to significantly eclipse what's available on the internet (especially in terms…

I learned more about programming from Hacking: The Art of Exploitation than from many books solely dedicated to the subject. If you're going to purchase this bundle then I highly recommend you pay the 15, it's worth it.

Re: Humble Book Bundle: Hacking Reloaded

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Post by freedomben »

Asdfbla wrote: post #7

I'd also be interested in someone knowledgeable weighing in on the quality of those books. My first world problem with somewhat random information dumps like that is usually that I don't really find that it's a lack of resources holding you back from learning about certain topics, it's a lack of time. The quality of those books really has to significantly eclipse what's available on the internet (especially in terms…

I have many of these books, and I can vouch for their quality. They are excellent.

Get the $15 bundle. Those are the best ones. They are a little bit out of date, but still very relevant. This is a steal!

Especially great books:

* Hacking the Art of Exploitation

* The Ida Pro Book (mostly if you use Windows)

* The Practice of Network Security Monitoring

* Practical Packet Analysis

The Metasploit book was pretty good too, and taught me a lot about Metasploit. It didn't really scratch the "deep dive" itch that I usually have though.

Re: Humble Book Bundle: Hacking Reloaded

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Post by jlgaddis »

FWIW, I have at least one book from each of the "levels" (dead tree versions, though) and each of those books would individually easily justify the cost.

I'm debating going ahead and picking up the entire bundle but I really really really prefer hardcopy versions of books. I personally don't care for "e-books" at all.

(Edit: the books I have are the Metasploit, pf, Hacking, and OpenBSD books.)

Re: Humble Book Bundle: Hacking Reloaded

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Post by therein »

freedomben wrote: post #13
Asdfbla wrote: post #7

I'd also be interested in someone knowledgeable weighing in on the quality of those books. My first world problem with somewhat random information dumps like that is usually that I don't really find that it's a lack of resources holding you back from learning about certain topics, it's a lack of time. The quality of those books really has to significantly eclipse what's available on the internet (especially in terms…

I have many of these books, and I can vouch for their quality. They are excellent. Get the $15 bundle. Those are the best ones. They are a little bit out of date, but still very relevant. This is a steal! Especially great books: * Hacking the Art of Exploitation * The Ida Pro Book (mostly if you use Windows) * The Practice of Network Security Monitoring * Practical Packet Analysis The Metasploit book was pretty good…

I have the physical copies of the first two. The IDA Pro Book, I remember ordering 8 years ago because I didn't have such persistent internet connection back then.

Re: Humble Book Bundle: Hacking Reloaded

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Post by dfc »

dsacco wrote: post #10
arkx wrote: post #2

Last time there was a bundle like this ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14791255 ) dsacco wrote an awesome comment with recommendations on which books to pick up. Any chance for another round?

I would, but unfortunately I’ve not read a greater proportion of the ones in this round :)

Are you still working on the repo about cryptography research? Is it public?

Re: Humble Book Bundle: Hacking Reloaded

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Post by dguaraglia »

jlgaddis wrote: post #14

FWIW, I have at least one book from each of the "levels" (dead tree versions, though) and each of those books would individually easily justify the cost. I'm debating going ahead and picking up the entire bundle but I really really really prefer hardcopy versions of books. I personally don't care for "e-books" at all. (Edit: the books I have are the Metasploit, pf, Hacking, and OpenBSD books.)

I'm kind of divided. I enjoy e-books when reading for pleasure, but somehow I still seem to learn better when reading from hard copies, so I end up buying a lot of reference bibliography on paper.

I'm not sure if this is a phenomenon other people have noticed?

Re: Humble Book Bundle: Hacking Reloaded

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Post by sethj »

dguaraglia wrote: post #17
jlgaddis wrote: post #14

FWIW, I have at least one book from each of the "levels" (dead tree versions, though) and each of those books would individually easily justify the cost. I'm debating going ahead and picking up the entire bundle but I really really really prefer hardcopy versions of books. I personally don't care for "e-books" at all. (Edit: the books I have are the Metasploit, pf, Hacking, and OpenBSD books.)

I'm kind of divided. I enjoy e-books when reading for pleasure, but somehow I still seem to learn better when reading from hard copies, so I end up buying a lot of reference bibliography on paper. I'm not sure if this is a phenomenon other people have noticed?

I've noticed exactly the same thing myself. E-books are great for fun reading, but when I have to learn something I find it much easier on real paper. I don't own any kind of e-reader though so I can't speak to whether that helps or not.

Re: Humble Book Bundle: Hacking Reloaded

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Post by terminalcommand »

dguaraglia wrote: post #17
jlgaddis wrote: post #14

FWIW, I have at least one book from each of the "levels" (dead tree versions, though) and each of those books would individually easily justify the cost. I'm debating going ahead and picking up the entire bundle but I really really really prefer hardcopy versions of books. I personally don't care for "e-books" at all. (Edit: the books I have are the Metasploit, pf, Hacking, and OpenBSD books.)

I'm kind of divided. I enjoy e-books when reading for pleasure, but somehow I still seem to learn better when reading from hard copies, so I end up buying a lot of reference bibliography on paper. I'm not sure if this is a phenomenon other people have noticed?

I've noticed also noticed this. Currently I'm thinking of buying a cheap refillable laser printer to print out books an articles. There is something else about reading something on paper and being able to work through it (highlighting, taking notes etc.). I've tried PDF annotation programs, but none of them worked quite well.

I think the solution to this problem might be either ultra high resolution monitors or e-ink monitors.

Re: Humble Book Bundle: Hacking Reloaded

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Post by indigochill »

therein wrote: post #15
freedomben wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have many of these books, and I can vouch for their quality. They are excellent. Get the $15 bundle. Those are the best ones. They are a little bit out of date, but still very relevant. This is a steal! Especially great books: * Hacking the Art of Exploitation * The Ida Pro Book (mostly if you use Windows) * The Practice of Network Security Monitoring * Practical Packet Analysis The Metasploit book was pretty good…

I have the physical copies of the first two. The IDA Pro Book, I remember ordering 8 years ago because I didn't have such persistent internet connection back then.

I have one question about the IDA Pro book: is it relevant for those of us who can only use the freeware 5.0 version?

It isn't used at my workplace and the price point seems too steep for my use (CTFs) when there are less expensive disassemblers available.

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