Daemon: Quite Possibly The Best Techno-thriller You Will Ever Read
February 21, 2008 – 10:46 pm
No that title isn’t an exaggeration. If you’re content in knowing the information provided in the title and would like to skip the praise I’m about to bestow and just buy the book, here you go: Daemon by Leinad Zeraus.
So, another book about computers taking over the world. Ho hum, blah blah, yes? Actually no. While I was reading Daemon the thought that this could really happen kept going through my head. Without giving away some of the plot points, I’ll just say this. Read some of the recent news about the Storm botnet. Think about peoples addictions to WoW. Then read the book. Then think about those subjects again.
A few words to the techies: SQL injection attack, botnet, and rootkit. All those words/phrases can be found in this book. No no, my friends, this is not the book equivalent of Hackers (you know where code magically floats across the screen and other cheap tricks), this is a book written by a systems consultant (read: normally the guy that gets called in with the regular schmoes can’t figure things out) for Fortune 100 companies. To use a common cliche, he “gets it.” Actually he gets it, gets into its inner workings, and turns it inside out. Vague, I know, but I’m trying very hard not to spoil the fun of this book.
There is no reason for you not to read Daemon, no matter your level of technical understanding. Everyone from the CEO who has only the vaguest understanding of his IT infrastructure to the mail room guy who goes home to play WoW for 8 hours to the advertising exec who only knows how to check his email. Check it out from the library, buy it online, or borrow it, just find a way to read it. Read some sample chapters of Daemon if you need more convincing.
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2 Responses to “Daemon: Quite Possibly The Best Techno-thriller You Will Ever Read”
It sounds entertaining and all, but I’ll wait for the badly executed movie adaptation. Something like “Swordfish” with Hugh Jackman, you know when he hacked a government network in 60 seconds while simultaneously getting a blow job.
… now thats what i call 133t h4×0r
By Chuck on Mar 2, 2008
Sounds interesting, but I may wait for the movie, and then wait for the bootleg of that!!
By Roy on Jun 10, 2008