The Unofficial Guide to Ethical Hacking, Second Edition (ISBN 1598630628)

Outdated, Not useful.:
This book starts with using Windows 98. 4 versions of windows have been released since then it also has crappy exploits that are outdated and do not work. dont waste your money.

Easy Read; Informative:
As an IT professional, I was looking for comprehensive reading to strenghten my network security knowledge. This book fulfilled that goal well. I am very pleased at the value obtained. I would surely recommend this material to those interested. It appears easy enough of a read for a beginner, but even as a seasoned vet I found it very useful.

This book is a joke:
I am more than upset with the author of this book. All the material can be found easily by searching the Internet and by doing a search at www.microsoft.com. The zip files that are mentioned in the book are corrupted. Not only that but when I reported the problem to the author, I got nothing from him -- that was almost a year ago, I am not sure about the files as of Oct 1, 2008. I don't recommend this book -- well, I do. If you have a fireplace and you are out of wood. Other than that, save your money and search for other more serious books online.

Outdated and unoriginal:
Outdated and unoriginal material coupled with a poor writing style make this book a waste of time for anyone serious about studying computer security and hacking. Ankit Fadia is a joke. Do not waste your time or money!

Armchair Hacker:
Great Book. I read 2600 and similar. Im not a serious hacker but love to know the cracks. More armchair than doing . Lot of good stuff in this book. Started reading in Borders then bought on Amazon for better price.