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"Computer Related Risks" by Neumann
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 21:49:58 -0400
As a holder of a PERSONALLY autographed book I must concur with this review. It is a facinating wonderfully readable book with some famous Neuman puns djf Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 20:01:52 EST From: "Rob Slade, Ed. DECrypt & ComNet, VARUG rep" <roberts () mukluk decus ca> Subject: "Computer Related Risks" by Neumann BKCMRLRS.RVW 940906 "Computer-Related Risks", Neumann, 1994, 0-201-55805-X, U$24.75 neumann () csl sri com %A Peter G. Neumann %C 1 Jacob Way, Reading, MA 01867-9984 %D 1994 %G 0-201-55805-X %I Addison-Wesley Publishing Company %O U$24.75 (22.25 for ACM, order no. 706943) %P 384 %T "Computer-Related Risks" Heather Rignanesi, Marketing, x340, 73171.657 () Compuserve com Barbara Warren, Marketing barbarw () aw com Tiffany Moore, Publicity tiffanym () aw com 800-822-6339 617-944-3700 Fax: (617) 944-7273 Every technologist should, at some point in the educational process, be required to read this book. (The preceding proviso is, unfortunately, subject to the risk that said technologist may fail to grasp the book's underlying lessons.) Peter G. Neumann is well known to the members of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), but to thousands more he is known as moderator of the RISKS- FORUM Digest electronic mailing list (or its Usenet mirror, comp.risks). (RISKS is notable for the quality and interest of its material, and is a recommended mailing list for all newcomers to the Internet, regardless of their areas of interest.) This work is not merely a compilation, but a distillation of the type of material discussed on RISKS. The occasional item is not strictly computer related (an ongoing RISKS discussion itself), but all demonstrate the variety of ways in which technology may constitute a hazard. Written primarily in the format of a textbook for an academic environment, the material is not only readable but fascinating for a non-technical audience. The end notes, challenge questions and bibliography make it an excellent choice for any course dealing with security, safety or general systems development issues. (We interrupt this review to note that PGN is able to write over two-and-a-half pages of the Preface before we find the first pun. By the end of Chapter two, he is in full flight. I refer you to "Tempest Puget, or The Sound and the Ferries" for full multi-model, cliche-referential punning entries.) As well as system and software engineering students, this book should have a place on the desk of anyone involved in a technology development project. It *can* happen here. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994 BKCMRLRS.RVW 940906 604-984-4067 DECUS Canada Communications, Desktop, Education and Security group newsletters Editor and/or reviewer ROBERTS () decus ca, RSlade () sfu ca, Rob Slade at 1:153/733 Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" (Oct. '94) Springer-Verlag [Thanks, Rob! PGN]
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