NEWS A book on ethical computer hacking written by a 16-year-old Indian schoolboy has sold 5,000 copies online, before it reached the shelves of bookshops around the world.
The author, Ankit Fadia, wrote the book at the tender age of 14, and is the youngest author for Macmillan publishers in the company's 110 years of history. The
Unofficial Guide to Ethical Hacking runs into 620 pages, and gives an in-depth look into hacking techniques, endorsing ethical hacking as a "vaccination" for "fighting evil with evil".
"The book mentions tools and techniques used by hackers to break into some systems. The book throws light on unexplored horizons of the wired world, giving even the common user the information required to understand [and] counter attack hacking attempts," reads one review of the book from a technical consultant.
Basing his research on his own experience and readings, Fadia -- a student at a Delhi public school -- initially started his Web site Hacking Truths for a small circle of friends to whom he would send out periodic manuals, but the site quickly evolved into a worldwide community of subscribers. The site, hackingtruths.box.sk has 16,000 registered users and more than 100,000 hits a day. It was recently judged the second best hacking site in the world by the FBI.
The book deals with the nuances of the "hacker" and "cracker", but claims that real hackers are not criminals. "Hackers are the good guys who, by using their knowledge in a constructive manner, help organisations to guard their data and company secrets, and sometimes help justice by ferreting out electronic evidence of wrongdoing," says Fadia within the book.
It is technical to a certain extent, and requires a minimum understanding of the Internet, Windows, TCP/IP, C++, Java and PERL. But the book has received mild criticism for not covering cryptography in enough detail. "And since it's a book on hacking and not cracking or security in general, it doesn't cover unethical topics like credit card cracking, or technology like Tempest, electronic eavesdropping or cable-drops," says a review by Fabmart books.
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i want to this book
9 Oct 04 08:32 ReplyHot Note: This article is posted by Kalpesh Sharma for Public Interest and National Interest, so that every concerned person can be aware and alert.
shriganesh 20 Dec 06 19:45 ReplyDirectly, coming to point I am in touch with you for a matter which is the first part of the protest against Ankit Fadia. I am writing on this forum in current article about truths and facts behind Ankit Fadia who is a self claimed ethical hacker. He has hacked many of my national citizens, media, publishers, even many across the globe. I need your valuable support and co-operation in this matter, so that we can save the citizens of our nation and other nations also. Along with media peoples, publishers, government and non-government sectors as well as inform CBI, CIA and FBI that how this person is misusing every honorable names by false comparisons and attachments with them. And the biggest exclusive and breaking news is that world's biggest encyclopedia wikipedia's two indian administrators are behaving as if they are ankit fadia's relatives or near - dear ones. A very hot comment is going on between a wikipedia administrator and me on wikipedia articles mentioned on below pages where this reputed and notable ankit fadia is using a very bad language. This is evidence for us and all emails about his comments are saved in my inbox. These nominated indian administrators of wikipedia are also equally responsible for spoiling wikipedia reputation. Whereas I am trying to save the wikipedia and all others mentioned here in this matter.
Other then evidence that below links are referred to. I have some hard copies too which I recieved from various sources. These are also very important evidence against him. He has earned crores of rupees in last 7 - 8 years from these activities from indian citizens and threating the country peoples. He is not limited to India, instead hacked several national citizens across globe. Now he has started a course which runs in every reliance web world. I don't know whether it's tie-up with reliance or he is just using reliance services on a payment term. But he has started hacking courses also. Name of the course is AFCEH, as most of you know. So, in short similarly there are several 100's of points which all can be included together which proves that Ankit Fadia is an Ethical Hacker who is unethically hacking my nation's citizen ethics(you, me, everyone). One thing you remember that this will be the first time ever across globe any one is showing the real face behind ankit fadia. This is first part, kindly wait for my second part on the same forum.
He has spoiled prestigious names by falsely misguiding them. Some of them are:
1) Stanford University
2) President of India
3) Amazon
4) Wikipedia
5) Rediff.com
6) Similarly many other media agencies by giving them incorrect information that he is digital intelligence personnel.
In short, you are also part of public and I am trying to do something for you. So Kindly please follow as much as you can from the below links below and give your suggestion and opinion on them:
Thnaking you all for co-operation & support
Kalpesh Sharma
Information Security Expert.
Ahmedabad, India.
Website:
http://www.esnips.com/web/shriganesh33sBusinessFiles
Blogsite: http://kalpeshsharma.wordpress.com and http://kalpeshsharma.blogspot.com
Join ME: http://kalpeshsharma.gather.com (My Groupsite)
My Protest Website Against Ankit Fadia: http://afceh.gather.com
My Reference Sources:
1. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/101014/hacking_a_fullstop_on_esystem.html?page=3
2. http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Internet_Vs._Traditional_Banks-106678-1.html
3. http://knowyourbroker.blogspot.com/2006/08/online-trading-safety-debate-heats-up.html
4. http://www.nabble.com/An-Important-Information---Please-go-through-it.-t2705527.html
5. http://www.gather.com/viewArticles.jsp?memberId=121822&nav=Namespace
5. http://www.gather.com/viewArticles.jsp?memberI
Hello Akanksha,
shriganesh 24 Dec 06 10:20 ReplyThe issue is not that whether I am supporting him or not. The matter is that a number of large population is being affected. See all the matters on this matter that I have tried to reply to all such questions which has rised in your mind. I am just writing this with an intention to solve the problem and discuss it with you, so that truth can come out and many peoples being affected can be saved. Read this carefully and then tell me whether what is wrong:
http://www.go4expert.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2276
Do you mean to tell that when so many peoples are financially affected and severals of them may spoil their career, I too should do same which ankit is doing. Means my personal benefit should only be seen and shall I forget how many peoples does it affect and how any student's and new generation people's career is spoiled. Cool and think on it. Your question is good and I really appreciate that you are here to discuss on this. You also mentioned in your comment that I am spoiling the name of my country in other countries. What will happen when every citizen in various nations knows what is the level of so called ethical hacking that ankit has - Our country reputation will improve or decrease. I think you should re think on the complete matter. Might be possible that someone from your family joins ankit fadia's course and does not gets any knowledge resulting to waste of time and money. Also it may be possible your family might be financially strong, but think of thousands of students and professionals who are misguided to join ankit fadia's course and when the know the truth their money is gone.
I am ready to talk with you for all discussion. Please don't take anything negatively. I just want to show the truth behind the fact. That's it.
Thnx,
Kalpesh Sharma
Hello Akanksha,
shriganesh 24 Dec 06 10:47 ReplyThe issue is not that whether I am supporting him or not. The matter is that a number of large population is being affected. See all the matters on this matter that I have tried to reply to all such questions which has rised in your mind. I am just writing this with an intention to solve the problem and discuss it with you, so that truth can come out and many peoples being affected can be saved. Read this carefully and then tell me whether what is wrong:
http://www.go4expert.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2276
Do you mean to tell that when so many peoples are financially affected and severals of them may spoil their career, I too should do same which ankit is doing. Means my personal benefit should only be seen and shall I forget how many peoples does it affect and how any student's and new generation people's career is spoiled. Cool and think on it. Your question is good and I really appreciate that you are here to discuss on this. You also mentioned in your comment that I am spoiling the name of my country in other countries. What will happen when every citizen in various nations knows what is the level of so called ethical hacking that ankit has - Our country reputation will improve or decrease. I think you should re think on the complete matter. Might be possible that someone from your family joins ankit fadia's course and does not gets any knowledge resulting to waste of time and money. Also it may be possible your family might be financially strong, but think of thousands of students and professionals who are misguided to join ankit fadia's course and when the know the truth their money is gone.
You also talked of google alerts the check this google fight:
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=ankit+fadia&word2=kalpesh+sharma
This results are though I don't have written any book, gone for seminar, workshop or certifications. So, it's not a big deal to get the name on alerts. I am ready to talk with you for all discussion. Please don't take anything negatively. I just want to show the truth behind the fact. That's it.
Thnx,
Kalpesh Sharma
Hello Akanksha,
shriganesh 24 Dec 06 10:47 ReplyThe issue is not that whether I am supporting him or not. The matter is that a number of large population is being affected. See all the matters on this matter that I have tried to reply to all such questions which has rised in your mind. I am just writing this with an intention to solve the problem and discuss it with you, so that truth can come out and many peoples being affected can be saved. Read this carefully and then tell me whether what is wrong:
http://www.go4expert.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2276
Do you mean to tell that when so many peoples are financially affected and severals of them may spoil their career, I too should do same which ankit is doing. Means my personal benefit should only be seen and shall I forget how many peoples does it affect and how any student's and new generation people's career is spoiled. Cool and think on it. Your question is good and I really appreciate that you are here to discuss on this. You also mentioned in your comment that I am spoiling the name of my country in other countries. What will happen when every citizen in various nations knows what is the level of so called ethical hacking that ankit has - Our country reputation will improve or decrease. I think you should re think on the complete matter. Might be possible that someone from your family joins ankit fadia's course and does not gets any knowledge resulting to waste of time and money. Also it may be possible your family might be financially strong, but think of thousands of students and professionals who are misguided to join ankit fadia's course and when the know the truth their money is gone.
You also talked of google alerts the check this google fight:
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=ankit+fadia&word2=kalpesh+sharma
This results are though I don't have written any book, gone for seminar, workshop or certifications. So, it's not a big deal to get the name on alerts. I am ready to talk with you for all discussion. Please don't take anything negatively. I just want to show the truth behind the fact. That's it.
Thnx,
Kalpesh Sharma