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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 t
by Asdfbla 9y ago
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 of presentation of the material) before it seems worth buying them (to be fair, price is not a real issue here, just in principle). For instance, I don't really see the value of software reference manuals (unless you already know the software and just need the reference, but then you would likely own it already and not buy it from humble bundle, right?).
- sodafountan 9y agoI 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.
- freedomben 9y agoI 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 They are a little bit out of date, but still very relevant.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.
- therein 9y agoI 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.
- indigochill 9y agoI 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.
- heinrich5991 9y agoWhich other disassemblers do you personally use?
- indigochill 9y agoI've been dabbling with Radare2 for disassembly.
- kaeluka 9y agoThanks, that convinced me :)