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Expert Profile: Carolyn Meinel

Expertise:  I cover Windows, Unix, TCP/IP and Ethernet security questions. I do not cover Mac, Palm Pilot, or other networking issues.
Books by Carolyn Meinel: wrote a chapter for The Hacking of America book (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1567204600/happyhacker) My article Code Red for the Web for Scientific American was reprinted in the book Best American Science Writing 2002 (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060936509/happyhacker). My book The Happy Hacker: A Guide to Mostly Harmless Hacking is now in 4th edition with a Japanese edition (see http://happyhacker.org/hhbook/).

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What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?  Learning without limits! "I teach you the superman. Man is something to be surpassed." -- Friedrich Nietzsche in Thus Spake Zarathustra
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:  "Meinel describes how a fictional hacker might penetrate a corporation's computer system. Is publishing it irresponsible? Obviously, we think not? We can best inform readers about how to defend themselves by explaining what attacks to expect." Editor-in-chief John Rennie explaining his decision to run an article by Meinel, Scientific American, Oct. 1998 issue, pg. 6.
Something controversial or provocative about this subject  "Carolyn P Meinel is its [the Hacking for Girliez gang] public enemy number one." Adam Penenberg, "Tracking the Hack," Forbes, Nov. 16, 1998, page 136. "Carolyn Meinel taught us how to hack?" Hacking for Girliez gang message left on the New York Times web site, Sept. 13, 1998 "What were you doing the morning of Sept. 13?" FBI's Doug Beldon questioning Meinel, Nov. 12, 1998.
What do you like about this subject?  We are a threat to anyone who is an enemy of freedom in cyberspace. What they try to hide, my friends and I reveal. What they try to keep secret, we broadcast to the world.
Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 7702
Knowledge   9.86   Best of the best
Clarity of Response   9.90   Best of the best
Timeliness   9.88   Best of the best
Politeness   9.96   Best of the best
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Max Questions to be Asked
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Total Questions
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User Comments
Many thanks. Very helpful Steve
(Steve on 11/26/08)
Thanks
(James on 10/22/08)
Thanks for all the suggestions, Carolyn. I'll definitely try those!
(Ken on 09/26/08)
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Recent Answers from Carolyn Meinel
2008-11-23  Removing a Trogran Here's what will almost certainly work. 1) Download either Kapersky Internet Security, which offers a free 30 day trial at http://kapersky.com, or F-Secure's Complete Internet security suite, which...
2008-11-22  Can use Spyware Doctor with Norton 360? McAfee and Norton are correct, Spyware Doctor conflicts with them. With both McAfee and Norton, if you buy their total Internet security products, they will also protect against spyware. The difference...
2008-11-06  Internet Explorer hijacked!? First off, nearly everyone who asks me how to get rid of a serious malware infection (meaning viruses, worms, adware, spyware etc.) has been using a free antivirus program. So I can't advise you to use...
2008-10-21  Spyware Check out the free version of Adaware at http://www.lavasoft.com/ Personally I prefer using one of the Internet security suites that bundle antivirus with antispyware and a firewall so one program does...
2008-10-03  Virus Protection Congratulations for refusing to pay off the AAV lab crooks. One of the best free programs for removing this nasty spyware extortion scheme is Ad-aware, see http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free...
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