Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 17:55:07 EST
From: "Rob Slade, VARUG, SecSIG, BCVAXLUG, ComSIG and EdSIG"
<roberts@mukluk.decus.ca>
Subject: Rob Slade's review of Robert Slade's (no relation :-) book
[Rob Slade is one of our most prolific reviewers.
Here we give him a change to review Robert Slade's book. PGN]
BKCVP.RVW
Please note that the following is a completely fair and unbiased review. I
strive at all times to be even-handed in my reviewing. My vested interest
in this work in no way can be said to influence my judgement. I mean, to
say that just because I spent *THREE SOLID YEARS* writing it means I might
have a biased opinion about it is a prejudiced opinion on your part, isn't
it? :-)
%A Robert M. Slade
%C 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
%D 1994
%G 0-387-94311-0 or 3-540-94311-0 in Europe
%I Springer-Verlag
%O U$29.95 800-SPRINGER, fax 201-348-4505
%O in Europe email ertel@springer.de, UK viv@svl.co.uk
%O (and the title was *NOT MY IDEA!*)
%P 480
%T "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses"
This is the most FANTASTIC virus book EVER WRITTEN! This is the most
FANTASTIC virus book that EVER WILL BE WRITTEN!! The day this book was
released the ENTIRE VIRUS WRITING COMMUNITY committed suicide from
depression over the fact that no one would EVER BE HURT BY A VIRUS AGAIN!
Book stores are advised to have LARGE STOCKS of the book on hand,
prominently displayed, and probably to hire extra staff for the crush of
buyers. Grown men have been known to pull their own liver out when told
that they could not buy the book! (And that was before it was PUBLISHED!)
When we sent the books to reviewers, they typically danced in the streets
for joy for several days. However, we reprint here some of the less
effusive comments:
"Mr. Slade's lists are more interesting than the NYC phone book."
- Dr. Fred Cohen
"Obviously some johnny-come-lately upstart."
- Harold Joseph Highland
"Is this guy some kind of comedian?"
- William Murray
"i think its cute and i like the title but i have a few questions ..."
- sara gordon
"Wonderful! It certainly cured *my* insomnia!"
- Dorothy Denning
"A mantlepiece!"
- Terry Jones
"I only have a hundred new samples that came in this week, and then I'll read
it. Promise."
- Fridrik Skulason
"Should have had more sample code."
- Ralph Burger
""
- John McAfee (forwarded by Aryeh Goretsky)
"Vrooooom, vrooooom!"
- Padgett Peterson
"Too long."
- Ross Greenberg
"Still doesn't reliably detect MtE."
- Vesselin Bontchev
"[A bruised read]"
- PGN
"Should be powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a
lead-lined room with armed guards -- and even then I have my doubts."
- Eugene H. Spafford
"Where's my baseball bat?"
- Edwin Cleton
"Is this legal?"
- Paul Ferguson
"I don't think this is funny."
- Brad Templeton
"We're the federal government. We don't *do* that."
- James Earl Jones
"Let me diagram that on a Turing machine for you ..."
- Yaron Goland
"A great virus book. No, I meant a great *anti*virus book. No, I meant a
great *virus* book. No ..."
- John Buchanan
"Cool."
- Ray Kaplan
"My title was better than his."
- Cliff Stoll
"I elisted this book, and I have the password. Therefore I am now the author."
- Gene Paris
"We probably shouldn't be publicising stuff like this."
- J. B. Condat
Cecil B. DeMille, Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, John Houston and Federico
Fellini are working on a co-production of the movie version. Casting is not
yet complete, but rumours indicate that Tom Hanks will play frisk, Arnold
Schwartzenegger will portray Padgett Peterson, and Mark Ludwig will be
Stoned. The part of Vesselin Bontchev will be played by a Cray YMP.
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
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