Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!russelrd From: russelrd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (MattBrockman) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: really great NOVA show on computer hacker espionage Message-ID: <11185@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 24 Apr 91 18:43:58 GMT References: <24404@well.sf.ca.us> <14947@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Reply-To: russelrd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (MattBrockman) Distribution: usa Organization: Purdue University Lines: 19 In article <14947@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes: > >In article <24404@well.sf.ca.us> rchao@well.sf.ca.us (Robert Chao) writes: >>This week's NOVA tells the true story of how a little astronomer >>at Berkeley stumbled upon an act of computer spying that involved >>the military, the CIA and the FBI. The whole thing began with > > But read "The Cuckoo's Egg".. that's what the Nova episode is >a brief story about. The Cuckoo's Egg is a GREAT GREAT book >written by Clifford Stoll (the astronomer), and is just COOL as hell. I first saw Clifford Stoll when he was interviewed on "Late Night with Connie Chung"...a real odd-ball guy, I loved him. -Matt .... ... .. .