Clifford Stoll

Clifford Stoll ( born June 4, 1950 in Buffalo ) is an American astronomer and writer. He is currently working as a freelance dealer in curios and teachers.

Life

Clifford Stoll grew up in Buffalo, New York. He studied at Dalhousie University and a Ph.D. in 1980 at the University of Arizona.

Clifford Stoll was 1988/1989 instrumental in the capture of the German hacker Markus Hess who also had the discovery of the KGB Hacks result. The reason was an accounting error of 75 U.S. cents. As an interim administrator at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - for lack of work as an astronomer - he was set to the problem. He noted that for the settlement of the times of the individual user, two systems were used, which were supposed to provide a congruent result. However, there were the difference of 75 cents, because a hacker had broken into his system, and this was not possible to synchronize the two systems to blur out his slump when exiting correctly. In cooperation with the U.S. and German authorities Markus Hess months was taken later.

Stoll described his hunt for the hackers detailed in the book cuckoo, the International became a bestseller and many computer users only on the subject ( and problems) of hacking led approach. Although he is actually an astronomer, he was awarded by the book 's reputation, an excellent knowledge of computer and network technology to be. He taught physics at times. He also sells Klein bottles blown through his company Acme Klein Bottles

Stoll proved to be a critic of the Internet. His later books are critical considerations of the growing networking and social change.

Works

• Odd one. The hunt for the German hacker who cracked the Pentagon. ( English Title: The Cuckoo 's Egg ), ( 1989) ISBN 3-596-13984-8. Filmed (1990 ) under the name " The KGB, the Computer and Me" (The KGB, the Computer, and Me ). The TV movie first aired on 3 October 1990 in the U.S. ( TV). The film was shot with Clifford Stoll on location, produced by the WGBH Educational Foundation for the U.S. television documentary series NOVA by Robin Bates and Catherine White. The result is about 60 minutes long and also includes a short interview with the hacker Pengo (Hans Heinrich Hübner ) and some shots of Markus Hess, the hacker, the Clifford Stoll had followed. The recordings of Hess emerged during the process against him in Celle.
• The desert Internet, wrong-way driving on the information superhighway, Silicon Snake Oil, (1996 ) ISBN 3-596-13850-7
• Logout, Why have nothing to look for classroom computers and other high- tech heresies, High Tech Heretic, (1999) ISBN 3-596-15512-6