No Starch Press
Encyclopedia
No Starch Press is a publishing company specializing in computer books for the technically savvy, or "geek entertainment" as they term it. They have published such titles as Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
, Silence on the Wire
, Steal This Computer Book 4.0, Steal This File Sharing Book, Write Portable Code, Hacking the Xbox, and How Wikipedia Works
.
, computer security
, hacking
, Linux
and other non-Windows
topics, and programming
. Lego
titles are another area of interest to the company.
O'Reilly Media distributes and promotes No Starch Press titles in the U.S., and No Starch uses various distributors worldwide.
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation is a book written by Jon "Smibbs" Erickson and published by No Starch Press in 2003. It is a computer security and network security book. All of the examples in the book were developed, compiled, and tested on Gentoo Linux.-Content:The content of Hacking moves...
, Silence on the Wire
Silence on the Wire
Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks is the title of a book by Michał Zalewski on some network-silent methods of information gathering as they relate to computer security. No Starch Press published the book in April, 2005...
, Steal This Computer Book 4.0, Steal This File Sharing Book, Write Portable Code, Hacking the Xbox, and How Wikipedia Works
How Wikipedia Works
How Wikipedia Works is a 2008 book by Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, and Ben Yates. It is a how-to reference for using and contributing to the Wikipedia encyclopedia, targeted at "students, professors, and everyday experts and fans"...
.
Topics
No Starch Press publishes technical books with a focus on networkingComputer network
A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information....
, computer security
Computer security
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...
, hacking
Hacker (computer security)
In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, including profit, protest, or because of the challenge...
, Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
and other non-Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
topics, and programming
Computer programming
Computer programming is the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in one or more programming languages. The purpose of programming is to create a program that performs specific operations or exhibits a...
. Lego
Lego
Lego is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts...
titles are another area of interest to the company.
Availability
No Starch Press titles are available in all major bookstores in all English language markets around the world. No Starch Press titles have also been translated into 21 languages.O'Reilly Media distributes and promotes No Starch Press titles in the U.S., and No Starch uses various distributors worldwide.
Popular books
- Absolute FreeBSD
- The Cult of Mac
- The Debian SystemThe Debian SystemThe Debian System is a 2005 non-fiction book written by Martin Krafft which deals exclusively with Debian GNU/Linux, detailing its internal workings...
- Forbidden LEGO
- Hacking: The Art of ExploitationHacking: The Art of ExploitationHacking: The Art of Exploitation is a book written by Jon "Smibbs" Erickson and published by No Starch Press in 2003. It is a computer security and network security book. All of the examples in the book were developed, compiled, and tested on Gentoo Linux.-Content:The content of Hacking moves...
- Hacking the Xbox
- How Wikipedia WorksHow Wikipedia WorksHow Wikipedia Works is a 2008 book by Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, and Ben Yates. It is a how-to reference for using and contributing to the Wikipedia encyclopedia, targeted at "students, professors, and everyday experts and fans"...
- Land of Lisp
- Silence on the WireSilence on the WireSilence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks is the title of a book by Michał Zalewski on some network-silent methods of information gathering as they relate to computer security. No Starch Press published the book in April, 2005...
- Steal This Computer Book 4.0
- The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide