[rickostuff]

I'm not sure if you are the same Cliff Stoll who wrote 'The Cuckoo's Egg', but if so I listened to the audio book in 2020 during the first part of the pandemic and I loved it. It was fascinating to see how a small billing discrepancy led you down such a rabbit hole. I also enjoyed the various solutions you came up with to crack the case using the technology of the time. I enjoy reading about the early days of the Internet. I have a sort of nostalgia for it, even though I didn't get on the net myself until around 1997. Your book hit a sweet spot for me with the combination of (now) retro technology and security. You might guess from this ham radio hacking post that I enjoy that kind of thing. If you are that Cliff Stoll, thanks for sharing your story!

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Yes, user you replied to is the author The Cuckoo's Egg according to this comment by the same user, which includes an explanation of how the book came to be:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29387116

Here’s the wiki for those unfamiliar with it:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo%27s_Egg_(book)

[daveevad]

Based on comment history, it looks like it's him; and also, it looks like he's a licensed amateur too.

I would like to echo your sentiment, that book was so good and has made me curious about the physical and digital world in so many different ways.