Book details of 'Interrupt'

Title	Interrupt
Author(s)	Toni Dwiggins
ISBN	0812520378
Language	English
Published	March 1995
Publisher	Tor Books

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
The telephone system is a favourite target for thriller writers. Recent phone outages have made the public slightly more aware of the dependence we have in the reliability and ubiquity of voice communications. Most books about attacks on the system have little bearing on reality. Dwiggins, though, has put some research into this. The attack scenario is technically plausible. It is an inside job, requiring insider access and knowledge. Social engineering is dealt with, albeit briefly. These remain the two primary computer security problems. One of the early attacks is put down to a virus: that idea is squelched on very solid grounds. The central concept of the attack is one posited by no less a luminary than Ken Thompson. Dwiggins' inexperience does show in places. I almost missed the Thompson reference, as it was introduced by postulating something "deeper" than object or machine code. (To a nerd, this implies microcode.) Then, the discussion turns to the "interpreter", which is logically similar to, but operationally distinct from, a compiler. Also, as in "For the Sake of Elena" (see reviews), the plot hinges on the inability of an experienced TDD (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf) user to identify a (well) known correspondent in a live chat. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995
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