The hacker with perhaps the most
famous first name around,
Kevin Mitnick, has gone from computer hacking of the sort that gets one on the
FBI's Most Wanted list (and into years of solitary confinement) to respected
security consultant and author, helping people minimize the sort of security holes he once exploited for fun. His new book is called
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker; it's his first since the expiration of an
agreement that he could not profit from books written about his criminal activity. Kevin's agreed to answer your questions; we'll pass the best ones on to him, and print his answers when they're ready. Note:
Kevin also answered Slashdot questions
most of a decade ago; that's a good place to start. Please observe the
Slashdot interview guidelines: ask as many questions as you want, but please keep them to one per comment.