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August 30, 2006
"Security Engineering" available for download
Skinflints of the world rejoice; Ross Anderson's textbook Security Engineering is now available for free download:
My book on Security Engineering is now available online for free download here.
I have two main reasons. First, I want to reach the widest possible audience, especially among poor students. Second, I am a pragmatic libertarian on free culture and free software issues; […]
I’d been discussing this with my publishers for a while. They have been persuaded by the experience of authors like David MacKay, who found that putting his excellent book on coding theory online actually helped its sales. […]
(Via Light Blue Touchpaper.)
Posted by Ian at August 30, 2006 9:53 AM
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