Book Review - Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
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Since I wasn't able to sleep on my red-eye flight to Orlando, I was able to start (and finish) Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. A very enjoyable read, especially if you're into technology security and encryption. The storyline revolves around the National Security Agency (NSA) and their activities surrounding the monitoring of communication. They are able to break any encryption with the aid of a massive secret computer, and life is good. But when a code appears that can not be broken, all hell breaks loose. The author, a former employee of the NSA, is about to release the code to the highest bidder. The NSA has to stop this from happening so that they will not be locked out of all encrypted data. When the employee is murdered, it gets impossible to tell who is selling out who.
Great pacing, believable storyline, and a very good read. If you want a nice techno-escape, this would be a great choice.
Since I wasn't able to sleep on my red-eye flight to Orlando, I was able to start (and finish) Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. A very enjoyable read, especially if you're into technology security and encryption. The storyline revolves around the National Security Agency (NSA) and their activities surrounding the monitoring of communication. They are able to break any encryption with the aid of a massive secret computer, and life is good. But when a code appears that can not be broken, all hell breaks loose. The author, a former employee of the NSA, is about to release the code to the highest bidder. The NSA has to stop this from happening so that they will not be locked out of all encrypted data. When the employee is murdered, it gets impossible to tell who is selling out who.
Great pacing, believable storyline, and a very good read. If you want a nice techno-escape, this would be a great choice.
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Not only the final outcome is widely dissapointing, but the book is openly -and unnecessarily- offensive towards Seville, the city where a good part of the action happens.
After reading this book, and having read "The Da Vinci Code" some months earlier, I thought that Brown was simply a lazy author who didn't bother about knowing the places he describes. Alas, the guy claims to have studied and lived in Seville, which makes his pathetic depictions of the city unforgivable.
I made a mistake, which was buying this book -I took the DV Code from a friend, so at least I became angry for free-. Brown's books definetly do not deserve a cent being spent on
Posted by A. Parra At 05:56:03 On 23/08/2005 | - Website - |