Locksport: A Hackers Guide to Lockpicking, Impressioning, and Safe Cracking
Autor Jos Weyers, Matt Burrough, Walter Belgersen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 mar 2024
Descoperim în Locksport un ecosistem tehnic complex, dedicat securității fizice, care depășește simpla curiozitate mecanică. Autorii, Jos Weyers, Matt Burrough și Walter Belgers, abordează acest domeniu din perspectiva „hacking-ului” fizic, concentrându-se pe utilizarea uneltelor specializate precum cheile de tensiune, hook-urile și dispozitivele de tip rake pentru a interacționa cu mecanismele de tip padlock și deadbolt. Remarcăm o structură riguroasă, menită să transforme un pasionat aflat la început într-un participant pregătit pentru competițiile internaționale de profil.
Observăm un accent deosebit pus pe arta impresionatului — procesul tehnic de a crea o cheie funcțională dintr-un profil brut prin interpretarea urmelor microscopice lăsate de pinii încuietorii — și pe manipularea sistematică a seifurilor. Ca și Deviant Ollam în Practical Lock Picking, autorii distilează experiență reală în principii acționabile, însă Locksport se diferențiază prin orientarea explicită către scena competitivă și etica intrării non-distructive. Diagramele detaliate și ilustrațiile color servesc drept suport vizual esențial pentru înțelegerea vulnerabilităților mecanice, oferind o claritate pe care rar o întâlnim în manualele tehnice tradiționale.
Textul nu se limitează la teorie, ci ghidează cititorul prin metodologii de diagnosticare a blocajelor și strategii de înregistrare a observațiilor în timpul manipulării discurilor de seif. Este un manual care tratează securitatea ca pe un puzzle logic, unde succesul depinde de precizia tactilă și de înțelegerea profundă a toleranțelor de fabricație. Volumul publicat de No Starch Press reprezintă, astfel, o resursă tehnică solidă pentru oricine dorește să exploreze securitatea sistemelor de închidere dintr-o perspectivă practică și analitică.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1718502249
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 177 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Editura: Penguin Random House Group
Colecția No Starch Press
Locul publicării:United States
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Recomandăm această carte pasionaților de securitate informatică și inginerie mecanică care doresc să își extindă competențele în domeniul securității fizice. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a mecanismelor de blocare și învață tehnici avansate de manipulare non-distructivă direct de la campioni mondiali. Este ghidul esențial pentru a trece de la hobby la nivelul de competiție, oferind o metodologie clară pentru „hacking-ul” obiectelor tangibile.
Descriere
Notă biografică
Matt Burrough is a devoted locksport hobbyist. His locksport highlights include placing twice in the ShmooCon Lockpick Village competition, second place in the 2019 TOOOL US LockFest safe manipulation competition, and getting first-round opens at every TOOOL NL LockCon since 2016. During the day, Matt is a professional red team operator, and is the author of Pentesting Azure Applications (2018, No Starch Press.) He holds a bachelor’s degree in networking, security, and system administration, a master’s degree in computer science, and a variety of industry certifications from GIAC (SANS), Microsoft, and Offensive Security.
Walter Belgers is a hacker, having worked in IT security for all his life, the majority as a penetration tester and currently as a security officer at Philips. He has an M.Sc. in computing science and has been on the internet since the 1980s. He is an honorary member of TOOOL, the Open Organisation of Lockpickers and NLUUG, the Dutch UNIX Users Group. Walter likes to speak at technical conferences. He has co-invented a microcomputer without microprocessor and turned it into a DIY kit. His hobbies are diverse, but include drifting and rally driving, sailing, reading, travelling and photography.
BandEAtoZ is a GSA certified safe technician with years of experience opening safes around the world. He regularly publishes articles of interest in both the locksmithing magazine, Keynotes and in the more specialized periodical, Safe and Vault Technology, reaching safe engineers around the world. He is an active member in the Safe & Vault Technicians Association, the National Safeman’s Organization and numerous professional forums.
Nigel Tolley was picking locks and subverting security as a schoolboy, long before he had ever heard of locksmiths or locksport. However, this wasn’t a career path, and so university called, and a job as an aerospace engineer, with a side line of databases and coding, became his daily reality. He escaped before dying of boredom, but it was close!
After quitting the “big corp” world, he spent a year learning absolutely everything he could about locks. This is before the internet was quite as valuable a resource as it is today, and rather a lot of self-teaching and figuring things out happened – and most locksmiths didn’t even pick locks. As a locksmith for around 17 years now, he has watched as attitudes have changed, and has now taught thousands of people, including many other locksmiths, to pick locks at various courses, conferences and events. He has lectured and presented at everything from corporate ice breaker events to, of course, the various LockCon. Under assorted NDA he has also consulted with lock manufacturers and designers, and found many an exploit for physical security devices. A dedicated maker of many things, but especially tools.
Cuprins
Part I: The Basics
Chapter 1: The World of Locksport
Chapter 2: Types of Locks and Cylinders
Chapter 3: Lock Mechanics
Chapter 4: High-Security Lock Elements
Chapter 5: Lock Maintenance for Locksporters
Part II: Pin Tumbler Lockpicking
Chapter 6: Pin Tumbler Lockpicking Tools
Chapter 7: Pin Tumbler Lockpicking Step-by-Step
Chapter 8: Pin Tumbler Lockpicking Competitions
Part III: Impressioning
Chapter 9: Impressioning Tools
Chapter 10: Impressioning Step-by-Step
Chapter 11: Impressioning Competitions
Part IV: Safe Lock Manipulation
Chapter 12: Safe Lock Manipulation Tools
Chapter 13: Safe Lock Manipulation Step-by-Step
Chapter 14: Safe Lock Manipulation Competitions
Part V: Lever Lockpicking
Chapter 15: Lever Lockpicking Tools
Chapter 16: Lever Lockpicking Step-by-Step
Chapter 17: Lever Lockpicking Competitions
Part VI: Appendixes
Appendix A: Other Locksport Games
Appendix B: Where to Get Equipment
Index
Descriere scurtă
Welcome to the world of locksport, the sport of defeating locks. Whether you’re new to the challenge of lockpicking or aiming for championship gold, this book serves as your definitive guide, packed with practical advice from a team of experts.
DIVE INTO THE ESSENTIALS WITH LOCKSPORT FOUNDATIONS
- How various locks work and how to maintain and disassemble practice locks
- What makes some locks more secure than others
- The laws, competitions, and communities that make up the world of locksport
MASTER YOUR CRAFT WITH HANDS-ON TECHNIQUES
- How to pick pin tumblers and lever locks, make impressions or craft a working key from a blank, and manipulate open combination safe locks
- How to work with picks, rakes, tension wrenches, files, magnification tools, safe-lock graphs, and depth-measuring instruments
- The intricacies of security pins, wards, dimple locks, keyways, and antique locks
GAIN THE COMPETITIVE EDGE WITH COMPETITION INSIGHTS
- The ins and outs of competition setup and tools and how to host your own competitions
- Expert strategies for managing your nerves and gathering lock intel
- What it’s like to participate in timed head-to-head competitions, PicTacToe™, escape challenges, and other lockpicking contests
From mastering your first padlock to conquering a competition, Locksport will show you how to take your skills to the next level—and have endless fun doing it.