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So you're wondering if it's worth buying the second edition of Hacking: The Art of Exploitation when you already own the first one. Here are some of the major differences in the new version:

  • The book has doubled in size from 200 to 450+ pages
  • More hands-on examples
  • Expanded introduction to fundamental programming concepts for beginners
  • The Networking chapter is expanded
  • New chapters on shellcoding and evading security countermeasures
  • Linux LiveCD included

You can also check out differences between the table of contents in the first edition and the second edition.