Thanks to Athena Honore, without whom all the pieces of this book would have been scattered. I honestly don’t know how she kept 28 authors’ and reviewers’ materials straight and on track. Thanks to Tracy Dunkelberger, who pushed this book forward in spite of seemingly insurmountable odds. Thanks to the other authors who put up with this cranky old lady and her fussy requests for “more,” “better,” “sharper.” Thank goodness for the Internet, without which we’d still be tracking down manuscripts in mailing envelopes and blaming the delivery mechanism (and using it for an excuse too).
—Roberta Bragg
I would like to acknowledge those who established, developed, and documented the information security industry and upon whose efforts this work is built: Bruce Schneier, Bill Cheswick, Steve Bellovin, Winn Schwartau, Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Cliff Stoll, Ben Rothke, Charles Cresson Wood, Brent Chapman, Elizabeth Zwicky, William Stallings, and Phil Zimmerman, among many others too numerous to list.
—Mark Rhodes-Ousley
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all my official and unofficial mentors over the years who patiently taught me so much about the world of Information Security. Also, a big thank-you to the people who made this book happen: Roberta and Mark, the ever-diligent people at McGraw-Hill/Osborne, Tracy Dunkelberger and Athena Honore and all the other editors who made sure the i’s were dotted and the t’s were crossed.