Practical UNIX and Internet Security, 3rd Edition

Acknowledgments

We have many people to thank for their help on the various editions of this book. In the following sections, we’ve included the acknowledgments for previous editions as well as the current one.

Third Edition

We would like to express our deepest thanks to the many people who worked with us in getting out the third version of this book. In particular, Paco Hope answered questions about the Unix “jail” now present on some versions, Casey Schaufler answered questions about POSIX 1003.1e; Ed Finkler helped with testing and expansion of the random number script in Chapter 16; students associated with the MIT Student Information Processing Board answered questions on Kerberos, and Wietse Venema answered questions about TCP Wrappers.

Many individuals reviewed some or all of the chapters in this book and provided us with helpful feedback that made the book better than it otherwise would have been. In particular, we would like to express our thanks to Brian Carrier, Dorothy Curtis, Linda McCarthy, Clifford Neuman, Gregory D. Rosenberg (N9NNO), Danny Smith, Kevin Unrue, Wietse Venema, and Keith Watson. Special thanks to Gregg Rosenberg of Ricis, Inc., for the speed and thoroughness of his review of all chapters. Any errors that remain are ours alone.

Untold thanks go to Debby Russell, our editor at O’Reilly & Associates, without whom this book would not have happened.

Second Edition

We are grateful to everyone who helped us develop the second edition of this book. The book, and the ...