Silence on the Wire

Foreword

What does it take to write a novel book on computer security? Or rather, what does it take to write a novel on modern computing?

A young yet highly experienced author with talents in many areas including many aspects of computing, mathematics, and electronics (and perhaps a hobby in robotics), as well as other seemingly unrelated interests (including, let’s say, fatalistic erotic photography), and indeed with a talent and desire to write.

Once upon a time in a dark and largely unexplored forest, the magic chemistry of (brain cell) trees gave birth to a bit of information, only to let him sail his way down a quick river, into the vast sea (of the Internet), and ultimately find his new home, grave, or maybe a place in a museum.

And so the ...