About the Author

Stephen R. Davis, CISSP (who goes by the name “Randy”) lives with his wife and two dogs in Corpus Christi, Texas. Randy has three kids and three grandkids with more on the way (grandkids, not kids). Randy develops browser based applications for Agency Consulting Group.

Dedication

To Janet, the love of my life.

Author’s Acknowledgments

I find it very strange that only a single name appears on the cover of any book, but especially a book like this. In reality, many people contribute to the creation of a For Dummies book. From the beginning, acquisition editor Constance Santisteban, project editor Pat O’Brien, my technical reviewer Danny Kalev and my agent, Claudette Moore, were involved in guiding and molding the book’s content. During the development of this book, I found myself hip-deep in edits, corrections, and suggestions from a group of project editors, copyeditors, and technical reviewers — this book would have been a poorer work but for their involvement. Nevertheless, one name does appear on the cover and that name must take responsibility for any inaccuracies in the text.

Finally, a summary of the animal activity around my house. For those of you who have not read any of my other books, I should warn you that this has become a regular feature of my For Dummies books.

I moved to the “big city” of Rockwall (near Dallas) in 2005, which meant giving away our dogs Chester and Sadie. I tried to keep our two Great Danes, Monty and Bonnie, but they were just ...

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