Acknowledgments

Writing this book was as much about expressing who I am as it is about the work I do. It was on New Year's Eve, 2009 that I decided I would write 100 pages of my own creation during 2010. I started writing an autobiography, but that turned out to be too complex. I have read Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, and maybe one day I will be that concise.

I decided to write about something that I think about day in and day out: computer security. Thankfully, I have one family member who gets this stuff—my son Matthew. Thank you, Matthew, for taking an interest and giving me encouragement. Also, thanks again for getting me through my refresher course on differential equations, 30 years after finishing college. You tutor me and I mentor ...

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