About the Contributing Authors

Craig Balding is a full-time security practitioner employed by one of the largest banking and finance companies in the world. This role has taken Craig around the world, from Eastern Europe to Asia. In addition to heading up Unix security, he is responsible for IDS strategy, technical e-business security assessments, and penetration testing. Craig has worked with Unix for some eight years in multivendor environments across diverse sectors. He has been at the sharp end, working on high-end, mission-critical Unix servers and multiterrabyte databases. When he’s not submerged in geeky stuff, he loses himself in a world of sound synthesis—Craig loves techno.

Billy Barron () is a principal Java/OO consultant ...

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