Acknowlegements

This book is for my wife, Michelle, who has enabled me to better our family and chase my dreams.

For my children, Alexis and Maxwell, whom I hope to build a better future for.

For my Dad for teaching me to lead from the front and introducing the digital world to us, first with a Wang Mainframe and then teaching me how to create hacks for game startup scripts, discovering Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) preWorld Wide Web (WWW) with ProComm Plus and war dialing.

For my Mom, who forced me to stop and smell the roses. She provided me that giant help of encouragement whenever it seemed most appropriate.

Finally, for my friend, Chris Newton, who provided me valuable feedback with regards to what he was looking for in a book like this, and gave me access to his Cisco lab.