Acknowledgments

My name is the name on the cover of this book, but I can't possibly take all of the credit for the finished product. I can't thank the staff at John Wiley and Sons enough for their hard work and dedication in bringing this book to print — Charlotte Kughen for tirelessly correcting my overly casual use of the English language, David Chapa for his encouragement and gentle feedback, Maureen Spears for her infinite patience with me every time I asked to make last-minute changes long after the time for last-minute changes had passed (I'm sure some day you'll look back on this and laugh) and finally to Carol Long for understanding what I was trying to accomplish and expending so much effort to get the green light for this project in the first place.

Thanks to the OpenSSL development team for their excellent software, which I made such heavy use of while developing and testing the code in this book, and to Thomas Hruska of Shining Light Productions for his feedback as well. Many thanks to the IETF TLS working group who volunteer their time to generate free, openly accessibly specifications for no compensation beyond the satisfaction that they are making the world a better, safer place. I've enjoyed debating and discussing the finer points of TLS with all of you while I was lurking on the mailing list over the past three years. This book is in no small part the culmination of the understanding I've achieved from listening to all of you.

I must, of course, acknowledge the support and encouragement I received from my university professors long after graduation — especially to Dr. Roger Lamprey, Dr. Gergely Zaruba, and Dr. Farhad Kamangar. I have no idea what they're paying you, but I'm sure it's far less than you deserve.

A special thank you goes to Troy Magennis of Travelocity, who encouraged me to take the leap from thinking about writing a book to finally sitting down and making it happen. Your example and inspiration were invaluable.

Thank you to my parents and my brother and sisters who are five of the most different, unique, and interesting people on the planet. It's amazing that we're all related, but somehow we pull it off. Finally, thank you to my family for their support as I wrote this book. This took far longer and much more effort than I ever anticipated. For putting up with my long absences and lost evenings and weekends as I wrote, re-wrote, and re-re-wrote: Lupita, Dylan, and Isabelle — you are my purpose on this earth and my reason for being — I hope I can always make you proud.

And, of course, thanks to Tornado the cat for keeping my lap warm night after night as I wrote after everybody else had gone to bed.