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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

William Stallings has made a unique contribution to understanding the broad sweep of tech-
nical developments in computer security, computer networking and computer architecture.
He has authored 17 titles, and counting revised editions, a total of 42 books on various as-
pects of these subjects. His writings have appeared in numerous ACM and IEEE publica-
tions, including the Proceedings of the IEEE and ACM Computing Reviews.
He has 10 times received the award for the best Computer Science textbook of the
year from the Text and Academic Authors Association.
In over 30 years in the field, he has been a technical contributor, technical manager,
and an executive with several high-technology firms. He has designed and implemented both
TCP/IP-based and OSI-based protocol suites on a variety of computers and operating sys-
tems, ranging from microcomputers to mainframes. As a consultant, he has advised govern-
ment agencies, computer and software vendors, and major users on the design, selection, and
use of networking software and products.
He created and maintains the Computer Science Student Resource Site at
WilliamStallings.com/StudentSupport.html. This site provides documents and links on a va-
riety of subjects of general interest to computer science students (and professionals). He is a
member of the editorial board of Cryptologia, a scholarly journal devoted to all aspects of
cryptology.
Dr. Stallings holds a PhD from M.I.T. in Computer Science and a B.S. from Notre
Dame in electrical engineering.

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