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Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge the following people for their kindness and support in
making this book possible.

A special thanks to Matt Gerber at BricksWest for his help and support for our books.
Karen Cross, Lance Tilford, Meaghan Cunningham, Kim Wylie, Harry Kirchner, Kevin
Votel, Kent Anderson, Frida Yara, Jon Mayes, John Mesjak, Peg O’Donnell, Sandra
Patterson, Betty Redmond, Roy Remer, Ron Shapiro, Patricia Kelly, Kristin Keith,
Jennifer Pascal, Doug Reil, David Dahl, Janis Carpenter, and Susan Fryer of Publishers
Group West for sharing their incredible marketing experience and expertise.

The incredibly hard working team at Elsevier Science, including Jonathan Bunkell,
AnnHelen Lindeholm, Duncan Enright, David Burton, Rosanna Ramacciotti, Robert
Fairbrother, Miguel Sanchez, Klaus Beran, and Rosie Moss for making certain that our
vision remains worldwide in scope.

David Buckland, Wendi Wong, Daniel Loh, Marie Chieng, Lucy Chong, Leslie Lim,
Audrey Gan, and Joseph Chan of STP Distributors for the enthusiasm with which they
receive our books.

Kwon Sung June at Acorn Publishing for his support.

Jackie Gross, Gayle Voycey,Alexia Penny,Anik Robitaille, Craig Siddall, Darlene Morrow,
Iolanda Miller, Jane Mackay, and Marie Skelly at Jackie Gross & Associates for all their
help and enthusiasm representing our product in Canada.

Lois Fraser, Connie McMenemy, Shannon Russell, and the rest of the great folks at Jaguar
Book Group for their help with distribution of Syngress books in Canada.

David Scott,Tricia Wilden, Marilla Burgess,Annette Scott, Geoff Ebbs, Hedley Partis, Bec
Lowe, and Mark Langley of Woodslane for distributing our books throughout Australia,
New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji Tonga, Solomon Islands, and the Cook Islands.

Winston Lim of Global Publishing for his help and support with distribution of Syngress
books in the Philippines.

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