TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview - IBM Redbooks

Chuck Davis is a Security Architect in the U.S. He has 12
years of experience in IT security field. He has worked at
IBM for nine years. His areas of expertise include IT
security and privacy. He has written extensively about
UNIX/Linux® and Internet security.
Jason Forrester is an IT Architect for IBM Global
Technology Services in Boulder, CO. He has more than 12
years of experience with network communications.
Specializing in IT strategy and architecture, Jason has
designed large-scale enterprise infrastructures. He holds a
CCIE certification and his work has lead to multiple patents
on advanced networking concepts.
Dr. Wei Liu received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of
Technology. He has taught TCP/IP networks in the
University of Maryland (UMBC campus) and he has
participated in ICCCN conference organization
committees. Dr. Liu has given lectures at Sun Yat-Sen
University and Shantou University in Next Generation
Networks (NGNs). With more than 30 technical
publications (in packet networks, telecommunications, and
standards), he has received several awards from ATIS
committees. Dr. Wei Liu has more than 10 years of telecom industry
experience, having participated in various network transformation projects and
service integration programs. Currently, he is investigating new infrastructure
opportunities (virtualization, network, services, security, and metadata models)
that can lead to future offering and new capabilities.
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