Contributors

Brian Baskin (MCR CTT +) is a researcher and developer for Computer Sciences Corporation, on contract to the Defense Cyber Crime Center’s (DC3) Computer Investigations Training Program (DCITP). Here, he researches, develops, and instructs computer forensic courses for members of the military and law enforcement. Brian currently specializes in Linux/Solaris intrusion investigations, as well as investigations of various network applications. He has designed and implemented networks to be used in scenarios, and he has also exercised penetration-testing procedures.

Brian has been instructing courses for six years, including presentations at the annual DoD Cyber Crime Conference. He is an avid amateur programmer in many languages, beginning when his father purchased QuickC for him when he was 11, and he has geared much of his life around the implementations of technology. He has also been an avid Linux user since 1994 and enjoys a relaxing terminal screen whenever he can. He has worked in networking environment for over 10 years from small Novell networks to large, mission-critical, Windows-based networks.

Brian lives in the Baltimore, MD, area with his lovely wife and son. He is also the founder, and president, of the Lightning Owners of Maryland car club. Brian is a motor sports enthusiast and spends much of his time building and racing his vehicles. He attributes a great deal of his success to his parents, who relinquished their household 80286 PC to him at a young age and allowed him the freedom to explore technology.

Joshua Brashars is a security researcher for the External Threat Assessment Team at Secure Science Corporation. Before that, Joshua spent many years in the telecommunications industry as an implementation consultant for traditional and VoIP PBX systems. Joshua would like to extend heartfelt thanks to his family, friends, Lance James and SSC, Johnny Long and all of johnny.ihackstuff.com, and a special nod to Natas, Strom Carlson, and lucky225 for fueling the fire in his passion for telephone systems.

Michael Cross (MCSE, MCP + I, CNA, Network +) is an Internet Specialist/Computer Forensic Analyst with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS). He performs computer forensic examinations on computers involved in criminal investigation. He also has consulted and assisted in cases dealing with computer-related/Internet crimes. In addition to designing and maintaining the NRPS Web site at www.nrps.com and the NRPS intranet, he has provided support in the areas of programming, hardware, and network administration. As part of an information technology team that provides support to a user base of more than 800 civilian and uniform users, he has a theory that when the users carry guns, you tend to be more motivated in solving their problems.

Michael also owns Knight Ware (www.knightware.ca), which provides computer-related services such as Web page design, and Bookworms (www.bookworms.ca), where you can purchase collectibles and other interesting items online. He has been a freelance writer for several years, and he has been published more than three dozen times in numerous books and anthologies. He currently resides in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, with his lovely wife, Jennifer, his darling daughter, Sara, and charming son, Jason.

Dan Douglass (MCSE + I, MCDBA, MCSD, MCT, Brainbench .Net Programmer Job Role) is the Special Projects Manager with a cutting-edge medical software company in Dallas, TX. His latest venture is as President/Owner of a new technology firm, Code Hatchery. He currently provides software development skills and internal training and integration solutions, as well as peer guidance for technical skills development. Dan’s specialties include enterprise application integration and design; HL7, XML, XSL, C++, C#, JavaScript, Visual Basic, and Visual Basic.Net; database design and administration; Back Office and .NET Server platforms; Network design, including LAN and WAN solutions; all Microsoft operating systems; and Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and Linux. When he has free time, Dan teaches programming, database design, and database administration at a prominent Dallas university. Dan is a former U.S. Navy Nuclear Submariner and lives in Plano, TX, with his very supportive and understanding wife, Tavish.

Dan wishes to extend special thanks to his mother-in-law, Sue Moffett, for all her love and support through the years.

Bradley Dunsmore (CCNR, CCDR, CCSR, INFOSEC, MCSE + I, MCDBA) is a Software/QA engineer for the Voice Technology Group at Cisco Systems Inc. He is part of the Golden Bridge solution test team for IPT based in RTP, NC. His responsibilities include the design, deployment, testing, and troubleshooting of Cisco’s enterprise voice portfolio. His focus area is the integration of Cisco’s network security product line in an enterprise voice environment. Bradley has been working with Cisco’s network security product line for four years, and he is currently working on his CCIE lab for Security. Prior to his six years at Cisco, Bradley worked for Adtran, for Bell Atlantic, and as a network integrator in Virginia Beach, VA.

Bradley has authored, coauthored, or edited several books for Syngress Publishing and Cisco Press for network security, telecommunication, and general networking. He would like to thank his fiancée, Amanda, for her unwavering support in everything that he does. Her support makes all of this possible.

Michael Gough is host and webmaster of www.SkypeTips.com, which was launched in January 2005 and receives more than 100,000 hits per month, and www.VideoCallTips.com, which receives more than 30,000 hits per month. Michael writes articles on Skype and related issues. He also explains Skype’s options and instructions to users so that they can practically apply Skype at home and in the workplace. Michael also evaluates products used with Skype and provides feedback to the vendors on features and improvements to help drive the direction of Skype-related products. Michael is also the host and webmaster for www.VideoCallTips.com, a Web site focused on helping people understand how to make video calls to family and friends, and maintains ratings of the many video call solutions available.

Michael’s full-time employment is as a computer security consultant with 18 years’ experience in the computer technology field. Michael works for a Fortune 500 company, where he delivers security consulting services to its clients. Michael also presents for his company at many trade shows and conferences and works with associations and groups, advising agencies like the FBI on Skype security and the Center for Internet Security on wireless security.

Tony Rosela (PMP, CTT +) is a Senior Member Technical Staff with Computer Sciences Corporation working in the development and delivery of technical instructional material. He provides leadership through knowledge and experience with the operational fundamentals of PSTN architecture and how the PSTN has evolved to deliver high-quality services, including VoIP His other specialties include IP enabling voice networks, WAN voice and data network design, implementation and troubleshooting as well as spending a great deal of time in the field of computer forensics and data analysis.

Choon Shim is responsible for Qovia’s technology direction and development of the Qovia product line.

Choon was previously President at Widearea Data Systems, where he designed and developed collaboration platform software. Prior to joining Widearea Data Systems, he was the Senior Development Manager and Principal Engineer for Merant.

Choon is a successful technology leader with 20 + years’ experience architecting, building, and delivering large-scale infrastructure software products. He has extensive hands-on technical development skills and has successfully managed software teams for well-known enterprise software companies, including BMC Software and EMC Corporation.

Choon is the author of Community Works and Express/OS shareware used widely throughout the world. He is a frequent speaker at VoIP and networking conferences for academic and industry. He recently gave a keynote speech to an SNPD conference and chaired a VoIP Security Panel at Supercomm05. Choon holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Kyoungpook National University and an M.S in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.

Michael Sweeney (CCNA, CCDA, CCNP, MCSE, SCP) is the owner of the Network Security consulting firm Packetattack.com. Packetattack.com’s specialties are network design and troubleshooting, wireless network design, security, and analysis. The Packetattack team uses industry-standard tools such as Airmagnet, AiroPeekNX, and NAI Sniffer. Packetattack.com also provides digital forensic analysis services.

Michael has been a contributing author for Syngress for the books Cisco Security Specialist’s Guide to PIX Firewalls (ISBN: 1-931836-63-9), Cisco Security Specialist’s Guide to Secure Intrusion Detection Systems (ISBN: 1-932266-69-0), and Building DMZs for Enterprise Networks (ISBN: 1-931836-88-4). Through PacketPress, Michael has also published Securing Your Network Using Linux (ISBN: 1-411621-77-8).

Michael has recently joined the ranks of “Switchers” where he is now using two OS X Macs...