Packet Filtering: Catching the Cool Packets
By Laura A. Chappell
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I started podbooks.com in 1999 because there were a number of titles that I wanted to work on that did not meet the 800-page minimum required by the publishers. Yipes --- 800 pages! What a monster! (Actually, I just finished an 800-page book entitled, “Guide to TCP/IP” -- but I swear that’s the last time I’ll do that!)
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About the Author
Laura Chappell, Sr. Protocol Analyst, is a highly- energetic speaker and author who has trained thousands of LAN/WAN administrators, engineers, technicians and developers. She admittedly 'lives, eats and breathes' packets and packet-level communications. She analyzes and documents network performance by providing onsite and offsite network analysis, troubleshooting and optimization services. Her international client base ranges from governments to health care to financial/banking institutions.
Ms. Chappell is the author of "Introduction to Network Analysis," “Advanced Network Analysis,” “TCP/ IP Analysis and Troubleshooting” (podbooks.com), "Novell's Guide to LAN/WAN Analysis: IPX/SPX,"
"Novell's Guide to Internet Access Solutions," and "Novell's Guide to Multiprotocol Internetworking" (Novell Press/IDG Books/Sybex Books). Ms. Chap- pell has also edited three Cisco Press titles, "Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration," "Advanced Cisco Router Configuration," and "Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting" (Cisco Press/Macmillan Technical Publishing).
Puff, puff...
Ms. Chappell can be reached via email at lchappell@packet-level.com.
Dedicated to the innocent victims of the cowardly acts of terrorism on September 11, 2001.