Acknowledgments

It is not much of an exaggeration to say that the User Mode Linux (UML) project would not exist without its users. They provide testing, bug reports, and suggestions for improvements. Therefore, I would first like to thank everyone who has used UML for taking part, especially those who have tested bleeding-edge versions and who have provided feedback, good or bad. I would especially like to thank Bill Stearns, who has supported UML in innumerable ways since its early days.

A number of people have made contributions to the UML code base by fixing bugs or by contributing new features. Some important features were contributed by users who saw a need and wrote the code. My thanks go out to them. Most significant are the contributions of Paolo Giarrusso, who has become my right-hand man during the last year or so. His contributions include bug fixes and features, documentation and support, and improvements to the hosts in order to allow them to better support UML.

The UML project has been supported financially by a number of organizations, some of whom contracted for specific improvements; others provided more general support. Among these, I would especially like to thank the Dartmouth Institute for Security Technology Studies, which saw in UML the potential for a new and powerful security tool.

Thanks also go to Intel Corporation for hiring me to work on UML full time, and especially for tolerating a significant amount of that time going toward writing this book.