About the Author

Rob Flickenger has been hacking as long as he can remember. He is the author of two other O'Reilly books: Linux Server Hacks and Building Wireless Community Networks, which is now in its second edition.

He recently served as sysadmin for the O'Reilly Network, and is currently working on promoting community wireless networking through efforts like NoCat (http://nocat.net/) and SeattleWireless (http://seattlewireless.net/).