About the Authors

Anthony Jones

Anthony Jones was born in San Antonio, Texas, and graduated with honors from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in computer science. His undergraduate thesis was based upon optimizing the Icon compiler.

After graduation, Anthony worked for Southwest Research Institute, a nonprofit contract research company in San Antonio. There he worked on a variety of projects, including real-time embedded control systems and visualization and simulation software, for customers ranging from the United States Air Force to The Weather Channel. In 1997, he moved to Washington to work for Microsoft Developer Support on the NetAPI team. Anthony recently moved to the Windows 2000 Core Networking department, where he is a tester on the Winsock team.

In his spare time, Anthony enjoys mountain biking, skiing, hiking, photography, and watching Futurama and The X-Files.

Jim Ohlund

Jim Ohlund works as a software design engineer for Microsoft's Proxy Server test team in Redmond, Washington. He has worked in many areas of the computer industry, from systems programming to developer support to software testing.

In 1990, Jim received a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Jim began his computer career while still in college by developing personnel systems for the United States Department of Defense. He expanded his working knowledge of computer networks and network programming in 1994 by developing terminal emulation software for Windows platforms. In 1996, Jim joined Microsoft's Developer Support Networking API team, helping software developers use many of the networking APIs described in this book.

When Jim is not working with computers, he likes to ski, bicycle, and hike in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.