Acknowledgments for the Second Edition

Deb Cameron deserves a big thank you for shepherding this second edition from beginning to end. Her diligence and effort helped keep us on track. Dr. Robert Minch, professor at Boise State University, provided valuable suggestions for the second edition. Bobby Krupczak, Ph.D., once again provided feedback on the Concord SystemEDGE agent. Frank Fock was kind enough to provide comments on the Java and SNMP chapter. Max Baker provided the idea for the channel-setting algorithm presented in Chapter 11. Jim Boney graciously volunteered the use of his Cisco routers. Castle Rock Computing was gracious enough to provide us with a copy of SNMPc for the second edition of this book; special thanks go to Castle Rock's John Maytum for coordinating our access to SNMPc.

We are grateful for input from Jason Briggs, Bill Horsfall, and Jason Weiss, who reviewed new material for this second edition under a very tight schedule.

Douglas

For years I worked as a system and network administrator and often faced the question, "How are things running?" This is what led me to SNMP and eventually to the idea for this book. Of course, I would like to thank Kevin for his hard work and dedication. Special thanks go to three special people in my life: my wife, Amy, and our children, Kari and Matthew, for putting up with my long absences while I was writing in the computer room. Thanks also go to my family and friends, who provided support and encouragement.

Kevin

Working on the second edition has been a great joy. The first edition has been out for almost four years, and in this time I have thought about what I wanted to add if someday O'Reilly wanted a second edition written. So, a thank you goes to O'Reilly for giving me the chance to update this book. I would like to thank Douglas for allowing me to once again work on the book with him. Finally, I would like to thank Danette, my loving and generous wife, for allowing me the time I needed to complete this project. Without her support, I would not have made it through the process.