| Many people's contributions were indispensable in the creation and production of this book. First and foremost, we would like to thank all students who studied the structure of the Linux network architecture in their papers and theses. They contributed enormously to collecting knowledge about the Linux network architecture at the Institute of Telematics: Nasieh Abdel-Haq, Paul Burczek, Michael Conrad, Frank Dinies, Paul Hankes Drielsma, Jérôme Freilinger, Carolin Gärtner, Stefan Götz, Karsten Hahn, Artur Hecker, Tobias Hinkel, Michael Hofele, Verena Kahmann, Vera Kießling, Stefan Klett, Andreas Kramm, Jan Kratt, Eckehardt Luhm, David Metzler, Ulrich Mohr, Rainer Müller, Sven Oberländer, Vincent Oberle, Jan Oetting, Torsten Pastoors, Christian Pick, Christian Schneider, Steffen Schober, Marcus Schöller, Achim Settelmeier, Uwe Walter, and Jürgen Walzenbach. The authors wrote this book mainly for their students. Much appreciation is due to Professor Gerhard Krüger, who has always supported our activities, given us the freedom necessary to write this book, and assisted us with valuable advice. His support also allowed us to procure a Linux test network, which served as the basis for our research activities at the Institute of Telematics in the field of services for the next-generation Internet. Our special thanks go to all the folks at the publishing houses who published the original German version of this book and the English translation that you are currently reading. Particularly, we would like to thank our editors, Sylvia Hasselbach and Toni Holm. Their admirable patience helped shepherd us through this book-writing process. The English translation was done by Angelika Shafir, whom we would also like to thank in this place. We also thank all the people who read the manuscript, especially Mark Doll, Sebastian Döweling, Thomas Geulig, Thorsten Sandfuchs, Marcus Schöller, Bernhard Thurm, Uwe Walter, Anja Wehrle, Kilian Weniger, and Friederike Daenecke. Last but not least, we gratefully acknowledge the support, encouragement, and patience of our families and friends. KARLSRUHE · BERKELEY · BERLIN · BRAUNSCHWEIG KLAUS WEHRLE · FRANK PÄHLKE · HARTMUT RITTER · DANIEL MÜLLER · MARC BECHLER |
