<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >About the Author</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Endorsements" HREF="endorsements.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="APPENDIX" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="endorsements.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" > </TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="APPENDIX" ><H1 ><A NAME="ABOUT-AUTHOR" ></A >Appendix F. About the Author</H1 ><DIV CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" ><P ><IMG SRC="dwheeler2003b.jpg"><DIV CLASS="CAPTION" ><P >David A. Wheeler</P ></DIV ></P ></DIV ><P >David A. Wheeler is an expert in computer security and has long specialized in development techniques for large and high-risk software systems. He has been involved in software development since the mid-1970s, and been involved with Unix and computer security since the early 1980s. His areas of knowledge include computer security, software safety, vulnerability analysis, inspections, Internet technologies, software-related standards (including POSIX), real-time software development techniques, and numerous computer languages (including Ada, C, C++, Perl, Python, and Java).</P ><P >Mr. Wheeler is co-author and lead editor of the IEEE book <EM >Software Inspection: An Industry Best Practice</EM >, author of the book <EM >Ada95: The Lovelace Tutorial</EM >, and co-author of the <EM >GNOME User's Guide</EM >. He is also the author of many smaller papers and articles, including the Linux <EM >Program Library HOWTO</EM >.</P ><P >Mr. Wheeler hopes that, by making this document available, other developers will make their software more secure. You can reach him by email at dwheeler@dwheeler.com (no spam please), and you can also see his web site at <A HREF="http://www.dwheeler.com" TARGET="_top" >http://www.dwheeler.com</A >.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="endorsements.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" > </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Endorsements</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" > </TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >