Saumya Dwivedi is a B.Tech Computer Science final year student at IIT Hyderabad. While a student of Advanced Computer Networking, Saumya has undertaken and worked on Packet Simulator-related academic projects. She has also worked on ICMP security and packet capture, Responsive Web Design, and Ruby on Rails Web Applications.

John Herbert, CCIE® #6727 (Routing & Switching), has been moving packets around networks for over 15 years, and has been doing so as a consultant since 1999. In his spare time, he blogs at http://lamejournal.com/ and can be found on Twitter as @mrtugs. John lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife and three children, and has a home network that is arguably the very definition of "overkill".

Samad Najjargabel is an M.Sc. student in Computer Engineering (Software) at the University of Tabriz. He received his B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Software) from the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili in 2013. His main interests are Computer Networks, Network Security, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and developing and modeling software. His personal webpage is www.samadnajjar.ir and he can be contacted by e-mail at <[email protected]>

Bhargesh Bharatbhai Patel completed his M.Tech in Computer Engineering at the Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad. He has more than two years of teaching experience in Cloud Computing and Networking. Currently, he is working with G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology, Vallabh Vidyanagar. His areas of interest are Cloud Computing, Grid Computing, Data mining, Operating systems, and Computer Networks.

Samia Yousif holds M.Sc and B.Sc degrees from the University of Bahrain, as well as CCNA, CCNP, and CCDA certificates from the Bahrain Training Institute. She has extensive knowledge of and has developed her skills in various technical fields of Computer Science and IT. She has prepared conference publications and books, and received an e-Government Excellence Award (e-Education Award). She has been selected for reviewing books published by Packt Publishing Pvt. Ltd. She has delivered several IT workshops and attended many seminars. Samia has eight years of teaching experience at the undergraduate level in CS and IT. Furthermore, she has worked on the development of numerous systems and professional website applications using the most up-to-date web technologies. She is now a Lecturer of Multimedia Science at the Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain and is planning to undertake a Ph.D program.

For more details about Samia, please visit her website http://samiayousif.hostoi.com

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