Eric Chou is a seasoned technologist with over 18 years of industry experience. He has worked on and helped managed some of the largest networks in the industry while working at Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and other companies. Eric is passionate about network automation, Python, and helping companies build better security postures. Eric is the author of several books and online classes on networking with Python and network security. He is the proud inventor of two patents in IP telephony. Eric shares his deep interest in technology through his books, classes, and his blog, and contributes to some of the popular Python open source projects.
I would like to thank the open source and Python community members for generously sharing their knowledge and code with the public. Without their contribution, many of the projects referenced in this book would not have been possible.
I would like to thank the Packt Publishing team for the opportunity to work on the second edition of the book, and the technical reviewer, Rickard Körkkö, for generously agreeing to review the book.
To my wife and best friend, Joanna, I won the lottery the day I met you. To my two girls, Mikaelyn and Esmie, you make me so proud, I love you both dearly.
I would like to thank the Packt Publishing team for the opportunity to work on the second edition of the book, and the technical reviewer, Rickard Körkkö, for generously agreeing to review the book.
To my wife and best friend, Joanna, I won the lottery the day I met you. To my two girls, Mikaelyn and Esmie, you make me so proud, I love you both dearly.