Acknowledgments

I wish to acknowledge Ravi Chandra from the BGP4 development team for being a key reference for the protocol. I would also like to thank Robert Craig from the consulting team for his help in reviewing parts of the material; Kim Lew for motivating and leading this book project and for his guidance in organizing the material; and Laurie McGuire for her excellent input in the book development editing. Finally, this book couldn't have been written without the support and patience of my family who put up with the extra work hours during the last year.

A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to Cisco Networking Academies, a non-profit educational fund.