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1. Bruce Schneier

   Author of Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, Second Edition, Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World, Beyond Fear

2. W. Richard Stevens

   Author of Advanced Programming in the UNIX(R) Environment (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series), TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols, TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 3: TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP, and the UNIX Domain Protocols

3. Donald E. Knuth

   Author of The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1 - Fundamental Algorithms, The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 2 - Seminumerical Algorithms, The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 3 - Sorting and Searching

4. Greg Hoglund

   Author of Exploiting Software: How to Break Code (Addison-Wesley Software Security Series), Rootkits: Subverting the Windows Kernel (Addison-Wesley Software Security Series)

5. Ross J. Anderson

   Author of Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems

6. Simson Garfinkel

   Author of Practical Unix and Internet Security, 2nd Edition

7. Thomas H. Cormen

   Author of Introduction to Algorithms

8. David Kahn

   Author of The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet

9. Eric S. Raymond

   Author of The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

10. Steven Levy

    Author of Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age

11. Alfred J. Menezes

    Author of Handbook of Applied Cryptography (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications)

12. Kevin D. Mitnick

    Author of The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security

13. Stuart McClure

    Author of Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions (Hacking Exposed)

14. Gary R. Wright

    Author of TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2: The Implementation

15. Michal Zalewski

    Author of Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks

16. Andy Oram

    Author of Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

17. Helen Fouché Gaines

    Author of Cryptanalysis

18. Andrew Jaquith

    Author of Security Metrics: Replacing Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

19. Keith J. Jones

    Author of Real Digital Forensics: Computer Security and Incident Response

20. Peter Szor

    Author of The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense (Symantec Press)