Dr. M. O. Faruque Sarker - Learning Python Network Programming

Dr. M. O. Faruque Sarker is a software architect based in London, UK, where he has been shaping various Linux and open source software solutions, mainly on cloud computing platforms, for commercial companies, educational institutions, and multinational consultancies. Over the past 10 years, he has been leading a number of Python software development and cloud infrastructure automation projects. In 2009, he started using Python, where he was responsible for shepherding a fleet of miniature E-puck robots at the University of South Wales, Newport, UK. Later, he honed his Python skills, and he was invited to work on the Google Summer of Code (2009/2010) programs for contributing to the BlueZ and Tahoe-LAFS open source projects. He is the author of Python Network Programming Cookbook , Packt Publishing .

He received his PhD in multirobot systems from the University of South Wales. He is currently working at University College London. He takes an active interest in cloud computing, software security, intelligent systems, and child-centric education. He lives in East London with his wife, Shahinur, and daughter, Ayesha.

All praises and thanks to Allah, the God who is the Merciful and the Beneficent. I would not be able to finish this book without the help of God. I would like to thank Packt Publishing's entire team and my coauthor, Sam, who were very friendly and cooperative in this long journey. I would also like to thank my family and friends for their sacrifice of time, encouraging words, and smiles.

Sam Washington currently works at University College London as a member of its Learning and Teaching Applications team, developing and supporting the University's Moodle virtual learning environment, its wikis and blogs, and its online media services. Prior to this, he was a system administrator for UCL's several museums. He has working experience of managing the demands of varied web applications, and deploying and supporting Windows, Linux, and TCP/IP networks. He has been using Python for professional and personal projects for over 7 years.

I would like to thank the team at Packt for their encouragement and input throughout this project, especially Rebecca, Rohit, Saurabh, Trishla, and Akshay. I would also like to thank the reviewers for all their insights and corrections, Anhad Jai Singh, Ben Tasker, Grzegorz Gwd, Ilja Zegars, Tom Stephens, Vishrut Mehta, Konstantin Manchev, and Andrew Armitage. I would like to express my immense respect and gratitude to the entire Python community for creating such a great programming language and ecosystem, and thanks to Faruque for giving me this opportunity to give a little in return. And Christina, thank you for still being here. You can have me back now.

Konstantin Manchev Manchev is a technical support professional, who has more than 15 years of experience in a wide range of operating systems, database services, scripting, networking, and security in the mobile telecommunication systems. He actively participates in the adaption of various vendor equipment projects to live mobile operator networks.

He has worked on the following technologies:

He specializes in IT and Telecom services support, installation, configuration, maintenance, and implementation of the latest market technology solutions. He is a Linux enthusiast.

I would like to thank my wife, Nadya Valcheva-Mancheva, my kids, Elena Mancheva and Daniel Manchev, and colleagues, Attila Sovak, Ketan Delhiwala, Jerzy Sczudlowski, Aneesh Kannankara, Devrim Kucuk, Peter De Vriendt, Peyo Chernev, Andrey Royatchki, Tzvetan Balabanov, Vasil Zgurev, Ludmil Panov, Plamen Georgiev, Ivailo Pavlov, Mitko Bagrev, and Milen Cholakov for their support.

Vishrut Mehta is a student of IIIT Hyderabad, who is pursuing his masters in the field of cloud computing and software-defined networks. He has participated in the Google Summer of Code 2013 program under Sahana Software Foundation, and he was also the administrator for Google Code-In. He also did his research internship at INRIA, France, for 3 months under Dr. Nikos Parlavantzas in the field of automating multi-cloud applications.

He has worked on Untangle Network Security and Python Network Programming Cookbook, both by Packt Publishing.

I would like to thank my advisors, Dr. Vasudeva Varma and Dr. Reddy Raja, for helping me in my work and constantly supporting me with my research.

Anhad Jai Singh is a computer science graduate from IIIT Hyderabad. He's a part-time system administrator and has worked as a Python developer in the past. He's a two-time release engineering intern at Mozilla, as well as a Google Summer of Code participant. In his free time, he plays with networks and distributed systems. You can find him lurking around IRC networks under the alias of "ffledgling."