Network Security Assessment Know Your Network By Chris McNab
March 2004
Pages: 396

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Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animals on the cover of Network Security Assessment are porcupine fish (Diodon hystrix). This fish is found in oceans throughout the world, most often among or near coral reef areas. Its tube-shaped body ranges in length from 3 to 19 inches with relatively small fins. When threatened, the fish inflates itself by taking in tiny gulps of water until the stomach is full; the body expands in seconds to double or triple size, and its spines become erect. (Smaller species have spines that are permanently bristly.) The porcupine fish is covered with evenly spaced dark spots, which distinguishes it from other puffers.

The fish has a a single tooth in each jaw; fused at the midline, they form a parrotlike beak. A nocturnal hunter, it moves its body over a small area of sand and spurts tiny jets of water to uncover its prey, usually mollusks and crustaceans. The porcupine fish is popular as an aquarium specimen; it's also blown up, dried, and sold as a souvenir.

In earlier centuries, certain Pacific island warriors used the porcupine fish to fashion a battle helmet. They would catch a fish, let it inflate, and then bury it in sand for about a week. When dug up, the fish, now a hard ball, would be cut open to make a hard, head-shaped piece that looked most formidable.

The porcupine fish isn't listed as endangered or vulnerable with the World Conservation Union. Mary Anne Weeks Mayo was the production editor and proofreader, and Derek DiMatteo was the copyeditor for Network Security Assessment. Reg Aubry and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. Jamie Peppard, Mary Agner, and Marlowe Shaeffer provided production assistance. Julie Hawks wrote the index.

Emma Colby designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Emma produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

Melanie Wang designed the interior layout, based on a series design by David Futato. This book was converted by Julie Hawks to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. The tip and warning icons were drawn by Christopher Bing. This colophon was compiled by Mary Anne Weeks Mayo.

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