About the Author

Mark Tripod is Manager of the Internetworking Engineering Group at Exodus Communications, a leading provider of Internet systems and network management solutions for companies with mission-critical Internet operations. As part of his job, Mark designs, deploys, and maintains the national network infrastructure linking all of the Exodus Internet Data Centers; maintains and configures all external BGP peers; and advises on all backbone routing policies. Previously, Mark was a Senior Network Engineer for Pacific Bell where he designed and deployed its regional network infrastructure. He has worked in the Internet industry and with Cisco routers for more than six years. Mark likes to spend his spare time water skiing, swimming, and racing go-carts.