John Vacca is an information technology consultant and internationally known author based in Pomeroy, Ohio. Since 1982, John has authored of 28 books and more than 370 articles in the areas of Internet and Intranet security, programming, systems development, rapid application development, multimedia and the Internet. John was also a configuration management specialist, computer specialist, and the computer security official for NASA's space station program (Freedom) and the International Space Station Program, from 1988 until his early retirement from NASA in 1995. His most recent books include: Internet Security Secrets (IDG Books/Published Date: 1-96/Translations: Russian, German, Spanish and French); VRML: Bringing Virtual Reality to the Internet (AP Professional/Published Date: 4-96/Translations: German); JavaScript Development: Bringing Development and Customization to Intranets and the Internet (AP Professional/Published Date: 11-96/Translations: German); Official Netscape LiveWire Pro Book (Ventana/Published Date: 3-97); Intranet Security (Charles River Media/Published Date: 8-97/Translations: Russian and Chinese); VRML Clearly Explained2nd Edition (AP Professional/Published date 1-17-97); The Cabling Handbook, (Prentice Hall/Publication date: 9-98); "MCSE: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0," (Prentice Hall/Publication date: 2-99); "Satellite Encryption," (Academic Press/Published date 7-26-99); and, The Cabling Handbook, 2nd Edition (Prentice Hall/Publication date: 12-2000); and, Electronic Commerce, 3rd Edition (Charles River Media/Published Date: 1-2001). John was also one of the security consultants for the MGM movie titled: "AntiTrust," which was released on January 12, 2001. Among his recent books are Net Privacy (co-authored with Michael Erbschloe); Wireless Broadband Networks Handbook: 3G, LMDS & Wireless Internet; and Information Warfare (co-authored with Michael Erbschloe)--all available from McGraw-Hill.
