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Originally from Australia, Alan B. Johnston grew up in the United States surrounded by technology. Always going to become an engineer, he experimented with amateur radio, coding and creative writing from an early age, and traveled the world with his family. He has a doctorate in electrical engineering, and has worked in industry and taught at a number of universities. He has written five best-selling technical books and authored over thirty patents and international standards in real-time communications over Internet Protocol and in security, including co-authoring the ZRTP voice security protocol standard. He enjoys mentoring robotics teams and hacking around with Arduinos and Raspberry Pis. He lives near Seattle and continues to travel th ...more

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	Counting from Zero (Mick O'Malley #1) 3.57 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	WebRTC APIs: and RTCWEB Protocols of the HTML5 Real-Time Web by Alan B. Johnston (Goodreads Author), Daniel C. Burnett 3.81 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SIP: Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol, Second Edition 4.29 avg rating — 28 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Returning to Zero (Mick O'Malley #2) 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SIP: Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Understanding Voice over Ip Security by Alan B. Johnston (Goodreads Author), David M. Piscitello it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sip: Understanding the Session 4th Ed it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	WebRTC: APIs and RTCWEB Protocols of the HTML5 Real-Time Web - Chinese Edition by Alan B. Johnston (Goodreads Author), Daniel C Burnett 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Six Years Ago

Six years ago I published my first novel, Counting from Zero. Next month, on February 25, exactly six years ago to the day, the sequel, Returning to Zero, will be published.

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Returning to Zero continues the story of the Zed.Kicker botnet, and the efforts of white hat hacker Mick O’Malley and his friends to contain and destroy it.

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May 01, 2011 02:39PM

I'm amused that the calendar has exactly synchronized with the calendar in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - I'm currently reading about events on May 1! Perhaps I could keep pacing my reading so I stay even (although when I cross the International Date Line tonight on my way to Sydney this won't actually be possible). Maybe an idea for a 'synchronized reading' or 'real-time reading' group??

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