Rich Helton has worked on computer systems since 1982 and entered the private sector in 1990 as a lead computer architect with OmniPoint Data Corporation, the inventors of PCS. Since then, he started consulting as a Security Architect providing many organizations with secure Enterprise and Network solutions. He is the co-author of Java Security Solutions and the BEA WebLogic Server Bible.
He has lectured extensively on security. Rich has many degrees and many certifications on the subject. richware@earthlink.net
In the 1990s, I worked extensively with the Winsock 2 interface and
encryption when it first came out from Microsoft in Beta form; it was
exciting in those days of networking because it allowed you to easily encrypt
data through the networks.
When Java sockets came out, the encryption could be easily managed through a
stream of data. After getting data in a socket stream and encrypting the
stream as it passed through the Internet, I was hooked on Java. While C++ was
prevalent, it didn't seem to have streaming algorithms ingrained in the
language as well as Java did. Java created a secure programming language that
separated itself from the operating systems and network internals, while the
streams created a layer to process a continuous wave of data that could be
encryp... (more)
Rich Helton has worked on computer systems since 1982 and entered the
Jagan Nemani
Pavel Klimov
Steve Beaty
Manas Sarkar
Bhupesh Naik
Lavenya Dilip
