This chapter describes the steps that led the author to develop ProtoWrap.
Section 1.2 starts with the historical perspective of Internet and a brief description of the most common of attacks against the servers, together with some approaches that have been taken to prevent them, as well as the author's proposed approach.
Sections 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8 formally state the work's mission, importance and rationale.
Section 1.9 states the copyright and licensing terms under which this work and the code resulting from it are protected.