Root Authority Press
Technical books for the people who keep the internet running.
About the Imprint
Root Authority Press publishes precise, practitioner-focused books on DNS, internet infrastructure, network security, and the operational realities of the engineers who build and run it all.
Every title is written by a working practitioner — not a generalist. Every chapter is grounded in how production systems actually behave, not how they were designed to. And every book is held to the standard the field demands: technically rigorous, operationally honest, and written for engineers who need answers, not approximations.
The name says it all. In DNS, the root is where all authority begins. That's the bar we set for every page we publish.
Why Root Authority Press
Covers DNS security, DNSSEC, DDoS mitigation, encrypted DNS, and operational architecture — not just protocol basics
Built for network engineers, SREs, security architects, and infrastructure teams who operate at scale
Rigorous enough to use as a reference. Direct enough to finish.
No filler. No fluff. Just the depth the field demands.
featured books
DNS: The Internet's Control Plane By Enrique Somoza, D.Sc.
The definitive technical reference on DNS architecture, DNS security, and internet infrastructure operations at scale. Nearly 750 pages covering everything from resolver mechanics and DNSSEC implementation to DNS DDoS defense, telemetry, and AI-driven threat detection.
About the Book
DNS is the most critical — and most misunderstood — layer of internet infrastructure. Every connection flows through it. Every outage that starts with "but the servers are healthy" ends with a DNS diagnosis. And yet most engineers treat it as a black box they configure once and revisit only when something breaks.
DNS: The Internet's Control Plane closes that gap permanently.
At nearly 750 pages, this is the most comprehensive DNS reference available for working practitioners. It covers the full operational stack — from resolver behavior and TTL mechanics to DNSSEC key management, DNS DDoS defense, encrypted DNS protocols, and AI-driven anomaly detection — with the technical depth that network engineers, security architects, and SRE teams actually need on the job.
This is not an introduction to DNS. It is the reference you reach for when the stakes are real and the answers have to be right.
Out of the IDE: Because the Next Line of Code Won't Be Yours By Enrique Somoza, D.Sc.
A career and leadership guide for software engineers, tech leads, and senior ICs navigating the transition from individual contributor to technical leader.
About the Book
There is a moment every strong engineer eventually faces: the realization that their next level of impact won't come from the keyboard. It will come from the decisions they shape, the teams they develop, and the technical strategy they set. Most engineers are never taught how to make that transition. Most find out what it requires only after they've already stumbled through it.
Out of the IDE is the book that fills that gap — before you need it, not after.
Written by an engineer who built the full career path — from developer to Director of Product Management leading internet-scale infrastructure platforms — this is a direct, practical guide for individual contributors, tech leads, and senior engineers stepping into leadership. It covers the mindset shifts, the career moves, the hard conversations, and the leadership fundamentals that don't appear in any commit history but determine whether you succeed the moment you step away from the terminal.
No jargon. No corporate speak. No generic leadership advice recycled from business school. Just what engineers actually need to lead effectively.