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A guide to what you need to know about SSH. This book will help you
eliminate passwords on your network, tunnel unencrypted protocols
through secure channels, build VPNs with OpenSSH, and more. Focuses on
the OpenSSH server, the OpenSSH client, and the PuTTY client.
-Michael W Lucas is the author of Absolute OpenBSD and other BSD books.
-Helping support OpenBSD, Michael is contributing all his author's profits, from
-orders via the main OpenBSD order page, back to the project.
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+Michael W. Lucas is the author of Absolute OpenBSD and other BSD books.
+The official SSH Mastery website is
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-This book also thoroughly covers extended features used in other
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-In addition to providing a manual for "bind", which is in OpenBSD's
-default configuration, this book thoroughly targets the extensions
-which are available in the port net/isc-bind. DNS Security
-Extensions, or DNSSEC, hardens DNS. But learning DNSSEC requires
-wading through years of obsolete tutorials, dead ends, and
-inscrutable standards. Strengths and weaknesses of DNSSEC are
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+Michael W. Lucas brings us the long anticipated second edition of his
wildly successful book about using OpenBSD. This book covers all aspects of
-the OpenBSD system for new UNIX and BSD users alike.
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+the OpenBSD system for new UNIX and BSD users alike.
+The official Absolute OpenBSD 2nd edition website is
-The official Absolute OpenBSD 2nd edition website is here..
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A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users who want to fully exploit every feature of the system. This book @@ -197,6 +99,7 @@ 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall system internals manual for OpenBSD.
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+Unix-like operating systems use a rudimentary access control system: +the root account can do anything, while other users are peasants with +only minimal access. This worked fine in UNIX's youth, but today, +system administration responsibilities are spread among many people +and applications. Different people may need different slices of +root's power. However pros and cons are considered as well. +This book also thoroughly covers sudo's extended features. +The official Sudo Mastery website is +here. +
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+DNS is one of the oldest protocols on the Internet, and was designed +for a network without hostile users. Anyone who wants to break into a +network starts by investigating the target's Domain Name Service. +
+In addition to providing a manual for BIND, this book thoroughly targets +the extensions which are available in the port net/isc-bind. DNS Security +Extensions, or DNSSEC, harden DNS. But learning DNSSEC requires +wading through years of obsolete tutorials, dead ends, and +inscrutable standards. Strengths and weaknesses of DNSSEC are +discussed. +
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