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ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-589-1
October 2014, 248 pp.

-The first sentence of this book is "This is a book about building the -network you need." Taking it from there, Peter walks you through the whys +The first sentence of this book is "This is a book about building the +network you need." Taking it from there, Peter walks you through the whys and the hows of building the high performance, low maintenance network you need, using OpenBSD tools. -The book covers all bases, from the basic one machine configuration and basic -local area networks, all the way up to configurations with traffic shaping and -load balancing with "self-healing" networks and countermeasures against common -problems such as DoS attempts and spamming. A basic understanding of TCP/IP +The book covers all bases, from the basic one machine configuration and basic +local area networks, all the way up to configurations with traffic shaping and +load balancing with "self-healing" networks and countermeasures against common +problems such as DoS attempts and spamming. A basic understanding of TCP/IP and some Unix knowledge is assumed. -The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata +The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata can be found here.

@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@

ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-476-4
April 2013, 536 pp.

-Michael W. Lucas brings us the long anticipated second edition of his -wildly successful book about using OpenBSD. This book covers all aspects of +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. The official Absolute OpenBSD 2nd edition website is here. @@ -104,8 +104,8 @@

ISBN 03-21193-66-0
April 2004, 520 pp.

-A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a -more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users +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 covers all aspects of OpenBSD, including systrace, Kerberos V, IPv6 and IPsec, and the development environment. @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System

by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
ISBN-10: 0132317923 -
ISBN-13: 978-0132317924 +
ISBN-13: 978-0132317924
At 549 pages plus an index, this book must be considered comprehensive. McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ 4.4BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)
published by O'Reilly, 1994
-This is just a reprint of the man pages for users. +This is just a reprint of the man pages for users. Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages, which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up to date. So you don't need this one: use the man command instead. @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment. -
Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs. +
Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
Lehmann's Online Bookshop. However, you might want to pick up a more recent version of the CD-ROM.

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@

Unix Made Easy
by John Muster -
A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system. +
A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.

UNIX Power Tools @@ -251,16 +251,16 @@
UNIX System Administration Handbook
by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
-This is an excellent book on Unix system administration. +This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.

Sudo Mastery
by Michael W. Lucas -
ISBN-13: 978-1493626205 -
ISBN-10: 1493626205 -
October 2013, 144pp. +
ISBN-13: 978-1493626205 +
ISBN-10: 1493626205 +
October 2013, 144pp.
Access Control for Real People -

+

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, @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@

Unix Systems for Modern Architectures
by Curt Schimmel
-This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for +This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for multi-processing architectures.

@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@

by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
Brian Kernighan had a hand in two other books which we recommend even though they're not UNIX specific, but are useful to programmers on UNIX and elsewhere. -This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java. +This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java. Highly recommended.

@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@

by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
This book is similar to The Practice of Programming, but older. The -examples are given in Fortran and PL/I. +examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.

Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (3rd Edition) @@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ not how to use your compiler or anything else.

-

C: A Reference Manual -
by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele +
C: A Reference Manual +
by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
If you only had two books on C, then along with The C Programming Language, this would be your second one! This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types, @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual Private Networks -
by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins +
by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
This book explains the IPsec protocol suite. It also describes its relation to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas. @@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
Managing NFS and NIS
by Hal Stern
-Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS. +Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.

802.11 Security @@ -475,7 +475,7 @@

Handbook of Applied Cryptography -
by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone +
by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
A new and detailed look at Cryptography. The authors write:
... Public-key cryptographic techniques @@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography. It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice the art of cryptography. -
The entire book is +
The entire book is available for free downloading (for personal use only) from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.