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1.36      jufi       17: <h2><font color="#cc0000">UNIX and BSD books</font></h2>
1.103   ! tj         18: Note that the information in some older books may no longer be accurate
        !            19: or relevant to modern OpenBSD.
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1.1       ian        21:
1.91      deraadt    22: <h3>OpenBSD-specific books</h3>
1.15      philen     23: <dl>
1.89      austin     24:
1.97      austin     25: <dt><a name="book13"><i>The Book of PF, 3rd Edition<br>
                     26: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall</i></a>
                     27: <dd>by Peter N. M. Hansteen
                     28: <dd>ISBN-10: 1-59327-589-7
                     29: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-589-1
                     30: <dd>Copyright 2015.
                     31: <p>
1.103   ! tj         32: The first sentence of this book is "<i>This is a book about building the
        !            33: network you need.</i>" Taking it from there, Peter walks you through the whys
1.72      wvdputte   34: and the hows of building the high performance, low maintenance network you need,
1.103   ! tj         35: using OpenBSD tools.
        !            36: The book covers all bases, from the basic one machine configuration and basic
1.72      wvdputte   37: local area networks, all the way up to configurations with traffic shaping and
1.103   ! tj         38: load balancing with "self-healing" networks and countermeasures against common
1.73      wvdputte   39: problems such as DoS attempts and spamming.  A basic understanding of TCP/IP
1.103   ! tj         40: and some Unix knowledge is assumed.
1.72      wvdputte   41: The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata
1.103   ! tj         42: can be found <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/pf3">here</a>.
1.93      austin     43: <p>
1.89      austin     44:
1.87      austin     45: <dt><a name="book9"><i>SSH Mastery</i></a>
1.103   ! tj         46: <dd>by Michael W. Lucas
1.87      austin     47: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1470069711
                     48: <dd>ISBN-10: 1470069717
                     49: <dd>February 2012, 145 pp.
1.93      austin     50: <dd>OpenSSH, PuTTY, Tunnels, and Keys
1.103   ! tj         51: <p>
1.87      austin     52: A guide to what you need to know about SSH. This book will help you
                     53: eliminate passwords on your network, tunnel unencrypted protocols
                     54: through secure channels, build VPNs with OpenSSH, and more. Focuses on
                     55: the OpenSSH server, the OpenSSH client, and the PuTTY client.
1.103   ! tj         56: Michael W. Lucas is the author of <i>Absolute OpenBSD</i> and other BSD books.
        !            57: The official SSH Mastery website is
        !            58: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/ssh-mastery">here</a>.
1.93      austin     59: <p>
                     60:
1.89      austin     61: <dt><a name="book10"><i>Absolute OpenBSD. 2nd Edition!</i></a>
1.103   ! tj         62: <dd>by Michael W. Lucas
        !            63: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-476-4
1.94      deraadt    64: <dd>April 2013, 536 pp.
1.103   ! tj         65: <p>
        !            66: Michael W. Lucas brings us the long anticipated second edition of his
1.93      austin     67: wildly successful book about using OpenBSD.  This book covers all aspects of
1.103   ! tj         68: the OpenBSD system for new UNIX and BSD users alike.
        !            69: The official Absolute OpenBSD 2nd edition website is
1.89      austin     70: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/absolute-openbsd-2nd-edition">
1.103   ! tj         71: here</a>.
1.93      austin     72: <p>
                     73:
1.48      austin     74: <dt><a name="book3">
                     75: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i></a>
1.47      jose       76: <dd>by Brandon Palmer, Jose Nazario.
                     77: <dd>ISBN 03-21193-66-0
                     78: <dd>April 2004, 520 pp.
1.103   ! tj         79: <p>
1.47      jose       80: A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a
                     81: more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users
                     82: who want to fully exploit every feature of the system. This book
                     83: covers all aspects of OpenBSD, including systrace, Kerberos V, IPv6 and
                     84: IPsec, and the development environment.
1.15      philen     85: </dl>
                     86: <hr>
                     87:
1.91      deraadt    88: <h3>BSD-specific books</h3>
1.15      philen     89: <dl>
                     90: <dt>
                     91: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
                     92: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
                     93: <dd>
1.52      millert    94: At 549 pages plus an index, <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0201549794">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
1.15      philen     95: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
                     96: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
                     97: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
                     98: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates.  Not
                     99: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
                    100: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
1.13      deraadt   101: <p>
1.103   ! tj        102:
1.15      philen    103: <dt>
                    104: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
                    105: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
                    106: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
                    107: <dd>
                    108: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
                    109: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
                    110: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
1.46      david     111: in articles in <em>Dr. Dobbs Journal</em>. This book goes beyond the articles,
1.15      philen    112: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
                    113: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
                    114: you can still learn a lot from it.
1.13      deraadt   115: <p>
1.103   ! tj        116:
1.15      philen    117: <dt>
                    118: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
                    119: <dd>by James Wilson
                    120: <dd>
                    121: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
                    122: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
                    123: <p>
1.103   ! tj        124:
1.15      philen    125: <dt>
                    126: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
                    127: <dd>by Jack Hodges
                    128: <dd>
                    129: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language.  Intended
                    130: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix.  Covers the fundamentals
                    131: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
                    132: and system programming with C.
                    133: <p>
1.103   ! tj        134:
1.15      philen    135: <dt>
                    136: <dt>
                    137: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
                    138: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
                    139: <dd>
1.12      ian       140: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2       ian       141: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
                    142: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13      deraadt   143: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
                    144: <p>
1.103   ! tj        145:
1.15      philen    146: <dt>
                    147: <dt>
                    148: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
                    149: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
                    150: <dd>
                    151: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2       ian       152: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
                    153: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13      deraadt   154: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&amp;T,
                    155: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.86      lum       156: 4.4BSD distributions.
                    157: They are not included with OpenBSD.
1.17      louis     158: <p>
1.103   ! tj        159:
1.17      louis     160: <dt>
                    161: <dt>
                    162: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23      horacio   163: <dd>published by C&amp;L Computer- und Literaturverlag GmbH, 1998
1.17      louis     164: <dd>
1.78      deraadt   165: A book in German on all
1.17      louis     166: three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration
                    167: and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on
                    168: LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment.
                    169: <br>Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
1.85      deraadt   170: <br><a href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&amp;frame=yes&amp;id=38effe1813566">
                    171: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a>. However, you might want to pick up a <a
1.36      jufi      172: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&amp;frame=yes&amp;id=38effe1813566">more
1.17      louis     173: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.103   ! tj        174: <p>
1.61      grunk     175:
                    176: <dt>
                    177: <dt>
                    178: <i>The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book</i>
                    179: <dd>
                    180: published by Reed Media Services
                    181: <dd>
                    182: August 2006, 193 pp.
                    183: <dd>
1.62      steven    184: This book is an expanded, cross-referenced, indexed, edited, and reformatted
                    185: version of the <a href="faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a>.
1.61      grunk     186: It also covers spamd and introduces the setup and differences of PF
                    187: on NetBSD, DragonFly, and FreeBSD.
                    188: <br />The official book website with table of contents, index, and
                    189: configuration examples can be found at
                    190: <a href="http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/">http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/</a>.
1.15      philen    191: </dl>
                    192: <hr>
1.2       ian       193:
1.91      deraadt   194: <h3>Unix user guides</h3>
1.15      philen    195: <dl>
                    196: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
                    197: <dd>by John Muster
                    198: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
                    199: <p>
1.103   ! tj        200:
1.15      philen    201: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
                    202: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
                    203: <dd>
1.58      grunk     204: This book is now in its third edition. It discusses
1.15      philen    205: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
                    206: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
                    207: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
                    208: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
                    209: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
1.80      steven    210: <a href="faq/ports/index.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
1.15      philen    211: that is part of OpenBSD.
1.18      ericj     212: <p>
1.103   ! tj        213:
1.18      ericj     214: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
                    215: <dd>by Rod Smith
                    216: <dd>
                    217: <dd>
                    218: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
1.15      philen    219: </dl>
                    220: <hr>
1.1       ian       221:
1.91      deraadt   222: <h3>Unix administration</h3>
1.15      philen    223: <dl>
                    224: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
                    225: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
                    226: <dd>
                    227: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
                    228: <p>
1.103   ! tj        229:
        !           230: <dt><a name="book11"><i>Sudo Mastery</i></a>
        !           231: <dd>by Michael W. Lucas
        !           232: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1493626205
        !           233: <dd>ISBN-10: 1493626205
        !           234: <dd>October 2013, 144pp.
        !           235: <dd>Access Control for Real People
        !           236: <p>
        !           237: Unix-like operating systems use a rudimentary access control system:
        !           238: the root account can do anything, while other users are peasants with
        !           239: only minimal access. This worked fine in UNIX's youth, but today,
        !           240: system administration responsibilities are spread among many people
        !           241: and applications.  Different people may need different slices of
        !           242: root's power. However pros and cons are considered as well.
        !           243: This book also thoroughly covers sudo's extended features.
        !           244: The official Sudo Mastery website is
        !           245: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/sudo-mastery">here</a>.
        !           246: <p>
        !           247:
1.15      philen    248: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
1.103   ! tj        249: <dd>by &AElig;leen Frisch
1.15      philen    250: <dd>
                    251: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration.  It includes
                    252: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
                    253: </dl>
                    254: <hr>
1.1       ian       255:
1.91      deraadt   256: <h3>Unix programming</h3>
1.15      philen    257: <dl>
                    258: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
                    259: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
                    260: <dd>
1.24      ian       261: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.53      jsg       262: multi-processing architectures.
1.15      philen    263: <p>
1.103   ! tj        264:
1.15      philen    265: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
                    266: <dd>by John Lions
                    267: <dd>
1.2       ian       268: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1       ian       269: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
                    270: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
                    271: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
                    272: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
                    273: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
                    274: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
                    275: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15      philen    276: <p>
1.103   ! tj        277:
1.15      philen    278: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
                    279: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
                    280: <dd>
                    281: 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.
                    282: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
                    283: Highly recommended.
1.46      david     284: <p>
1.103   ! tj        285:
1.15      philen    286: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
                    287: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
                    288: <dd>
                    289: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older.  The
                    290: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
1.16      chris     291: <p>
1.103   ! tj        292:
1.60      grunk     293: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)</i>
                    294: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
1.16      chris     295: <dd>
                    296: This is a very detailed and easy to read book.  It has several examples
                    297: that you can learn from.  There is plenty of information about library and
                    298: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
                    299: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
                    300: make an excellent combination.
1.36      jufi      301: <p>
1.103   ! tj        302:
1.25      chris     303: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
                    304: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
                    305: <dd>
                    306: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
                    307: perhaps the only one you will ever need.  It focuses strictly on the C language,
                    308: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
1.36      jufi      309: <p>
1.103   ! tj        310:
1.46      david     311: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</i>
1.25      chris     312: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
                    313: <dd>
1.46      david     314: If you only had two books on C, then along with <i>The C Programming Language</i>, this would be your second one!
1.25      chris     315: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
                    316: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
1.36      jufi      317: <p>
1.103   ! tj        318:
1.64      steven    319: <dt><i>The Art of Software Security Assessment</i>
1.63      otto      320: <dd>by Mark Dowd, John McDonald and Justin Schuh
                    321: <dd>Covers code auditing, design and operational review, types of
                    322: vulnerabilities, privilege models, signals,
                    323: interprocess communication, synchronization, networking and more.
                    324: Lots of examples and real world code snippets.
1.15      philen    325: </dl>
1.25      chris     326:
1.15      philen    327: <hr>
                    328:
1.91      deraadt   329: <h3>Network administration</h3>
1.15      philen    330: <dl>
1.68      grunk     331: <dt><i><a name="book6" href="http://www.sshbuch.de/">Das SSH-Buch</a></i>
                    332: (German)
1.67      grunk     333: <dd>by Timo Dotzauer and Tobias L&uuml;tticke
                    334: <dd>ISBN 3-938626-03-8
                    335: <dd>Millin Verlag, December 2006, 600p.
                    336: <dd>This book covers the theory behind OpenSSH (protocol, channels, standards
                    337: documents) as well as using OpenSSH as an end user.
                    338: Although using Linux as a reference OS, many of the examples also have
                    339: a description how to get things done under BSD.
                    340: In a separate cookbook chapter, several scenarios from daily work are solved
                    341: using OpenSSH.
                    342: Furthermore, this book is the first German book to cover VPN via OpenSSH.
1.77      deraadt   343: <dd>
1.67      grunk     344: <p>
1.103   ! tj        345:
        !           346: <dt><a name="book12"><i>DNSSEC Mastery</i></a>
        !           347: <dd>by Michael W. Lucas
        !           348: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1484924471
        !           349: <dd>ISBN-10: 1484924479
        !           350: <dd>May 2013, 130 pp.
        !           351: <dd>Securing the Domain Name System with BIND
        !           352: <p>
        !           353: DNS is one of the oldest protocols on the Internet, and was designed
        !           354: for a network without hostile users. Anyone who wants to break into a
        !           355: network starts by investigating the target's Domain Name Service.
        !           356: <p>
        !           357: In addition to providing a manual for BIND, this book thoroughly targets
        !           358: the extensions which are available in the port net/isc-bind. DNS Security
        !           359: Extensions, or DNSSEC, harden DNS.  But learning DNSSEC requires
        !           360: wading through years of obsolete tutorials, dead ends, and
        !           361: inscrutable standards.  Strengths and weaknesses of DNSSEC are
        !           362: discussed.
        !           363: <p>
        !           364: The official DNSSEC Mastery website is
        !           365: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/dnssec-mastery">
        !           366: here</a>.
        !           367: <p>
        !           368:
1.22      aaron     369: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
                    370: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
                    371: <dd>The Definitive Guide.  OpenSSH is covered in detail.
                    372: <p>
1.103   ! tj        373:
1.15      philen    374: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
                    375: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
                    376: <dd>
                    377: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book.  It
                    378: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite.  This book provides information,
1.35      pvalchev  379: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15      philen    380: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
                    381: book.
                    382: <p>
1.103   ! tj        383:
1.20      chris     384: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
                    385: <dd>by Brian Tung
                    386: <dd>
                    387: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks.  Explains concepts of
                    388: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
                    389: <p>
1.103   ! tj        390:
1.34      miod      391: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20      chris     392: Private Networks</i>
                    393: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
                    394: <dd>
1.34      miod      395: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite.  It also describes its relation
1.20      chris     396: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
1.36      jufi      397: <p>
1.103   ! tj        398:
1.20      chris     399: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
                    400: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
                    401: <dd>
                    402: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking.  It presents
                    403: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies.  It covers technologies
                    404: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
1.36      jufi      405: <p>
1.103   ! tj        406:
1.15      philen    407: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
                    408: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
                    409: <dd>
                    410: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
                    411: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
                    412: <p>
1.103   ! tj        413:
1.15      philen    414: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
                    415: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
                    416: <dd>
1.46      david     417: Recommended by the <a href="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
1.15      philen    418: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
                    419: included with OpenBSD.
                    420: <p>
1.103   ! tj        421:
1.15      philen    422: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
                    423: <dd>by Hal Stern
                    424: <dd>
                    425: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.37      dhartmei  426: <p>
1.103   ! tj        427:
1.37      dhartmei  428: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
                    429: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
                    430: <dd>
                    431: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
                    432: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
                    433: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
                    434: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
1.25      chris     435: </dl>
1.21      chris     436:
1.25      chris     437: <hr>
1.91      deraadt   438: <h3>Cryptography</h3>
1.21      chris     439: <dl>
                    440: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
                    441: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
                    442: <dd>
                    443: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
                    444: about its history, protocols, and algorithms.  This book is a great
                    445: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
                    446: to understand the field.  Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
1.36      jufi      447: <br>
                    448: <p>
1.103   ! tj        449:
1.30      jsyn      450: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26      ian       451: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
                    452: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography.  The authors write:
                    453: <dd>
                    454: ...  Public-key cryptographic techniques
                    455: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
                    456: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
                    457: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
                    458: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
                    459: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
                    460: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
                    461: the art of cryptography.
                    462: <dd>The entire book is
1.55      grunk     463: <a href="http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/">
1.26      ian       464: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
                    465: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
                    466: <dd>
                    467: <p>
1.103   ! tj        468:
1.25      chris     469: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
                    470: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
                    471: <dd>
                    472: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
                    473: examples.  The SSL protocol
                    474: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
                    475: on the Internet.  Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
                    476: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
                    477: <dd>
                    478: <p>
1.103   ! tj        479:
1.39      jose      480: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
                    481: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
                    482: <dd>
                    483: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
                    484: covering their operation and security,
                    485: together with usage and implementation details.
                    486: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
                    487: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
                    488: used to monitor SSL connections.
                    489: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
                    490: <dd>
                    491: <p>
1.103   ! tj        492:
1.25      chris     493: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
                    494: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
                    495: <dd>
1.54      nick      496: A complete reprint of the IPsec RFCs with an extensive index and
                    497: glossary.
1.25      chris     498: <dd>
1.15      philen    499: </dl>
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