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1.104     tb         24:
1.103     tj         25: Note that the information in some older books may no longer be accurate
                     26: or relevant to modern OpenBSD.
1.36      jufi       27: <hr>
1.1       ian        28:
1.91      deraadt    29: <h3>OpenBSD-specific books</h3>
1.15      philen     30: <dl>
1.89      austin     31:
1.97      austin     32: <dt><a name="book13"><i>The Book of PF, 3rd Edition<br>
                     33: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall</i></a>
                     34: <dd>by Peter N. M. Hansteen
                     35: <dd>ISBN-10: 1-59327-589-7
                     36: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-589-1
                     37: <dd>Copyright 2015.
                     38: <p>
1.103     tj         39: The first sentence of this book is "<i>This is a book about building the
                     40: network you need.</i>" Taking it from there, Peter walks you through the whys
1.72      wvdputte   41: and the hows of building the high performance, low maintenance network you need,
1.103     tj         42: using OpenBSD tools.
                     43: The book covers all bases, from the basic one machine configuration and basic
1.72      wvdputte   44: local area networks, all the way up to configurations with traffic shaping and
1.103     tj         45: load balancing with "self-healing" networks and countermeasures against common
1.73      wvdputte   46: problems such as DoS attempts and spamming.  A basic understanding of TCP/IP
1.103     tj         47: and some Unix knowledge is assumed.
1.72      wvdputte   48: The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata
1.103     tj         49: can be found <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/pf3">here</a>.
1.93      austin     50: <p>
1.89      austin     51:
1.87      austin     52: <dt><a name="book9"><i>SSH Mastery</i></a>
1.103     tj         53: <dd>by Michael W. Lucas
1.87      austin     54: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1470069711
                     55: <dd>ISBN-10: 1470069717
                     56: <dd>February 2012, 145 pp.
1.93      austin     57: <dd>OpenSSH, PuTTY, Tunnels, and Keys
1.103     tj         58: <p>
1.87      austin     59: A guide to what you need to know about SSH. This book will help you
                     60: eliminate passwords on your network, tunnel unencrypted protocols
                     61: through secure channels, build VPNs with OpenSSH, and more. Focuses on
                     62: the OpenSSH server, the OpenSSH client, and the PuTTY client.
1.103     tj         63: Michael W. Lucas is the author of <i>Absolute OpenBSD</i> and other BSD books.
                     64: The official SSH Mastery website is
                     65: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/ssh-mastery">here</a>.
1.93      austin     66: <p>
                     67:
1.89      austin     68: <dt><a name="book10"><i>Absolute OpenBSD. 2nd Edition!</i></a>
1.103     tj         69: <dd>by Michael W. Lucas
                     70: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-476-4
1.94      deraadt    71: <dd>April 2013, 536 pp.
1.103     tj         72: <p>
                     73: Michael W. Lucas brings us the long anticipated second edition of his
1.93      austin     74: wildly successful book about using OpenBSD.  This book covers all aspects of
1.103     tj         75: the OpenBSD system for new UNIX and BSD users alike.
                     76: The official Absolute OpenBSD 2nd edition website is
1.89      austin     77: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/absolute-openbsd-2nd-edition">
1.103     tj         78: here</a>.
1.93      austin     79: <p>
                     80:
1.48      austin     81: <dt><a name="book3">
                     82: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i></a>
1.47      jose       83: <dd>by Brandon Palmer, Jose Nazario.
                     84: <dd>ISBN 03-21193-66-0
                     85: <dd>April 2004, 520 pp.
1.103     tj         86: <p>
1.47      jose       87: A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a
                     88: more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users
                     89: who want to fully exploit every feature of the system. This book
                     90: covers all aspects of OpenBSD, including systrace, Kerberos V, IPv6 and
                     91: IPsec, and the development environment.
1.15      philen     92: </dl>
                     93: <hr>
                     94:
1.91      deraadt    95: <h3>BSD-specific books</h3>
1.15      philen     96: <dl>
                     97: <dt>
                     98: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
                     99: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
                    100: <dd>
1.52      millert   101: At 549 pages plus an index, <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0201549794">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
1.15      philen    102: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
                    103: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
                    104: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
                    105: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates.  Not
                    106: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
                    107: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
1.13      deraadt   108: <p>
1.103     tj        109:
1.15      philen    110: <dt>
                    111: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
                    112: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
                    113: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
                    114: <dd>
                    115: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
                    116: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
                    117: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
1.46      david     118: in articles in <em>Dr. Dobbs Journal</em>. This book goes beyond the articles,
1.15      philen    119: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
                    120: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
                    121: you can still learn a lot from it.
1.13      deraadt   122: <p>
1.103     tj        123:
1.15      philen    124: <dt>
                    125: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
                    126: <dd>by James Wilson
                    127: <dd>
                    128: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
                    129: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
                    130: <p>
1.103     tj        131:
1.15      philen    132: <dt>
                    133: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
                    134: <dd>by Jack Hodges
                    135: <dd>
                    136: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language.  Intended
                    137: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix.  Covers the fundamentals
                    138: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
                    139: and system programming with C.
                    140: <p>
1.103     tj        141:
1.15      philen    142: <dt>
                    143: <dt>
                    144: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
                    145: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
                    146: <dd>
1.12      ian       147: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2       ian       148: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
                    149: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13      deraadt   150: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
                    151: <p>
1.103     tj        152:
1.15      philen    153: <dt>
                    154: <dt>
                    155: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
                    156: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
                    157: <dd>
                    158: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2       ian       159: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
                    160: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13      deraadt   161: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&amp;T,
                    162: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.86      lum       163: 4.4BSD distributions.
                    164: They are not included with OpenBSD.
1.17      louis     165: <p>
1.103     tj        166:
1.17      louis     167: <dt>
                    168: <dt>
                    169: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23      horacio   170: <dd>published by C&amp;L Computer- und Literaturverlag GmbH, 1998
1.17      louis     171: <dd>
1.78      deraadt   172: A book in German on all
1.17      louis     173: three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration
                    174: and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on
                    175: LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment.
                    176: <br>Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
1.85      deraadt   177: <br><a href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&amp;frame=yes&amp;id=38effe1813566">
                    178: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a>. However, you might want to pick up a <a
1.36      jufi      179: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&amp;frame=yes&amp;id=38effe1813566">more
1.17      louis     180: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.103     tj        181: <p>
1.61      grunk     182:
                    183: <dt>
                    184: <dt>
                    185: <i>The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book</i>
                    186: <dd>
                    187: published by Reed Media Services
                    188: <dd>
                    189: August 2006, 193 pp.
                    190: <dd>
1.62      steven    191: This book is an expanded, cross-referenced, indexed, edited, and reformatted
                    192: version of the <a href="faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a>.
1.61      grunk     193: It also covers spamd and introduces the setup and differences of PF
1.104     tb        194: on NetBSD, DragonFly, and FreeBSD.<br>
                    195: The official book website with table of contents, index, and
1.61      grunk     196: configuration examples can be found at
                    197: <a href="http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/">http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/</a>.
1.15      philen    198: </dl>
                    199: <hr>
1.2       ian       200:
1.91      deraadt   201: <h3>Unix user guides</h3>
1.15      philen    202: <dl>
                    203: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
                    204: <dd>by John Muster
                    205: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
                    206: <p>
1.103     tj        207:
1.15      philen    208: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
                    209: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
                    210: <dd>
1.58      grunk     211: This book is now in its third edition. It discusses
1.15      philen    212: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
                    213: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
                    214: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
                    215: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
                    216: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
1.80      steven    217: <a href="faq/ports/index.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
1.15      philen    218: that is part of OpenBSD.
1.18      ericj     219: <p>
1.103     tj        220:
1.18      ericj     221: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
                    222: <dd>by Rod Smith
                    223: <dd>
                    224: <dd>
                    225: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
1.15      philen    226: </dl>
                    227: <hr>
1.1       ian       228:
1.91      deraadt   229: <h3>Unix administration</h3>
1.15      philen    230: <dl>
                    231: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
                    232: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
                    233: <dd>
                    234: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
                    235: <p>
1.103     tj        236:
                    237: <dt><a name="book11"><i>Sudo Mastery</i></a>
                    238: <dd>by Michael W. Lucas
                    239: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1493626205
                    240: <dd>ISBN-10: 1493626205
                    241: <dd>October 2013, 144pp.
                    242: <dd>Access Control for Real People
                    243: <p>
                    244: Unix-like operating systems use a rudimentary access control system:
                    245: the root account can do anything, while other users are peasants with
                    246: only minimal access. This worked fine in UNIX's youth, but today,
                    247: system administration responsibilities are spread among many people
                    248: and applications.  Different people may need different slices of
                    249: root's power. However pros and cons are considered as well.
                    250: This book also thoroughly covers sudo's extended features.
                    251: The official Sudo Mastery website is
                    252: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/sudo-mastery">here</a>.
                    253: <p>
                    254:
1.15      philen    255: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
1.103     tj        256: <dd>by &AElig;leen Frisch
1.15      philen    257: <dd>
                    258: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration.  It includes
                    259: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
                    260: </dl>
                    261: <hr>
1.1       ian       262:
1.91      deraadt   263: <h3>Unix programming</h3>
1.15      philen    264: <dl>
                    265: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
                    266: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
                    267: <dd>
1.24      ian       268: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.53      jsg       269: multi-processing architectures.
1.15      philen    270: <p>
1.103     tj        271:
1.15      philen    272: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
                    273: <dd>by John Lions
                    274: <dd>
1.2       ian       275: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1       ian       276: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
                    277: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
                    278: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
                    279: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
                    280: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
                    281: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
                    282: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15      philen    283: <p>
1.103     tj        284:
1.15      philen    285: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
                    286: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
                    287: <dd>
                    288: 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.
                    289: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
                    290: Highly recommended.
1.46      david     291: <p>
1.103     tj        292:
1.15      philen    293: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
                    294: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
                    295: <dd>
                    296: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older.  The
                    297: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
1.16      chris     298: <p>
1.103     tj        299:
1.60      grunk     300: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)</i>
                    301: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
1.16      chris     302: <dd>
                    303: This is a very detailed and easy to read book.  It has several examples
                    304: that you can learn from.  There is plenty of information about library and
                    305: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
                    306: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
                    307: make an excellent combination.
1.36      jufi      308: <p>
1.103     tj        309:
1.25      chris     310: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
                    311: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
                    312: <dd>
                    313: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
                    314: perhaps the only one you will ever need.  It focuses strictly on the C language,
                    315: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
1.36      jufi      316: <p>
1.103     tj        317:
1.46      david     318: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</i>
1.25      chris     319: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
                    320: <dd>
1.46      david     321: 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     322: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
                    323: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
1.36      jufi      324: <p>
1.103     tj        325:
1.64      steven    326: <dt><i>The Art of Software Security Assessment</i>
1.63      otto      327: <dd>by Mark Dowd, John McDonald and Justin Schuh
                    328: <dd>Covers code auditing, design and operational review, types of
                    329: vulnerabilities, privilege models, signals,
                    330: interprocess communication, synchronization, networking and more.
                    331: Lots of examples and real world code snippets.
1.15      philen    332: </dl>
1.25      chris     333:
1.15      philen    334: <hr>
                    335:
1.91      deraadt   336: <h3>Network administration</h3>
1.15      philen    337: <dl>
1.68      grunk     338: <dt><i><a name="book6" href="http://www.sshbuch.de/">Das SSH-Buch</a></i>
                    339: (German)
1.67      grunk     340: <dd>by Timo Dotzauer and Tobias L&uuml;tticke
                    341: <dd>ISBN 3-938626-03-8
                    342: <dd>Millin Verlag, December 2006, 600p.
                    343: <dd>This book covers the theory behind OpenSSH (protocol, channels, standards
                    344: documents) as well as using OpenSSH as an end user.
                    345: Although using Linux as a reference OS, many of the examples also have
                    346: a description how to get things done under BSD.
                    347: In a separate cookbook chapter, several scenarios from daily work are solved
                    348: using OpenSSH.
                    349: Furthermore, this book is the first German book to cover VPN via OpenSSH.
1.77      deraadt   350: <dd>
1.67      grunk     351: <p>
1.103     tj        352:
                    353: <dt><a name="book12"><i>DNSSEC Mastery</i></a>
                    354: <dd>by Michael W. Lucas
                    355: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1484924471
                    356: <dd>ISBN-10: 1484924479
                    357: <dd>May 2013, 130 pp.
                    358: <dd>Securing the Domain Name System with BIND
                    359: <p>
                    360: DNS is one of the oldest protocols on the Internet, and was designed
                    361: for a network without hostile users. Anyone who wants to break into a
                    362: network starts by investigating the target's Domain Name Service.
                    363: <p>
                    364: In addition to providing a manual for BIND, this book thoroughly targets
                    365: the extensions which are available in the port net/isc-bind. DNS Security
                    366: Extensions, or DNSSEC, harden DNS.  But learning DNSSEC requires
                    367: wading through years of obsolete tutorials, dead ends, and
                    368: inscrutable standards.  Strengths and weaknesses of DNSSEC are
                    369: discussed.
                    370: <p>
                    371: The official DNSSEC Mastery website is
                    372: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/dnssec-mastery">
                    373: here</a>.
                    374: <p>
                    375:
1.22      aaron     376: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
                    377: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
                    378: <dd>The Definitive Guide.  OpenSSH is covered in detail.
                    379: <p>
1.103     tj        380:
1.15      philen    381: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
                    382: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
                    383: <dd>
                    384: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book.  It
                    385: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite.  This book provides information,
1.35      pvalchev  386: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15      philen    387: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
                    388: book.
                    389: <p>
1.103     tj        390:
1.20      chris     391: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
                    392: <dd>by Brian Tung
                    393: <dd>
                    394: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks.  Explains concepts of
                    395: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
                    396: <p>
1.103     tj        397:
1.34      miod      398: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20      chris     399: Private Networks</i>
                    400: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
                    401: <dd>
1.34      miod      402: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite.  It also describes its relation
1.20      chris     403: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
1.36      jufi      404: <p>
1.103     tj        405:
1.20      chris     406: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
                    407: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
                    408: <dd>
                    409: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking.  It presents
                    410: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies.  It covers technologies
                    411: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
1.36      jufi      412: <p>
1.103     tj        413:
1.15      philen    414: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
                    415: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
                    416: <dd>
                    417: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
                    418: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
                    419: <p>
1.103     tj        420:
1.15      philen    421: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
                    422: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
                    423: <dd>
1.46      david     424: Recommended by the <a href="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
1.15      philen    425: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
                    426: included with OpenBSD.
                    427: <p>
1.103     tj        428:
1.15      philen    429: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
                    430: <dd>by Hal Stern
                    431: <dd>
                    432: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.37      dhartmei  433: <p>
1.103     tj        434:
1.37      dhartmei  435: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
                    436: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
                    437: <dd>
                    438: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
                    439: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
                    440: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
                    441: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
1.25      chris     442: </dl>
1.21      chris     443:
1.25      chris     444: <hr>
1.91      deraadt   445: <h3>Cryptography</h3>
1.21      chris     446: <dl>
                    447: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
                    448: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
                    449: <dd>
                    450: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
                    451: about its history, protocols, and algorithms.  This book is a great
                    452: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
                    453: to understand the field.  Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
1.36      jufi      454: <br>
                    455: <p>
1.103     tj        456:
1.30      jsyn      457: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26      ian       458: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
                    459: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography.  The authors write:
                    460: <dd>
                    461: ...  Public-key cryptographic techniques
                    462: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
                    463: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
                    464: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
                    465: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
                    466: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
                    467: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
                    468: the art of cryptography.
                    469: <dd>The entire book is
1.55      grunk     470: <a href="http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/">
1.26      ian       471: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
                    472: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
                    473: <dd>
                    474: <p>
1.103     tj        475:
1.25      chris     476: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
                    477: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
                    478: <dd>
                    479: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
                    480: examples.  The SSL protocol
                    481: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
                    482: on the Internet.  Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
                    483: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
                    484: <dd>
                    485: <p>
1.103     tj        486:
1.39      jose      487: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
                    488: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
                    489: <dd>
                    490: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
                    491: covering their operation and security,
                    492: together with usage and implementation details.
                    493: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
                    494: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
                    495: used to monitor SSL connections.
                    496: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
                    497: <dd>
                    498: <p>
1.103     tj        499:
1.25      chris     500: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
                    501: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
                    502: <dd>
1.54      nick      503: A complete reprint of the IPsec RFCs with an extensive index and
                    504: glossary.
1.25      chris     505: <dd>
1.15      philen    506: </dl>
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