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1.104     tb         19: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
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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,
1.110   ! tj        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.
1.109     tb        177: <br><a href="http://www.lob.de/isbn/9783932311314">Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a>.
                    178: However, you might want to pick up a more recent version of the CD-ROM.
1.103     tj        179: <p>
1.61      grunk     180:
                    181: <dt>
                    182: <dt>
                    183: <i>The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book</i>
                    184: <dd>
                    185: published by Reed Media Services
                    186: <dd>
                    187: August 2006, 193 pp.
                    188: <dd>
1.62      steven    189: This book is an expanded, cross-referenced, indexed, edited, and reformatted
                    190: version of the <a href="faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a>.
1.61      grunk     191: It also covers spamd and introduces the setup and differences of PF
1.104     tb        192: on NetBSD, DragonFly, and FreeBSD.<br>
                    193: The official book website with table of contents, index, and
1.61      grunk     194: configuration examples can be found at
                    195: <a href="http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/">http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/</a>.
1.15      philen    196: </dl>
                    197: <hr>
1.2       ian       198:
1.91      deraadt   199: <h3>Unix user guides</h3>
1.15      philen    200: <dl>
                    201: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
                    202: <dd>by John Muster
                    203: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
                    204: <p>
1.103     tj        205:
1.15      philen    206: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
                    207: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
                    208: <dd>
1.58      grunk     209: This book is now in its third edition. It discusses
1.15      philen    210: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
                    211: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
                    212: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
                    213: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
                    214: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
1.107     juanfra   215: <a href="faq/ports/index.html">Ports System</a>
1.15      philen    216: that is part of OpenBSD.
1.18      ericj     217: <p>
1.103     tj        218:
1.18      ericj     219: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
                    220: <dd>by Rod Smith
                    221: <dd>
                    222: <dd>
                    223: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
1.15      philen    224: </dl>
                    225: <hr>
1.1       ian       226:
1.91      deraadt   227: <h3>Unix administration</h3>
1.15      philen    228: <dl>
                    229: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
                    230: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
                    231: <dd>
                    232: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
                    233: <p>
1.103     tj        234:
                    235: <dt><a name="book11"><i>Sudo Mastery</i></a>
                    236: <dd>by Michael W. Lucas
                    237: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1493626205
                    238: <dd>ISBN-10: 1493626205
                    239: <dd>October 2013, 144pp.
                    240: <dd>Access Control for Real People
                    241: <p>
                    242: Unix-like operating systems use a rudimentary access control system:
                    243: the root account can do anything, while other users are peasants with
                    244: only minimal access. This worked fine in UNIX's youth, but today,
                    245: system administration responsibilities are spread among many people
                    246: and applications.  Different people may need different slices of
                    247: root's power. However pros and cons are considered as well.
                    248: This book also thoroughly covers sudo's extended features.
                    249: The official Sudo Mastery website is
                    250: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/sudo-mastery">here</a>.
                    251: <p>
                    252:
1.15      philen    253: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
1.103     tj        254: <dd>by &AElig;leen Frisch
1.15      philen    255: <dd>
                    256: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration.  It includes
                    257: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
                    258: </dl>
                    259: <hr>
1.1       ian       260:
1.91      deraadt   261: <h3>Unix programming</h3>
1.15      philen    262: <dl>
                    263: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
                    264: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
                    265: <dd>
1.24      ian       266: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.53      jsg       267: multi-processing architectures.
1.15      philen    268: <p>
1.103     tj        269:
1.15      philen    270: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
                    271: <dd>by John Lions
                    272: <dd>
1.2       ian       273: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1       ian       274: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
                    275: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
                    276: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
                    277: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
                    278: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
                    279: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
                    280: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15      philen    281: <p>
1.103     tj        282:
1.15      philen    283: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
                    284: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
                    285: <dd>
                    286: 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.
                    287: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
                    288: Highly recommended.
1.46      david     289: <p>
1.103     tj        290:
1.15      philen    291: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
                    292: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
                    293: <dd>
                    294: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older.  The
                    295: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
1.16      chris     296: <p>
1.103     tj        297:
1.60      grunk     298: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)</i>
                    299: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
1.16      chris     300: <dd>
                    301: This is a very detailed and easy to read book.  It has several examples
                    302: that you can learn from.  There is plenty of information about library and
                    303: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
                    304: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
                    305: make an excellent combination.
1.36      jufi      306: <p>
1.103     tj        307:
1.25      chris     308: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
                    309: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
                    310: <dd>
                    311: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
                    312: perhaps the only one you will ever need.  It focuses strictly on the C language,
                    313: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
1.36      jufi      314: <p>
1.103     tj        315:
1.46      david     316: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</i>
1.25      chris     317: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
                    318: <dd>
1.46      david     319: 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     320: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
                    321: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
1.36      jufi      322: <p>
1.103     tj        323:
1.64      steven    324: <dt><i>The Art of Software Security Assessment</i>
1.63      otto      325: <dd>by Mark Dowd, John McDonald and Justin Schuh
                    326: <dd>Covers code auditing, design and operational review, types of
                    327: vulnerabilities, privilege models, signals,
                    328: interprocess communication, synchronization, networking and more.
                    329: Lots of examples and real world code snippets.
1.15      philen    330: </dl>
1.25      chris     331:
1.15      philen    332: <hr>
                    333:
1.91      deraadt   334: <h3>Network administration</h3>
1.15      philen    335: <dl>
1.68      grunk     336: <dt><i><a name="book6" href="http://www.sshbuch.de/">Das SSH-Buch</a></i>
                    337: (German)
1.67      grunk     338: <dd>by Timo Dotzauer and Tobias L&uuml;tticke
                    339: <dd>ISBN 3-938626-03-8
                    340: <dd>Millin Verlag, December 2006, 600p.
                    341: <dd>This book covers the theory behind OpenSSH (protocol, channels, standards
                    342: documents) as well as using OpenSSH as an end user.
                    343: Although using Linux as a reference OS, many of the examples also have
                    344: a description how to get things done under BSD.
                    345: In a separate cookbook chapter, several scenarios from daily work are solved
                    346: using OpenSSH.
                    347: Furthermore, this book is the first German book to cover VPN via OpenSSH.
1.77      deraadt   348: <dd>
1.67      grunk     349: <p>
1.103     tj        350:
                    351: <dt><a name="book12"><i>DNSSEC Mastery</i></a>
                    352: <dd>by Michael W. Lucas
                    353: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1484924471
                    354: <dd>ISBN-10: 1484924479
                    355: <dd>May 2013, 130 pp.
                    356: <dd>Securing the Domain Name System with BIND
                    357: <p>
                    358: DNS is one of the oldest protocols on the Internet, and was designed
                    359: for a network without hostile users. Anyone who wants to break into a
                    360: network starts by investigating the target's Domain Name Service.
                    361: <p>
                    362: In addition to providing a manual for BIND, this book thoroughly targets
                    363: the extensions which are available in the port net/isc-bind. DNS Security
                    364: Extensions, or DNSSEC, harden DNS.  But learning DNSSEC requires
                    365: wading through years of obsolete tutorials, dead ends, and
                    366: inscrutable standards.  Strengths and weaknesses of DNSSEC are
                    367: discussed.
                    368: <p>
                    369: The official DNSSEC Mastery website is
                    370: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/dnssec-mastery">
                    371: here</a>.
                    372: <p>
                    373:
1.22      aaron     374: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
                    375: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
                    376: <dd>The Definitive Guide.  OpenSSH is covered in detail.
                    377: <p>
1.103     tj        378:
1.15      philen    379: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
                    380: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
                    381: <dd>
                    382: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book.  It
                    383: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite.  This book provides information,
1.35      pvalchev  384: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15      philen    385: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
                    386: book.
                    387: <p>
1.103     tj        388:
1.20      chris     389: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
                    390: <dd>by Brian Tung
                    391: <dd>
                    392: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks.  Explains concepts of
                    393: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
                    394: <p>
1.103     tj        395:
1.34      miod      396: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20      chris     397: Private Networks</i>
                    398: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
                    399: <dd>
1.34      miod      400: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite.  It also describes its relation
1.20      chris     401: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
1.36      jufi      402: <p>
1.103     tj        403:
1.20      chris     404: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
                    405: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
                    406: <dd>
                    407: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking.  It presents
                    408: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies.  It covers technologies
                    409: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
1.36      jufi      410: <p>
1.103     tj        411:
1.15      philen    412: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
                    413: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
                    414: <dd>
                    415: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
                    416: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
                    417: <p>
1.103     tj        418:
1.15      philen    419: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
                    420: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
                    421: <dd>
1.46      david     422: Recommended by the <a href="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
1.15      philen    423: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
                    424: included with OpenBSD.
                    425: <p>
1.103     tj        426:
1.15      philen    427: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
                    428: <dd>by Hal Stern
                    429: <dd>
                    430: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.37      dhartmei  431: <p>
1.103     tj        432:
1.37      dhartmei  433: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
                    434: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
                    435: <dd>
                    436: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
                    437: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
                    438: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
                    439: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
1.25      chris     440: </dl>
1.21      chris     441:
1.25      chris     442: <hr>
1.91      deraadt   443: <h3>Cryptography</h3>
1.21      chris     444: <dl>
                    445: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
                    446: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
                    447: <dd>
                    448: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
                    449: about its history, protocols, and algorithms.  This book is a great
                    450: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
                    451: to understand the field.  Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
1.36      jufi      452: <br>
                    453: <p>
1.103     tj        454:
1.30      jsyn      455: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26      ian       456: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
                    457: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography.  The authors write:
                    458: <dd>
                    459: ...  Public-key cryptographic techniques
                    460: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
                    461: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
                    462: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
                    463: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
                    464: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
                    465: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
                    466: the art of cryptography.
                    467: <dd>The entire book is
1.55      grunk     468: <a href="http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/">
1.26      ian       469: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
                    470: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
                    471: <dd>
                    472: <p>
1.103     tj        473:
1.25      chris     474: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
                    475: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
                    476: <dd>
                    477: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
                    478: examples.  The SSL protocol
                    479: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
                    480: on the Internet.  Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
                    481: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
                    482: <dd>
                    483: <p>
1.103     tj        484:
1.39      jose      485: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
                    486: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
                    487: <dd>
                    488: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
                    489: covering their operation and security,
                    490: together with usage and implementation details.
                    491: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
                    492: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
                    493: used to monitor SSL connections.
                    494: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
                    495: <dd>
                    496: <p>
1.103     tj        497:
1.25      chris     498: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
                    499: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
                    500: <dd>
1.54      nick      501: A complete reprint of the IPsec RFCs with an extensive index and
                    502: glossary.
1.25      chris     503: <dd>
1.15      philen    504: </dl>
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