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1.15 ! philen 20: <h2><font color=#cc0000>UNIX and BSD books</font><hr></h2>
1.1 ian 21:
1.15 ! philen 22: <P>We are now associated with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/">Amazon.com</a>
1.2 ian 23: so that you can order some of these books directly from them.
24: <EM>Ordering from these "Order from Amazon" links is a way of helping to
1.4 ian 25: fund the OpenBSD project</EM>.
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1.15 ! philen 27: <P>
! 28: <UL>
! 29: <LI><A HREF="#1">OpenBSD-specific books</a>
! 30: <LI><A HREF="#2">BSD-specific books</a>
! 31: <LI><A HREF="#3">Unix user guides</a>
! 32: <LI><A HREF="#4">Unix administration</a>
! 33: <LI><A HREF="#5">Unix programming</a>
! 34: <LI><A HREF="#6">Network administration</a>
! 35: </UL>
! 36: <hr>
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1.15 ! philen 38: <h3><a name="1">OpenBSD-specific books</a></h3>
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! 40: <dt>
! 41: <i>Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</i>
! 42: <dd>by Wes Sonnenreich, Tom Yates.
! 43: <dd>
! 44: This book describes the OpenBSD 2.5 installation process and the elementary management of the system firewalling tools.
! 45: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0471353663/openbsdA/">Order
! 46: from Amazon</a>]
! 47: </dl>
! 48: <hr>
! 49:
! 50: <h3><a name="2">BSD-specific books</a></h3>
! 51: <dl>
! 52: <dt>
! 53: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
! 54: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
! 55: <dd>
! 56: At 549 pages plus an index, <A HREF="http://cseng.aw.com/bookdetail.qry?ISBN=0-201-54979-4&ptype=0">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
! 57: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
! 58: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
! 59: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
! 60: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not
! 61: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
! 62: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
! 63: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201549794/openbsdA/">Order
! 64: from Amazon</a>]
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1.15 ! philen 66: <dt>
! 67: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
! 68: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
! 69: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
! 70: <dd>
! 71: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
! 72: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
! 73: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
! 74: in articles in <EM>Dr. Dobbs Journal</EM>. This book goes beyond the articles,
! 75: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
! 76: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
! 77: you can still learn a lot from it.
! 78: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980269/openbsdA/">Order
! 79: from Amazon</a>]
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1.15 ! philen 81: <dt>
! 82: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
! 83: <dd>by James Wilson
! 84: <dd>
! 85: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
! 86: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
! 87: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=047161582X/openbsdA/">Order
! 88: from Amazon</a>]
! 89: <p>
! 90: <dt>
! 91: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
! 92: <dd>by Jack Hodges
! 93: <dd>
! 94: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language. Intended
! 95: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix. Covers the fundamentals
! 96: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
! 97: and system programming with C.
! 98: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130684953/openbsdA/">Order
! 99: from Amazon</a>]
! 100: <p>
! 101: <dt>
! 102: <dt>
! 103: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
! 104: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
! 105: <dd>
1.12 ian 106: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2 ian 107: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
108: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13 deraadt 109: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
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1.15 ! philen 111: <dt>
! 112: <dt>
! 113: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
! 114: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
! 115: <dd>
! 116: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2 ian 117: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
118: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13 deraadt 119: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
120: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.2 ian 121: 4.4BSD distributions, so most of them are not included with OpenBSD.
1.13 deraadt 122: The few that are may be found via the <a href="docum.html">Documents page</a>.
1.15 ! philen 123: </dl>
! 124: <hr>
1.2 ian 125:
1.15 ! philen 126: <h3><a name="3">Unix user guides</a></h3>
! 127: <dl>
! 128: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
! 129: <dd>by John Muster
! 130: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
! 131: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0078821738/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
! 132: <p>
! 133: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
! 134: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
! 135: <dd>
! 136: This book is now now in its second edition. It discusses
! 137: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
! 138: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
! 139: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
! 140: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
! 141: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
! 142: <a href="ports.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
! 143: that is part of OpenBSD.
! 144: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565922603/openbsdA/">Order
! 145: from Amazon</a>]
! 146: </dl>
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1.15 ! philen 149: <h3><a name="4">Unix administration</a></h3>
! 150: <dl>
! 151: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
! 152: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
! 153: <dd>
! 154: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
! 155: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0131510517/openbsdA/">Order
! 156: from Amazon</a>]
! 157: <p>
! 158: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
! 159: <dd>by AEleen Frisch
! 160: <dd>
! 161: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration. It includes
! 162: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
! 163: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565921275/openbsdA/">Order
! 164: from Amazon</a>]
! 165: </dl>
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1.15 ! philen 168: <h3><a name="5">Unix programming</a></h3>
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! 170: <P>
! 171: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
! 172: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
! 173: <dd>
! 174: This book leads its' reader through all the low-level kernel models for
! 175: multi-processing architectures. OpenBSD does not implement multi-processing
! 176: capabilities as of yet, but what do you think the developers are reading?
! 177: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633388/openbsdA/">Order
! 178: from Amazon</a>]
! 179: <p>
! 180: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
! 181: <dd>by John Lions
! 182: <dd>
1.2 ian 183: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1 ian 184: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
185: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
186: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
187: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
188: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
189: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
190: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15 ! philen 191: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980137/openbsdA/">Order
! 192: from Amazon</a>]
! 193: <p>
! 194: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
! 195: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
! 196: <dd>
! 197: 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.
! 198: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
! 199: Highly recommended.
! 200: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=020161586X/openbsdA/">Order
! 201: from Amazon</a>]
! 202: <P>
! 203: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
! 204: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
! 205: <dd>
! 206: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older. The
! 207: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
! 208: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0070342075/openbsdA/">Order
! 209: from Amazon</a>]
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! 212:
! 213: <h3><a name="6">Network administration</a></h3>
! 214: <dl>
! 215: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
! 216: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
! 217: <dd>
! 218: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book. It
! 219: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite. This book provides information,
! 220: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its' lowest level.
! 221: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
! 222: book.
! 223: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633469/openbsdA/">Order
! 224: from Amazon</a>]
! 225: <p>
! 226: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
! 227: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
! 228: <dd>
! 229: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
! 230: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
! 231: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565925122/openbsdA/">Order
! 232: from Amazon</a>]
! 233: <p>
! 234: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
! 235: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
! 236: <dd>
! 237: Recommended by the <A HREF="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
! 238: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
! 239: included with OpenBSD.
! 240: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1578701376/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
! 241: <p>
! 242: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
! 243: <dd>by Hal Stern
! 244: <dd>
! 245: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
! 246: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0937175757/openbsdA/">Order
! 247: from Amazon</a>]
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