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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>.
1.13 deraadt 26:
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>
1.21 chris 35: <LI><A HREF="#7">Cryptography</a>
1.15 philen 36: </UL>
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1.15 philen 39: <h3><a name="1">OpenBSD-specific books</a></h3>
40: <dl>
41: <dt>
42: <i>Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</i>
43: <dd>by Wes Sonnenreich, Tom Yates.
44: <dd>
45: This book describes the OpenBSD 2.5 installation process and the elementary management of the system firewalling tools.
46: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0471353663/openbsdA/">Order
47: from Amazon</a>]
48: </dl>
49: <hr>
50:
51: <h3><a name="2">BSD-specific books</a></h3>
52: <dl>
53: <dt>
54: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
55: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
56: <dd>
1.23 horacio 57: At 549 pages plus an index, <a href="http://cseng.aw.com/book/0,3828,0201549794,00.html">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
1.15 philen 58: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
59: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
60: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
61: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not
62: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
63: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
64: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201549794/openbsdA/">Order
65: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 66: <p>
1.15 philen 67: <dt>
68: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
69: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
70: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
71: <dd>
72: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
73: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
74: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
75: in articles in <EM>Dr. Dobbs Journal</EM>. This book goes beyond the articles,
76: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
77: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
78: you can still learn a lot from it.
79: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980269/openbsdA/">Order
80: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 81: <p>
1.15 philen 82: <dt>
83: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
84: <dd>by James Wilson
85: <dd>
86: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
87: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
88: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=047161582X/openbsdA/">Order
89: from Amazon</a>]
90: <p>
91: <dt>
92: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
93: <dd>by Jack Hodges
94: <dd>
95: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language. Intended
96: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix. Covers the fundamentals
97: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
98: and system programming with C.
99: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130684953/openbsdA/">Order
100: from Amazon</a>]
101: <p>
102: <dt>
103: <dt>
104: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
105: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
106: <dd>
1.12 ian 107: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2 ian 108: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
109: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13 deraadt 110: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
111: <p>
1.15 philen 112: <dt>
113: <dt>
114: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
115: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
116: <dd>
117: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2 ian 118: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
119: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13 deraadt 120: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
121: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.2 ian 122: 4.4BSD distributions, so most of them are not included with OpenBSD.
1.13 deraadt 123: The few that are may be found via the <a href="docum.html">Documents page</a>.
1.17 louis 124: <p>
125: <dt>
126: <dt>
127: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23 horacio 128: <dd>published by C&L Computer- und Literaturverlag GmbH, 1998
1.17 louis 129: <dd>
130: <a href="http://www.cul.de/buecher/bsd.html">A book in German</a> on all
131: three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration
132: and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on
133: LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment.
134: <br>Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
135: <br>Apparently not available through Amazon.com, but <a
136: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">
137: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a> lists it. However, you might want to pick up a <a
138: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">more
139: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.15 philen 140: </dl>
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1.15 philen 143: <h3><a name="3">Unix user guides</a></h3>
144: <dl>
145: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
146: <dd>by John Muster
147: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
148: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0078821738/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
149: <p>
150: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
151: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
152: <dd>
1.27 jufi 153: This book is now in its second edition. It discusses
1.15 philen 154: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
155: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
156: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
157: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
158: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
159: <a href="ports.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
160: that is part of OpenBSD.
161: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565922603/openbsdA/">Order
162: from Amazon</a>]
1.18 ericj 163: <p>
164: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
165: <dd>by Rod Smith
166: <dd>
167: <dd>
168: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
169: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0789722836/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 170: </dl>
171: <hr>
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1.15 philen 173: <h3><a name="4">Unix administration</a></h3>
174: <dl>
175: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
176: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
177: <dd>
178: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
1.28 kevlo 179: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130206016/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 180: from Amazon</a>]
181: <p>
182: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
183: <dd>by AEleen Frisch
184: <dd>
185: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration. It includes
186: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
187: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565921275/openbsdA/">Order
188: from Amazon</a>]
189: </dl>
190: <hr>
1.1 ian 191:
1.15 philen 192: <h3><a name="5">Unix programming</a></h3>
193: <dl>
194: <P>
195: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
196: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
197: <dd>
1.24 ian 198: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.15 philen 199: multi-processing architectures. OpenBSD does not implement multi-processing
200: capabilities as of yet, but what do you think the developers are reading?
201: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633388/openbsdA/">Order
202: from Amazon</a>]
203: <p>
204: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
205: <dd>by John Lions
206: <dd>
1.2 ian 207: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1 ian 208: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
209: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
210: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
211: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
212: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
213: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
214: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15 philen 215: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980137/openbsdA/">Order
216: from Amazon</a>]
217: <p>
218: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
219: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
220: <dd>
221: 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.
222: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
223: Highly recommended.
224: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=020161586X/openbsdA/">Order
225: from Amazon</a>]
226: <P>
227: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
228: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
229: <dd>
230: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older. The
231: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
232: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0070342075/openbsdA/">Order
233: from Amazon</a>]
1.16 chris 234: <p>
235: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment</i>
236: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
237: <dd>
238: This is a very detailed and easy to read book. It has several examples
239: that you can learn from. There is plenty of information about library and
240: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
241: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
242: make an excellent combination.
243: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201563177/openbsdA/">Order
244: from Amazon</a>]
1.25 chris 245: <P>
246: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
247: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
248: <dd>
249: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
250: perhaps the only one you will ever need. It focuses strictly on the C language,
251: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
252: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0131103628/openbsdA/">Order
253: from Amazon</a>]
254: <P>
255: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</I>
256: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
257: <dd>
258: If you only had two books on C, then along with <i>The C Programming Language</I>, this would be your second one!
259: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
260: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
261: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0133262243/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
262: <P>
1.15 philen 263: </dl>
1.25 chris 264:
1.15 philen 265: <hr>
266:
267: <h3><a name="6">Network administration</a></h3>
268: <dl>
1.22 aaron 269: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
270: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
271: <dd>The Definitive Guide. OpenSSH is covered in detail.
272: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596000111/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
273: <p>
1.15 philen 274: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
275: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
276: <dd>
277: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book. It
278: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite. This book provides information,
279: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its' lowest level.
280: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
281: book.
282: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633469/openbsdA/">Order
283: from Amazon</a>]
284: <p>
1.20 chris 285: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
286: <dd>by Brian Tung
287: <dd>
288: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks. Explains concepts of
289: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
290: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201379244/openbsdA/">Order
291: from Amazon</a>]
292: <p>
293: <dt><i>IPSec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
294: Private Networks</i>
295: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
296: <dd>
297: This book explains the IPSec protocol suite. It also describes its relation
298: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
299: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0130118982/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
300: <P>
301: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
302: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
303: <dd>
304: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking. It presents
305: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies. It covers technologies
306: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
307: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0133499456/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
308: <P>
1.15 philen 309: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
310: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
311: <dd>
312: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
313: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
1.29 kevlo 314: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596001584/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 315: from Amazon</a>]
316: <p>
317: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
318: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
319: <dd>
320: Recommended by the <A HREF="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
321: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
322: included with OpenBSD.
323: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1578701376/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
324: <p>
325: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
326: <dd>by Hal Stern
327: <dd>
328: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.33 ! kevlo 329: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565925106/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 330: from Amazon</a>]
1.25 chris 331: </dl>
1.21 chris 332:
1.25 chris 333: <hr>
1.21 chris 334: <h3><a name="7">Cryptography</a></h3>
335: <dl>
336: <P>
337: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
338: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
339: <dd>
340: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
341: about its history, protocols, and algorithms. This book is a great
342: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
343: to understand the field. Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
344: <BR>
345: From Amazon, someone commented "<i>
346: It is common to find that masters of mysterious technical arts are poor communicators. Bruce Schneier
347: demonstrates exceptional skill as a technical communicator. Here is a book about an esoteric subject - one
348: built on a foundation of theoretical mathematics - that ordinary folk can read. Sure, one needs to be
349: motivated by an interest in the subject, and the technical level sometimes requires a more than ordinary
350: background in number theory and the like - but a degree in theoretical mathematics is not necessary to
351: derive pleasure and profit from reading Applied Cryptography.</i>"
352: <dd>
353: [<A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0471117099/openbsdA/">Order
354: from Amazon</a>]
1.25 chris 355: <P>
1.30 jsyn 356: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26 ian 357: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
358: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography. The authors write:
359: <dd>
360: ... Public-key cryptographic techniques
361: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
362: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
363: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
364: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
365: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
366: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
367: the art of cryptography.
368: <dd>The entire book is
369: <a href="http://cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/index.html">
370: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
371: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
372: <dd>
373: [<A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0849385237/openbsdA/">Order
374: from Amazon</a>]
375: <p>
1.25 chris 376: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
377: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
378: <dd>
379: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
380: examples. The SSL protocol
381: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
382: on the Internet. Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
383: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
384: <dd>
385: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0471383546/openbsdA/">Order
386: from Amazon</a>]
387: <p>
388: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
389: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
390: <dd>
391: A complete reprint of the <A HREF="faq/faq13.html#rfc">IPSec RFCs</a> with
392: an extensive index and glossary.
393: <dd>
394: [<A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0124558399/openbsdA/">Order
395: from Amazon</a>]
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