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1.36 jufi 20: <h2><font color="#cc0000">UNIX and BSD books</font></h2>
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1.1 ian 22:
1.36 jufi 23: <p>
24: We are now associated with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/">Amazon.com</a>
1.2 ian 25: so that you can order some of these books directly from them.
1.36 jufi 26: <em>Ordering from these "Order from Amazon" links is a way of helping to
27: fund the OpenBSD project</em>.
28:
29: <p>
30: <ul>
31: <li><a href="#1">OpenBSD-specific books</a>
32: <li><a href="#2">BSD-specific books</a>
33: <li><a href="#3">Unix user guides</a>
34: <li><a href="#4">Unix administration</a>
35: <li><a href="#5">Unix programming</a>
36: <li><a href="#6">Network administration</a>
37: <li><a href="#7">Cryptography</a>
38: </ul>
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1.15 philen 42: <h3><a name="1">OpenBSD-specific books</a></h3>
43: <dl>
1.38 dhartmei 44: <dt><i>Building Firewalls with OpenBSD and PF</i>
45: <dd>by Jacek Artymiak
46: <dd>
47: Author Jacek Artymiak, known for his series of excellent online articles
48: about pf and OpenBSD security in general, wrote this book covering
49: OpenBSD and pf on 200 pages.
50: <dd>[<a href="http://www.devguide.net/books/buildingfirewallswithopenbsdandpf/">Order from devguide.net</a>]
51: <p>
1.15 philen 52: <dt>
53: <i>Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</i>
54: <dd>by Wes Sonnenreich, Tom Yates.
55: <dd>
56: This book describes the OpenBSD 2.5 installation process and the elementary management of the system firewalling tools.
57: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0471353663/openbsdA/">Order
58: from Amazon</a>]
59: </dl>
60: <hr>
61:
62: <h3><a name="2">BSD-specific books</a></h3>
63: <dl>
64: <dt>
65: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
66: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
67: <dd>
1.23 horacio 68: 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 69: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
70: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
71: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
72: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not
73: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
74: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
75: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201549794/openbsdA/">Order
76: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 77: <p>
1.15 philen 78: <dt>
79: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
80: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
81: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
82: <dd>
83: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
84: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
85: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
86: in articles in <EM>Dr. Dobbs Journal</EM>. This book goes beyond the articles,
87: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
88: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
89: you can still learn a lot from it.
90: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980269/openbsdA/">Order
91: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 92: <p>
1.15 philen 93: <dt>
94: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
95: <dd>by James Wilson
96: <dd>
97: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
98: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
99: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=047161582X/openbsdA/">Order
100: from Amazon</a>]
101: <p>
102: <dt>
103: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
104: <dd>by Jack Hodges
105: <dd>
106: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language. Intended
107: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix. Covers the fundamentals
108: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
109: and system programming with C.
110: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130684953/openbsdA/">Order
111: from Amazon</a>]
112: <p>
113: <dt>
114: <dt>
115: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
116: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
117: <dd>
1.12 ian 118: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2 ian 119: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
120: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13 deraadt 121: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
122: <p>
1.15 philen 123: <dt>
124: <dt>
125: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
126: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
127: <dd>
128: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2 ian 129: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
130: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13 deraadt 131: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
132: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.2 ian 133: 4.4BSD distributions, so most of them are not included with OpenBSD.
1.13 deraadt 134: The few that are may be found via the <a href="docum.html">Documents page</a>.
1.17 louis 135: <p>
136: <dt>
137: <dt>
138: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23 horacio 139: <dd>published by C&L Computer- und Literaturverlag GmbH, 1998
1.17 louis 140: <dd>
141: <a href="http://www.cul.de/buecher/bsd.html">A book in German</a> on all
142: three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration
143: and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on
144: LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment.
145: <br>Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
146: <br>Apparently not available through Amazon.com, but <a
1.36 jufi 147: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">
1.17 louis 148: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a> lists it. However, you might want to pick up a <a
1.36 jufi 149: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">more
1.17 louis 150: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.15 philen 151: </dl>
152: <hr>
1.2 ian 153:
1.15 philen 154: <h3><a name="3">Unix user guides</a></h3>
155: <dl>
156: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
157: <dd>by John Muster
158: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
159: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0078821738/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
160: <p>
161: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
162: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
163: <dd>
1.27 jufi 164: This book is now in its second edition. It discusses
1.15 philen 165: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
166: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
167: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
168: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
169: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
170: <a href="ports.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
171: that is part of OpenBSD.
172: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565922603/openbsdA/">Order
173: from Amazon</a>]
1.18 ericj 174: <p>
175: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
176: <dd>by Rod Smith
177: <dd>
178: <dd>
179: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
180: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0789722836/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 181: </dl>
182: <hr>
1.1 ian 183:
1.15 philen 184: <h3><a name="4">Unix administration</a></h3>
185: <dl>
186: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
187: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
188: <dd>
189: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
1.28 kevlo 190: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130206016/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 191: from Amazon</a>]
192: <p>
193: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
194: <dd>by AEleen Frisch
195: <dd>
196: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration. It includes
197: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
198: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565921275/openbsdA/">Order
199: from Amazon</a>]
200: </dl>
201: <hr>
1.1 ian 202:
1.15 philen 203: <h3><a name="5">Unix programming</a></h3>
204: <dl>
205: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
206: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
207: <dd>
1.24 ian 208: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.15 philen 209: multi-processing architectures. OpenBSD does not implement multi-processing
210: capabilities as of yet, but what do you think the developers are reading?
211: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633388/openbsdA/">Order
212: from Amazon</a>]
213: <p>
214: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
215: <dd>by John Lions
216: <dd>
1.2 ian 217: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1 ian 218: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
219: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
220: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
221: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
222: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
223: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
224: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15 philen 225: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980137/openbsdA/">Order
226: from Amazon</a>]
227: <p>
228: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
229: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
230: <dd>
231: 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.
232: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
233: Highly recommended.
234: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=020161586X/openbsdA/">Order
235: from Amazon</a>]
236: <P>
237: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
238: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
239: <dd>
240: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older. The
241: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
242: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0070342075/openbsdA/">Order
243: from Amazon</a>]
1.16 chris 244: <p>
245: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment</i>
246: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
247: <dd>
248: This is a very detailed and easy to read book. It has several examples
249: that you can learn from. There is plenty of information about library and
250: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
251: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
252: make an excellent combination.
253: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201563177/openbsdA/">Order
254: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 255: <p>
1.25 chris 256: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
257: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
258: <dd>
259: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
260: perhaps the only one you will ever need. It focuses strictly on the C language,
261: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
262: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0131103628/openbsdA/">Order
263: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 264: <p>
1.25 chris 265: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</I>
266: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
267: <dd>
268: If you only had two books on C, then along with <i>The C Programming Language</I>, this would be your second one!
269: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
270: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
271: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0133262243/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 272: <p>
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1.25 chris 274:
1.15 philen 275: <hr>
276:
277: <h3><a name="6">Network administration</a></h3>
278: <dl>
1.22 aaron 279: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
280: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
281: <dd>The Definitive Guide. OpenSSH is covered in detail.
282: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596000111/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
283: <p>
1.15 philen 284: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
285: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
286: <dd>
287: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book. It
288: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite. This book provides information,
1.35 pvalchev 289: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15 philen 290: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
291: book.
292: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633469/openbsdA/">Order
293: from Amazon</a>]
294: <p>
1.20 chris 295: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
296: <dd>by Brian Tung
297: <dd>
298: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks. Explains concepts of
299: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
300: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201379244/openbsdA/">Order
301: from Amazon</a>]
302: <p>
1.34 miod 303: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20 chris 304: Private Networks</i>
305: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
306: <dd>
1.34 miod 307: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite. It also describes its relation
1.20 chris 308: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
309: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0130118982/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 310: <p>
1.20 chris 311: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
312: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
313: <dd>
314: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking. It presents
315: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies. It covers technologies
316: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
317: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0133499456/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 318: <p>
1.15 philen 319: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
320: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
321: <dd>
322: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
323: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
1.29 kevlo 324: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596001584/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 325: from Amazon</a>]
326: <p>
327: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
328: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
329: <dd>
330: Recommended by the <A HREF="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
331: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
332: included with OpenBSD.
333: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1578701376/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
334: <p>
335: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
336: <dd>by Hal Stern
337: <dd>
338: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.33 kevlo 339: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565925106/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 340: from Amazon</a>]
1.37 dhartmei 341: <p>
342: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
343: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
344: <dd>
345: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
346: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
347: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
348: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
349: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596002904/openbsdA/">Order
350: from Amazon</a>]
1.25 chris 351: </dl>
1.21 chris 352:
1.25 chris 353: <hr>
1.21 chris 354: <h3><a name="7">Cryptography</a></h3>
355: <dl>
356: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
357: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
358: <dd>
359: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
360: about its history, protocols, and algorithms. This book is a great
361: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
362: to understand the field. Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
1.36 jufi 363: <br>
1.21 chris 364: From Amazon, someone commented "<i>
365: It is common to find that masters of mysterious technical arts are poor communicators. Bruce Schneier
366: demonstrates exceptional skill as a technical communicator. Here is a book about an esoteric subject - one
367: built on a foundation of theoretical mathematics - that ordinary folk can read. Sure, one needs to be
368: motivated by an interest in the subject, and the technical level sometimes requires a more than ordinary
369: background in number theory and the like - but a degree in theoretical mathematics is not necessary to
370: derive pleasure and profit from reading Applied Cryptography.</i>"
371: <dd>
1.36 jufi 372: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0471117099/openbsdA/">Order
1.21 chris 373: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 374: <p>
1.30 jsyn 375: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26 ian 376: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
377: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography. The authors write:
378: <dd>
379: ... Public-key cryptographic techniques
380: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
381: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
382: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
383: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
384: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
385: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
386: the art of cryptography.
387: <dd>The entire book is
388: <a href="http://cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/index.html">
389: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
390: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
391: <dd>
1.36 jufi 392: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0849385237/openbsdA/">Order
1.26 ian 393: from Amazon</a>]
394: <p>
1.25 chris 395: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
396: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
397: <dd>
398: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
399: examples. The SSL protocol
400: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
401: on the Internet. Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
402: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
403: <dd>
404: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0471383546/openbsdA/">Order
405: from Amazon</a>]
406: <p>
1.39 jose 407: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
408: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
409: <dd>
410: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
411: covering their operation and security,
412: together with usage and implementation details.
413: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
414: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
415: used to monitor SSL connections.
416: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
417: <dd>
418: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201615983/openbsdA/">Order
419: from Amazon</a>]
420: <p>
1.25 chris 421: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
422: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
423: <dd>
1.34 miod 424: A complete reprint of the <A HREF="faq/faq13.html#rfc">IPsec RFCs</a> with
1.25 chris 425: an extensive index and glossary.
426: <dd>
427: [<A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0124558399/openbsdA/">Order
428: from Amazon</a>]
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