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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:
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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
1.42 wvdputte 27: fund the OpenBSD project</em>. You can also buy certain OpenBSD books
28: directly from <a href=orders.html>OpenBSD and our regular partners</a>
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30: <p>
31: <ul>
32: <li><a href="#1">OpenBSD-specific books</a>
33: <li><a href="#2">BSD-specific books</a>
34: <li><a href="#3">Unix user guides</a>
35: <li><a href="#4">Unix administration</a>
36: <li><a href="#5">Unix programming</a>
37: <li><a href="#6">Network administration</a>
38: <li><a href="#7">Cryptography</a>
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1.15 philen 41: <hr>
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1.15 philen 43: <h3><a name="1">OpenBSD-specific books</a></h3>
44: <dl>
1.42 wvdputte 45: <dt><a name="book2"><i>Absolute OpenBSD</i></a>
1.41 jose 46: <dd>by Michael Lucas
1.42 wvdputte 47: <dd>ISBN 1-886411-99-9
1.44 austin 48: <dd>July 2003, 500 pp.
1.41 jose 49: <dd>
50: Michael Lucas, the author of the O'ReillyNet Big Scary Daemons series
51: about the BSD family, has written a book specifically for OpenBSD.
52: This book covers all aspects of the OpenBSD system for new UNIX and
1.44 austin 53: BSD users alike in approximately 500 pages. <br>The official book website for
1.42 wvdputte 54: a sample chapter, table of contents and errata can be found at <a href="http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com/">http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com/</a>
1.55 grunk 55: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B02=1&B02%2b=Add">Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>]
1.56 grunk 56: [<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu?B02=1&B02%2b=Add">Europe</a>]
1.42 wvdputte 57:
1.41 jose 58: <p>
1.44 austin 59: <dt><a name="book1"><i>Building Firewalls with OpenBSD and PF</i> [2nd edition]</a>
1.38 dhartmei 60: <dd>by Jacek Artymiak
1.44 austin 61: <dd>ISBN 83-916651-1-9
62: <dd>October 2003, 320 pp.
1.38 dhartmei 63: <dd>
64: Author Jacek Artymiak, known for his series of excellent online articles
65: about pf and OpenBSD security in general, wrote this book covering
1.44 austin 66: OpenBSD and pf on 320 pages.
67: <ul>
68: <li><a href="http://www.devguide.net/books/openbsdfw-02-ed/toc-02.pdf">
69: Table of contents (pdf)</a>
70: <li><a href="http://www.devguide.net/books/openbsdfw-02-ed/index-02.pdf">
71: Index (pdf)</a>
72: </ul>
73:
1.55 grunk 74: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B01=1&B01%2b=Add">Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>]
75: [<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu?B01=1&B01%2b=Add">Europe</a>]
1.38 dhartmei 76: <p>
1.65 ian 77: <dt><a name="book5"><i>OpenBSD 4.0: A Crash Course</i></a> (PDF)
78: <dd>by Jem Matzan
79: <dd>ISBN 0-596-51015-2
80: <dd>January 2007, 59 pp.
81: <dd>
82: Jem Matzan, known for his online articles promoting OpenBSD,
83: is the author of this "Short Cut" guide to installing and administering
84: OpenBSD 4.0. Topics include initial configuration, desktop and server,
85: using ports (complete with extra hints on some ports), and maintenance.
86: You order this book direct from O'Reilly, and it comes as a PDF
87: with free download of corrected versions as they become available.
88: <ul>
89: <li><a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/cover.html">Table of Content (image)</a>
90: </ul>
91: <dd>[<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/">Order from O'Reilly</a>]
92:
93: <p>
1.48 austin 94: <dt><a name="book3">
95: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i></a>
1.47 jose 96: <dd>by Brandon Palmer, Jose Nazario.
97: <dd>ISBN 03-21193-66-0
98: <dd>April 2004, 520 pp.
99: <dd>
100: A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a
101: more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users
102: who want to fully exploit every feature of the system. This book
103: covers all aspects of OpenBSD, including systrace, Kerberos V, IPv6 and
104: IPsec, and the development environment.
105: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Order
106: from Amazon</a>]
1.55 grunk 107: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B03=1&B03%2b=Add">Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>]
108: [<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu?B03=1&B03%2b=Add">Europe</a>]
1.15 philen 109: </dl>
110: <hr>
111:
112: <h3><a name="2">BSD-specific books</a></h3>
113: <dl>
114: <dt>
115: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
116: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
117: <dd>
1.52 millert 118: At 549 pages plus an index, <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0201549794">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
1.15 philen 119: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
120: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
121: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
122: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not
123: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
124: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
125: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201549794/openbsdA/">Order
126: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 127: <p>
1.15 philen 128: <dt>
129: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
130: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
131: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
132: <dd>
133: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
134: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
135: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
1.46 david 136: in articles in <em>Dr. Dobbs Journal</em>. This book goes beyond the articles,
1.15 philen 137: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
138: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
139: you can still learn a lot from it.
140: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980269/openbsdA/">Order
141: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 142: <p>
1.15 philen 143: <dt>
144: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
145: <dd>by James Wilson
146: <dd>
147: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
148: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
149: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=047161582X/openbsdA/">Order
150: from Amazon</a>]
151: <p>
152: <dt>
153: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
154: <dd>by Jack Hodges
155: <dd>
156: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language. Intended
157: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix. Covers the fundamentals
158: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
159: and system programming with C.
160: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130684953/openbsdA/">Order
161: from Amazon</a>]
162: <p>
163: <dt>
164: <dt>
165: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
166: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
167: <dd>
1.12 ian 168: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2 ian 169: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
170: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13 deraadt 171: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
172: <p>
1.15 philen 173: <dt>
174: <dt>
175: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
176: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
177: <dd>
178: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2 ian 179: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
180: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13 deraadt 181: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
182: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.2 ian 183: 4.4BSD distributions, so most of them are not included with OpenBSD.
1.13 deraadt 184: The few that are may be found via the <a href="docum.html">Documents page</a>.
1.17 louis 185: <p>
186: <dt>
187: <dt>
188: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23 horacio 189: <dd>published by C&L Computer- und Literaturverlag GmbH, 1998
1.17 louis 190: <dd>
191: <a href="http://www.cul.de/buecher/bsd.html">A book in German</a> on all
192: three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration
193: and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on
194: LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment.
195: <br>Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
196: <br>Apparently not available through Amazon.com, but <a
1.36 jufi 197: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">
1.17 louis 198: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a> lists it. However, you might want to pick up a <a
1.36 jufi 199: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">more
1.17 louis 200: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.61 grunk 201:
202: <p>
203: <dt>
204: <dt>
205: <i>The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book</i>
206: <dd>
207: published by Reed Media Services
208: <dd>
209: August 2006, 193 pp.
210: <dd>
1.62 steven 211: This book is an expanded, cross-referenced, indexed, edited, and reformatted
212: version of the <a href="faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a>.
1.61 grunk 213: It also covers spamd and introduces the setup and differences of PF
214: on NetBSD, DragonFly, and FreeBSD.
215: <br />The official book website with table of contents, index, and
216: configuration examples can be found at
217: <a href="http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/">http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/</a>.
1.15 philen 218: </dl>
219: <hr>
1.2 ian 220:
1.15 philen 221: <h3><a name="3">Unix user guides</a></h3>
222: <dl>
223: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
224: <dd>by John Muster
225: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
226: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0078821738/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
227: <p>
228: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
229: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
230: <dd>
1.58 grunk 231: This book is now in its third edition. It discusses
1.15 philen 232: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
233: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
234: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
235: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
236: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
237: <a href="ports.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
238: that is part of OpenBSD.
1.58 grunk 239: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596003307/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 240: from Amazon</a>]
1.18 ericj 241: <p>
242: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
243: <dd>by Rod Smith
244: <dd>
245: <dd>
246: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
247: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0789722836/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 248: </dl>
249: <hr>
1.1 ian 250:
1.15 philen 251: <h3><a name="4">Unix administration</a></h3>
252: <dl>
253: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
254: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
255: <dd>
256: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
1.28 kevlo 257: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130206016/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 258: from Amazon</a>]
259: <p>
260: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
261: <dd>by AEleen Frisch
262: <dd>
263: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration. It includes
264: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
265: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565921275/openbsdA/">Order
266: from Amazon</a>]
267: </dl>
268: <hr>
1.1 ian 269:
1.15 philen 270: <h3><a name="5">Unix programming</a></h3>
271: <dl>
272: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
273: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
274: <dd>
1.24 ian 275: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.53 jsg 276: multi-processing architectures.
1.15 philen 277: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633388/openbsdA/">Order
278: from Amazon</a>]
279: <p>
280: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
281: <dd>by John Lions
282: <dd>
1.2 ian 283: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1 ian 284: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
285: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
286: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
287: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
288: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
289: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
290: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15 philen 291: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980137/openbsdA/">Order
292: from Amazon</a>]
293: <p>
294: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
295: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
296: <dd>
297: 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.
298: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
299: Highly recommended.
300: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=020161586X/openbsdA/">Order
301: from Amazon</a>]
1.46 david 302: <p>
1.15 philen 303: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
304: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
305: <dd>
306: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older. The
307: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
308: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0070342075/openbsdA/">Order
309: from Amazon</a>]
1.16 chris 310: <p>
1.60 grunk 311: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)</i>
312: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
1.16 chris 313: <dd>
314: This is a very detailed and easy to read book. It has several examples
315: that you can learn from. There is plenty of information about library and
316: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
317: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
318: make an excellent combination.
1.59 grunk 319: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201433079/openbsdA/">Order
1.16 chris 320: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 321: <p>
1.25 chris 322: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
323: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
324: <dd>
325: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
326: perhaps the only one you will ever need. It focuses strictly on the C language,
327: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
328: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0131103628/openbsdA/">Order
329: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 330: <p>
1.46 david 331: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</i>
1.25 chris 332: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
333: <dd>
1.46 david 334: 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 335: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
336: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
1.45 austin 337: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=013089592X/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 338: <p>
1.64 steven 339: <dt><i>The Art of Software Security Assessment</i>
1.63 otto 340: <dd>by Mark Dowd, John McDonald and Justin Schuh
341: <dd>Covers code auditing, design and operational review, types of
342: vulnerabilities, privilege models, signals,
343: interprocess communication, synchronization, networking and more.
344: Lots of examples and real world code snippets.
345: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321444426/openbsdA/">Order
346: from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 347: </dl>
1.25 chris 348:
1.15 philen 349: <hr>
350:
351: <h3><a name="6">Network administration</a></h3>
352: <dl>
1.68 grunk 353: <dt><i><a name="book6" href="http://www.sshbuch.de/">Das SSH-Buch</a></i>
354: (German)
1.67 grunk 355: <dd>by Timo Dotzauer and Tobias Lütticke
356: <dd>ISBN 3-938626-03-8
357: <dd>Millin Verlag, December 2006, 600p.
358: <dd>This book covers the theory behind OpenSSH (protocol, channels, standards
359: documents) as well as using OpenSSH as an end user.
360: Although using Linux as a reference OS, many of the examples also have
361: a description how to get things done under BSD.
362: In a separate cookbook chapter, several scenarios from daily work are solved
363: using OpenSSH.
364: Furthermore, this book is the first German book to cover VPN via OpenSSH.
365: <dd>Not available through Amazon, but from the
366: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu">OpenBSD EU order site</a>.
367: <p>
1.22 aaron 368: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
369: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
370: <dd>The Definitive Guide. OpenSSH is covered in detail.
371: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596000111/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
372: <p>
1.15 philen 373: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
374: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
375: <dd>
376: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book. It
377: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite. This book provides information,
1.35 pvalchev 378: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15 philen 379: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
380: book.
381: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633469/openbsdA/">Order
382: from Amazon</a>]
383: <p>
1.20 chris 384: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
385: <dd>by Brian Tung
386: <dd>
387: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks. Explains concepts of
388: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
389: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201379244/openbsdA/">Order
390: from Amazon</a>]
391: <p>
1.34 miod 392: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20 chris 393: Private Networks</i>
394: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
395: <dd>
1.34 miod 396: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite. It also describes its relation
1.20 chris 397: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
398: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0130118982/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 399: <p>
1.20 chris 400: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
401: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
402: <dd>
403: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking. It presents
404: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies. It covers technologies
405: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
1.70 ! deraadt 406: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0130661023/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 407: <p>
1.15 philen 408: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
409: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
410: <dd>
411: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
412: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
1.69 mbalmer 413: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596100574/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 414: from Amazon</a>]
415: <p>
416: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
417: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
418: <dd>
1.46 david 419: Recommended by the <a href="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
1.15 philen 420: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
421: included with OpenBSD.
422: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1578701376/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
423: <p>
424: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
425: <dd>by Hal Stern
426: <dd>
427: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.33 kevlo 428: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565925106/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 429: from Amazon</a>]
1.37 dhartmei 430: <p>
431: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
432: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
433: <dd>
434: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
435: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
436: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
437: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
438: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596002904/openbsdA/">Order
439: from Amazon</a>]
1.25 chris 440: </dl>
1.21 chris 441:
1.25 chris 442: <hr>
1.21 chris 443: <h3><a name="7">Cryptography</a></h3>
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>
1.21 chris 453: From Amazon, someone commented "<i>
454: It is common to find that masters of mysterious technical arts are poor communicators. Bruce Schneier
455: demonstrates exceptional skill as a technical communicator. Here is a book about an esoteric subject - one
456: built on a foundation of theoretical mathematics - that ordinary folk can read. Sure, one needs to be
457: motivated by an interest in the subject, and the technical level sometimes requires a more than ordinary
458: background in number theory and the like - but a degree in theoretical mathematics is not necessary to
459: derive pleasure and profit from reading Applied Cryptography.</i>"
460: <dd>
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1.36 jufi 463: <p>
1.30 jsyn 464: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26 ian 465: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
466: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography. The authors write:
467: <dd>
468: ... Public-key cryptographic techniques
469: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
470: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
471: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
472: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
473: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
474: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
475: the art of cryptography.
476: <dd>The entire book is
1.55 grunk 477: <a href="http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/">
1.26 ian 478: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
479: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
480: <dd>
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483: <p>
1.25 chris 484: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
485: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
486: <dd>
487: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
488: examples. The SSL protocol
489: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
490: on the Internet. Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
491: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
492: <dd>
493: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0471383546/openbsdA/">Order
494: from Amazon</a>]
495: <p>
1.39 jose 496: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
497: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
498: <dd>
499: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
500: covering their operation and security,
501: together with usage and implementation details.
502: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
503: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
504: used to monitor SSL connections.
505: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
506: <dd>
507: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201615983/openbsdA/">Order
508: from Amazon</a>]
509: <p>
1.25 chris 510: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
511: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
512: <dd>
1.54 nick 513: A complete reprint of the IPsec RFCs with an extensive index and
514: glossary.
1.25 chris 515: <dd>
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