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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
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>
1.13 deraadt 42:
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>]
1.42 wvdputte 56:
1.41 jose 57: <p>
1.44 austin 58: <dt><a name="book1"><i>Building Firewalls with OpenBSD and PF</i> [2nd edition]</a>
1.38 dhartmei 59: <dd>by Jacek Artymiak
1.44 austin 60: <dd>ISBN 83-916651-1-9
61: <dd>October 2003, 320 pp.
1.38 dhartmei 62: <dd>
63: Author Jacek Artymiak, known for his series of excellent online articles
64: about pf and OpenBSD security in general, wrote this book covering
1.44 austin 65: OpenBSD and pf on 320 pages.
66: <ul>
67: <li><a href="http://www.devguide.net/books/openbsdfw-02-ed/toc-02.pdf">
68: Table of contents (pdf)</a>
69: <li><a href="http://www.devguide.net/books/openbsdfw-02-ed/index-02.pdf">
70: Index (pdf)</a>
71: </ul>
72:
1.71 ! austin 73: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu?B01=1&B01%2b=Add">Order direct from the OpenBSD website Europe (only)</a>]
1.38 dhartmei 74: <p>
1.65 ian 75: <dt><a name="book5"><i>OpenBSD 4.0: A Crash Course</i></a> (PDF)
76: <dd>by Jem Matzan
77: <dd>ISBN 0-596-51015-2
78: <dd>January 2007, 59 pp.
79: <dd>
80: Jem Matzan, known for his online articles promoting OpenBSD,
81: is the author of this "Short Cut" guide to installing and administering
82: OpenBSD 4.0. Topics include initial configuration, desktop and server,
83: using ports (complete with extra hints on some ports), and maintenance.
84: You order this book direct from O'Reilly, and it comes as a PDF
85: with free download of corrected versions as they become available.
86: <ul>
87: <li><a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/cover.html">Table of Content (image)</a>
88: </ul>
89: <dd>[<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/">Order from O'Reilly</a>]
90:
91: <p>
1.48 austin 92: <dt><a name="book3">
93: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i></a>
1.47 jose 94: <dd>by Brandon Palmer, Jose Nazario.
95: <dd>ISBN 03-21193-66-0
96: <dd>April 2004, 520 pp.
97: <dd>
98: A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a
99: more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users
100: who want to fully exploit every feature of the system. This book
101: covers all aspects of OpenBSD, including systrace, Kerberos V, IPv6 and
102: IPsec, and the development environment.
103: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Order
104: from Amazon</a>]
1.55 grunk 105: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B03=1&B03%2b=Add">Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>]
106: [<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu?B03=1&B03%2b=Add">Europe</a>]
1.15 philen 107: </dl>
108: <hr>
109:
110: <h3><a name="2">BSD-specific books</a></h3>
111: <dl>
112: <dt>
113: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
114: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
115: <dd>
1.52 millert 116: At 549 pages plus an index, <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0201549794">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
1.15 philen 117: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
118: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
119: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
120: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not
121: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
122: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
123: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201549794/openbsdA/">Order
124: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 125: <p>
1.15 philen 126: <dt>
127: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
128: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
129: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
130: <dd>
131: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
132: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
133: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
1.46 david 134: in articles in <em>Dr. Dobbs Journal</em>. This book goes beyond the articles,
1.15 philen 135: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
136: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
137: you can still learn a lot from it.
138: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980269/openbsdA/">Order
139: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 140: <p>
1.15 philen 141: <dt>
142: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
143: <dd>by James Wilson
144: <dd>
145: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
146: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
147: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=047161582X/openbsdA/">Order
148: from Amazon</a>]
149: <p>
150: <dt>
151: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
152: <dd>by Jack Hodges
153: <dd>
154: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language. Intended
155: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix. Covers the fundamentals
156: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
157: and system programming with C.
158: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130684953/openbsdA/">Order
159: from Amazon</a>]
160: <p>
161: <dt>
162: <dt>
163: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
164: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
165: <dd>
1.12 ian 166: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2 ian 167: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
168: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13 deraadt 169: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
170: <p>
1.15 philen 171: <dt>
172: <dt>
173: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
174: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
175: <dd>
176: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2 ian 177: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
178: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13 deraadt 179: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
180: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.2 ian 181: 4.4BSD distributions, so most of them are not included with OpenBSD.
1.13 deraadt 182: The few that are may be found via the <a href="docum.html">Documents page</a>.
1.17 louis 183: <p>
184: <dt>
185: <dt>
186: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23 horacio 187: <dd>published by C&L Computer- und Literaturverlag GmbH, 1998
1.17 louis 188: <dd>
189: <a href="http://www.cul.de/buecher/bsd.html">A book in German</a> on all
190: three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration
191: and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on
192: LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment.
193: <br>Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
194: <br>Apparently not available through Amazon.com, but <a
1.36 jufi 195: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">
1.17 louis 196: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a> lists it. However, you might want to pick up a <a
1.36 jufi 197: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">more
1.17 louis 198: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.61 grunk 199:
200: <p>
201: <dt>
202: <dt>
203: <i>The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book</i>
204: <dd>
205: published by Reed Media Services
206: <dd>
207: August 2006, 193 pp.
208: <dd>
1.62 steven 209: This book is an expanded, cross-referenced, indexed, edited, and reformatted
210: version of the <a href="faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a>.
1.61 grunk 211: It also covers spamd and introduces the setup and differences of PF
212: on NetBSD, DragonFly, and FreeBSD.
213: <br />The official book website with table of contents, index, and
214: configuration examples can be found at
215: <a href="http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/">http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/</a>.
1.15 philen 216: </dl>
217: <hr>
1.2 ian 218:
1.15 philen 219: <h3><a name="3">Unix user guides</a></h3>
220: <dl>
221: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
222: <dd>by John Muster
223: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
224: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0078821738/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
225: <p>
226: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
227: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
228: <dd>
1.58 grunk 229: This book is now in its third edition. It discusses
1.15 philen 230: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
231: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
232: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
233: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
234: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
235: <a href="ports.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
236: that is part of OpenBSD.
1.58 grunk 237: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596003307/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 238: from Amazon</a>]
1.18 ericj 239: <p>
240: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
241: <dd>by Rod Smith
242: <dd>
243: <dd>
244: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
245: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0789722836/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 246: </dl>
247: <hr>
1.1 ian 248:
1.15 philen 249: <h3><a name="4">Unix administration</a></h3>
250: <dl>
251: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
252: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
253: <dd>
254: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
1.28 kevlo 255: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130206016/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 256: from Amazon</a>]
257: <p>
258: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
259: <dd>by AEleen Frisch
260: <dd>
261: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration. It includes
262: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
263: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565921275/openbsdA/">Order
264: from Amazon</a>]
265: </dl>
266: <hr>
1.1 ian 267:
1.15 philen 268: <h3><a name="5">Unix programming</a></h3>
269: <dl>
270: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
271: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
272: <dd>
1.24 ian 273: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.53 jsg 274: multi-processing architectures.
1.15 philen 275: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633388/openbsdA/">Order
276: from Amazon</a>]
277: <p>
278: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
279: <dd>by John Lions
280: <dd>
1.2 ian 281: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1 ian 282: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
283: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
284: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
285: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
286: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
287: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
288: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15 philen 289: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980137/openbsdA/">Order
290: from Amazon</a>]
291: <p>
292: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
293: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
294: <dd>
295: 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.
296: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
297: Highly recommended.
298: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=020161586X/openbsdA/">Order
299: from Amazon</a>]
1.46 david 300: <p>
1.15 philen 301: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
302: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
303: <dd>
304: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older. The
305: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
306: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0070342075/openbsdA/">Order
307: from Amazon</a>]
1.16 chris 308: <p>
1.60 grunk 309: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)</i>
310: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
1.16 chris 311: <dd>
312: This is a very detailed and easy to read book. It has several examples
313: that you can learn from. There is plenty of information about library and
314: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
315: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
316: make an excellent combination.
1.59 grunk 317: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201433079/openbsdA/">Order
1.16 chris 318: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 319: <p>
1.25 chris 320: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
321: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
322: <dd>
323: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
324: perhaps the only one you will ever need. It focuses strictly on the C language,
325: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
326: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0131103628/openbsdA/">Order
327: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 328: <p>
1.46 david 329: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</i>
1.25 chris 330: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
331: <dd>
1.46 david 332: 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 333: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
334: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
1.45 austin 335: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=013089592X/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 336: <p>
1.64 steven 337: <dt><i>The Art of Software Security Assessment</i>
1.63 otto 338: <dd>by Mark Dowd, John McDonald and Justin Schuh
339: <dd>Covers code auditing, design and operational review, types of
340: vulnerabilities, privilege models, signals,
341: interprocess communication, synchronization, networking and more.
342: Lots of examples and real world code snippets.
343: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321444426/openbsdA/">Order
344: from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 345: </dl>
1.25 chris 346:
1.15 philen 347: <hr>
348:
349: <h3><a name="6">Network administration</a></h3>
350: <dl>
1.68 grunk 351: <dt><i><a name="book6" href="http://www.sshbuch.de/">Das SSH-Buch</a></i>
352: (German)
1.67 grunk 353: <dd>by Timo Dotzauer and Tobias Lütticke
354: <dd>ISBN 3-938626-03-8
355: <dd>Millin Verlag, December 2006, 600p.
356: <dd>This book covers the theory behind OpenSSH (protocol, channels, standards
357: documents) as well as using OpenSSH as an end user.
358: Although using Linux as a reference OS, many of the examples also have
359: a description how to get things done under BSD.
360: In a separate cookbook chapter, several scenarios from daily work are solved
361: using OpenSSH.
362: Furthermore, this book is the first German book to cover VPN via OpenSSH.
363: <dd>Not available through Amazon, but from the
364: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu">OpenBSD EU order site</a>.
365: <p>
1.22 aaron 366: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
367: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
368: <dd>The Definitive Guide. OpenSSH is covered in detail.
369: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596000111/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
370: <p>
1.15 philen 371: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
372: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
373: <dd>
374: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book. It
375: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite. This book provides information,
1.35 pvalchev 376: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15 philen 377: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
378: book.
379: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633469/openbsdA/">Order
380: from Amazon</a>]
381: <p>
1.20 chris 382: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
383: <dd>by Brian Tung
384: <dd>
385: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks. Explains concepts of
386: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
387: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201379244/openbsdA/">Order
388: from Amazon</a>]
389: <p>
1.34 miod 390: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20 chris 391: Private Networks</i>
392: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
393: <dd>
1.34 miod 394: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite. It also describes its relation
1.20 chris 395: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
396: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0130118982/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 397: <p>
1.20 chris 398: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
399: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
400: <dd>
401: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking. It presents
402: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies. It covers technologies
403: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
1.70 deraadt 404: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0130661023/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 405: <p>
1.15 philen 406: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
407: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
408: <dd>
409: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
410: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
1.69 mbalmer 411: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596100574/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 412: from Amazon</a>]
413: <p>
414: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
415: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
416: <dd>
1.46 david 417: Recommended by the <a href="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
1.15 philen 418: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
419: included with OpenBSD.
420: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1578701376/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
421: <p>
422: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
423: <dd>by Hal Stern
424: <dd>
425: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.33 kevlo 426: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565925106/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 427: from Amazon</a>]
1.37 dhartmei 428: <p>
429: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
430: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
431: <dd>
432: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
433: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
434: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
435: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
436: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596002904/openbsdA/">Order
437: from Amazon</a>]
1.25 chris 438: </dl>
1.21 chris 439:
1.25 chris 440: <hr>
1.21 chris 441: <h3><a name="7">Cryptography</a></h3>
442: <dl>
443: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
444: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
445: <dd>
446: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
447: about its history, protocols, and algorithms. This book is a great
448: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
449: to understand the field. Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
1.36 jufi 450: <br>
1.21 chris 451: From Amazon, someone commented "<i>
452: It is common to find that masters of mysterious technical arts are poor communicators. Bruce Schneier
453: demonstrates exceptional skill as a technical communicator. Here is a book about an esoteric subject - one
454: built on a foundation of theoretical mathematics - that ordinary folk can read. Sure, one needs to be
455: motivated by an interest in the subject, and the technical level sometimes requires a more than ordinary
456: background in number theory and the like - but a degree in theoretical mathematics is not necessary to
457: derive pleasure and profit from reading Applied Cryptography.</i>"
458: <dd>
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1.36 jufi 461: <p>
1.30 jsyn 462: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26 ian 463: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
464: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography. The authors write:
465: <dd>
466: ... Public-key cryptographic techniques
467: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
468: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
469: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
470: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
471: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
472: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
473: the art of cryptography.
474: <dd>The entire book is
1.55 grunk 475: <a href="http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/">
1.26 ian 476: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
477: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
478: <dd>
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481: <p>
1.25 chris 482: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
483: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
484: <dd>
485: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
486: examples. The SSL protocol
487: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
488: on the Internet. Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
489: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
490: <dd>
491: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0471383546/openbsdA/">Order
492: from Amazon</a>]
493: <p>
1.39 jose 494: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
495: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
496: <dd>
497: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
498: covering their operation and security,
499: together with usage and implementation details.
500: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
501: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
502: used to monitor SSL connections.
503: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
504: <dd>
505: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201615983/openbsdA/">Order
506: from Amazon</a>]
507: <p>
1.25 chris 508: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
509: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
510: <dd>
1.54 nick 511: A complete reprint of the IPsec RFCs with an extensive index and
512: glossary.
1.25 chris 513: <dd>
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