Annotation of www/books.html, Revision 1.74
1.36 jufi 1: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
1.13 deraadt 2: <html>
3: <head>
1.36 jufi 4: <link rev="made" href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">
5: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
1.13 deraadt 6: <meta name="resource-type" content="document">
7: <meta name="description" content="Books about BSD and OpenBSD">
8: <meta name="keywords" content="openbsd,books,information">
9: <meta name="distribution" content="global">
1.66 jsg 10: <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1998-2007 by OpenBSD.">
1.15 philen 11: <meta name="generator" content="The vi editor from UNIX">
12: <meta name="Author" content="Ian Darwin">
1.13 deraadt 13: <title>The OpenBSD Bookstore</title>
14: </head>
15:
1.57 grunk 16: <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">
1.15 philen 17:
1.36 jufi 18: <a href="index.html"><img alt="[OpenBSD]" height="30" width="141" border="0" src="images/smalltitle.gif"></a>
1.13 deraadt 19: <p>
1.36 jufi 20: <h2><font color="#cc0000">UNIX and BSD books</font></h2>
21: <hr>
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>
1.36 jufi 29:
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>
39: </ul>
1.13 deraadt 40:
1.15 philen 41: <hr>
1.13 deraadt 42:
1.15 philen 43: <h3><a name="1">OpenBSD-specific books</a></h3>
44: <dl>
1.72 wvdputte 45: <dt><a name="book7"><i>The Book of PF - A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD
46: Firewall</i></a>
47: <dd>by Peter N. M. Hansteen
48: <dd>ISBN-10: 1593271654
49: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1593271657
50: <dd>December 2007, 184 pp.
51: <dd>
52: The first sentence of this book is, "<i>This is a book about building the
53: network you need</i>". Taking it from there, Peter walks you through the whys
54: and the hows of building the high performance, low maintenance network you need,
55: using OpenBSD tools.<br>
56: The book covers all bases from the basic one machine configuration and basic
57: local area networks, all the way up to configurations with traffic shaping and
58: load balancing with "self healing" networks and countermeasures against common
1.73 wvdputte 59: problems such as DoS attempts and spamming. A basic understanding of TCP/IP
1.72 wvdputte 60: and some Unix knowledge is assumed.<br>
61: The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata
62: can be found at <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/pf.htm">
63: http://www.nostarch.com/pf.htm</a>
64: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B07=1&B07%2b=Add">Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>] or [<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu?B07=1&B07%2b=Add">Order direct from the OpenBSD website Europe</a>]
65: <p>
1.42 wvdputte 66: <dt><a name="book2"><i>Absolute OpenBSD</i></a>
1.41 jose 67: <dd>by Michael Lucas
1.42 wvdputte 68: <dd>ISBN 1-886411-99-9
1.44 austin 69: <dd>July 2003, 500 pp.
1.41 jose 70: <dd>
71: Michael Lucas, the author of the O'ReillyNet Big Scary Daemons series
72: about the BSD family, has written a book specifically for OpenBSD.
73: This book covers all aspects of the OpenBSD system for new UNIX and
1.44 austin 74: BSD users alike in approximately 500 pages. <br>The official book website for
1.42 wvdputte 75: a sample chapter, table of contents and errata can be found at <a href="http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com/">http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com/</a>
1.74 ! austin 76: <dd>[<b>Out of Print</b>]
1.42 wvdputte 77:
1.41 jose 78: <p>
1.44 austin 79: <dt><a name="book1"><i>Building Firewalls with OpenBSD and PF</i> [2nd edition]</a>
1.38 dhartmei 80: <dd>by Jacek Artymiak
1.44 austin 81: <dd>ISBN 83-916651-1-9
82: <dd>October 2003, 320 pp.
1.38 dhartmei 83: <dd>
84: Author Jacek Artymiak, known for his series of excellent online articles
85: about pf and OpenBSD security in general, wrote this book covering
1.44 austin 86: OpenBSD and pf on 320 pages.
87: <ul>
88: <li><a href="http://www.devguide.net/books/openbsdfw-02-ed/toc-02.pdf">
89: Table of contents (pdf)</a>
90: <li><a href="http://www.devguide.net/books/openbsdfw-02-ed/index-02.pdf">
91: Index (pdf)</a>
92: </ul>
93:
1.71 austin 94: <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 95: <p>
1.65 ian 96: <dt><a name="book5"><i>OpenBSD 4.0: A Crash Course</i></a> (PDF)
97: <dd>by Jem Matzan
98: <dd>ISBN 0-596-51015-2
99: <dd>January 2007, 59 pp.
100: <dd>
101: Jem Matzan, known for his online articles promoting OpenBSD,
102: is the author of this "Short Cut" guide to installing and administering
103: OpenBSD 4.0. Topics include initial configuration, desktop and server,
104: using ports (complete with extra hints on some ports), and maintenance.
105: You order this book direct from O'Reilly, and it comes as a PDF
106: with free download of corrected versions as they become available.
107: <ul>
108: <li><a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/cover.html">Table of Content (image)</a>
109: </ul>
110: <dd>[<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/">Order from O'Reilly</a>]
111:
112: <p>
1.48 austin 113: <dt><a name="book3">
114: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i></a>
1.47 jose 115: <dd>by Brandon Palmer, Jose Nazario.
116: <dd>ISBN 03-21193-66-0
117: <dd>April 2004, 520 pp.
118: <dd>
119: A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a
120: more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users
121: who want to fully exploit every feature of the system. This book
122: covers all aspects of OpenBSD, including systrace, Kerberos V, IPv6 and
123: IPsec, and the development environment.
124: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Order
125: from Amazon</a>]
1.55 grunk 126: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B03=1&B03%2b=Add">Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>]
127: [<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu?B03=1&B03%2b=Add">Europe</a>]
1.15 philen 128: </dl>
129: <hr>
130:
131: <h3><a name="2">BSD-specific books</a></h3>
132: <dl>
133: <dt>
134: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
135: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
136: <dd>
1.52 millert 137: At 549 pages plus an index, <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0201549794">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
1.15 philen 138: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
139: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
140: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
141: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not
142: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
143: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
144: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201549794/openbsdA/">Order
145: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 146: <p>
1.15 philen 147: <dt>
148: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
149: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
150: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
151: <dd>
152: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
153: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
154: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
1.46 david 155: in articles in <em>Dr. Dobbs Journal</em>. This book goes beyond the articles,
1.15 philen 156: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
157: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
158: you can still learn a lot from it.
159: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980269/openbsdA/">Order
160: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 161: <p>
1.15 philen 162: <dt>
163: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
164: <dd>by James Wilson
165: <dd>
166: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
167: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
168: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=047161582X/openbsdA/">Order
169: from Amazon</a>]
170: <p>
171: <dt>
172: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
173: <dd>by Jack Hodges
174: <dd>
175: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language. Intended
176: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix. Covers the fundamentals
177: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
178: and system programming with C.
179: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130684953/openbsdA/">Order
180: from Amazon</a>]
181: <p>
182: <dt>
183: <dt>
184: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
185: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
186: <dd>
1.12 ian 187: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2 ian 188: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
189: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13 deraadt 190: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
191: <p>
1.15 philen 192: <dt>
193: <dt>
194: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
195: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
196: <dd>
197: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2 ian 198: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
199: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13 deraadt 200: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
201: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.2 ian 202: 4.4BSD distributions, so most of them are not included with OpenBSD.
1.13 deraadt 203: The few that are may be found via the <a href="docum.html">Documents page</a>.
1.17 louis 204: <p>
205: <dt>
206: <dt>
207: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23 horacio 208: <dd>published by C&L Computer- und Literaturverlag GmbH, 1998
1.17 louis 209: <dd>
210: <a href="http://www.cul.de/buecher/bsd.html">A book in German</a> on all
211: three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration
212: and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on
213: LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment.
214: <br>Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
215: <br>Apparently not available through Amazon.com, but <a
1.36 jufi 216: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">
1.17 louis 217: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a> lists it. However, you might want to pick up a <a
1.36 jufi 218: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">more
1.17 louis 219: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.61 grunk 220:
221: <p>
222: <dt>
223: <dt>
224: <i>The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book</i>
225: <dd>
226: published by Reed Media Services
227: <dd>
228: August 2006, 193 pp.
229: <dd>
1.62 steven 230: This book is an expanded, cross-referenced, indexed, edited, and reformatted
231: version of the <a href="faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a>.
1.61 grunk 232: It also covers spamd and introduces the setup and differences of PF
233: on NetBSD, DragonFly, and FreeBSD.
234: <br />The official book website with table of contents, index, and
235: configuration examples can be found at
236: <a href="http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/">http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/</a>.
1.15 philen 237: </dl>
238: <hr>
1.2 ian 239:
1.15 philen 240: <h3><a name="3">Unix user guides</a></h3>
241: <dl>
242: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
243: <dd>by John Muster
244: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
245: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0078821738/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
246: <p>
247: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
248: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
249: <dd>
1.58 grunk 250: This book is now in its third edition. It discusses
1.15 philen 251: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
252: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
253: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
254: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
255: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
256: <a href="ports.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
257: that is part of OpenBSD.
1.58 grunk 258: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596003307/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 259: from Amazon</a>]
1.18 ericj 260: <p>
261: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
262: <dd>by Rod Smith
263: <dd>
264: <dd>
265: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
266: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0789722836/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 267: </dl>
268: <hr>
1.1 ian 269:
1.15 philen 270: <h3><a name="4">Unix administration</a></h3>
271: <dl>
272: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
273: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
274: <dd>
275: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
1.28 kevlo 276: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130206016/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 277: from Amazon</a>]
278: <p>
279: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
280: <dd>by AEleen Frisch
281: <dd>
282: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration. It includes
283: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
284: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565921275/openbsdA/">Order
285: from Amazon</a>]
286: </dl>
287: <hr>
1.1 ian 288:
1.15 philen 289: <h3><a name="5">Unix programming</a></h3>
290: <dl>
291: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
292: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
293: <dd>
1.24 ian 294: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.53 jsg 295: multi-processing architectures.
1.15 philen 296: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633388/openbsdA/">Order
297: from Amazon</a>]
298: <p>
299: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
300: <dd>by John Lions
301: <dd>
1.2 ian 302: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1 ian 303: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
304: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
305: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
306: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
307: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
308: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
309: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15 philen 310: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980137/openbsdA/">Order
311: from Amazon</a>]
312: <p>
313: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
314: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
315: <dd>
316: 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.
317: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
318: Highly recommended.
319: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=020161586X/openbsdA/">Order
320: from Amazon</a>]
1.46 david 321: <p>
1.15 philen 322: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
323: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
324: <dd>
325: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older. The
326: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
327: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0070342075/openbsdA/">Order
328: from Amazon</a>]
1.16 chris 329: <p>
1.60 grunk 330: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)</i>
331: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
1.16 chris 332: <dd>
333: This is a very detailed and easy to read book. It has several examples
334: that you can learn from. There is plenty of information about library and
335: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
336: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
337: make an excellent combination.
1.59 grunk 338: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201433079/openbsdA/">Order
1.16 chris 339: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 340: <p>
1.25 chris 341: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
342: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
343: <dd>
344: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
345: perhaps the only one you will ever need. It focuses strictly on the C language,
346: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
347: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0131103628/openbsdA/">Order
348: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 349: <p>
1.46 david 350: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</i>
1.25 chris 351: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
352: <dd>
1.46 david 353: 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 354: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
355: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
1.45 austin 356: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=013089592X/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 357: <p>
1.64 steven 358: <dt><i>The Art of Software Security Assessment</i>
1.63 otto 359: <dd>by Mark Dowd, John McDonald and Justin Schuh
360: <dd>Covers code auditing, design and operational review, types of
361: vulnerabilities, privilege models, signals,
362: interprocess communication, synchronization, networking and more.
363: Lots of examples and real world code snippets.
364: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321444426/openbsdA/">Order
365: from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 366: </dl>
1.25 chris 367:
1.15 philen 368: <hr>
369:
370: <h3><a name="6">Network administration</a></h3>
371: <dl>
1.68 grunk 372: <dt><i><a name="book6" href="http://www.sshbuch.de/">Das SSH-Buch</a></i>
373: (German)
1.67 grunk 374: <dd>by Timo Dotzauer and Tobias Lütticke
375: <dd>ISBN 3-938626-03-8
376: <dd>Millin Verlag, December 2006, 600p.
377: <dd>This book covers the theory behind OpenSSH (protocol, channels, standards
378: documents) as well as using OpenSSH as an end user.
379: Although using Linux as a reference OS, many of the examples also have
380: a description how to get things done under BSD.
381: In a separate cookbook chapter, several scenarios from daily work are solved
382: using OpenSSH.
383: Furthermore, this book is the first German book to cover VPN via OpenSSH.
384: <dd>Not available through Amazon, but from the
385: <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu">OpenBSD EU order site</a>.
386: <p>
1.22 aaron 387: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
388: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
389: <dd>The Definitive Guide. OpenSSH is covered in detail.
390: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596000111/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
391: <p>
1.15 philen 392: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
393: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
394: <dd>
395: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book. It
396: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite. This book provides information,
1.35 pvalchev 397: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15 philen 398: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
399: book.
400: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633469/openbsdA/">Order
401: from Amazon</a>]
402: <p>
1.20 chris 403: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
404: <dd>by Brian Tung
405: <dd>
406: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks. Explains concepts of
407: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
408: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201379244/openbsdA/">Order
409: from Amazon</a>]
410: <p>
1.34 miod 411: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20 chris 412: Private Networks</i>
413: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
414: <dd>
1.34 miod 415: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite. It also describes its relation
1.20 chris 416: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
417: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0130118982/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 418: <p>
1.20 chris 419: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
420: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
421: <dd>
422: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking. It presents
423: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies. It covers technologies
424: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
1.70 deraadt 425: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0130661023/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 426: <p>
1.15 philen 427: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
428: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
429: <dd>
430: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
431: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
1.69 mbalmer 432: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596100574/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 433: from Amazon</a>]
434: <p>
435: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
436: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
437: <dd>
1.46 david 438: Recommended by the <a href="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
1.15 philen 439: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
440: included with OpenBSD.
441: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1578701376/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
442: <p>
443: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
444: <dd>by Hal Stern
445: <dd>
446: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.33 kevlo 447: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565925106/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 448: from Amazon</a>]
1.37 dhartmei 449: <p>
450: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
451: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
452: <dd>
453: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
454: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
455: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
456: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
457: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596002904/openbsdA/">Order
458: from Amazon</a>]
1.25 chris 459: </dl>
1.21 chris 460:
1.25 chris 461: <hr>
1.21 chris 462: <h3><a name="7">Cryptography</a></h3>
463: <dl>
464: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
465: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
466: <dd>
467: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
468: about its history, protocols, and algorithms. This book is a great
469: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
470: to understand the field. Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
1.36 jufi 471: <br>
1.21 chris 472: From Amazon, someone commented "<i>
473: It is common to find that masters of mysterious technical arts are poor communicators. Bruce Schneier
474: demonstrates exceptional skill as a technical communicator. Here is a book about an esoteric subject - one
475: built on a foundation of theoretical mathematics - that ordinary folk can read. Sure, one needs to be
476: motivated by an interest in the subject, and the technical level sometimes requires a more than ordinary
477: background in number theory and the like - but a degree in theoretical mathematics is not necessary to
478: derive pleasure and profit from reading Applied Cryptography.</i>"
479: <dd>
1.36 jufi 480: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0471117099/openbsdA/">Order
1.21 chris 481: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 482: <p>
1.30 jsyn 483: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26 ian 484: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
485: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography. The authors write:
486: <dd>
487: ... Public-key cryptographic techniques
488: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
489: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
490: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
491: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
492: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
493: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
494: the art of cryptography.
495: <dd>The entire book is
1.55 grunk 496: <a href="http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/">
1.26 ian 497: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
498: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
499: <dd>
1.36 jufi 500: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0849385237/openbsdA/">Order
1.26 ian 501: from Amazon</a>]
502: <p>
1.25 chris 503: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
504: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
505: <dd>
506: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
507: examples. The SSL protocol
508: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
509: on the Internet. Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
510: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
511: <dd>
512: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0471383546/openbsdA/">Order
513: from Amazon</a>]
514: <p>
1.39 jose 515: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
516: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
517: <dd>
518: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
519: covering their operation and security,
520: together with usage and implementation details.
521: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
522: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
523: used to monitor SSL connections.
524: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
525: <dd>
526: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201615983/openbsdA/">Order
527: from Amazon</a>]
528: <p>
1.25 chris 529: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
530: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
531: <dd>
1.54 nick 532: A complete reprint of the IPsec RFCs with an extensive index and
533: glossary.
1.25 chris 534: <dd>
1.46 david 535: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0124558399/openbsdA/">Order
1.25 chris 536: from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 537: </dl>
538:
1.36 jufi 539: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0" alt="OpenBSD"></a>
1.44 austin 540: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
541: <small>(public discussion list for OpenBSD web site style and content)</small>
1.74 ! austin 542: <br><small>$OpenBSD: books.html,v 1.73 2007/12/22 14:12:50 wvdputte Exp $</small>
1.13 deraadt 543:
544: </body>
545: </html>
![[BACK]](/icons/back.gif){kind=icon}
Return to books.html CVS log ![[TXT]](/icons/text.gif){kind=icon}
![[DIR]](/icons/dir.gif){kind=icon}
Up to [local] / www