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