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