Annotation of www/books.html, Revision 1.82
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>
1.81 deraadt 45: <dt><a name="book8"><i>The Book of PF, 2nd Edition<br>
46: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall</i></a>
47: <dd>by Peter N. M. Hansteen
48: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-274-6
49: <dd>November 2010.
50: <dd>
51: A new pf book! This book matches the packet filter as found in OpenBSD 4.8!
52: <p>
53: The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata
54: can be found at
1.82 ! deraadt 55: <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/pf2.htm">http://www.nostarch.com/pf2.htm</a>.
1.81 deraadt 56: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B07=1&B07%2b=Add">Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>]
57: <p>
1.72 wvdputte 58: <dt><a name="book7"><i>The Book of PF - A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD
59: Firewall</i></a>
60: <dd>by Peter N. M. Hansteen
61: <dd>ISBN-10: 1593271654
62: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1593271657
63: <dd>December 2007, 184 pp.
64: <dd>
65: The first sentence of this book is, "<i>This is a book about building the
66: network you need</i>". Taking it from there, Peter walks you through the whys
67: and the hows of building the high performance, low maintenance network you need,
68: using OpenBSD tools.<br>
69: The book covers all bases from the basic one machine configuration and basic
70: local area networks, all the way up to configurations with traffic shaping and
71: load balancing with "self healing" networks and countermeasures against common
1.73 wvdputte 72: problems such as DoS attempts and spamming. A basic understanding of TCP/IP
1.72 wvdputte 73: and some Unix knowledge is assumed.<br>
74: The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata
1.75 tobias 75: can be found at
76: <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/pf.htm">http://www.nostarch.com/pf.htm</a>.
1.77 deraadt 77: <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 78: <p>
1.42 wvdputte 79: <dt><a name="book2"><i>Absolute OpenBSD</i></a>
1.41 jose 80: <dd>by Michael Lucas
1.42 wvdputte 81: <dd>ISBN 1-886411-99-9
1.44 austin 82: <dd>July 2003, 500 pp.
1.41 jose 83: <dd>
84: Michael Lucas, the author of the O'ReillyNet Big Scary Daemons series
85: about the BSD family, has written a book specifically for OpenBSD.
86: This book covers all aspects of the OpenBSD system for new UNIX and
1.44 austin 87: BSD users alike in approximately 500 pages. <br>The official book website for
1.75 tobias 88: a sample chapter, table of contents and errata can be found at
89: <a href="http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com/">http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com/</a>.
1.74 austin 90: <dd>[<b>Out of Print</b>]
1.42 wvdputte 91:
1.41 jose 92: <p>
1.65 ian 93: <dt><a name="book5"><i>OpenBSD 4.0: A Crash Course</i></a> (PDF)
94: <dd>by Jem Matzan
95: <dd>ISBN 0-596-51015-2
96: <dd>January 2007, 59 pp.
97: <dd>
98: Jem Matzan, known for his online articles promoting OpenBSD,
99: is the author of this "Short Cut" guide to installing and administering
100: OpenBSD 4.0. Topics include initial configuration, desktop and server,
101: using ports (complete with extra hints on some ports), and maintenance.
102: You order this book direct from O'Reilly, and it comes as a PDF
103: with free download of corrected versions as they become available.
104: <ul>
105: <li><a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/cover.html">Table of Content (image)</a>
106: </ul>
107: <dd>[<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/">Order from O'Reilly</a>]
108:
109: <p>
1.48 austin 110: <dt><a name="book3">
111: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i></a>
1.47 jose 112: <dd>by Brandon Palmer, Jose Nazario.
113: <dd>ISBN 03-21193-66-0
114: <dd>April 2004, 520 pp.
115: <dd>
116: A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a
117: more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users
118: who want to fully exploit every feature of the system. This book
119: covers all aspects of OpenBSD, including systrace, Kerberos V, IPv6 and
120: IPsec, and the development environment.
121: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Order
122: from Amazon</a>]
1.55 grunk 123: <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 124: </dl>
125: <hr>
126:
127: <h3><a name="2">BSD-specific books</a></h3>
128: <dl>
129: <dt>
130: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
131: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
132: <dd>
1.52 millert 133: At 549 pages plus an index, <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0201549794">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
1.15 philen 134: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
135: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
136: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
137: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not
138: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
139: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
140: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201549794/openbsdA/">Order
141: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 142: <p>
1.15 philen 143: <dt>
144: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
145: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
146: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
147: <dd>
148: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
149: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
150: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
1.46 david 151: in articles in <em>Dr. Dobbs Journal</em>. This book goes beyond the articles,
1.15 philen 152: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
153: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
154: you can still learn a lot from it.
155: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980269/openbsdA/">Order
156: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 157: <p>
1.15 philen 158: <dt>
159: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
160: <dd>by James Wilson
161: <dd>
162: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
163: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
164: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=047161582X/openbsdA/">Order
165: from Amazon</a>]
166: <p>
167: <dt>
168: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
169: <dd>by Jack Hodges
170: <dd>
171: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language. Intended
172: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix. Covers the fundamentals
173: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
174: and system programming with C.
175: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130684953/openbsdA/">Order
176: from Amazon</a>]
177: <p>
178: <dt>
179: <dt>
180: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
181: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
182: <dd>
1.12 ian 183: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2 ian 184: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
185: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13 deraadt 186: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
187: <p>
1.15 philen 188: <dt>
189: <dt>
190: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
191: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
192: <dd>
193: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2 ian 194: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
195: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13 deraadt 196: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
197: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.2 ian 198: 4.4BSD distributions, so most of them are not included with OpenBSD.
1.13 deraadt 199: The few that are may be found via the <a href="docum.html">Documents page</a>.
1.17 louis 200: <p>
201: <dt>
202: <dt>
203: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23 horacio 204: <dd>published by C&L Computer- und Literaturverlag GmbH, 1998
1.17 louis 205: <dd>
1.78 deraadt 206: A book in German on all
1.17 louis 207: three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration
208: and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on
209: LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment.
210: <br>Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
211: <br>Apparently not available through Amazon.com, but <a
1.36 jufi 212: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">
1.17 louis 213: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a> lists it. However, you might want to pick up a <a
1.36 jufi 214: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">more
1.17 louis 215: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.61 grunk 216:
217: <p>
218: <dt>
219: <dt>
220: <i>The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book</i>
221: <dd>
222: published by Reed Media Services
223: <dd>
224: August 2006, 193 pp.
225: <dd>
1.62 steven 226: This book is an expanded, cross-referenced, indexed, edited, and reformatted
227: version of the <a href="faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a>.
1.61 grunk 228: It also covers spamd and introduces the setup and differences of PF
229: on NetBSD, DragonFly, and FreeBSD.
230: <br />The official book website with table of contents, index, and
231: configuration examples can be found at
232: <a href="http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/">http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/</a>.
1.15 philen 233: </dl>
234: <hr>
1.2 ian 235:
1.15 philen 236: <h3><a name="3">Unix user guides</a></h3>
237: <dl>
238: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
239: <dd>by John Muster
240: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
241: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0078821738/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
242: <p>
243: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
244: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
245: <dd>
1.58 grunk 246: This book is now in its third edition. It discusses
1.15 philen 247: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
248: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
249: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
250: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
251: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
1.80 steven 252: <a href="faq/ports/index.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
1.15 philen 253: that is part of OpenBSD.
1.58 grunk 254: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596003307/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 255: from Amazon</a>]
1.18 ericj 256: <p>
257: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
258: <dd>by Rod Smith
259: <dd>
260: <dd>
261: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
262: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0789722836/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 263: </dl>
264: <hr>
1.1 ian 265:
1.15 philen 266: <h3><a name="4">Unix administration</a></h3>
267: <dl>
268: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
269: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
270: <dd>
271: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
1.28 kevlo 272: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130206016/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 273: from Amazon</a>]
274: <p>
275: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
276: <dd>by AEleen Frisch
277: <dd>
278: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration. It includes
279: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
280: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565921275/openbsdA/">Order
281: from Amazon</a>]
282: </dl>
283: <hr>
1.1 ian 284:
1.15 philen 285: <h3><a name="5">Unix programming</a></h3>
286: <dl>
287: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
288: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
289: <dd>
1.24 ian 290: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.53 jsg 291: multi-processing architectures.
1.15 philen 292: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633388/openbsdA/">Order
293: from Amazon</a>]
294: <p>
295: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
296: <dd>by John Lions
297: <dd>
1.2 ian 298: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1 ian 299: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
300: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
301: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
302: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
303: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
304: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
305: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15 philen 306: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980137/openbsdA/">Order
307: from Amazon</a>]
308: <p>
309: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
310: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
311: <dd>
312: 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.
313: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
314: Highly recommended.
315: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=020161586X/openbsdA/">Order
316: from Amazon</a>]
1.46 david 317: <p>
1.15 philen 318: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
319: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
320: <dd>
321: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older. The
322: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
323: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0070342075/openbsdA/">Order
324: from Amazon</a>]
1.16 chris 325: <p>
1.60 grunk 326: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)</i>
327: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
1.16 chris 328: <dd>
329: This is a very detailed and easy to read book. It has several examples
330: that you can learn from. There is plenty of information about library and
331: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
332: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
333: make an excellent combination.
1.59 grunk 334: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201433079/openbsdA/">Order
1.16 chris 335: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 336: <p>
1.25 chris 337: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
338: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
339: <dd>
340: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
341: perhaps the only one you will ever need. It focuses strictly on the C language,
342: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
343: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0131103628/openbsdA/">Order
344: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 345: <p>
1.46 david 346: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</i>
1.25 chris 347: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
348: <dd>
1.46 david 349: 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 350: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
351: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
1.45 austin 352: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=013089592X/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 353: <p>
1.64 steven 354: <dt><i>The Art of Software Security Assessment</i>
1.63 otto 355: <dd>by Mark Dowd, John McDonald and Justin Schuh
356: <dd>Covers code auditing, design and operational review, types of
357: vulnerabilities, privilege models, signals,
358: interprocess communication, synchronization, networking and more.
359: Lots of examples and real world code snippets.
360: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321444426/openbsdA/">Order
361: from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 362: </dl>
1.25 chris 363:
1.15 philen 364: <hr>
365:
366: <h3><a name="6">Network administration</a></h3>
367: <dl>
1.68 grunk 368: <dt><i><a name="book6" href="http://www.sshbuch.de/">Das SSH-Buch</a></i>
369: (German)
1.67 grunk 370: <dd>by Timo Dotzauer and Tobias Lütticke
371: <dd>ISBN 3-938626-03-8
372: <dd>Millin Verlag, December 2006, 600p.
373: <dd>This book covers the theory behind OpenSSH (protocol, channels, standards
374: documents) as well as using OpenSSH as an end user.
375: Although using Linux as a reference OS, many of the examples also have
376: a description how to get things done under BSD.
377: In a separate cookbook chapter, several scenarios from daily work are solved
378: using OpenSSH.
379: Furthermore, this book is the first German book to cover VPN via OpenSSH.
1.77 deraadt 380: <dd>
1.67 grunk 381: <p>
1.22 aaron 382: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
383: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
384: <dd>The Definitive Guide. OpenSSH is covered in detail.
385: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596000111/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
386: <p>
1.15 philen 387: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
388: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
389: <dd>
390: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book. It
391: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite. This book provides information,
1.35 pvalchev 392: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15 philen 393: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
394: book.
395: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633469/openbsdA/">Order
396: from Amazon</a>]
397: <p>
1.20 chris 398: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
399: <dd>by Brian Tung
400: <dd>
401: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks. Explains concepts of
402: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
403: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201379244/openbsdA/">Order
404: from Amazon</a>]
405: <p>
1.34 miod 406: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20 chris 407: Private Networks</i>
408: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
409: <dd>
1.34 miod 410: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite. It also describes its relation
1.20 chris 411: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
412: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0130118982/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 413: <p>
1.20 chris 414: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
415: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
416: <dd>
417: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking. It presents
418: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies. It covers technologies
419: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
1.70 deraadt 420: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0130661023/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 421: <p>
1.15 philen 422: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
423: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
424: <dd>
425: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
426: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
1.69 mbalmer 427: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596100574/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 428: from Amazon</a>]
429: <p>
430: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
431: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
432: <dd>
1.46 david 433: Recommended by the <a href="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
1.15 philen 434: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
435: included with OpenBSD.
436: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1578701376/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
437: <p>
438: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
439: <dd>by Hal Stern
440: <dd>
441: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.33 kevlo 442: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565925106/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 443: from Amazon</a>]
1.37 dhartmei 444: <p>
445: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
446: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
447: <dd>
448: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
449: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
450: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
451: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
452: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596002904/openbsdA/">Order
453: from Amazon</a>]
1.25 chris 454: </dl>
1.21 chris 455:
1.25 chris 456: <hr>
1.21 chris 457: <h3><a name="7">Cryptography</a></h3>
458: <dl>
459: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
460: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
461: <dd>
462: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
463: about its history, protocols, and algorithms. This book is a great
464: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
465: to understand the field. Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
1.36 jufi 466: <br>
1.21 chris 467: From Amazon, someone commented "<i>
468: It is common to find that masters of mysterious technical arts are poor communicators. Bruce Schneier
469: demonstrates exceptional skill as a technical communicator. Here is a book about an esoteric subject - one
470: built on a foundation of theoretical mathematics - that ordinary folk can read. Sure, one needs to be
471: motivated by an interest in the subject, and the technical level sometimes requires a more than ordinary
472: background in number theory and the like - but a degree in theoretical mathematics is not necessary to
473: derive pleasure and profit from reading Applied Cryptography.</i>"
474: <dd>
1.36 jufi 475: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0471117099/openbsdA/">Order
1.21 chris 476: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 477: <p>
1.30 jsyn 478: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26 ian 479: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
480: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography. The authors write:
481: <dd>
482: ... Public-key cryptographic techniques
483: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
484: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
485: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
486: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
487: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
488: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
489: the art of cryptography.
490: <dd>The entire book is
1.55 grunk 491: <a href="http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/">
1.26 ian 492: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
493: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
494: <dd>
1.36 jufi 495: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0849385237/openbsdA/">Order
1.26 ian 496: from Amazon</a>]
497: <p>
1.25 chris 498: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
499: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
500: <dd>
501: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
502: examples. The SSL protocol
503: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
504: on the Internet. Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
505: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
506: <dd>
507: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0471383546/openbsdA/">Order
508: from Amazon</a>]
509: <p>
1.39 jose 510: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
511: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
512: <dd>
513: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
514: covering their operation and security,
515: together with usage and implementation details.
516: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
517: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
518: used to monitor SSL connections.
519: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
520: <dd>
521: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201615983/openbsdA/">Order
522: from Amazon</a>]
523: <p>
1.25 chris 524: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
525: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
526: <dd>
1.54 nick 527: A complete reprint of the IPsec RFCs with an extensive index and
528: glossary.
1.25 chris 529: <dd>
1.46 david 530: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0124558399/openbsdA/">Order
1.25 chris 531: from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 532: </dl>
533:
1.76 deraadt 534: <hr>
1.36 jufi 535: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0" alt="OpenBSD"></a>
1.44 austin 536: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
537: <small>(public discussion list for OpenBSD web site style and content)</small>
1.82 ! deraadt 538: <br><small>$OpenBSD: books.html,v 1.81 2010/11/04 14:39:12 deraadt Exp $</small>
1.13 deraadt 539:
540: </body>
541: </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