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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>
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1.15 philen 41: <hr>
1.13 deraadt 42:
1.15 philen 43: <h3><a name="1">OpenBSD-specific books</a></h3>
44: <dl>
1.81 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>.
1.83 austin 56: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B08=1&B08%2b=Add">Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>]
57:
1.81 deraadt 58: <p>
1.72 wvdputte 59: <dt><a name="book7"><i>The Book of PF - A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD
60: Firewall</i></a>
61: <dd>by Peter N. M. Hansteen
62: <dd>ISBN-10: 1593271654
63: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1593271657
64: <dd>December 2007, 184 pp.
65: <dd>
66: The first sentence of this book is, "<i>This is a book about building the
67: network you need</i>". Taking it from there, Peter walks you through the whys
68: and the hows of building the high performance, low maintenance network you need,
69: using OpenBSD tools.<br>
70: The book covers all bases from the basic one machine configuration and basic
71: local area networks, all the way up to configurations with traffic shaping and
72: load balancing with "self healing" networks and countermeasures against common
1.73 wvdputte 73: problems such as DoS attempts and spamming. A basic understanding of TCP/IP
1.72 wvdputte 74: and some Unix knowledge is assumed.<br>
75: The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata
1.75 tobias 76: can be found at
77: <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/pf.htm">http://www.nostarch.com/pf.htm</a>.
1.84 ! austin 78: <dd>[First edition: sold out. Order second edition: see above.]
1.72 wvdputte 79: <p>
1.84 ! austin 80:
1.42 wvdputte 81: <dt><a name="book2"><i>Absolute OpenBSD</i></a>
1.41 jose 82: <dd>by Michael Lucas
1.42 wvdputte 83: <dd>ISBN 1-886411-99-9
1.44 austin 84: <dd>July 2003, 500 pp.
1.41 jose 85: <dd>
86: Michael Lucas, the author of the O'ReillyNet Big Scary Daemons series
87: about the BSD family, has written a book specifically for OpenBSD.
88: This book covers all aspects of the OpenBSD system for new UNIX and
1.44 austin 89: BSD users alike in approximately 500 pages. <br>The official book website for
1.75 tobias 90: a sample chapter, table of contents and errata can be found at
91: <a href="http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com/">http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com/</a>.
1.74 austin 92: <dd>[<b>Out of Print</b>]
1.42 wvdputte 93:
1.41 jose 94: <p>
1.65 ian 95: <dt><a name="book5"><i>OpenBSD 4.0: A Crash Course</i></a> (PDF)
96: <dd>by Jem Matzan
97: <dd>ISBN 0-596-51015-2
98: <dd>January 2007, 59 pp.
99: <dd>
100: Jem Matzan, known for his online articles promoting OpenBSD,
101: is the author of this "Short Cut" guide to installing and administering
102: OpenBSD 4.0. Topics include initial configuration, desktop and server,
103: using ports (complete with extra hints on some ports), and maintenance.
104: You order this book direct from O'Reilly, and it comes as a PDF
105: with free download of corrected versions as they become available.
106: <ul>
107: <li><a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/cover.html">Table of Content (image)</a>
108: </ul>
109: <dd>[<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/">Order from O'Reilly</a>]
110:
111: <p>
1.48 austin 112: <dt><a name="book3">
113: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i></a>
1.47 jose 114: <dd>by Brandon Palmer, Jose Nazario.
115: <dd>ISBN 03-21193-66-0
116: <dd>April 2004, 520 pp.
117: <dd>
118: A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a
119: more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users
120: who want to fully exploit every feature of the system. This book
121: covers all aspects of OpenBSD, including systrace, Kerberos V, IPv6 and
122: IPsec, and the development environment.
123: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Order
124: from Amazon</a>]
1.55 grunk 125: <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 126: </dl>
127: <hr>
128:
129: <h3><a name="2">BSD-specific books</a></h3>
130: <dl>
131: <dt>
132: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
133: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
134: <dd>
1.52 millert 135: At 549 pages plus an index, <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0201549794">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
1.15 philen 136: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
137: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
138: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
139: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not
140: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
141: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
142: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201549794/openbsdA/">Order
143: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 144: <p>
1.15 philen 145: <dt>
146: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
147: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
148: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
149: <dd>
150: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
151: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
152: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
1.46 david 153: in articles in <em>Dr. Dobbs Journal</em>. This book goes beyond the articles,
1.15 philen 154: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
155: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
156: you can still learn a lot from it.
157: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980269/openbsdA/">Order
158: from Amazon</a>]
1.13 deraadt 159: <p>
1.15 philen 160: <dt>
161: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
162: <dd>by James Wilson
163: <dd>
164: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
165: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
166: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=047161582X/openbsdA/">Order
167: from Amazon</a>]
168: <p>
169: <dt>
170: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
171: <dd>by Jack Hodges
172: <dd>
173: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language. Intended
174: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix. Covers the fundamentals
175: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
176: and system programming with C.
177: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130684953/openbsdA/">Order
178: from Amazon</a>]
179: <p>
180: <dt>
181: <dt>
182: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
183: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
184: <dd>
1.12 ian 185: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2 ian 186: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
187: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13 deraadt 188: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
189: <p>
1.15 philen 190: <dt>
191: <dt>
192: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
193: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
194: <dd>
195: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2 ian 196: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
197: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13 deraadt 198: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
199: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.2 ian 200: 4.4BSD distributions, so most of them are not included with OpenBSD.
1.13 deraadt 201: The few that are may be found via the <a href="docum.html">Documents page</a>.
1.17 louis 202: <p>
203: <dt>
204: <dt>
205: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23 horacio 206: <dd>published by C&L Computer- und Literaturverlag GmbH, 1998
1.17 louis 207: <dd>
1.78 deraadt 208: A book in German on all
1.17 louis 209: three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration
210: and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on
211: LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment.
212: <br>Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
213: <br>Apparently not available through Amazon.com, but <a
1.36 jufi 214: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">
1.17 louis 215: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a> lists it. However, you might want to pick up a <a
1.36 jufi 216: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">more
1.17 louis 217: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.61 grunk 218:
219: <p>
220: <dt>
221: <dt>
222: <i>The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book</i>
223: <dd>
224: published by Reed Media Services
225: <dd>
226: August 2006, 193 pp.
227: <dd>
1.62 steven 228: This book is an expanded, cross-referenced, indexed, edited, and reformatted
229: version of the <a href="faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a>.
1.61 grunk 230: It also covers spamd and introduces the setup and differences of PF
231: on NetBSD, DragonFly, and FreeBSD.
232: <br />The official book website with table of contents, index, and
233: configuration examples can be found at
234: <a href="http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/">http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/</a>.
1.15 philen 235: </dl>
236: <hr>
1.2 ian 237:
1.15 philen 238: <h3><a name="3">Unix user guides</a></h3>
239: <dl>
240: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
241: <dd>by John Muster
242: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
243: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0078821738/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
244: <p>
245: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
246: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
247: <dd>
1.58 grunk 248: This book is now in its third edition. It discusses
1.15 philen 249: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
250: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
251: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
252: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
253: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
1.80 steven 254: <a href="faq/ports/index.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
1.15 philen 255: that is part of OpenBSD.
1.58 grunk 256: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596003307/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 257: from Amazon</a>]
1.18 ericj 258: <p>
259: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
260: <dd>by Rod Smith
261: <dd>
262: <dd>
263: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
264: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0789722836/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 265: </dl>
266: <hr>
1.1 ian 267:
1.15 philen 268: <h3><a name="4">Unix administration</a></h3>
269: <dl>
270: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
271: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
272: <dd>
273: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
1.28 kevlo 274: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130206016/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 275: from Amazon</a>]
276: <p>
277: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
278: <dd>by AEleen Frisch
279: <dd>
280: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration. It includes
281: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
282: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565921275/openbsdA/">Order
283: from Amazon</a>]
284: </dl>
285: <hr>
1.1 ian 286:
1.15 philen 287: <h3><a name="5">Unix programming</a></h3>
288: <dl>
289: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
290: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
291: <dd>
1.24 ian 292: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.53 jsg 293: multi-processing architectures.
1.15 philen 294: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633388/openbsdA/">Order
295: from Amazon</a>]
296: <p>
297: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
298: <dd>by John Lions
299: <dd>
1.2 ian 300: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1 ian 301: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
302: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
303: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
304: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
305: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
306: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
307: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15 philen 308: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980137/openbsdA/">Order
309: from Amazon</a>]
310: <p>
311: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
312: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
313: <dd>
314: 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.
315: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
316: Highly recommended.
317: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=020161586X/openbsdA/">Order
318: from Amazon</a>]
1.46 david 319: <p>
1.15 philen 320: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
321: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
322: <dd>
323: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older. The
324: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
325: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0070342075/openbsdA/">Order
326: from Amazon</a>]
1.16 chris 327: <p>
1.60 grunk 328: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)</i>
329: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
1.16 chris 330: <dd>
331: This is a very detailed and easy to read book. It has several examples
332: that you can learn from. There is plenty of information about library and
333: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
334: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
335: make an excellent combination.
1.59 grunk 336: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201433079/openbsdA/">Order
1.16 chris 337: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 338: <p>
1.25 chris 339: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
340: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
341: <dd>
342: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
343: perhaps the only one you will ever need. It focuses strictly on the C language,
344: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
345: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0131103628/openbsdA/">Order
346: from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 347: <p>
1.46 david 348: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</i>
1.25 chris 349: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
350: <dd>
1.46 david 351: 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 352: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
353: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
1.45 austin 354: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=013089592X/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 355: <p>
1.64 steven 356: <dt><i>The Art of Software Security Assessment</i>
1.63 otto 357: <dd>by Mark Dowd, John McDonald and Justin Schuh
358: <dd>Covers code auditing, design and operational review, types of
359: vulnerabilities, privilege models, signals,
360: interprocess communication, synchronization, networking and more.
361: Lots of examples and real world code snippets.
362: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321444426/openbsdA/">Order
363: from Amazon</a>]
1.15 philen 364: </dl>
1.25 chris 365:
1.15 philen 366: <hr>
367:
368: <h3><a name="6">Network administration</a></h3>
369: <dl>
1.68 grunk 370: <dt><i><a name="book6" href="http://www.sshbuch.de/">Das SSH-Buch</a></i>
371: (German)
1.67 grunk 372: <dd>by Timo Dotzauer and Tobias Lütticke
373: <dd>ISBN 3-938626-03-8
374: <dd>Millin Verlag, December 2006, 600p.
375: <dd>This book covers the theory behind OpenSSH (protocol, channels, standards
376: documents) as well as using OpenSSH as an end user.
377: Although using Linux as a reference OS, many of the examples also have
378: a description how to get things done under BSD.
379: In a separate cookbook chapter, several scenarios from daily work are solved
380: using OpenSSH.
381: Furthermore, this book is the first German book to cover VPN via OpenSSH.
1.77 deraadt 382: <dd>
1.67 grunk 383: <p>
1.22 aaron 384: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
385: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
386: <dd>The Definitive Guide. OpenSSH is covered in detail.
387: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596000111/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
388: <p>
1.15 philen 389: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
390: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
391: <dd>
392: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book. It
393: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite. This book provides information,
1.35 pvalchev 394: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15 philen 395: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
396: book.
397: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633469/openbsdA/">Order
398: from Amazon</a>]
399: <p>
1.20 chris 400: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
401: <dd>by Brian Tung
402: <dd>
403: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks. Explains concepts of
404: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
405: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201379244/openbsdA/">Order
406: from Amazon</a>]
407: <p>
1.34 miod 408: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20 chris 409: Private Networks</i>
410: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
411: <dd>
1.34 miod 412: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite. It also describes its relation
1.20 chris 413: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
414: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0130118982/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 415: <p>
1.20 chris 416: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
417: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
418: <dd>
419: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking. It presents
420: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies. It covers technologies
421: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
1.70 deraadt 422: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0130661023/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
1.36 jufi 423: <p>
1.15 philen 424: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
425: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
426: <dd>
427: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
428: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
1.69 mbalmer 429: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596100574/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 430: from Amazon</a>]
431: <p>
432: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
433: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
434: <dd>
1.46 david 435: Recommended by the <a href="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
1.15 philen 436: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
437: included with OpenBSD.
438: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1578701376/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</a>]
439: <p>
440: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
441: <dd>by Hal Stern
442: <dd>
443: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.33 kevlo 444: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565925106/openbsdA/">Order
1.15 philen 445: from Amazon</a>]
1.37 dhartmei 446: <p>
447: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
448: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
449: <dd>
450: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
451: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
452: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
453: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
454: <dd>[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596002904/openbsdA/">Order
455: from Amazon</a>]
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1.21 chris 457:
1.25 chris 458: <hr>
1.21 chris 459: <h3><a name="7">Cryptography</a></h3>
460: <dl>
461: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
462: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
463: <dd>
464: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
465: about its history, protocols, and algorithms. This book is a great
466: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
467: to understand the field. Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
1.36 jufi 468: <br>
1.21 chris 469: From Amazon, someone commented "<i>
470: It is common to find that masters of mysterious technical arts are poor communicators. Bruce Schneier
471: demonstrates exceptional skill as a technical communicator. Here is a book about an esoteric subject - one
472: built on a foundation of theoretical mathematics - that ordinary folk can read. Sure, one needs to be
473: motivated by an interest in the subject, and the technical level sometimes requires a more than ordinary
474: background in number theory and the like - but a degree in theoretical mathematics is not necessary to
475: derive pleasure and profit from reading Applied Cryptography.</i>"
476: <dd>
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1.36 jufi 479: <p>
1.30 jsyn 480: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26 ian 481: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
482: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography. The authors write:
483: <dd>
484: ... Public-key cryptographic techniques
485: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
486: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
487: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
488: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
489: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
490: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
491: the art of cryptography.
492: <dd>The entire book is
1.55 grunk 493: <a href="http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/">
1.26 ian 494: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
495: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
496: <dd>
1.36 jufi 497: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0849385237/openbsdA/">Order
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499: <p>
1.25 chris 500: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
501: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
502: <dd>
503: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
504: examples. The SSL protocol
505: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
506: on the Internet. Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
507: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
508: <dd>
509: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0471383546/openbsdA/">Order
510: from Amazon</a>]
511: <p>
1.39 jose 512: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
513: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
514: <dd>
515: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
516: covering their operation and security,
517: together with usage and implementation details.
518: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
519: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
520: used to monitor SSL connections.
521: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
522: <dd>
523: [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201615983/openbsdA/">Order
524: from Amazon</a>]
525: <p>
1.25 chris 526: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
527: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
528: <dd>
1.54 nick 529: A complete reprint of the IPsec RFCs with an extensive index and
530: glossary.
1.25 chris 531: <dd>
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