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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: <ul>
25: <li><a href="#1">OpenBSD-specific books</a>
26: <li><a href="#2">BSD-specific books</a>
27: <li><a href="#3">Unix user guides</a>
28: <li><a href="#4">Unix administration</a>
29: <li><a href="#5">Unix programming</a>
30: <li><a href="#6">Network administration</a>
31: <li><a href="#7">Cryptography</a>
32: </ul>
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1.13 deraadt 35:
1.15 philen 36: <h3><a name="1">OpenBSD-specific books</a></h3>
37: <dl>
1.81 deraadt 38: <dt><a name="book8"><i>The Book of PF, 2nd Edition<br>
39: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall</i></a>
40: <dd>by Peter N. M. Hansteen
41: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-274-6
42: <dd>November 2010.
43: <dd>
44: A new pf book! This book matches the packet filter as found in OpenBSD 4.8!
45: <p>
46: The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata
47: can be found at
1.82 deraadt 48: <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/pf2.htm">http://www.nostarch.com/pf2.htm</a>.
1.83 austin 49: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B08=1&B08%2b=Add">Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>]
50:
1.81 deraadt 51: <p>
1.72 wvdputte 52: <dt><a name="book7"><i>The Book of PF - A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD
53: Firewall</i></a>
54: <dd>by Peter N. M. Hansteen
55: <dd>ISBN-10: 1593271654
56: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1593271657
57: <dd>December 2007, 184 pp.
58: <dd>
59: The first sentence of this book is, "<i>This is a book about building the
60: network you need</i>". Taking it from there, Peter walks you through the whys
61: and the hows of building the high performance, low maintenance network you need,
62: using OpenBSD tools.<br>
63: The book covers all bases from the basic one machine configuration and basic
64: local area networks, all the way up to configurations with traffic shaping and
65: load balancing with "self healing" networks and countermeasures against common
1.73 wvdputte 66: problems such as DoS attempts and spamming. A basic understanding of TCP/IP
1.72 wvdputte 67: and some Unix knowledge is assumed.<br>
68: The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata
1.75 tobias 69: can be found at
70: <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/pf.htm">http://www.nostarch.com/pf.htm</a>.
1.84 austin 71: <dd>[First edition: sold out. Order second edition: see above.]
1.72 wvdputte 72: <p>
1.84 austin 73:
1.42 wvdputte 74: <dt><a name="book2"><i>Absolute OpenBSD</i></a>
1.41 jose 75: <dd>by Michael Lucas
1.42 wvdputte 76: <dd>ISBN 1-886411-99-9
1.44 austin 77: <dd>July 2003, 500 pp.
1.41 jose 78: <dd>
79: Michael Lucas, the author of the O'ReillyNet Big Scary Daemons series
80: about the BSD family, has written a book specifically for OpenBSD.
81: This book covers all aspects of the OpenBSD system for new UNIX and
1.44 austin 82: BSD users alike in approximately 500 pages. <br>The official book website for
1.75 tobias 83: a sample chapter, table of contents and errata can be found at
84: <a href="http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com/">http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com/</a>.
1.74 austin 85: <dd>[<b>Out of Print</b>]
1.42 wvdputte 86:
1.41 jose 87: <p>
1.65 ian 88: <dt><a name="book5"><i>OpenBSD 4.0: A Crash Course</i></a> (PDF)
89: <dd>by Jem Matzan
90: <dd>ISBN 0-596-51015-2
91: <dd>January 2007, 59 pp.
92: <dd>
93: Jem Matzan, known for his online articles promoting OpenBSD,
94: is the author of this "Short Cut" guide to installing and administering
95: OpenBSD 4.0. Topics include initial configuration, desktop and server,
96: using ports (complete with extra hints on some ports), and maintenance.
97: You order this book direct from O'Reilly, and it comes as a PDF
98: with free download of corrected versions as they become available.
99: <ul>
100: </ul>
101: <dd>[<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/">Order from O'Reilly</a>]
102:
103: <p>
1.48 austin 104: <dt><a name="book3">
105: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i></a>
1.47 jose 106: <dd>by Brandon Palmer, Jose Nazario.
107: <dd>ISBN 03-21193-66-0
108: <dd>April 2004, 520 pp.
109: <dd>
110: A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a
111: more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users
112: who want to fully exploit every feature of the system. This book
113: covers all aspects of OpenBSD, including systrace, Kerberos V, IPv6 and
114: IPsec, and the development environment.
1.55 grunk 115: <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 116: </dl>
117: <hr>
118:
119: <h3><a name="2">BSD-specific books</a></h3>
120: <dl>
121: <dt>
122: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
123: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
124: <dd>
1.52 millert 125: At 549 pages plus an index, <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0201549794">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
1.15 philen 126: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
127: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
128: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
129: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not
130: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
131: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
1.13 deraadt 132: <p>
1.15 philen 133: <dt>
134: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
135: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
136: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
137: <dd>
138: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
139: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
140: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
1.46 david 141: in articles in <em>Dr. Dobbs Journal</em>. This book goes beyond the articles,
1.15 philen 142: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
143: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
144: you can still learn a lot from it.
1.13 deraadt 145: <p>
1.15 philen 146: <dt>
147: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
148: <dd>by James Wilson
149: <dd>
150: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
151: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
152: <p>
153: <dt>
154: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
155: <dd>by Jack Hodges
156: <dd>
157: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language. Intended
158: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix. Covers the fundamentals
159: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
160: and system programming with C.
161: <p>
162: <dt>
163: <dt>
164: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
165: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
166: <dd>
1.12 ian 167: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2 ian 168: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
169: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13 deraadt 170: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
171: <p>
1.15 philen 172: <dt>
173: <dt>
174: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
175: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
176: <dd>
177: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2 ian 178: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
179: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13 deraadt 180: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
181: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.86 ! lum 182: 4.4BSD distributions.
! 183: They are not included with OpenBSD.
1.17 louis 184: <p>
185: <dt>
186: <dt>
187: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23 horacio 188: <dd>published by C&L Computer- und Literaturverlag GmbH, 1998
1.17 louis 189: <dd>
1.78 deraadt 190: A book in German on all
1.17 louis 191: three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration
192: and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on
193: LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment.
194: <br>Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
1.85 deraadt 195: <br><a href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">
196: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a>. However, you might want to pick up a <a
1.36 jufi 197: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">more
1.17 louis 198: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.61 grunk 199:
200: <p>
201: <dt>
202: <dt>
203: <i>The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book</i>
204: <dd>
205: published by Reed Media Services
206: <dd>
207: August 2006, 193 pp.
208: <dd>
1.62 steven 209: This book is an expanded, cross-referenced, indexed, edited, and reformatted
210: version of the <a href="faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a>.
1.61 grunk 211: It also covers spamd and introduces the setup and differences of PF
212: on NetBSD, DragonFly, and FreeBSD.
213: <br />The official book website with table of contents, index, and
214: configuration examples can be found at
215: <a href="http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/">http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/</a>.
1.15 philen 216: </dl>
217: <hr>
1.2 ian 218:
1.15 philen 219: <h3><a name="3">Unix user guides</a></h3>
220: <dl>
221: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
222: <dd>by John Muster
223: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
224: <p>
225: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
226: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
227: <dd>
1.58 grunk 228: This book is now in its third edition. It discusses
1.15 philen 229: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
230: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
231: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
232: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
233: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
1.80 steven 234: <a href="faq/ports/index.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
1.15 philen 235: that is part of OpenBSD.
1.18 ericj 236: <p>
237: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
238: <dd>by Rod Smith
239: <dd>
240: <dd>
241: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
1.15 philen 242: </dl>
243: <hr>
1.1 ian 244:
1.15 philen 245: <h3><a name="4">Unix administration</a></h3>
246: <dl>
247: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
248: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
249: <dd>
250: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
251: <p>
252: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
253: <dd>by AEleen Frisch
254: <dd>
255: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration. It includes
256: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
257: </dl>
258: <hr>
1.1 ian 259:
1.15 philen 260: <h3><a name="5">Unix programming</a></h3>
261: <dl>
262: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
263: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
264: <dd>
1.24 ian 265: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.53 jsg 266: multi-processing architectures.
1.15 philen 267: <p>
268: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
269: <dd>by John Lions
270: <dd>
1.2 ian 271: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1 ian 272: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
273: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
274: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
275: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
276: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
277: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
278: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15 philen 279: <p>
280: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
281: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
282: <dd>
283: 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.
284: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
285: Highly recommended.
1.46 david 286: <p>
1.15 philen 287: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
288: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
289: <dd>
290: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older. The
291: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
1.16 chris 292: <p>
1.60 grunk 293: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)</i>
294: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
1.16 chris 295: <dd>
296: This is a very detailed and easy to read book. It has several examples
297: that you can learn from. There is plenty of information about library and
298: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
299: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
300: make an excellent combination.
1.36 jufi 301: <p>
1.25 chris 302: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
303: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
304: <dd>
305: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
306: perhaps the only one you will ever need. It focuses strictly on the C language,
307: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
1.36 jufi 308: <p>
1.46 david 309: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</i>
1.25 chris 310: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
311: <dd>
1.46 david 312: 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 313: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
314: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
1.36 jufi 315: <p>
1.64 steven 316: <dt><i>The Art of Software Security Assessment</i>
1.63 otto 317: <dd>by Mark Dowd, John McDonald and Justin Schuh
318: <dd>Covers code auditing, design and operational review, types of
319: vulnerabilities, privilege models, signals,
320: interprocess communication, synchronization, networking and more.
321: Lots of examples and real world code snippets.
1.15 philen 322: </dl>
1.25 chris 323:
1.15 philen 324: <hr>
325:
326: <h3><a name="6">Network administration</a></h3>
327: <dl>
1.68 grunk 328: <dt><i><a name="book6" href="http://www.sshbuch.de/">Das SSH-Buch</a></i>
329: (German)
1.67 grunk 330: <dd>by Timo Dotzauer and Tobias Lütticke
331: <dd>ISBN 3-938626-03-8
332: <dd>Millin Verlag, December 2006, 600p.
333: <dd>This book covers the theory behind OpenSSH (protocol, channels, standards
334: documents) as well as using OpenSSH as an end user.
335: Although using Linux as a reference OS, many of the examples also have
336: a description how to get things done under BSD.
337: In a separate cookbook chapter, several scenarios from daily work are solved
338: using OpenSSH.
339: Furthermore, this book is the first German book to cover VPN via OpenSSH.
1.77 deraadt 340: <dd>
1.67 grunk 341: <p>
1.22 aaron 342: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
343: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
344: <dd>The Definitive Guide. OpenSSH is covered in detail.
345: <p>
1.15 philen 346: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
347: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
348: <dd>
349: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book. It
350: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite. This book provides information,
1.35 pvalchev 351: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15 philen 352: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
353: book.
354: <p>
1.20 chris 355: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
356: <dd>by Brian Tung
357: <dd>
358: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks. Explains concepts of
359: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
360: <p>
1.34 miod 361: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20 chris 362: Private Networks</i>
363: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
364: <dd>
1.34 miod 365: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite. It also describes its relation
1.20 chris 366: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
1.36 jufi 367: <p>
1.20 chris 368: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
369: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
370: <dd>
371: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking. It presents
372: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies. It covers technologies
373: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
1.36 jufi 374: <p>
1.15 philen 375: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
376: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
377: <dd>
378: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
379: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
380: <p>
381: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
382: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
383: <dd>
1.46 david 384: Recommended by the <a href="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
1.15 philen 385: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
386: included with OpenBSD.
387: <p>
388: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
389: <dd>by Hal Stern
390: <dd>
391: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.37 dhartmei 392: <p>
393: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
394: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
395: <dd>
396: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
397: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
398: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
399: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
1.25 chris 400: </dl>
1.21 chris 401:
1.25 chris 402: <hr>
1.21 chris 403: <h3><a name="7">Cryptography</a></h3>
404: <dl>
405: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
406: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
407: <dd>
408: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
409: about its history, protocols, and algorithms. This book is a great
410: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
411: to understand the field. Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
1.36 jufi 412: <br>
413: <p>
1.30 jsyn 414: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26 ian 415: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
416: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography. The authors write:
417: <dd>
418: ... Public-key cryptographic techniques
419: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
420: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
421: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
422: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
423: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
424: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
425: the art of cryptography.
426: <dd>The entire book is
1.55 grunk 427: <a href="http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/">
1.26 ian 428: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
429: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
430: <dd>
431: <p>
1.25 chris 432: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
433: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
434: <dd>
435: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
436: examples. The SSL protocol
437: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
438: on the Internet. Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
439: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
440: <dd>
441: <p>
1.39 jose 442: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
443: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
444: <dd>
445: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
446: covering their operation and security,
447: together with usage and implementation details.
448: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
449: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
450: used to monitor SSL connections.
451: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
452: <dd>
453: <p>
1.25 chris 454: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
455: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
456: <dd>
1.54 nick 457: A complete reprint of the IPsec RFCs with an extensive index and
458: glossary.
1.25 chris 459: <dd>
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