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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>
1.13      deraadt    33:
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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&amp;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:
1.87    ! austin     74: <dt><a name="book9"><i>SSH Mastery</i></a>
        !            75: <dd>by Michael Lucas
        !            76: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1470069711
        !            77: <dd>ISBN-10: 1470069717
        !            78: <dd>February 2012, 145 pp.
        !            79: <dd>
        !            80: A guide to what you need to know about SSH. This book will help you
        !            81: eliminate passwords on your network, tunnel unencrypted protocols
        !            82: through secure channels, build VPNs with OpenSSH, and more. Focuses on
        !            83: the OpenSSH server, the OpenSSH client, and the PuTTY client.
        !            84: Michael W Lucas is the author of Absolute OpenBSD and other BSD books.
        !            85: Helping support OpenBSD, Michael is contributing all his author's profits, from
        !            86: orders via the main OpenBSD order page, back to the project.
        !            87: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B09=1&amp;B08%2b=Add">
        !            88: Order direct from the OpenBSD website International.</a>]
        !            89: <p>
        !            90:
        !            91:
1.42      wvdputte   92: <dt><a name="book2"><i>Absolute OpenBSD</i></a>
1.41      jose       93: <dd>by Michael Lucas
1.42      wvdputte   94: <dd>ISBN 1-886411-99-9
1.44      austin     95: <dd>July 2003, 500 pp.
1.41      jose       96: <dd>
                     97: Michael Lucas, the author of the O'ReillyNet Big Scary Daemons series
                     98: about the BSD family, has written a book specifically for OpenBSD.
                     99: This book covers all aspects of the OpenBSD system for new UNIX and
1.87    ! austin    100: BSD users alike.<br>
        !           101: The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata can be found at
1.75      tobias    102: <a href="http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com/">http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com/</a>.
1.74      austin    103: <dd>[<b>Out of Print</b>]
1.42      wvdputte  104:
1.41      jose      105: <p>
1.65      ian       106: <dt><a name="book5"><i>OpenBSD 4.0: A Crash Course</i></a> (PDF)
                    107: <dd>by Jem Matzan
                    108: <dd>ISBN 0-596-51015-2
                    109: <dd>January 2007, 59 pp.
                    110: <dd>
                    111: Jem Matzan, known for his online articles promoting OpenBSD,
                    112: is the author of this "Short Cut" guide to installing and administering
                    113: OpenBSD 4.0. Topics include initial configuration, desktop and server,
                    114: using ports (complete with extra hints on some ports), and maintenance.
                    115: You order this book direct from O'Reilly, and it comes as a PDF
                    116: with free download of corrected versions as they become available.
                    117: <ul>
                    118: </ul>
                    119: <dd>[<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/">Order from O'Reilly</a>]
                    120:
                    121: <p>
1.48      austin    122: <dt><a name="book3">
                    123: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i></a>
1.47      jose      124: <dd>by Brandon Palmer, Jose Nazario.
                    125: <dd>ISBN 03-21193-66-0
                    126: <dd>April 2004, 520 pp.
                    127: <dd>
                    128: A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a
                    129: more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users
                    130: who want to fully exploit every feature of the system. This book
                    131: covers all aspects of OpenBSD, including systrace, Kerberos V, IPv6 and
                    132: IPsec, and the development environment.
1.55      grunk     133: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B03=1&amp;B03%2b=Add">Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>]
1.15      philen    134: </dl>
                    135: <hr>
                    136:
                    137: <h3><a name="2">BSD-specific books</a></h3>
                    138: <dl>
                    139: <dt>
                    140: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
                    141: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
                    142: <dd>
1.52      millert   143: At 549 pages plus an index, <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0201549794">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
1.15      philen    144: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
                    145: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
                    146: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
                    147: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates.  Not
                    148: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
                    149: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
1.13      deraadt   150: <p>
1.15      philen    151: <dt>
                    152: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
                    153: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
                    154: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
                    155: <dd>
                    156: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
                    157: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
                    158: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
1.46      david     159: in articles in <em>Dr. Dobbs Journal</em>. This book goes beyond the articles,
1.15      philen    160: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
                    161: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
                    162: you can still learn a lot from it.
1.13      deraadt   163: <p>
1.15      philen    164: <dt>
                    165: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
                    166: <dd>by James Wilson
                    167: <dd>
                    168: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
                    169: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
                    170: <p>
                    171: <dt>
                    172: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
                    173: <dd>by Jack Hodges
                    174: <dd>
                    175: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language.  Intended
                    176: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix.  Covers the fundamentals
                    177: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
                    178: and system programming with C.
                    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&amp;T,
                    199: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.86      lum       200: 4.4BSD distributions.
                    201: They are not included with OpenBSD.
1.17      louis     202: <p>
                    203: <dt>
                    204: <dt>
                    205: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23      horacio   206: <dd>published by C&amp;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.
1.85      deraadt   213: <br><a href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&amp;frame=yes&amp;id=38effe1813566">
                    214: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a>. However, you might want to pick up a <a
1.36      jufi      215: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&amp;frame=yes&amp;id=38effe1813566">more
1.17      louis     216: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.61      grunk     217:
                    218: <p>
                    219: <dt>
                    220: <dt>
                    221: <i>The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book</i>
                    222: <dd>
                    223: published by Reed Media Services
                    224: <dd>
                    225: August 2006, 193 pp.
                    226: <dd>
1.62      steven    227: This book is an expanded, cross-referenced, indexed, edited, and reformatted
                    228: version of the <a href="faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a>.
1.61      grunk     229: It also covers spamd and introduces the setup and differences of PF
                    230: on NetBSD, DragonFly, and FreeBSD.
                    231: <br />The official book website with table of contents, index, and
                    232: configuration examples can be found at
                    233: <a href="http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/">http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/</a>.
1.15      philen    234: </dl>
                    235: <hr>
1.2       ian       236:
1.15      philen    237: <h3><a name="3">Unix user guides</a></h3>
                    238: <dl>
                    239: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
                    240: <dd>by John Muster
                    241: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
                    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.
1.18      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.
1.15      philen    260: </dl>
                    261: <hr>
1.1       ian       262:
1.15      philen    263: <h3><a name="4">Unix administration</a></h3>
                    264: <dl>
                    265: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
                    266: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
                    267: <dd>
                    268: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
                    269: <p>
                    270: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
                    271: <dd>by AEleen Frisch
                    272: <dd>
                    273: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration.  It includes
                    274: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
                    275: </dl>
                    276: <hr>
1.1       ian       277:
1.15      philen    278: <h3><a name="5">Unix programming</a></h3>
                    279: <dl>
                    280: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
                    281: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
                    282: <dd>
1.24      ian       283: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.53      jsg       284: multi-processing architectures.
1.15      philen    285: <p>
                    286: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
                    287: <dd>by John Lions
                    288: <dd>
1.2       ian       289: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1       ian       290: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
                    291: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
                    292: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
                    293: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
                    294: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
                    295: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
                    296: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15      philen    297: <p>
                    298: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
                    299: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
                    300: <dd>
                    301: 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.
                    302: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
                    303: Highly recommended.
1.46      david     304: <p>
1.15      philen    305: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
                    306: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
                    307: <dd>
                    308: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older.  The
                    309: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
1.16      chris     310: <p>
1.60      grunk     311: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)</i>
                    312: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
1.16      chris     313: <dd>
                    314: This is a very detailed and easy to read book.  It has several examples
                    315: that you can learn from.  There is plenty of information about library and
                    316: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
                    317: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
                    318: make an excellent combination.
1.36      jufi      319: <p>
1.25      chris     320: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
                    321: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
                    322: <dd>
                    323: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
                    324: perhaps the only one you will ever need.  It focuses strictly on the C language,
                    325: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
1.36      jufi      326: <p>
1.46      david     327: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</i>
1.25      chris     328: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
                    329: <dd>
1.46      david     330: 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     331: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
                    332: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
1.36      jufi      333: <p>
1.64      steven    334: <dt><i>The Art of Software Security Assessment</i>
1.63      otto      335: <dd>by Mark Dowd, John McDonald and Justin Schuh
                    336: <dd>Covers code auditing, design and operational review, types of
                    337: vulnerabilities, privilege models, signals,
                    338: interprocess communication, synchronization, networking and more.
                    339: Lots of examples and real world code snippets.
1.15      philen    340: </dl>
1.25      chris     341:
1.15      philen    342: <hr>
                    343:
                    344: <h3><a name="6">Network administration</a></h3>
                    345: <dl>
1.68      grunk     346: <dt><i><a name="book6" href="http://www.sshbuch.de/">Das SSH-Buch</a></i>
                    347: (German)
1.67      grunk     348: <dd>by Timo Dotzauer and Tobias L&uuml;tticke
                    349: <dd>ISBN 3-938626-03-8
                    350: <dd>Millin Verlag, December 2006, 600p.
                    351: <dd>This book covers the theory behind OpenSSH (protocol, channels, standards
                    352: documents) as well as using OpenSSH as an end user.
                    353: Although using Linux as a reference OS, many of the examples also have
                    354: a description how to get things done under BSD.
                    355: In a separate cookbook chapter, several scenarios from daily work are solved
                    356: using OpenSSH.
                    357: Furthermore, this book is the first German book to cover VPN via OpenSSH.
1.77      deraadt   358: <dd>
1.67      grunk     359: <p>
1.22      aaron     360: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
                    361: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
                    362: <dd>The Definitive Guide.  OpenSSH is covered in detail.
                    363: <p>
1.15      philen    364: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
                    365: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
                    366: <dd>
                    367: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book.  It
                    368: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite.  This book provides information,
1.35      pvalchev  369: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15      philen    370: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
                    371: book.
                    372: <p>
1.20      chris     373: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
                    374: <dd>by Brian Tung
                    375: <dd>
                    376: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks.  Explains concepts of
                    377: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
                    378: <p>
1.34      miod      379: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20      chris     380: Private Networks</i>
                    381: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
                    382: <dd>
1.34      miod      383: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite.  It also describes its relation
1.20      chris     384: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
1.36      jufi      385: <p>
1.20      chris     386: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
                    387: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
                    388: <dd>
                    389: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking.  It presents
                    390: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies.  It covers technologies
                    391: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
1.36      jufi      392: <p>
1.15      philen    393: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
                    394: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
                    395: <dd>
                    396: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
                    397: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
                    398: <p>
                    399: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
                    400: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
                    401: <dd>
1.46      david     402: Recommended by the <a href="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
1.15      philen    403: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
                    404: included with OpenBSD.
                    405: <p>
                    406: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
                    407: <dd>by Hal Stern
                    408: <dd>
                    409: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.37      dhartmei  410: <p>
                    411: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
                    412: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
                    413: <dd>
                    414: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
                    415: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
                    416: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
                    417: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
1.25      chris     418: </dl>
1.21      chris     419:
1.25      chris     420: <hr>
1.21      chris     421: <h3><a name="7">Cryptography</a></h3>
                    422: <dl>
                    423: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
                    424: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
                    425: <dd>
                    426: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
                    427: about its history, protocols, and algorithms.  This book is a great
                    428: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
                    429: to understand the field.  Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
1.36      jufi      430: <br>
                    431: <p>
1.30      jsyn      432: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26      ian       433: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
                    434: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography.  The authors write:
                    435: <dd>
                    436: ...  Public-key cryptographic techniques
                    437: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
                    438: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
                    439: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
                    440: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
                    441: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
                    442: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
                    443: the art of cryptography.
                    444: <dd>The entire book is
1.55      grunk     445: <a href="http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/">
1.26      ian       446: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
                    447: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
                    448: <dd>
                    449: <p>
1.25      chris     450: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
                    451: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
                    452: <dd>
                    453: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
                    454: examples.  The SSL protocol
                    455: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
                    456: on the Internet.  Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
                    457: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
                    458: <dd>
                    459: <p>
1.39      jose      460: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
                    461: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
                    462: <dd>
                    463: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
                    464: covering their operation and security,
                    465: together with usage and implementation details.
                    466: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
                    467: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
                    468: used to monitor SSL connections.
                    469: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
                    470: <dd>
                    471: <p>
1.25      chris     472: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
                    473: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
                    474: <dd>
1.54      nick      475: A complete reprint of the IPsec RFCs with an extensive index and
                    476: glossary.
1.25      chris     477: <dd>
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