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1.36 jufi 20: <h2><font color="#cc0000">UNIX and BSD books</font></h2>
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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>
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1.13 deraadt 35:
1.15 philen 36: <h3><a name="1">OpenBSD-specific books</a></h3>
37: <dl>
1.89 austin 38:
1.81 deraadt 39: <dt><a name="book8"><i>The Book of PF, 2nd Edition<br>
40: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall</i></a>
41: <dd>by Peter N. M. Hansteen
42: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-274-6
43: <dd>November 2010.
44: <dd>
1.72 wvdputte 45: The first sentence of this book is, "<i>This is a book about building the
46: network you need</i>". Taking it from there, Peter walks you through the whys
47: and the hows of building the high performance, low maintenance network you need,
48: using OpenBSD tools.<br>
49: The book covers all bases from the basic one machine configuration and basic
50: local area networks, all the way up to configurations with traffic shaping and
51: load balancing with "self healing" networks and countermeasures against common
1.73 wvdputte 52: problems such as DoS attempts and spamming. A basic understanding of TCP/IP
1.72 wvdputte 53: and some Unix knowledge is assumed.<br>
54: The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata
1.75 tobias 55: can be found at
1.89 austin 56: <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/pf2.htm">http://www.nostarch.com/pf2.htm</a>.
57: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B08=1&B08%2b=Add">
58: Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>]
59:
60:
1.72 wvdputte 61: <p>
1.87 austin 62: <dt><a name="book9"><i>SSH Mastery</i></a>
63: <dd>by Michael Lucas
64: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1470069711
65: <dd>ISBN-10: 1470069717
66: <dd>February 2012, 145 pp.
67: <dd>
68: A guide to what you need to know about SSH. This book will help you
69: eliminate passwords on your network, tunnel unencrypted protocols
70: through secure channels, build VPNs with OpenSSH, and more. Focuses on
71: the OpenSSH server, the OpenSSH client, and the PuTTY client.
72: Michael W Lucas is the author of Absolute OpenBSD and other BSD books.
73: Helping support OpenBSD, Michael is contributing all his author's profits, from
74: orders via the main OpenBSD order page, back to the project.
1.88 deraadt 75: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B09=1&B09%2b=Add">
1.87 austin 76: Order direct from the OpenBSD website International.</a>]
77: <p>
78:
79:
1.89 austin 80: <dt><a name="book10"><i>Absolute OpenBSD. 2nd Edition!</i></a>
1.41 jose 81: <dd>by Michael Lucas
1.89 austin 82: <dd>ISBN-13 978-1-59327-476-4
83: <dd>Expected April 2013, 536 pp.
1.41 jose 84: <dd>
1.90 ! deraadt 85: Michael Lucas brings us the long anticipated second edition of his
1.89 austin 86: wildly successful book about using OpenBSD. This book covers all aspects of the
87: OpenBSD system for new UNIX and BSD users alike.<br>
88:
89: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/absolute-openbsd-2nd-edition">
90: The official Absolute OpenBSD 2nd edition website is here.</a>.
91: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B10=1&B10%2b=Add">
92: Pre-order direct from the OpenBSD website International.</a>]
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: </ul>
108: <dd>[<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/">Order from O'Reilly</a>]
109:
110: <p>
1.48 austin 111: <dt><a name="book3">
112: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i></a>
1.47 jose 113: <dd>by Brandon Palmer, Jose Nazario.
114: <dd>ISBN 03-21193-66-0
115: <dd>April 2004, 520 pp.
116: <dd>
117: A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a
118: more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users
119: who want to fully exploit every feature of the system. This book
120: covers all aspects of OpenBSD, including systrace, Kerberos V, IPv6 and
121: IPsec, and the development environment.
1.55 grunk 122: <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 123: </dl>
124: <hr>
125:
126: <h3><a name="2">BSD-specific books</a></h3>
127: <dl>
128: <dt>
129: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
130: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
131: <dd>
1.52 millert 132: At 549 pages plus an index, <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0201549794">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
1.15 philen 133: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
134: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
135: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
136: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not
137: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
138: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
1.13 deraadt 139: <p>
1.15 philen 140: <dt>
141: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
142: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
143: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
144: <dd>
145: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
146: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
147: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
1.46 david 148: in articles in <em>Dr. Dobbs Journal</em>. This book goes beyond the articles,
1.15 philen 149: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
150: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
151: you can still learn a lot from it.
1.13 deraadt 152: <p>
1.15 philen 153: <dt>
154: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
155: <dd>by James Wilson
156: <dd>
157: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
158: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
159: <p>
160: <dt>
161: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
162: <dd>by Jack Hodges
163: <dd>
164: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language. Intended
165: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix. Covers the fundamentals
166: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
167: and system programming with C.
168: <p>
169: <dt>
170: <dt>
171: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
172: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
173: <dd>
1.12 ian 174: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2 ian 175: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
176: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13 deraadt 177: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
178: <p>
1.15 philen 179: <dt>
180: <dt>
181: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
182: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
183: <dd>
184: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2 ian 185: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
186: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13 deraadt 187: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
188: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.86 lum 189: 4.4BSD distributions.
190: They are not included with OpenBSD.
1.17 louis 191: <p>
192: <dt>
193: <dt>
194: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23 horacio 195: <dd>published by C&L Computer- und Literaturverlag GmbH, 1998
1.17 louis 196: <dd>
1.78 deraadt 197: A book in German on all
1.17 louis 198: three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration
199: and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on
200: LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment.
201: <br>Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
1.85 deraadt 202: <br><a href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">
203: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a>. However, you might want to pick up a <a
1.36 jufi 204: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">more
1.17 louis 205: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.61 grunk 206:
207: <p>
208: <dt>
209: <dt>
210: <i>The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book</i>
211: <dd>
212: published by Reed Media Services
213: <dd>
214: August 2006, 193 pp.
215: <dd>
1.62 steven 216: This book is an expanded, cross-referenced, indexed, edited, and reformatted
217: version of the <a href="faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a>.
1.61 grunk 218: It also covers spamd and introduces the setup and differences of PF
219: on NetBSD, DragonFly, and FreeBSD.
220: <br />The official book website with table of contents, index, and
221: configuration examples can be found at
222: <a href="http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/">http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/</a>.
1.15 philen 223: </dl>
224: <hr>
1.2 ian 225:
1.15 philen 226: <h3><a name="3">Unix user guides</a></h3>
227: <dl>
228: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
229: <dd>by John Muster
230: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
231: <p>
232: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
233: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
234: <dd>
1.58 grunk 235: This book is now in its third edition. It discusses
1.15 philen 236: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
237: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
238: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
239: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
240: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
1.80 steven 241: <a href="faq/ports/index.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
1.15 philen 242: that is part of OpenBSD.
1.18 ericj 243: <p>
244: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
245: <dd>by Rod Smith
246: <dd>
247: <dd>
248: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
1.15 philen 249: </dl>
250: <hr>
1.1 ian 251:
1.15 philen 252: <h3><a name="4">Unix administration</a></h3>
253: <dl>
254: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
255: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
256: <dd>
257: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
258: <p>
259: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
260: <dd>by AEleen Frisch
261: <dd>
262: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration. It includes
263: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
264: </dl>
265: <hr>
1.1 ian 266:
1.15 philen 267: <h3><a name="5">Unix programming</a></h3>
268: <dl>
269: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
270: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
271: <dd>
1.24 ian 272: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.53 jsg 273: multi-processing architectures.
1.15 philen 274: <p>
275: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
276: <dd>by John Lions
277: <dd>
1.2 ian 278: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1 ian 279: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
280: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
281: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
282: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
283: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
284: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
285: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15 philen 286: <p>
287: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
288: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
289: <dd>
290: 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.
291: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
292: Highly recommended.
1.46 david 293: <p>
1.15 philen 294: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
295: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
296: <dd>
297: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older. The
298: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
1.16 chris 299: <p>
1.60 grunk 300: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)</i>
301: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
1.16 chris 302: <dd>
303: This is a very detailed and easy to read book. It has several examples
304: that you can learn from. There is plenty of information about library and
305: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
306: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
307: make an excellent combination.
1.36 jufi 308: <p>
1.25 chris 309: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
310: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
311: <dd>
312: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
313: perhaps the only one you will ever need. It focuses strictly on the C language,
314: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
1.36 jufi 315: <p>
1.46 david 316: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</i>
1.25 chris 317: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
318: <dd>
1.46 david 319: 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 320: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
321: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
1.36 jufi 322: <p>
1.64 steven 323: <dt><i>The Art of Software Security Assessment</i>
1.63 otto 324: <dd>by Mark Dowd, John McDonald and Justin Schuh
325: <dd>Covers code auditing, design and operational review, types of
326: vulnerabilities, privilege models, signals,
327: interprocess communication, synchronization, networking and more.
328: Lots of examples and real world code snippets.
1.15 philen 329: </dl>
1.25 chris 330:
1.15 philen 331: <hr>
332:
333: <h3><a name="6">Network administration</a></h3>
334: <dl>
1.68 grunk 335: <dt><i><a name="book6" href="http://www.sshbuch.de/">Das SSH-Buch</a></i>
336: (German)
1.67 grunk 337: <dd>by Timo Dotzauer and Tobias Lütticke
338: <dd>ISBN 3-938626-03-8
339: <dd>Millin Verlag, December 2006, 600p.
340: <dd>This book covers the theory behind OpenSSH (protocol, channels, standards
341: documents) as well as using OpenSSH as an end user.
342: Although using Linux as a reference OS, many of the examples also have
343: a description how to get things done under BSD.
344: In a separate cookbook chapter, several scenarios from daily work are solved
345: using OpenSSH.
346: Furthermore, this book is the first German book to cover VPN via OpenSSH.
1.77 deraadt 347: <dd>
1.67 grunk 348: <p>
1.22 aaron 349: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
350: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
351: <dd>The Definitive Guide. OpenSSH is covered in detail.
352: <p>
1.15 philen 353: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
354: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
355: <dd>
356: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book. It
357: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite. This book provides information,
1.35 pvalchev 358: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15 philen 359: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
360: book.
361: <p>
1.20 chris 362: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
363: <dd>by Brian Tung
364: <dd>
365: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks. Explains concepts of
366: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
367: <p>
1.34 miod 368: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20 chris 369: Private Networks</i>
370: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
371: <dd>
1.34 miod 372: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite. It also describes its relation
1.20 chris 373: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
1.36 jufi 374: <p>
1.20 chris 375: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
376: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
377: <dd>
378: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking. It presents
379: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies. It covers technologies
380: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
1.36 jufi 381: <p>
1.15 philen 382: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
383: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
384: <dd>
385: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
386: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
387: <p>
388: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
389: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
390: <dd>
1.46 david 391: Recommended by the <a href="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
1.15 philen 392: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
393: included with OpenBSD.
394: <p>
395: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
396: <dd>by Hal Stern
397: <dd>
398: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.37 dhartmei 399: <p>
400: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
401: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
402: <dd>
403: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
404: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
405: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
406: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
1.25 chris 407: </dl>
1.21 chris 408:
1.25 chris 409: <hr>
1.21 chris 410: <h3><a name="7">Cryptography</a></h3>
411: <dl>
412: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
413: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
414: <dd>
415: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
416: about its history, protocols, and algorithms. This book is a great
417: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
418: to understand the field. Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
1.36 jufi 419: <br>
420: <p>
1.30 jsyn 421: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26 ian 422: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
423: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography. The authors write:
424: <dd>
425: ... Public-key cryptographic techniques
426: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
427: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
428: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
429: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
430: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
431: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
432: the art of cryptography.
433: <dd>The entire book is
1.55 grunk 434: <a href="http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/">
1.26 ian 435: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
436: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
437: <dd>
438: <p>
1.25 chris 439: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
440: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
441: <dd>
442: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
443: examples. The SSL protocol
444: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
445: on the Internet. Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
446: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
447: <dd>
448: <p>
1.39 jose 449: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
450: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
451: <dd>
452: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
453: covering their operation and security,
454: together with usage and implementation details.
455: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
456: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
457: used to monitor SSL connections.
458: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
459: <dd>
460: <p>
1.25 chris 461: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
462: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
463: <dd>
1.54 nick 464: A complete reprint of the IPsec RFCs with an extensive index and
465: glossary.
1.25 chris 466: <dd>
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