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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:
1.91 deraadt 23: <h3>OpenBSD-specific books</h3>
1.15 philen 24: <dl>
1.89 austin 25:
1.81 deraadt 26: <dt><a name="book8"><i>The Book of PF, 2nd Edition<br>
27: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall</i></a>
28: <dd>by Peter N. M. Hansteen
29: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-274-6
30: <dd>November 2010.
31: <dd>
1.72 wvdputte 32: The first sentence of this book is, "<i>This is a book about building the
33: network you need</i>". Taking it from there, Peter walks you through the whys
34: and the hows of building the high performance, low maintenance network you need,
35: using OpenBSD tools.<br>
36: The book covers all bases from the basic one machine configuration and basic
37: local area networks, all the way up to configurations with traffic shaping and
38: load balancing with "self healing" networks and countermeasures against common
1.73 wvdputte 39: problems such as DoS attempts and spamming. A basic understanding of TCP/IP
1.72 wvdputte 40: and some Unix knowledge is assumed.<br>
41: The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata
1.75 tobias 42: can be found at
1.89 austin 43: <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/pf2.htm">http://www.nostarch.com/pf2.htm</a>.
44: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B08=1&B08%2b=Add">
45: Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>]
46:
47:
1.72 wvdputte 48: <p>
1.87 austin 49: <dt><a name="book9"><i>SSH Mastery</i></a>
50: <dd>by Michael Lucas
51: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1470069711
52: <dd>ISBN-10: 1470069717
53: <dd>February 2012, 145 pp.
54: <dd>
55: A guide to what you need to know about SSH. This book will help you
56: eliminate passwords on your network, tunnel unencrypted protocols
57: through secure channels, build VPNs with OpenSSH, and more. Focuses on
58: the OpenSSH server, the OpenSSH client, and the PuTTY client.
59: Michael W Lucas is the author of Absolute OpenBSD and other BSD books.
60: Helping support OpenBSD, Michael is contributing all his author's profits, from
1.92 ! deraadt 61: orders via the main OpenBSD order page, back to the project.<br>
! 62: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/ssh-mastery">The
! 63: official SSH Mastery website is here</a>
1.88 deraadt 64: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B09=1&B09%2b=Add">
1.87 austin 65: Order direct from the OpenBSD website International.</a>]
66: <p>
67:
68:
1.89 austin 69: <dt><a name="book10"><i>Absolute OpenBSD. 2nd Edition!</i></a>
1.41 jose 70: <dd>by Michael Lucas
1.89 austin 71: <dd>ISBN-13 978-1-59327-476-4
72: <dd>Expected April 2013, 536 pp.
1.41 jose 73: <dd>
1.90 deraadt 74: Michael Lucas brings us the long anticipated second edition of his
1.89 austin 75: wildly successful book about using OpenBSD. This book covers all aspects of the
76: OpenBSD system for new UNIX and BSD users alike.<br>
77:
78: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/absolute-openbsd-2nd-edition">
79: The official Absolute OpenBSD 2nd edition website is here.</a>.
80: <dd>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B10=1&B10%2b=Add">
1.92 ! deraadt 81: Order direct from the OpenBSD website International.</a>]
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1.41 jose 83: <p>
1.65 ian 84: <dt><a name="book5"><i>OpenBSD 4.0: A Crash Course</i></a> (PDF)
85: <dd>by Jem Matzan
86: <dd>ISBN 0-596-51015-2
87: <dd>January 2007, 59 pp.
88: <dd>
89: Jem Matzan, known for his online articles promoting OpenBSD,
90: is the author of this "Short Cut" guide to installing and administering
91: OpenBSD 4.0. Topics include initial configuration, desktop and server,
92: using ports (complete with extra hints on some ports), and maintenance.
93: You order this book direct from O'Reilly, and it comes as a PDF
94: with free download of corrected versions as they become available.
95: <ul>
96: </ul>
97: <dd>[<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/">Order from O'Reilly</a>]
98:
99: <p>
1.48 austin 100: <dt><a name="book3">
101: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i></a>
1.47 jose 102: <dd>by Brandon Palmer, Jose Nazario.
103: <dd>ISBN 03-21193-66-0
104: <dd>April 2004, 520 pp.
105: <dd>
106: A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a
107: more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users
108: who want to fully exploit every feature of the system. This book
109: covers all aspects of OpenBSD, including systrace, Kerberos V, IPv6 and
110: IPsec, and the development environment.
1.55 grunk 111: <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 112: </dl>
113: <hr>
114:
1.91 deraadt 115: <h3>BSD-specific books</h3>
1.15 philen 116: <dl>
117: <dt>
118: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
119: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
120: <dd>
1.52 millert 121: At 549 pages plus an index, <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0201549794">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
1.15 philen 122: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
123: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
124: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
125: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not
126: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
127: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
1.13 deraadt 128: <p>
1.15 philen 129: <dt>
130: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
131: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
132: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
133: <dd>
134: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
135: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
136: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
1.46 david 137: in articles in <em>Dr. Dobbs Journal</em>. This book goes beyond the articles,
1.15 philen 138: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
139: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
140: you can still learn a lot from it.
1.13 deraadt 141: <p>
1.15 philen 142: <dt>
143: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
144: <dd>by James Wilson
145: <dd>
146: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
147: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
148: <p>
149: <dt>
150: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
151: <dd>by Jack Hodges
152: <dd>
153: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language. Intended
154: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix. Covers the fundamentals
155: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
156: and system programming with C.
157: <p>
158: <dt>
159: <dt>
160: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
161: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
162: <dd>
1.12 ian 163: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2 ian 164: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
165: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13 deraadt 166: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
167: <p>
1.15 philen 168: <dt>
169: <dt>
170: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
171: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
172: <dd>
173: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2 ian 174: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
175: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13 deraadt 176: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
177: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.86 lum 178: 4.4BSD distributions.
179: They are not included with OpenBSD.
1.17 louis 180: <p>
181: <dt>
182: <dt>
183: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23 horacio 184: <dd>published by C&L Computer- und Literaturverlag GmbH, 1998
1.17 louis 185: <dd>
1.78 deraadt 186: A book in German on all
1.17 louis 187: three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration
188: and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on
189: LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment.
190: <br>Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
1.85 deraadt 191: <br><a href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">
192: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a>. However, you might want to pick up a <a
1.36 jufi 193: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">more
1.17 louis 194: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.61 grunk 195:
196: <p>
197: <dt>
198: <dt>
199: <i>The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book</i>
200: <dd>
201: published by Reed Media Services
202: <dd>
203: August 2006, 193 pp.
204: <dd>
1.62 steven 205: This book is an expanded, cross-referenced, indexed, edited, and reformatted
206: version of the <a href="faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a>.
1.61 grunk 207: It also covers spamd and introduces the setup and differences of PF
208: on NetBSD, DragonFly, and FreeBSD.
209: <br />The official book website with table of contents, index, and
210: configuration examples can be found at
211: <a href="http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/">http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/</a>.
1.15 philen 212: </dl>
213: <hr>
1.2 ian 214:
1.91 deraadt 215: <h3>Unix user guides</h3>
1.15 philen 216: <dl>
217: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
218: <dd>by John Muster
219: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
220: <p>
221: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
222: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
223: <dd>
1.58 grunk 224: This book is now in its third edition. It discusses
1.15 philen 225: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
226: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
227: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
228: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
229: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
1.80 steven 230: <a href="faq/ports/index.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
1.15 philen 231: that is part of OpenBSD.
1.18 ericj 232: <p>
233: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
234: <dd>by Rod Smith
235: <dd>
236: <dd>
237: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
1.15 philen 238: </dl>
239: <hr>
1.1 ian 240:
1.91 deraadt 241: <h3>Unix administration</h3>
1.15 philen 242: <dl>
243: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
244: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
245: <dd>
246: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
247: <p>
248: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
249: <dd>by AEleen Frisch
250: <dd>
251: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration. It includes
252: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
253: </dl>
254: <hr>
1.1 ian 255:
1.91 deraadt 256: <h3>Unix programming</h3>
1.15 philen 257: <dl>
258: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
259: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
260: <dd>
1.24 ian 261: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.53 jsg 262: multi-processing architectures.
1.15 philen 263: <p>
264: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
265: <dd>by John Lions
266: <dd>
1.2 ian 267: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1 ian 268: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
269: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
270: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
271: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
272: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
273: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
274: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15 philen 275: <p>
276: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
277: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
278: <dd>
279: 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.
280: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
281: Highly recommended.
1.46 david 282: <p>
1.15 philen 283: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
284: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
285: <dd>
286: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older. The
287: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
1.16 chris 288: <p>
1.60 grunk 289: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)</i>
290: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
1.16 chris 291: <dd>
292: This is a very detailed and easy to read book. It has several examples
293: that you can learn from. There is plenty of information about library and
294: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
295: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
296: make an excellent combination.
1.36 jufi 297: <p>
1.25 chris 298: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
299: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
300: <dd>
301: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
302: perhaps the only one you will ever need. It focuses strictly on the C language,
303: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
1.36 jufi 304: <p>
1.46 david 305: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</i>
1.25 chris 306: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
307: <dd>
1.46 david 308: 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 309: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
310: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
1.36 jufi 311: <p>
1.64 steven 312: <dt><i>The Art of Software Security Assessment</i>
1.63 otto 313: <dd>by Mark Dowd, John McDonald and Justin Schuh
314: <dd>Covers code auditing, design and operational review, types of
315: vulnerabilities, privilege models, signals,
316: interprocess communication, synchronization, networking and more.
317: Lots of examples and real world code snippets.
1.15 philen 318: </dl>
1.25 chris 319:
1.15 philen 320: <hr>
321:
1.91 deraadt 322: <h3>Network administration</h3>
1.15 philen 323: <dl>
1.68 grunk 324: <dt><i><a name="book6" href="http://www.sshbuch.de/">Das SSH-Buch</a></i>
325: (German)
1.67 grunk 326: <dd>by Timo Dotzauer and Tobias Lütticke
327: <dd>ISBN 3-938626-03-8
328: <dd>Millin Verlag, December 2006, 600p.
329: <dd>This book covers the theory behind OpenSSH (protocol, channels, standards
330: documents) as well as using OpenSSH as an end user.
331: Although using Linux as a reference OS, many of the examples also have
332: a description how to get things done under BSD.
333: In a separate cookbook chapter, several scenarios from daily work are solved
334: using OpenSSH.
335: Furthermore, this book is the first German book to cover VPN via OpenSSH.
1.77 deraadt 336: <dd>
1.67 grunk 337: <p>
1.22 aaron 338: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
339: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
340: <dd>The Definitive Guide. OpenSSH is covered in detail.
341: <p>
1.15 philen 342: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
343: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
344: <dd>
345: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book. It
346: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite. This book provides information,
1.35 pvalchev 347: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15 philen 348: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
349: book.
350: <p>
1.20 chris 351: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
352: <dd>by Brian Tung
353: <dd>
354: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks. Explains concepts of
355: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
356: <p>
1.34 miod 357: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20 chris 358: Private Networks</i>
359: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
360: <dd>
1.34 miod 361: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite. It also describes its relation
1.20 chris 362: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
1.36 jufi 363: <p>
1.20 chris 364: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
365: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
366: <dd>
367: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking. It presents
368: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies. It covers technologies
369: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
1.36 jufi 370: <p>
1.15 philen 371: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
372: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
373: <dd>
374: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
375: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
376: <p>
377: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
378: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
379: <dd>
1.46 david 380: Recommended by the <a href="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
1.15 philen 381: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
382: included with OpenBSD.
383: <p>
384: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
385: <dd>by Hal Stern
386: <dd>
387: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.37 dhartmei 388: <p>
389: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
390: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
391: <dd>
392: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
393: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
394: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
395: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
1.25 chris 396: </dl>
1.21 chris 397:
1.25 chris 398: <hr>
1.91 deraadt 399: <h3>Cryptography</h3>
1.21 chris 400: <dl>
401: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
402: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
403: <dd>
404: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
405: about its history, protocols, and algorithms. This book is a great
406: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
407: to understand the field. Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
1.36 jufi 408: <br>
409: <p>
1.30 jsyn 410: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26 ian 411: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
412: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography. The authors write:
413: <dd>
414: ... Public-key cryptographic techniques
415: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
416: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
417: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
418: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
419: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
420: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
421: the art of cryptography.
422: <dd>The entire book is
1.55 grunk 423: <a href="http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/">
1.26 ian 424: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
425: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
426: <dd>
427: <p>
1.25 chris 428: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
429: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
430: <dd>
431: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
432: examples. The SSL protocol
433: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
434: on the Internet. Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
435: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
436: <dd>
437: <p>
1.39 jose 438: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
439: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
440: <dd>
441: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
442: covering their operation and security,
443: together with usage and implementation details.
444: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
445: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
446: used to monitor SSL connections.
447: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
448: <dd>
449: <p>
1.25 chris 450: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
451: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
452: <dd>
1.54 nick 453: A complete reprint of the IPsec RFCs with an extensive index and
454: glossary.
1.25 chris 455: <dd>
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