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1.36 jufi 19: <h2><font color="#cc0000">UNIX and BSD books</font></h2>
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1.1 ian 21:
1.91 deraadt 22: <h3>OpenBSD-specific books</h3>
1.15 philen 23: <dl>
1.89 austin 24:
1.97 austin 25: <dt><a name="book13"><i>The Book of PF, 3rd Edition<br>
26: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall</i></a>
27: <dd>by Peter N. M. Hansteen
28: <dd>ISBN-10: 1-59327-589-7
29: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-589-1
30: <dd>Copyright 2015.
31: <dd>
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
39: problems such as DoS attempts and spamming. A basic understanding of TCP/IP
40: and some Unix knowledge is assumed.<br>
41: The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata
42: can be found at
1.98 ! austin 43: <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/pf3">http://www.nostarch.com/pf3</a>.
1.97 austin 44: <p>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B13=1&B13%2b=Add">
45: Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>]
46: <p>
47:
48:
1.81 deraadt 49: <dt><a name="book8"><i>The Book of PF, 2nd Edition<br>
50: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall</i></a>
51: <dd>by Peter N. M. Hansteen
52: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-274-6
53: <dd>November 2010.
54: <dd>
1.72 wvdputte 55: The first sentence of this book is, "<i>This is a book about building the
56: network you need</i>". Taking it from there, Peter walks you through the whys
57: and the hows of building the high performance, low maintenance network you need,
58: using OpenBSD tools.<br>
59: The book covers all bases from the basic one machine configuration and basic
60: local area networks, all the way up to configurations with traffic shaping and
61: load balancing with "self healing" networks and countermeasures against common
1.73 wvdputte 62: problems such as DoS attempts and spamming. A basic understanding of TCP/IP
1.72 wvdputte 63: and some Unix knowledge is assumed.<br>
64: The official book website for a sample chapter, table of contents and errata
1.75 tobias 65: can be found at
1.89 austin 66: <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/pf2.htm">http://www.nostarch.com/pf2.htm</a>.
1.97 austin 67: <p>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B08=1&B08%2b=Add">
68: Order direct from the OpenBSD website International</a>]
1.93 austin 69: <p>
1.89 austin 70:
71:
1.87 austin 72: <dt><a name="book9"><i>SSH Mastery</i></a>
73: <dd>by Michael Lucas
74: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1470069711
75: <dd>ISBN-10: 1470069717
76: <dd>February 2012, 145 pp.
1.93 austin 77: <dd>OpenSSH, PuTTY, Tunnels, and Keys
1.87 austin 78: <dd>
1.93 austin 79:
1.87 austin 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
1.93 austin 86: orders via the main OpenBSD order page, back to the project.
87: <br><a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/ssh-mastery">The
1.92 deraadt 88: official SSH Mastery website is here</a>
1.93 austin 89:
1.97 austin 90: <p>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B09=1&B09%2b=Add">
91: Order direct from the OpenBSD website International.</a>]
1.93 austin 92: <p>
93:
94:
95: <dt><a name="book11"><i>Sudo Mastery</i></a>
96: <dd>by Michael Lucas
97: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1493626205
98: <dd>ISBN-10: 1493626205
99: <dd>October 2013, 144pp.
100: <dd>Access Control for Real People
101: <dd>
102:
103: Unix-like operating systems use a rudimentary access control system:
104: the root account can do anything, while other users are peasants with
105: only minimal access. This worked fine in UNIX's youth, but today,
106: system administration responsibilities are spread among many people
107: and applications. Different people may need different slices of
108: root's power. However pros and cons are considered as well.<p>
109:
110: This book also thoroughly covers extended features used in other
111: operating systems, but not supported in OpenBSD's more minimalist
112: policy.
113:
114: <br><a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/sudo-mastery">The
115: official Sudo Mastery website is here</a>
116:
1.97 austin 117: <p>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B11=1&B11%2b=Add">
118: Order direct from the OpenBSD website International.</a>]
1.93 austin 119: <p>
120:
121:
122:
123: <dt><a name="book12"><i>DNSSEC Mastery</i></a>
124: <dd>by Michael Lucas
125: <dd>ISBN-13: 978-1484924471
126: <dd>ISBN-10: 1484924479
127: <dd>May 2013, 130 pp.
128: <dd>Securing the Domain Name System with Bind.
129: <dd>
130:
131: DNS is one of the oldest protocols on the Internet, and was designed
132: for a network without hostile users. Anyone who wants to break into a
133: network starts by investigating the target's Domain Name Service. <p>
134:
135: In addition to providing a manual for "bind", which is in OpenBSD's
136: default configuration, this book thoroughly targets the extensions
137: which are available in the port net/isc-bind. DNS Security
138: Extensions, or DNSSEC, hardens DNS. But learning DNSSEC requires
139: wading through years of obsolete tutorials, dead ends, and
140: inscrutable standards. Strengths and weaknesses of DNSSEC are
141: discussed, some of which may explain why OpenBSD does not support the
142: extended features by default.
143:
144: <br><a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/dnssec-mastery">The
145: official DNSSEC Mastery website is here</a>
146:
1.97 austin 147: <p>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B12=1&B12%2b=Add">
148: Order direct from the OpenBSD website International.</a>]
1.87 austin 149: <p>
150:
151:
1.89 austin 152: <dt><a name="book10"><i>Absolute OpenBSD. 2nd Edition!</i></a>
1.41 jose 153: <dd>by Michael Lucas
1.89 austin 154: <dd>ISBN-13 978-1-59327-476-4
1.94 deraadt 155: <dd>April 2013, 536 pp.
1.41 jose 156: <dd>
1.90 deraadt 157: Michael Lucas brings us the long anticipated second edition of his
1.93 austin 158: wildly successful book about using OpenBSD. This book covers all aspects of
159: the OpenBSD system for new UNIX and BSD users alike.<br>
1.89 austin 160:
161: <a href="https://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/absolute-openbsd-2nd-edition">
162: The official Absolute OpenBSD 2nd edition website is here.</a>.
1.93 austin 163:
1.97 austin 164: <p>[<a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B10=1&B10%2b=Add">
165: Order direct from the OpenBSD website International.</a>]
1.93 austin 166: <p>
167:
1.42 wvdputte 168:
1.65 ian 169: <dt><a name="book5"><i>OpenBSD 4.0: A Crash Course</i></a> (PDF)
170: <dd>by Jem Matzan
171: <dd>ISBN 0-596-51015-2
172: <dd>January 2007, 59 pp.
173: <dd>
174: Jem Matzan, known for his online articles promoting OpenBSD,
175: is the author of this "Short Cut" guide to installing and administering
176: OpenBSD 4.0. Topics include initial configuration, desktop and server,
177: using ports (complete with extra hints on some ports), and maintenance.
178: You order this book direct from O'Reilly, and it comes as a PDF
179: with free download of corrected versions as they become available.
180: <ul>
181: </ul>
1.93 austin 182: <p>[<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/">Order from O'Reilly</a>]
183: <p>
184:
1.65 ian 185:
1.48 austin 186: <dt><a name="book3">
187: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i></a>
1.47 jose 188: <dd>by Brandon Palmer, Jose Nazario.
189: <dd>ISBN 03-21193-66-0
190: <dd>April 2004, 520 pp.
191: <dd>
192: A guide for system and network administrators who need to move to a
193: more secure operating system and a reference for seasoned OpenBSD users
194: who want to fully exploit every feature of the system. This book
195: covers all aspects of OpenBSD, including systrace, Kerberos V, IPv6 and
196: IPsec, and the development environment.
1.97 austin 197: <p>[<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 198: </dl>
199: <hr>
200:
1.91 deraadt 201: <h3>BSD-specific books</h3>
1.15 philen 202: <dl>
203: <dt>
204: <i>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</i>
205: <dd>by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
206: <dd>
1.52 millert 207: At 549 pages plus an index, <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0201549794">this book</a> must be considered comprehensive.
1.15 philen 208: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
209: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
210: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
211: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not
212: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
213: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
1.13 deraadt 214: <p>
1.15 philen 215: <dt>
216: <i>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference
217: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)</i>
218: <dd>by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997
219: <dd>
220: The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
221: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
222: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
1.46 david 223: in articles in <em>Dr. Dobbs Journal</em>. This book goes beyond the articles,
1.15 philen 224: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
225: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
226: you can still learn a lot from it.
1.13 deraadt 227: <p>
1.15 philen 228: <dt>
229: <i>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</i>
230: <dd>by James Wilson
231: <dd>
232: Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming
233: techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls.
234: <p>
235: <dt>
236: <i>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</i>
237: <dd>by Jack Hodges
238: <dd>
239: An introduction to the operating system and the programming language. Intended
240: for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix. Covers the fundamentals
241: of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic,
242: and system programming with C.
243: <p>
244: <dt>
245: <dt>
246: <i>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</i>
247: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
248: <dd>
1.12 ian 249: This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
1.2 ian 250: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
251: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
1.13 deraadt 252: you don't need this one: use the <em>man</em> command instead.
253: <p>
1.15 philen 254: <dt>
255: <dt>
256: <i>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</i>
257: <dd>published by O'Reilly, 1994
258: <dd>
259: This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system.
1.2 ian 260: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
261: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
1.13 deraadt 262: Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
263: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
1.86 lum 264: 4.4BSD distributions.
265: They are not included with OpenBSD.
1.17 louis 266: <p>
267: <dt>
268: <dt>
269: <i>BSD mit Methode</i>
1.23 horacio 270: <dd>published by C&L Computer- und Literaturverlag GmbH, 1998
1.17 louis 271: <dd>
1.78 deraadt 272: A book in German on all
1.17 louis 273: three freenix BSDs covering the essentials of installation, X configuration
274: and system administration, as well as PERL programming and tips on
275: LaTeX/Lyx. The book also covers the KDE desktop environment.
276: <br>Includes older versions of OpenBSD on the two included CD-ROMs.
1.85 deraadt 277: <br><a href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">
278: Lehmann's Online Bookshop</a>. However, you might want to pick up a <a
1.36 jufi 279: href="http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/frameset?flag=jfl&frame=yes&id=38effe1813566">more
1.17 louis 280: recent version of the CD-ROM</a>.
1.61 grunk 281:
282: <p>
283: <dt>
284: <dt>
285: <i>The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book</i>
286: <dd>
287: published by Reed Media Services
288: <dd>
289: August 2006, 193 pp.
290: <dd>
1.62 steven 291: This book is an expanded, cross-referenced, indexed, edited, and reformatted
292: version of the <a href="faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a>.
1.61 grunk 293: It also covers spamd and introduces the setup and differences of PF
294: on NetBSD, DragonFly, and FreeBSD.
295: <br />The official book website with table of contents, index, and
296: configuration examples can be found at
297: <a href="http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/">http://www.reedmedia.net/books/pf-book/</a>.
1.15 philen 298: </dl>
299: <hr>
1.2 ian 300:
1.91 deraadt 301: <h3>Unix user guides</h3>
1.15 philen 302: <dl>
303: <dt><i>Unix Made Easy</i>
304: <dd>by John Muster
305: <dd>A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system.
306: <p>
307: <dt><i>UNIX Power Tools</i>
308: <dd>by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides
309: <dd>
1.58 grunk 310: This book is now in its third edition. It discusses
1.15 philen 311: hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities.
312: Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD
313: or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages.
314: So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port
315: software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the
1.80 steven 316: <a href="faq/ports/index.html">Ports Mechanism</a>
1.15 philen 317: that is part of OpenBSD.
1.18 ericj 318: <p>
319: <dt><i><a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/">The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook</a></i>
320: <dd>by Rod Smith
321: <dd>
322: <dd>
323: Book explaining techniques for Multi-booting.
1.15 philen 324: </dl>
325: <hr>
1.1 ian 326:
1.91 deraadt 327: <h3>Unix administration</h3>
1.15 philen 328: <dl>
329: <dt><i>UNIX System Administration Handbook</i>
330: <dd>by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
331: <dd>
332: This is an excellent book on Unix system administration.
333: <p>
334: <dt><i>Essential System Administration</i>
335: <dd>by AEleen Frisch
336: <dd>
337: This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration. It includes
338: examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD.
339: </dl>
340: <hr>
1.1 ian 341:
1.91 deraadt 342: <h3>Unix programming</h3>
1.15 philen 343: <dl>
344: <dt><i>Unix Systems for Modern Architectures</i>
345: <dd>by Curt Schimmel
346: <dd>
1.24 ian 347: This book leads its reader through all the low-level kernel models for
1.53 jsg 348: multi-processing architectures.
1.15 philen 349: <p>
350: <dt><i>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</i>
351: <dd>by John Lions
352: <dd>
1.2 ian 353: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1 ian 354: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
355: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
356: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
357: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
358: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
359: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
360: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.15 philen 361: <p>
362: <dt><i>The Practice of Programming</i>
363: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
364: <dd>
365: 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.
366: This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java.
367: Highly recommended.
1.46 david 368: <p>
1.15 philen 369: <dt><i>The Elements of Programming Style</i>
370: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger
371: <dd>
372: This book is similar to <i>The Practice of Programming</i>, but older. The
373: examples are given in Fortran and PL/I.
1.16 chris 374: <p>
1.60 grunk 375: <dt><i>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)</i>
376: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
1.16 chris 377: <dd>
378: This is a very detailed and easy to read book. It has several examples
379: that you can learn from. There is plenty of information about library and
380: system calls, and associated information so that you can use them.
381: This book along with the OpenBSD manual pages
382: make an excellent combination.
1.36 jufi 383: <p>
1.25 chris 384: <dt><i>The C Programming Language</i>
385: <dd>by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
386: <dd>
387: This is a clear and concise guide to the C programming language,
388: perhaps the only one you will ever need. It focuses strictly on the C language,
389: not how to use your compiler or anything else.
1.36 jufi 390: <p>
1.46 david 391: <dt><i>C: A Reference Manual</i>
1.25 chris 392: <dd>by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
393: <dd>
1.46 david 394: 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 395: This book is not a tutorial (hence the title), it deals with syntax, data types,
396: ISO C library functions, and C/C++ compatibility.
1.36 jufi 397: <p>
1.64 steven 398: <dt><i>The Art of Software Security Assessment</i>
1.63 otto 399: <dd>by Mark Dowd, John McDonald and Justin Schuh
400: <dd>Covers code auditing, design and operational review, types of
401: vulnerabilities, privilege models, signals,
402: interprocess communication, synchronization, networking and more.
403: Lots of examples and real world code snippets.
1.15 philen 404: </dl>
1.25 chris 405:
1.15 philen 406: <hr>
407:
1.91 deraadt 408: <h3>Network administration</h3>
1.15 philen 409: <dl>
1.68 grunk 410: <dt><i><a name="book6" href="http://www.sshbuch.de/">Das SSH-Buch</a></i>
411: (German)
1.67 grunk 412: <dd>by Timo Dotzauer and Tobias Lütticke
413: <dd>ISBN 3-938626-03-8
414: <dd>Millin Verlag, December 2006, 600p.
415: <dd>This book covers the theory behind OpenSSH (protocol, channels, standards
416: documents) as well as using OpenSSH as an end user.
417: Although using Linux as a reference OS, many of the examples also have
418: a description how to get things done under BSD.
419: In a separate cookbook chapter, several scenarios from daily work are solved
420: using OpenSSH.
421: Furthermore, this book is the first German book to cover VPN via OpenSSH.
1.77 deraadt 422: <dd>
1.67 grunk 423: <p>
1.22 aaron 424: <dt><i>SSH, The Secure Shell.</i>
425: <dd>by Daniel J. Barrett and Richard Silverman
426: <dd>The Definitive Guide. OpenSSH is covered in detail.
427: <p>
1.15 philen 428: <dt><i>TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1</i>
429: <dd>by W. Richard Stevens
430: <dd>
431: "Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book. It
432: is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite. This book provides information,
1.35 pvalchev 433: and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its lowest level.
1.15 philen 434: Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this
435: book.
436: <p>
1.20 chris 437: <dt><i>Kerberos: A Network Authentication System</i>
438: <dd>by Brian Tung
439: <dd>
440: A guide for administrators of Kerberos-based networks. Explains concepts of
441: the Kerberos system, as well as the installation and administration of it.
442: <p>
1.34 miod 443: <dt><i>IPsec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual
1.20 chris 444: Private Networks</i>
445: <dd>by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
446: <dd>
1.34 miod 447: This book explains the IPsec protocol suite. It also describes its relation
1.20 chris 448: to the current deployments, such as VPNs, and future ideas.
1.36 jufi 449: <p>
1.20 chris 450: <dt><i>Computer Networks</i>
451: <dd>by Andy Tanenbaum
452: <dd>
453: This book is an high-level guide to modern computer networking. It presents
454: a wide range of protocols, concepts, and technologies. It covers technologies
455: from fiber to wireless, LANs, Mobile IP, and a lot more.
1.36 jufi 456: <p>
1.15 philen 457: <dt><i>DNS and BIND</i>
458: <dd>by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
459: <dd>
460: This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for
461: anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD.
462: <p>
463: <dt><i>DHCP</i>
464: <dd>by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms
465: <dd>
1.46 david 466: Recommended by the <a href="http://www.isc.org/">Internet Software Consortium</a>,
1.15 philen 467: which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software
468: included with OpenBSD.
469: <p>
470: <dt><i>Managing NFS and NIS</i>
471: <dd>by Hal Stern
472: <dd>
473: Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS.
1.37 dhartmei 474: <p>
475: <dt><i>802.11 Security</i>
476: <dd>by Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck
477: <dd>
478: Provides information on the fundamentals of wireless security, including
479: practical solutions for setting up clients, access points and gateways
480: under several operating systems. Two chapters are dedicated to OpenBSD 3.1,
481: covering wi, bridge, pf and altq.
1.25 chris 482: </dl>
1.21 chris 483:
1.25 chris 484: <hr>
1.91 deraadt 485: <h3>Cryptography</h3>
1.21 chris 486: <dl>
487: <dt><i>Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C</i>
488: <dd>by Bruce Schneier
489: <dd>
490: A comprehensive explanation of Cryptography, with information
491: about its history, protocols, and algorithms. This book is a great
492: introduction to cryptography, with the necessary basics
493: to understand the field. Also, it has a very extensive reference section.
1.36 jufi 494: <br>
495: <p>
1.30 jsyn 496: <dt><i>Handbook of Applied Cryptography</i>
1.26 ian 497: <dd>by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
498: <dd>A new and detailed look at Cryptography. The authors write:
499: <dd>
500: ... Public-key cryptographic techniques
501: are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services
502: industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal
503: privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a
504: valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who
505: needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography.
506: It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice
507: the art of cryptography.
508: <dd>The entire book is
1.55 grunk 509: <a href="http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/">
1.26 ian 510: available for free downloading</a> (for personal use only)
511: from the book authors' site, in PDF or PostScript.
512: <dd>
513: <p>
1.25 chris 514: <dt><i>SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web</i>
515: <dd>by Stephen A. Thomas
516: <dd>
517: This book offers introductory coverage of the SSL and TLS protocols, with
518: examples. The SSL protocol
519: is currently the basis of secure data transfer and secure transactions
520: on the Internet. Aside from encryption, this book also covers data
521: integrity and details the SSL protocol.
522: <dd>
523: <p>
1.39 jose 524: <dt><i>SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems</i>
525: <dd>by Eric Rescorla
526: <dd>
527: This book offers comprehensive information about the SSL and TLS protocols,
528: covering their operation and security,
529: together with usage and implementation details.
530: There are also chapters about HTTP over SSL, and SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS).
531: Eric Rescorla is the author of <tt>ssldump</tt>, a utility that can be
532: used to monitor SSL connections.
533: He has written several commercial and free SSL implementations.
534: <dd>
535: <p>
1.25 chris 536: <dt><i>Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture</i>
537: <dd>compiled by Pete Loshin
538: <dd>
1.54 nick 539: A complete reprint of the IPsec RFCs with an extensive index and
540: glossary.
1.25 chris 541: <dd>
1.15 philen 542: </dl>
1.13 deraadt 543:
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