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6 reviews
Brandon Palmer, Jose Nazario

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004

Excellent book, somewhat misleading title
Before buying this book you need to understand a few facts about it: - at first glance the title may lead you to believe it's about securing OpenBSD - it's not. It is about using an inherently secure operating system, OpenBSD, to its best advantage. - you will need to be an experienced UNIX or Linux (or ideally OpenBSD) system admin to get the most out of the content. - it is intended to be used ...

BSD Hacks

10 reviews
Dru Lavigne

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004

Mac-Centric Review for Darwin/OS X Hackers
Originally reviewied for the Lower East Side Mac Unix Users Group: http://lesmuug.org/reviews.html OVERVIEW -- There is a type of information that I consider to be a gem, a kind of information that doesn't really fit anywhere formally. It's too small, or perhaps too esoteric, to fit in most places. This makes it hard to find- though these info-gems can often can be the source of wild ...

The Book of PF: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall

7 reviews
Peter Hansteen

No Starch Press, 2008

Great book of PF without endless details
Biased review ahead This review is going to be biased. First of all I love OpenBSD, I love PF and I have meet Peter who is a nice guy to talk to. But we are getting ahead here. This book is obviously about PF, what is that? PF is the Packet Filter developed for OpenBSD and then ported to several other BSD systems. PF is a modern firewall system which performs great, like many others, but ...

Building Firewalls with OpenBSD and PF, 2nd Edition

10 reviews
Jacek Artymiak

Jacek Artymiak, 2003

Excellent hands-on guide to Pf on OpenBSD or other BSDs
I was an early buyer of the first edition of 'Building Firewalls with OpenBSD and PF' (BFWOAP), but I am confident my opinion applies to the second edition as well. BFWOAP is the perfect book for anyone looking to build an firewall with Pf. Since Pf is now part of FreeBSD, NetBSD, and DragonFly BSD, this book will be helpful to anyone looking to use Pf on those platforms. I like the direct ...

Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security

6 reviews
Yanek Korff, Paco Hope, ...

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004

Good read and a solid approach to security
If you are looking at implementing one of the BSD distributions of Linux and want to secure your installation this book is an excellent choice. The authors cover the basic security that applies to all Linux distributions such as filesystem security and creating a sandbox, and then follows up with security options specific to BSD. The chapters cover installation, secure administration, creating ...

Absolute FreeBSD: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD, 2nd Edition

11 reviews
Michael W. Lucas

No Starch Press, 2007

Great FREEBSD Reference
'Absolute FreeBSD: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD' is another hit in the No Starch collection of books which have their own unique layout and style of writing associated with the authors publishing with them. With around 700 pages of content you will learn the ins and outs of this Unix-like operating system and see how powerful it is and what it can do for you. If you use FREEBSD on the job or ...

Absolute OpenBSD: UNIX for the Practical Paranoid

19 reviews
Michael W. Lucas

No Starch Press, 2003

The OpenBSD bible ... a must-have for security freaks
I'm no security freak, but I love the OpenBSD concept: security above all. When I took a course in Unix operating systems, I was introduced to OpenBSD, and recommended to purchase this text. Albeit outdated (it covers version 3.2, and OpenBSD is now at 4.0), the book offers an overview of all the basics, including 3 whole chapters on the pf firewall. Because of its general nature, the ...

Building Linux and Openbsd Firewalls

15 reviews
Wes Sonnenreich, Tom Yates

John Wiley & Sons, 2000

Good content, cool writing style
This is a great book for people who already know that they want to deploy a free open source firewall solution to secure their network. While somewhat dated (e.g. Linux: ipchains and not iptables, OpenBSD: ipf and not pf), the book gives detailed and comprehensive directions for buidling a firewall platform, deploying a firewall and event sheds some light on the security policy development and ...

Openbsd: Implementing the Secure Unix Platform

2 reviews
Brian Carter

Wiley Publishing, 2004

Makes Learning Fun
If this book is ever printed, I would totally buy it just for the awesome blowfish on the cover.

BSD UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD

4 reviews
Christopher Negus, Francois Caen

Wiley, 2008

A comprehensive listing of useful commands
This book makes a nice addition to my FreeBSD collection. It contains a comprehensive listing of useful commands collected in a single source. The book is fairly compact so it doesn't take up much room on your desk. The softcover makes it easy to quickly flip through the sections. For the price, this book was well worth it!

Linux, OpenBSD, and Talisker: A Comparative Complexity Analysis

Storming Media, 2002

This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A525304. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: Security engineering requires a combination of features and assurance to ...

The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book

Reed Media Services, 2006

The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book covers PF on the NetBSD, FreeBSD, DragonFly and OpenBSD platforms. It is an expanded and improved version of the PF FAQ with sections covering Spamd and configuring and using PF on NetBSD, FreeBSD, DragonFly and OpenBSD. The cross-referenced and indexed book also covers quality of service and ALTQ, load balancing, FTP proxying, stateful packet filtering, network address translation (NAT), port forwarding, ...

How To Approach OpenBSD With A Few Tips: Simple Tips For OpenBSD
Quick Easy Guides

Quick Easy Guides, 2008

The purpose of this guide is to present some fundamental tips users need while facing OpenBSD. OpenBSD is the operating system from BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) family of Unices. Written by experts in the field, Quick Easy Guides share little-known trade secrets and helpful hints to get you moving in the right direction. Quick Easy Guides gives you books you can judge by the cover. Our books are short, sweet and cheap. You can see for ...

NSTI AND NSW DONATE GIGABIT ETHERNET GEAR TO OPENBSD PROJECT.(Network Security Technologies, Network Security ...

Worldwide Videotex, 1999

This digital document is an article from LAN Product News, published by Worldwide Videotex on December 1, 1999. The length of the article is 493 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: NSTI AND NSW DONATE GIGABIT ETHERNET GEAR TO ...

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