[nycbug-talk] BSD Security Books?

[Bob Ippolito]

On May 24, 2004, at 10:51 PM, G.Rosamond wrote:

> On May 24, 2004, at 10:37 PM, Nigel Clarke wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for input on *BSD security books. What would be helpful in
>> a BSD or Unix security book?
>
> Outside of the recent book on OpenBSD Secure Architecture, there's no 
> book exclusively on BSD security.
>
> The best bet is certain chapters from the array of books, including 
> Michael Lucas' on Free and Open.
>
> There's a large variety of How-To's available online.
>
> I did one a long while back that's accessible from www.sddi.net.  It's 
> dated, incomplete, etc., but IMHO it does provide some basics, plus 
> the references are useful.

Secure Architectures with OpenBSD is more like a series of pretty good 
"man pages" and tutorials than a book on security.  It just so happens 
that the software covered is mostly security and networking related.. 
it doesn't really cover security as a topic in and of itself (or if it 
did, I didn't notice).  It seems like Theo thought more or less the 
same, as the front cover uses this quote: "This book works in tandem 
with the OpenBSD manual pages.  As a result, it will help many users 
grow and get the most from the system."

It's worth having, though it's mostly information you'd already know if 
you've been in the trenches a while.  The title is a bit of a misnomer, 
it's just a little, but essential, piece of the "Secure Architectures" 
puzzle.

-bob
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