On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 10:27:22 -0400, Daniel Villarreal wrote:
I consider the following to be essential reading for beginning
OpenBSD
users...
"Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition information" by Michael W. Lucas...
http://www.nostarch.com/abs_bsd2.htm
Don't forget the "Book of PF, 2nd Edition" by Peter N.M. Hansteen ...
http://nostarch.com/pf2.htm
Over the years I've spent a lot of money on O'Reilly GNU/Linux books,
but
the 1st ed. versions of the above books astound me with their clarity
in
explaining very technical concepts in an easy-to-understand manner. I
never
before considered technical computer writing to be elegantly handled,
but
combined with the man pages, the documentation is simply superb.
Usually I
wouldn't even consider buying a newer version of a computer book I
already
have, but I will be buying the second editions of said books when I
can.
Thanks for your efforts!
Daniel Villarreal
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Amit Kulkarni <amitk...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Lucas is bringing out a 2nd edition of absolute openbsd, which i am
gonna
buy
...
Although now a bit dated "Secure Architectures with OpenBSD" by Brandon
Palmer and Jose Nazario is a good read. Most of the general Unix stuff
in the book is very applicable even though I believe the book was
released when OpenBSD 3.8 was out. For the OpenBSD specific stuff you'll
probably want to compare with the man pages or FAQ.
