Building Firewalls with Openbsd and Pf, 2nd Edition
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.52 (620 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 8391665119 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 340 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Good Start Forrest Aldrich This is a good start to get familiar with PF. Apart from being a bit pricey, I found the examples in the back of the book severely lacking, as they don't take into account more advanced scenarios. There are a few spelling and grammatical errors that could be corrected in the next edition as well. I hope the next edition has a better expansion with rea. Richard Bejtlich said 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 P. Must Have! A Customer Indispensable book for building invisible firewalls (bridges), packet filtering, NAT and routing devices. Rock solid guide! Includes the basics for beginners such as hardening the OS, (though with OpenBSD it's a short list) and avoiding gateway IP configuration mistakes. Saved me DAYS scouring the manual pages or web. Covers advanced topics such as fi
Jacek Artymiak has been working with Unix systems since 1991. He has written books on other Unix-class systems and is a frequent contributor to the O'Reilly Networks sites, where he often writes about OpenBSD and PF.
Topics covered include: firewall design, ruleset syntax, packet normalization (scrubbing), packet redirection (masquerading), packet filtering, bandwidth management (ALTQ), load balancing, and more. The author maintains a web site and a mailing list for the readers of his book.. Written by Jacek Artymiak, a frequent contributor to ONLamp, Building Firewalls with OpenBSD and PF is the first and only print publication devoted solely to the subject of the pf packet filter used in OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and NetBSD operating systems
From the Publisher The first and only print publication devoted solely to the subject of the pf packet filter used in OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and NetBSD operating systems.