Re: Best OpenBSD Firewall Book

[Jolan Luff <jolan@mezzanine.servebeer.com>]

On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 02:31:47PM -0700, Jim Lambert wrote:
> I have seen the comments regarding the new "Building Firewalls with OpenBSD
> and PF" book and would like to know if what you all have seen so far is
> better than what is in the "Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls" book.  Any
> comments on either book?  I'd like to purchase one of them but not both.  In
> your opinion, which is a better book?  I'm assuming that the "Building Linux
> and OpenBSD Firewalls" would not be the better book because it has Linux
> specific info not just OpenBSD info.

"Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls" doesn't cover pf.  You may also
want to consider Absolute OpenBSD as it covers pf.

I personally recommend tcp/ip illustrated volume 1 and pf.conf(5).  A
lot of questions get asked due to a lack of IP knowledge.  Also, these
books will become out-of-date (as Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls
has), while pf.conf(5) will always be up-to-date.