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OpenBSD Books On The Way
*no comment* writes "Well with all the advancements in PF and secure code wouldn't it be nice if someone would write a book on OpenBSD??? Oh wait, someone is. A guy named Jacek Artymiak is doing just that. The OpenBSD Gazetteer is scheduled for release shortly after the release of what may be the best release ever of OpenBSD (IMHO). Vastly improved PF, ALTQ, and BIND 9 is now default, not to mention procop stack protection. Out of the box it's ready to go as a firewalling packet-filtering bandwidth-throttling machine. A thread had started to pick up over at deadly.org."
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This is fantastic news! I've been an avid fan of OpenBSD for quite sometime now and this type of concise reference guide has been needed for sometime now. Granted the OpenBSD documentation available on the Internet is extremely well done, but I think it'll be great to have it consolidated in book form especially when Jacek will update the book with each full version upgrade of OpenBSD.
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to that, add kick ass vpn. obsd's ipsec implementation is very clean.
i'm hoping to send in some diff's in a few days that adds bsdauth support to isakmpd. that way, we won't have any need for the $2k/year fw-1 license.
Posted so long ago, yet so few comments, oh wait BSD.. Nvrmind
I think this is great. Just like in software, the proof will be in the book and how well it is written. You can search man pages but sometimes finding a good explanation makes the man pages clear. Survival of the fittest is what makes for advances in the industry, if you can call it industry.
I'm going to get one of both books when they come out. Lucas and this one.
[as an aside, if you think slashdot is dying, because every informative article that gets posted will then get flooded with comments about spelling, jokes, "in russia", counter attacks, etc, take a look at some of the apple articles. there the posts are relevant, the idiot index is way low. wow, maybe there is something about using a Mac that puts you in harmony with the universe...]
And this book will be out Summer 2003.
Maybe if other projects cared as much about thier code as the OpenBSD guys do, the OpenBSD wouldn't be necessary.
-Cold Drink
I would hope that there is better artwork for the cover, in the spirit of the interesting artwork that comes out with each release of OpenBSD. Looks low budget now. Theo, on the other hand, is not dying, but keeps coming up with a different look for each release. He hates having to spend time and $ on artwork, but it sets OpenBSD apart fromn the other *BSDs. I know because I have all the CDs, and they are just fun to look at.
Well, I trust.
I'm not in the book business or anything, but just curious about folks who have enough good sense to publish an OpenBSD text.
Back in the 2.5ish days, I submitted a detailed proposal to O'Reilly to write an OpenBSD book. Their answer was "not interested, no market". I knew they were wrong...
Advice: on VPS providers
Okay, in case you're not joking: PF = packet filter
Packet Filter, the best way to do whatever you want with your packets.
*BSD solutions only please. I do NOT want a Linux solution thank you very much.
and you're using OpenSSH? i didn't think so, huh?
I can't wait! I've been following a series of articles that he wrote for O'Reilly OnLamp.com. (Like this one) Very well written, and they address practical stuff.
no/yes (in base), yes (in ports)
... you could try MLPPP. however, the 'no' part is that you'll need your upstream to support MLPPP
... check out ospf, ala zebra and gated
... if they're split, it's almost guaranteed to not be feasible as there will be a mess with bgp filtering by your uplinks
no/yes in base
yes in ports
what you're looking for is called equal cost routing. it's not in the kernel though. you could find a router that supports it though
that's all assuming both lines are going to the same provider
Yes I do. Only thing the OpenBSD project is worthwhile for is SSH. And I really know how to use, unlike a pussy bitch fag such as you.
Another Theo trick, though. He stole the idea from SSH.COM Tatu, after Tatu acted like a cunt and fucked with his license.
As usual, Fuckface cunt Theo DOES NOTHING fucking original.
You are like Theo, but gayer. You are a fucking loser unimaginative assfuck, in addition to being a copycat fuck.
I love prick fucks like you. Know nothing cunt losers who come out of left field with a sexless small dick talking fucking trash while foaming at the mouth with dog cum.
But it still can't do policy routing.
Michael Lucas is a fantastic author, and we hope to have published this book by at least June, 2003.
We hope you like it.
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