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Book of PF : A No-Nonsense Guide to the Openbsd Firewall by Peter N. M. Hansteen (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNo Starch Press, Incorporated
ISBN-101593275897
ISBN-139781593275891
eBay Product ID (ePID)201574237
Product Key Features
Number of Pages248 Pages
Publication NameBook of Pf : a No-Nonsense Guide to the Openbsd Firewall
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
SubjectOperating Systems / General, Security / General, Networking / Local Area Networks (Lans)
TypeTextbook
AuthorPeter N. M. Hansteen
Subject AreaComputers
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Length9.2 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number3
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal005.8
Table Of Content;Praise for The Book of PF;Foreword from the first edition;Acknowledgments;Introduction; This Is Not a HOWTO; What This Book Covers;Chapter 1: Building the Network you Need; 1.1 Your Network: High Performance, Low Maintenance, and Secure; 1.2 Where the Packet Filter Fits In; 1.3 The Rise of PF; 1.4 If You Came from Elsewhere; 1.5 A Little Encouragement: A PF Haiku;Chapter 2: PF Configuration Basics; 2.1 The First Step: Enabling PF; 2.2 A Simple PF Rule Set: A Single, Stand-Alone Machine; 2.3 Slightly Stricter: Using Lists and Macros for Readability; 2.4 Displaying Information About Your System; 2.5 Looking Ahead;Chapter 3: Into the Real World; 3.1 A Simple Gateway; 3.2 That Sad Old FTP Thing; 3.3 Making Your Network Troubleshooting-Friendly; 3.4 Tables Make Your Life Easier;Chapter 4: Wireless Networks Made Easy; 4.1 A Little IEEE 802.11 Background;Chapter 5: Bigger or Trickier Networks; 5.1 A Web Server and Mail Server on the Inside: Routable IPv4 Addresses; 5.2 A Web Server and Mail Server on the Inside--The NAT Version; 5.3 Filtering on Interface Groups; 5.4 The Power of Tags; 5.5 The Bridging Firewall; 5.6 Handling Nonroutable IPv4 Addresses from Elsewhere; 5.7 How Complicated Is Your Network?--Revisited;Chapter 6: Turning the Tables for Proactive Defense; 6.1 Turning Away the Brutes; 6.2 Giving Spammers a Hard Time with spamd; 6.3 Spam-Fighting Tips;Chapter 7: Traffic Shaping with Queues and Priorities; 7.1 Always-On Priority and Queues for Traffic Shaping; 7.2 Transitioning from ALTQ to Priorities and Queues; 7.3 Directing Traffic with ALTQ; 7.4 Priority-Based Queues; 7.5 Conclusion: Traffic Shaping for Fun, and Perhaps Even Profit;Chapter 8: Redundancy and Resource Availability; 8.1 Redundancy and Failover: CARP and pfsync;Chapter 9: Logging, Monitoring, and Statistics; 9.1 PF Logs: The Basics; 9.2 Log Data as the Basis for Effective Debugging;Chapter 10: Getting Your Setup Just Right; 10.1 Things You Can Tweak and What You Probably Should Leave Alone; 10.2 Cleaning Up Your Traffic; 10.3 Testing Your Setup; 10.4 Debugging Your Rule Set; 10.5 Know Your Network and Stay in Control;Resources; General Networking and BSD Resources on the Internet; Sample Configurations and Related Musings; PF on Other BSD Systems; BSD and Networking Books; Wireless Networking Resources; spamd and Greylisting-Related Resources; Book-Related Web Resources; Buy OpenBSD CDs and Donate!;A Note On Hardware Support; Getting the Right Hardware; Issues Facing Hardware Support Developers; How to Help the Hardware Support Efforts;
SynopsisOpenBSD s stateful packet filter, PF, is the heart of the OpenBSD firewall. With more and more services placing high demands on bandwidth and an increasingly hostile Internet environment, no sysadmin can afford to be without PF expertise. The third edition of The Book of PF covers the most up-to-date developments in PF, including new content on IPv6, dual stack configurations, the 'queues and priorities' traffic-shaping system, NAT and redirection, wireless networking, spam fighting, failover provision ing, logging, and more. You ll also learn how to: Create rule sets for all kinds of network traffic, whether crossing a simple LAN, hiding behind NAT, traversing DMZs, or spanning bridges or wider networks Set up wireless networks with access points, and lock them down using authpf and special access restrictions Maximize flexibility and service availability via CARP, relayd, and redirection Build adaptive firewalls to proactively defend against attackers and spammers Harness OpenB, OpenBSD's stateful packet filter, PF, is the heart of the OpenBSD firewall. With more and more services placing high demands on bandwidth and an increasingly hostile Internet environment, no sysadmin can afford to be without PF expertise. The third edition of The Book of PF covers the most up-to-date developments in PF, including new content on IPv6, dual stack configurations, the "queues and priorities" traffic-shaping system, NAT and redirection, wireless networking, spam fighting, failover provision ing, logging, and more. You'll also learn how to: Create rule sets for all kinds of network traffic, whether crossing a simple LAN, hiding behind NAT, traversing DMZs, or spanning bridges or wider networks Set up wireless networks with access points, and lock them down using authpf and special access restrictions Maximize flexibility and service availability via CARP, relayd, and redirection Build adaptive firewalls to proactively defend against attackers and spammers Harness OpenBSD's latest traffic-shaping system to keep your network responsive, and convert your existing ALTQ configurations to the new system Stay in control of your traffic with monitoring and visualization tools (including NetFlow) The Book of PF is the essential guide to building a secure network with PF. With a little effort and this book, you'll be well prepared to unlock PF's full potential., The Book of PF is the essential guide to building a secure network with PF, the OpenBSD packet filtering tool., OpenBSD's stateful packet filter, PF, is the heart of the OpenBSD firewall and a necessity for any admin working in a BSD environment. The Book of PF is the essential guide to building a secure network with PF. This third edition of The Book of PF covers the most up-to-date developments in PF, including new content on IPv6, and details you won't find anywhere else on the new traffic shaping system introduced in OpenBSD 5.5. Based on Peter N.M. Hansteen's popular PF website and conference tutorials, this no-nonsense guide covers NAT and redirection, wireless networking, spam fighting, failover provisioning, logging, and more. Throughout the book, Hansteen emphasizes the importance of staying in control with a written network specification, keeping rule sets readable using macros, and performing rigid testing when loading new rules. The Book of PF is for BSD enthusiasts and network administrators at any skill level. With more and more services placing high demands on bandwidth and an increasingly hostile Internet environment, you can't afford to be without PF expertise.
LC Classification NumberTK5105.59
