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The Book of PF – A No–Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall 2e 2nd Edition
Author(s): Peter N.m Hansteen (Author)
- Publisher: No Starch Press
- Publication Date: 12 Nov. 2010
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 216 pages
- ISBN-10: 159327274X
- ISBN-13: 9781593272746
Book Description
OpenBSD’s stateful packet filter, PF, is the heart of the OpenBSD firewall and a necessity for any admin working in a BSD environment. With a little effort and this book, you’ll gain the insight needed to unlock PF’s full potential. This second edition of The Book of PF has been completely updated and revised. 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 tackles a broad range of topics that will stimulate your mind and pad your resume, including how to: Create rule sets for all kinds of network traffic, whether it’s crossing a simple LAN, hiding behind NAT, traversing DMZs, or spanning bridges or wider ne
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About the Author
Peter N. M. Hansteen is a consultant, writer, and sysadmin based in Bergen, Norway. A longtime Freenix advocate, Hansteen is a frequent lecturer on OpenBSD and FreeBSD topics, an occasional contributor to BSD Magazine, and the author of an often-slashdotted blog (http-//bsdly.blogspot.com/). Hansteen was a participant in the original RFC 1149 implementation team. The Book of PF is an expanded follow-up to his very popular online PF tutorial (http-//home.nuug.no/-peter/pf/).
