
The Book of PF
A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall
Peter N. M. Hansteen(Author)
No Starch Press
3rd Edition
Published on 10. March 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXII, 222 pages
978-1-59327-589-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 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.
More details
Edition
3rd Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Target group
BSD system administrators
- Security professionals and students learning network security
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59327-589-1 (9781593275891)
Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
10/2014
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11/2010
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Person
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/).