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Absolute OpenBSD: UNIX for the Practical Paranoid
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Author: Michael W. Lucas
List Price: $39.95
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ISBN: 1886411999
Publisher: No Starch Press (June, 2003)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 17,557
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
Excellent Contribution
Michael Lucas has provided some of the most useful documentation to the BSD family that's available. From his OnLamp columns to his two No Starch Press BSD books, he's given both new and experienced BSD users some great material.Absolute OpenBSD follows the tradition. This is not a reprint or rewording of the online OpenBSD documentation available. It's like doing a walk-through of an OpenBSD install and configuration with an experienced sysadmin who speaks plain-talk, makes jokes that aren't corny (well, sometimes at least ) and gets to the point.If you're interested in the OpenBSD world, or have a bit of a history with OpenBSD but want to fill in the gaps, or just further your understanding of this awesome operating system, buy this book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
A thorough and comprehensive instructional guide
Absolute OpenBSD is a thorough and comprehensive instructional guide by Michael W. Lucas to the most secure operating system in the world, with fewer holes than any version of Linux or Windows, and developed expressly for its correctness, security, and reliability, free for any use or purpose. Individual chapters offer a straightforward guide to installing and configuring Open BSD, implementing its unique security features, building flexible customized firewalls, encrypting filesystems, upgrading painlessly, and much more. Absolute OpenBSD is a very highly recommended and distinctly "user friendly" resource for OpenBSD users everywhere.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Thoroughly Delightful, great for those new to OpenBSD
Before reading this book, I had tried out OpenBSD a little, but I was left with many questions, and online documentation can be a bit intimidating at times. So when I found this book at the bookstore, I was thrilled. I am happy to say that this book really did live up to expectation.The intended audience of this book were people who knew there way around Unix and Linux. One need not be a veteran user, but as the author points out, you are expected to know basic command line stuff. If you are there, you will find this book to be a very easy going, yet thorough introduction to OpenBSD. This book walks you all the way through the origins of BSD, through installation (an excellent section of the book), to usage, compiling kernels, and so on. You get a well-rounded coverage of a very interesting operating system. I also really like the author's style of writing. On the one hand, you get a genuine sense of professionalism, but on the other hand, he cracks some good jokes throughout. If you are a system admin of any sort, you will certainly appreciate the humor. In closing, I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who's had some experience with Unix and Linux. OpenBSD is a operating system few have tried, but I think after reading this book, you will definitely want to go out and try it yourself. The book is definitely time and money well spent.
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