From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 15 06:48:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA14627 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 06:48:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA14609 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 06:48:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0ylZc3-0006Mn-00; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:47:55 +0200 Message-ID: <19980615154755.B24412@cityip.co.za> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:47:55 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: geoffr@globalserve.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Book Suggestions Mail-Followup-To: geoffr@globalserve.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <35850130.82D9F50@globalserve.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <35850130.82D9F50@globalserve.net>; from Geoffrey Robinson on Mon, Jun 15, 1998 at 07:10:40AM -0400 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc X-URL: http://www.cityip.co.za/~wjv/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 15 Jun 1998 at 07:10 SAT, Geoffrey Robinson wrote: > > follows. It would be very helpful to me if I could get some comments about > these books, how well they apply to FreeBSD and if they contain the > information I'm looking for. Suggestions for better books would be helpful > too. It is a good rule of thumb that just about anything published on Unix-related topics by O'Reilly & Associates is worth having. See their site at http://www.ora.com/ Their books might sometimes not be as "advanced" as those published by more "academic" publishers, but they definitely help you to get the job done. I can comment on one or two of the books in your list. > Practical Unix and Internet Security by Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford The de facto reference on the topic. But be advised that it covers a great deal of ground, and therefore it sometimes do not treat individual topics in detail. If you're interested in security-related issues, you might also want to look at "Building Internet Firewalls" by Chapman and Zwicky, also published by O'Reilly. Not only a good book on security, but one which gives you a more solid grip on TCP/IP networking in general. > The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System by Keith > Bostic This should be on the shelf of anyone serious about BSD-style Unix. An excellent book. And after all, it is _the_ reference. :-) Also look at "Unix Power Tools", edited by Jerry Peek, et al., and once again published by O'Reilly. It helps you to realise the power of the environment. Being a C programmer, you may scoff at this suggestion... but take a look at Larry Wall's "Programming Perl" (_again_ published by ORA). Yes, I know... Perl is duct tape. But duct tape can be a damn useful thing to have! Sorry I can't recommend any specific books on C/C++ programming in the Unix environment - not my forte', I'm afraid. -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message