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Absolute OpenBSD: UNIX for the Practical Paranoid
by Michael W. Lucas
Product Group: Book
Publisher: No Starch Press (2003-06)
ISBN: 1886411999
EAN: 9781886411999
UPC: 689145119992
Dewey Decimal #: 005.432
Paperback: 528 pages
Edition: 1
SKU: 080407062
Condition: New
Comments: 1886411999 New, no highlighting, other Blender, OReilly, Microsoft compuer books available at great prices. May have minor wear on cover. New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
This straightforward, practical, and complete guide to mastering the powerful and complex OpenBSD operating system, is for the experienced UNIX user who wants to add OpenBSD to his or her repertoire. The author assumes a knowledge of basic UNIX commands, design, and permissions. The book takes you through the intricacies of the platform and teaches how to manage your system, offering friendly explanations, background information, troubleshooting suggestions, and copious examples throughout.
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Customer Reviews
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If your are a Unix novice to an expert , get this book...
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-06-27
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I had been working with Unix and Linux flavors for sometime, and this book has been a blessing for me. I need a book that was willing to detail every aspect of the OpenBSD ( at least the most relevant), kernel, workarounds, etc. And it does its job. Many Thanks,ed
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Best of luck with this purchase
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-05-10
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I purchased this book from Amazon on March 4th, 2007. Two months and five days later, after two conversations with Amazon employees who assured me that I would receive the book, they still have not shipped it.
It appears that Amazon simply does not have the book. I phoned the publisher, No Starch Press, and they don't have a copy either. A PDF is available for download, but that's all.
At this writing, the Amazon listing still says that the book "usually" ships in one to two weeks. Amazon is apparently selling a product that it does not have to sell.
If you want this book, you might do better to buy one of the used ones.
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The OpenBSD bible ... a must-have for security freaks
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-01-05
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I'm no security freak, but I love the OpenBSD concept: security above all. When I took a course in Unix operating systems, I was introduced to OpenBSD, and recommended to purchase this text. Albeit outdated (it covers version 3.2, and OpenBSD is now at 4.0), the book offers an overview of all the basics, including 3 whole chapters on the pf firewall.
Because of its general nature, the author, Lucas, does not solely focus on pf, but instead adds flair to an extremely hostile operating system environment. I don't recall ever working with a more difficult system from scratch. Lucas really helped in getting me through some of the more cryptic areas of installation and configuration. The book itself is quite basic, so if you need something specific, like a korn shell book, look elsewhere. His style also makes the book itself a fun read, I must admit, because of his colorful presentation.
I've had this book for more than a year now.
This may be the most fun textbook-with-no-pictures I've ever read.
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The Only Reference Book
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-06-01
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Realy I bought the book, I didn't have any OpenBSD contact and I bought the OpenBSD CDs to try it and play, and the book arrived before the OpenBSD's CDs and I begun to read, and learned me how to install OpenBSD, When the CDs arrived realy was very easy to install and get my first steeps in this OS.
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Great
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-06-13
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
So many computer books today are 800 pages of word bloat. Michael not only keeps the writing lively, but in K&R fashion, he gives a lot of information in a succint way. Highly recommended and an easy read. Also note, he gives a complete picture of openbsd from A-Z Not too tedious and not too broad. I have not found a linux book this nice.
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