The Book of PF - A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall

A solid understanding of OpenBSD's PF subsystem is a necessity for any network administrator working in a BSD environment. PF is the heart of the OpenBSD firewall but there are few quality books and resources for learning PF, which is often a difficult tool to master. This second edition of The Book of PF is an up-to-date, no-nonsense guide to harnessing the power of PF. Author Peter Hansteen covers NAT (network address translation) and redirection, wireless networking, spam fighting, failover provisioning, logging, and more. New additions include coverage of CARP load balancing, and expanded coverage of traffic shaping (including ALTQ queue disciplines such as HFSC), and logging and monitoring. Written for anyone who has felt lost in PF's manual pages or baffled by its massive feature set, The Book of PF, 2nd Edition helps readers confidently build the high-performance, secure, low maintenance network they need. (This edition also reflects new developments in OpenBSD, PF, FreeBSD 8.0, and NetBSD 5.)

Product details

• Authors: Peter N. M. Hansteen
• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2013
• EAN: 9781593272746
• ISBN: 978-1-59327-274-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 179 mm x 238 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 420 g
• Illustrations: w. figs.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks