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Title: Absolute BSD: The Ultimate Guide to FreeBSD by Michael Lucas, Jordan Hubbard ISBN: 1-886411-74-3 Publisher: No Starch Press Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Incredibly helpful
Comment: This book is by far the most useful and helpful book I've read for setting up a *NIX server (and as my husband and I have set up several dozen Linux boxes, a couple of SGIs, and an HP-UX machine, believe me when I say I've read several). The author uses a light, humorous and conversational tone throughout, making the book an easy read even for newbies, but that doesn't mean it's lacking in technical information-- just reading Chapter 9 (Too Much Information About /etc) is enough to make your head spin.
Mr. Lucas starts from the beginning with installing FreeBSD (a chapter that I admit I skipped at first, and I ended up reinstalling because of it), and goes all the way up through such non-trivial events as system panics and how to respond to them (unfortunately, most of the best options require some proactive configuring, so the bulk of the people who need the information will be unprepared. But that is hardly the author's fault). In between, he spends several chapters discussing how to secure your system, which is probably the single most important element to setting up any computer for any use, and also the most ignored.
The book is, admittedly, a little light in X11 and other desktop-machine elements (a mere 14 pages are devoted to the entire subject), and is more suited to those wishing to set up a server. It's evident, however, that the author has had a great deal of experience with setting up FreeBSD servers for a number of uses in a number of environments, as there's enough information in the book to set up your server as:
* An all-purpose Internet host
* A dedicated mail host
* A high performance web server
* A firewall
* A fileserver on a Microsoft network
* A backup server
* A nameserver
* A network-monitoring server
While it's highly unlikely that you would ever want a single server to do all of the above, the information is there for you to pick and choose what you need for your particular environment. And throughout it all, Michael Lucas keeps his irreverent yet easily understood tone.
Rating: 5
Summary: Absolute means absolute
Comment: Let me start by saying that it's amazing what IS in this book for having ONLY 500 pages.
I've used BSD for 3 years now and cannot find a better reference guide ANYWHERE. This book is AWESOME. The writing style is crisp and ENTERTAINING. I read the book from cover to cover (which is unusual for a tech. manual) and still use it as my main reference. If it doesn't have the answer I'm looking for (which is rare), it at least gives me enough information to find the answer.
The section on IPFilter is worth the price alone and had me drooling with delight at the knowledge therein.
I also personally enjoyed the networking section which describes basic network concepts (network layers, arp, ip addresses) as well as a vibrant discussion of netstat.
Security is also a focus and the discussions of who/what/why/where/when/how of security is laid out in the style I've come to admire in Mr. Lucas. Basic permissions, flags are discussed as well as sockstat (I LOVE sockstat).
Next I liked the section on ports and patching. This discusses the way each of these are utilized and how to handle upgrading ports and packages (in a step by step method).
Mr. Lucas actually has DNS make SENSE, which all of us know can be daunting indeed.
Mr. Lucas has made a gem of a book and only 500 pages. If you want a complete discussion of X-Windows, go find a Linux book, this is FreeBSD!
Rating: 5
Summary: Very Very Very Good
Comment: A lot of effort went into compiling this book, and it shows. Virtually all aspects of FreeBSD administration are touched on. It is well written and concise (no fluff). Finally, a single source. No more scouring the web and newsgroups for answers on the basics. Well done.
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Title: The Complete FreeBSD, Fourth Edition by Greg Lehey ISBN: 0596005164 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Absolute OpenBSD: UNIX for the Practical Paranoid by Michael W. Lucas ISBN: 1886411999 Publisher: No Starch Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your Personal Computer, Second Edition (with CD-ROM) by Annelise Anderson ISBN: 0971204519 Publisher: The Bit Tree Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide (With CD-ROM) by Ted Mittelstaedt ISBN: 0201704811 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: FreeBSD Unleashed (2nd Edition) by Brian Tiemann, Michael Urban ISBN: 0672324563 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 25 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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