Press Release
November 28, 2007
The Book of PF–New From No Starch Press: Unlock the potential of OpenBSD’s packet filtering system
San Francisco, CA—Today’s system administrators face increasing
challenges in their quest for network security. PF is the OpenBSD
project’s answer to this challenge, offering *BSD system administrators
a system for filtering TCP/IP traffic and Network Address Translation
support. However, like most professional firewall software, it takes a
bit of know-how to unlock PF’s full potential.
Peter N.M. Hansteen’s “Firewalling with PF” tutorial and conference
sessions have helped thousands of users build more secure networks with
PF. The Book of PF (No Starch Press, December 2007, 9781593271657) is
the product of Hansteen’s extensive knowledge and his experience
teaching best practices. Throughout the book, Hansteen emphasizes the
importance of staying in control by having a written network
specification, using macros to make rule sets more readable, and
performing rigid testing.
The Book of PF tackles a broad range of topics, including how to:
- Create rule sets for all kinds of network traffic, whether it is
crossing a simple home LAN, hiding behind NAT, traversing DMZs,
or spanning bridges
- Use PF to create a wireless access point, and lock it down tight
with authpf and special access restrictions
- Maximize availability by using redirection rules for load
balancing and CARP for failover
- Use tables for proactive defense against would-be attackers and
spammers
- Set up queues and traffic shaping with ALTQ, so the network stays
responsive
- Master PF logs with monitoring and visualization, because you can
never be too paranoid
The Book of PF is for BSD enthusiasts and network admins at any level
of expertise. With more and more services placing high demands on
bandwidth and increasing hostility coming from the Internet at-large,
you can never be too skilled with PF.
About the Author
Peter N.M. Hansteen is a consultant, writer, and sysadmin based in
Bergen, Norway. A longtime Freenix advocate, Hansteen is a frequent
lecturer on FreeBSD and OpenBSD topics. The Book of PF, Hansteen’s
first book, is an expanded follow-up to his very popular online PF
tutorial.
Additional Resources
The Book of PF
A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall
Peter N.M. Hansteen
ISBN 9781593271657, 184 pages, $29.95 USD
order@oreilly.com
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1-707-827-7000
Available in fine bookstores everywhere, from www.oreilly.com/nostarch,
or directly from No Starch Press (www.nostarch.com,
orders@nostarch.com, 800.420.7240).
About No Starch Press
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