Network Management with the PF Packet Filter Toolset on OpenBSD and FreeBSD

[Repost for the morning (CEST) crowd]

Friends, I wrote a book. It's now out in its fourth edition.

More in "The Book of PF, 4th Edition: It's Here, It's Real" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/its_real_its_here.html

For background, "Yes, The Book of PF, 4th Edition Is Coming Soon" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html

Get the book: https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4e

@nostarch #bookofpf #pf #networking #openbsd #freebsd #networktrickery #cybersecurity

The Book of PF, 4th Edition: It's Here, It's Real

In case you missed it earlier,

The Book of PF, 4th Edition: It's Here, It's Real https://nxdomain.no/~peter/its_real_its_here.html

And I will have copies with me to upcoming events #openbsd #freebsd #bsd #pf #packetfilter #bookofpf #4thedition #asiabsdcon #bsdcan #eurobsdcon @nostarch

The Book of PF, 4th Edition: It's Here, It's Real

The Book of PF, 4th Edition: It's Here, It's Real https://nxdomain.no/~peter/its_real_its_here.html - now that I have physical copies, I'll bring some to the upcoming conferences such as #asiabsdcon #bsdcan #eurobsdcon #freebsd #openbsd #pf #packetfilter #networking #networktrickery #freesoftware #libresoftware #bookofpf @EuroBSDCon @nostarch
The Book of PF, 4th Edition: It's Here, It's Real

Yes, You Too Can Be An Evil Network Overlord - On The Cheap With OpenBSD, pflow And nfsen https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_you_too_can_be_an_evil_network_verlord.html

A story about network metadata and #openbsd, originally from 2014, good for reprising. See The Book of PF for more #nfsen #netflow #pflow #monitoring #networking #security #pf #packetfilter #bookofPF @nostarch

Yes, You Too Can Be An Evil Network Overlord - On The Cheap With OpenBSD, pflow And nfsen

The fresh 4th edition of The Book of PF in physical form has reached Europe (Ireland), https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tomsmythconnect_thebookofpf-openbsd-packetfilter-activity-7427686906349555713-7s4w - so my stack of author copies are hopefully on the way too.

The book home page is at https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition

Some background https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html @nostarch #bookofpf #openbsd #freebsd #pf #packetfilter #networking #security

#thebookofpf #openbsd #packetfilter #runbsd | Tom Smyth

Peter Hansteen thank you for all your work in authoring the book of pf 4th edition ( and all the other additions) my New copy of #TheBookOfPF arrived today if you want to understand firwalls and want to run a very reliable opensource firewall that supports clustering with session state failover this book is for you #OpenBSD #PacketFilter #RunBSD

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acquired - tome of pf

(this is not sponsored content, I just like the book)

thank you @pitrh

https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition

#unix_surrealism #comic #technomage #openbsd #pf #bookofpf

Oh, I suppose I have been slacking and not telling you that if you order The Book of PF, 4th ed https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition now, you will get the *final version* ebook (print is still in progress) #bookofpf #openbsd #freebsd #networking #firewalls #pf #networktrickery #freesoftware #libresoftware @nostarch

Also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html

The Book of PF, 4th Edition

Build a more secure network with PF.