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Updates to OpenBSD 3.5

We are working on updates to "Building Firewalls with OpenBSD and PF, second edition" to bring it upto date with the changes made between OpenBSD 3.4 and OpenBSD 3.5. Please visit this page often, as we will be releasing new material soon. All materials will be available for free on this page, but they will refer to the material in the printed edition, so to get the whole picture, you will need to have a printed book handy.

Planned additions:

CARP
BGP
pfsync
wireless security
a longer and more detailed discusion of ftp-proxy and DMZ interaction

Here's the list of planned updates to be published in May 2004:

Chapter 3: Installing OpenBSD -- (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded). This chapter will be detached from the future editions of "Building Firewalls ...". This means more pages for more important stuff.
Chapter 4: Configuring OpenBSD (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Chapter 5: /etc/pf.conf (no major updates planned beyond errata)
Chapter 6: Packet Normalization (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Chapter 7: Packet Redirection (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Chapter 8: Packet Filtering (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Chapter 9: Dynamic Rulesets (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Chapter 10: Bandwidth Shaping and Load Balancing (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Chapter 11: Logging and Log Analysis (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 an expanded)
Chapter 12: Using authpf (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Chapter 13: Using spamd (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Chapter 14: Ruleset Optimization (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Chapter 15: Testing Your Firewall (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Chapter 16: Firewall Management (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Appendix A: Manual Pages (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Appendix B: Rules for Popular (and Less Popular) Services (will be updated to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Appendix C: Rule Templates for Typical Firewall Configurations (will be expanded to cover OpenBSD 3.5 and expanded)
Appendix D: Helping OpenBSD and PF (will be updatded and expanded)

Updates to OpenBSD 3.5

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