On Feb 23, 2018 5:48 AM, Fabio Almeida <mente...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Leroy, > > I recommend you to read and study at least: > - https://www.openbsd.org/faq/ - Everything, from top to bottom. > - DNS & Bind - To get a good understanding of Internet and how things work > in general. > - Some network and TCP/IP specific books** > - Absolute OpenBSD > - The Book of PF > > **For me that was TCP/IP Illustrated, Internetworking with TCP/IP Series... > For firewall concepts and architecture a very good book at the time (2003) > was Linux Firewalls 2nd Edition - New Riders. > It's an old book, and it's not OpenBSD related, but I give it to you just > as an example, it was my starting point, and a very good one, besides, it's > good to know something about different systems, this way you can build a > good and solid base of knowledge. > > Another aspect of OpenBSD you'll soon discover is the quality of > documentation, especially man pages, they are really useful, different from > other systems, OpenBSD man pages give you examples and good descriptions, > it's possible to configure and understand something you've never done > before just by reading the man pages. >
+1 for the man pages. The majority of the time I need information it has an example of exactly what I am trying to do. > That's it, I hope it helps on your journey. > > Fabio Almeida > > > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 6:36 PM, leroy jordan <leroy.j.jor...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I'm new to oBSD. However, I do wont to learn so i can contribute. The > > skills; that I have so far has came from the books that are suggested from > > the Open website. Which are useful in getting me started. but they don't > > have all the answers and when I post o misc no one seems to reply I know > > this is not kindergarten. you're not going to hold my hand however how will > > I ever learn. > > If no one reaches out I use the emails as a teaching tool so you can bash > > me all you want but I'm not going to give up I'm all in. > > maybe I'm just ranting. > > > > Thanks Leroy Jordan > >
