Network Security with OpenSSL by John Viega, Matt Messier, Pravir Chandra
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Book Reviews of Network Security with OpenSSL
Book Review: If it weren't for this book, I don't know where I would be...
Summary: 4 Stars
Everything I needed to know to write code supporting certificates, multi-threading and error reporting was explained in the first five chapters. Without this book to tie together disparate facts, I probably would still be scrounging through Google hits, forums and the OpenSSL source code. At least a week of research and experimentation (non-billable hours) were saved. Highly recommended.Book Review: good for programmers
Summary: 4 Stars
Contents: intro, openssl command line, PKI, then programming: support infrastructure, ssl, symmetric keys, hashes, public keys, and openSSL for Perl, Python, and PHP.
As others have noted, this is a great book for programming. It's not as detailed if you are looking to set up your own PKI. Basically it is about 30 pages of the openssl command (using symmetric keys, generating private keys, making certificates, signing them) and ~270 pages or so of programming.
Book Review: SSL programming
Summary: 4 Stars
This book was a valuable resource in implementing Secure Sockets, it would have been difficult to finish my product without it.Book Review: SSL made Clear
Summary: 5 Stars
I worked on a LAMP project with 'C' switching application behind it. This book clearly described what I needed and how to do it. Very good resource.Book Review: Great Book to Use When Writing an SSL app.
Summary: 4 Stars
If you have little or no experience with SSL, or OpenSSL, get this book. It explains the principles behind SSL, and then goes on to cover OpenSSL. The companion website opensslbook.com contains the latest examples.
The only drawbacks to the book are the way that the authors cover random number generators for windows, (totally excludes the MS crypto function cryptgenrand(), in favor of the Author's own entropy collection system), and the creation of certificates could have been covered a little better. I also kept having to consult the Openssl API documentation for clarification on certain things, but overall this is a great book.
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