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+ Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
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+ The title of this piece comes from the Linux people who put "binary blob" driver
+ code into Linux after signing non-disclosure agreements with proprietary-hardware
+ vendors.
+ But another large part of this write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding,
+ and has some original legwork to go with it.
+ Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
+ contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
+ featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
+ Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
+ Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
+ "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
+ software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
+ representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
+ I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
+ and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
+ further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
+ but Matzan does - is that
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+ SunSSH is OpenSSH.
+ Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
+ IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
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+ Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
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+ A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
+ "blob" drivers, and more.
+ Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
+ to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
+ part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
+ anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
+ we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
+ the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
+ all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
+ methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
+ Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
+ anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
+ the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
+ Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
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OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
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+ OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
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+ Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
+ with a reminder that
+ "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
+ used nowadays almost everywhere."
+ Ends with this quote from Marco:
+ "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
+ there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
+ entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
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OpenBSD Finances, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
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