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ZDNet News, June 11, 2001 |
ZDNet News, June 11, 2001 |
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Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF licence and |
Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF licence and |
examines why the OpenBSD team made the decission of removing it from |
examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from |
its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has |
its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has |
spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later |
spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later |
on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through |
on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through |
the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decission to change his |
the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his |
tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt. |
tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt. |
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To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the |
To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the |
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<a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html"> |
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Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>, |
Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>, |
BSD Today, June 01, 2001 |
BSD Today, June 1, 2001 |
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Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of |
Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of |
the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema |
the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema |
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Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br> |
Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br> |
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<a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>, |
<a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>, |
LWN weekly news, Jun 01, 2001<br> |
LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br> |
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<a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html"> |
<a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html"> |
BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>, |
BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>, |
Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, Jun 01, 2001<br> |
Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br> |
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<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html"> |
<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html"> |
OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>, |
OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>, |
Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 01, 2001<br> |
Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br> |
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<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>, |
<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>, |
Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br> |
Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br> |
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href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt, |
href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo de Raadt, |
Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr |
Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr |
at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001 |
at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001 |
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Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's |
Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's |
emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw, |
emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw, |
open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an |
open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an |
important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default, |
important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default, |
what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial |
what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial |
attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver |
attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver |