Open-Source clan in spat with Sun, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
@@ -41,17 +42,19 @@
UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
-
+
OpenHack 2002 Downloads, eWeek, December 03, 2002
eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
in their annual OpenHack security test.
OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track, eWeek, October 18, 2002
@@ -72,11 +75,13 @@
especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
right the first time."
Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
@@ -149,11 +160,13 @@
covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
from ipf to pf are the main topics.
+
March, 2002
+
-
+
Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
@@ -161,10 +174,12 @@
want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box, The Register, February 27, 2002
@@ -180,7 +195,7 @@
a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts, ITworld, December 18, 2001
@@ -268,10 +287,12 @@
Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
Operating System 2010, Byte, November 5, 2001
@@ -322,7 +343,7 @@
particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
-
+
BSD's strength lies in devilish details, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
@@ -334,10 +355,12 @@
that "has never been breached to allow privileged
access to an OpenBSD server".
+
October, 2001
+
-
+
Already a Contender, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
@@ -350,7 +373,7 @@
under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.
An article on
Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series
@@ -435,10 +462,12 @@
operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
Flaw found in common Internet standard,
ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
@@ -579,11 +610,13 @@
(ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
with OpenBSD.
Abandon hope all ye who enter here,
Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
@@ -617,10 +650,12 @@
vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
familiar?
+
March, 2001
+
-
+
IPv6: An Interview with Itojun, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
@@ -633,7 +668,7 @@
you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
-
+
Open source under the hood, Information Security, March 2001.
@@ -643,7 +678,7 @@
Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
-
+
Your
Opinion: "Most Secure OS", Help Net Security, March 2001
@@ -652,11 +687,13 @@
Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
+
February, 2001
+
-
+
Review:
OpenBSD 2.8, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
@@ -668,7 +705,7 @@
wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
-
+
Hardening OpenBSD Internet
Servers, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
@@ -678,11 +715,13 @@
an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
+
January, 2001
+
-
+
Global geeks bet on open source, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
@@ -692,7 +731,7 @@
(Print only).
-
+
Theo
de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
@@ -703,7 +742,7 @@
"family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
Why I use OpenBSD, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
@@ -832,7 +873,7 @@
documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
-
+
BSD
community learns to get along, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
@@ -842,7 +883,7 @@
the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
BSD to leapfrog Linux, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
@@ -875,7 +918,7 @@
flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
-
+
Is Darwin getting due respect?, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
@@ -884,7 +927,7 @@
Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference, Sun World, November 2000
@@ -926,10 +969,12 @@
Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
+
October, 2000
+
-
+
Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
@@ -940,7 +985,7 @@
auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
-
Linux
Boosts Unix, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
@@ -951,7 +996,7 @@
it because they love coding...
BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux, Byte, October 2, 2000
@@ -1036,10 +1081,12 @@
web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
BSD System Takes On Linux, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
@@ -1066,7 +1113,7 @@
groups, and even Linux.
-
+
Primed and ready,
Upside Today, September 7, 2000
@@ -1078,7 +1125,7 @@
library after installing the OS.
-
+
OpenBSD as a VPN Solution(not available online),
Sys Admin, September 2000
@@ -1087,15 +1134,15 @@
and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
He strongly suggests going through the man pages
-(vpn(8),
-ipsec(4) and
-isakmpd(8)) and the OpenBSD
+(vpn(8),
+ipsec(4) and
+isakmpd(8)) and the OpenBSD
IPsec FAQ to get the most
out of the system.
-
+
FreeBSD, OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review, OS Opinion, September 2000
@@ -1105,10 +1152,12 @@
say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
the IP filtering and address translation.
+
August, 2000
+
-
+
OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet,
OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
@@ -1119,7 +1168,7 @@
to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
-
+
OpenBSD's Good
Example, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
@@ -1133,9 +1182,9 @@
note of".
An Overview of OpenBSD Security, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2000
@@ -1181,7 +1230,7 @@
security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
-
+
OpenBSD runs fuzz, Linux
Weekly News, August 3, 2000
@@ -1195,7 +1244,7 @@
careful code reviews, he concludes.
-
+
OpenBSD
in a Datacenter Scale Environment, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
@@ -1209,10 +1258,12 @@
56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
mostly by the RAM.
Be
An Engineer, Not An Artist, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
@@ -1311,7 +1362,7 @@
willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
-
+
Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
@@ -1323,10 +1374,12 @@
and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
The state of the daemon, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
@@ -1435,7 +1488,7 @@
abates, it's not really paranoia.
-
+
Security
By DEFAULT, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
@@ -1445,7 +1498,7 @@
looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
-
+
Meet the hackers, America's Network, June 1, 2000
@@ -1455,10 +1508,12 @@
"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
before they're posted on Bugtraq"
+
May, 2000
+
-
+
Cracked! Part4: The
Sniffer, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
@@ -1472,7 +1527,7 @@
reading for all system administrators.
-
+
Flaw
found in PGP 5.0, Computer World, May 26, 2000
@@ -1483,7 +1538,7 @@
conditions.
An experience
installing OpenBSD, BSD Today, May 2000
@@ -1583,7 +1638,7 @@
Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
-
+
My Adventures
In OpenBSD 2.6, Daemon News, May 2000
@@ -1593,10 +1648,12 @@
opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
+
Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
@@ -1634,7 +1691,7 @@
obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
-
+
Wide Open Source,
SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
@@ -1644,7 +1701,7 @@
who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
-
+
Bad Press,
32Bits Online, April 2000
@@ -1656,10 +1713,12 @@
review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
is that proof." (his emphasis)
+
March, 2000
+
-
+
Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
Security Portal, March 29, 2000
@@ -1671,7 +1730,7 @@
simply by reading the source code.
Getting
to know OpenBSD, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
@@ -1721,10 +1780,12 @@
the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
competitive advantage.
+
February, 2000
+
-
+
All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
@@ -1734,18 +1795,18 @@
platforms without good crypto support.
-
+
Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
how to set up packet filtering with
-ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
+ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
-
+
OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
Security Portal, February 9, 2000
@@ -1757,7 +1818,7 @@
"secure by default" installation.
+Review
of FreeBSD 3.4, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
@@ -1783,7 +1844,7 @@
works immediately. Just Brilliant."
-
+
Securing Linux,
Information Security, February 2000
@@ -1795,7 +1856,7 @@
its reputation among security experts.
-
+
FreeBSD,
OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review, OS Opinion, February 2000
@@ -1803,10 +1864,12 @@
Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
@@ -1847,7 +1910,7 @@
in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
-
+
Does 'open'
mean secure?, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
@@ -1857,7 +1920,7 @@
source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
-
+
Giving
Back, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000
@@ -1867,7 +1930,7 @@
Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!
A
report from LISA, SunWorld, January 2000
@@ -1887,18 +1950,18 @@
Bob Beck's paper about securing public
access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.
-
+
Canadian open source projects, The Computer Paper, January 2000
OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
in
-The Computer Paper.
+The Computer Paper.
Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
-
+
A Home-Grown Operating System?, Alberta Venture Magazine,
January/February, 2000
@@ -1906,10 +1969,12 @@
Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
+
December, 1999
+
-
+
OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
Security Portal, December 23, 1999
@@ -1921,7 +1986,7 @@
the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.
-
+
OpenBSD
2.6 Now Available, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
@@ -1929,7 +1994,7 @@
Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
-
+
OpenBSD
Review, TekPress.COM, December 1999
@@ -1939,10 +2004,12 @@
multiprocessor support
but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
Turning on the Zedz, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
@@ -1993,7 +2060,7 @@
US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
resources including OpenBSD and OpenSSH.
-
+
Freenix
flavors or, three demons and a penguin, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
@@ -2003,10 +2070,12 @@
mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
+
October, 1999
+
-
+
OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
Security Portal, October 27 1999
@@ -2018,21 +2087,21 @@
discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
Interview with The Cult of the Dead Cow,
Slashdot, October 22, 1999
In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.
Easing on Software Exports Has Limits,
New York Times, October 11, 1999
@@ -2042,24 +2111,26 @@
of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
read the NY Times on the web).
Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
-America, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
+America, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
@@ -2085,17 +2156,20 @@
+Microsoft: Bad security, or bad press?, CNN, Sept. 28, 1999
A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
-with ours.
-Even better than Linux, Boston Globe, Sept 16, 1999
+Even better than Linux, Boston Globe, Sept 16, 1999
Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
@@ -2118,7 +2192,7 @@
to the archives, free registration required.
-
+
Microsoft,
Linux to become duopoly?, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
@@ -2128,14 +2202,14 @@
was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
Melbourne.
Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
@@ -2145,9 +2219,9 @@
examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
-paper presented at Usenix).
1999's Technically Excellent Canadians,
COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999
@@ -2191,10 +2267,12 @@
to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
way down the page).
+
July, 1999
+
-
+
The Net's stealth operating system, MSNBC, July 22, 1999
@@ -2202,10 +2280,12 @@
code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
available."
+
June, 1999
+
-
+
IPsec Tech Tutorial,
Data Communications, June 1999
@@ -2216,7 +2296,7 @@
and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
-
+
A
glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference, SunWorld, June 1999
@@ -2227,11 +2307,13 @@
only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
an interesting read.
Open-Source
Software: Power to the People, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
@@ -2322,8 +2410,10 @@
BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
a long list of useful links (some are stale).
Wired Magazine, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)
A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
ITviikko - uutinen
June 14, 2001
A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
will be removed from OpenBSD.
-
+
-
Japan press coverage (in Japanese)
+
Japan press coverage (in Japanese)
-
December, 2000
+
-
+
Opinion:
why I use OpenBSD, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
@@ -2530,10 +2628,12 @@
attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
+
September, 1999
+
-
+
BSD Magazine,
Sept. 28, 1999
@@ -2543,26 +2643,27 @@
translating and reprinting articles from
Daemon News, the BSD ezine.
+
-
-
-
Germany press coverage (in German)
-
+
Germany press coverage (in German)
December, 2002
-
+
+
Sun blockiert OpenBSD, Heise News-Ticker,
December 04, 2002
Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
+
September, 2000
+
-
+
Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
@@ -2571,12 +2672,13 @@
the various make options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
"fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
-
+
February, 2000
+
-
+
Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
Februar 2000
@@ -2591,37 +2693,41 @@
rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
(the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
+
December, 1999
+
-
+
OpenBSD 2.6 ist da, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
-
+
-
Russian press coverage (in Russian)
-
+
Russian press coverage (in Russian)
January, 2000
+
-
+
Byte Magazine, Russia,
January 2000 issue
Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
+
July, 1999
+
-
+
Byte Magazine, Russia,
July/August 1999 issue.
@@ -2629,14 +2735,14 @@
A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
-
+
-
Poland press coverage (in Polish)
-
+
Poland press coverage (in Polish)
+
-
+
OpenBSD and Linux, LinuxNews
Radio, August 2, 2000
@@ -2650,7 +2756,7 @@
Here's the MP3.
-
+
OpenBSD - ma same zalety?,
OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
January 2000
@@ -2662,23 +2768,23 @@
mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
-works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
+works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
gives typical download times from the various national ISPs. Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
with the translation. For the full text, see the
advocacy@openbsd.org
mail archives. Interpretation errors are mine --louis
-
+
-
Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)
-
+
Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)
August, 2001
+
-
+
HAL 2001 coverage,
Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
@@ -2689,15 +2795,16 @@
laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
showed their war banners: OpenBSD, CCC,
+A
Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."