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1.18 deraadt 29: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 31:
1.104 ! louis 32: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
! 33:
! 34: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
! 35: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
! 36: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
! 37: </strong></font><br>
! 38:
! 39: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
! 40: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
! 41: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
! 42:
1.85 louis 43: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
44:
1.91 louis 45: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.99 louis 46: href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
47: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
48: </strong></font><br>
49:
50: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
51: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
52: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
53: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
54: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
55: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
56: reading for all system administrators.
57: <p>
58:
59: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.100 louis 60: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
61: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
62: </strong></font><br>
63:
64: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
65: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
66: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
67: conditions.
68: <p>
69:
70: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.95 louis 71: href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
72: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
73: </strong></font><br>
74:
75: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
76: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
77: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
78: approaches to security.
79: <p>
80:
81: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.92 louis 82: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
83: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
84: </strong></font><br>
85:
86: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
87: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 88: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 89: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
90: with embedded OpenBSD.
91: <p>
92:
93: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.91 louis 94: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
95: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
96: </strong></font><br>
97:
98: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
99: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
100: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
101: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
102: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
103: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
104: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
105: creep are delivering the wrong message.
106: <p>
107:
1.85 louis 108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 109: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
110: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
111: </strong></font><br>
112:
113: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
114: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
115: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
116: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
117: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
118: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
119: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
120: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
121: defects in their products.
122: <p>
123:
124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 125: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
126: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
127: </strong></font><br>
128:
129: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
130: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
131: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
132: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
133: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
134: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
135: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
136: <p>
137:
138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 139: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
140: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
141: </strong></font><br>
142:
143: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
144: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
145: <p>
146:
147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 148: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
149: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
150: </strong></font><br>
151:
152: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
153: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
154: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
155: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
156: <p>
157:
158: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 159: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
160: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
161: </strong></font><br>
162:
163: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
164: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
165: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
166: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
167: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
168:
1.78 deraadt 169: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 170:
1.77 deraadt 171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
172: <a
1.83 louis 173: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
174: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
175: April 20, 2000
176: </strong></font><br>
177:
178: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
179: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
180: OpenBSD.
181: <p>
182:
1.93 louis 183: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
184: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
185: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
186: </strong></font><br>
187:
188: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
189: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
190: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
191: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
192: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
193: <p>
194:
1.83 louis 195: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
196: <a
197: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
198: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.82 aaron 199: </strong></font><br>
200:
1.83 louis 201: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
202: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
203: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
204: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
205: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
206: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
207: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1.82 aaron 208: <p>
209:
210: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
211: <a
1.83 louis 212: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
213: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.80 louis 214: </strong></font><br>
215:
1.83 louis 216: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
217: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
218: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.80 louis 219: <p>
220:
221: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
222: <a
1.77 deraadt 223: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
224: Bad Press</a>,
225: 32Bits Online, April 2000
226: </strong></font><br>
227:
228: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
229: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
230: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
231: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
232: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 233: <p>
234:
235: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
236:
237: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
238: <a
239: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
240: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
241: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
242: </strong></font><br>
243:
244: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
245: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
246: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
247: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 248: <p>
249:
1.71 louis 250: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 251: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
252: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
253: </strong></font><br>
254:
255: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
256: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
257: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
258: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
259: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
260: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
261: <p>
262:
263: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.81 louis 264: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
265: </strong></font><br>
266:
267: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
268: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
269: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
270: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
271: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
272: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
273: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
274: <p>
275:
276: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 277: <a
1.90 louis 278: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
279: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
280: </strong></font><br>
281:
282: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
283: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
284: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
285: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
286: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
287: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
288: will the open source world react, he asks.
289: <p>
290:
291: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
292: <a
1.76 louis 293: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
294: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 295: </strong></font><br>
296:
297: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
298: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
299: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 300: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 301: <p>
302:
1.69 deraadt 303: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 304:
305: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
306: <a
307: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
308: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
309: </strong></font><br>
310:
311: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
312: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
313: platforms without good crypto support.
314: <p>
315:
1.48 louis 316: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 317: <a
318: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
319: </strong></font><br>
320:
321: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
322: how to set up packet filtering with <a
323: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipf&apropos=0&sektion=8&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&format=html">ipf</a>. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
324: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
325: <p>
326:
327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 328: <a
1.64 louis 329: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
330: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
331: </strong></font><br>
332:
333: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
334: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
335: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
336: "secure by default" installation.
337: <p>
338:
339: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
340: <a
1.66 louis 341: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
342: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
343: </strong></font><br>
344:
345: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
346: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
347: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
348: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
349: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
350: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
351: <p>
352:
353: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
354: <a
1.83 louis 355: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
356: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
357: </strong></font><br>
358:
359: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
360: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
361: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
362: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
363: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
364: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
365: <p>
366:
367: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
368: <a
1.64 louis 369: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
370: Information Security, February 2000
371: </strong></font><br>
372:
373: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 374: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
375: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 376: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
377: its reputation among security experts.
378: <p>
379:
380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
381: <a
1.65 louis 382: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
383: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
384: </strong></font><br>
385:
386: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
387: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
388: <p>
389:
1.69 deraadt 390: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
391:
1.65 louis 392: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
393: <a
1.88 louis 394: href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
395: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
396: </strong></font><br>
397:
398: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
399: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
400: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
401: the administrator is vigilant.
402: <p>
403:
404: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
405: <a
1.60 louis 406: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
407: </strong></font><br>
408:
409: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
410: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
411: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
412: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
413: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
414: <p>
415:
416: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 417: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
418: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
419: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
420: </strong></font><br>
421:
422: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
423: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
424: and cryptography.
425: <p>
426:
427: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 428: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
429: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 430: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 431:
432: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
433: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
434: <p>
435:
436: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 437: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
438: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
439: </strong></font><br>
440:
441: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
442: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
443: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
444: <p>
445:
446: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 447: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
448: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
449:
450: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
451: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
452: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
453: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
454: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
455:
456: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
457: <a
458: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
459: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
460: </strong></font><br>
461:
462: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
463: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
464: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
465:
466: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 467: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 468: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 469:
470: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
471: in <a
472: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
473: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 474: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 475: <p>
476:
477: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 478: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
479: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
480: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 481: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 482:
1.58 louis 483: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 484: <p>
485:
1.69 deraadt 486: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
487:
1.51 deraadt 488: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 489: <a
490: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
491: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
492: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 493: </strong></font><br>
494:
1.58 louis 495: Kurt Seifried
496: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
497: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
498: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
499: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 500:
1.86 louis 501: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
502: <a
1.96 louis 503: href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
504: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
505: </strong></font><br>
506:
507: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
508: <p>
509:
510: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
511: <a
1.86 louis 512: href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
513: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
514: </strong></font><br>
515:
516: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
517: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
518: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
519: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
520: <p>
521:
1.69 deraadt 522: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
523:
1.51 deraadt 524: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 525: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
526: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
527: </strong></font><br>
528:
529: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
530: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
531: <p>
532:
533: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 534: <a
535: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 536: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
537: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 538: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 539:
540: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
541: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
542: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
543: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
544: right -- or at least strives to".
545: <p>
546:
1.61 louis 547: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
548: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
549: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
550: </strong></font><br>
551: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
552: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
553: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
554: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
555: <p>
556:
1.46 louis 557: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://slashdot.org/interviews/99/11/04/1716225.shtml">UK Royal Family webmaster prefers OpenBSD</a>,
1.48 louis 558: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 559: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 560:
561: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
562: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
563: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
564: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
565: <p>
566:
1.58 louis 567: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
568: <a
569: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
570: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
571: </strong></font><br>
572:
573: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
574: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
575: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
576:
1.70 louis 577: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
578: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
579: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
580: </strong></font><br>
581:
582: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
583: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
584: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
585: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
586: <p>
587:
1.69 deraadt 588: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
589:
1.44 philen 590: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
591: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 592: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 593:
594: Kurt Seifried
595: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
596: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
597: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
598: <p>
599:
1.41 louis 600: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/22/1157259&mode=thread">Interview with The Cult of the Dead Cow</a>,
601: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 602: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 603:
604: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
605: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
606:
1.37 louis 607: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.lwn.net/1999/1014/security.phtml">The existence of OpenSSH-1.0 has been confirmed</a>,
608: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 609: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 610:
611: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 612: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 613:
1.36 louis 614: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www10.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/biztech/articles/11code.html">Easing on Software Exports Has Limits</a>,
615: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 616: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 617:
618: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
619: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
620: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
621: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
622: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
623:
1.79 deraadt 624: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.netsec.net/press_100699.html">NSTI announces commercial support services for OpenBSD</a>,
1.34 beck 625: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 626: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 627:
1.36 louis 628: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
629: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 630:
1.38 louis 631: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 632: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
633: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 634: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 635:
636: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
637: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
638:
1.69 deraadt 639: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
640:
1.30 deraadt 641: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href=http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/technology/stories/990930/2929913.html>Calgarian heads team ensuring OpenBSD security</a>,
1.38 louis 642: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 643: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 644:
645: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
646: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
647: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 648:
1.29 louis 649: <li><strong>
650: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 651: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 652: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 653:
654: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
655: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 656: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
657: terminal:
1.29 louis 658: <blockquote>
659: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
660: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
661: <br>
662: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
663: </code>
664: </blockquote>
665: <p>
666:
1.16 louis 667: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 668: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?/features/990927hack.htm">Hack this! Microsoft and its critics dispute software-security issues, but users make the final call</a>, Infoworld, Sept. 27, 1999<br>
669: <li><a href="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/28/ms.security.idg/index.html">Microsoft: Bad security, or bad press?</a>, CNN, Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 670: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 671:
672: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
673: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 674: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 675: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 676:
677: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 678: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg183.htm">Open source has roots in the Net</a>, USA Today, Sept. 20, 1999
1.57 louis 679: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 680:
681: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
682: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
683: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
684: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
685: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 686: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 687: <p>
688:
1.43 louis 689: <li><strong>
690: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 691: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 692:
693: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
694: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
695: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 696: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
697: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 698: <p>
699:
1.1 deraadt 700: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 701: <a
702: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
703: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
704: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 705:
1.57 louis 706: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
707: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
708: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
709: Melbourne.<p>
710:
711: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
712: <a
713: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
714: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
715: </strong></font><br>
716:
717: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 718:
719: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 720: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 721: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 722: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 723:
1.23 louis 724: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
725: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
726: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
727: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
728: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 729: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 730:
731: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 732: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
733: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 734: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 735:
736: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
737: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
738: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
739: installation.
740: <p>
741:
742: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 743: <a
744: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
745: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
746: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
747:
748: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
749: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
750:
1.69 deraadt 751: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
752:
1.57 louis 753: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 754: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 755: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 756: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 757:
758: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
759: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 760: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 761: <p>
762:
763: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 764: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 765: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 766: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 767:
768: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
769: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 770: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
771: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
772: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
773: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
774: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 775: <p>
776:
1.69 deraadt 777: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 778:
779: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 780: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 781: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 782:
783: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
784: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
785: available."
786: <p>
787:
1.69 deraadt 788: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
789:
1.6 deraadt 790: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 791: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 792: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 793:
794: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
795: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
796: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
797: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
798: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
799: <p>
800:
801: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 802: <a
803: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
804: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
805: </strong></font><br>
806:
807: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
808: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
809: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
810: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
811: an interesting read.
812: <p>
813:
1.69 deraadt 814: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
815:
816: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
817: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
818: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
819: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
820:
821: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
822: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
823: <p>
824:
1.57 louis 825: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 826: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
827: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
828: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 829: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 830:
831: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
832: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
833:
834: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 835: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 836:
837: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
838:
839: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 840: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
841: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
842: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 843:
844: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
845: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
846:
1.69 deraadt 847: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
848:
1.23 louis 849: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 850: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 851: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 852:
853: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
854: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
855: <p>
856:
1.57 louis 857: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
858: <a
859: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
860: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
861: </strong></font><br>
862:
863: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
864: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
865: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
866: site.<p>
867:
1.69 deraadt 868: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
869:
1.7 deraadt 870: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 871: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 872: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 873: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 874: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 875:
876: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
877: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
878: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
879: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
880: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
881: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
882: <p>
883:
884: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 885: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
886: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 887: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 888:
889: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
890: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
891: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
892: over to OpenBSD.
893: <p>
894:
895: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 896: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
897: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 898: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 899:
900: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
901: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
902: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
903: columns."
904: <p>
905:
1.69 deraadt 906: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
907:
1.58 louis 908: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
909: <a
910: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
911: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
912: </strong></font><br>
913:
914: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
915: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
916:
1.2 deraadt 917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 918: <a
919: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
920: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
921:
922: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
923: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
924: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
925:
1.69 deraadt 926: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
927:
1.57 louis 928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 929: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 930: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 931: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 932:
933: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
934: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
935: Implementation, including a brief interview with
936: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 937: <p>
938:
1.69 deraadt 939: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
940:
1.1 deraadt 941: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 942: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
943: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 944:
1.69 deraadt 945: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
946: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 947: <p>
948:
1.69 deraadt 949: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 950:
951: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
952: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
953: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 954: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 955:
956: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
957: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
958: <p>
959:
960: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 961: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 962: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
963: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 964: <p>
965:
1.69 deraadt 966: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
967:
968: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
969: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
970: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
971: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
972: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
973: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
974:
975: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
976: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
977: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
978: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
979: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
980: <p>
981:
982: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
983:
1.38 louis 984: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 985: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
986: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 987:
1.69 deraadt 988: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
989: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 990: <p>
991:
1.17 deraadt 992: </dl>
993: <p>
1.1 deraadt 994:
1.27 deraadt 995: <hr>
1.72 louis 996: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 997: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 998:
1.102 niklas 999: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1000:
1001: <dl>
1002: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1003: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.102 niklas 1004: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1005:
1006: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1007: hardware-supported cryptography.
1008: <p>
1009:
1010: </dl>
1011:
1.84 niklas 1012: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1013:
1014: <dl>
1015: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1016: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1017: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1018:
1019: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1020: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.84 niklas 1021: <p>
1022:
1023: </dl>
1024:
1.69 deraadt 1025: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1026:
1.17 deraadt 1027: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 1028: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1029: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 1030: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1031:
1032: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1033: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1034: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1035: <p>
1036:
1037: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1038: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1039: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1040: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 1041: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1042:
1.20 louis 1043: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1044: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1045: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1046: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1047: <p>
1048:
1.17 deraadt 1049: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1050:
1.27 deraadt 1051: <hr>
1.72 louis 1052: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 1053: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1054:
1055: <dl>
1056:
1.69 deraadt 1057: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1058:
1.20 louis 1059: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1060: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
1061: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 1062: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1063:
1064: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1065: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1066: translating and reprinting articles from
1067: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1068: <p>
1069:
1070: </dl>
1071:
1.50 louis 1072: <hr>
1.72 louis 1073: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 1074: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1075: <dl>
1076:
1.72 louis 1077: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1078:
1079: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.101 jufi 1080: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index2.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1081: Februar 2000
1082: </strong></font><br>
1083:
1.101 jufi 1084: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1085: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1086: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1087: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1088: Giving way to
1089: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1090: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1091: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1092: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.72 louis 1093: <p>
1094:
1.69 deraadt 1095: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1096:
1.50 louis 1097: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1098: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1099: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 1100: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1101:
1102: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1103: <p>
1104: </dl>
1105:
1.20 louis 1106:
1.1 deraadt 1107: <hr>
1.72 louis 1108: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 1109: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1110: <dl>
1111:
1.69 deraadt 1112: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1113:
1.56 deraadt 1114: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1115: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1116: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.62 form 1117: </strong></font><br>
1118:
1119: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1120: <p>
1121:
1.69 deraadt 1122: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1123:
1.62 form 1124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1125: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1126: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.57 louis 1127: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1128:
1.59 form 1129: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 1130: <p>
1131:
1.89 louis 1132: </dl>
1133:
1134: <hr>
1135: <a name=pl></a>
1136: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1137: <dl>
1138:
1139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1140: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1141: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1142: January 2000
1143: </strong></font><br>
1144:
1145: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1146: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1147: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1148: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1149: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1150: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1151: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1152: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1153: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1154: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1155: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1156: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.56 deraadt 1157: <p>
1158: </dl>
1159:
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