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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
1.106 ! louis 35: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
! 36: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
! 37: </strong></font><br>
! 38:
! 39: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
! 40: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
! 41: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
! 42: <p>
! 43:
! 44: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.105 louis 45: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
46: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
47: </strong></font><br>
48:
49: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
50: and finds much cause for optimism.
51: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
52: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
53: abates, it's not really paranoia.
54: <p>
55:
56: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.104 louis 57: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
58: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
59: </strong></font><br>
60:
61: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
62: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
63: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
64:
1.85 louis 65: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
66:
1.91 louis 67: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.99 louis 68: href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
69: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
70: </strong></font><br>
71:
72: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
73: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
74: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
75: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
76: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
77: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
78: reading for all system administrators.
79: <p>
80:
81: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.100 louis 82: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
83: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
84: </strong></font><br>
85:
86: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
87: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
88: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
89: conditions.
90: <p>
91:
92: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.95 louis 93: href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
94: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
95: </strong></font><br>
96:
97: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
98: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
99: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
100: approaches to security.
101: <p>
102:
103: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.92 louis 104: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
105: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
106: </strong></font><br>
107:
108: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
109: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 110: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 111: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
112: with embedded OpenBSD.
113: <p>
114:
115: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.91 louis 116: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
117: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
118: </strong></font><br>
119:
120: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
121: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
122: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
123: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
124: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
125: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
126: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
127: creep are delivering the wrong message.
128: <p>
129:
1.85 louis 130: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 131: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
132: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
133: </strong></font><br>
134:
135: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
136: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
137: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
138: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
139: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
140: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
141: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
142: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
143: defects in their products.
144: <p>
145:
146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 147: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
148: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
149: </strong></font><br>
150:
151: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
152: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
153: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
154: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
155: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
156: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
157: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 161: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
162: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
163: </strong></font><br>
164:
165: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
166: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
167: <p>
168:
169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 170: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
171: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
172: </strong></font><br>
173:
174: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
175: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
176: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
177: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
178: <p>
179:
180: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 181: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
182: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
183: </strong></font><br>
184:
185: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
186: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
187: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
188: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
189: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
190:
1.78 deraadt 191: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 192:
1.77 deraadt 193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
194: <a
1.83 louis 195: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
196: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
197: April 20, 2000
198: </strong></font><br>
199:
200: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
201: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
202: OpenBSD.
203: <p>
204:
1.93 louis 205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
206: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
207: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
208: </strong></font><br>
209:
210: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
211: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
212: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
213: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
214: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
215: <p>
216:
1.83 louis 217: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
218: <a
219: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
220: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.82 aaron 221: </strong></font><br>
222:
1.83 louis 223: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
224: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
225: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
226: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
227: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
228: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
229: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1.82 aaron 230: <p>
231:
232: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
233: <a
1.83 louis 234: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
235: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.80 louis 236: </strong></font><br>
237:
1.83 louis 238: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
239: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
240: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.80 louis 241: <p>
242:
243: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
244: <a
1.77 deraadt 245: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
246: Bad Press</a>,
247: 32Bits Online, April 2000
248: </strong></font><br>
249:
250: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
251: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
252: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
253: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
254: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 255: <p>
256:
257: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
258:
259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
260: <a
261: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
262: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
263: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
264: </strong></font><br>
265:
266: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
267: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
268: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
269: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 270: <p>
271:
1.71 louis 272: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 273: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
274: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
275: </strong></font><br>
276:
277: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
278: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
279: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
280: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
281: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
282: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
283: <p>
284:
285: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.81 louis 286: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
287: </strong></font><br>
288:
289: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
290: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
291: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
292: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
293: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
294: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
295: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
296: <p>
297:
298: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 299: <a
1.90 louis 300: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
301: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
302: </strong></font><br>
303:
304: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
305: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
306: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
307: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
308: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
309: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
310: will the open source world react, he asks.
311: <p>
312:
313: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
314: <a
1.76 louis 315: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
316: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 317: </strong></font><br>
318:
319: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
320: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
321: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 322: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 323: <p>
324:
1.69 deraadt 325: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 326:
327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
328: <a
329: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
330: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
331: </strong></font><br>
332:
333: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
334: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
335: platforms without good crypto support.
336: <p>
337:
1.48 louis 338: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 339: <a
340: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
341: </strong></font><br>
342:
343: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
344: how to set up packet filtering with <a
345: 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
346: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
347: <p>
348:
349: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 350: <a
1.64 louis 351: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
352: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
353: </strong></font><br>
354:
355: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
356: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
357: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
358: "secure by default" installation.
359: <p>
360:
361: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
362: <a
1.66 louis 363: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
364: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
365: </strong></font><br>
366:
367: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
368: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
369: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
370: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
371: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
372: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
373: <p>
374:
375: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
376: <a
1.83 louis 377: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
378: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
379: </strong></font><br>
380:
381: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
382: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
383: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
384: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
385: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
386: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
387: <p>
388:
389: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
390: <a
1.64 louis 391: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
392: Information Security, February 2000
393: </strong></font><br>
394:
395: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 396: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
397: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 398: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
399: its reputation among security experts.
400: <p>
401:
402: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
403: <a
1.65 louis 404: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
405: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
406: </strong></font><br>
407:
408: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
409: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
410: <p>
411:
1.69 deraadt 412: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
413:
1.65 louis 414: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
415: <a
1.88 louis 416: href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
417: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
418: </strong></font><br>
419:
420: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
421: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
422: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
423: the administrator is vigilant.
424: <p>
425:
426: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
427: <a
1.60 louis 428: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
429: </strong></font><br>
430:
431: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
432: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
433: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
434: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
435: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
436: <p>
437:
438: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 439: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
440: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
441: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
442: </strong></font><br>
443:
444: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
445: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
446: and cryptography.
447: <p>
448:
449: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 450: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
451: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 452: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 453:
454: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
455: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
456: <p>
457:
458: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 459: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
460: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
461: </strong></font><br>
462:
463: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
464: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
465: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
466: <p>
467:
468: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 469: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
470: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
471:
472: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
473: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
474: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
475: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
476: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
477:
478: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
479: <a
480: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
481: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
482: </strong></font><br>
483:
484: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
485: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
486: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
487:
488: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 489: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 490: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 491:
492: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
493: in <a
494: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
495: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 496: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 497: <p>
498:
499: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 500: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
501: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
502: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 503: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 504:
1.58 louis 505: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 506: <p>
507:
1.69 deraadt 508: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
509:
1.51 deraadt 510: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 511: <a
512: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
513: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
514: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 515: </strong></font><br>
516:
1.58 louis 517: Kurt Seifried
518: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
519: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
520: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
521: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 522:
1.86 louis 523: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
524: <a
1.96 louis 525: href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
526: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
527: </strong></font><br>
528:
529: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
530: <p>
531:
532: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
533: <a
1.86 louis 534: href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
535: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
536: </strong></font><br>
537:
538: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
539: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
540: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
541: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
542: <p>
543:
1.69 deraadt 544: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
545:
1.51 deraadt 546: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 547: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
548: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
549: </strong></font><br>
550:
551: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
552: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
553: <p>
554:
555: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 556: <a
557: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 558: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
559: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 560: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 561:
562: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
563: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
564: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
565: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
566: right -- or at least strives to".
567: <p>
568:
1.61 louis 569: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
570: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
571: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
572: </strong></font><br>
573: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
574: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
575: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
576: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
577: <p>
578:
1.46 louis 579: <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 580: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 581: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 582:
583: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
584: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
585: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
586: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
587: <p>
588:
1.58 louis 589: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
590: <a
591: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
592: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
593: </strong></font><br>
594:
595: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
596: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
597: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
598:
1.70 louis 599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
600: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
601: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
602: </strong></font><br>
603:
604: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
605: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
606: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
607: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
608: <p>
609:
1.69 deraadt 610: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
611:
1.44 philen 612: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
613: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 614: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 615:
616: Kurt Seifried
617: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
618: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
619: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
620: <p>
621:
1.41 louis 622: <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>,
623: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 624: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 625:
626: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
627: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
628:
1.37 louis 629: <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>,
630: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 631: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 632:
633: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 634: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 635:
1.36 louis 636: <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>,
637: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 638: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 639:
640: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
641: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
642: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
643: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
644: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
645:
1.79 deraadt 646: <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 647: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 648: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 649:
1.36 louis 650: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
651: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 652:
1.38 louis 653: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 654: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
655: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 656: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 657:
658: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
659: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
660:
1.69 deraadt 661: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
662:
1.30 deraadt 663: <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 664: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 665: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 666:
667: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
668: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
669: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 670:
1.29 louis 671: <li><strong>
672: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 673: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 674: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 675:
676: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
677: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 678: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
679: terminal:
1.29 louis 680: <blockquote>
681: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
682: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
683: <br>
684: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
685: </code>
686: </blockquote>
687: <p>
688:
1.16 louis 689: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 690: <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>
691: <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 692: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 693:
694: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
695: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 696: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 697: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 698:
699: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 700: <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 701: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 702:
703: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
704: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
705: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
706: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
707: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 708: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 709: <p>
710:
1.43 louis 711: <li><strong>
712: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 713: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 714:
715: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
716: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
717: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 718: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
719: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 720: <p>
721:
1.1 deraadt 722: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 723: <a
724: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
725: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
726: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 727:
1.57 louis 728: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
729: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
730: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
731: Melbourne.<p>
732:
733: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
734: <a
735: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
736: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
737: </strong></font><br>
738:
739: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 740:
741: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 742: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 743: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 744: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 745:
1.23 louis 746: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
747: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
748: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
749: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
750: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 751: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 752:
753: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 754: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
755: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 756: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 757:
758: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
759: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
760: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
761: installation.
762: <p>
763:
764: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 765: <a
766: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
767: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
768: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
769:
770: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
771: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
772:
1.69 deraadt 773: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
774:
1.57 louis 775: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 776: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 777: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 778: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 779:
780: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
781: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 782: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 783: <p>
784:
785: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 786: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 787: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 788: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 789:
790: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
791: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 792: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
793: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
794: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
795: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
796: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 797: <p>
798:
1.69 deraadt 799: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 800:
801: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 802: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 803: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 804:
805: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
806: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
807: available."
808: <p>
809:
1.69 deraadt 810: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
811:
1.6 deraadt 812: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 813: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 814: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 815:
816: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
817: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
818: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
819: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
820: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
821: <p>
822:
823: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 824: <a
825: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
826: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
827: </strong></font><br>
828:
829: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
830: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
831: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
832: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
833: an interesting read.
834: <p>
835:
1.69 deraadt 836: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
837:
838: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
839: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
840: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
841: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
842:
843: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
844: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
845: <p>
846:
1.57 louis 847: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 848: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
849: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
850: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 851: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 852:
853: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
854: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
855:
856: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 857: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 858:
859: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
860:
861: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 862: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
863: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
864: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 865:
866: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
867: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
868:
1.69 deraadt 869: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
870:
1.23 louis 871: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 872: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 873: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 874:
875: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
876: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
877: <p>
878:
1.57 louis 879: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
880: <a
881: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
882: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
883: </strong></font><br>
884:
885: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
886: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
887: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
888: site.<p>
889:
1.69 deraadt 890: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
891:
1.7 deraadt 892: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 893: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 894: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 895: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 896: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 897:
898: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
899: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
900: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
901: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
902: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
903: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
904: <p>
905:
906: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 907: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
908: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 909: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 910:
911: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
912: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
913: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
914: over to OpenBSD.
915: <p>
916:
917: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 918: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
919: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 920: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 921:
922: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
923: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
924: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
925: columns."
926: <p>
927:
1.69 deraadt 928: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
929:
1.58 louis 930: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
931: <a
932: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
933: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
934: </strong></font><br>
935:
936: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
937: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
938:
1.2 deraadt 939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 940: <a
941: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
942: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
943:
944: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
945: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
946: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
947:
1.69 deraadt 948: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
949:
1.57 louis 950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 951: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 952: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 953: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 954:
955: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
956: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
957: Implementation, including a brief interview with
958: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 959: <p>
960:
1.69 deraadt 961: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
962:
1.1 deraadt 963: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 964: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
965: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 966:
1.69 deraadt 967: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
968: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 969: <p>
970:
1.69 deraadt 971: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 972:
973: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
974: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
975: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 976: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 977:
978: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
979: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
980: <p>
981:
982: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 983: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 984: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
985: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 986: <p>
987:
1.69 deraadt 988: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
989:
990: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
991: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
992: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
993: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
994: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
995: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
996:
997: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
998: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
999: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1000: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1001: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1002: <p>
1003:
1004: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1005:
1.38 louis 1006: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1007: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1008: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1009:
1.69 deraadt 1010: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1011: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 1012: <p>
1013:
1.17 deraadt 1014: </dl>
1015: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1016:
1.27 deraadt 1017: <hr>
1.72 louis 1018: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 1019: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1020:
1.102 niklas 1021: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1022:
1023: <dl>
1024: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1025: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.102 niklas 1026: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1027:
1028: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1029: hardware-supported cryptography.
1030: <p>
1031:
1032: </dl>
1033:
1.84 niklas 1034: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1035:
1036: <dl>
1037: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1038: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1039: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1040:
1041: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1042: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.84 niklas 1043: <p>
1044:
1045: </dl>
1046:
1.69 deraadt 1047: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1048:
1.17 deraadt 1049: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 1050: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1051: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 1052: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1053:
1054: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1055: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1056: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1057: <p>
1058:
1059: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1060: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1061: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1062: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 1063: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1064:
1.20 louis 1065: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1066: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1067: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1068: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1069: <p>
1070:
1.17 deraadt 1071: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1072:
1.27 deraadt 1073: <hr>
1.72 louis 1074: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 1075: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1076:
1077: <dl>
1078:
1.69 deraadt 1079: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1080:
1.20 louis 1081: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1082: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
1083: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 1084: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1085:
1086: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1087: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1088: translating and reprinting articles from
1089: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1090: <p>
1091:
1092: </dl>
1093:
1.50 louis 1094: <hr>
1.72 louis 1095: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 1096: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1097: <dl>
1098:
1.72 louis 1099: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1100:
1101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.101 jufi 1102: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index2.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1103: Februar 2000
1104: </strong></font><br>
1105:
1.101 jufi 1106: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1107: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1108: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1109: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1110: Giving way to
1111: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1112: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1113: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1114: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.72 louis 1115: <p>
1116:
1.69 deraadt 1117: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1118:
1.50 louis 1119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1120: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1121: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 1122: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1123:
1124: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1125: <p>
1126: </dl>
1127:
1.20 louis 1128:
1.1 deraadt 1129: <hr>
1.72 louis 1130: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 1131: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1132: <dl>
1133:
1.69 deraadt 1134: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1135:
1.56 deraadt 1136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1137: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1138: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.62 form 1139: </strong></font><br>
1140:
1141: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1142: <p>
1143:
1.69 deraadt 1144: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1145:
1.62 form 1146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1147: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1148: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.57 louis 1149: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1150:
1.59 form 1151: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 1152: <p>
1153:
1.89 louis 1154: </dl>
1155:
1156: <hr>
1157: <a name=pl></a>
1158: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1159: <dl>
1160:
1161: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1162: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1163: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1164: January 2000
1165: </strong></font><br>
1166:
1167: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1168: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1169: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1170: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1171: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1172: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1173: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1174: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1175: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1176: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1177: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1178: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.56 deraadt 1179: <p>
1180: </dl>
1181:
1182: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 1183: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1184: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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