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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
1.107 ! louis 45: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
! 46: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
! 47: </strong></font><br>
! 48:
! 49: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
! 50: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
! 51: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
! 52: arriving from the Linux world.
! 53: <p>
! 54:
! 55: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.105 louis 56: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
57: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
58: </strong></font><br>
59:
60: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
61: and finds much cause for optimism.
62: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
63: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
64: abates, it's not really paranoia.
65: <p>
66:
67: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.104 louis 68: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
69: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
70: </strong></font><br>
71:
72: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
73: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
74: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
75:
1.85 louis 76: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
77:
1.91 louis 78: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.99 louis 79: href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
80: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
81: </strong></font><br>
82:
83: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
84: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
85: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
86: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
87: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
88: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
89: reading for all system administrators.
90: <p>
91:
92: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.100 louis 93: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
94: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
95: </strong></font><br>
96:
97: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
98: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
99: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
100: conditions.
101: <p>
102:
103: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.95 louis 104: href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
105: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
106: </strong></font><br>
107:
108: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
109: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
110: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
111: approaches to security.
112: <p>
113:
114: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.92 louis 115: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
116: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
117: </strong></font><br>
118:
119: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
120: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 121: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 122: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
123: with embedded OpenBSD.
124: <p>
125:
126: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.91 louis 127: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
128: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
129: </strong></font><br>
130:
131: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
132: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
133: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
134: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
135: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
136: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
137: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
138: creep are delivering the wrong message.
139: <p>
140:
1.85 louis 141: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 142: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
143: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
144: </strong></font><br>
145:
146: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
147: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
148: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
149: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
150: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
151: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
152: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
153: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
154: defects in their products.
155: <p>
156:
157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 158: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
159: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
160: </strong></font><br>
161:
162: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
163: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
164: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
165: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
166: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
167: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
168: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
169: <p>
170:
171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 172: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
173: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
174: </strong></font><br>
175:
176: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
177: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
178: <p>
179:
180: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 181: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
182: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
183: </strong></font><br>
184:
185: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
186: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
187: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
188: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
189: <p>
190:
191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 192: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
193: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
194: </strong></font><br>
195:
196: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
197: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
198: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
199: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
200: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
201:
1.78 deraadt 202: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 203:
1.77 deraadt 204: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
205: <a
1.83 louis 206: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
207: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
208: April 20, 2000
209: </strong></font><br>
210:
211: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
212: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
213: OpenBSD.
214: <p>
215:
1.93 louis 216: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
217: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
218: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
219: </strong></font><br>
220:
221: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
222: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
223: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
224: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
225: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
226: <p>
227:
1.83 louis 228: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
229: <a
230: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
231: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.82 aaron 232: </strong></font><br>
233:
1.83 louis 234: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
235: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
236: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
237: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
238: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
239: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
240: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1.82 aaron 241: <p>
242:
243: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
244: <a
1.83 louis 245: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
246: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.80 louis 247: </strong></font><br>
248:
1.83 louis 249: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
250: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
251: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.80 louis 252: <p>
253:
254: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
255: <a
1.77 deraadt 256: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
257: Bad Press</a>,
258: 32Bits Online, April 2000
259: </strong></font><br>
260:
261: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
262: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
263: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
264: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
265: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 266: <p>
267:
268: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
269:
270: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
271: <a
272: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
273: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
274: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
275: </strong></font><br>
276:
277: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
278: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
279: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
280: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 281: <p>
282:
1.71 louis 283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 284: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
285: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
286: </strong></font><br>
287:
288: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
289: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
290: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
291: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
292: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
293: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
294: <p>
295:
296: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.81 louis 297: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
298: </strong></font><br>
299:
300: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
301: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
302: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
303: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
304: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
305: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
306: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
307: <p>
308:
309: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 310: <a
1.90 louis 311: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
312: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
313: </strong></font><br>
314:
315: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
316: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
317: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
318: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
319: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
320: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
321: will the open source world react, he asks.
322: <p>
323:
324: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
325: <a
1.76 louis 326: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
327: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 328: </strong></font><br>
329:
330: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
331: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
332: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 333: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 334: <p>
335:
1.69 deraadt 336: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 337:
338: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
339: <a
340: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
341: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
342: </strong></font><br>
343:
344: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
345: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
346: platforms without good crypto support.
347: <p>
348:
1.48 louis 349: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 350: <a
351: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
352: </strong></font><br>
353:
354: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
355: how to set up packet filtering with <a
356: 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
357: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
358: <p>
359:
360: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 361: <a
1.64 louis 362: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
363: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
364: </strong></font><br>
365:
366: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
367: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
368: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
369: "secure by default" installation.
370: <p>
371:
372: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
373: <a
1.66 louis 374: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
375: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
376: </strong></font><br>
377:
378: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
379: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
380: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
381: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
382: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
383: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
384: <p>
385:
386: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
387: <a
1.83 louis 388: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
389: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
390: </strong></font><br>
391:
392: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
393: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
394: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
395: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
396: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
397: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
398: <p>
399:
400: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
401: <a
1.64 louis 402: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
403: Information Security, February 2000
404: </strong></font><br>
405:
406: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 407: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
408: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 409: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
410: its reputation among security experts.
411: <p>
412:
413: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
414: <a
1.65 louis 415: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
416: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
417: </strong></font><br>
418:
419: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
420: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
421: <p>
422:
1.69 deraadt 423: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
424:
1.65 louis 425: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
426: <a
1.88 louis 427: href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
428: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
429: </strong></font><br>
430:
431: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
432: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
433: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
434: the administrator is vigilant.
435: <p>
436:
437: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
438: <a
1.60 louis 439: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
440: </strong></font><br>
441:
442: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
443: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
444: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
445: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
446: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
447: <p>
448:
449: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 450: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
451: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
452: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
453: </strong></font><br>
454:
455: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
456: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
457: and cryptography.
458: <p>
459:
460: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 461: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
462: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 463: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 464:
465: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
466: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
467: <p>
468:
469: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 470: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
471: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
472: </strong></font><br>
473:
474: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
475: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
476: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
477: <p>
478:
479: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 480: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
481: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
482:
483: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
484: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
485: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
486: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
487: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
488:
489: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
490: <a
491: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
492: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
493: </strong></font><br>
494:
495: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
496: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
497: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
498:
499: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 500: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 501: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 502:
503: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
504: in <a
505: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
506: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 507: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 508: <p>
509:
510: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 511: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
512: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
513: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 514: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 515:
1.58 louis 516: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 517: <p>
518:
1.69 deraadt 519: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
520:
1.51 deraadt 521: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 522: <a
523: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
524: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
525: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 526: </strong></font><br>
527:
1.58 louis 528: Kurt Seifried
529: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
530: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
531: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
532: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 533:
1.86 louis 534: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
535: <a
1.96 louis 536: href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
537: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
538: </strong></font><br>
539:
540: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
541: <p>
542:
543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
544: <a
1.86 louis 545: href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
546: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
547: </strong></font><br>
548:
549: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
550: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
551: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
552: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
553: <p>
554:
1.69 deraadt 555: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
556:
1.51 deraadt 557: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 558: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
559: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
560: </strong></font><br>
561:
562: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
563: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
564: <p>
565:
566: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 567: <a
568: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 569: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
570: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 571: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 572:
573: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
574: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
575: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
576: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
577: right -- or at least strives to".
578: <p>
579:
1.61 louis 580: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
581: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
582: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
583: </strong></font><br>
584: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
585: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
586: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
587: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
588: <p>
589:
1.46 louis 590: <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 591: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 592: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 593:
594: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
595: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
596: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
597: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
598: <p>
599:
1.58 louis 600: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
601: <a
602: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
603: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
604: </strong></font><br>
605:
606: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
607: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
608: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
609:
1.70 louis 610: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
611: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
612: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
613: </strong></font><br>
614:
615: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
616: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
617: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
618: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
619: <p>
620:
1.69 deraadt 621: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
622:
1.44 philen 623: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
624: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 625: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 626:
627: Kurt Seifried
628: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
629: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
630: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
631: <p>
632:
1.41 louis 633: <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>,
634: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 635: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 636:
637: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
638: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
639:
1.37 louis 640: <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>,
641: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 642: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 643:
644: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 645: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 646:
1.36 louis 647: <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>,
648: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 649: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 650:
651: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
652: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
653: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
654: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
655: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
656:
1.79 deraadt 657: <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 658: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 659: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 660:
1.36 louis 661: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
662: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 663:
1.38 louis 664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 665: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
666: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 667: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 668:
669: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
670: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
671:
1.69 deraadt 672: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
673:
1.30 deraadt 674: <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 675: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 676: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 677:
678: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
679: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
680: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 681:
1.29 louis 682: <li><strong>
683: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 684: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 685: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 686:
687: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
688: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 689: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
690: terminal:
1.29 louis 691: <blockquote>
692: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
693: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
694: <br>
695: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
696: </code>
697: </blockquote>
698: <p>
699:
1.16 louis 700: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 701: <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>
702: <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 703: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 704:
705: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
706: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 707: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 708: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 709:
710: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 711: <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 712: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 713:
714: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
715: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
716: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
717: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
718: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 719: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 720: <p>
721:
1.43 louis 722: <li><strong>
723: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 724: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 725:
726: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
727: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
728: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 729: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
730: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 731: <p>
732:
1.1 deraadt 733: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 734: <a
735: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
736: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
737: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 738:
1.57 louis 739: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
740: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
741: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
742: Melbourne.<p>
743:
744: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
745: <a
746: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
747: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
748: </strong></font><br>
749:
750: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 751:
752: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 753: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 754: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 755: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 756:
1.23 louis 757: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
758: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
759: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
760: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
761: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 762: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 763:
764: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 765: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
766: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 767: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 768:
769: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
770: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
771: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
772: installation.
773: <p>
774:
775: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 776: <a
777: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
778: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
779: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
780:
781: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
782: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
783:
1.69 deraadt 784: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
785:
1.57 louis 786: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 787: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 788: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 789: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 790:
791: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
792: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 793: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 794: <p>
795:
796: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 797: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 798: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 799: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 800:
801: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
802: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 803: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
804: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
805: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
806: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
807: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 808: <p>
809:
1.69 deraadt 810: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 811:
812: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 813: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 814: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 815:
816: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
817: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
818: available."
819: <p>
820:
1.69 deraadt 821: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
822:
1.6 deraadt 823: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 824: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 825: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 826:
827: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
828: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
829: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
830: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
831: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
832: <p>
833:
834: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 835: <a
836: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
837: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
838: </strong></font><br>
839:
840: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
841: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
842: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
843: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
844: an interesting read.
845: <p>
846:
1.69 deraadt 847: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
848:
849: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
850: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
851: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
852: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
853:
854: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
855: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
856: <p>
857:
1.57 louis 858: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 859: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
860: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
861: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 862: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 863:
864: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
865: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
866:
867: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 868: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 869:
870: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
871:
872: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 873: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
874: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
875: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 876:
877: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
878: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
879:
1.69 deraadt 880: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
881:
1.23 louis 882: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 883: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 884: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 885:
886: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
887: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
888: <p>
889:
1.57 louis 890: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
891: <a
892: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
893: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
894: </strong></font><br>
895:
896: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
897: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
898: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
899: site.<p>
900:
1.69 deraadt 901: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
902:
1.7 deraadt 903: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 904: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 905: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 906: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 907: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 908:
909: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
910: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
911: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
912: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
913: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
914: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
915: <p>
916:
917: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 918: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
919: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 920: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 921:
922: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
923: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
924: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
925: over to OpenBSD.
926: <p>
927:
928: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 929: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
930: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 931: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 932:
933: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
934: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
935: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
936: columns."
937: <p>
938:
1.69 deraadt 939: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
940:
1.58 louis 941: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
942: <a
943: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
944: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
945: </strong></font><br>
946:
947: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
948: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
949:
1.2 deraadt 950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 951: <a
952: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
953: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
954:
955: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
956: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
957: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
958:
1.69 deraadt 959: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
960:
1.57 louis 961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 962: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 963: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 964: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 965:
966: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
967: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
968: Implementation, including a brief interview with
969: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 970: <p>
971:
1.69 deraadt 972: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
973:
1.1 deraadt 974: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 975: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
976: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 977:
1.69 deraadt 978: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
979: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 980: <p>
981:
1.69 deraadt 982: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 983:
984: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
985: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
986: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 987: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 988:
989: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
990: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
991: <p>
992:
993: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 994: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 995: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
996: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 997: <p>
998:
1.69 deraadt 999: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1000:
1001: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1002: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1003: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1004: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1005: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1006: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1007:
1008: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1009: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1010: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1011: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1012: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1013: <p>
1014:
1015: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1016:
1.38 louis 1017: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1018: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1019: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1020:
1.69 deraadt 1021: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1022: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 1023: <p>
1024:
1.17 deraadt 1025: </dl>
1026: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1027:
1.27 deraadt 1028: <hr>
1.72 louis 1029: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 1030: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1031:
1.102 niklas 1032: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1033:
1034: <dl>
1035: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1036: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.102 niklas 1037: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1038:
1039: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1040: hardware-supported cryptography.
1041: <p>
1042:
1043: </dl>
1044:
1.84 niklas 1045: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1046:
1047: <dl>
1048: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1049: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1050: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1051:
1052: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1053: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.84 niklas 1054: <p>
1055:
1056: </dl>
1057:
1.69 deraadt 1058: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1059:
1.17 deraadt 1060: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 1061: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1062: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 1063: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1064:
1065: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1066: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1067: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1068: <p>
1069:
1070: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1071: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1072: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1073: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 1074: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1075:
1.20 louis 1076: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1077: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1078: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1079: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1080: <p>
1081:
1.17 deraadt 1082: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1083:
1.27 deraadt 1084: <hr>
1.72 louis 1085: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 1086: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1087:
1088: <dl>
1089:
1.69 deraadt 1090: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1091:
1.20 louis 1092: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1093: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
1094: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 1095: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1096:
1097: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1098: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1099: translating and reprinting articles from
1100: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1101: <p>
1102:
1103: </dl>
1104:
1.50 louis 1105: <hr>
1.72 louis 1106: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 1107: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1108: <dl>
1109:
1.72 louis 1110: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1111:
1112: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.101 jufi 1113: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index2.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1114: Februar 2000
1115: </strong></font><br>
1116:
1.101 jufi 1117: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1118: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1119: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1120: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1121: Giving way to
1122: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1123: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1124: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1125: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.72 louis 1126: <p>
1127:
1.69 deraadt 1128: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1129:
1.50 louis 1130: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1131: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1132: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 1133: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1134:
1135: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1136: <p>
1137: </dl>
1138:
1.20 louis 1139:
1.1 deraadt 1140: <hr>
1.72 louis 1141: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 1142: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1143: <dl>
1144:
1.69 deraadt 1145: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1146:
1.56 deraadt 1147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1148: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1149: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.62 form 1150: </strong></font><br>
1151:
1152: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1153: <p>
1154:
1.69 deraadt 1155: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1156:
1.62 form 1157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1158: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1159: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.57 louis 1160: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1161:
1.59 form 1162: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 1163: <p>
1164:
1.89 louis 1165: </dl>
1166:
1167: <hr>
1168: <a name=pl></a>
1169: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1170: <dl>
1171:
1172: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1173: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1174: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1175: January 2000
1176: </strong></font><br>
1177:
1178: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1179: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1180: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1181: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1182: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1183: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1184: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1185: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1186: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1187: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1188: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1189: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
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1192:
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