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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
1.108 louis 35: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
36: </strong></font><br>
37:
38: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
39: trade press and Internet news sites.
40: <p>
41:
42: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.106 louis 43: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
44: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
45: </strong></font><br>
46:
47: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
48: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
49: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
50: <p>
51:
52: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.107 louis 53: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
54: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
55: </strong></font><br>
56:
57: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
58: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
59: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
60: arriving from the Linux world.
61: <p>
62:
63: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.105 louis 64: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
65: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
66: </strong></font><br>
67:
68: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
69: and finds much cause for optimism.
70: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
71: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
72: abates, it's not really paranoia.
73: <p>
74:
75: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.104 louis 76: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
77: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
78: </strong></font><br>
79:
80: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
81: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
82: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
83:
1.85 louis 84: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
85:
1.91 louis 86: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.99 louis 87: href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
88: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
89: </strong></font><br>
90:
91: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
92: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
93: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
94: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
95: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
96: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
97: reading for all system administrators.
98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.100 louis 101: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
102: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
103: </strong></font><br>
104:
105: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
106: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
107: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
108: conditions.
109: <p>
110:
111: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.95 louis 112: href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
113: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
114: </strong></font><br>
115:
116: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
117: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
118: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
119: approaches to security.
120: <p>
121:
122: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.92 louis 123: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
124: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
125: </strong></font><br>
126:
127: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
128: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 129: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 130: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
131: with embedded OpenBSD.
132: <p>
133:
134: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.91 louis 135: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
136: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
137: </strong></font><br>
138:
139: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
140: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
141: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
142: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
143: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
144: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
145: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
146: creep are delivering the wrong message.
147: <p>
148:
1.85 louis 149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 150: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
151: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
152: </strong></font><br>
153:
154: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
155: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
156: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
157: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
158: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
159: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
160: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
161: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
162: defects in their products.
163: <p>
164:
165: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 166: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
167: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
168: </strong></font><br>
169:
170: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
171: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
172: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
173: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
174: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
175: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
176: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
177: <p>
178:
179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 180: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
181: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
182: </strong></font><br>
183:
184: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
185: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
186: <p>
187:
188: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 189: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
190: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
191: </strong></font><br>
192:
193: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
194: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
195: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
196: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
197: <p>
198:
199: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 200: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
201: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
202: </strong></font><br>
203:
204: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
205: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
206: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
207: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
208: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
209:
1.78 deraadt 210: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 211:
1.77 deraadt 212: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
213: <a
1.83 louis 214: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
215: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
216: April 20, 2000
217: </strong></font><br>
218:
219: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
220: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
221: OpenBSD.
222: <p>
223:
1.93 louis 224: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
225: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
226: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
227: </strong></font><br>
228:
229: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
230: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
231: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
232: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
233: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
234: <p>
235:
1.83 louis 236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
237: <a
238: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
239: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.82 aaron 240: </strong></font><br>
241:
1.83 louis 242: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
243: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
244: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
245: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
246: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
247: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
248: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1.82 aaron 249: <p>
250:
251: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
252: <a
1.83 louis 253: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
254: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.80 louis 255: </strong></font><br>
256:
1.83 louis 257: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
258: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
259: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.80 louis 260: <p>
261:
262: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
263: <a
1.77 deraadt 264: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
265: Bad Press</a>,
266: 32Bits Online, April 2000
267: </strong></font><br>
268:
269: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
270: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
271: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
272: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
273: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 274: <p>
275:
276: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
277:
278: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
279: <a
280: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
281: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
282: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
283: </strong></font><br>
284:
285: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
286: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
287: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
288: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 289: <p>
290:
1.71 louis 291: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 292: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
293: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
294: </strong></font><br>
295:
296: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
297: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
298: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
299: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
300: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
301: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
302: <p>
303:
304: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.81 louis 305: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
306: </strong></font><br>
307:
308: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
309: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
310: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
311: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
312: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
313: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
314: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
315: <p>
316:
317: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 318: <a
1.90 louis 319: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
320: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
321: </strong></font><br>
322:
323: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
324: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
325: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
326: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
327: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
328: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
329: will the open source world react, he asks.
330: <p>
331:
332: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
333: <a
1.76 louis 334: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
335: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 336: </strong></font><br>
337:
338: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
339: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
340: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 341: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 342: <p>
343:
1.69 deraadt 344: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 345:
346: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
347: <a
348: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
349: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
350: </strong></font><br>
351:
352: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
353: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
354: platforms without good crypto support.
355: <p>
356:
1.48 louis 357: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 358: <a
359: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
360: </strong></font><br>
361:
362: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
363: how to set up packet filtering with <a
364: 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
365: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
366: <p>
367:
368: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 369: <a
1.64 louis 370: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
371: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
372: </strong></font><br>
373:
374: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
375: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
376: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
377: "secure by default" installation.
378: <p>
379:
380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
381: <a
1.66 louis 382: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
383: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
384: </strong></font><br>
385:
386: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
387: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
388: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
389: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
390: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
391: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
392: <p>
393:
394: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
395: <a
1.83 louis 396: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
397: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
398: </strong></font><br>
399:
400: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
401: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
402: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
403: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
404: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
405: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
406: <p>
407:
408: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
409: <a
1.64 louis 410: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
411: Information Security, February 2000
412: </strong></font><br>
413:
414: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 415: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
416: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 417: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
418: its reputation among security experts.
419: <p>
420:
421: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
422: <a
1.65 louis 423: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
424: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
425: </strong></font><br>
426:
427: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
428: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
429: <p>
430:
1.69 deraadt 431: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
432:
1.65 louis 433: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
434: <a
1.88 louis 435: href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
436: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
437: </strong></font><br>
438:
439: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
440: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
441: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
442: the administrator is vigilant.
443: <p>
444:
445: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
446: <a
1.60 louis 447: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
448: </strong></font><br>
449:
450: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
451: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
452: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
453: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
454: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
455: <p>
456:
457: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 458: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
459: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
460: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
461: </strong></font><br>
462:
463: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
464: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
465: and cryptography.
466: <p>
467:
468: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 469: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
470: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 471: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 472:
473: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
474: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
475: <p>
476:
477: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 478: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
479: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
480: </strong></font><br>
481:
482: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
483: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
484: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
485: <p>
486:
487: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 488: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
489: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
490:
491: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
492: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
493: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
494: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
495: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
496:
497: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
498: <a
499: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
500: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
501: </strong></font><br>
502:
503: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
504: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
505: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
506:
507: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 508: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 509: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 510:
511: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
512: in <a
513: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
514: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 515: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 516: <p>
517:
518: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 519: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
520: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
521: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 522: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 523:
1.58 louis 524: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 525: <p>
526:
1.69 deraadt 527: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
528:
1.51 deraadt 529: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 530: <a
531: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
532: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
533: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 534: </strong></font><br>
535:
1.58 louis 536: Kurt Seifried
537: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
538: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
539: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
540: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 541:
1.86 louis 542: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
543: <a
1.96 louis 544: href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
545: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
546: </strong></font><br>
547:
548: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
549: <p>
550:
551: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
552: <a
1.86 louis 553: href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
554: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
555: </strong></font><br>
556:
557: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
558: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
559: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
560: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
561: <p>
562:
1.69 deraadt 563: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
564:
1.51 deraadt 565: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 566: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
567: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
568: </strong></font><br>
569:
570: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
571: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
572: <p>
573:
574: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 575: <a
576: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 577: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
578: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 579: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 580:
581: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
582: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
583: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
584: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
585: right -- or at least strives to".
586: <p>
587:
1.61 louis 588: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
589: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
590: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
591: </strong></font><br>
592: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
593: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
594: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
595: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
596: <p>
597:
1.46 louis 598: <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 599: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 600: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 601:
602: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
603: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
604: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
605: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
606: <p>
607:
1.58 louis 608: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
609: <a
610: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
611: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
612: </strong></font><br>
613:
614: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
615: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
616: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
617:
1.70 louis 618: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
619: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
620: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
621: </strong></font><br>
622:
623: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
624: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
625: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
626: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
627: <p>
628:
1.69 deraadt 629: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
630:
1.44 philen 631: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
632: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 633: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 634:
635: Kurt Seifried
636: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
637: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
638: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
639: <p>
640:
1.41 louis 641: <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>,
642: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 643: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 644:
645: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
646: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
647:
1.37 louis 648: <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>,
649: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 650: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 651:
652: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 653: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 654:
1.36 louis 655: <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>,
656: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 657: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 658:
659: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
660: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
661: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
662: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
663: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
664:
1.79 deraadt 665: <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 666: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 667: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 668:
1.36 louis 669: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
670: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 671:
1.38 louis 672: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 673: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
674: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 675: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 676:
677: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
678: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
679:
1.69 deraadt 680: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
681:
1.30 deraadt 682: <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 683: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 684: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 685:
686: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
687: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
688: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 689:
1.29 louis 690: <li><strong>
691: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 692: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 693: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 694:
695: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
696: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 697: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
698: terminal:
1.29 louis 699: <blockquote>
700: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
701: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
702: <br>
703: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
704: </code>
705: </blockquote>
706: <p>
707:
1.16 louis 708: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 709: <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>
710: <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 711: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 712:
713: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
714: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 715: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 716: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 717:
718: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 719: <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 720: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 721:
722: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
723: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
724: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
725: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
726: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 727: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 728: <p>
729:
1.43 louis 730: <li><strong>
731: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 732: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 733:
734: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
735: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
736: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 737: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
738: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 739: <p>
740:
1.1 deraadt 741: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 742: <a
743: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
744: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
745: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 746:
1.57 louis 747: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
748: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
749: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
750: Melbourne.<p>
751:
752: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
753: <a
754: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
755: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
756: </strong></font><br>
757:
758: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 759:
760: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 761: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 762: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 763: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 764:
1.23 louis 765: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
766: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
767: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
768: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
769: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 770: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 771:
772: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 773: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
774: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 775: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 776:
777: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
778: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
779: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
780: installation.
781: <p>
782:
783: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 784: <a
785: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
786: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
787: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
788:
789: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
790: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
791:
1.69 deraadt 792: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
793:
1.57 louis 794: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 795: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 796: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 797: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 798:
799: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
800: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 801: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 802: <p>
803:
804: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 805: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 806: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 807: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 808:
809: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
810: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 811: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
812: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
813: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
814: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
815: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 816: <p>
817:
1.69 deraadt 818: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 819:
820: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 821: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 822: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 823:
824: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
825: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
826: available."
827: <p>
828:
1.69 deraadt 829: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
830:
1.6 deraadt 831: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 832: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 833: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 834:
835: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
836: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
837: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
838: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
839: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
840: <p>
841:
842: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 843: <a
844: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
845: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
846: </strong></font><br>
847:
848: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
849: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
850: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
851: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
852: an interesting read.
853: <p>
854:
1.69 deraadt 855: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
856:
857: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
858: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
859: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
860: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
861:
862: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
863: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
864: <p>
865:
1.57 louis 866: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 867: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
868: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
869: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 870: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 871:
872: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
873: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
874:
875: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 876: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 877:
878: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
879:
880: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 881: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
882: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
883: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 884:
885: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
886: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
887:
1.69 deraadt 888: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
889:
1.23 louis 890: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 891: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 892: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 893:
894: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
895: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
896: <p>
897:
1.57 louis 898: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
899: <a
900: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
901: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
902: </strong></font><br>
903:
904: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
905: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
906: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
907: site.<p>
908:
1.69 deraadt 909: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
910:
1.7 deraadt 911: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 912: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 913: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 914: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 915: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 916:
917: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
918: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
919: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
920: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
921: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
922: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
923: <p>
924:
925: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 926: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
927: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 928: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 929:
930: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
931: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
932: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
933: over to OpenBSD.
934: <p>
935:
936: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 937: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
938: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 939: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 940:
941: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
942: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
943: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
944: columns."
945: <p>
946:
1.69 deraadt 947: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
948:
1.58 louis 949: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
950: <a
951: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
952: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
953: </strong></font><br>
954:
955: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
956: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
957:
1.2 deraadt 958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 959: <a
960: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
961: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
962:
963: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
964: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
965: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
966:
1.69 deraadt 967: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
968:
1.57 louis 969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 970: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 971: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 972: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 973:
974: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
975: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
976: Implementation, including a brief interview with
977: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 978: <p>
979:
1.69 deraadt 980: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
981:
1.1 deraadt 982: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 983: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
984: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 985:
1.69 deraadt 986: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
987: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 988: <p>
989:
1.69 deraadt 990: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 991:
992: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
993: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
994: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 995: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 996:
997: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
998: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
999: <p>
1000:
1001: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 1002: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1003: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1004: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 1005: <p>
1006:
1.69 deraadt 1007: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1008:
1009: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1010: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1011: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1012: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1013: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1014: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1015:
1016: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1017: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1018: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1019: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1020: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1021: <p>
1022:
1023: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1024:
1.38 louis 1025: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1026: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1027: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1028:
1.69 deraadt 1029: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1030: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 1031: <p>
1032:
1.17 deraadt 1033: </dl>
1034: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1035:
1.27 deraadt 1036: <hr>
1.72 louis 1037: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 1038: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1039:
1.102 niklas 1040: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1041:
1042: <dl>
1043: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1044: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.102 niklas 1045: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1046:
1047: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1048: hardware-supported cryptography.
1049: <p>
1050:
1051: </dl>
1052:
1.84 niklas 1053: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1054:
1055: <dl>
1056: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1057: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1058: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1059:
1060: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1061: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.84 niklas 1062: <p>
1063:
1064: </dl>
1065:
1.69 deraadt 1066: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1067:
1.17 deraadt 1068: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 1069: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1070: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 1071: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1072:
1073: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1074: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1075: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1076: <p>
1077:
1078: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1079: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1080: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1081: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 1082: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1083:
1.20 louis 1084: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1085: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1086: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1087: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1088: <p>
1089:
1.17 deraadt 1090: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1091:
1.27 deraadt 1092: <hr>
1.72 louis 1093: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 1094: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1095:
1096: <dl>
1097:
1.69 deraadt 1098: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1099:
1.20 louis 1100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1101: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
1102: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 1103: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1104:
1105: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1106: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1107: translating and reprinting articles from
1108: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1109: <p>
1110:
1111: </dl>
1112:
1.50 louis 1113: <hr>
1.72 louis 1114: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 1115: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1116: <dl>
1117:
1.72 louis 1118: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1119:
1120: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 ! reinhard 1121: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1122: Februar 2000
1123: </strong></font><br>
1124:
1.101 jufi 1125: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1126: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1127: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1128: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1129: Giving way to
1130: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1131: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1132: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1133: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.72 louis 1134: <p>
1135:
1.69 deraadt 1136: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1137:
1.50 louis 1138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1139: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1140: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 1141: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1142:
1143: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1144: <p>
1145: </dl>
1146:
1.20 louis 1147:
1.1 deraadt 1148: <hr>
1.72 louis 1149: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 1150: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1151: <dl>
1152:
1.69 deraadt 1153: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1154:
1.56 deraadt 1155: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1156: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1157: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.62 form 1158: </strong></font><br>
1159:
1160: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1161: <p>
1162:
1.69 deraadt 1163: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1164:
1.62 form 1165: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1166: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1167: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.57 louis 1168: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1169:
1.59 form 1170: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 1171: <p>
1172:
1.89 louis 1173: </dl>
1174:
1175: <hr>
1176: <a name=pl></a>
1177: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1178: <dl>
1179:
1180: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1181: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1182: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1183: January 2000
1184: </strong></font><br>
1185:
1186: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1187: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1188: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1189: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1190: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1191: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1192: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1193: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1194: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1195: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1196: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1197: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.56 deraadt 1198: <p>
1199: </dl>
1200:
1201: <hr>
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