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1.16 louis 31:
1.104 louis 32: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
33:
34: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.110 ! louis 35: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
! 36: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
! 37: </strong></font><br>
! 38:
! 39: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
! 40: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
! 41: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
! 42: analysis and network management, all available from the
! 43: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
! 44: <p>
! 45:
! 46: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.108 louis 47: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
48: </strong></font><br>
49:
50: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
51: trade press and Internet news sites.
52: <p>
53:
54: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.106 louis 55: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
56: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
57: </strong></font><br>
58:
59: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
60: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
61: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
62: <p>
63:
64: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.107 louis 65: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
66: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
67: </strong></font><br>
68:
69: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
70: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
71: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
72: arriving from the Linux world.
73: <p>
74:
75: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.105 louis 76: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
77: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
78: </strong></font><br>
79:
80: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
81: and finds much cause for optimism.
82: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
83: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
84: abates, it's not really paranoia.
85: <p>
86:
87: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.104 louis 88: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
89: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
90: </strong></font><br>
91:
92: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
93: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
94: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
95:
1.85 louis 96: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
97:
1.91 louis 98: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.99 louis 99: href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
100: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
101: </strong></font><br>
102:
103: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
104: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
105: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
106: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
107: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
108: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
109: reading for all system administrators.
110: <p>
111:
112: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.100 louis 113: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
114: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
115: </strong></font><br>
116:
117: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
118: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
119: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
120: conditions.
121: <p>
122:
123: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.95 louis 124: href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
125: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
126: </strong></font><br>
127:
128: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
129: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
130: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
131: approaches to security.
132: <p>
133:
134: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.92 louis 135: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
136: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
137: </strong></font><br>
138:
139: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
140: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 141: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 142: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
143: with embedded OpenBSD.
144: <p>
145:
146: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.91 louis 147: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
148: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
149: </strong></font><br>
150:
151: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
152: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
153: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
154: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
155: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
156: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
157: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
158: creep are delivering the wrong message.
159: <p>
160:
1.85 louis 161: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 162: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
163: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
164: </strong></font><br>
165:
166: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
167: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
168: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
169: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
170: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
171: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
172: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
173: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
174: defects in their products.
175: <p>
176:
177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 178: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
179: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
180: </strong></font><br>
181:
182: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
183: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
184: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
185: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
186: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
187: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
188: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
189: <p>
190:
191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 192: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
193: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
194: </strong></font><br>
195:
196: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
197: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
198: <p>
199:
200: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 201: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
202: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
203: </strong></font><br>
204:
205: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
206: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
207: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
208: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
209: <p>
210:
211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 212: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
213: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
214: </strong></font><br>
215:
216: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
217: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
218: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
219: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
220: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
221:
1.78 deraadt 222: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 223:
1.77 deraadt 224: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
225: <a
1.83 louis 226: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
227: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
228: April 20, 2000
229: </strong></font><br>
230:
231: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
232: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
233: OpenBSD.
234: <p>
235:
1.93 louis 236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
237: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
238: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
239: </strong></font><br>
240:
241: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
242: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
243: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
244: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
245: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
246: <p>
247:
1.83 louis 248: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
249: <a
250: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
251: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.82 aaron 252: </strong></font><br>
253:
1.83 louis 254: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
255: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
256: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
257: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
258: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
259: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
260: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1.82 aaron 261: <p>
262:
263: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
264: <a
1.83 louis 265: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
266: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.80 louis 267: </strong></font><br>
268:
1.83 louis 269: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
270: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
271: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.80 louis 272: <p>
273:
274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
275: <a
1.77 deraadt 276: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
277: Bad Press</a>,
278: 32Bits Online, April 2000
279: </strong></font><br>
280:
281: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
282: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
283: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
284: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
285: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 286: <p>
287:
288: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
289:
290: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
291: <a
292: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
293: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
294: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
295: </strong></font><br>
296:
297: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
298: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
299: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
300: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 301: <p>
302:
1.71 louis 303: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 304: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
305: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
306: </strong></font><br>
307:
308: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
309: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
310: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
311: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
312: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
313: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
314: <p>
315:
316: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.81 louis 317: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
318: </strong></font><br>
319:
320: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
321: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
322: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
323: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
324: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
325: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
326: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
327: <p>
328:
329: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 330: <a
1.90 louis 331: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
332: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
333: </strong></font><br>
334:
335: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
336: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
337: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
338: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
339: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
340: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
341: will the open source world react, he asks.
342: <p>
343:
344: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
345: <a
1.76 louis 346: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
347: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 348: </strong></font><br>
349:
350: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
351: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
352: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 353: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 354: <p>
355:
1.69 deraadt 356: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 357:
358: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
359: <a
360: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
361: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
362: </strong></font><br>
363:
364: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
365: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
366: platforms without good crypto support.
367: <p>
368:
1.48 louis 369: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 370: <a
371: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
372: </strong></font><br>
373:
374: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
375: how to set up packet filtering with <a
376: 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
377: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
378: <p>
379:
380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 381: <a
1.64 louis 382: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
383: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
384: </strong></font><br>
385:
386: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
387: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
388: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
389: "secure by default" installation.
390: <p>
391:
392: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
393: <a
1.66 louis 394: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
395: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
396: </strong></font><br>
397:
398: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
399: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
400: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
401: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
402: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
403: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
404: <p>
405:
406: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
407: <a
1.83 louis 408: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
409: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
410: </strong></font><br>
411:
412: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
413: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
414: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
415: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
416: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
417: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
418: <p>
419:
420: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
421: <a
1.64 louis 422: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
423: Information Security, February 2000
424: </strong></font><br>
425:
426: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 427: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
428: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 429: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
430: its reputation among security experts.
431: <p>
432:
433: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
434: <a
1.65 louis 435: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
436: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
437: </strong></font><br>
438:
439: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
440: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
441: <p>
442:
1.69 deraadt 443: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
444:
1.65 louis 445: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
446: <a
1.88 louis 447: href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
448: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
449: </strong></font><br>
450:
451: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
452: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
453: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
454: the administrator is vigilant.
455: <p>
456:
457: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
458: <a
1.60 louis 459: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
460: </strong></font><br>
461:
462: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
463: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
464: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
465: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
466: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
467: <p>
468:
469: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 470: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
471: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
472: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
473: </strong></font><br>
474:
475: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
476: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
477: and cryptography.
478: <p>
479:
480: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 481: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
482: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 483: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 484:
485: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
486: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
487: <p>
488:
489: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 490: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
491: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
492: </strong></font><br>
493:
494: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
495: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
496: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
497: <p>
498:
499: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 500: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
501: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
502:
503: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
504: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
505: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
506: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
507: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
508:
509: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
510: <a
511: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
512: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
513: </strong></font><br>
514:
515: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
516: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
517: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
518:
519: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 520: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 521: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 522:
523: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
524: in <a
525: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
526: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 527: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 528: <p>
529:
530: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 531: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
532: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
533: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 534: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 535:
1.58 louis 536: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 537: <p>
538:
1.69 deraadt 539: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
540:
1.51 deraadt 541: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 542: <a
543: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
544: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
545: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 546: </strong></font><br>
547:
1.58 louis 548: Kurt Seifried
549: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
550: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
551: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
552: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 553:
1.86 louis 554: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
555: <a
1.96 louis 556: href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
557: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
558: </strong></font><br>
559:
560: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
561: <p>
562:
563: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
564: <a
1.86 louis 565: href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
566: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
567: </strong></font><br>
568:
569: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
570: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
571: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
572: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
573: <p>
574:
1.69 deraadt 575: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
576:
1.51 deraadt 577: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 578: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
579: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
580: </strong></font><br>
581:
582: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
583: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
584: <p>
585:
586: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 587: <a
588: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 589: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
590: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 591: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 592:
593: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
594: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
595: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
596: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
597: right -- or at least strives to".
598: <p>
599:
1.61 louis 600: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
601: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
602: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
603: </strong></font><br>
604: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
605: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
606: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
607: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
608: <p>
609:
1.46 louis 610: <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 611: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 612: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 613:
614: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
615: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
616: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
617: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
618: <p>
619:
1.58 louis 620: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
621: <a
622: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
623: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
624: </strong></font><br>
625:
626: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
627: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
628: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
629:
1.70 louis 630: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
631: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
632: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
633: </strong></font><br>
634:
635: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
636: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
637: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
638: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
639: <p>
640:
1.69 deraadt 641: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
642:
1.44 philen 643: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
644: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 645: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 646:
647: Kurt Seifried
648: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
649: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
650: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
651: <p>
652:
1.41 louis 653: <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>,
654: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 655: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 656:
657: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
658: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
659:
1.37 louis 660: <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>,
661: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 662: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 663:
664: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 665: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 666:
1.36 louis 667: <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>,
668: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 669: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 670:
671: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
672: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
673: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
674: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
675: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
676:
1.79 deraadt 677: <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 678: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 679: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 680:
1.36 louis 681: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
682: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 683:
1.38 louis 684: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 685: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
686: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 687: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 688:
689: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
690: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
691:
1.69 deraadt 692: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
693:
1.30 deraadt 694: <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 695: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 696: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 697:
698: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
699: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
700: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 701:
1.29 louis 702: <li><strong>
703: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 704: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 705: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 706:
707: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
708: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 709: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
710: terminal:
1.29 louis 711: <blockquote>
712: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
713: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
714: <br>
715: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
716: </code>
717: </blockquote>
718: <p>
719:
1.16 louis 720: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 721: <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>
722: <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 723: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 724:
725: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
726: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 727: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 728: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 729:
730: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 731: <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 732: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 733:
734: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
735: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
736: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
737: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
738: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 739: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 740: <p>
741:
1.43 louis 742: <li><strong>
743: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 744: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 745:
746: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
747: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
748: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 749: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
750: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 751: <p>
752:
1.1 deraadt 753: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 754: <a
755: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
756: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
757: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 758:
1.57 louis 759: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
760: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
761: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
762: Melbourne.<p>
763:
764: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
765: <a
766: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
767: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
768: </strong></font><br>
769:
770: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 771:
772: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 773: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 774: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 775: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 776:
1.23 louis 777: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
778: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
779: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
780: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
781: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 782: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 783:
784: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 785: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
786: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 787: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 788:
789: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
790: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
791: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
792: installation.
793: <p>
794:
795: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 796: <a
797: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
798: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
799: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
800:
801: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
802: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
803:
1.69 deraadt 804: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
805:
1.57 louis 806: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 807: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 808: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 809: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 810:
811: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
812: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 813: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 814: <p>
815:
816: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 817: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 818: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 819: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 820:
821: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
822: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 823: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
824: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
825: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
826: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
827: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 828: <p>
829:
1.69 deraadt 830: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 831:
832: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 833: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 834: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 835:
836: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
837: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
838: available."
839: <p>
840:
1.69 deraadt 841: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
842:
1.6 deraadt 843: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 844: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 845: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 846:
847: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
848: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
849: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
850: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
851: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
852: <p>
853:
854: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 855: <a
856: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
857: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
858: </strong></font><br>
859:
860: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
861: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
862: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
863: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
864: an interesting read.
865: <p>
866:
1.69 deraadt 867: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
868:
869: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
870: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
871: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
872: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
873:
874: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
875: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
876: <p>
877:
1.57 louis 878: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 879: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
880: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
881: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 882: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 883:
884: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
885: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
886:
887: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 888: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 889:
890: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
891:
892: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 893: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
894: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
895: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 896:
897: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
898: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
899:
1.69 deraadt 900: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
901:
1.23 louis 902: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 903: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 904: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 905:
906: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
907: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
908: <p>
909:
1.57 louis 910: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
911: <a
912: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
913: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
914: </strong></font><br>
915:
916: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
917: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
918: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
919: site.<p>
920:
1.69 deraadt 921: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
922:
1.7 deraadt 923: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 924: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 925: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 926: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 927: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 928:
929: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
930: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
931: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
932: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
933: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
934: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
935: <p>
936:
937: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 938: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
939: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 940: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 941:
942: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
943: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
944: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
945: over to OpenBSD.
946: <p>
947:
948: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 949: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
950: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 951: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 952:
953: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
954: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
955: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
956: columns."
957: <p>
958:
1.69 deraadt 959: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
960:
1.58 louis 961: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
962: <a
963: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
964: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
965: </strong></font><br>
966:
967: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
968: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
969:
1.2 deraadt 970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 971: <a
972: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
973: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
974:
975: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
976: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
977: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
978:
1.69 deraadt 979: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
980:
1.57 louis 981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 982: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 983: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 984: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 985:
986: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
987: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
988: Implementation, including a brief interview with
989: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 990: <p>
991:
1.69 deraadt 992: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
993:
1.1 deraadt 994: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 995: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
996: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 997:
1.69 deraadt 998: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
999: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 1000: <p>
1001:
1.69 deraadt 1002: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1003:
1004: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1005: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1006: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 1007: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1008:
1009: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1010: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1011: <p>
1012:
1013: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 1014: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1015: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1016: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 1017: <p>
1018:
1.69 deraadt 1019: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1020:
1021: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1022: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1023: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1024: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1025: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1026: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1027:
1028: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1029: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1030: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1031: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1032: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1033: <p>
1034:
1035: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1036:
1.38 louis 1037: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1038: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1039: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1040:
1.69 deraadt 1041: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1042: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 1043: <p>
1044:
1.17 deraadt 1045: </dl>
1046: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1047:
1.27 deraadt 1048: <hr>
1.72 louis 1049: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 1050: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1051:
1.102 niklas 1052: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1053:
1054: <dl>
1055: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1056: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.102 niklas 1057: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1058:
1059: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1060: hardware-supported cryptography.
1061: <p>
1062:
1063: </dl>
1064:
1.84 niklas 1065: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1066:
1067: <dl>
1068: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1069: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1070: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1071:
1072: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1073: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.84 niklas 1074: <p>
1075:
1076: </dl>
1077:
1.69 deraadt 1078: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1079:
1.17 deraadt 1080: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 1081: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1082: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 1083: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1084:
1085: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1086: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1087: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1088: <p>
1089:
1090: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1091: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1092: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1093: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 1094: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1095:
1.20 louis 1096: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1097: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1098: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1099: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1100: <p>
1101:
1.17 deraadt 1102: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1103:
1.27 deraadt 1104: <hr>
1.72 louis 1105: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 1106: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1107:
1108: <dl>
1109:
1.69 deraadt 1110: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1111:
1.20 louis 1112: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1113: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
1114: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 1115: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1116:
1117: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1118: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1119: translating and reprinting articles from
1120: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1121: <p>
1122:
1123: </dl>
1124:
1.50 louis 1125: <hr>
1.72 louis 1126: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 1127: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1128: <dl>
1129:
1.72 louis 1130: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1131:
1132: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1133: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1134: Februar 2000
1135: </strong></font><br>
1136:
1.101 jufi 1137: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1138: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1139: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1140: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1141: Giving way to
1142: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1143: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1144: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1145: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.72 louis 1146: <p>
1147:
1.69 deraadt 1148: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1149:
1.50 louis 1150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1151: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1152: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 1153: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1154:
1155: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1156: <p>
1157: </dl>
1158:
1.20 louis 1159:
1.1 deraadt 1160: <hr>
1.72 louis 1161: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 1162: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1163: <dl>
1164:
1.69 deraadt 1165: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1166:
1.56 deraadt 1167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1168: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1169: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.62 form 1170: </strong></font><br>
1171:
1172: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1173: <p>
1174:
1.69 deraadt 1175: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1176:
1.62 form 1177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1178: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1179: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.57 louis 1180: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1181:
1.59 form 1182: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 1183: <p>
1184:
1.89 louis 1185: </dl>
1186:
1187: <hr>
1188: <a name=pl></a>
1189: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1190: <dl>
1191:
1192: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1193: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1194: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1195: January 2000
1196: </strong></font><br>
1197:
1198: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1199: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1200: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1201: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1202: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1203: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1204: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1205: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1206: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1207: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1208: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1209: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.56 deraadt 1210: <p>
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