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1.113     naddy      15: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</font></h2>
1.72      louis      16:
1.113     naddy      17: <p>
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1.113     naddy      19: <a href=#en>[EN]</a>&nbsp;
                     20: <a href=#se>[SE]</a>&nbsp;
                     21: <a href=#jp>[JP]</a>&nbsp;
                     22: <a href=#de>[DE]</a>&nbsp;
                     23: <a href=#ru>[RU]</a>&nbsp;
                     24: <a href=#pl>[PL]</a>&nbsp;
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1.1       deraadt    27:
1.113     naddy      28: <a name=en></a>
                     29: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
                     30: <dl>
1.16      louis      31:
1.118     louis      32: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
                     33:
                     34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125   ! deraadt    35: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
        !            36: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
        !            37: </strong></font><br>
        !            38:
        !            39: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
        !            40: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing.  It is
        !            41: about time.  The article mentions that
        !            42: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
        !            43: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
        !            44: since 1996."</i><br>
        !            45: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills or NTA as saying
        !            46: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
        !            47: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
        !            48: ammended since.
        !            49: <p>
        !            50:
        !            51: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121     deraadt    52: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124     jufi       53: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, S&eacute;curit&eacute;.org, July 26, 2000
1.121     deraadt    54: </strong></font><br>
                     55:
                     56: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
                     57: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
                     58: of OpenSSH.
                     59: <p>
                     60:
                     61: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                     62: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
                     63: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
                     64: </strong></font><br>
                     65:
                     66: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
                     67: possible with IPSEC implimentations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
                     68: bridging.
                     69: <p>
                     70:
                     71: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                     72: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
                     73: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120     deraadt    74: </strong></font><br>
                     75:
1.121     deraadt    76: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
                     77: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120     deraadt    78: <p>
                     79:
                     80: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118     louis      81: <a href="
1.120     deraadt    82: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
                     83: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119     reinhard   84: </strong></font><br>
                     85:
1.120     deraadt    86: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
                     87: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119     reinhard   88: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
                     89: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
                     90: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
                     91: <p>
                     92:
                     93: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                     94: <a href="
1.120     deraadt    95: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
                     96: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118     louis      97: </strong></font><br>
                     98:
                     99: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
                    100: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
                    101: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
                    102: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
                    103: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported &quot;guest&quot; OS.
                    104: <p>
                    105:
1.104     louis     106: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
                    107:
1.113     naddy     108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114     louis     109: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
                    110: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
                    111: </strong></font><br>
                    112:
                    113: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
                    114: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
                    115: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
                    116: be a bit dry.
                    117: <p>
                    118:
                    119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110     louis     120: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
                    121: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113     naddy     122: </strong></font><br>
1.110     louis     123:
                    124: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
                    125: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
                    126: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
                    127: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113     naddy     128: <a href="ports.html">&quot;Ports&quot; collection</a>.
                    129: <p>
1.110     louis     130:
1.117     louis     131: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
                    132: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
                    133: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
                    134: </strong></font><br>
                    135:
                    136: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
                    137: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
                    138: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
                    139: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
                    140: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
                    141: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
                    142: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
                    143: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
                    144: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
                    145: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
                    146: <p>
                    147:
1.113     naddy     148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108     louis     149: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113     naddy     150: </strong></font><br>
1.108     louis     151:
                    152: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
                    153: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113     naddy     154: <p>
1.108     louis     155:
1.113     naddy     156: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106     louis     157: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
                    158: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113     naddy     159: </strong></font><br>
1.106     louis     160:
                    161: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
                    162: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
                    163: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113     naddy     164: <p>
1.106     louis     165:
1.113     naddy     166: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107     louis     167: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
                    168: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113     naddy     169: </strong></font><br>
1.107     louis     170:
                    171: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
                    172: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
                    173: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
                    174: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113     naddy     175: <p>
1.107     louis     176:
1.113     naddy     177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105     louis     178: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
                    179: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113     naddy     180: </strong></font><br>
1.105     louis     181:
                    182: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
                    183: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113     naddy     184: &quot;OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia&quot;, he writes.
1.105     louis     185: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
                    186: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113     naddy     187: <p>
1.105     louis     188:
1.113     naddy     189: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      190: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104     louis     191: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113     naddy     192: </strong></font><br>
1.104     louis     193:
1.113     naddy     194: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
                    195: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104     louis     196: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
                    197:
1.121     deraadt   198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    199: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
                    200: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
                    201: </strong></font><br>
                    202:
                    203: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
                    204: the hacker community.  Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
                    205: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
                    206: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
                    207: <p>
                    208:
1.85      louis     209: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
                    210:
1.113     naddy     211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      212: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99      louis     213: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113     naddy     214: </strong></font><br>
1.99      louis     215:
                    216: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
                    217: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
                    218: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
                    219: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
                    220: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
                    221: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
                    222: reading for all system administrators.
1.113     naddy     223: <p>
1.99      louis     224:
1.113     naddy     225: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      226: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100     louis     227: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113     naddy     228: </strong></font><br>
1.100     louis     229:
                    230: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
                    231: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
                    232: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
                    233: conditions.
1.113     naddy     234: <p>
1.100     louis     235:
1.113     naddy     236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      237: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95      louis     238: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113     naddy     239: </strong></font><br>
1.95      louis     240:
                    241: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
                    242: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
                    243: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
                    244: approaches to security.
1.113     naddy     245: <p>
1.95      louis     246:
1.113     naddy     247: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      248: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92      louis     249: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113     naddy     250: </strong></font><br>
1.92      louis     251:
                    252: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
                    253: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94      louis     254: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92      louis     255: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
                    256: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113     naddy     257: <p>
1.92      louis     258:
1.113     naddy     259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    260: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91      louis     261: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113     naddy     262: </strong></font><br>
1.91      louis     263:
                    264: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
                    265: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
                    266: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
                    267: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
                    268: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
                    269: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113     naddy     270: &quot;get it&quot;, and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91      louis     271: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113     naddy     272: <p>
1.91      louis     273:
1.113     naddy     274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90      louis     275: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
                    276: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113     naddy     277: </strong></font><br>
1.90      louis     278:
                    279: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
                    280: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
                    281: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
                    282: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
                    283: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
                    284: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
                    285: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
                    286: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
                    287: defects in their products.
1.113     naddy     288: <p>
1.90      louis     289:
1.113     naddy     290: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87      louis     291: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
                    292: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113     naddy     293: </strong></font><br>
1.87      louis     294:
1.113     naddy     295: &quot;Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
                    296: you just can't tell your boss about it&quot; Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87      louis     297: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
                    298: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
                    299: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
                    300: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
                    301: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113     naddy     302: <p>
1.87      louis     303:
1.113     naddy     304: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85      louis     305: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
                    306: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113     naddy     307: </strong></font><br>
1.85      louis     308:
                    309: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
                    310: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113     naddy     311: <p>
1.85      louis     312:
1.113     naddy     313: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89      louis     314: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
                    315: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113     naddy     316: </strong></font><br>
1.89      louis     317:
                    318: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113     naddy     319: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89      louis     320: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
                    321: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113     naddy     322: <p>
1.89      louis     323:
1.113     naddy     324: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85      louis     325: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
                    326: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113     naddy     327: </strong></font><br>
1.85      louis     328:
                    329: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
                    330: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
                    331: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
                    332: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
                    333: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
                    334:
1.78      deraadt   335: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74      louis     336:
1.113     naddy     337: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      338: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.113     naddy     339: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83      louis     340: April 20, 2000
1.113     naddy     341: </strong></font><br>
1.83      louis     342:
                    343: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
                    344: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
                    345: OpenBSD.
1.113     naddy     346: <p>
1.83      louis     347:
1.113     naddy     348: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93      louis     349: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
                    350: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113     naddy     351: </strong></font><br>
1.93      louis     352:
                    353: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
                    354: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113     naddy     355: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93      louis     356: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
                    357: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113     naddy     358: <p>
1.93      louis     359:
1.113     naddy     360: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      361: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83      louis     362: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113     naddy     363: </strong></font><br>
1.82      aaron     364:
1.83      louis     365: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
                    366: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
                    367: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
                    368: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
                    369: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113     naddy     370: They counter the claim by demolishing &quot;security through
                    371: obscurity&quot;, the myth that just won't go away.
                    372: <p>
1.82      aaron     373:
1.113     naddy     374: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      375: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83      louis     376: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113     naddy     377: </strong></font><br>
1.80      louis     378:
1.83      louis     379: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
                    380: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
                    381: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113     naddy     382: <p>
1.80      louis     383:
1.113     naddy     384: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      385: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77      deraadt   386: Bad Press</a>,
                    387: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113     naddy     388: </strong></font><br>
1.77      deraadt   389:
                    390: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113     naddy     391: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77      deraadt   392: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
                    393: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
                    394: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113     naddy     395: <p>
1.78      deraadt   396:
                    397: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
                    398:
1.113     naddy     399: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    400: <a
1.111     jufi      401: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78      deraadt   402: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
                    403: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113     naddy     404: </strong></font><br>
1.78      deraadt   405:
                    406: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
                    407: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
                    408: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
                    409: simply by reading the source code.
1.113     naddy     410: <p>
1.74      louis     411:
1.113     naddy     412: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88      louis     413: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
                    414: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113     naddy     415: </strong></font><br>
1.88      louis     416:
                    417: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
                    418: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
                    419: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
                    420: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
                    421: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
                    422: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113     naddy     423: <p>
1.88      louis     424:
1.113     naddy     425: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115     louis     426: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116     louis     427: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113     naddy     428: </strong></font><br>
1.81      louis     429:
                    430: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
                    431: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
                    432: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
                    433: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115     louis     434: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113     naddy     435: <p>
1.81      louis     436:
1.113     naddy     437: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      438: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90      louis     439: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113     naddy     440: </strong></font><br>
1.90      louis     441:
                    442: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
                    443: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
                    444: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
                    445: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
                    446: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
                    447: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
                    448: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113     naddy     449: <p>
1.90      louis     450:
1.113     naddy     451: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      452: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76      louis     453: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113     naddy     454: </strong></font><br>
1.71      louis     455:
                    456: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
                    457: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
                    458: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76      louis     459: competitive advantage.
1.113     naddy     460: <p>
1.71      louis     461:
1.69      deraadt   462: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70      louis     463:
1.113     naddy     464: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      465: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70      louis     466: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113     naddy     467: </strong></font><br>
1.70      louis     468:
                    469: Se&aacute;n Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
                    470: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
                    471: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113     naddy     472: <p>
1.70      louis     473:
1.113     naddy     474: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      475: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113     naddy     476: </strong></font><br>
1.68      louis     477:
                    478: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111     jufi      479: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113     naddy     480: <a 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
1.68      louis     481: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113     naddy     482: <p>
1.68      louis     483:
1.113     naddy     484: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      485: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64      louis     486: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113     naddy     487: </strong></font><br>
1.64      louis     488:
1.111     jufi      489: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
                    490: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64      louis     491: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113     naddy     492: &quot;secure by default&quot; installation.
                    493: <p>
1.64      louis     494:
1.113     naddy     495: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      496: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
1.66      louis     497: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113     naddy     498: </strong></font><br>
1.66      louis     499:
1.113     naddy     500: We really like Simson when he writes <i>&quot;But if you're trying to get the
1.66      louis     501: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113     naddy     502: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable.&quot;</i> But he misses the point
1.66      louis     503: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
                    504: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
                    505: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113     naddy     506: <p>
1.66      louis     507:
1.113     naddy     508: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    509: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83      louis     510: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113     naddy     511: </strong></font><br>
1.83      louis     512:
                    513: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113     naddy     514: enough about OpenBSD to say &quot;<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83      louis     515: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
                    516: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
                    517: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113     naddy     518: works immediately. Just Brilliant.&quot;</i>
                    519: <p>
1.83      louis     520:
1.113     naddy     521: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      522: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64      louis     523: Information Security, February 2000
1.113     naddy     524: </strong></font><br>
1.64      louis     525:
                    526: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67      louis     527: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
                    528: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64      louis     529: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
                    530: its reputation among security experts.
1.113     naddy     531: <p>
1.64      louis     532:
1.113     naddy     533: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      534: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65      louis     535: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113     naddy     536: </strong></font><br>
1.65      louis     537:
                    538: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
                    539: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113     naddy     540: <p>
1.65      louis     541:
1.69      deraadt   542: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
                    543:
1.113     naddy     544: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      545: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88      louis     546: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113     naddy     547: </strong></font><br>
1.88      louis     548:
                    549: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
                    550: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
                    551: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
                    552: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113     naddy     553: <p>
1.88      louis     554:
1.113     naddy     555: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      556: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
1.113     naddy     557: </strong></font><br>
1.60      louis     558:
                    559: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113     naddy     560: when the US government recognised it as being for &quot;the
                    561: Public Good&quot; in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60      louis     562: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
                    563: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113     naddy     564: <p>
1.60      louis     565:
1.113     naddy     566: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    567: "Info.sec.radio" radio show.  11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
                    568: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58      louis     569: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113     naddy     570: </strong></font><br>
1.58      louis     571:
                    572: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
                    573: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
                    574: and cryptography.
1.113     naddy     575: <p>
1.58      louis     576:
1.113     naddy     577: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53      louis     578: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
                    579: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113     naddy     580: </strong></font><br>
1.53      louis     581:
                    582: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
                    583: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113     naddy     584: <p>
1.53      louis     585:
1.113     naddy     586: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99      louis     587: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
                    588: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113     naddy     589: </strong></font><br>
1.99      louis     590:
                    591: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
                    592: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
                    593: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113     naddy     594: <p>
1.99      louis     595:
1.113     naddy     596: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58      louis     597: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113     naddy     598: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58      louis     599:
                    600: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
                    601: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113     naddy     602: interesting quote: &quot;Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58      louis     603: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113     naddy     604: for SourceForge.&quot; OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58      louis     605:
1.113     naddy     606: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      607: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58      louis     608: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113     naddy     609: </strong></font><br>
1.58      louis     610:
                    611: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
                    612: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113     naddy     613: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58      louis     614:
1.113     naddy     615: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55      deraadt   616: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113     naddy     617: </strong></font><br>
1.53      louis     618:
                    619: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111     jufi      620: in
1.113     naddy     621: <a href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
1.53      louis     622: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55      deraadt   623: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113     naddy     624: <p>
1.53      louis     625:
1.113     naddy     626: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      627: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58      louis     628: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
                    629: January/February, 2000
1.113     naddy     630: </strong></font><br>
1.51      deraadt   631:
1.58      louis     632: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113     naddy     633: <p>
1.51      deraadt   634:
1.69      deraadt   635: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
                    636:
1.113     naddy     637: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      638: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58      louis     639: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
                    640: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113     naddy     641: </strong></font><br>
1.57      louis     642:
1.58      louis     643: Kurt Seifried
                    644: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
                    645: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
                    646: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113     naddy     647: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51      deraadt   648:
1.113     naddy     649: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      650: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96      louis     651: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113     naddy     652: </strong></font><br>
1.96      louis     653:
                    654: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113     naddy     655: <p>
1.96      louis     656:
1.113     naddy     657: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      658: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86      louis     659: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113     naddy     660: </strong></font><br>
1.86      louis     661:
                    662: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
                    663: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
                    664: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
                    665: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113     naddy     666: <p>
1.86      louis     667:
1.69      deraadt   668: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
                    669:
1.113     naddy     670: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61      louis     671: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
                    672: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113     naddy     673: </strong></font><br>
1.61      louis     674:
                    675: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
                    676: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113     naddy     677: <p>
1.61      louis     678:
1.113     naddy     679: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      680: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48      louis     681: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
                    682: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113     naddy     683: </strong></font><br>
1.48      louis     684:
                    685: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113     naddy     686: about OpenBSD's security stance. &quot;As you've come to expect from us,
1.48      louis     687: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
                    688: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113     naddy     689: right -- or at least strives to&quot;.
                    690: <p>
1.48      louis     691:
1.113     naddy     692: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61      louis     693: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
                    694: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113     naddy     695: </strong></font><br>
1.61      louis     696: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
                    697: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
                    698: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
                    699: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113     naddy     700: <p>
1.61      louis     701:
1.113     naddy     702: <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     703: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113     naddy     704: </strong></font><br>
1.46      louis     705:
                    706: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
                    707: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
                    708: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
                    709: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113     naddy     710: <p>
1.46      louis     711:
1.113     naddy     712: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      713: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58      louis     714: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113     naddy     715: </strong></font><br>
1.58      louis     716:
                    717: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
                    718: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113     naddy     719: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58      louis     720:
1.113     naddy     721: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70      louis     722: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
                    723: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113     naddy     724: </strong></font><br>
1.70      louis     725:
                    726: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
                    727: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
                    728: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
                    729: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113     naddy     730: <p>
1.70      louis     731:
1.69      deraadt   732: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
                    733:
1.113     naddy     734: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44      philen    735: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113     naddy     736: </strong></font><br>
1.44      philen    737:
                    738: Kurt Seifried
                    739: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
                    740: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
                    741: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113     naddy     742: <p>
1.44      philen    743:
1.113     naddy     744: <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>,
1.41      louis     745: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113     naddy     746: </strong></font><br>
1.41      louis     747:
                    748: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113     naddy     749: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41      louis     750:
1.113     naddy     751: <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>,
1.37      louis     752: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113     naddy     753: </strong></font><br>
1.37      louis     754:
                    755: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113     naddy     756: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37      louis     757:
1.113     naddy     758: <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>,
1.36      louis     759: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113     naddy     760: </strong></font><br>
1.36      louis     761:
                    762: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
                    763: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
                    764: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
                    765: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113     naddy     766: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36      louis     767:
1.113     naddy     768: <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      769: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113     naddy     770: </strong></font><br>
1.34      beck      771:
1.36      louis     772: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113     naddy     773: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34      beck      774:
1.113     naddy     775: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39      louis     776: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
                    777: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113     naddy     778: </strong></font><br>
1.38      louis     779:
                    780: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113     naddy     781: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38      louis     782:
1.69      deraadt   783: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
                    784:
1.113     naddy     785: <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     786: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113     naddy     787: </strong></font><br>
1.32      louis     788:
                    789: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
                    790: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113     naddy     791: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30      deraadt   792:
1.113     naddy     793: <li><strong>
1.29      louis     794: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113     naddy     795: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
                    796: </strong></font><br>
1.29      louis     797:
                    798: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
                    799: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57      louis     800: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
                    801: terminal:
1.113     naddy     802: <blockquote>
                    803: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
                    804:   Escape character is '^]'.<br>
                    805:  <br>
                    806:   OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
                    807: </code>
                    808: </blockquote>
                    809: <p>
                    810:
                    811: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    812: <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>
                    813: <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
                    814: </strong></font><br>
1.24      deraadt   815:
                    816: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
                    817: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26      deraadt   818: because security is a focus on the project".  Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113     naddy     819: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24      deraadt   820:
1.113     naddy     821: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38      louis     822: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg183.htm">Open source has roots in the Net</a>, USA Today, Sept. 20, 1999
1.113     naddy     823: </strong></font><br>
1.19      louis     824:
                    825: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
                    826: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
                    827: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
                    828: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
                    829: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57      louis     830: operating system in the world."
1.113     naddy     831: <p>
1.19      louis     832:
1.113     naddy     833: <li><strong>
                    834: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
                    835: </strong></font><br>
1.16      louis     836:
                    837: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
                    838: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
                    839: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57      louis     840: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
                    841: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113     naddy     842: <p>
1.16      louis     843:
1.113     naddy     844: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      845: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57      louis     846: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113     naddy     847: </strong></font><br>
1.14      louis     848:
1.57      louis     849: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
                    850: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
                    851: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113     naddy     852: Melbourne.<p>
1.57      louis     853:
1.113     naddy     854: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      855: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57      louis     856: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113     naddy     857: </strong></font><br>
1.57      louis     858:
1.113     naddy     859: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14      louis     860:
1.113     naddy     861: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21      louis     862: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38      louis     863: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113     naddy     864: </strong></font><br>
1.21      louis     865:
1.23      louis     866: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
                    867: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
                    868: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
                    869: between the three systems.  (Most of this is technology was originally
                    870: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113     naddy     871: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21      louis     872:
1.113     naddy     873: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47      louis     874: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
                    875: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113     naddy     876: </strong></font><br>
1.47      louis     877:
                    878: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
                    879: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
                    880: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
                    881: installation.
1.113     naddy     882: <p>
1.47      louis     883:
1.113     naddy     884: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      885: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57      louis     886: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113     naddy     887: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57      louis     888:
                    889: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113     naddy     890: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57      louis     891:
1.69      deraadt   892: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
                    893:
1.113     naddy     894: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17      deraadt   895: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12      louis     896: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113     naddy     897: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12      louis     898:
                    899: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
                    900: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57      louis     901: of OpenBSD.
1.113     naddy     902: <p>
1.12      louis     903:
1.113     naddy     904: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8       deraadt   905: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10      deraadt   906: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113     naddy     907: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8       deraadt   908:
                    909: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
                    910: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20      louis     911: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
                    912: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
                    913: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
                    914: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
                    915: way down the page).
1.113     naddy     916: <p>
1.8       deraadt   917:
1.69      deraadt   918: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3       deraadt   919:
1.113     naddy     920: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6       deraadt   921: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113     naddy     922: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6       deraadt   923:
                    924: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
                    925: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
                    926: available."
1.113     naddy     927: <p>
1.6       deraadt   928:
1.69      deraadt   929: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
                    930:
1.113     naddy     931: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33      louis     932: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113     naddy     933: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33      louis     934:
                    935: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
                    936: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
                    937: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
                    938: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
                    939: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113     naddy     940: <p>
1.33      louis     941:
1.113     naddy     942: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      943: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57      louis     944: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113     naddy     945: </strong></font><br>
1.57      louis     946:
1.113     naddy     947: In a review of this year's event subtitled &quot;USENIX
                    948: and Unix -- then and now&quot;, writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57      louis     949: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
                    950: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
                    951: an interesting read.
1.113     naddy     952: <p>
1.57      louis     953:
1.69      deraadt   954: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
                    955:
1.113     naddy     956: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    957: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69      deraadt   958: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113     naddy     959: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69      deraadt   960:
                    961: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
                    962: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113     naddy     963: <p>
1.69      deraadt   964:
1.113     naddy     965: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39      louis     966: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
                    967: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
                    968: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113     naddy     969: </strong></font><br>
1.39      louis     970:
                    971: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113     naddy     972: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39      louis     973:
1.113     naddy     974: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    975: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23      louis     976:
1.113     naddy     977: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23      louis     978:
1.113     naddy     979: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68      louis     980: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
                    981: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113     naddy     982: </strong></font><br>
1.23      louis     983:
                    984: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113     naddy     985: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23      louis     986:
1.69      deraadt   987: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
                    988:
1.113     naddy     989: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2       deraadt   990: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113     naddy     991: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2       deraadt   992:
                    993: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
                    994: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113     naddy     995: <p>
1.2       deraadt   996:
1.113     naddy     997: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi      998: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57      louis     999: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113     naddy    1000: </strong></font><br>
1.57      louis    1001:
                   1002: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
                   1003: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
                   1004: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113     naddy    1005: site.<p>
1.57      louis    1006:
1.69      deraadt  1007: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
                   1008:
1.113     naddy    1009: <a name=anzen1>
                   1010: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                   1011: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20      louis    1012: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113     naddy    1013: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt  1014:
                   1015: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
                   1016: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
                   1017: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
                   1018: Linux, and Solaris.  OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
                   1019: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
                   1020: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113     naddy    1021: <p>
1.1       deraadt  1022:
1.113     naddy    1023: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15      louis    1024: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
                   1025: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113     naddy    1026: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15      louis    1027:
                   1028: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
                   1029: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
                   1030: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
                   1031: over to OpenBSD.
1.113     naddy    1032: <p>
1.15      louis    1033:
1.113     naddy    1034: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1       deraadt  1035: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
                   1036: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113     naddy    1037: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt  1038:
                   1039: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
                   1040: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
                   1041: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
                   1042: columns."
1.113     naddy    1043: <p>
1.1       deraadt  1044:
1.69      deraadt  1045: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
                   1046:
1.113     naddy    1047: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi     1048: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58      louis    1049: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113     naddy    1050: </strong></font><br>
1.58      louis    1051:
                   1052: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113     naddy    1053: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58      louis    1054:
1.113     naddy    1055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111     jufi     1056: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113     naddy    1057: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57      louis    1058:
                   1059: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
                   1060: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113     naddy    1061: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57      louis    1062:
1.69      deraadt  1063: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
                   1064:
1.113     naddy    1065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2       deraadt  1066: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38      louis    1067: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113     naddy    1068: </strong></font><br>
1.2       deraadt  1069:
                   1070: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
                   1071: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
                   1072: Implementation, including a brief interview with
                   1073: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113     naddy    1074: <p>
1.1       deraadt  1075:
1.69      deraadt  1076: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
                   1077:
1.113     naddy    1078: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69      deraadt  1079: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113     naddy    1080: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt  1081:
1.69      deraadt  1082: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
                   1083: OpenBSD is.
1.113     naddy    1084: <p>
1.1       deraadt  1085:
1.69      deraadt  1086: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1       deraadt  1087:
1.113     naddy    1088: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1       deraadt  1089: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
                   1090: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113     naddy    1091: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt  1092:
                   1093: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
                   1094: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113     naddy    1095: <p>
1.1       deraadt  1096:
1.113     naddy    1097: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
                   1098: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18      deraadt  1099: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
                   1100: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113     naddy    1101: <p>
1.1       deraadt  1102:
1.69      deraadt  1103: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
                   1104:
1.113     naddy    1105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69      deraadt  1106: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113     naddy    1107: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
                   1108: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69      deraadt  1109: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113     naddy    1110: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69      deraadt  1111:
                   1112: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
                   1113: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
                   1114: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113     naddy    1115: graphic - a cross between Superman&#153; and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69      deraadt  1116: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113     naddy    1117: <p>
1.69      deraadt  1118:
                   1119: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
                   1120:
1.113     naddy    1121: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69      deraadt  1122: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113     naddy    1123: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38      louis    1124:
1.69      deraadt  1125: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
                   1126: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113     naddy    1127: <p>
1.112     naddy    1128:
1.113     naddy    1129: </dl>
                   1130: <p>
1.1       deraadt  1131:
1.113     naddy    1132: <hr>
                   1133: <a name=se></a>
                   1134: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1       deraadt  1135:
1.102     niklas   1136: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
                   1137:
1.113     naddy    1138: <dl>
                   1139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103     niklas   1140: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113     naddy    1141: S&auml;kerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102     niklas   1142:
                   1143: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
                   1144: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113     naddy    1145: <p>
1.102     niklas   1146:
1.113     naddy    1147: </dl>
1.102     niklas   1148:
1.84      niklas   1149: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
                   1150:
1.113     naddy    1151: <dl>
                   1152: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84      niklas   1153: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113     naddy    1154: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84      niklas   1155:
                   1156: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85      louis    1157: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113     naddy    1158: <p>
1.84      niklas   1159:
1.113     naddy    1160: </dl>
1.84      niklas   1161:
1.69      deraadt  1162: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
                   1163:
1.113     naddy    1164: <dl>
                   1165: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1       deraadt  1166: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113     naddy    1167: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt  1168:
                   1169: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
                   1170: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
                   1171: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113     naddy    1172: <p>
1.1       deraadt  1173:
1.113     naddy    1174: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1       deraadt  1175: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10      deraadt  1176: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1       deraadt  1177: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113     naddy    1178: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt  1179:
1.20      louis    1180: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X.  The first
                   1181: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1       deraadt  1182: explains the licensing issues and points to our
                   1183: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113     naddy    1184: <p>
1.1       deraadt  1185:
1.113     naddy    1186: </dl>
1.1       deraadt  1187:
1.113     naddy    1188: <hr>
                   1189: <a name=jp></a>
                   1190: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20      louis    1191:
1.113     naddy    1192: <dl>
1.20      louis    1193:
1.69      deraadt  1194: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
                   1195:
1.113     naddy    1196: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.20      louis    1197: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
                   1198: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113     naddy    1199: </strong></font><br>
1.20      louis    1200:
                   1201: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
                   1202: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
                   1203: translating and reprinting articles from
                   1204: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113     naddy    1205: <p>
1.112     naddy    1206:
1.113     naddy    1207: </dl>
1.20      louis    1208:
1.113     naddy    1209: <hr>
                   1210: <a name=de></a>
                   1211: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
                   1212: <dl>
1.50      louis    1213:
1.72      louis    1214: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
                   1215:
1.113     naddy    1216: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109     reinhard 1217: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72      louis    1218: Februar 2000
1.113     naddy    1219: </strong></font><br>
1.72      louis    1220:
1.101     jufi     1221: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73      louis    1222: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
                   1223: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113     naddy    1224: posted then retracted on &quot;orders from above&quot; in the ministry.
1.101     jufi     1225: Giving way to
                   1226: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
                   1227: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
                   1228: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
                   1229: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113     naddy    1230: <p>
1.72      louis    1231:
1.69      deraadt  1232: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
                   1233:
1.113     naddy    1234: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111     jufi     1235: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50      louis    1236: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113     naddy    1237: </strong></font><br>
1.50      louis    1238:
                   1239: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113     naddy    1240: <p>
                   1241: </dl>
1.112     naddy    1242:
1.50      louis    1243:
1.113     naddy    1244: <hr>
                   1245: <a name=ru></a>
                   1246: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
                   1247: <dl>
1.56      deraadt  1248:
1.69      deraadt  1249: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
                   1250:
1.113     naddy    1251: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98      deraadt  1252: Byte Magazine, Russia,
                   1253: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113     naddy    1254: </strong></font><br>
1.62      form     1255:
                   1256: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113     naddy    1257: <p>
1.62      form     1258:
1.69      deraadt  1259: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
                   1260:
1.113     naddy    1261: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98      deraadt  1262: Byte Magazine, Russia,
                   1263: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113     naddy    1264: </strong></font><br>
1.56      deraadt  1265:
1.59      form     1266: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113     naddy    1267: <p>
1.112     naddy    1268:
1.113     naddy    1269: </dl>
1.112     naddy    1270:
1.113     naddy    1271: <hr>
                   1272: <a name=pl></a>
                   1273: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
                   1274: <dl>
1.56      deraadt  1275:
1.113     naddy    1276: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89      louis    1277: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
                   1278: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
                   1279: January 2000
1.113     naddy    1280: </strong></font><br>
1.89      louis    1281:
                   1282: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
                   1283: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
                   1284: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
                   1285: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
                   1286: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
                   1287: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113     naddy    1288: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
                   1289: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89      louis    1290: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
                   1291: with the translation. For the full text, see the
                   1292: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
                   1293: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113     naddy    1294: <p>
                   1295: </dl>
1.56      deraadt  1296:
1.113     naddy    1297: <hr>
                   1298: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
                   1299: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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1.1       deraadt  1301:
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