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16: <h2>Media Coverage.</h2>
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1.13 ! louis 23: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/search/cw_Wtemplate.cfm?filename=/cw/archive/cw15-17/c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 24: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
25: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999.</strong></font><p>
26:
27: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
28: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
29: of OpenBSD.<p>
30: <p>
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1.8 deraadt 33: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 34: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
35: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.8 deraadt 36:
37: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
38: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
39: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."<p>
40:
41: From the publishers of a number of Canadian computer magazines, comes
42: an award to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD.<p>
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44: (scroll down to see the sub-article about OpenBSD)
45: <p>
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47: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.3 deraadt 48: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 49: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
50: National Post, May 25, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.3 deraadt 51:
52: Newspaper article about OpenBSD.
53: <p>
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1.6 deraadt 56: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.10 deraadt 57: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, July 22, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.6 deraadt 58:
59: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
60: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
61: available."
62: <p>
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1.2 deraadt 65: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.10 deraadt 66: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.2 deraadt 67:
68: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
69: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
70: <p>
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1.11 ericj 74: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.1 deraadt 75: NFR Performance Testing</a> report, written by
76: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
77:
78: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
79: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
80: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
81: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
82: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
83: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
84: <p>
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87: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
88: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
89: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
90:
91: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
92: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
93: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
94: columns."
95: <p>
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1.2 deraadt 97: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
98: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
99: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998.
100: </strong></font><p>
101:
102: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
103: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
104: Implementation, including a brief interview with
105: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 106: <p>
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109: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.10 deraadt 110: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 111:
112: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
113: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
114: <p>
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117: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.10 deraadt 118: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 119:
120: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
121: OpenBSD is.
122: <p>
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125: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 126: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
127: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
128: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.10 deraadt 129: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81.</strong></font><p>
1.5 ian 130:
131: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
132: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
133: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
134: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
135: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 136: <p>
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139: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
140: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
141: July, 1998.</strong></font><p>
142:
143: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
144: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
145: <p>
146:
147: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
148: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96. Paper edition only.</strong></font><p>
149: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a cheezy picture
150: of project founder Theo de Raadt (watch those wired people do
151: photoshop jobs!).
152: <p>
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155:
156: <h4>Swedish press coverage (in swedish)</h4>
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160: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.10 deraadt 161: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 162:
163: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
164: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
165: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
166: <p>
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169: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 170: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 171: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 172: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 173:
174: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The 1st
175: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the 2nd which
176: explains the licensing issues and points to our
177: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
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