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1.113 naddy 15: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</font></h2>
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1.113 naddy 19: <a href=#en>[EN]</a>
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21: <a href=#jp>[JP]</a>
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29: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
30: <dl>
1.16 louis 31:
1.131 louis 32: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
33:
34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 35: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
36: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
37: 2000
38: </strong></font><br>
39:
40: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
41: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
42: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
43: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
44: against current industry practices.
45: <p>
46:
47: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 48: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
49: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
50: </strong></font><br>
51:
52: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
53: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
54: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
55: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
56: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
57: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
58: careful code reviews, he concludes.
59: <p>
60:
61: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 62: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
63: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
64: </strong></font><br>
65:
66: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
67: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
68: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
69: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
70: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 71: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
72: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
73: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 74: <p>
75:
1.118 louis 76: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
77:
78: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 79: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
80: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
81: </strong></font><br>
82:
83: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
84: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
85: about time. The article mentions that
86: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
87: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
88: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 89: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 90: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
91: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
92: ammended since.
93: <p>
94:
95: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 96: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 97: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 98: </strong></font><br>
99:
100: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
101: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
102: of OpenSSH.
103: <p>
104:
105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
106: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
107: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
108: </strong></font><br>
109:
110: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
111: possible with IPSEC implimentations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
112: bridging.
113: <p>
114:
115: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
116: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
117: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 118: </strong></font><br>
119:
1.121 deraadt 120: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
121: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 122: <p>
123:
124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 125: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
126: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
127: </strong></font><br>
128:
129: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
130: <p>
131:
132: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 133: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 134: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
135: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 136: </strong></font><br>
137:
1.120 deraadt 138: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
139: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 140: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
141: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
142: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
143: <p>
144:
145: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.132 louis 146: <!--<a href="http://www.plesman.com/cc/home.html">In the shadow of the-->
147: <b>In the shadow of the
148: penguin</b>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 149: </strong></font><br>
150:
151: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
152: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
153: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
154: K. Hubbard.<br>
155: <i>Unfortunately, the article is not yet online</i>.
156: <p>
157:
158: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 159: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 160: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
161: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 162: </strong></font><br>
163:
164: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
165: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
166: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
167: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
168: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
169: <p>
170:
1.104 louis 171: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
172:
1.113 naddy 173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 174: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
175: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
176: </strong></font><br>
177:
178: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
179: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
180: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
181: be a bit dry.
182: <p>
183:
184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.132 louis 185: <!--<a href="http://www.plesman.com/cc/home.html">BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>,-->
186: <b>BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</b>,
1.128 louis 187: letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23, 2000
188: </strong></font><br>
189:
190: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
191: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
192: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
193: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
194: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
195: <i>Unfortunately, the letter is not online</i>.
196: <p>
197:
198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 199: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
200: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 201: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 202:
203: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
204: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
205: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
206: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 207: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
208: <p>
1.110 louis 209:
1.117 louis 210: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
211: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
212: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
213: </strong></font><br>
214:
215: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
216: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
217: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
218: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
219: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
220: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
221: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
222: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
223: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
224: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
225: <p>
226:
1.113 naddy 227: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 228: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 229: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 230:
231: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
232: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 233: <p>
1.108 louis 234:
1.113 naddy 235: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 236: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
237: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 238: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 239:
240: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
241: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
242: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 243: <p>
1.106 louis 244:
1.113 naddy 245: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 246: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
247: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 248: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 249:
250: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
251: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
252: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
253: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 254: <p>
1.107 louis 255:
1.113 naddy 256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 257: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
258: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 259: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 260:
261: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
262: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 263: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 264: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
265: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 266: <p>
1.105 louis 267:
1.113 naddy 268: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 269: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 270: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 271: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 272:
1.113 naddy 273: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
274: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 275: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 276: <p>
1.104 louis 277:
1.121 deraadt 278: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
279: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
280: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
281: </strong></font><br>
282:
283: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
284: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
285: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
286: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
287: <p>
288:
1.85 louis 289: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
290:
1.113 naddy 291: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 292: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 293: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 294: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 295:
296: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
297: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
298: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
299: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
300: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
301: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
302: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 303: <p>
1.99 louis 304:
1.113 naddy 305: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 306: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 307: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 308: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 309:
310: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
311: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
312: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
313: conditions.
1.113 naddy 314: <p>
1.100 louis 315:
1.113 naddy 316: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 317: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 318: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 319: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 320:
321: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
322: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
323: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
324: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 325: <p>
1.95 louis 326:
1.113 naddy 327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 328: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 329: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 330: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 331:
332: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
333: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 334: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 335: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
336: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 337: <p>
1.92 louis 338:
1.113 naddy 339: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
340: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 341: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 342: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 343:
344: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
345: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
346: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
347: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
348: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
349: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 350: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 351: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 352: <p>
1.91 louis 353:
1.113 naddy 354: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 355: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
356: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 357: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 358:
359: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
360: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
361: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
362: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
363: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
364: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
365: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
366: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
367: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 368: <p>
1.90 louis 369:
1.113 naddy 370: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 371: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
372: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
373: </strong></font><br>
374: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
375: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
376: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
377: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
378: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
379: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
380: <p>
381:
382: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 383: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
384: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 385: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 386:
1.113 naddy 387: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
388: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 389: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
390: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
391: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
392: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
393: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 394: <p>
1.87 louis 395:
1.113 naddy 396: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 397: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
398: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 399: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 400:
401: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
402: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 403: <p>
1.85 louis 404:
1.113 naddy 405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 406: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
407: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 408: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 409:
410: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 411: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 412: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
413: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 414: <p>
1.89 louis 415:
1.113 naddy 416: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 417: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
418: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 419: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 420:
421: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
422: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
423: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
424: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
425: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
426:
1.78 deraadt 427: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 428:
1.113 naddy 429: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 430: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 431: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 432: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 433: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 434:
435: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
436: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
437: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 438: <p>
1.83 louis 439:
1.113 naddy 440: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 441: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
442: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 443: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 444:
445: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
446: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 447: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 448: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
449: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 450: <p>
1.93 louis 451:
1.113 naddy 452: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 453: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 454: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 455: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 456:
1.83 louis 457: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
458: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
459: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
460: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
461: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 462: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
463: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
464: <p>
1.82 aaron 465:
1.113 naddy 466: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 467: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 468: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 469: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 470:
1.83 louis 471: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
472: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
473: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 474: <p>
1.80 louis 475:
1.113 naddy 476: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 477: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 478: Bad Press</a>,
479: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 480: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 481:
482: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 483: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 484: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
485: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
486: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 487: <p>
1.78 deraadt 488:
489: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
490:
1.113 naddy 491: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
492: <a
1.111 jufi 493: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 494: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
495: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 496: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 497:
498: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
499: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
500: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
501: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 502: <p>
1.74 louis 503:
1.113 naddy 504: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 505: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
506: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 507: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 508:
509: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
510: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
511: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
512: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
513: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
514: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 515: <p>
1.88 louis 516:
1.113 naddy 517: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 518: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 519: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 520: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 521:
522: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
523: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
524: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
525: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 526: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 527: <p>
1.81 louis 528:
1.113 naddy 529: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 530: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 531: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 532: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 533:
534: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
535: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
536: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
537: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
538: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
539: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
540: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 541: <p>
1.90 louis 542:
1.113 naddy 543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 544: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 545: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 546: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 547:
548: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
549: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
550: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 551: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 552: <p>
1.71 louis 553:
1.69 deraadt 554: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 555:
1.113 naddy 556: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 557: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 558: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 559: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 560:
561: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
562: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
563: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 564: <p>
1.70 louis 565:
1.113 naddy 566: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 567: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 568: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 569:
570: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 571: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 572: <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 573: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 574: <p>
1.68 louis 575:
1.113 naddy 576: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 577: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 578: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 579: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 580:
1.111 jufi 581: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
582: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 583: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 584: "secure by default" installation.
585: <p>
1.64 louis 586:
1.113 naddy 587: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 588: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
1.66 louis 589: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 590: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 591:
1.113 naddy 592: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 593: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 594: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 595: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
596: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
597: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 598: <p>
1.66 louis 599:
1.113 naddy 600: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
601: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 602: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 603: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 604:
605: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 606: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 607: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
608: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
609: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 610: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
611: <p>
1.83 louis 612:
1.113 naddy 613: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 614: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 615: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 616: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 617:
618: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 619: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
620: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 621: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
622: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 623: <p>
1.64 louis 624:
1.113 naddy 625: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 626: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 627: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 628: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 629:
630: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
631: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 632: <p>
1.65 louis 633:
1.69 deraadt 634: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
635:
1.113 naddy 636: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 637: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 638: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 639: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 640:
641: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
642: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
643: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
644: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 645: <p>
1.88 louis 646:
1.113 naddy 647: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 648: <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 649: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 650:
651: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 652: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
653: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 654: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
655: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 656: <p>
1.60 louis 657:
1.113 naddy 658: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
659: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
660: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 661: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 662: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 663:
664: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
665: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
666: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 667: <p>
1.58 louis 668:
1.113 naddy 669: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 670: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
671: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 672: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 673:
674: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
675: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 676: <p>
1.53 louis 677:
1.113 naddy 678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 679: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
680: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 681: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 682:
683: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
684: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
685: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 686: <p>
1.99 louis 687:
1.113 naddy 688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 689: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 690: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 691:
692: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
693: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 694: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 695: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 696: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 697:
1.113 naddy 698: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 699: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
700: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
701: </strong></font><br>
702:
703: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
704: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
705: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
706: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
707: <p>
708:
709: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 710: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 711: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 712: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 713:
714: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
715: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 716: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 717:
1.113 naddy 718: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 719: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 720: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 721:
722: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 723: in
1.113 naddy 724: <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 725: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 726: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 727: <p>
1.53 louis 728:
1.113 naddy 729: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 730: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 731: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
732: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 733: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 734:
1.58 louis 735: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 736: <p>
1.51 deraadt 737:
1.69 deraadt 738: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
739:
1.113 naddy 740: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 741: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 742: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
743: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 744: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 745:
1.58 louis 746: Kurt Seifried
747: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
748: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
749: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 750: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 751:
1.113 naddy 752: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 753: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 754: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 755: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 756:
757: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 758: <p>
1.96 louis 759:
1.113 naddy 760: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 761: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 762: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 763: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 764:
765: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
766: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
767: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
768: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 769: <p>
1.86 louis 770:
1.69 deraadt 771: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
772:
1.113 naddy 773: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 774: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
775: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 776: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 777:
778: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
779: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 780: <p>
1.61 louis 781:
1.113 naddy 782: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 783: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 784: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
785: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 786: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 787:
788: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 789: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 790: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
791: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 792: right -- or at least strives to".
793: <p>
1.48 louis 794:
1.113 naddy 795: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 796: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
797: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 798: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 799: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
800: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
801: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
802: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 803: <p>
1.61 louis 804:
1.113 naddy 805: <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 806: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 807: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 808:
809: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
810: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
811: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
812: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 813: <p>
1.46 louis 814:
1.113 naddy 815: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 816: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 817: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 818: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 819:
820: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
821: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 822: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 823:
1.113 naddy 824: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 825: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
826: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 827: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 828:
829: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
830: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
831: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
832: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 833: <p>
1.70 louis 834:
1.69 deraadt 835: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
836:
1.113 naddy 837: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 838: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 839: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 840:
841: Kurt Seifried
842: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
843: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
844: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 845: <p>
1.44 philen 846:
1.113 naddy 847: <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 848: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 849: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 850:
851: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 852: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 853:
1.113 naddy 854: <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 855: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 856: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 857:
858: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 859: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 860:
1.113 naddy 861: <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 862: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 863: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 864:
865: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
866: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
867: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
868: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 869: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 870:
1.113 naddy 871: <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 872: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 873: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 874:
1.36 louis 875: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 876: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 877:
1.113 naddy 878: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 879: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
880: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 881: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 882:
883: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 884: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 885:
1.69 deraadt 886: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
887:
1.113 naddy 888: <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 889: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 890: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 891:
892: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
893: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 894: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 895:
1.113 naddy 896: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 897: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 898: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
899: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 900:
901: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
902: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 903: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
904: terminal:
1.113 naddy 905: <blockquote>
906: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
907: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
908: <br>
909: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
910: </code>
911: </blockquote>
912: <p>
913:
914: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
915: <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>
916: <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
917: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 918:
919: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
920: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 921: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 922: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 923:
1.113 naddy 924: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 925: <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 926: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 927:
928: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
929: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
930: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
931: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
932: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 933: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 934: <p>
1.19 louis 935:
1.113 naddy 936: <li><strong>
937: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
938: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 939:
940: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
941: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
942: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 943: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
944: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 945: <p>
1.16 louis 946:
1.113 naddy 947: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 948: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 949: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 950: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 951:
1.57 louis 952: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
953: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
954: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 955: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 956:
1.113 naddy 957: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 958: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 959: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 960: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 961:
1.113 naddy 962: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 963:
1.113 naddy 964: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 965: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 966: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 967: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 968:
1.23 louis 969: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
970: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
971: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
972: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
973: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 974: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 975:
1.113 naddy 976: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 977: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
978: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 979: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 980:
981: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
982: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
983: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
984: installation.
1.113 naddy 985: <p>
1.47 louis 986:
1.113 naddy 987: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 988: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 989: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 990: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 991:
992: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 993: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 994:
1.69 deraadt 995: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
996:
1.113 naddy 997: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 998: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 999: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1000: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1001:
1002: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1003: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1004: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1005: <p>
1.12 louis 1006:
1.113 naddy 1007: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1008: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1009: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1010: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1011:
1012: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1013: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1014: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1015: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1016: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1017: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1018: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1019: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1020:
1.69 deraadt 1021: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1022:
1.113 naddy 1023: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1024: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1025: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1026:
1027: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1028: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1029: available."
1.113 naddy 1030: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1031:
1.69 deraadt 1032: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1033:
1.113 naddy 1034: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1035: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1036: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1037:
1038: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1039: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1040: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1041: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1042: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1043: <p>
1.33 louis 1044:
1.113 naddy 1045: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1046: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1047: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1048: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1049:
1.113 naddy 1050: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1051: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1052: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1053: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1054: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1055: <p>
1.57 louis 1056:
1.69 deraadt 1057: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1058:
1.113 naddy 1059: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1060: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1061: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1062: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1063:
1064: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1065: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1066: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1067:
1.113 naddy 1068: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1069: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1070: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1071: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1072: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1073:
1074: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1075: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1076:
1.113 naddy 1077: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1078: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1079:
1.113 naddy 1080: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1081:
1.113 naddy 1082: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1083: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1084: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1085: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1086:
1087: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1088: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1089:
1.69 deraadt 1090: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1091:
1.113 naddy 1092: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1093: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1094: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1095:
1096: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1097: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1098: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1099:
1.113 naddy 1100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1101: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1102: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1103: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1104:
1105: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1106: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1107: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1108: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1109:
1.69 deraadt 1110: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1111:
1.113 naddy 1112: <a name=anzen1>
1113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1114: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1115: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1116: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1117:
1118: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1119: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1120: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1121: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1122: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1123: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1124: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1125:
1.113 naddy 1126: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1127: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1128: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1129: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1130:
1131: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1132: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1133: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1134: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1135: <p>
1.15 louis 1136:
1.113 naddy 1137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1138: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1139: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1140: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1141:
1142: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1143: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1144: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1145: columns."
1.113 naddy 1146: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1147:
1.69 deraadt 1148: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1149:
1.113 naddy 1150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1151: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1152: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1153: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1154:
1155: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1156: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1157:
1.113 naddy 1158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1159: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1160: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1161:
1162: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1163: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1164: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1165:
1.69 deraadt 1166: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1167:
1.113 naddy 1168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1169: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1170: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1171: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1172:
1173: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1174: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1175: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1176: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1177: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1178:
1.69 deraadt 1179: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1180:
1.113 naddy 1181: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1182: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1183: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1184:
1.69 deraadt 1185: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1186: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1187: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1188:
1.69 deraadt 1189: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1190:
1.113 naddy 1191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1192: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1193: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1194: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1195:
1196: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1197: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1198: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1199:
1.113 naddy 1200: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1201: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1202: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1203: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1204: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1205:
1.69 deraadt 1206: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1207:
1.113 naddy 1208: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1209: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1210: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1211: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1212: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1213: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1214:
1215: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1216: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1217: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1218: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1219: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1220: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1221:
1222: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1223:
1.113 naddy 1224: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1225: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1226: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1227:
1.69 deraadt 1228: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1229: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1230: <p>
1.112 naddy 1231:
1.113 naddy 1232: </dl>
1233: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1234:
1.113 naddy 1235: <hr>
1236: <a name=se></a>
1237: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1238:
1.102 niklas 1239: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1240:
1.113 naddy 1241: <dl>
1242: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1243: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1244: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1245:
1246: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1247: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1248: <p>
1.102 niklas 1249:
1.113 naddy 1250: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1251:
1.84 niklas 1252: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1253:
1.113 naddy 1254: <dl>
1255: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1256: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1257: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1258:
1259: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1260: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1261: <p>
1.84 niklas 1262:
1.113 naddy 1263: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1264:
1.69 deraadt 1265: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1266:
1.113 naddy 1267: <dl>
1268: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1269: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1270: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1271:
1272: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1273: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1274: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1275: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1276:
1.113 naddy 1277: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1278: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1279: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1280: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1281: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1282:
1.20 louis 1283: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1284: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1285: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1286: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1287: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1288:
1.113 naddy 1289: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1290:
1.113 naddy 1291: <hr>
1292: <a name=jp></a>
1293: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1294:
1.113 naddy 1295: <dl>
1.20 louis 1296:
1.69 deraadt 1297: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1298:
1.113 naddy 1299: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ! ericj 1300: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1301: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1302: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1303:
1304: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1305: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1306: translating and reprinting articles from
1307: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1308: <p>
1.112 naddy 1309:
1.113 naddy 1310: </dl>
1.20 louis 1311:
1.113 naddy 1312: <hr>
1313: <a name=de></a>
1314: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1315: <dl>
1.50 louis 1316:
1.72 louis 1317: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1318:
1.113 naddy 1319: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1320: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1321: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1322: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1323:
1.101 jufi 1324: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1325: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1326: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1327: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1328: Giving way to
1329: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1330: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1331: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1332: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1333: <p>
1.72 louis 1334:
1.69 deraadt 1335: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1336:
1.113 naddy 1337: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1338: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1339: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1340: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1341:
1342: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1343: <p>
1344: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1345:
1.50 louis 1346:
1.113 naddy 1347: <hr>
1348: <a name=ru></a>
1349: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1350: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1351:
1.69 deraadt 1352: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1353:
1.113 naddy 1354: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1355: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1356: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1357: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1358:
1359: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1360: <p>
1.62 form 1361:
1.69 deraadt 1362: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1363:
1.113 naddy 1364: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1365: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1366: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1367: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1368:
1.59 form 1369: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1370: <p>
1.112 naddy 1371:
1.113 naddy 1372: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1373:
1.113 naddy 1374: <hr>
1375: <a name=pl></a>
1376: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1377: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1378:
1.113 naddy 1379: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1380: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1381: Radio, August 2, 2000
1382: </strong></font><br>
1383:
1384: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1385: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1386: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1387: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1388: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1389: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1390: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1391: <p>
1392:
1393: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1394: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1395: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1396: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1397: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1398:
1399: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1400: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1401: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1402: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1403: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1404: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1405: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1406: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1407: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1408: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1409: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1410: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1411: <p>
1412: </dl>
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