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29: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 31:
1.138 louis 32: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
33:
34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 35: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
36: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
37: </strong></font><br>
38:
39: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
40: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
41: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
42: library after installing the OS.
43: <p>
44:
45: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.138 louis 46: <a href="http://www.samag.com/current/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
47: Sys Admin, September 2000
48: </strong></font><br>
49:
50: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
51: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
52: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
53: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
54: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vpn&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">vpn(8)</a>,
55: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
56: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
57: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">isakmpd(8)</a>) and the OpenBSD
58: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
59: out of the system.
60: <p>
61:
1.131 louis 62: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
63:
64: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 65: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
66: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
67: </strong></font><br>
68:
69: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
70: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
71: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
72: <p>
73:
74: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 ! louis 75: <a
! 76: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
! 77: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
! 78: </strong></font><br>
! 79:
! 80: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
! 81: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
! 82: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
! 83: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
! 84: <p>
! 85:
! 86: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 87: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody.html">Linux
88: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
89: </strong></font><br>
90:
91: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
92: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
93: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
94: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
95: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
96: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
97: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 101: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
102: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
103: 2000
104: </strong></font><br>
105:
106: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
107: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
108: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
109: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
110: against current industry practices.
111: <p>
112:
113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 114: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/08/OpenBSD.html">An Overview of OpenBSD Security</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2000
115: </strong></font><br>
116:
117: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
118: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
119: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
120: <p>
121:
122: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 123: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
124: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
125: </strong></font><br>
126:
127: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
128: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
129: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
130: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
131: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
132: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
133: careful code reviews, he concludes.
134: <p>
135:
136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 137: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
138: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
139: </strong></font><br>
140:
141: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
142: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
143: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
144: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
145: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 146: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
147: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
148: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 149: <p>
150:
1.118 louis 151: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
152:
153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 154: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
155: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
156: </strong></font><br>
157:
158: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
159: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
160: about time. The article mentions that
161: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
162: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
163: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 164: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 165: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
166: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
167: ammended since.
168: <p>
169:
170: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 171: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 172: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 173: </strong></font><br>
174:
175: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
176: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
177: of OpenSSH.
178: <p>
179:
180: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
181: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
182: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
183: </strong></font><br>
184:
185: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
186: possible with IPSEC implimentations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
187: bridging.
188: <p>
189:
190: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
191: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
192: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 193: </strong></font><br>
194:
1.121 deraadt 195: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
196: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 197: <p>
198:
199: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 200: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
201: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
202: </strong></font><br>
203:
204: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
205: <p>
206:
207: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 208: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 209: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
210: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 211: </strong></font><br>
212:
1.120 deraadt 213: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
214: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 215: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
216: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
217: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
218: <p>
219:
220: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 221: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html"</a>In
222: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 223: </strong></font><br>
224:
225: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
226: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
227: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 228: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 229: <p>
230:
231: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 232: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
233: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
234: </strong></font><br>
235:
236: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
237: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
238: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
239: <p>
240:
241: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 242: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 243: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
244: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 245: </strong></font><br>
246:
247: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
248: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
249: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
250: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
251: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
252: <p>
253:
1.104 louis 254: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
255:
1.113 naddy 256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 257: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
258: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
259: </strong></font><br>
260:
261: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
262: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
263: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
264: be a bit dry.
265: <p>
266:
267: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 268: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
269: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
270: 2000
1.128 louis 271: </strong></font><br>
272:
273: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
274: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
275: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
276: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
277: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 278: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 279: <p>
280:
281: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 282: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
283: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 284: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 285:
286: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
287: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
288: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
289: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 290: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
291: <p>
1.110 louis 292:
1.117 louis 293: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
294: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
295: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
296: </strong></font><br>
297:
298: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
299: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
300: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
301: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
302: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
303: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
304: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
305: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
306: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
307: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
308: <p>
309:
1.113 naddy 310: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 311: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 312: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 313:
314: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
315: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 316: <p>
1.108 louis 317:
1.113 naddy 318: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 319: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
320: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 321: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 322:
323: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
324: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
325: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 326: <p>
1.106 louis 327:
1.113 naddy 328: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 329: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
330: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 331: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 332:
333: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
334: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
335: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
336: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 337: <p>
1.107 louis 338:
1.113 naddy 339: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 340: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
341: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 342: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 343:
344: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
345: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 346: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 347: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
348: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 349: <p>
1.105 louis 350:
1.113 naddy 351: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 352: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 353: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 354: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 355:
1.113 naddy 356: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
357: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 358: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 359: <p>
1.104 louis 360:
1.121 deraadt 361: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
362: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
363: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
364: </strong></font><br>
365:
366: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
367: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
368: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
369: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
370: <p>
371:
1.85 louis 372: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
373:
1.113 naddy 374: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 375: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 376: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 377: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 378:
379: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
380: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
381: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
382: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
383: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
384: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
385: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 386: <p>
1.99 louis 387:
1.113 naddy 388: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 389: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 390: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 391: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 392:
393: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
394: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
395: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
396: conditions.
1.113 naddy 397: <p>
1.100 louis 398:
1.113 naddy 399: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 400: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 401: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 402: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 403:
404: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
405: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
406: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
407: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 408: <p>
1.95 louis 409:
1.113 naddy 410: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 411: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 412: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 413: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 414:
415: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
416: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 417: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 418: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
419: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 420: <p>
1.92 louis 421:
1.113 naddy 422: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
423: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 424: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 425: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 426:
427: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
428: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
429: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
430: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
431: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
432: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 433: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 434: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 435: <p>
1.91 louis 436:
1.113 naddy 437: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 438: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
439: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 440: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 441:
442: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
443: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
444: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
445: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
446: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
447: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
448: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
449: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
450: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 451: <p>
1.90 louis 452:
1.113 naddy 453: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 454: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
455: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
456: </strong></font><br>
457: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
458: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
459: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
460: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
461: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
462: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
463: <p>
464:
465: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 466: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
467: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 468: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 469:
1.113 naddy 470: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
471: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 472: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
473: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
474: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
475: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
476: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 477: <p>
1.87 louis 478:
1.113 naddy 479: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 480: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
481: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 482: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 483:
484: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
485: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 486: <p>
1.85 louis 487:
1.113 naddy 488: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 489: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
490: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 491: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 492:
493: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 494: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 495: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
496: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 497: <p>
1.89 louis 498:
1.113 naddy 499: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 500: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
501: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 502: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 503:
504: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
505: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
506: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
507: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
508: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
509:
1.78 deraadt 510: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 511:
1.113 naddy 512: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 513: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 514: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 515: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 516: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 517:
518: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
519: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
520: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 521: <p>
1.83 louis 522:
1.113 naddy 523: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 524: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
525: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 526: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 527:
528: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
529: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 530: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 531: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
532: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 533: <p>
1.93 louis 534:
1.113 naddy 535: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 536: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 537: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 538: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 539:
1.83 louis 540: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
541: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
542: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
543: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
544: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 545: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
546: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
547: <p>
1.82 aaron 548:
1.113 naddy 549: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 550: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 551: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 552: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 553:
1.83 louis 554: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
555: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
556: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 557: <p>
1.80 louis 558:
1.113 naddy 559: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 560: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 561: Bad Press</a>,
562: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 563: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 564:
565: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 566: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 567: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
568: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
569: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 570: <p>
1.78 deraadt 571:
572: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
573:
1.113 naddy 574: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
575: <a
1.111 jufi 576: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 577: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
578: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 579: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 580:
581: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
582: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
583: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
584: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 585: <p>
1.74 louis 586:
1.113 naddy 587: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 588: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
589: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 590: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 591:
592: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
593: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
594: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
595: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
596: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
597: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 598: <p>
1.88 louis 599:
1.113 naddy 600: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 601: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 602: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 603: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 604:
605: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
606: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
607: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
608: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 609: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 610: <p>
1.81 louis 611:
1.113 naddy 612: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 613: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 614: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 615: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 616:
617: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
618: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
619: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
620: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
621: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
622: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
623: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 624: <p>
1.90 louis 625:
1.113 naddy 626: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 627: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 628: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 629: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 630:
631: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
632: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
633: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 634: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 635: <p>
1.71 louis 636:
1.69 deraadt 637: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 638:
1.113 naddy 639: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 640: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 641: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 642: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 643:
644: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
645: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
646: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 647: <p>
1.70 louis 648:
1.113 naddy 649: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 650: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 651: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 652:
653: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 654: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 655: <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 656: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 657: <p>
1.68 louis 658:
1.113 naddy 659: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 660: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 661: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 662: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 663:
1.111 jufi 664: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
665: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 666: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 667: "secure by default" installation.
668: <p>
1.64 louis 669:
1.113 naddy 670: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 671: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
1.66 louis 672: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 673: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 674:
1.113 naddy 675: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 676: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 677: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 678: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
679: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
680: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 681: <p>
1.66 louis 682:
1.113 naddy 683: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
684: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 685: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 686: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 687:
688: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 689: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 690: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
691: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
692: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 693: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
694: <p>
1.83 louis 695:
1.113 naddy 696: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 697: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 698: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 699: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 700:
701: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 702: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
703: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 704: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
705: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 706: <p>
1.64 louis 707:
1.113 naddy 708: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 709: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 710: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 711: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 712:
713: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
714: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 715: <p>
1.65 louis 716:
1.69 deraadt 717: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
718:
1.113 naddy 719: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 720: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 721: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 722: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 723:
724: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
725: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
726: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
727: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 728: <p>
1.88 louis 729:
1.113 naddy 730: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 731: <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 732: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 733:
734: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 735: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
736: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 737: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
738: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 739: <p>
1.60 louis 740:
1.113 naddy 741: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
742: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
743: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 744: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 745: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 746:
747: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
748: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
749: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 750: <p>
1.58 louis 751:
1.113 naddy 752: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 753: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 754: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 755:
756: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
757: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 758: <p>
1.53 louis 759:
1.113 naddy 760: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 761: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
762: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 763: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 764:
765: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
766: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
767: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 768: <p>
1.99 louis 769:
1.113 naddy 770: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 771: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 772: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 773:
774: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
775: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 776: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 777: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 778: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 779:
1.113 naddy 780: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 781: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
782: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
783: </strong></font><br>
784:
785: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
786: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
787: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
788: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
789: <p>
790:
791: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 792: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 793: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 794: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 795:
796: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
797: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 798: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 799:
1.113 naddy 800: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 801: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 802: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 803:
804: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 805: in
1.113 naddy 806: <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 807: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 808: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 809: <p>
1.53 louis 810:
1.113 naddy 811: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 812: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 813: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
814: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 815: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 816:
1.58 louis 817: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 818: <p>
1.51 deraadt 819:
1.69 deraadt 820: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
821:
1.113 naddy 822: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 823: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 824: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
825: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 826: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 827:
1.58 louis 828: Kurt Seifried
829: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
830: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
831: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 832: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 833:
1.113 naddy 834: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 835: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 836: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 837: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 838:
839: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 840: <p>
1.96 louis 841:
1.113 naddy 842: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 843: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 844: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 845: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 846:
847: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
848: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
849: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
850: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 851: <p>
1.86 louis 852:
1.69 deraadt 853: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
854:
1.113 naddy 855: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 856: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
857: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 858: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 859:
860: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
861: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 862: <p>
1.61 louis 863:
1.113 naddy 864: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 865: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 866: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
867: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 868: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 869:
870: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 871: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 872: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
873: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 874: right -- or at least strives to".
875: <p>
1.48 louis 876:
1.113 naddy 877: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 878: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
879: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 880: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 881: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
882: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
883: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
884: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 885: <p>
1.61 louis 886:
1.113 naddy 887: <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 888: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 889: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 890:
891: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
892: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
893: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
894: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 895: <p>
1.46 louis 896:
1.113 naddy 897: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 898: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 899: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 900: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 901:
902: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
903: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 904: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 905:
1.113 naddy 906: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 907: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
908: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 909: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 910:
911: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
912: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
913: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
914: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 915: <p>
1.70 louis 916:
1.69 deraadt 917: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
918:
1.113 naddy 919: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 920: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 921: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 922:
923: Kurt Seifried
924: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
925: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
926: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 927: <p>
1.44 philen 928:
1.113 naddy 929: <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 930: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 931: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 932:
933: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 934: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 935:
1.113 naddy 936: <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 937: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 938: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 939:
940: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 941: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 942:
1.113 naddy 943: <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 944: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 945: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 946:
947: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
948: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
949: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
950: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 951: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 952:
1.113 naddy 953: <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 954: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 955: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 956:
1.36 louis 957: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 958: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 959:
1.113 naddy 960: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 961: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
962: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 963: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 964:
965: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 966: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 967:
1.69 deraadt 968: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
969:
1.113 naddy 970: <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 971: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 972: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 973:
974: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
975: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 976: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 977:
1.113 naddy 978: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 979: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 980: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
981: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 982:
983: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
984: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 985: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
986: terminal:
1.113 naddy 987: <blockquote>
988: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
989: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
990: <br>
991: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
992: </code>
993: </blockquote>
994: <p>
995:
996: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
997: <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>
998: <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
999: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1000:
1001: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1002: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1003: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1004: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1005:
1.113 naddy 1006: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1007: <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 1008: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1009:
1010: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1011: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1012: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1013: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1014: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1015: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1016: <p>
1.19 louis 1017:
1.113 naddy 1018: <li><strong>
1019: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1020: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 1021:
1022: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1023: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1024: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1025: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1026: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1027: <p>
1.16 louis 1028:
1.113 naddy 1029: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1030: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1031: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1032: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1033:
1.57 louis 1034: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1035: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1036: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1037: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1038:
1.113 naddy 1039: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1040: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1041: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1042: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1043:
1.113 naddy 1044: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1045:
1.113 naddy 1046: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1047: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1048: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1049: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1050:
1.23 louis 1051: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1052: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1053: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1054: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1055: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1056: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1057:
1.113 naddy 1058: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1059: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1060: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1061: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1062:
1063: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1064: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1065: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1066: installation.
1.113 naddy 1067: <p>
1.47 louis 1068:
1.113 naddy 1069: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1070: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1071: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1072: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1073:
1074: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1075: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1076:
1.69 deraadt 1077: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1078:
1.113 naddy 1079: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1080: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1081: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1082: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1083:
1084: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1085: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1086: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1087: <p>
1.12 louis 1088:
1.113 naddy 1089: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1090: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1091: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1092: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1093:
1094: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1095: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1096: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1097: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1098: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1099: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1100: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1101: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1102:
1.69 deraadt 1103: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1104:
1.113 naddy 1105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1106: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1107: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1108:
1109: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1110: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1111: available."
1.113 naddy 1112: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1113:
1.69 deraadt 1114: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1115:
1.113 naddy 1116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1117: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1118: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1119:
1120: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1121: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1122: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1123: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1124: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1125: <p>
1.33 louis 1126:
1.113 naddy 1127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1128: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1129: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1130: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1131:
1.113 naddy 1132: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1133: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1134: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1135: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1136: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1137: <p>
1.57 louis 1138:
1.69 deraadt 1139: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1140:
1.113 naddy 1141: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1142: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1143: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1144: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1145:
1146: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1147: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1148: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1149:
1.113 naddy 1150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1151: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1152: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1153: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1154: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1155:
1156: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1157: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1158:
1.113 naddy 1159: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1160: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1161:
1.113 naddy 1162: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1163:
1.113 naddy 1164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1165: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1166: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1167: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1168:
1169: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1170: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1171:
1.69 deraadt 1172: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1173:
1.113 naddy 1174: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1175: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1176: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1177:
1178: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1179: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1180: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1181:
1.113 naddy 1182: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1183: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1184: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1185: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1186:
1187: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1188: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1189: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1190: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1191:
1.69 deraadt 1192: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1193:
1.113 naddy 1194: <a name=anzen1>
1195: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1196: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1197: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1198: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1199:
1200: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1201: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1202: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1203: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1204: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1205: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1206: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1207:
1.113 naddy 1208: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1209: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1210: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1211: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1212:
1213: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1214: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1215: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1216: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1217: <p>
1.15 louis 1218:
1.113 naddy 1219: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1220: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1221: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1222: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1223:
1224: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1225: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1226: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1227: columns."
1.113 naddy 1228: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1229:
1.69 deraadt 1230: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1231:
1.113 naddy 1232: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1233: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1234: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1235: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1236:
1237: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1238: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1239:
1.113 naddy 1240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1241: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1242: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1243:
1244: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1245: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1246: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1247:
1.69 deraadt 1248: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1249:
1.113 naddy 1250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1251: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1252: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1253: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1254:
1255: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1256: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1257: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1258: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1259: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1260:
1.69 deraadt 1261: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1262:
1.113 naddy 1263: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1264: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1265: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1266:
1.69 deraadt 1267: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1268: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1269: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1270:
1.69 deraadt 1271: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1272:
1.113 naddy 1273: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1274: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1275: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1276: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1277:
1278: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1279: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1280: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1281:
1.113 naddy 1282: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1283: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1284: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1285: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1286: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1287:
1.69 deraadt 1288: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1289:
1.113 naddy 1290: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1291: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1292: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1293: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1294: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1295: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1296:
1297: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1298: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1299: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1300: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1301: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1302: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1303:
1304: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1305:
1.113 naddy 1306: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1307: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1308: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1309:
1.69 deraadt 1310: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1311: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1312: <p>
1.112 naddy 1313:
1.113 naddy 1314: </dl>
1315: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1316:
1.113 naddy 1317: <hr>
1318: <a name=se></a>
1319: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1320:
1.102 niklas 1321: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1322:
1.113 naddy 1323: <dl>
1324: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1325: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1326: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1327:
1328: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1329: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1330: <p>
1.102 niklas 1331:
1.113 naddy 1332: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1333:
1.84 niklas 1334: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1335:
1.113 naddy 1336: <dl>
1337: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1338: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1339: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1340:
1341: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1342: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1343: <p>
1.84 niklas 1344:
1.113 naddy 1345: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1346:
1.69 deraadt 1347: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1348:
1.113 naddy 1349: <dl>
1350: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1351: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1352: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1353:
1354: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1355: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1356: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1357: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1358:
1.113 naddy 1359: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1360: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1361: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1362: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1363: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1364:
1.20 louis 1365: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1366: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1367: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1368: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1369: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1370:
1.113 naddy 1371: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1372:
1.113 naddy 1373: <hr>
1374: <a name=jp></a>
1375: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1376:
1.113 naddy 1377: <dl>
1.20 louis 1378:
1.69 deraadt 1379: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1380:
1.113 naddy 1381: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1382: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1383: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1384: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1385:
1386: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1387: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1388: translating and reprinting articles from
1389: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1390: <p>
1.112 naddy 1391:
1.113 naddy 1392: </dl>
1.20 louis 1393:
1.113 naddy 1394: <hr>
1395: <a name=de></a>
1396: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1397: <dl>
1.50 louis 1398:
1.72 louis 1399: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1400:
1.113 naddy 1401: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1402: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1403: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1404: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1405:
1.101 jufi 1406: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1407: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1408: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1409: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1410: Giving way to
1411: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1412: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1413: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1414: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1415: <p>
1.72 louis 1416:
1.69 deraadt 1417: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1418:
1.113 naddy 1419: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1420: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1421: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1422: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1423:
1424: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1425: <p>
1426: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1427:
1.50 louis 1428:
1.113 naddy 1429: <hr>
1430: <a name=ru></a>
1431: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1432: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1433:
1.69 deraadt 1434: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1435:
1.113 naddy 1436: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1437: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1438: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1439: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1440:
1441: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1442: <p>
1.62 form 1443:
1.69 deraadt 1444: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1445:
1.113 naddy 1446: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1447: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1448: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1449: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1450:
1.59 form 1451: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1452: <p>
1.112 naddy 1453:
1.113 naddy 1454: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1455:
1.113 naddy 1456: <hr>
1457: <a name=pl></a>
1458: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1459: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1460:
1.113 naddy 1461: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1462: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1463: Radio, August 2, 2000
1464: </strong></font><br>
1465:
1466: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1467: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1468: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1469: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1470: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1471: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1472: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1473: <p>
1474:
1475: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1476: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1477: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1478: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1479: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1480:
1481: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1482: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1483: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1484: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1485: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1486: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1487: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1488: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1489: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1490: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1491: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1492: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1493: <p>
1494: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1495:
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1497: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1498: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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