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29: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
30: <dl>
1.16 louis 31:
1.138 louis 32: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
33:
34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 35: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 ! louis 36: System Takes On Linux</a>,
! 37: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
! 38: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 39: </strong></font><br>
40:
1.146 ! louis 41: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
! 42: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
! 43: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
! 44: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
! 45: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
! 46: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
! 47: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 48: <p>
49:
50: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 51: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
52: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
53: </strong></font><br>
54:
55: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
56: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
57: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
58: library after installing the OS.
59: <p>
60:
61: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.138 louis 62: <a href="http://www.samag.com/current/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
63: Sys Admin, September 2000
64: </strong></font><br>
65:
66: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
67: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
68: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
69: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
70: (<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>,
71: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
72: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
73: <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
74: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
75: out of the system.
76: <p>
77:
1.144 louis 78: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
79: <a href="http://www.osOpinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD, OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, September 2000
80: </strong></font><br>
81:
82: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
83: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
84: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
85: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
86: the IP filtering and address translation.
87: <p>
88:
1.131 louis 89: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
90:
91: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 92: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
93: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
94: </strong></font><br>
95:
96: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
97: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
98: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
99: <p>
100:
101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 102: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
103: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
104: </strong></font><br>
105:
106: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
107: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
108: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
109: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
110: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
111: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
112: note of"</i>.
113: <p>
114:
115: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 116: <a
117: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
118: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
119: </strong></font><br>
120:
121: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
122: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
123: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
124: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
125: <p>
126:
127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 128: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody.html">Linux
129: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
130: </strong></font><br>
131:
132: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
133: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
134: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
135: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
136: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
137: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
138: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
139: <p>
140:
141: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 142: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
143: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
144: 2000
145: </strong></font><br>
146:
147: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
148: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
149: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
150: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
151: against current industry practices.
152: <p>
153:
154: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 155: <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
156: </strong></font><br>
157:
158: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
159: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
160: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
161: <p>
162:
163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 164: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
165: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
166: </strong></font><br>
167:
168: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
169: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
170: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
171: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
172: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
173: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
174: careful code reviews, he concludes.
175: <p>
176:
177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 178: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
179: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
180: </strong></font><br>
181:
182: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
183: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
184: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
185: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
186: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 187: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
188: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
189: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 190: <p>
191:
1.118 louis 192: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
193:
194: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 195: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
196: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
197: </strong></font><br>
198:
199: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
200: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
201: about time. The article mentions that
202: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
203: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
204: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 205: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 206: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
207: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
208: ammended since.
209: <p>
210:
211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 212: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 213: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 214: </strong></font><br>
215:
216: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
217: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
218: of OpenSSH.
219: <p>
220:
221: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
222: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
223: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
224: </strong></font><br>
225:
226: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 227: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 228: bridging.
229: <p>
230:
231: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
232: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
233: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 234: </strong></font><br>
235:
1.121 deraadt 236: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
237: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 238: <p>
239:
240: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 241: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
242: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
243: </strong></font><br>
244:
245: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
246: <p>
247:
248: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 249: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 250: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
251: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 252: </strong></font><br>
253:
1.120 deraadt 254: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
255: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 256: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
257: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
258: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
259: <p>
260:
261: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 262: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html"</a>In
263: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 264: </strong></font><br>
265:
266: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
267: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
268: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 269: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 270: <p>
271:
272: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 273: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
274: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
275: </strong></font><br>
276:
277: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
278: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
279: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
280: <p>
281:
282: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 283: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 284: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
285: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 286: </strong></font><br>
287:
288: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
289: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
290: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
291: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
292: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
293: <p>
294:
1.104 louis 295: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
296:
1.113 naddy 297: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 298: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
299: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
300: </strong></font><br>
301:
302: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
303: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
304: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
305: be a bit dry.
306: <p>
307:
308: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 309: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
310: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
311: 2000
1.128 louis 312: </strong></font><br>
313:
314: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
315: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
316: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
317: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
318: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 319: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 320: <p>
321:
322: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 323: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
324: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 325: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 326:
327: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
328: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
329: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
330: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 331: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
332: <p>
1.110 louis 333:
1.117 louis 334: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
335: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
336: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
337: </strong></font><br>
338:
339: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
340: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
341: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
342: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
343: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
344: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
345: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
346: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
347: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
348: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
349: <p>
350:
1.113 naddy 351: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 352: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 353: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 354:
355: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
356: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 357: <p>
1.108 louis 358:
1.113 naddy 359: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 360: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
361: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 362: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 363:
364: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
365: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
366: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 367: <p>
1.106 louis 368:
1.113 naddy 369: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 370: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
371: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 372: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 373:
374: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
375: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
376: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
377: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 378: <p>
1.107 louis 379:
1.113 naddy 380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 381: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
382: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 383: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 384:
385: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
386: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 387: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 388: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
389: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 390: <p>
1.105 louis 391:
1.113 naddy 392: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 393: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 394: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 395: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 396:
1.113 naddy 397: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
398: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 399: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 400: <p>
1.104 louis 401:
1.121 deraadt 402: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
403: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
404: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
405: </strong></font><br>
406:
407: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
408: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
409: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
410: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
411: <p>
412:
1.85 louis 413: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
414:
1.113 naddy 415: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 416: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 417: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 418: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 419:
420: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
421: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
422: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
423: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
424: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
425: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
426: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 427: <p>
1.99 louis 428:
1.113 naddy 429: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 430: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 431: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 432: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 433:
434: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
435: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
436: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
437: conditions.
1.113 naddy 438: <p>
1.100 louis 439:
1.113 naddy 440: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 441: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 442: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 443: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 444:
445: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
446: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
447: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
448: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 449: <p>
1.95 louis 450:
1.113 naddy 451: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 452: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 453: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 454: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 455:
456: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
457: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 458: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 459: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
460: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 461: <p>
1.92 louis 462:
1.113 naddy 463: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
464: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 465: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 466: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 467:
468: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
469: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
470: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
471: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
472: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
473: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 474: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 475: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 476: <p>
1.91 louis 477:
1.113 naddy 478: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 479: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
480: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 481: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 482:
483: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
484: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
485: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
486: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
487: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
488: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
489: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
490: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
491: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 492: <p>
1.90 louis 493:
1.113 naddy 494: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 495: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
496: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
497: </strong></font><br>
498: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
499: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
500: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
501: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
502: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
503: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
504: <p>
505:
506: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 507: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
508: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 509: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 510:
1.113 naddy 511: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
512: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 513: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
514: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
515: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
516: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
517: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 518: <p>
1.87 louis 519:
1.113 naddy 520: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 521: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
522: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 523: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 524:
525: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
526: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 527: <p>
1.85 louis 528:
1.113 naddy 529: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 530: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
531: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 532: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 533:
534: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 535: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 536: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
537: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 538: <p>
1.89 louis 539:
1.113 naddy 540: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 541: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
542: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 543: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 544:
545: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
546: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
547: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
548: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
549: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
550:
1.78 deraadt 551: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 552:
1.113 naddy 553: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 554: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 555: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 556: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 557: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 558:
559: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
560: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
561: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 562: <p>
1.83 louis 563:
1.113 naddy 564: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 565: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
566: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 567: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 568:
569: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
570: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 571: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 572: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
573: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 574: <p>
1.93 louis 575:
1.113 naddy 576: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 577: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 578: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 579: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 580:
1.83 louis 581: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
582: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
583: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
584: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
585: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 586: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
587: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
588: <p>
1.82 aaron 589:
1.113 naddy 590: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 591: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 592: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 593: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 594:
1.83 louis 595: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
596: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
597: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 598: <p>
1.80 louis 599:
1.113 naddy 600: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 601: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 602: Bad Press</a>,
603: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 604: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 605:
606: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 607: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 608: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
609: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
610: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 611: <p>
1.78 deraadt 612:
613: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
614:
1.113 naddy 615: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
616: <a
1.111 jufi 617: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 618: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
619: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 620: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 621:
622: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
623: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
624: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
625: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 626: <p>
1.74 louis 627:
1.113 naddy 628: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 629: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
630: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 631: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 632:
633: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
634: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
635: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
636: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
637: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
638: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 639: <p>
1.88 louis 640:
1.113 naddy 641: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 642: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 643: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 644: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 645:
646: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
647: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
648: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
649: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 650: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 651: <p>
1.81 louis 652:
1.113 naddy 653: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 654: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 655: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 656: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 657:
658: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
659: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
660: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
661: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
662: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
663: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
664: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 665: <p>
1.90 louis 666:
1.113 naddy 667: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 668: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 669: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 670: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 671:
672: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
673: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
674: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 675: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 676: <p>
1.71 louis 677:
1.69 deraadt 678: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 679:
1.113 naddy 680: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 681: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 682: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 683: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 684:
685: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
686: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
687: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 688: <p>
1.70 louis 689:
1.113 naddy 690: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 691: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 692: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 693:
694: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 695: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 696: <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 697: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 698: <p>
1.68 louis 699:
1.113 naddy 700: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 701: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 702: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 703: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 704:
1.111 jufi 705: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
706: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 707: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 708: "secure by default" installation.
709: <p>
1.64 louis 710:
1.113 naddy 711: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 712: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
1.66 louis 713: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 714: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 715:
1.113 naddy 716: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 717: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 718: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 719: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
720: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
721: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 722: <p>
1.66 louis 723:
1.113 naddy 724: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
725: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 726: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 727: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 728:
729: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 730: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 731: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
732: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
733: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 734: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
735: <p>
1.83 louis 736:
1.113 naddy 737: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 738: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 739: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 740: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 741:
742: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 743: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
744: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 745: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
746: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 747: <p>
1.64 louis 748:
1.113 naddy 749: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 750: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 751: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 752: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 753:
754: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
755: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 756: <p>
1.65 louis 757:
1.69 deraadt 758: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
759:
1.113 naddy 760: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 761: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 762: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 763: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 764:
765: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
766: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
767: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
768: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 769: <p>
1.88 louis 770:
1.113 naddy 771: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 772: <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 773: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 774:
775: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 776: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
777: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 778: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
779: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 780: <p>
1.60 louis 781:
1.113 naddy 782: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
783: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
784: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 785: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 786: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 787:
788: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
789: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
790: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 791: <p>
1.58 louis 792:
1.113 naddy 793: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 794: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 795: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 796:
797: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
798: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 799: <p>
1.53 louis 800:
1.113 naddy 801: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 802: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
803: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 804: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 805:
806: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
807: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
808: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 809: <p>
1.99 louis 810:
1.113 naddy 811: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 812: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 813: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 814:
815: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
816: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 817: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 818: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 819: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 820:
1.113 naddy 821: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 822: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
823: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
824: </strong></font><br>
825:
826: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
827: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
828: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
829: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
830: <p>
831:
832: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 833: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 834: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 835: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 836:
837: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
838: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 839: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 840:
1.113 naddy 841: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 842: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 843: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 844:
845: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 846: in
1.113 naddy 847: <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 848: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 849: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 850: <p>
1.53 louis 851:
1.113 naddy 852: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 853: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 854: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
855: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 856: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 857:
1.58 louis 858: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 859: <p>
1.51 deraadt 860:
1.69 deraadt 861: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
862:
1.113 naddy 863: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 864: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 865: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
866: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 867: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 868:
1.58 louis 869: Kurt Seifried
870: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
871: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
872: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 873: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 874:
1.113 naddy 875: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 876: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 877: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 878: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 879:
880: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 881: <p>
1.96 louis 882:
1.113 naddy 883: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 884: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 885: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 886: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 887:
888: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
889: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
890: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
891: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 892: <p>
1.86 louis 893:
1.69 deraadt 894: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
895:
1.113 naddy 896: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 897: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
898: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 899: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 900:
901: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
902: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 903: <p>
1.61 louis 904:
1.113 naddy 905: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 906: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 907: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
908: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 909: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 910:
911: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 912: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 913: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
914: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 915: right -- or at least strives to".
916: <p>
1.48 louis 917:
1.113 naddy 918: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 919: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
920: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 921: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 922: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
923: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
924: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
925: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 926: <p>
1.61 louis 927:
1.113 naddy 928: <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 929: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 930: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 931:
932: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
933: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
934: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
935: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 936: <p>
1.46 louis 937:
1.113 naddy 938: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 939: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 940: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 941: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 942:
943: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
944: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 945: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 946:
1.113 naddy 947: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 948: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
949: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 950: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 951:
952: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
953: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
954: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
955: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 956: <p>
1.70 louis 957:
1.69 deraadt 958: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
959:
1.113 naddy 960: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 961: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 962: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 963:
964: Kurt Seifried
965: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
966: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
967: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 968: <p>
1.44 philen 969:
1.113 naddy 970: <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 971: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 972: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 973:
974: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 975: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 976:
1.113 naddy 977: <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 978: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 979: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 980:
981: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 982: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 983:
1.113 naddy 984: <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 985: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 986: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 987:
988: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
989: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
990: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
991: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 992: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 993:
1.113 naddy 994: <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 995: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 996: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 997:
1.36 louis 998: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 999: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1000:
1.113 naddy 1001: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1002: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1003: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1004: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1005:
1006: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1007: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1008:
1.69 deraadt 1009: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1010:
1.113 naddy 1011: <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 1012: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1013: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1014:
1015: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1016: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1017: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1018:
1.113 naddy 1019: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1020: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1021: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1022: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 1023:
1024: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1025: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1026: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1027: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1028: <blockquote>
1029: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1030: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1031: <br>
1032: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1033: </code>
1034: </blockquote>
1035: <p>
1036:
1037: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1038: <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>
1039: <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
1040: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1041:
1042: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1043: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1044: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1045: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1046:
1.113 naddy 1047: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1048: <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 1049: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1050:
1051: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1052: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1053: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1054: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1055: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1056: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1057: <p>
1.19 louis 1058:
1.113 naddy 1059: <li><strong>
1060: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1061: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 1062:
1063: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1064: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1065: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1066: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1067: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1068: <p>
1.16 louis 1069:
1.113 naddy 1070: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1071: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1072: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1073: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1074:
1.57 louis 1075: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1076: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1077: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1078: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1079:
1.113 naddy 1080: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1081: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1082: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1083: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1084:
1.113 naddy 1085: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1086:
1.113 naddy 1087: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1088: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1089: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1090: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1091:
1.23 louis 1092: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1093: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1094: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1095: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1096: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1097: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1098:
1.113 naddy 1099: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1100: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1101: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1102: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1103:
1104: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1105: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1106: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1107: installation.
1.113 naddy 1108: <p>
1.47 louis 1109:
1.113 naddy 1110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1111: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1112: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1113: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1114:
1115: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1116: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1117:
1.69 deraadt 1118: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1119:
1.113 naddy 1120: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1121: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1122: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1123: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1124:
1125: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1126: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1127: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1128: <p>
1.12 louis 1129:
1.113 naddy 1130: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1131: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1132: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1133: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1134:
1135: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1136: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1137: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1138: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1139: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1140: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1141: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1142: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1143:
1.69 deraadt 1144: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1145:
1.113 naddy 1146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1147: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1148: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1149:
1150: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1151: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1152: available."
1.113 naddy 1153: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1154:
1.69 deraadt 1155: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1156:
1.113 naddy 1157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1158: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1159: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1160:
1161: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1162: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1163: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1164: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1165: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1166: <p>
1.33 louis 1167:
1.113 naddy 1168: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1169: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1170: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1171: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1172:
1.113 naddy 1173: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1174: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1175: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1176: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1177: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1178: <p>
1.57 louis 1179:
1.69 deraadt 1180: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1181:
1.113 naddy 1182: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1183: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1184: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1185: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1186:
1187: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1188: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1189: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1190:
1.113 naddy 1191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1192: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1193: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1194: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1195: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1196:
1197: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1198: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1199:
1.113 naddy 1200: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1201: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1202:
1.113 naddy 1203: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1204:
1.113 naddy 1205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1206: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1207: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1208: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1209:
1210: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1211: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1212:
1.69 deraadt 1213: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1214:
1.113 naddy 1215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1216: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1217: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1218:
1219: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1220: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1221: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1222:
1.113 naddy 1223: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1224: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1225: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1226: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1227:
1228: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1229: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1230: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1231: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1232:
1.69 deraadt 1233: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1234:
1.113 naddy 1235: <a name=anzen1>
1236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1237: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1238: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1239: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1240:
1241: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1242: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1243: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1244: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1245: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1246: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1247: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1248:
1.113 naddy 1249: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1250: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1251: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1252: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1253:
1254: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1255: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1256: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1257: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1258: <p>
1.15 louis 1259:
1.113 naddy 1260: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1261: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1262: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1263: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1264:
1265: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1266: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1267: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1268: columns."
1.113 naddy 1269: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1270:
1.69 deraadt 1271: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1272:
1.113 naddy 1273: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1274: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1275: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1276: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1277:
1278: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1279: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1280:
1.113 naddy 1281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1282: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1283: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1284:
1285: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1286: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1287: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1288:
1.69 deraadt 1289: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1290:
1.113 naddy 1291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1292: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1293: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1294: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1295:
1296: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1297: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1298: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1299: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1300: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1301:
1.69 deraadt 1302: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1303:
1.113 naddy 1304: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1305: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1306: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1307:
1.69 deraadt 1308: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1309: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1310: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1311:
1.69 deraadt 1312: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1313:
1.113 naddy 1314: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1315: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1316: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1317: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1318:
1319: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1320: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1321: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1322:
1.113 naddy 1323: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1324: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1325: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1326: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1327: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1328:
1.69 deraadt 1329: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1330:
1.113 naddy 1331: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1332: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1333: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1334: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1335: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1336: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1337:
1338: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1339: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1340: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1341: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1342: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1343: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1344:
1345: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1346:
1.113 naddy 1347: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1348: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1349: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1350:
1.69 deraadt 1351: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1352: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1353: <p>
1.112 naddy 1354:
1.113 naddy 1355: </dl>
1356: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1357:
1.113 naddy 1358: <hr>
1359: <a name=se></a>
1360: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1361:
1.102 niklas 1362: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1363:
1.113 naddy 1364: <dl>
1365: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1366: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1367: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1368:
1369: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1370: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1371: <p>
1.102 niklas 1372:
1.113 naddy 1373: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1374:
1.84 niklas 1375: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1376:
1.113 naddy 1377: <dl>
1378: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1379: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1380: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1381:
1382: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1383: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1384: <p>
1.84 niklas 1385:
1.113 naddy 1386: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1387:
1.69 deraadt 1388: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1389:
1.113 naddy 1390: <dl>
1391: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1392: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1393: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1394:
1395: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1396: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1397: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1398: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1399:
1.113 naddy 1400: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1401: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1402: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1403: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1404: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1405:
1.20 louis 1406: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1407: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1408: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1409: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1410: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1411:
1.113 naddy 1412: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1413:
1.113 naddy 1414: <hr>
1415: <a name=jp></a>
1416: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1417:
1.113 naddy 1418: <dl>
1.20 louis 1419:
1.69 deraadt 1420: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1421:
1.113 naddy 1422: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1423: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1424: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1425: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1426:
1427: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1428: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1429: translating and reprinting articles from
1430: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1431: <p>
1.112 naddy 1432:
1.113 naddy 1433: </dl>
1.20 louis 1434:
1.113 naddy 1435: <hr>
1436: <a name=de></a>
1437: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1438: <dl>
1.50 louis 1439:
1.72 louis 1440: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1441:
1.113 naddy 1442: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1443: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1444: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1445: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1446:
1.101 jufi 1447: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1448: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1449: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1450: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1451: Giving way to
1452: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1453: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1454: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1455: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1456: <p>
1.72 louis 1457:
1.69 deraadt 1458: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1459:
1.113 naddy 1460: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1461: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1462: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1463: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1464:
1465: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1466: <p>
1467: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1468:
1.50 louis 1469:
1.113 naddy 1470: <hr>
1471: <a name=ru></a>
1472: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1473: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1474:
1.69 deraadt 1475: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1476:
1.113 naddy 1477: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1478: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1479: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1480: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1481:
1482: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1483: <p>
1.62 form 1484:
1.69 deraadt 1485: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1486:
1.113 naddy 1487: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1488: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1489: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1490: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1491:
1.59 form 1492: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1493: <p>
1.112 naddy 1494:
1.113 naddy 1495: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1496:
1.113 naddy 1497: <hr>
1498: <a name=pl></a>
1499: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1500: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1501:
1.113 naddy 1502: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1503: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1504: Radio, August 2, 2000
1505: </strong></font><br>
1506:
1507: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1508: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1509: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1510: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1511: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1512: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1513: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1514: <p>
1515:
1516: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1517: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1518: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1519: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1520: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1521:
1522: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1523: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1524: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1525: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1526: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1527: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1528: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1529: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1530: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1531: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1532: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1533: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1534: <p>
1535: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1536:
1.113 naddy 1537: <hr>
1538: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1539: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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