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29: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 31:
1.147 louis 32: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
33:
34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 ! aaron 35: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
! 36: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
! 37: </strong></font><br>
! 38:
! 39: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
! 40: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
! 41: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
! 42:
! 43: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 44: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
45: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
46: </strong></font><br>
47:
48: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
49: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
50: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
51: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
52: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
53: <p>
54:
1.138 louis 55: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
56:
57: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 58: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 59: System Takes On Linux</a>,
60: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
61: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 62: </strong></font><br>
63:
1.146 louis 64: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
65: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
66: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
67: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
68: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
69: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
70: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 71: <p>
72:
73: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 74: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
75: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
76: </strong></font><br>
77:
78: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
79: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
80: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
81: library after installing the OS.
82: <p>
83:
84: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.138 louis 85: <a href="http://www.samag.com/current/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
86: Sys Admin, September 2000
87: </strong></font><br>
88:
89: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
90: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
91: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
92: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
93: (<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>,
94: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
95: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
96: <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
97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
98: out of the system.
99: <p>
100:
1.144 louis 101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
102: <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
103: </strong></font><br>
104:
105: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
106: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
107: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
108: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
109: the IP filtering and address translation.
110: <p>
111:
1.131 louis 112: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
113:
114: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 115: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
116: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
117: </strong></font><br>
118:
119: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
120: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
121: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
122: <p>
123:
124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 125: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
126: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
127: </strong></font><br>
128:
129: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
130: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
131: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
132: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
133: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
134: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
135: note of"</i>.
136: <p>
137:
138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 139: <a
140: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
141: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
142: </strong></font><br>
143:
144: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
145: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
146: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
147: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
148: <p>
149:
150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 151: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody.html">Linux
152: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
153: </strong></font><br>
154:
155: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
156: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
157: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
158: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
159: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
160: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
161: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
162: <p>
163:
164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 165: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
166: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
167: 2000
168: </strong></font><br>
169:
170: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
171: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
172: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
173: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
174: against current industry practices.
175: <p>
176:
177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 178: <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
179: </strong></font><br>
180:
181: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
182: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
183: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
184: <p>
185:
186: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 187: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
188: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
189: </strong></font><br>
190:
191: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
192: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
193: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
194: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
195: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
196: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
197: careful code reviews, he concludes.
198: <p>
199:
200: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 201: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
202: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
203: </strong></font><br>
204:
205: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
206: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
207: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
208: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
209: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 210: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
211: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
212: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 213: <p>
214:
1.118 louis 215: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
216:
217: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 218: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
219: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
220: </strong></font><br>
221:
222: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
223: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
224: about time. The article mentions that
225: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
226: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
227: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 228: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 229: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
230: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
231: ammended since.
232: <p>
233:
234: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 235: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 236: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 237: </strong></font><br>
238:
239: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
240: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
241: of OpenSSH.
242: <p>
243:
244: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
245: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
246: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
247: </strong></font><br>
248:
249: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 250: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 251: bridging.
252: <p>
253:
254: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
255: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
256: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 257: </strong></font><br>
258:
1.121 deraadt 259: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
260: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 261: <p>
262:
263: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 264: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
265: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
266: </strong></font><br>
267:
268: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
269: <p>
270:
271: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 272: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 273: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
274: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 275: </strong></font><br>
276:
1.120 deraadt 277: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
278: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 279: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
280: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
281: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
282: <p>
283:
284: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 285: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html"</a>In
286: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 287: </strong></font><br>
288:
289: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
290: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
291: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 292: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 293: <p>
294:
295: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 296: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
297: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
298: </strong></font><br>
299:
300: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
301: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
302: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
303: <p>
304:
305: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 306: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 307: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
308: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 309: </strong></font><br>
310:
311: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
312: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
313: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
314: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
315: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
316: <p>
317:
1.104 louis 318: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
319:
1.113 naddy 320: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 321: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
322: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
323: </strong></font><br>
324:
325: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
326: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
327: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
328: be a bit dry.
329: <p>
330:
331: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 332: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
333: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
334: 2000
1.128 louis 335: </strong></font><br>
336:
337: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
338: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
339: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
340: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
341: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 342: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 343: <p>
344:
345: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 346: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
347: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 348: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 349:
350: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
351: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
352: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
353: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 354: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
355: <p>
1.110 louis 356:
1.117 louis 357: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
358: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
359: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
360: </strong></font><br>
361:
362: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
363: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
364: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
365: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
366: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
367: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
368: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
369: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
370: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
371: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
372: <p>
373:
1.113 naddy 374: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 375: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 376: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 377:
378: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
379: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 380: <p>
1.108 louis 381:
1.113 naddy 382: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 383: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
384: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 385: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 386:
387: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
388: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
389: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 390: <p>
1.106 louis 391:
1.113 naddy 392: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 393: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
394: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 395: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 396:
397: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
398: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
399: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
400: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 401: <p>
1.107 louis 402:
1.113 naddy 403: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 404: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
405: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 406: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 407:
408: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
409: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 410: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 411: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
412: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 413: <p>
1.105 louis 414:
1.113 naddy 415: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 416: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 417: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 418: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 419:
1.113 naddy 420: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
421: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 422: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 423: <p>
1.104 louis 424:
1.121 deraadt 425: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
426: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
427: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
428: </strong></font><br>
429:
430: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
431: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
432: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
433: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
434: <p>
435:
1.85 louis 436: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
437:
1.113 naddy 438: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 439: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 440: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 441: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 442:
443: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
444: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
445: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
446: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
447: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
448: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
449: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 450: <p>
1.99 louis 451:
1.113 naddy 452: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 453: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 454: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 455: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 456:
457: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
458: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
459: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
460: conditions.
1.113 naddy 461: <p>
1.100 louis 462:
1.113 naddy 463: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 464: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 465: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 466: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 467:
468: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
469: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
470: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
471: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 472: <p>
1.95 louis 473:
1.113 naddy 474: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 475: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 476: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 477: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 478:
479: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
480: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 481: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 482: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
483: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 484: <p>
1.92 louis 485:
1.113 naddy 486: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
487: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 488: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 489: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 490:
491: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
492: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
493: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
494: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
495: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
496: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 497: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 498: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 499: <p>
1.91 louis 500:
1.113 naddy 501: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 502: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
503: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 504: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 505:
506: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
507: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
508: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
509: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
510: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
511: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
512: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
513: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
514: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 515: <p>
1.90 louis 516:
1.113 naddy 517: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 518: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
519: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
520: </strong></font><br>
521: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
522: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
523: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
524: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
525: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
526: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
527: <p>
528:
529: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 530: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
531: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 532: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 533:
1.113 naddy 534: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
535: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 536: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
537: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
538: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
539: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
540: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 541: <p>
1.87 louis 542:
1.113 naddy 543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 544: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
545: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 546: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 547:
548: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
549: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 550: <p>
1.85 louis 551:
1.113 naddy 552: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 553: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
554: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 555: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 556:
557: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 558: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 559: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
560: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 561: <p>
1.89 louis 562:
1.113 naddy 563: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 564: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
565: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 566: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 567:
568: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
569: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
570: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
571: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
572: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
573:
1.78 deraadt 574: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 575:
1.113 naddy 576: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 577: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 578: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 579: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 580: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 581:
582: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
583: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
584: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 585: <p>
1.83 louis 586:
1.113 naddy 587: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 588: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
589: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 590: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 591:
592: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
593: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 594: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 595: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
596: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 597: <p>
1.93 louis 598:
1.113 naddy 599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 600: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 601: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 602: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 603:
1.83 louis 604: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
605: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
606: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
607: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
608: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 609: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
610: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
611: <p>
1.82 aaron 612:
1.113 naddy 613: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 614: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 615: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 616: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 617:
1.83 louis 618: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
619: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
620: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 621: <p>
1.80 louis 622:
1.113 naddy 623: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 624: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 625: Bad Press</a>,
626: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 627: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 628:
629: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 630: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 631: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
632: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
633: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 634: <p>
1.78 deraadt 635:
636: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
637:
1.113 naddy 638: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
639: <a
1.111 jufi 640: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 641: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
642: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 643: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 644:
645: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
646: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
647: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
648: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 649: <p>
1.74 louis 650:
1.113 naddy 651: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 652: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
653: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 654: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 655:
656: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
657: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
658: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
659: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
660: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
661: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 662: <p>
1.88 louis 663:
1.113 naddy 664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 665: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 666: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 667: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 668:
669: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
670: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
671: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
672: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 673: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 674: <p>
1.81 louis 675:
1.113 naddy 676: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 677: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 678: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 679: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 680:
681: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
682: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
683: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
684: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
685: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
686: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
687: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 688: <p>
1.90 louis 689:
1.113 naddy 690: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 691: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 692: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 693: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 694:
695: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
696: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
697: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 698: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 699: <p>
1.71 louis 700:
1.69 deraadt 701: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 702:
1.113 naddy 703: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 704: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 705: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 706: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 707:
708: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
709: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
710: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 711: <p>
1.70 louis 712:
1.113 naddy 713: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 714: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 715: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 716:
717: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 718: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 719: <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 720: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 721: <p>
1.68 louis 722:
1.113 naddy 723: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 724: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 725: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 726: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 727:
1.111 jufi 728: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
729: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 730: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 731: "secure by default" installation.
732: <p>
1.64 louis 733:
1.113 naddy 734: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 735: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
1.66 louis 736: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 737: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 738:
1.113 naddy 739: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 740: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 741: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 742: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
743: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
744: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 745: <p>
1.66 louis 746:
1.113 naddy 747: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
748: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 749: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 750: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 751:
752: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 753: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 754: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
755: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
756: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 757: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
758: <p>
1.83 louis 759:
1.113 naddy 760: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 761: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 762: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 763: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 764:
765: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 766: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
767: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 768: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
769: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 770: <p>
1.64 louis 771:
1.113 naddy 772: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 773: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 774: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 775: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 776:
777: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
778: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 779: <p>
1.65 louis 780:
1.69 deraadt 781: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
782:
1.113 naddy 783: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 784: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 785: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 786: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 787:
788: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
789: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
790: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
791: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 792: <p>
1.88 louis 793:
1.113 naddy 794: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 795: <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 796: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 797:
798: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 799: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
800: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 801: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
802: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 803: <p>
1.60 louis 804:
1.113 naddy 805: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
806: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
807: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 808: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 809: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 810:
811: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
812: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
813: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 814: <p>
1.58 louis 815:
1.113 naddy 816: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 817: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 818: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 819:
820: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
821: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 822: <p>
1.53 louis 823:
1.113 naddy 824: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 825: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
826: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 827: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 828:
829: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
830: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
831: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 832: <p>
1.99 louis 833:
1.113 naddy 834: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 835: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 836: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 837:
838: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
839: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 840: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 841: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 842: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 843:
1.113 naddy 844: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 845: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
846: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
847: </strong></font><br>
848:
849: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
850: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
851: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
852: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
853: <p>
854:
855: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 856: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 857: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 858: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 859:
860: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
861: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 862: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 863:
1.113 naddy 864: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 865: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 866: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 867:
868: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 869: in
1.113 naddy 870: <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 871: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 872: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 873: <p>
1.53 louis 874:
1.113 naddy 875: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 876: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 877: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
878: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 879: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 880:
1.58 louis 881: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 882: <p>
1.51 deraadt 883:
1.69 deraadt 884: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
885:
1.113 naddy 886: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 887: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 888: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
889: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 890: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 891:
1.58 louis 892: Kurt Seifried
893: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
894: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
895: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 896: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 897:
1.113 naddy 898: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 899: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 900: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 901: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 902:
903: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 904: <p>
1.96 louis 905:
1.113 naddy 906: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 907: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 908: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 909: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 910:
911: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
912: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
913: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
914: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 915: <p>
1.86 louis 916:
1.69 deraadt 917: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
918:
1.113 naddy 919: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 920: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
921: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 922: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 923:
924: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
925: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 926: <p>
1.61 louis 927:
1.113 naddy 928: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 929: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 930: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
931: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 932: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 933:
934: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 935: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 936: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
937: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 938: right -- or at least strives to".
939: <p>
1.48 louis 940:
1.113 naddy 941: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 942: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
943: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 944: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 945: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
946: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
947: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
948: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 949: <p>
1.61 louis 950:
1.113 naddy 951: <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 952: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 953: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 954:
955: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
956: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
957: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
958: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 959: <p>
1.46 louis 960:
1.113 naddy 961: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 962: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 963: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 964: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 965:
966: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
967: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 968: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 969:
1.113 naddy 970: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 971: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
972: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 973: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 974:
975: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
976: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
977: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
978: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 979: <p>
1.70 louis 980:
1.69 deraadt 981: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
982:
1.113 naddy 983: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 984: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 985: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 986:
987: Kurt Seifried
988: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
989: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
990: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 991: <p>
1.44 philen 992:
1.113 naddy 993: <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 994: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 995: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 996:
997: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 998: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 999:
1.113 naddy 1000: <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 1001: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1002: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1003:
1004: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1005: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1006:
1.113 naddy 1007: <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 1008: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1009: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1010:
1011: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1012: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1013: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1014: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1015: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1016:
1.113 naddy 1017: <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 1018: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1019: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1020:
1.36 louis 1021: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1022: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1023:
1.113 naddy 1024: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1025: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1026: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1027: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1028:
1029: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1030: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1031:
1.69 deraadt 1032: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1033:
1.113 naddy 1034: <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 1035: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1036: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1037:
1038: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1039: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1040: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1041:
1.113 naddy 1042: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1043: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1044: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1045: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 1046:
1047: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1048: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1049: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1050: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1051: <blockquote>
1052: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1053: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1054: <br>
1055: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1056: </code>
1057: </blockquote>
1058: <p>
1059:
1060: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1061: <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>
1062: <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
1063: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1064:
1065: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1066: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1067: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1068: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1069:
1.113 naddy 1070: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1071: <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 1072: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1073:
1074: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1075: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1076: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1077: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1078: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1079: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1080: <p>
1.19 louis 1081:
1.113 naddy 1082: <li><strong>
1083: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1084: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 1085:
1086: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1087: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1088: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1089: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1090: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1091: <p>
1.16 louis 1092:
1.113 naddy 1093: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1094: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1095: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1096: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1097:
1.57 louis 1098: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1099: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1100: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1101: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1102:
1.113 naddy 1103: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1104: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1105: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1106: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1107:
1.113 naddy 1108: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1109:
1.113 naddy 1110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1111: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1112: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1113: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1114:
1.23 louis 1115: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1116: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1117: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1118: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1119: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1120: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1121:
1.113 naddy 1122: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1123: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1124: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1125: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1126:
1127: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1128: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1129: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1130: installation.
1.113 naddy 1131: <p>
1.47 louis 1132:
1.113 naddy 1133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1134: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1135: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1136: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1137:
1138: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1139: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1140:
1.69 deraadt 1141: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1142:
1.113 naddy 1143: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1144: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1145: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1146: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1147:
1148: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1149: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1150: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1151: <p>
1.12 louis 1152:
1.113 naddy 1153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1154: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1155: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1156: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1157:
1158: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1159: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1160: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1161: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1162: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1163: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1164: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1165: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1166:
1.69 deraadt 1167: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1168:
1.113 naddy 1169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1170: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1171: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1172:
1173: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1174: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1175: available."
1.113 naddy 1176: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1177:
1.69 deraadt 1178: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1179:
1.113 naddy 1180: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1181: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1182: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1183:
1184: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1185: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1186: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1187: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1188: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1189: <p>
1.33 louis 1190:
1.113 naddy 1191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1192: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1193: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1194: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1195:
1.113 naddy 1196: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1197: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1198: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1199: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1200: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1201: <p>
1.57 louis 1202:
1.69 deraadt 1203: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1204:
1.113 naddy 1205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1206: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1207: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1208: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1209:
1210: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1211: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1212: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1213:
1.113 naddy 1214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1215: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1216: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1217: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1218: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1219:
1220: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1221: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1222:
1.113 naddy 1223: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1224: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1225:
1.113 naddy 1226: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1227:
1.113 naddy 1228: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1229: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1230: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1231: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1232:
1233: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1234: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1235:
1.69 deraadt 1236: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1237:
1.113 naddy 1238: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1239: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1240: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1241:
1242: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1243: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1244: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1245:
1.113 naddy 1246: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1247: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1248: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1249: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1250:
1251: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1252: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1253: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1254: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1255:
1.69 deraadt 1256: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1257:
1.113 naddy 1258: <a name=anzen1>
1259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1260: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1261: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1262: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1263:
1264: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1265: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1266: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1267: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1268: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1269: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1270: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1271:
1.113 naddy 1272: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1273: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1274: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1275: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1276:
1277: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1278: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1279: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1280: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1281: <p>
1.15 louis 1282:
1.113 naddy 1283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1284: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1285: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1286: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1287:
1288: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1289: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1290: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1291: columns."
1.113 naddy 1292: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1293:
1.69 deraadt 1294: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1295:
1.113 naddy 1296: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1297: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1298: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1299: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1300:
1301: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1302: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1303:
1.113 naddy 1304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1305: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1306: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1307:
1308: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1309: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1310: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1311:
1.69 deraadt 1312: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1313:
1.113 naddy 1314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1315: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1316: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1317: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1318:
1319: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1320: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1321: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1322: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1323: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1324:
1.69 deraadt 1325: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1326:
1.113 naddy 1327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1328: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1329: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1330:
1.69 deraadt 1331: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1332: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1333: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1334:
1.69 deraadt 1335: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1336:
1.113 naddy 1337: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1338: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1339: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1340: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1341:
1342: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1343: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1344: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1345:
1.113 naddy 1346: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1347: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1348: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1349: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1350: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1351:
1.69 deraadt 1352: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1353:
1.113 naddy 1354: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1355: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1356: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1357: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1358: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1359: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1360:
1361: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1362: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1363: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1364: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1365: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1366: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1367:
1368: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1369:
1.113 naddy 1370: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1371: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1372: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1373:
1.69 deraadt 1374: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1375: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1376: <p>
1.112 naddy 1377:
1.113 naddy 1378: </dl>
1379: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1380:
1.113 naddy 1381: <hr>
1382: <a name=se></a>
1383: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1384:
1.102 niklas 1385: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1386:
1.113 naddy 1387: <dl>
1388: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1389: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1390: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1391:
1392: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1393: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1394: <p>
1.102 niklas 1395:
1.113 naddy 1396: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1397:
1.84 niklas 1398: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1399:
1.113 naddy 1400: <dl>
1401: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1402: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1403: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1404:
1405: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1406: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1407: <p>
1.84 niklas 1408:
1.113 naddy 1409: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1410:
1.69 deraadt 1411: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1412:
1.113 naddy 1413: <dl>
1414: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1415: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1416: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1417:
1418: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1419: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1420: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1421: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1422:
1.113 naddy 1423: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1424: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1425: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1426: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1427: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1428:
1.20 louis 1429: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1430: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1431: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1432: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1433: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1434:
1.113 naddy 1435: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1436:
1.113 naddy 1437: <hr>
1438: <a name=jp></a>
1439: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1440:
1.113 naddy 1441: <dl>
1.20 louis 1442:
1.69 deraadt 1443: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1444:
1.113 naddy 1445: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1446: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1447: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1448: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1449:
1450: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1451: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1452: translating and reprinting articles from
1453: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1454: <p>
1.112 naddy 1455:
1.113 naddy 1456: </dl>
1.20 louis 1457:
1.113 naddy 1458: <hr>
1459: <a name=de></a>
1460: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1461: <dl>
1.50 louis 1462:
1.72 louis 1463: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1464:
1.113 naddy 1465: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1466: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1467: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1468: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1469:
1.101 jufi 1470: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1471: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1472: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1473: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1474: Giving way to
1475: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1476: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1477: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1478: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1479: <p>
1.72 louis 1480:
1.69 deraadt 1481: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1482:
1.113 naddy 1483: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1484: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1485: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1486: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1487:
1488: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1489: <p>
1490: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1491:
1.50 louis 1492:
1.113 naddy 1493: <hr>
1494: <a name=ru></a>
1495: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1496: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1497:
1.69 deraadt 1498: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1499:
1.113 naddy 1500: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1501: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1502: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1503: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1504:
1505: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1506: <p>
1.62 form 1507:
1.69 deraadt 1508: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1509:
1.113 naddy 1510: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1511: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1512: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1513: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1514:
1.59 form 1515: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1516: <p>
1.112 naddy 1517:
1.113 naddy 1518: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1519:
1.113 naddy 1520: <hr>
1521: <a name=pl></a>
1522: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1523: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1524:
1.113 naddy 1525: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1526: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1527: Radio, August 2, 2000
1528: </strong></font><br>
1529:
1530: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1531: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1532: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1533: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1534: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1535: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1536: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1537: <p>
1538:
1539: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1540: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1541: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1542: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1543: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1544:
1545: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1546: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1547: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1548: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1549: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1550: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1551: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1552: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1553: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1554: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1555: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1556: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1557: <p>
1558: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1559:
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1562: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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