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16: <h2>Media Coverage.</h2>
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1.14 louis 23: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.idg.com.au%2FCWT1997.nsf%2FHome%2Bpage%2F83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41%3FOpenDocument&return=%2fidg_frames%2fenglish%2ffeatures%2ehtml">Microsoft, Linux to become duopoly?</a>,
24: ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.</strong></font><p>
25:
26: Lead developer Theo de Raadt was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User
27: Group (AUUG) meeting in Melbourne.<p>
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1.13 louis 32: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/search/cw_Wtemplate.cfm?filename=/cw/archive/cw15-17/c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 33: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
34: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999.</strong></font><p>
35:
36: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
37: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
38: of OpenBSD.<p>
39: <p>
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41: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 42: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 43: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
44: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.8 deraadt 45:
46: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
47: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
48: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."<p>
49:
50: From the publishers of a number of Canadian computer magazines, comes
51: an award to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD.<p>
52:
53: (scroll down to see the sub-article about OpenBSD)
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56: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.3 deraadt 57: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 58: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
59: National Post, May 25, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.3 deraadt 60:
61: Newspaper article about OpenBSD.
62: <p>
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64: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 65: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.10 deraadt 66: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, July 22, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.6 deraadt 67:
68: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
69: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
70: available."
71: <p>
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1.2 deraadt 74: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.10 deraadt 75: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.2 deraadt 76:
77: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
78: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
79: <p>
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1.11 ericj 83: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.1 deraadt 84: NFR Performance Testing</a> report, written by
85: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
86:
87: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
88: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
89: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
90: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
91: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
92: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
93: <p>
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1.15 ! louis 96: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
! 97: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
! 98: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
! 99:
! 100: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
! 101: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
! 102: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
! 103: over to OpenBSD.
! 104: <p>
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1.1 deraadt 107: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
108: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
109: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
110:
111: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
112: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
113: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
114: columns."
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1.2 deraadt 117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
118: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
119: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998.
120: </strong></font><p>
121:
122: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
123: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
124: Implementation, including a brief interview with
125: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 126: <p>
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129: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.10 deraadt 130: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 131:
132: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
133: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
134: <p>
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137: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.10 deraadt 138: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 139:
140: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
141: OpenBSD is.
142: <p>
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144: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
145: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 146: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
147: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
148: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.10 deraadt 149: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81.</strong></font><p>
1.5 ian 150:
151: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
152: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
153: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
154: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
155: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 156: <p>
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159: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
160: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
161: July, 1998.</strong></font><p>
162:
163: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
164: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
165: <p>
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167: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
168: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96. Paper edition only.</strong></font><p>
169: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a cheezy picture
170: of project founder Theo de Raadt (watch those wired people do
171: photoshop jobs!).
172: <p>
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175:
176: <h4>Swedish press coverage (in swedish)</h4>
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180: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.10 deraadt 181: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 182:
183: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
184: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
185: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
186: <p>
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189: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 190: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 191: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 192: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 193:
194: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The 1st
195: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the 2nd which
196: explains the licensing issues and points to our
197: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
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