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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>
1.153 ! louis 35: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
! 36: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
! 37: </strong></font><br>
! 38:
! 39: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
! 40: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
! 41: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
! 42: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
! 43: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
! 44: the pizza.
! 45: <p>
! 46:
! 47: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 48: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
49: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
50: </strong></font><br>
51:
52: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
53: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
54: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
55: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
56: problems.
57: <p>
58:
59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 60: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
61: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
62: </strong></font><br>
63:
64: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
65: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
66: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 67: <p>
1.148 aaron 68:
69: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 70: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
71: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
72: </strong></font><br>
73:
74: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
75: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
76: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
77: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
78: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
79: <p>
80:
1.138 louis 81: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
82:
83: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 84: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 85: System Takes On Linux</a>,
86: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
87: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 88: </strong></font><br>
89:
1.146 louis 90: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
91: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
92: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
93: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
94: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
95: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
96: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 97: <p>
98:
99: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 100: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
101: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
102: </strong></font><br>
103:
104: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
105: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
106: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
107: library after installing the OS.
108: <p>
109:
110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.138 louis 111: <a href="http://www.samag.com/current/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
112: Sys Admin, September 2000
113: </strong></font><br>
114:
115: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
116: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
117: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
118: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
119: (<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>,
120: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
121: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
122: <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
123: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
124: out of the system.
125: <p>
126:
1.144 louis 127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
128: <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
129: </strong></font><br>
130:
131: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
132: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
133: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
134: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
135: the IP filtering and address translation.
136: <p>
137:
1.131 louis 138: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
139:
140: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 141: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
142: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
143: </strong></font><br>
144:
145: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
146: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
147: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
148: <p>
149:
150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 151: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
152: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
153: </strong></font><br>
154:
155: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
156: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
157: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
158: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
159: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
160: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
161: note of"</i>.
162: <p>
163:
164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 165: <a
166: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
167: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
168: </strong></font><br>
169:
170: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
171: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
172: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
173: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
174: <p>
175:
176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 177: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody.html">Linux
178: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
179: </strong></font><br>
180:
181: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
182: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
183: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
184: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
185: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
186: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
187: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
188: <p>
189:
190: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 191: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
192: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
193: 2000
194: </strong></font><br>
195:
196: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
197: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
198: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
199: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
200: against current industry practices.
201: <p>
202:
203: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 204: <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
205: </strong></font><br>
206:
207: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
208: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
209: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
210: <p>
211:
212: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 213: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
214: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
215: </strong></font><br>
216:
217: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
218: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
219: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
220: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
221: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
222: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
223: careful code reviews, he concludes.
224: <p>
225:
226: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 227: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
228: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
229: </strong></font><br>
230:
231: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
232: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
233: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
234: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
235: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 236: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
237: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
238: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 239: <p>
240:
1.118 louis 241: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
242:
243: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 244: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
245: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
246: </strong></font><br>
247:
248: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
249: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
250: about time. The article mentions that
251: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
252: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
253: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 254: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 255: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
256: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
257: ammended since.
258: <p>
259:
260: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 261: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 262: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 263: </strong></font><br>
264:
265: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
266: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
267: of OpenSSH.
268: <p>
269:
270: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
271: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
272: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
273: </strong></font><br>
274:
275: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 276: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 277: bridging.
278: <p>
279:
280: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
281: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
282: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 283: </strong></font><br>
284:
1.121 deraadt 285: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
286: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 287: <p>
288:
289: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 290: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
291: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
292: </strong></font><br>
293:
294: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
295: <p>
296:
297: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 298: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 299: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
300: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 301: </strong></font><br>
302:
1.120 deraadt 303: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
304: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 305: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
306: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
307: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
308: <p>
309:
310: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 311: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html"</a>In
312: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 313: </strong></font><br>
314:
315: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
316: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
317: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 318: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 319: <p>
320:
321: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 322: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
323: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
324: </strong></font><br>
325:
326: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
327: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
328: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
329: <p>
330:
331: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 332: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 333: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
334: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 335: </strong></font><br>
336:
337: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
338: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
339: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
340: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
341: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
342: <p>
343:
1.104 louis 344: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
345:
1.113 naddy 346: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 347: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
348: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
349: </strong></font><br>
350:
351: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
352: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
353: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
354: be a bit dry.
355: <p>
356:
357: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 358: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
359: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
360: 2000
1.128 louis 361: </strong></font><br>
362:
363: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
364: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
365: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
366: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
367: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 368: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 369: <p>
370:
371: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 372: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
373: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 374: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 375:
376: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
377: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
378: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
379: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 380: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
381: <p>
1.110 louis 382:
1.117 louis 383: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
384: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
385: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
386: </strong></font><br>
387:
388: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
389: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
390: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
391: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
392: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
393: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
394: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
395: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
396: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
397: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
398: <p>
399:
1.113 naddy 400: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 401: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 402: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 403:
404: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
405: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 406: <p>
1.108 louis 407:
1.113 naddy 408: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 409: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
410: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 411: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 412:
413: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
414: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
415: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 416: <p>
1.106 louis 417:
1.113 naddy 418: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 419: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
420: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 421: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 422:
423: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
424: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
425: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
426: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 427: <p>
1.107 louis 428:
1.113 naddy 429: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 430: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
431: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 432: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 433:
434: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
435: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 436: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 437: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
438: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 439: <p>
1.105 louis 440:
1.113 naddy 441: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 442: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 443: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 444: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 445:
1.113 naddy 446: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
447: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 448: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 449: <p>
1.104 louis 450:
1.121 deraadt 451: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
452: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
453: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
454: </strong></font><br>
455:
456: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
457: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
458: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
459: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
460: <p>
461:
1.85 louis 462: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
463:
1.113 naddy 464: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 465: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 466: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 467: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 468:
469: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
470: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
471: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
472: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
473: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
474: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
475: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 476: <p>
1.99 louis 477:
1.113 naddy 478: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 479: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 480: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 481: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 482:
483: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
484: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
485: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
486: conditions.
1.113 naddy 487: <p>
1.100 louis 488:
1.113 naddy 489: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 490: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 491: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 492: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 493:
494: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
495: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
496: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
497: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 498: <p>
1.95 louis 499:
1.113 naddy 500: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 501: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 502: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 503: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 504:
505: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
506: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 507: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 508: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
509: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 510: <p>
1.92 louis 511:
1.113 naddy 512: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
513: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 514: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 515: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 516:
517: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
518: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
519: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
520: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
521: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
522: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 523: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 524: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 525: <p>
1.91 louis 526:
1.113 naddy 527: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 528: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
529: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 530: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 531:
532: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
533: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
534: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
535: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
536: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
537: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
538: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
539: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
540: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 541: <p>
1.90 louis 542:
1.113 naddy 543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 544: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
545: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
546: </strong></font><br>
547: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
548: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
549: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
550: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
551: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
552: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
553: <p>
554:
555: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 556: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
557: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 558: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 559:
1.113 naddy 560: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
561: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 562: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
563: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
564: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
565: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
566: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 567: <p>
1.87 louis 568:
1.113 naddy 569: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 570: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
571: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 572: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 573:
574: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
575: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 576: <p>
1.85 louis 577:
1.113 naddy 578: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 579: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
580: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 581: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 582:
583: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 584: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 585: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
586: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 587: <p>
1.89 louis 588:
1.113 naddy 589: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 590: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
591: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 592: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 593:
594: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
595: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
596: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
597: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
598: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
599:
1.78 deraadt 600: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 601:
1.113 naddy 602: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 603: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 604: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 605: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 606: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 607:
608: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
609: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
610: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 611: <p>
1.83 louis 612:
1.113 naddy 613: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 614: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
615: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 616: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 617:
618: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
619: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 620: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 621: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
622: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 623: <p>
1.93 louis 624:
1.113 naddy 625: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 626: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 627: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 628: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 629:
1.83 louis 630: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
631: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
632: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
633: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
634: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 635: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
636: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
637: <p>
1.82 aaron 638:
1.113 naddy 639: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 640: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 641: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 642: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 643:
1.83 louis 644: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
645: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
646: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 647: <p>
1.80 louis 648:
1.113 naddy 649: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 650: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 651: Bad Press</a>,
652: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 653: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 654:
655: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 656: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 657: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
658: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
659: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 660: <p>
1.78 deraadt 661:
662: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
663:
1.113 naddy 664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
665: <a
1.111 jufi 666: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 667: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
668: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 669: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 670:
671: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
672: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
673: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
674: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 675: <p>
1.74 louis 676:
1.113 naddy 677: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 678: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
679: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 680: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 681:
682: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
683: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
684: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
685: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
686: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
687: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 688: <p>
1.88 louis 689:
1.113 naddy 690: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 691: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 692: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 693: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 694:
695: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
696: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
697: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
698: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 699: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 700: <p>
1.81 louis 701:
1.113 naddy 702: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 703: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 704: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 705: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 706:
707: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
708: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
709: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
710: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
711: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
712: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
713: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 714: <p>
1.90 louis 715:
1.113 naddy 716: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 717: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 718: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 719: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 720:
721: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
722: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
723: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 724: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 725: <p>
1.71 louis 726:
1.69 deraadt 727: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 728:
1.113 naddy 729: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 730: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 731: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 732: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 733:
734: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
735: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
736: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 737: <p>
1.70 louis 738:
1.113 naddy 739: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 740: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 741: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 742:
743: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 744: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 745: <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 746: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 747: <p>
1.68 louis 748:
1.113 naddy 749: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 750: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 751: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 752: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 753:
1.111 jufi 754: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
755: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 756: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 757: "secure by default" installation.
758: <p>
1.64 louis 759:
1.113 naddy 760: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 761: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 762: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 763: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 764:
1.113 naddy 765: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 766: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 767: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 768: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
769: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
770: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 771: <p>
1.66 louis 772:
1.113 naddy 773: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
774: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 775: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 776: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 777:
778: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 779: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 780: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
781: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
782: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 783: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
784: <p>
1.83 louis 785:
1.113 naddy 786: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 787: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 788: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 789: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 790:
791: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 792: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
793: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 794: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
795: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 796: <p>
1.64 louis 797:
1.113 naddy 798: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 799: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 800: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 801: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 802:
803: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
804: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 805: <p>
1.65 louis 806:
1.69 deraadt 807: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
808:
1.113 naddy 809: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 810: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 811: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 812: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 813:
814: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
815: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
816: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
817: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 818: <p>
1.88 louis 819:
1.113 naddy 820: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 821: <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 822: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 823:
824: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 825: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
826: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 827: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
828: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 829: <p>
1.60 louis 830:
1.113 naddy 831: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
832: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
833: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 834: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 835: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 836:
837: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
838: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
839: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 840: <p>
1.58 louis 841:
1.113 naddy 842: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 843: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 844: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 845:
846: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
847: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 848: <p>
1.53 louis 849:
1.113 naddy 850: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 851: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
852: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 853: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 854:
855: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
856: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
857: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 858: <p>
1.99 louis 859:
1.113 naddy 860: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 861: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 862: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 863:
864: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
865: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 866: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 867: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 868: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 869:
1.113 naddy 870: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 871: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
872: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
873: </strong></font><br>
874:
875: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
876: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
877: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
878: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
879: <p>
880:
881: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 882: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 883: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 884: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 885:
886: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
887: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 888: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 889:
1.113 naddy 890: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 891: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 892: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 893:
894: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 895: in
1.113 naddy 896: <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 897: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 898: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 899: <p>
1.53 louis 900:
1.113 naddy 901: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 902: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 903: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
904: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 905: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 906:
1.58 louis 907: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 908: <p>
1.51 deraadt 909:
1.69 deraadt 910: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
911:
1.113 naddy 912: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 913: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 914: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
915: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 916: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 917:
1.58 louis 918: Kurt Seifried
919: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
920: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
921: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 922: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 923:
1.113 naddy 924: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 925: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 926: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 927: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 928:
929: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 930: <p>
1.96 louis 931:
1.113 naddy 932: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 933: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 934: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 935: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 936:
937: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
938: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
939: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
940: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 941: <p>
1.86 louis 942:
1.69 deraadt 943: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
944:
1.113 naddy 945: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 946: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
947: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 948: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 949:
950: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
951: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 952: <p>
1.61 louis 953:
1.113 naddy 954: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 955: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 956: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
957: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 958: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 959:
960: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 961: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 962: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
963: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 964: right -- or at least strives to".
965: <p>
1.48 louis 966:
1.113 naddy 967: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 968: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
969: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 970: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 971: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
972: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
973: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
974: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 975: <p>
1.61 louis 976:
1.113 naddy 977: <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 978: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 979: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 980:
981: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
982: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
983: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
984: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 985: <p>
1.46 louis 986:
1.113 naddy 987: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 988: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 989: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 990: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 991:
992: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
993: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 994: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 995:
1.113 naddy 996: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 997: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
998: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 999: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1000:
1001: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1002: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1003: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1004: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1005: <p>
1.70 louis 1006:
1.69 deraadt 1007: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1008:
1.113 naddy 1009: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1010: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1011: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1012:
1013: Kurt Seifried
1014: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1015: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1016: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1017: <p>
1.44 philen 1018:
1.113 naddy 1019: <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 1020: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1021: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1022:
1023: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1024: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1025:
1.113 naddy 1026: <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 1027: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1028: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1029:
1030: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1031: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1032:
1.113 naddy 1033: <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 1034: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1035: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1036:
1037: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1038: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1039: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1040: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1041: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1042:
1.113 naddy 1043: <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 1044: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1045: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1046:
1.36 louis 1047: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1048: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1049:
1.113 naddy 1050: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1051: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1052: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1053: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1054:
1055: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1056: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1057:
1.69 deraadt 1058: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1059:
1.113 naddy 1060: <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 1061: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1062: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1063:
1064: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1065: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1066: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1067:
1.113 naddy 1068: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1069: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1070: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1071: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 1072:
1073: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1074: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1075: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1076: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1077: <blockquote>
1078: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1079: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1080: <br>
1081: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1082: </code>
1083: </blockquote>
1084: <p>
1085:
1086: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1087: <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>
1088: <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
1089: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1090:
1091: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1092: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1093: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1094: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1095:
1.113 naddy 1096: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1097: <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 1098: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1099:
1100: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1101: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1102: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1103: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1104: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1105: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1106: <p>
1.19 louis 1107:
1.113 naddy 1108: <li><strong>
1109: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1110: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 1111:
1112: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1113: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1114: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1115: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1116: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1117: <p>
1.16 louis 1118:
1.113 naddy 1119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1120: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1121: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1122: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1123:
1.57 louis 1124: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1125: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1126: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1127: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1128:
1.113 naddy 1129: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1130: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1131: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1132: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1133:
1.113 naddy 1134: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1135:
1.113 naddy 1136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1137: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1138: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1139: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1140:
1.23 louis 1141: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1142: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1143: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1144: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1145: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1146: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1147:
1.113 naddy 1148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1149: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1150: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1151: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1152:
1153: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1154: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1155: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1156: installation.
1.113 naddy 1157: <p>
1.47 louis 1158:
1.113 naddy 1159: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1160: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1161: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1162: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1163:
1164: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1165: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1166:
1.69 deraadt 1167: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1168:
1.113 naddy 1169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1170: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1171: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1172: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1173:
1174: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1175: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1176: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1177: <p>
1.12 louis 1178:
1.113 naddy 1179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1180: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1181: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1182: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1183:
1184: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1185: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1186: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1187: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1188: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1189: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1190: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1191: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1192:
1.69 deraadt 1193: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1194:
1.113 naddy 1195: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1196: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1197: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1198:
1199: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1200: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1201: available."
1.113 naddy 1202: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1203:
1.69 deraadt 1204: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1205:
1.113 naddy 1206: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1207: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1208: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1209:
1210: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1211: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1212: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1213: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1214: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1215: <p>
1.33 louis 1216:
1.113 naddy 1217: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1218: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1219: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1220: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1221:
1.113 naddy 1222: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1223: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1224: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1225: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1226: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1227: <p>
1.57 louis 1228:
1.69 deraadt 1229: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1230:
1.113 naddy 1231: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1232: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1233: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1234: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1235:
1236: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1237: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1238: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1239:
1.113 naddy 1240: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1241: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1242: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1243: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1244: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1245:
1246: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1247: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1248:
1.113 naddy 1249: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1250: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1251:
1.113 naddy 1252: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1253:
1.113 naddy 1254: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1255: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1256: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1257: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1258:
1259: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1260: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1261:
1.69 deraadt 1262: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1263:
1.113 naddy 1264: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1265: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1266: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1267:
1268: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1269: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1270: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1271:
1.113 naddy 1272: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1273: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1274: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1275: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1276:
1277: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1278: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1279: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1280: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1281:
1.69 deraadt 1282: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1283:
1.113 naddy 1284: <a name=anzen1>
1285: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1286: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1287: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1288: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1289:
1290: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1291: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1292: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1293: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1294: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1295: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1296: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1297:
1.113 naddy 1298: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1299: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1300: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1301: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1302:
1303: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1304: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1305: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1306: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1307: <p>
1.15 louis 1308:
1.113 naddy 1309: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1310: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1311: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1312: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1313:
1314: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1315: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1316: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1317: columns."
1.113 naddy 1318: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1319:
1.69 deraadt 1320: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1321:
1.113 naddy 1322: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1323: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1324: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1325: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1326:
1327: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1328: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1329:
1.113 naddy 1330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1331: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1332: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1333:
1334: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1335: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1336: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1337:
1.69 deraadt 1338: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1339:
1.113 naddy 1340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1341: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1342: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1343: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1344:
1345: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1346: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1347: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1348: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1349: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1350:
1.69 deraadt 1351: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1352:
1.113 naddy 1353: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1354: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1355: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1356:
1.69 deraadt 1357: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1358: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1359: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1360:
1.69 deraadt 1361: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1362:
1.113 naddy 1363: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1364: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1365: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1366: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1367:
1368: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1369: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1370: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1371:
1.113 naddy 1372: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1373: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1374: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1375: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1376: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1377:
1.69 deraadt 1378: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1379:
1.113 naddy 1380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1381: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1382: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1383: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1384: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1385: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1386:
1387: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1388: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1389: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1390: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1391: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1392: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1393:
1394: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1395:
1.113 naddy 1396: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1397: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1398: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1399:
1.69 deraadt 1400: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1401: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1402: <p>
1.112 naddy 1403:
1.113 naddy 1404: </dl>
1405: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1406:
1.113 naddy 1407: <hr>
1408: <a name=se></a>
1409: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1410:
1.102 niklas 1411: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1412:
1.113 naddy 1413: <dl>
1414: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1415: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1416: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1417:
1418: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1419: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1420: <p>
1.102 niklas 1421:
1.113 naddy 1422: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1423:
1.84 niklas 1424: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1425:
1.113 naddy 1426: <dl>
1427: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1428: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1429: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1430:
1431: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1432: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1433: <p>
1.84 niklas 1434:
1.113 naddy 1435: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1436:
1.69 deraadt 1437: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1438:
1.113 naddy 1439: <dl>
1440: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1441: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1442: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1443:
1444: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1445: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1446: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1447: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1448:
1.113 naddy 1449: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1450: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1451: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1452: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1453: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1454:
1.20 louis 1455: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1456: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1457: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1458: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1459: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1460:
1.113 naddy 1461: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1462:
1.113 naddy 1463: <hr>
1464: <a name=jp></a>
1465: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1466:
1.113 naddy 1467: <dl>
1.20 louis 1468:
1.69 deraadt 1469: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1470:
1.113 naddy 1471: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1472: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1473: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1474: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1475:
1476: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1477: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1478: translating and reprinting articles from
1479: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1480: <p>
1.112 naddy 1481:
1.113 naddy 1482: </dl>
1.20 louis 1483:
1.113 naddy 1484: <hr>
1485: <a name=de></a>
1486: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1487: <dl>
1.50 louis 1488:
1.151 louis 1489: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1490:
1491: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1492: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1493: </strong></font><br>
1494:
1495: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1496: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1497: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1498: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1499: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1500:
1501: <p>
1502:
1.72 louis 1503: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1504:
1.113 naddy 1505: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1506: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1507: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1508: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1509:
1.101 jufi 1510: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1511: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1512: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1513: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1514: Giving way to
1515: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1516: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1517: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1518: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1519: <p>
1.72 louis 1520:
1.69 deraadt 1521: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1522:
1.113 naddy 1523: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1524: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1525: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1526: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1527:
1528: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1529: <p>
1530: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1531:
1.50 louis 1532:
1.113 naddy 1533: <hr>
1534: <a name=ru></a>
1535: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1536: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1537:
1.69 deraadt 1538: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1539:
1.113 naddy 1540: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1541: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1542: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1543: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1544:
1545: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1546: <p>
1.62 form 1547:
1.69 deraadt 1548: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1549:
1.113 naddy 1550: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1551: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1552: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1553: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1554:
1.59 form 1555: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1556: <p>
1.112 naddy 1557:
1.113 naddy 1558: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1559:
1.113 naddy 1560: <hr>
1561: <a name=pl></a>
1562: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1563: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1564:
1.113 naddy 1565: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1566: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1567: Radio, August 2, 2000
1568: </strong></font><br>
1569:
1570: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1571: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1572: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1573: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1574: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1575: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1576: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1577: <p>
1578:
1579: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1580: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1581: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1582: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1583: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1584:
1585: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1586: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1587: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1588: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1589: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1590: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1591: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1592: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1593: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1594: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1595: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1596: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1597: <p>
1598: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1599:
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