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! 23: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 24: <a href="http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/259/business/Even_better_than_Linux+.shtml">Even better than Linux</a>, Boston Globe, Sept 16, 1999.
! 25: </strong></font><p>
! 26:
! 27: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
! 28: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
! 29: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
! 30: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not).<p>
! 31: <p>
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1.1 deraadt 34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.14 louis 35: <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>,
36: ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.</strong></font><p>
37:
38: Lead developer Theo de Raadt was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User
39: Group (AUUG) meeting in Melbourne.<p>
40: <p>
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1.13 louis 44: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/search/cw_Wtemplate.cfm?filename=/cw/archive/cw15-17/c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 45: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
46: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999.</strong></font><p>
47:
48: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
49: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
50: of OpenBSD.<p>
51: <p>
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1.8 deraadt 54: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 55: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
56: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.8 deraadt 57:
58: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
59: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
60: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."<p>
61:
62: From the publishers of a number of Canadian computer magazines, comes
63: an award to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD.<p>
64:
65: (scroll down to see the sub-article about OpenBSD)
66: <p>
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68: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.3 deraadt 69: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 70: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
71: National Post, May 25, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.3 deraadt 72:
73: Newspaper article about OpenBSD.
74: <p>
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1.6 deraadt 77: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.10 deraadt 78: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, July 22, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.6 deraadt 79:
80: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
81: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
82: available."
83: <p>
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1.2 deraadt 86: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.10 deraadt 87: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.2 deraadt 88:
89: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
90: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
91: <p>
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1.11 ericj 95: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.1 deraadt 96: NFR Performance Testing</a> report, written by
97: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
98:
99: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
100: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
101: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
102: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
103: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
104: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
105: <p>
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1.15 louis 108: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
109: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
110: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
111:
112: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
113: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
114: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
115: over to OpenBSD.
116: <p>
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1.1 deraadt 119: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
120: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
121: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
122:
123: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
124: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
125: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
126: columns."
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1.2 deraadt 129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
130: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
131: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998.
132: </strong></font><p>
133:
134: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
135: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
136: Implementation, including a brief interview with
137: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 138: <p>
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141: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.10 deraadt 142: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 143:
144: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
145: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
146: <p>
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149: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.10 deraadt 150: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 151:
152: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
153: OpenBSD is.
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157: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 158: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
159: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
160: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.10 deraadt 161: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81.</strong></font><p>
1.5 ian 162:
163: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
164: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
165: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
166: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
167: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 168: <p>
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171: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
172: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
173: July, 1998.</strong></font><p>
174:
175: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
176: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
177: <p>
178:
179: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
180: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96. Paper edition only.</strong></font><p>
181: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a cheezy picture
182: of project founder Theo de Raadt (watch those wired people do
183: photoshop jobs!).
184: <p>
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187:
188: <h4>Swedish press coverage (in swedish)</h4>
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192: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.10 deraadt 193: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 194:
195: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
196: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
197: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
198: <p>
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201: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 202: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 203: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 204: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 205:
206: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The 1st
207: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the 2nd which
208: explains the licensing issues and points to our
209: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
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