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1.16 louis 31:
1.161 ! louis 32: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
! 33:
! 34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 35: <a
! 36: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
! 37: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
! 38: </strong></font><br>
! 39:
! 40: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
! 41: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
! 42: <p>
! 43:
1.158 louis 44: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 45:
46: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 47: <a
1.161 ! louis 48: href="http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">Is Darwin getting
! 49: due respect?</a>, MacWeek, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
! 50: </strong></font><br>
! 51: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
! 52: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
! 53: <p>
! 54:
! 55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 56: <a
! 57: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
! 58: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
! 59: </strong></font><br>
! 60:
! 61: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
! 62: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
! 63: <p>
! 64:
! 65: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 66: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
! 67: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
! 68: </strong></font><br>
! 69: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
! 70: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
! 71: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
! 72: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
! 73: <p>
! 74:
! 75: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 76: <a
1.157 louis 77: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
78: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
79: </strong></font><br>
80: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
81: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
82: <p>
83:
84: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
85:
86: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 87: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
88: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
89: </strong></font><br>
90:
91: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
92: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
93: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
94: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
95: <p>
96:
97: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
98: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
99: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
100: </strong></font><br>
101:
102: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
103: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
104: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
105: it because they love coding...
106: <p>
107:
108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
109: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
110: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
111: </strong></font><br>
112:
113: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
114: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
115: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
116: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
117: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
118: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
119: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
120: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
121: <p>
122:
123: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 124: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
125: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
126: </strong></font><br>
127:
128: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
129: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
130: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
131: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
132: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
133: the pizza.
134: <p>
135:
136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 137: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
138: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
139: </strong></font><br>
140:
141: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
142: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
143: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
144: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
145: problems.
146: <p>
147:
148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 149: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
150: </strong></font><br>
151:
152: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
153: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
154: - whether they like it or not.
155: <p>
156:
157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 158: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
159: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
160: </strong></font><br>
161:
162: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
163: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
164: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 165: <p>
1.148 aaron 166:
167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 168: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
169: </strong></font><br>
170:
171: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
172: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
173: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
174: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
175: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
176: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
177: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
178: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
179: <p>
180:
181: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 182: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
183: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
184: </strong></font><br>
185:
186: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
187: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
188: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
189: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
190: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
191: <p>
192:
1.138 louis 193: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
194:
195: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 196: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 197: System Takes On Linux</a>,
198: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
199: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 200: </strong></font><br>
201:
1.146 louis 202: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
203: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
204: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
205: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
206: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
207: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
208: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 209: <p>
210:
211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 212: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
213: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
214: </strong></font><br>
215:
216: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
217: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
218: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
219: library after installing the OS.
220: <p>
221:
222: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 223: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 224: Sys Admin, September 2000
225: </strong></font><br>
226:
227: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
228: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
229: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
230: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
231: (<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>,
232: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
233: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
234: <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
235: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
236: out of the system.
237: <p>
238:
1.144 louis 239: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
240: <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
241: </strong></font><br>
242:
243: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
244: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
245: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
246: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
247: the IP filtering and address translation.
248: <p>
249:
1.131 louis 250: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
251:
252: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 253: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
254: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
255: </strong></font><br>
256:
257: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
258: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
259: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
260: <p>
261:
262: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 263: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
264: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
265: </strong></font><br>
266:
267: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
268: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
269: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
270: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
271: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
272: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
273: note of"</i>.
274: <p>
275:
276: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 277: <a
278: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
279: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
280: </strong></font><br>
281:
282: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
283: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
284: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
285: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
286: <p>
287:
288: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 289: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 290: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
291: </strong></font><br>
292:
293: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
294: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
295: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
296: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
297: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
298: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
299: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
300: <p>
301:
302: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 303: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
304: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
305: 2000
306: </strong></font><br>
307:
308: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
309: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
310: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
311: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
312: against current industry practices.
313: <p>
314:
315: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 316: <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
317: </strong></font><br>
318:
319: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
320: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
321: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
322: <p>
323:
324: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 325: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
326: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
327: </strong></font><br>
328:
329: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
330: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
331: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
332: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
333: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
334: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
335: careful code reviews, he concludes.
336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 339: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
340: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
341: </strong></font><br>
342:
343: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
344: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
345: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
346: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
347: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 348: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
349: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
350: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 351: <p>
352:
1.118 louis 353: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
354:
355: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 356: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
357: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
358: </strong></font><br>
359:
360: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
361: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
362: about time. The article mentions that
363: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
364: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
365: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 366: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 367: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
368: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
369: ammended since.
370: <p>
371:
372: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 373: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 374: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 375: </strong></font><br>
376:
377: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
378: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
379: of OpenSSH.
380: <p>
381:
382: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
383: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
384: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
385: </strong></font><br>
386:
387: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 388: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 389: bridging.
390: <p>
391:
392: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
393: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
394: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 395: </strong></font><br>
396:
1.121 deraadt 397: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
398: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 399: <p>
400:
401: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 402: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
403: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
404: </strong></font><br>
405:
406: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
407: <p>
408:
409: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 410: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 411: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
412: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 413: </strong></font><br>
414:
1.120 deraadt 415: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
416: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 417: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
418: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
419: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
420: <p>
421:
422: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 423: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
424: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
425: </strong></font><br>
426:
427: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
428: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
429: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
430: protocols and their quirks.
431: <p>
432:
433: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.160 jufi 434: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html"In
1.137 louis 435: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 436: </strong></font><br>
437:
438: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
439: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
440: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 441: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 442: <p>
443:
444: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 445: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
446: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
447: </strong></font><br>
448:
449: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
450: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
451: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
452: <p>
453:
454: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 455: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 456: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
457: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 458: </strong></font><br>
459:
460: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
461: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
462: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
463: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
464: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
465: <p>
466:
1.104 louis 467: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
468:
1.113 naddy 469: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 470: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
471: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
472: </strong></font><br>
473:
474: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
475: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
476: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
477: be a bit dry.
478: <p>
479:
480: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 481: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
482: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
483: 2000
1.128 louis 484: </strong></font><br>
485:
486: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
487: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
488: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
489: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
490: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 491: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 492: <p>
493:
494: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 495: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
496: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 497: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 498:
499: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
500: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
501: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
502: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 503: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
504: <p>
1.110 louis 505:
1.117 louis 506: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
507: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
508: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
509: </strong></font><br>
510:
511: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
512: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
513: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
514: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
515: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
516: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
517: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
518: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
519: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
520: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
521: <p>
522:
1.113 naddy 523: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 524: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 525: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 526:
527: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
528: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 529: <p>
1.108 louis 530:
1.113 naddy 531: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 532: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
533: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 534: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 535:
536: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
537: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
538: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 539: <p>
1.106 louis 540:
1.113 naddy 541: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 542: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
543: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 544: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 545:
546: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
547: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
548: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
549: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 550: <p>
1.107 louis 551:
1.113 naddy 552: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 553: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
554: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 555: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 556:
557: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
558: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 559: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 560: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
561: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 562: <p>
1.105 louis 563:
1.113 naddy 564: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 565: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 566: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 567: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 568:
1.113 naddy 569: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
570: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 571: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 572: <p>
1.104 louis 573:
1.121 deraadt 574: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
575: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
576: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
577: </strong></font><br>
578:
579: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
580: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
581: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
582: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
583: <p>
584:
1.85 louis 585: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
586:
1.113 naddy 587: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 588: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 589: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 590: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 591:
592: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
593: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
594: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
595: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
596: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
597: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
598: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 599: <p>
1.99 louis 600:
1.113 naddy 601: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 602: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 603: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 604: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 605:
606: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
607: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
608: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
609: conditions.
1.113 naddy 610: <p>
1.100 louis 611:
1.113 naddy 612: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 613: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 614: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 615: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 616:
617: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
618: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
619: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
620: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 621: <p>
1.95 louis 622:
1.113 naddy 623: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 624: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 625: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 626: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 627:
628: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
629: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 630: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 631: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
632: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 633: <p>
1.92 louis 634:
1.113 naddy 635: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
636: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 637: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 638: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 639:
640: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
641: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
642: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
643: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
644: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
645: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 646: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 647: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 648: <p>
1.91 louis 649:
1.113 naddy 650: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 651: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
652: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 653: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 654:
655: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
656: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
657: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
658: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
659: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
660: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
661: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
662: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
663: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 664: <p>
1.90 louis 665:
1.113 naddy 666: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 667: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
668: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
669: </strong></font><br>
670: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
671: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
672: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
673: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
674: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
675: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
676: <p>
677:
678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 679: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
680: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 681: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 682:
1.113 naddy 683: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
684: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 685: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
686: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
687: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
688: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
689: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 690: <p>
1.87 louis 691:
1.113 naddy 692: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 693: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
694: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 695: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 696:
697: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
698: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 699: <p>
1.85 louis 700:
1.113 naddy 701: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 702: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
703: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 704: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 705:
706: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 707: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 708: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
709: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 710: <p>
1.89 louis 711:
1.113 naddy 712: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 713: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
714: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 715: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 716:
717: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
718: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
719: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
720: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
721: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
722:
1.78 deraadt 723: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 724:
1.113 naddy 725: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 726: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 727: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 728: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 729: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 730:
731: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
732: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
733: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 734: <p>
1.83 louis 735:
1.113 naddy 736: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 737: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
738: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 739: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 740:
741: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
742: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 743: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 744: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
745: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 746: <p>
1.93 louis 747:
1.113 naddy 748: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 749: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 750: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 751: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 752:
1.83 louis 753: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
754: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
755: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
756: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
757: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 758: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
759: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
760: <p>
1.82 aaron 761:
1.113 naddy 762: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 763: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 764: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 765: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 766:
1.83 louis 767: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
768: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
769: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 770: <p>
1.80 louis 771:
1.113 naddy 772: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 773: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 774: Bad Press</a>,
775: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 776: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 777:
778: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 779: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 780: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
781: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
782: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 783: <p>
1.78 deraadt 784:
785: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
786:
1.113 naddy 787: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
788: <a
1.111 jufi 789: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 790: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
791: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 792: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 793:
794: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
795: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
796: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
797: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 798: <p>
1.74 louis 799:
1.113 naddy 800: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 801: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
802: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 803: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 804:
805: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
806: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
807: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
808: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
809: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
810: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 811: <p>
1.88 louis 812:
1.113 naddy 813: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 814: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 815: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 816: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 817:
818: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
819: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
820: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
821: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 822: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 823: <p>
1.81 louis 824:
1.113 naddy 825: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 826: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 827: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 828: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 829:
830: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
831: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
832: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
833: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
834: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
835: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
836: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 837: <p>
1.90 louis 838:
1.113 naddy 839: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 840: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 841: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 842: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 843:
844: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
845: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
846: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 847: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 848: <p>
1.71 louis 849:
1.69 deraadt 850: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 851:
1.113 naddy 852: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 853: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 854: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 855: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 856:
857: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
858: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
859: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 860: <p>
1.70 louis 861:
1.113 naddy 862: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 863: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 864: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 865:
866: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 867: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 868: <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 869: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 870: <p>
1.68 louis 871:
1.113 naddy 872: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 873: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 874: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 875: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 876:
1.111 jufi 877: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
878: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 879: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 880: "secure by default" installation.
881: <p>
1.64 louis 882:
1.113 naddy 883: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 884: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 885: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 886: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 887:
1.113 naddy 888: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 889: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 890: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 891: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
892: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
893: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 894: <p>
1.66 louis 895:
1.113 naddy 896: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
897: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 898: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 899: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 900:
901: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 902: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 903: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
904: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
905: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 906: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
907: <p>
1.83 louis 908:
1.113 naddy 909: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 910: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 911: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 912: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 913:
914: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 915: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
916: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 917: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
918: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 919: <p>
1.64 louis 920:
1.113 naddy 921: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 922: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 923: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 924: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 925:
926: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
927: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 928: <p>
1.65 louis 929:
1.69 deraadt 930: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
931:
1.113 naddy 932: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 933: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 934: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 935: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 936:
937: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
938: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
939: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
940: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 941: <p>
1.88 louis 942:
1.113 naddy 943: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 944: <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 945: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 946:
947: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 948: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
949: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 950: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
951: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 952: <p>
1.60 louis 953:
1.113 naddy 954: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
955: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
956: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 957: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 958: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 959:
960: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
961: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
962: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 963: <p>
1.58 louis 964:
1.113 naddy 965: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 966: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 967: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 968:
969: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
970: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 971: <p>
1.53 louis 972:
1.113 naddy 973: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 974: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
975: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 976: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 977:
978: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
979: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
980: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 981: <p>
1.99 louis 982:
1.113 naddy 983: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 984: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 985: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 986:
987: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
988: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 989: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 990: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 991: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 992:
1.113 naddy 993: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 994: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
995: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
996: </strong></font><br>
997:
998: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
999: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1000: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1001: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1002: <p>
1003:
1004: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1005: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1006: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1007: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1008:
1009: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1010: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1011: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1012:
1.113 naddy 1013: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1014: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1015: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1016:
1017: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1018: in
1.113 naddy 1019: <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 1020: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1021: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1022: <p>
1.53 louis 1023:
1.113 naddy 1024: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1025: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1026: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1027: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1028: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1029:
1.58 louis 1030: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1031: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1032:
1.69 deraadt 1033: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1034:
1.113 naddy 1035: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1036: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1037: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1038: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1039: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1040:
1.58 louis 1041: Kurt Seifried
1042: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1043: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1044: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1045: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1046:
1.113 naddy 1047: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1048: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1049: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1050: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1051:
1052: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1053: <p>
1.96 louis 1054:
1.113 naddy 1055: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1056: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1057: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1058: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1059:
1060: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1061: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1062: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1063: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1064: <p>
1.86 louis 1065:
1.69 deraadt 1066: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1067:
1.113 naddy 1068: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1069: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1070: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1071: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1072:
1073: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1074: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1075: <p>
1.61 louis 1076:
1.113 naddy 1077: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1078: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1079: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1080: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1081: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1082:
1083: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1084: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1085: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1086: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1087: right -- or at least strives to".
1088: <p>
1.48 louis 1089:
1.113 naddy 1090: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1091: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1092: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1093: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1094: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1095: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1096: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1097: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1098: <p>
1.61 louis 1099:
1.113 naddy 1100: <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 1101: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1102: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1103:
1104: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1105: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1106: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1107: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1108: <p>
1.46 louis 1109:
1.113 naddy 1110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1111: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1112: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1113: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1114:
1115: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1116: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1117: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1118:
1.113 naddy 1119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1120: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1121: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1122: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1123:
1124: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1125: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1126: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1127: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1128: <p>
1.70 louis 1129:
1.69 deraadt 1130: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1131:
1.113 naddy 1132: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1133: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1134: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1135:
1136: Kurt Seifried
1137: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1138: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1139: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1140: <p>
1.44 philen 1141:
1.113 naddy 1142: <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 1143: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1144: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1145:
1146: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1147: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1148:
1.113 naddy 1149: <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 1150: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1151: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1152:
1153: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1154: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1155:
1.113 naddy 1156: <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 1157: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1158: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1159:
1160: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1161: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1162: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1163: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1164: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1165:
1.113 naddy 1166: <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 1167: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1168: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1169:
1.36 louis 1170: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1171: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1172:
1.113 naddy 1173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1174: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1175: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1176: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1177:
1178: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1179: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1180:
1.69 deraadt 1181: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1182:
1.113 naddy 1183: <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 1184: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1185: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1186:
1187: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1188: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1189: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1190:
1.113 naddy 1191: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1192: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1193: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1194: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1195:
1196: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1197: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1198: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1199: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1200: <blockquote>
1201: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1202: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1203: <br>
1204: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1205: </code>
1206: </blockquote>
1207: <p>
1208:
1209: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1210: <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>
1211: <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
1212: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1213:
1214: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1215: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1216: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1217: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1218:
1.113 naddy 1219: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1220: <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 1221: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1222:
1223: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1224: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1225: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1226: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1227: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1228: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1229: <p>
1.19 louis 1230:
1.113 naddy 1231: <li><strong>
1232: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1233: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1234:
1235: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1236: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1237: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1238: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1239: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1240: <p>
1.16 louis 1241:
1.113 naddy 1242: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1243: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1244: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1245: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1246:
1.57 louis 1247: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1248: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1249: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1250: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1251:
1.113 naddy 1252: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1253: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1254: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1255: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1256:
1.113 naddy 1257: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1258:
1.113 naddy 1259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1260: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1261: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1262: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1263:
1.23 louis 1264: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1265: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1266: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1267: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1268: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1269: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1270:
1.113 naddy 1271: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1272: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1273: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1274: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1275:
1276: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1277: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1278: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1279: installation.
1.113 naddy 1280: <p>
1.47 louis 1281:
1.113 naddy 1282: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1283: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1284: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1285: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1286:
1287: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1288: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1289:
1.69 deraadt 1290: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1291:
1.113 naddy 1292: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1293: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1294: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1295: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1296:
1297: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1298: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1299: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1300: <p>
1.12 louis 1301:
1.113 naddy 1302: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1303: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1304: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1305: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1306:
1307: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1308: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1309: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1310: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1311: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1312: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1313: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1314: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1315:
1.69 deraadt 1316: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1317:
1.113 naddy 1318: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1319: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1320: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1321:
1322: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1323: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1324: available."
1.113 naddy 1325: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1326:
1.69 deraadt 1327: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1328:
1.113 naddy 1329: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1330: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1331: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1332:
1333: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1334: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1335: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1336: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1337: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1338: <p>
1.33 louis 1339:
1.113 naddy 1340: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1341: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1342: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1343: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1344:
1.113 naddy 1345: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1346: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1347: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1348: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1349: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1350: <p>
1.57 louis 1351:
1.69 deraadt 1352: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1353:
1.113 naddy 1354: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1355: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1356: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1357: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1358:
1359: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1360: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1361: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1362:
1.113 naddy 1363: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1364: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1365: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1366: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1367: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1368:
1369: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1370: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1371:
1.113 naddy 1372: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1373: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1374:
1.113 naddy 1375: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1376:
1.113 naddy 1377: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1378: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1379: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1380: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1381:
1382: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1383: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1384:
1.69 deraadt 1385: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1386:
1.113 naddy 1387: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1388: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1389: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1390:
1391: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1392: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1393: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1394:
1.113 naddy 1395: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1396: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1397: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1398: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1399:
1400: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1401: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1402: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1403: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1404:
1.69 deraadt 1405: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1406:
1.160 jufi 1407: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1408: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1409: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1410: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1411: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1412:
1413: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1414: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1415: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1416: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1417: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1418: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1419: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1420:
1.113 naddy 1421: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1422: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1423: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1424: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1425:
1426: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1427: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1428: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1429: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1430: <p>
1.15 louis 1431:
1.113 naddy 1432: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1433: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1434: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1435: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1436:
1437: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1438: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1439: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1440: columns."
1.113 naddy 1441: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1442:
1.69 deraadt 1443: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1444:
1.113 naddy 1445: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1446: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1447: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1448: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1449:
1450: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1451: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1452:
1.113 naddy 1453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1454: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1455: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1456:
1457: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1458: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1459: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1460:
1.69 deraadt 1461: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1462:
1.113 naddy 1463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1464: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1465: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1466: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1467:
1468: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1469: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1470: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1471: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1472: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1473:
1.69 deraadt 1474: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1475:
1.113 naddy 1476: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1477: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1478: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1479:
1.69 deraadt 1480: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1481: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1482: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1483:
1.69 deraadt 1484: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1485:
1.113 naddy 1486: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1487: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1488: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1489: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1490:
1491: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1492: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1493: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1494:
1.113 naddy 1495: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1496: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1497: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1498: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1499: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1500:
1.69 deraadt 1501: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1502:
1.113 naddy 1503: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1504: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1505: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1506: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1507: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1508: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1509:
1510: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1511: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1512: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1513: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1514: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1515: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1516:
1517: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1518:
1.113 naddy 1519: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1520: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1521: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1522:
1.69 deraadt 1523: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1524: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1525: <p>
1.112 naddy 1526:
1.113 naddy 1527: </dl>
1528: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1529:
1.113 naddy 1530: <hr>
1531: <a name=se></a>
1532: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1533:
1.102 niklas 1534: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1535:
1.113 naddy 1536: <dl>
1537: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1538: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1539: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1540:
1541: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1542: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1543: <p>
1.102 niklas 1544:
1.113 naddy 1545: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1546:
1.84 niklas 1547: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1548:
1.113 naddy 1549: <dl>
1550: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1551: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1552: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1553:
1554: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1555: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1556: <p>
1.84 niklas 1557:
1.113 naddy 1558: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1559:
1.69 deraadt 1560: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1561:
1.113 naddy 1562: <dl>
1563: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1564: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1565: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1566:
1567: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1568: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1569: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1570: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1571:
1.113 naddy 1572: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1573: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1574: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1575: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1576: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1577:
1.20 louis 1578: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1579: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1580: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1581: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1582: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1583:
1.113 naddy 1584: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1585:
1.113 naddy 1586: <hr>
1587: <a name=jp></a>
1588: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1589:
1.113 naddy 1590: <dl>
1.20 louis 1591:
1.69 deraadt 1592: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1593:
1.113 naddy 1594: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1595: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1596: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1597: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1598:
1599: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1600: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1601: translating and reprinting articles from
1602: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1603: <p>
1.112 naddy 1604:
1.113 naddy 1605: </dl>
1.20 louis 1606:
1.113 naddy 1607: <hr>
1608: <a name=de></a>
1609: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1610: <dl>
1.50 louis 1611:
1.151 louis 1612: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1613:
1614: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1615: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1616: </strong></font><br>
1617:
1618: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1619: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1620: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1621: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1622: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1623:
1624: <p>
1625:
1.72 louis 1626: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1627:
1.113 naddy 1628: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1629: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1630: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1631: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1632:
1.101 jufi 1633: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1634: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1635: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1636: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1637: Giving way to
1638: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1639: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1640: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1641: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1642: <p>
1.72 louis 1643:
1.69 deraadt 1644: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1645:
1.113 naddy 1646: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1647: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1648: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1649: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1650:
1651: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1652: <p>
1653: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1654:
1.50 louis 1655:
1.113 naddy 1656: <hr>
1657: <a name=ru></a>
1658: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1659: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1660:
1.69 deraadt 1661: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1662:
1.113 naddy 1663: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1664: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1665: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1666: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1667:
1668: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1669: <p>
1.62 form 1670:
1.69 deraadt 1671: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1672:
1.113 naddy 1673: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1674: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1675: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1676: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1677:
1.59 form 1678: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1679: <p>
1.112 naddy 1680:
1.113 naddy 1681: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1682:
1.113 naddy 1683: <hr>
1684: <a name=pl></a>
1685: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1686: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1687:
1.113 naddy 1688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1689: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1690: Radio, August 2, 2000
1691: </strong></font><br>
1692:
1693: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1694: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1695: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1696: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1697: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1698: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1699: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1700: <p>
1701:
1702: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1703: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1704: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1705: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1706: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1707:
1708: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1709: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1710: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1711: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1712: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1713: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1714: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1715: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1716: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1717: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1718: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1719: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1720: <p>
1721: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1722:
1.113 naddy 1723: <hr>
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