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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
1.162 millert 36: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
37: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
38: </strong></font><br>
39:
40: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
41: emphasis on security. The article also chides Intel and 3Com for
42: not providing driver documentation to allow their IPSec networking
43: cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 44: <p>
1.162 millert 45:
46: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
47: <a
1.161 louis 48: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
49: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
50: </strong></font><br>
51:
52: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
53: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
54: <p>
55:
1.158 louis 56: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 57:
58: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 59: <a
1.164 ! deraadt 60: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.161 louis 61: due respect?</a>, MacWeek, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
62: </strong></font><br>
63: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
64: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
65: <p>
66:
67: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
68: <a
69: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
70: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
71: </strong></font><br>
72:
73: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
74: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
75: <p>
76:
77: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
78: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
79: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
80: </strong></font><br>
81: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
82: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
83: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
84: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
85: <p>
86:
87: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
88: <a
1.157 louis 89: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
90: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
91: </strong></font><br>
92: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
93: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
94: <p>
95:
96: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
97:
98: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 99: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
100: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
101: </strong></font><br>
102:
103: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
104: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
105: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
106: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
107: <p>
108:
109: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
110: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
111: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
112: </strong></font><br>
113:
114: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
115: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
116: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
117: it because they love coding...
118: <p>
119:
120: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
121: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
122: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
123: </strong></font><br>
124:
125: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
126: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
127: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
128: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
129: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
130: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
131: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
132: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
133: <p>
134:
135: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 136: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
137: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
138: </strong></font><br>
139:
140: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
141: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
142: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
143: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
144: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
145: the pizza.
146: <p>
147:
148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 149: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
150: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
151: </strong></font><br>
152:
153: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
154: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
155: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
156: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
157: problems.
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 161: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
162: </strong></font><br>
163:
164: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
165: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
166: - whether they like it or not.
167: <p>
168:
169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 170: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
171: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
172: </strong></font><br>
173:
174: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
175: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
176: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 177: <p>
1.148 aaron 178:
179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 180: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
181: </strong></font><br>
182:
183: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
184: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
185: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
186: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
187: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
188: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
189: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
190: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
191: <p>
192:
193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 194: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
195: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
196: </strong></font><br>
197:
198: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
199: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
200: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
201: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
202: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
203: <p>
204:
1.138 louis 205: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
206:
207: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 208: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 209: System Takes On Linux</a>,
210: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
211: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 212: </strong></font><br>
213:
1.146 louis 214: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
215: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
216: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
217: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
218: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
219: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
220: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 221: <p>
222:
223: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 224: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
225: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
226: </strong></font><br>
227:
228: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
229: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
230: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
231: library after installing the OS.
232: <p>
233:
234: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 235: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 236: Sys Admin, September 2000
237: </strong></font><br>
238:
239: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
240: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
241: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
242: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
243: (<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>,
244: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
245: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
246: <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
247: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
248: out of the system.
249: <p>
250:
1.144 louis 251: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
252: <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
253: </strong></font><br>
254:
255: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
256: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
257: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
258: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
259: the IP filtering and address translation.
260: <p>
261:
1.131 louis 262: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
263:
264: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 265: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
266: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
267: </strong></font><br>
268:
269: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
270: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
271: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
272: <p>
273:
274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 275: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
276: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
277: </strong></font><br>
278:
279: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
280: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
281: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
282: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
283: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
284: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
285: note of"</i>.
286: <p>
287:
288: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 289: <a
290: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
291: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
292: </strong></font><br>
293:
294: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
295: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
296: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
297: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
298: <p>
299:
300: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 301: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 302: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
303: </strong></font><br>
304:
305: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
306: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
307: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
308: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
309: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
310: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
311: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
312: <p>
313:
314: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 315: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
316: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
317: 2000
318: </strong></font><br>
319:
320: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
321: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
322: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
323: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
324: against current industry practices.
325: <p>
326:
327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 328: <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
329: </strong></font><br>
330:
331: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
332: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
333: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
334: <p>
335:
336: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 337: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
338: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
339: </strong></font><br>
340:
341: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
342: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
343: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
344: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
345: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
346: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
347: careful code reviews, he concludes.
348: <p>
349:
350: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 351: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
352: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
353: </strong></font><br>
354:
355: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
356: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
357: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
358: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
359: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 360: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
361: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
362: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 363: <p>
364:
1.118 louis 365: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
366:
367: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 368: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
369: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
370: </strong></font><br>
371:
372: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
373: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
374: about time. The article mentions that
375: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
376: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
377: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 378: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 379: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
380: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
381: ammended since.
382: <p>
383:
384: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 385: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 386: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 387: </strong></font><br>
388:
389: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
390: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
391: of OpenSSH.
392: <p>
393:
394: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
395: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
396: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
397: </strong></font><br>
398:
399: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 400: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 401: bridging.
402: <p>
403:
404: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
405: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
406: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 407: </strong></font><br>
408:
1.121 deraadt 409: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
410: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 411: <p>
412:
413: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 414: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
415: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
416: </strong></font><br>
417:
418: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
419: <p>
420:
421: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 422: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 423: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
424: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 425: </strong></font><br>
426:
1.120 deraadt 427: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
428: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 429: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
430: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
431: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
432: <p>
433:
434: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 435: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
436: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
437: </strong></font><br>
438:
439: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
440: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
441: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
442: protocols and their quirks.
443: <p>
444:
445: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.160 jufi 446: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html"In
1.137 louis 447: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 448: </strong></font><br>
449:
450: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
451: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
452: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 453: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 454: <p>
455:
456: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 457: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
458: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
459: </strong></font><br>
460:
461: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
462: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
463: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
464: <p>
465:
466: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 467: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 468: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
469: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 470: </strong></font><br>
471:
472: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
473: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
474: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
475: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
476: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
477: <p>
478:
1.104 louis 479: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
480:
1.113 naddy 481: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 482: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
483: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
484: </strong></font><br>
485:
486: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
487: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
488: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
489: be a bit dry.
490: <p>
491:
492: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 493: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
494: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
495: 2000
1.128 louis 496: </strong></font><br>
497:
498: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
499: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
500: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
501: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
502: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 503: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 504: <p>
505:
506: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 507: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
508: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 509: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 510:
511: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
512: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
513: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
514: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 515: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
516: <p>
1.110 louis 517:
1.117 louis 518: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
519: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
520: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
521: </strong></font><br>
522:
523: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
524: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
525: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
526: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
527: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
528: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
529: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
530: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
531: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
532: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
533: <p>
534:
1.113 naddy 535: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 536: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 537: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 538:
539: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
540: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 541: <p>
1.108 louis 542:
1.113 naddy 543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 544: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
545: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 546: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 547:
548: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
549: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
550: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 551: <p>
1.106 louis 552:
1.113 naddy 553: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 554: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
555: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 556: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 557:
558: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
559: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
560: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
561: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 562: <p>
1.107 louis 563:
1.113 naddy 564: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 565: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
566: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 567: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 568:
569: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
570: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 571: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 572: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
573: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 574: <p>
1.105 louis 575:
1.113 naddy 576: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 577: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 578: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 579: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 580:
1.113 naddy 581: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
582: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 583: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 584: <p>
1.104 louis 585:
1.121 deraadt 586: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
587: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
588: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
589: </strong></font><br>
590:
591: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
592: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
593: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
594: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
595: <p>
596:
1.85 louis 597: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
598:
1.113 naddy 599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 600: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 601: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 602: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 603:
604: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
605: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
606: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
607: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
608: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
609: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
610: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 611: <p>
1.99 louis 612:
1.113 naddy 613: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 614: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 615: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 616: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 617:
618: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
619: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
620: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
621: conditions.
1.113 naddy 622: <p>
1.100 louis 623:
1.113 naddy 624: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 625: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 626: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 627: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 628:
629: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
630: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
631: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
632: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 633: <p>
1.95 louis 634:
1.113 naddy 635: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 636: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 637: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 638: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 639:
640: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
641: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 642: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 643: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
644: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 645: <p>
1.92 louis 646:
1.113 naddy 647: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
648: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 649: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 650: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 651:
652: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
653: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
654: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
655: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
656: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
657: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 658: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 659: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 660: <p>
1.91 louis 661:
1.113 naddy 662: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 663: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
664: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 665: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 666:
667: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
668: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
669: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
670: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
671: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
672: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
673: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
674: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
675: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 676: <p>
1.90 louis 677:
1.113 naddy 678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 679: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
680: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
681: </strong></font><br>
682: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
683: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
684: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
685: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
686: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
687: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
688: <p>
689:
690: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 691: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
692: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 693: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 694:
1.113 naddy 695: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
696: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 697: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
698: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
699: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
700: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
701: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 702: <p>
1.87 louis 703:
1.113 naddy 704: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 705: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
706: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 707: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 708:
709: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
710: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 711: <p>
1.85 louis 712:
1.113 naddy 713: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 714: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
715: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 716: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 717:
718: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 719: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 720: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
721: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 722: <p>
1.89 louis 723:
1.113 naddy 724: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 725: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
726: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 727: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 728:
729: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
730: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
731: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
732: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
733: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
734:
1.78 deraadt 735: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 736:
1.113 naddy 737: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 738: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 739: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 740: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 741: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 742:
743: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
744: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
745: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 746: <p>
1.83 louis 747:
1.113 naddy 748: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 749: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
750: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 751: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 752:
753: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
754: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 755: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 756: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
757: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 758: <p>
1.93 louis 759:
1.113 naddy 760: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 761: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 762: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 763: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 764:
1.83 louis 765: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
766: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
767: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
768: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
769: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 770: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
771: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
772: <p>
1.82 aaron 773:
1.113 naddy 774: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 775: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 776: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 777: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 778:
1.83 louis 779: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
780: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
781: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 782: <p>
1.80 louis 783:
1.113 naddy 784: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 785: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 786: Bad Press</a>,
787: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 788: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 789:
790: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 791: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 792: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
793: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
794: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 795: <p>
1.78 deraadt 796:
797: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
798:
1.113 naddy 799: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
800: <a
1.111 jufi 801: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 802: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
803: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 804: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 805:
806: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
807: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
808: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
809: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 810: <p>
1.74 louis 811:
1.113 naddy 812: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 813: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
814: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 815: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 816:
817: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
818: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
819: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
820: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
821: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
822: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 823: <p>
1.88 louis 824:
1.113 naddy 825: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 826: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 827: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 828: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 829:
830: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
831: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
832: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
833: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 834: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 835: <p>
1.81 louis 836:
1.113 naddy 837: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 838: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 839: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 840: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 841:
842: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
843: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
844: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
845: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
846: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
847: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
848: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 849: <p>
1.90 louis 850:
1.113 naddy 851: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 852: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 853: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 854: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 855:
856: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
857: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
858: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 859: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 860: <p>
1.71 louis 861:
1.69 deraadt 862: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 863:
1.113 naddy 864: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 865: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 866: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 867: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 868:
869: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
870: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
871: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 872: <p>
1.70 louis 873:
1.113 naddy 874: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 875: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 876: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 877:
878: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 879: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 880: <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 881: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 882: <p>
1.68 louis 883:
1.113 naddy 884: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 885: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 886: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 887: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 888:
1.111 jufi 889: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
890: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 891: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 892: "secure by default" installation.
893: <p>
1.64 louis 894:
1.113 naddy 895: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 896: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 897: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 898: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 899:
1.113 naddy 900: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 901: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 902: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 903: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
904: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
905: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 906: <p>
1.66 louis 907:
1.113 naddy 908: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
909: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 910: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 911: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 912:
913: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 914: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 915: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
916: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
917: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 918: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
919: <p>
1.83 louis 920:
1.113 naddy 921: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 922: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 923: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 924: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 925:
926: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 927: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
928: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 929: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
930: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 931: <p>
1.64 louis 932:
1.113 naddy 933: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 934: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 935: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 936: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 937:
938: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
939: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 940: <p>
1.65 louis 941:
1.69 deraadt 942: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
943:
1.113 naddy 944: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 945: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 946: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 947: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 948:
949: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
950: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
951: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
952: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 953: <p>
1.88 louis 954:
1.113 naddy 955: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 956: <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 957: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 958:
959: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 960: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
961: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 962: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
963: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 964: <p>
1.60 louis 965:
1.113 naddy 966: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
967: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
968: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 969: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 970: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 971:
972: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
973: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
974: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 975: <p>
1.58 louis 976:
1.113 naddy 977: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 978: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 979: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 980:
981: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
982: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 983: <p>
1.53 louis 984:
1.113 naddy 985: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 986: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
987: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 988: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 989:
990: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
991: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
992: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 993: <p>
1.99 louis 994:
1.113 naddy 995: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 996: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 997: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 998:
999: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1000: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1001: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1002: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1003: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1004:
1.113 naddy 1005: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1006: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1007: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1008: </strong></font><br>
1009:
1010: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1011: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1012: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1013: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1014: <p>
1015:
1016: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1017: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1018: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1019: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1020:
1021: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1022: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1023: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1024:
1.113 naddy 1025: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1026: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1027: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1028:
1029: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1030: in
1.113 naddy 1031: <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 1032: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1033: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1034: <p>
1.53 louis 1035:
1.113 naddy 1036: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1037: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1038: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1039: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1040: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1041:
1.58 louis 1042: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1043: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1044:
1.69 deraadt 1045: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1046:
1.113 naddy 1047: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1048: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1049: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1050: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1051: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1052:
1.58 louis 1053: Kurt Seifried
1054: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1055: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1056: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1057: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1058:
1.113 naddy 1059: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1060: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1061: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1062: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1063:
1064: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1065: <p>
1.96 louis 1066:
1.113 naddy 1067: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1068: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1069: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1070: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1071:
1072: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1073: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1074: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1075: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1076: <p>
1.86 louis 1077:
1.69 deraadt 1078: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1079:
1.113 naddy 1080: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1081: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1082: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1083: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1084:
1085: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1086: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1087: <p>
1.61 louis 1088:
1.113 naddy 1089: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1090: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1091: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1092: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1093: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1094:
1095: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1096: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1097: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1098: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1099: right -- or at least strives to".
1100: <p>
1.48 louis 1101:
1.113 naddy 1102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1103: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1104: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1105: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1106: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1107: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1108: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1109: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1110: <p>
1.61 louis 1111:
1.113 naddy 1112: <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 1113: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1114: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1115:
1116: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1117: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1118: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1119: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1120: <p>
1.46 louis 1121:
1.113 naddy 1122: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1123: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1124: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1125: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1126:
1127: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1128: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1129: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1130:
1.113 naddy 1131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1132: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1133: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1134: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1135:
1136: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1137: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1138: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1139: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1140: <p>
1.70 louis 1141:
1.69 deraadt 1142: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1143:
1.113 naddy 1144: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1145: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1146: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1147:
1148: Kurt Seifried
1149: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1150: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1151: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1152: <p>
1.44 philen 1153:
1.113 naddy 1154: <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 1155: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1156: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1157:
1158: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1159: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1160:
1.113 naddy 1161: <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 1162: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1163: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1164:
1165: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1166: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1167:
1.113 naddy 1168: <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 1169: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1170: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1171:
1172: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1173: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1174: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1175: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1176: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1177:
1.113 naddy 1178: <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 1179: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1180: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1181:
1.36 louis 1182: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1183: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1184:
1.113 naddy 1185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1186: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1187: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1188: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1189:
1190: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1191: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1192:
1.69 deraadt 1193: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1194:
1.113 naddy 1195: <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 1196: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1197: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1198:
1199: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1200: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1201: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1202:
1.113 naddy 1203: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1204: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1205: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1206: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1207:
1208: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1209: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1210: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1211: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1212: <blockquote>
1213: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1214: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1215: <br>
1216: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1217: </code>
1218: </blockquote>
1219: <p>
1220:
1221: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1222: <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>
1223: <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
1224: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1225:
1226: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1227: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1228: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1229: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1230:
1.113 naddy 1231: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1232: <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 1233: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1234:
1235: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1236: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1237: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1238: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1239: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1240: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1241: <p>
1.19 louis 1242:
1.113 naddy 1243: <li><strong>
1244: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1245: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1246:
1247: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1248: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1249: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1250: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1251: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1252: <p>
1.16 louis 1253:
1.113 naddy 1254: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1255: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1256: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1257: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1258:
1.57 louis 1259: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1260: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1261: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1262: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1263:
1.113 naddy 1264: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1265: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1266: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1267: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1268:
1.113 naddy 1269: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1270:
1.113 naddy 1271: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1272: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1273: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1274: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1275:
1.23 louis 1276: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1277: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1278: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1279: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1280: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1281: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1282:
1.113 naddy 1283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1284: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1285: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1286: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1287:
1288: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1289: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1290: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1291: installation.
1.113 naddy 1292: <p>
1.47 louis 1293:
1.113 naddy 1294: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1295: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1296: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1297: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1298:
1299: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1300: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1301:
1.69 deraadt 1302: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1303:
1.113 naddy 1304: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1305: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1306: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1307: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1308:
1309: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1310: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1311: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1312: <p>
1.12 louis 1313:
1.113 naddy 1314: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1315: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1316: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1317: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1318:
1319: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1320: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1321: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1322: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1323: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1324: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1325: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1326: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1327:
1.69 deraadt 1328: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1329:
1.113 naddy 1330: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1331: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1332: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1333:
1334: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1335: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1336: available."
1.113 naddy 1337: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1338:
1.69 deraadt 1339: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1340:
1.113 naddy 1341: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1342: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1343: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1344:
1345: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1346: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1347: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1348: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1349: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1350: <p>
1.33 louis 1351:
1.113 naddy 1352: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1353: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1354: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1355: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1356:
1.113 naddy 1357: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1358: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1359: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1360: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1361: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1362: <p>
1.57 louis 1363:
1.69 deraadt 1364: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1365:
1.113 naddy 1366: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1367: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1368: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1369: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1370:
1371: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1372: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1373: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1374:
1.113 naddy 1375: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1376: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1377: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1378: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1379: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1380:
1381: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1382: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1383:
1.113 naddy 1384: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1385: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1386:
1.113 naddy 1387: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1388:
1.113 naddy 1389: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1390: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1391: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1392: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1393:
1394: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1395: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1396:
1.69 deraadt 1397: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1398:
1.113 naddy 1399: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1400: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1401: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1402:
1403: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1404: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1405: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1406:
1.113 naddy 1407: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1408: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1409: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1410: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1411:
1412: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1413: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1414: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1415: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1416:
1.69 deraadt 1417: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1418:
1.160 jufi 1419: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1420: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1421: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1422: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1423: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1424:
1425: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1426: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1427: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1428: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1429: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1430: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1431: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1432:
1.113 naddy 1433: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1434: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1435: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1436: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1437:
1438: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1439: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1440: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1441: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1442: <p>
1.15 louis 1443:
1.113 naddy 1444: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1445: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1446: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1447: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1448:
1449: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1450: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1451: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1452: columns."
1.113 naddy 1453: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1454:
1.69 deraadt 1455: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1456:
1.113 naddy 1457: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1458: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1459: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1460: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1461:
1462: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1463: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1464:
1.113 naddy 1465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1466: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1467: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1468:
1469: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1470: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1471: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1472:
1.69 deraadt 1473: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1474:
1.113 naddy 1475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1476: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1477: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1478: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1479:
1480: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1481: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1482: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1483: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1484: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1485:
1.69 deraadt 1486: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1487:
1.113 naddy 1488: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1489: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1490: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1491:
1.69 deraadt 1492: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1493: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1494: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1495:
1.69 deraadt 1496: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1497:
1.113 naddy 1498: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1499: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1500: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1501: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1502:
1503: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1504: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1505: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1506:
1.113 naddy 1507: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1508: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1509: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1510: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1511: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1512:
1.69 deraadt 1513: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1514:
1.113 naddy 1515: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1516: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1517: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1518: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1519: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1520: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1521:
1522: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1523: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1524: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1525: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1526: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1527: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1528:
1529: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1530:
1.113 naddy 1531: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1532: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1533: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1534:
1.69 deraadt 1535: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1536: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1537: <p>
1.112 naddy 1538:
1.113 naddy 1539: </dl>
1540: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1541:
1.113 naddy 1542: <hr>
1543: <a name=se></a>
1544: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1545:
1.102 niklas 1546: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1547:
1.113 naddy 1548: <dl>
1549: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1550: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1551: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1552:
1553: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1554: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1555: <p>
1.102 niklas 1556:
1.113 naddy 1557: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1558:
1.84 niklas 1559: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1560:
1.113 naddy 1561: <dl>
1562: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1563: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1564: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1565:
1566: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1567: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1568: <p>
1.84 niklas 1569:
1.113 naddy 1570: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1571:
1.69 deraadt 1572: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1573:
1.113 naddy 1574: <dl>
1575: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1576: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1577: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1578:
1579: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1580: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1581: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1582: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1583:
1.113 naddy 1584: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1585: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1586: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1587: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1588: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1589:
1.20 louis 1590: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1591: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1592: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1593: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1594: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1595:
1.113 naddy 1596: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1597:
1.113 naddy 1598: <hr>
1599: <a name=jp></a>
1600: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1601:
1.113 naddy 1602: <dl>
1.20 louis 1603:
1.69 deraadt 1604: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1605:
1.113 naddy 1606: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1607: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1608: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1609: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1610:
1611: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1612: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1613: translating and reprinting articles from
1614: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1615: <p>
1.112 naddy 1616:
1.113 naddy 1617: </dl>
1.20 louis 1618:
1.113 naddy 1619: <hr>
1620: <a name=de></a>
1621: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1622: <dl>
1.50 louis 1623:
1.151 louis 1624: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1625:
1626: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1627: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1628: </strong></font><br>
1629:
1630: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1631: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1632: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1633: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1634: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1635:
1636: <p>
1637:
1.72 louis 1638: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1639:
1.113 naddy 1640: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1641: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1642: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1643: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1644:
1.101 jufi 1645: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1646: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1647: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1648: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1649: Giving way to
1650: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1651: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1652: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1653: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1654: <p>
1.72 louis 1655:
1.69 deraadt 1656: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1657:
1.113 naddy 1658: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1659: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1660: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1661: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1662:
1663: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1664: <p>
1665: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1666:
1.50 louis 1667:
1.113 naddy 1668: <hr>
1669: <a name=ru></a>
1670: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1671: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1672:
1.69 deraadt 1673: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1674:
1.113 naddy 1675: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1676: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1677: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1678: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1679:
1680: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1681: <p>
1.62 form 1682:
1.69 deraadt 1683: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1684:
1.113 naddy 1685: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1686: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1687: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1688: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1689:
1.59 form 1690: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1691: <p>
1.112 naddy 1692:
1.113 naddy 1693: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1694:
1.113 naddy 1695: <hr>
1696: <a name=pl></a>
1697: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1698: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1699:
1.113 naddy 1700: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1701: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1702: Radio, August 2, 2000
1703: </strong></font><br>
1704:
1705: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1706: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1707: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1708: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1709: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1710: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1711: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1712: <p>
1713:
1714: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1715: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1716: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1717: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1718: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1719:
1720: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1721: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1722: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1723: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1724: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1725: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1726: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1727: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1728: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1729: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1730: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1731: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1732: <p>
1733: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1734:
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