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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
1.166 ! louis 36: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
! 37: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
! 38: December 6, 2000
! 39: </strong></font><br>
! 40:
! 41: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
! 42: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
! 43: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
! 44: <p>
! 45:
! 46: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 47: <a
1.162 millert 48: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
49: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
50: </strong></font><br>
51:
52: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
53: emphasis on security. The article also chides Intel and 3Com for
54: not providing driver documentation to allow their IPSec networking
55: cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 56: <p>
1.162 millert 57:
58: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
59: <a
1.161 louis 60: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
61: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
62: </strong></font><br>
63:
64: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
65: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
66: <p>
67:
1.158 louis 68: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 69:
70: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 71: <a
1.164 deraadt 72: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 73: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 74: </strong></font><br>
75: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
76: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
77: <p>
78:
79: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
80: <a
81: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
82: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
83: </strong></font><br>
84:
85: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
86: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
87: <p>
88:
89: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
90: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
91: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
92: </strong></font><br>
93: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
94: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
95: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
96: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
97: <p>
98:
99: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
100: <a
1.157 louis 101: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
102: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
103: </strong></font><br>
104: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
105: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
106: <p>
107:
108: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
109:
110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 111: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
112: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
113: </strong></font><br>
114:
115: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
116: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
117: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
118: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
119: <p>
120:
121: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
122: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
123: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
124: </strong></font><br>
125:
126: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
127: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
128: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
129: it because they love coding...
130: <p>
131:
132: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
133: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
134: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
135: </strong></font><br>
136:
137: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
138: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
139: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
140: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
141: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
142: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
143: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
144: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
145: <p>
146:
147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 148: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
149: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
150: </strong></font><br>
151:
152: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
153: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
154: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
155: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
156: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
157: the pizza.
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 161: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
162: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
163: </strong></font><br>
164:
165: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
166: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
167: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
168: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
169: problems.
170: <p>
171:
172: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 173: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
174: </strong></font><br>
175:
176: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
177: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
178: - whether they like it or not.
179: <p>
180:
181: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 182: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
183: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
184: </strong></font><br>
185:
186: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
187: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
188: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 189: <p>
1.148 aaron 190:
191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 192: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
193: </strong></font><br>
194:
195: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
196: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
197: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
198: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
199: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
200: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
201: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
202: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
203: <p>
204:
205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 206: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
207: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
208: </strong></font><br>
209:
210: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
211: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
212: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
213: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
214: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
215: <p>
216:
1.138 louis 217: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
218:
219: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 220: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 221: System Takes On Linux</a>,
222: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
223: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 224: </strong></font><br>
225:
1.146 louis 226: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
227: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
228: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
229: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
230: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
231: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
232: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 233: <p>
234:
235: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 236: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
237: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
238: </strong></font><br>
239:
240: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
241: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
242: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
243: library after installing the OS.
244: <p>
245:
246: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 247: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 248: Sys Admin, September 2000
249: </strong></font><br>
250:
251: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
252: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
253: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
254: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
255: (<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>,
256: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
257: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
258: <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
259: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
260: out of the system.
261: <p>
262:
1.144 louis 263: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
264: <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
265: </strong></font><br>
266:
267: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
268: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
269: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
270: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
271: the IP filtering and address translation.
272: <p>
273:
1.131 louis 274: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
275:
276: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 277: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
278: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
279: </strong></font><br>
280:
281: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
282: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
283: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
284: <p>
285:
286: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 287: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
288: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
289: </strong></font><br>
290:
291: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
292: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
293: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
294: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
295: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
296: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
297: note of"</i>.
298: <p>
299:
300: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 301: <a
302: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
303: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
304: </strong></font><br>
305:
306: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
307: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
308: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
309: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
310: <p>
311:
312: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 313: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 314: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
315: </strong></font><br>
316:
317: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
318: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
319: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
320: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
321: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
322: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
323: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
324: <p>
325:
326: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 327: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
328: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
329: 2000
330: </strong></font><br>
331:
332: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
333: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
334: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
335: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
336: against current industry practices.
337: <p>
338:
339: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 340: <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
341: </strong></font><br>
342:
343: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
344: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
345: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
346: <p>
347:
348: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 349: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
350: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
351: </strong></font><br>
352:
353: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
354: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
355: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
356: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
357: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
358: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
359: careful code reviews, he concludes.
360: <p>
361:
362: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 363: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
364: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
365: </strong></font><br>
366:
367: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
368: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
369: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
370: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
371: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 372: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
373: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
374: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 375: <p>
376:
1.118 louis 377: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
378:
379: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 380: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
381: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
382: </strong></font><br>
383:
384: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
385: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
386: about time. The article mentions that
387: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
388: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
389: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 390: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 391: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
392: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
393: ammended since.
394: <p>
395:
396: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 397: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 398: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 399: </strong></font><br>
400:
401: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
402: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
403: of OpenSSH.
404: <p>
405:
406: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
407: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
408: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
409: </strong></font><br>
410:
411: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 412: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 413: bridging.
414: <p>
415:
416: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
417: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
418: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 419: </strong></font><br>
420:
1.121 deraadt 421: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
422: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 423: <p>
424:
425: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 426: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
427: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
428: </strong></font><br>
429:
430: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
431: <p>
432:
433: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 434: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 435: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
436: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 437: </strong></font><br>
438:
1.120 deraadt 439: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
440: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 441: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
442: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
443: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
444: <p>
445:
446: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 447: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
448: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
449: </strong></font><br>
450:
451: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
452: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
453: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
454: protocols and their quirks.
455: <p>
456:
457: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.160 jufi 458: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html"In
1.137 louis 459: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 460: </strong></font><br>
461:
462: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
463: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
464: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 465: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 466: <p>
467:
468: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 469: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
470: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
471: </strong></font><br>
472:
473: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
474: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
475: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
476: <p>
477:
478: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 479: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 480: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
481: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 482: </strong></font><br>
483:
484: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
485: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
486: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
487: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
488: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
489: <p>
490:
1.104 louis 491: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
492:
1.113 naddy 493: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 494: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
495: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
496: </strong></font><br>
497:
498: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
499: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
500: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
501: be a bit dry.
502: <p>
503:
504: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 505: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
506: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
507: 2000
1.128 louis 508: </strong></font><br>
509:
510: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
511: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
512: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
513: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
514: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 515: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 516: <p>
517:
518: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 519: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
520: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 521: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 522:
523: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
524: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
525: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
526: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 527: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
528: <p>
1.110 louis 529:
1.117 louis 530: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
531: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
532: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
533: </strong></font><br>
534:
535: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
536: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
537: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
538: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
539: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
540: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
541: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
542: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
543: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
544: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
545: <p>
546:
1.113 naddy 547: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 548: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 549: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 550:
551: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
552: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 553: <p>
1.108 louis 554:
1.113 naddy 555: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 556: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
557: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 558: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 559:
560: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
561: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
562: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 563: <p>
1.106 louis 564:
1.113 naddy 565: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 566: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
567: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 568: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 569:
570: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
571: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
572: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
573: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 574: <p>
1.107 louis 575:
1.113 naddy 576: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 577: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
578: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 579: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 580:
581: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
582: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 583: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 584: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
585: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 586: <p>
1.105 louis 587:
1.113 naddy 588: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 589: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 590: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 591: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 592:
1.113 naddy 593: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
594: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 595: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 596: <p>
1.104 louis 597:
1.121 deraadt 598: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
599: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
600: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
601: </strong></font><br>
602:
603: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
604: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
605: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
606: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
607: <p>
608:
1.85 louis 609: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
610:
1.113 naddy 611: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 612: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 613: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 614: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 615:
616: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
617: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
618: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
619: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
620: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
621: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
622: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 623: <p>
1.99 louis 624:
1.113 naddy 625: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 626: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 627: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 628: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 629:
630: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
631: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
632: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
633: conditions.
1.113 naddy 634: <p>
1.100 louis 635:
1.113 naddy 636: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 637: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 638: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 639: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 640:
641: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
642: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
643: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
644: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 645: <p>
1.95 louis 646:
1.113 naddy 647: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 648: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 649: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 650: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 651:
652: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
653: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 654: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 655: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
656: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 657: <p>
1.92 louis 658:
1.113 naddy 659: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
660: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 661: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 662: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 663:
664: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
665: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
666: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
667: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
668: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
669: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 670: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 671: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 672: <p>
1.91 louis 673:
1.113 naddy 674: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 675: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
676: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 677: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 678:
679: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
680: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
681: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
682: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
683: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
684: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
685: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
686: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
687: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 688: <p>
1.90 louis 689:
1.113 naddy 690: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 691: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
692: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
693: </strong></font><br>
694: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
695: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
696: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
697: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
698: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
699: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
700: <p>
701:
702: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 703: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
704: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 705: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 706:
1.113 naddy 707: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
708: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 709: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
710: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
711: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
712: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
713: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 714: <p>
1.87 louis 715:
1.113 naddy 716: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 717: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
718: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 719: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 720:
721: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
722: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 723: <p>
1.85 louis 724:
1.113 naddy 725: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 726: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
727: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 728: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 729:
730: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 731: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 732: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
733: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 734: <p>
1.89 louis 735:
1.113 naddy 736: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 737: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
738: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 739: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 740:
741: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
742: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
743: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
744: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
745: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
746:
1.78 deraadt 747: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 748:
1.113 naddy 749: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 750: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 751: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 752: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 753: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 754:
755: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
756: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
757: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 758: <p>
1.83 louis 759:
1.113 naddy 760: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 761: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
762: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 763: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 764:
765: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
766: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 767: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 768: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
769: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 770: <p>
1.93 louis 771:
1.113 naddy 772: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 773: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 774: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 775: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 776:
1.83 louis 777: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
778: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
779: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
780: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
781: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 782: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
783: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
784: <p>
1.82 aaron 785:
1.113 naddy 786: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 787: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 788: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 789: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 790:
1.83 louis 791: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
792: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
793: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 794: <p>
1.80 louis 795:
1.113 naddy 796: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 797: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 798: Bad Press</a>,
799: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 800: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 801:
802: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 803: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 804: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
805: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
806: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 807: <p>
1.78 deraadt 808:
809: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
810:
1.113 naddy 811: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
812: <a
1.111 jufi 813: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 814: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
815: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 816: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 817:
818: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
819: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
820: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
821: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 822: <p>
1.74 louis 823:
1.113 naddy 824: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 825: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
826: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 827: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 828:
829: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
830: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
831: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
832: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
833: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
834: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 835: <p>
1.88 louis 836:
1.113 naddy 837: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 838: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 839: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 840: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 841:
842: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
843: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
844: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
845: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 846: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 847: <p>
1.81 louis 848:
1.113 naddy 849: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 850: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 851: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 852: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 853:
854: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
855: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
856: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
857: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
858: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
859: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
860: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 861: <p>
1.90 louis 862:
1.113 naddy 863: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 864: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 865: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 866: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 867:
868: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
869: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
870: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 871: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 872: <p>
1.71 louis 873:
1.69 deraadt 874: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 875:
1.113 naddy 876: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 877: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 878: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 879: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 880:
881: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
882: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
883: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 884: <p>
1.70 louis 885:
1.113 naddy 886: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 887: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 888: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 889:
890: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 891: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 892: <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 893: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 894: <p>
1.68 louis 895:
1.113 naddy 896: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 897: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 898: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 899: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 900:
1.111 jufi 901: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
902: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 903: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 904: "secure by default" installation.
905: <p>
1.64 louis 906:
1.113 naddy 907: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 908: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 909: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 910: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 911:
1.113 naddy 912: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 913: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 914: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 915: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
916: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
917: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 918: <p>
1.66 louis 919:
1.113 naddy 920: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
921: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 922: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 923: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 924:
925: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 926: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 927: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
928: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
929: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 930: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
931: <p>
1.83 louis 932:
1.113 naddy 933: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 934: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 935: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 936: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 937:
938: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 939: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
940: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 941: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
942: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 943: <p>
1.64 louis 944:
1.113 naddy 945: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 946: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 947: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 948: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 949:
950: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
951: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 952: <p>
1.65 louis 953:
1.69 deraadt 954: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
955:
1.113 naddy 956: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 957: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 958: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 959: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 960:
961: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
962: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
963: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
964: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 965: <p>
1.88 louis 966:
1.113 naddy 967: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 968: <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 969: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 970:
971: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 972: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
973: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 974: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
975: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 976: <p>
1.60 louis 977:
1.113 naddy 978: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
979: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
980: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 981: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 982: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 983:
984: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
985: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
986: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 987: <p>
1.58 louis 988:
1.113 naddy 989: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 990: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 991: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 992:
993: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
994: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 995: <p>
1.53 louis 996:
1.113 naddy 997: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 998: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
999: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1000: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1001:
1002: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1003: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1004: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1005: <p>
1.99 louis 1006:
1.113 naddy 1007: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1008: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1009: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1010:
1011: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1012: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1013: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1014: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1015: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1016:
1.113 naddy 1017: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1018: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1019: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1020: </strong></font><br>
1021:
1022: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1023: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1024: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1025: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1026: <p>
1027:
1028: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1029: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1030: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1031: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1032:
1033: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1034: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1035: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1036:
1.113 naddy 1037: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1038: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1039: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1040:
1041: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1042: in
1.113 naddy 1043: <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 1044: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1045: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1046: <p>
1.53 louis 1047:
1.113 naddy 1048: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1049: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1050: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1051: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1052: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1053:
1.58 louis 1054: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1055: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1056:
1.69 deraadt 1057: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1058:
1.113 naddy 1059: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1060: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1061: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1062: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1063: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1064:
1.58 louis 1065: Kurt Seifried
1066: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1067: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1068: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1069: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1070:
1.113 naddy 1071: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1072: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1073: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1074: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1075:
1076: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1077: <p>
1.96 louis 1078:
1.113 naddy 1079: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1080: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1081: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1082: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1083:
1084: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1085: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1086: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1087: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1088: <p>
1.86 louis 1089:
1.69 deraadt 1090: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1091:
1.113 naddy 1092: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1093: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1094: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1095: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1096:
1097: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1098: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1099: <p>
1.61 louis 1100:
1.113 naddy 1101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1102: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1103: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1104: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1105: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1106:
1107: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1108: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1109: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1110: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1111: right -- or at least strives to".
1112: <p>
1.48 louis 1113:
1.113 naddy 1114: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1115: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1116: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1117: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1118: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1119: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1120: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1121: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1122: <p>
1.61 louis 1123:
1.113 naddy 1124: <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 1125: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1126: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1127:
1128: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1129: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1130: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1131: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1132: <p>
1.46 louis 1133:
1.113 naddy 1134: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1135: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1136: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1137: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1138:
1139: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1140: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1141: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1142:
1.113 naddy 1143: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1144: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1145: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1146: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1147:
1148: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1149: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1150: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1151: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1152: <p>
1.70 louis 1153:
1.69 deraadt 1154: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1155:
1.113 naddy 1156: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1157: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1158: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1159:
1160: Kurt Seifried
1161: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1162: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1163: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1164: <p>
1.44 philen 1165:
1.113 naddy 1166: <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 1167: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1168: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1169:
1170: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1171: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1172:
1.113 naddy 1173: <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 1174: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1175: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1176:
1177: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1178: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1179:
1.113 naddy 1180: <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 1181: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1182: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1183:
1184: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1185: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1186: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1187: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1188: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1189:
1.113 naddy 1190: <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 1191: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1192: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1193:
1.36 louis 1194: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1195: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1196:
1.113 naddy 1197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1198: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1199: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1200: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1201:
1202: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1203: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1204:
1.69 deraadt 1205: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1206:
1.113 naddy 1207: <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 1208: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1209: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1210:
1211: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1212: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1213: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1214:
1.113 naddy 1215: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1216: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1217: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1218: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1219:
1220: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1221: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1222: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1223: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1224: <blockquote>
1225: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1226: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1227: <br>
1228: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1229: </code>
1230: </blockquote>
1231: <p>
1232:
1233: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1234: <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>
1235: <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
1236: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1237:
1238: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1239: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1240: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1241: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1242:
1.113 naddy 1243: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1244: <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 1245: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1246:
1247: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1248: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1249: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1250: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1251: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1252: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1253: <p>
1.19 louis 1254:
1.113 naddy 1255: <li><strong>
1256: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1257: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1258:
1259: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1260: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1261: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1262: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1263: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1264: <p>
1.16 louis 1265:
1.113 naddy 1266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1267: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1268: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1269: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1270:
1.57 louis 1271: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1272: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1273: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1274: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1275:
1.113 naddy 1276: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1277: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1278: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1279: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1280:
1.113 naddy 1281: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1282:
1.113 naddy 1283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1284: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1285: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1286: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1287:
1.23 louis 1288: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1289: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1290: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1291: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1292: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1293: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1294:
1.113 naddy 1295: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1296: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1297: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1298: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1299:
1300: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1301: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1302: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1303: installation.
1.113 naddy 1304: <p>
1.47 louis 1305:
1.113 naddy 1306: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1307: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1308: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1309: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1310:
1311: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1312: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1313:
1.69 deraadt 1314: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1315:
1.113 naddy 1316: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1317: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1318: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1319: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1320:
1321: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1322: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1323: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1324: <p>
1.12 louis 1325:
1.113 naddy 1326: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1327: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1328: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1329: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1330:
1331: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1332: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1333: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1334: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1335: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1336: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1337: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1338: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1339:
1.69 deraadt 1340: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1341:
1.113 naddy 1342: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1343: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1344: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1345:
1346: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1347: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1348: available."
1.113 naddy 1349: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1350:
1.69 deraadt 1351: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1352:
1.113 naddy 1353: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1354: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1355: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1356:
1357: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1358: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1359: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1360: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1361: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1362: <p>
1.33 louis 1363:
1.113 naddy 1364: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1365: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1366: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1367: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1368:
1.113 naddy 1369: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1370: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1371: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1372: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1373: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1374: <p>
1.57 louis 1375:
1.69 deraadt 1376: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1377:
1.113 naddy 1378: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1379: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1380: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1381: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1382:
1383: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1384: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1385: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1386:
1.113 naddy 1387: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1388: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1389: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1390: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1391: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1392:
1393: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1394: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1395:
1.113 naddy 1396: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1397: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1398:
1.113 naddy 1399: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1400:
1.113 naddy 1401: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1402: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1403: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1404: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1405:
1406: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1407: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1408:
1.69 deraadt 1409: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1410:
1.113 naddy 1411: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1412: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1413: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1414:
1415: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1416: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1417: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1418:
1.113 naddy 1419: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1420: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1421: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1422: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1423:
1424: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1425: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1426: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1427: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1428:
1.69 deraadt 1429: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1430:
1.160 jufi 1431: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1432: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1433: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1434: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1435: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1436:
1437: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1438: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1439: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1440: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1441: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1442: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1443: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1444:
1.113 naddy 1445: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1446: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1447: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1448: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1449:
1450: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1451: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1452: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1453: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1454: <p>
1.15 louis 1455:
1.113 naddy 1456: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1457: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1458: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1459: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1460:
1461: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1462: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1463: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1464: columns."
1.113 naddy 1465: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1466:
1.69 deraadt 1467: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1468:
1.113 naddy 1469: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1470: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1471: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1472: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1473:
1474: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1475: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1476:
1.113 naddy 1477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1478: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1479: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1480:
1481: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1482: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1483: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1484:
1.69 deraadt 1485: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1486:
1.113 naddy 1487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1488: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1489: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1490: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1491:
1492: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1493: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1494: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1495: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1496: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1497:
1.69 deraadt 1498: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1499:
1.113 naddy 1500: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1501: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1502: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1503:
1.69 deraadt 1504: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1505: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1506: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1507:
1.69 deraadt 1508: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1509:
1.113 naddy 1510: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1511: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1512: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1513: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1514:
1515: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1516: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1517: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1518:
1.113 naddy 1519: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1520: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1521: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1522: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1523: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1524:
1.69 deraadt 1525: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1526:
1.113 naddy 1527: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1528: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1529: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1530: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1531: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1532: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1533:
1534: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1535: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1536: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1537: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1538: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1539: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1540:
1541: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1542:
1.113 naddy 1543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1544: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1545: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1546:
1.69 deraadt 1547: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1548: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1549: <p>
1.112 naddy 1550:
1.113 naddy 1551: </dl>
1552: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1553:
1.113 naddy 1554: <hr>
1555: <a name=se></a>
1556: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1557:
1.102 niklas 1558: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1559:
1.113 naddy 1560: <dl>
1561: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1562: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1563: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1564:
1565: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1566: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1567: <p>
1.102 niklas 1568:
1.113 naddy 1569: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1570:
1.84 niklas 1571: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1572:
1.113 naddy 1573: <dl>
1574: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1575: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1576: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1577:
1578: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1579: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1580: <p>
1.84 niklas 1581:
1.113 naddy 1582: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1583:
1.69 deraadt 1584: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1585:
1.113 naddy 1586: <dl>
1587: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1588: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1589: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1590:
1591: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1592: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1593: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1594: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1595:
1.113 naddy 1596: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1597: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1598: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1599: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1600: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1601:
1.20 louis 1602: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1603: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1604: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1605: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1606: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1607:
1.113 naddy 1608: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1609:
1.113 naddy 1610: <hr>
1611: <a name=jp></a>
1612: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1613:
1.113 naddy 1614: <dl>
1.20 louis 1615:
1.69 deraadt 1616: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1617:
1.113 naddy 1618: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1619: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1620: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1621: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1622:
1623: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1624: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1625: translating and reprinting articles from
1626: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1627: <p>
1.112 naddy 1628:
1.113 naddy 1629: </dl>
1.20 louis 1630:
1.113 naddy 1631: <hr>
1632: <a name=de></a>
1633: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1634: <dl>
1.50 louis 1635:
1.151 louis 1636: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1637:
1638: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1639: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1640: </strong></font><br>
1641:
1642: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1643: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1644: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1645: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1646: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1647:
1648: <p>
1649:
1.72 louis 1650: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1651:
1.113 naddy 1652: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1653: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1654: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1655: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1656:
1.101 jufi 1657: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1658: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1659: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1660: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1661: Giving way to
1662: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1663: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1664: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1665: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1666: <p>
1.72 louis 1667:
1.69 deraadt 1668: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1669:
1.113 naddy 1670: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1671: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1672: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1673: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1674:
1675: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1676: <p>
1677: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1678:
1.50 louis 1679:
1.113 naddy 1680: <hr>
1681: <a name=ru></a>
1682: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1683: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1684:
1.69 deraadt 1685: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1686:
1.113 naddy 1687: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1688: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1689: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1690: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1691:
1692: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1693: <p>
1.62 form 1694:
1.69 deraadt 1695: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1696:
1.113 naddy 1697: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1698: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1699: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1700: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1701:
1.59 form 1702: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1703: <p>
1.112 naddy 1704:
1.113 naddy 1705: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1706:
1.113 naddy 1707: <hr>
1708: <a name=pl></a>
1709: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1710: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1711:
1.113 naddy 1712: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1713: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1714: Radio, August 2, 2000
1715: </strong></font><br>
1716:
1717: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1718: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1719: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1720: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1721: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1722: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1723: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1724: <p>
1725:
1726: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1727: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1728: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1729: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1730: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1731:
1732: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1733: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1734: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1735: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1736: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1737: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1738: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1739: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1740: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1741: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1742: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1743: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1744: <p>
1745: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1746:
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1749: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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