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29: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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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
1.167 ! louis 53: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
! 54: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
! 55: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
! 56: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
! 57: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
! 58: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 59: <p>
1.162 millert 60:
61: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
62: <a
1.161 louis 63: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
64: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
65: </strong></font><br>
66:
67: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
68: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
69: <p>
70:
1.158 louis 71: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 72:
73: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 74: <a
1.164 deraadt 75: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 76: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 77: </strong></font><br>
78: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
79: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
80: <p>
81:
82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
83: <a
84: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
85: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
86: </strong></font><br>
87:
88: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
89: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
90: <p>
91:
92: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
93: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
94: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
95: </strong></font><br>
96: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
98: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
99: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
100: <p>
101:
102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
103: <a
1.157 louis 104: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
105: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
106: </strong></font><br>
107: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
108: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
109: <p>
110:
111: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
112:
113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 114: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
115: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
116: </strong></font><br>
117:
118: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
119: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
120: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
121: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
122: <p>
123:
124: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
125: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
126: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
127: </strong></font><br>
128:
129: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
130: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
131: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
132: it because they love coding...
133: <p>
134:
135: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
136: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
137: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
138: </strong></font><br>
139:
140: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
141: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
142: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
143: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
144: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
145: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
146: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
147: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
148: <p>
149:
150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 151: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
152: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
153: </strong></font><br>
154:
155: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
156: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
157: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
158: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
159: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
160: the pizza.
161: <p>
162:
163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 164: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
165: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
166: </strong></font><br>
167:
168: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
169: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
170: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
171: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
172: problems.
173: <p>
174:
175: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 176: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
177: </strong></font><br>
178:
179: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
180: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
181: - whether they like it or not.
182: <p>
183:
184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 185: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
186: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
187: </strong></font><br>
188:
189: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
190: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
191: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 192: <p>
1.148 aaron 193:
194: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 195: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
196: </strong></font><br>
197:
198: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
199: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
200: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
201: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
202: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
203: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
204: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
205: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
206: <p>
207:
208: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 209: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
210: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
211: </strong></font><br>
212:
213: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
214: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
215: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
216: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
217: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
218: <p>
219:
1.138 louis 220: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
221:
222: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 223: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 224: System Takes On Linux</a>,
225: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
226: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 227: </strong></font><br>
228:
1.146 louis 229: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
230: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
231: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
232: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
233: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
234: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
235: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 236: <p>
237:
238: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 239: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
240: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
241: </strong></font><br>
242:
243: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
244: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
245: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
246: library after installing the OS.
247: <p>
248:
249: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 250: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 251: Sys Admin, September 2000
252: </strong></font><br>
253:
254: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
255: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
256: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
257: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
258: (<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>,
259: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
260: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
261: <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
262: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
263: out of the system.
264: <p>
265:
1.144 louis 266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
267: <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
268: </strong></font><br>
269:
270: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
271: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
272: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
273: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
274: the IP filtering and address translation.
275: <p>
276:
1.131 louis 277: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
278:
279: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 280: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
281: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
282: </strong></font><br>
283:
284: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
285: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
286: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
287: <p>
288:
289: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 290: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
291: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
292: </strong></font><br>
293:
294: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
295: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
296: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
297: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
298: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
299: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
300: note of"</i>.
301: <p>
302:
303: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 304: <a
305: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
306: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
307: </strong></font><br>
308:
309: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
310: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
311: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
312: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
313: <p>
314:
315: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 316: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 317: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
318: </strong></font><br>
319:
320: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
321: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
322: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
323: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
324: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
325: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
326: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
327: <p>
328:
329: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 330: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
331: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
332: 2000
333: </strong></font><br>
334:
335: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
336: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
337: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
338: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
339: against current industry practices.
340: <p>
341:
342: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 343: <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
344: </strong></font><br>
345:
346: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
347: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
348: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
349: <p>
350:
351: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 352: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
353: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
354: </strong></font><br>
355:
356: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
357: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
358: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
359: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
360: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
361: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
362: careful code reviews, he concludes.
363: <p>
364:
365: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 366: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
367: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
368: </strong></font><br>
369:
370: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
371: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
372: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
373: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
374: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 375: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
376: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
377: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 378: <p>
379:
1.118 louis 380: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
381:
382: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 383: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
384: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
385: </strong></font><br>
386:
387: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
388: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
389: about time. The article mentions that
390: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
391: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
392: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 393: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 394: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
395: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
396: ammended since.
397: <p>
398:
399: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 400: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 401: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 402: </strong></font><br>
403:
404: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
405: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
406: of OpenSSH.
407: <p>
408:
409: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
410: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
411: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
412: </strong></font><br>
413:
414: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 415: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 416: bridging.
417: <p>
418:
419: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
420: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
421: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 422: </strong></font><br>
423:
1.121 deraadt 424: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
425: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 426: <p>
427:
428: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 429: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
430: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
431: </strong></font><br>
432:
433: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
434: <p>
435:
436: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 437: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 438: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
439: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 440: </strong></font><br>
441:
1.120 deraadt 442: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
443: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 444: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
445: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
446: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
447: <p>
448:
449: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 450: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
451: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
452: </strong></font><br>
453:
454: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
455: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
456: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
457: protocols and their quirks.
458: <p>
459:
460: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.160 jufi 461: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html"In
1.137 louis 462: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 463: </strong></font><br>
464:
465: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
466: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
467: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 468: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 469: <p>
470:
471: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 472: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
473: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
474: </strong></font><br>
475:
476: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
477: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
478: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
479: <p>
480:
481: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 482: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 483: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
484: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 485: </strong></font><br>
486:
487: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
488: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
489: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
490: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
491: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
492: <p>
493:
1.104 louis 494: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
495:
1.113 naddy 496: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 497: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
498: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
499: </strong></font><br>
500:
501: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
502: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
503: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
504: be a bit dry.
505: <p>
506:
507: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 508: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
509: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
510: 2000
1.128 louis 511: </strong></font><br>
512:
513: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
514: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
515: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
516: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
517: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 518: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 519: <p>
520:
521: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 522: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
523: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 524: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 525:
526: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
527: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
528: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
529: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 530: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
531: <p>
1.110 louis 532:
1.117 louis 533: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
534: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
535: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
536: </strong></font><br>
537:
538: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
539: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
540: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
541: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
542: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
543: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
544: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
545: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
546: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
547: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
548: <p>
549:
1.113 naddy 550: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 551: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 552: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 553:
554: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
555: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 556: <p>
1.108 louis 557:
1.113 naddy 558: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 559: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
560: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 561: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 562:
563: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
564: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
565: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 566: <p>
1.106 louis 567:
1.113 naddy 568: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 569: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
570: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 571: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 572:
573: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
574: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
575: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
576: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 577: <p>
1.107 louis 578:
1.113 naddy 579: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 580: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
581: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 582: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 583:
584: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
585: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 586: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 587: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
588: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 589: <p>
1.105 louis 590:
1.113 naddy 591: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 592: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 593: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 594: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 595:
1.113 naddy 596: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
597: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 598: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 599: <p>
1.104 louis 600:
1.121 deraadt 601: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
602: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
603: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
604: </strong></font><br>
605:
606: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
607: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
608: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
609: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
610: <p>
611:
1.85 louis 612: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
613:
1.113 naddy 614: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 615: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 616: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 617: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 618:
619: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
620: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
621: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
622: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
623: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
624: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
625: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 626: <p>
1.99 louis 627:
1.113 naddy 628: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 629: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 630: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 631: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 632:
633: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
634: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
635: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
636: conditions.
1.113 naddy 637: <p>
1.100 louis 638:
1.113 naddy 639: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 640: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 641: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 642: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 643:
644: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
645: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
646: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
647: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 648: <p>
1.95 louis 649:
1.113 naddy 650: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 651: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 652: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 653: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 654:
655: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
656: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 657: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 658: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
659: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 660: <p>
1.92 louis 661:
1.113 naddy 662: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
663: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 664: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 665: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 666:
667: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
668: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
669: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
670: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
671: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
672: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 673: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 674: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 675: <p>
1.91 louis 676:
1.113 naddy 677: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 678: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
679: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 680: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 681:
682: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
683: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
684: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
685: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
686: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
687: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
688: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
689: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
690: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 691: <p>
1.90 louis 692:
1.113 naddy 693: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 694: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
695: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
696: </strong></font><br>
697: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
698: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
699: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
700: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
701: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
702: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
703: <p>
704:
705: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 706: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
707: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 708: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 709:
1.113 naddy 710: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
711: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 712: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
713: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
714: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
715: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
716: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 717: <p>
1.87 louis 718:
1.113 naddy 719: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 720: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
721: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 722: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 723:
724: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
725: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 726: <p>
1.85 louis 727:
1.113 naddy 728: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 729: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
730: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 731: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 732:
733: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 734: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 735: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
736: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 737: <p>
1.89 louis 738:
1.113 naddy 739: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 740: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
741: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 742: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 743:
744: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
745: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
746: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
747: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
748: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
749:
1.78 deraadt 750: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 751:
1.113 naddy 752: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 753: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 754: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 755: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 756: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 757:
758: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
759: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
760: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 761: <p>
1.83 louis 762:
1.113 naddy 763: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 764: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
765: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 766: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 767:
768: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
769: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 770: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 771: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
772: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 773: <p>
1.93 louis 774:
1.113 naddy 775: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 776: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 777: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 778: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 779:
1.83 louis 780: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
781: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
782: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
783: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
784: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 785: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
786: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
787: <p>
1.82 aaron 788:
1.113 naddy 789: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 790: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 791: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 792: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 793:
1.83 louis 794: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
795: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
796: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 797: <p>
1.80 louis 798:
1.113 naddy 799: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 800: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 801: Bad Press</a>,
802: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 803: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 804:
805: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 806: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 807: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
808: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
809: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 810: <p>
1.78 deraadt 811:
812: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
813:
1.113 naddy 814: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
815: <a
1.111 jufi 816: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 817: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
818: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 819: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 820:
821: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
822: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
823: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
824: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 825: <p>
1.74 louis 826:
1.113 naddy 827: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 828: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
829: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 830: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 831:
832: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
833: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
834: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
835: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
836: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
837: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 838: <p>
1.88 louis 839:
1.113 naddy 840: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 841: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 842: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 843: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 844:
845: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
846: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
847: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
848: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 849: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 850: <p>
1.81 louis 851:
1.113 naddy 852: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 853: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 854: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 855: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 856:
857: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
858: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
859: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
860: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
861: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
862: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
863: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 864: <p>
1.90 louis 865:
1.113 naddy 866: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 867: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 868: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 869: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 870:
871: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
872: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
873: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 874: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 875: <p>
1.71 louis 876:
1.69 deraadt 877: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 878:
1.113 naddy 879: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 880: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 881: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 882: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 883:
884: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
885: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
886: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 887: <p>
1.70 louis 888:
1.113 naddy 889: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 890: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 891: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 892:
893: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 894: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 895: <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 896: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 897: <p>
1.68 louis 898:
1.113 naddy 899: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 900: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 901: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 902: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 903:
1.111 jufi 904: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
905: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 906: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 907: "secure by default" installation.
908: <p>
1.64 louis 909:
1.113 naddy 910: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 911: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 912: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 913: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 914:
1.113 naddy 915: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 916: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 917: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 918: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
919: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
920: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 921: <p>
1.66 louis 922:
1.113 naddy 923: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
924: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 925: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 926: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 927:
928: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 929: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 930: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
931: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
932: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 933: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
934: <p>
1.83 louis 935:
1.113 naddy 936: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 937: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 938: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 939: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 940:
941: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 942: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
943: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 944: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
945: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 946: <p>
1.64 louis 947:
1.113 naddy 948: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 949: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 950: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 951: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 952:
953: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
954: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 955: <p>
1.65 louis 956:
1.69 deraadt 957: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
958:
1.113 naddy 959: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 960: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 961: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 962: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 963:
964: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
965: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
966: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
967: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 968: <p>
1.88 louis 969:
1.113 naddy 970: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 971: <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 972: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 973:
974: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 975: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
976: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 977: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
978: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 979: <p>
1.60 louis 980:
1.113 naddy 981: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
982: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
983: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 984: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 985: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 986:
987: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
988: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
989: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 990: <p>
1.58 louis 991:
1.113 naddy 992: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 993: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 994: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 995:
996: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
997: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 998: <p>
1.53 louis 999:
1.113 naddy 1000: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1001: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1002: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1003: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1004:
1005: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1006: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1007: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1008: <p>
1.99 louis 1009:
1.113 naddy 1010: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1011: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1012: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1013:
1014: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1015: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1016: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1017: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1018: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1019:
1.113 naddy 1020: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1021: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1022: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1023: </strong></font><br>
1024:
1025: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1026: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1027: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1028: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1029: <p>
1030:
1031: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1032: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1033: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1034: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1035:
1036: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1037: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1038: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1039:
1.113 naddy 1040: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1041: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1042: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1043:
1044: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1045: in
1.113 naddy 1046: <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 1047: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1048: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1049: <p>
1.53 louis 1050:
1.113 naddy 1051: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1052: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1053: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1054: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1055: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1056:
1.58 louis 1057: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1058: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1059:
1.69 deraadt 1060: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1061:
1.113 naddy 1062: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1063: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1064: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1065: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1066: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1067:
1.58 louis 1068: Kurt Seifried
1069: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1070: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1071: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1072: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1073:
1.113 naddy 1074: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1075: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1076: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1077: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1078:
1079: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1080: <p>
1.96 louis 1081:
1.113 naddy 1082: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1083: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1084: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1085: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1086:
1087: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1088: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1089: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1090: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1091: <p>
1.86 louis 1092:
1.69 deraadt 1093: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1094:
1.113 naddy 1095: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1096: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1097: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1098: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1099:
1100: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1101: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1102: <p>
1.61 louis 1103:
1.113 naddy 1104: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1105: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1106: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1107: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1108: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1109:
1110: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1111: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1112: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1113: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1114: right -- or at least strives to".
1115: <p>
1.48 louis 1116:
1.113 naddy 1117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1118: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1119: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1120: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1121: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1122: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1123: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1124: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1125: <p>
1.61 louis 1126:
1.113 naddy 1127: <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 1128: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1129: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1130:
1131: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1132: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1133: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1134: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1135: <p>
1.46 louis 1136:
1.113 naddy 1137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1138: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1139: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1140: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1141:
1142: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1143: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1144: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1145:
1.113 naddy 1146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1147: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1148: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1149: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1150:
1151: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1152: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1153: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1154: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1155: <p>
1.70 louis 1156:
1.69 deraadt 1157: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1158:
1.113 naddy 1159: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1160: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1161: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1162:
1163: Kurt Seifried
1164: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1165: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1166: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1167: <p>
1.44 philen 1168:
1.113 naddy 1169: <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 1170: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1171: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1172:
1173: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1174: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1175:
1.113 naddy 1176: <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 1177: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1178: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1179:
1180: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1181: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1182:
1.113 naddy 1183: <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 1184: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1185: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1186:
1187: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1188: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1189: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1190: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1191: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1192:
1.113 naddy 1193: <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 1194: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1195: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1196:
1.36 louis 1197: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1198: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1199:
1.113 naddy 1200: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1201: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1202: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1203: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1204:
1205: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1206: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1207:
1.69 deraadt 1208: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1209:
1.113 naddy 1210: <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 1211: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1212: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1213:
1214: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1215: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1216: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1217:
1.113 naddy 1218: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1219: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1220: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1221: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1222:
1223: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1224: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1225: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1226: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1227: <blockquote>
1228: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1229: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1230: <br>
1231: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1232: </code>
1233: </blockquote>
1234: <p>
1235:
1236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1237: <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>
1238: <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
1239: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1240:
1241: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1242: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1243: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1244: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1245:
1.113 naddy 1246: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1247: <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 1248: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1249:
1250: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1251: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1252: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1253: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1254: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1255: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1256: <p>
1.19 louis 1257:
1.113 naddy 1258: <li><strong>
1259: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1260: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1261:
1262: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1263: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1264: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1265: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1266: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1267: <p>
1.16 louis 1268:
1.113 naddy 1269: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1270: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1271: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1272: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1273:
1.57 louis 1274: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1275: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1276: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1277: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1278:
1.113 naddy 1279: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1280: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1281: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1282: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1283:
1.113 naddy 1284: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1285:
1.113 naddy 1286: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1287: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1288: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1289: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1290:
1.23 louis 1291: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1292: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1293: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1294: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1295: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1296: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1297:
1.113 naddy 1298: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1299: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1300: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1301: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1302:
1303: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1304: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1305: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1306: installation.
1.113 naddy 1307: <p>
1.47 louis 1308:
1.113 naddy 1309: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1310: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1311: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1312: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1313:
1314: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1315: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1316:
1.69 deraadt 1317: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1318:
1.113 naddy 1319: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1320: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1321: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1322: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1323:
1324: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1325: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1326: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1327: <p>
1.12 louis 1328:
1.113 naddy 1329: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1330: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1331: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1332: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1333:
1334: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1335: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1336: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1337: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1338: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1339: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1340: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1341: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1342:
1.69 deraadt 1343: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1344:
1.113 naddy 1345: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1346: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1347: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1348:
1349: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1350: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1351: available."
1.113 naddy 1352: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1353:
1.69 deraadt 1354: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1355:
1.113 naddy 1356: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1357: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1358: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1359:
1360: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1361: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1362: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1363: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1364: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1365: <p>
1.33 louis 1366:
1.113 naddy 1367: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1368: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1369: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1370: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1371:
1.113 naddy 1372: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1373: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1374: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1375: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1376: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1377: <p>
1.57 louis 1378:
1.69 deraadt 1379: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1380:
1.113 naddy 1381: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1382: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1383: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1384: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1385:
1386: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1387: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1388: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1389:
1.113 naddy 1390: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1391: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1392: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1393: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1394: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1395:
1396: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1397: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1398:
1.113 naddy 1399: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1400: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1401:
1.113 naddy 1402: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1403:
1.113 naddy 1404: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1405: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1406: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1407: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1408:
1409: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1410: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1411:
1.69 deraadt 1412: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1413:
1.113 naddy 1414: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1415: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1416: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1417:
1418: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1419: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1420: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1421:
1.113 naddy 1422: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1423: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1424: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1425: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1426:
1427: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1428: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1429: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1430: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1431:
1.69 deraadt 1432: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1433:
1.160 jufi 1434: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1435: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1436: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1437: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1438: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1439:
1440: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1441: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1442: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1443: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1444: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1445: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1446: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1447:
1.113 naddy 1448: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1449: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1450: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1451: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1452:
1453: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1454: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1455: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1456: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1457: <p>
1.15 louis 1458:
1.113 naddy 1459: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1460: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1461: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1462: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1463:
1464: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1465: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1466: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1467: columns."
1.113 naddy 1468: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1469:
1.69 deraadt 1470: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1471:
1.113 naddy 1472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1473: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1474: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1475: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1476:
1477: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1478: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1479:
1.113 naddy 1480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1481: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1482: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1483:
1484: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1485: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1486: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1487:
1.69 deraadt 1488: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1489:
1.113 naddy 1490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1491: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1492: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1493: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1494:
1495: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1496: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1497: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1498: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1499: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1500:
1.69 deraadt 1501: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1502:
1.113 naddy 1503: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1504: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1505: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1506:
1.69 deraadt 1507: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1508: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1509: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1510:
1.69 deraadt 1511: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1512:
1.113 naddy 1513: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1514: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1515: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1516: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1517:
1518: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1519: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1520: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1521:
1.113 naddy 1522: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1523: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1524: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1525: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1526: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1527:
1.69 deraadt 1528: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1529:
1.113 naddy 1530: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1531: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1532: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1533: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1534: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1535: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1536:
1537: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1538: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1539: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1540: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1541: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1542: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1543:
1544: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1545:
1.113 naddy 1546: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1547: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1548: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1549:
1.69 deraadt 1550: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1551: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1552: <p>
1.112 naddy 1553:
1.113 naddy 1554: </dl>
1555: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1556:
1.113 naddy 1557: <hr>
1558: <a name=se></a>
1559: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1560:
1.102 niklas 1561: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1562:
1.113 naddy 1563: <dl>
1564: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1565: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1566: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1567:
1568: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1569: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1570: <p>
1.102 niklas 1571:
1.113 naddy 1572: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1573:
1.84 niklas 1574: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1575:
1.113 naddy 1576: <dl>
1577: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1578: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1579: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1580:
1581: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1582: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1583: <p>
1.84 niklas 1584:
1.113 naddy 1585: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1586:
1.69 deraadt 1587: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1588:
1.113 naddy 1589: <dl>
1590: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1591: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1592: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1593:
1594: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1595: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1596: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1597: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1598:
1.113 naddy 1599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1600: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1601: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1602: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1603: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1604:
1.20 louis 1605: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1606: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1607: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1608: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1609: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1610:
1.113 naddy 1611: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1612:
1.113 naddy 1613: <hr>
1614: <a name=jp></a>
1615: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1616:
1.113 naddy 1617: <dl>
1.20 louis 1618:
1.69 deraadt 1619: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1620:
1.113 naddy 1621: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1622: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1623: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1624: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1625:
1626: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1627: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1628: translating and reprinting articles from
1629: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1630: <p>
1.112 naddy 1631:
1.113 naddy 1632: </dl>
1.20 louis 1633:
1.113 naddy 1634: <hr>
1635: <a name=de></a>
1636: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1637: <dl>
1.50 louis 1638:
1.151 louis 1639: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1640:
1641: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1642: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1643: </strong></font><br>
1644:
1645: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1646: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1647: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1648: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1649: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1650:
1651: <p>
1652:
1.72 louis 1653: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1654:
1.113 naddy 1655: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1656: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1657: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1658: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1659:
1.101 jufi 1660: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1661: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1662: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1663: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1664: Giving way to
1665: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1666: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1667: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1668: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1669: <p>
1.72 louis 1670:
1.69 deraadt 1671: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1672:
1.113 naddy 1673: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1674: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1675: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1676: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1677:
1678: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1679: <p>
1680: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1681:
1.50 louis 1682:
1.113 naddy 1683: <hr>
1684: <a name=ru></a>
1685: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1686: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1687:
1.69 deraadt 1688: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1689:
1.113 naddy 1690: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1691: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1692: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1693: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1694:
1695: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1696: <p>
1.62 form 1697:
1.69 deraadt 1698: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1699:
1.113 naddy 1700: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1701: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1702: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1703: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1704:
1.59 form 1705: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1706: <p>
1.112 naddy 1707:
1.113 naddy 1708: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1709:
1.113 naddy 1710: <hr>
1711: <a name=pl></a>
1712: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1713: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1714:
1.113 naddy 1715: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1716: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1717: Radio, August 2, 2000
1718: </strong></font><br>
1719:
1720: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1721: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1722: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1723: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1724: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1725: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1726: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1727: <p>
1728:
1729: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1730: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1731: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1732: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1733: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1734:
1735: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1736: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1737: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1738: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1739: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1740: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1741: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1742: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1743: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1744: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1745: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1746: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1747: <p>
1748: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1749:
1.113 naddy 1750: <hr>
1751: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1752: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
1.167 ! louis 1753: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.166 2000/12/07 02:19:07 louis Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 1754:
1755: </body>
1756: </html>