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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
1.168 provos 36: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
37: December 7, 2000
38: </strong></font><br>
39:
40: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
41: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
42: us explain.
43: <p>
44:
45: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
46: <a
1.166 louis 47: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
48: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
49: December 6, 2000
50: </strong></font><br>
51:
52: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
53: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
54: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
55: <p>
56:
57: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
58: <a
1.162 millert 59: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
60: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
61: </strong></font><br>
62:
63: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 64: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
65: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
66: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
67: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
68: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
69: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 70: <p>
1.162 millert 71:
72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
73: <a
1.161 louis 74: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
75: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
76: </strong></font><br>
77:
78: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
79: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
80: <p>
81:
1.169 ! louis 82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 83: <a
! 84: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
! 85: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
! 86: </strong></font><br>
! 87:
! 88: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
! 89: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
! 90: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
! 91: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
! 92: <p>
! 93:
1.158 louis 94: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 95:
96: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 97: <a
1.164 deraadt 98: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 99: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 100: </strong></font><br>
101: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
102: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
103: <p>
104:
105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
106: <a
107: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
108: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
109: </strong></font><br>
110:
111: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
112: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
113: <p>
114:
115: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
116: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
117: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
118: </strong></font><br>
119: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
120: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
121: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
122: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
123: <p>
124:
125: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
126: <a
1.157 louis 127: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
128: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
129: </strong></font><br>
130: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
131: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
132: <p>
133:
134: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
135:
136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 137: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
138: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
139: </strong></font><br>
140:
141: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
142: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
143: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
144: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
145: <p>
146:
147: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
148: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
149: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
150: </strong></font><br>
151:
152: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
153: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
154: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
155: it because they love coding...
156: <p>
157:
158: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
159: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
160: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
161: </strong></font><br>
162:
163: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
164: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
165: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
166: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
167: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
168: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
169: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
170: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
171: <p>
172:
173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 174: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
175: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
176: </strong></font><br>
177:
178: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
179: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
180: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
181: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
182: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
183: the pizza.
184: <p>
185:
186: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 187: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
188: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
189: </strong></font><br>
190:
191: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
192: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
193: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
194: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
195: problems.
196: <p>
197:
198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 199: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
200: </strong></font><br>
201:
202: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
203: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
204: - whether they like it or not.
205: <p>
206:
207: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 208: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
209: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
210: </strong></font><br>
211:
212: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
213: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
214: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 215: <p>
1.148 aaron 216:
217: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 218: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
219: </strong></font><br>
220:
221: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
222: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
223: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
224: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
225: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
226: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
227: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
228: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
229: <p>
230:
231: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 232: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
233: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
234: </strong></font><br>
235:
236: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
237: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
238: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
239: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
240: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
241: <p>
242:
1.138 louis 243: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
244:
245: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 246: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 247: System Takes On Linux</a>,
248: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
249: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 250: </strong></font><br>
251:
1.146 louis 252: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
253: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
254: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
255: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
256: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
257: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
258: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 259: <p>
260:
261: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 262: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
263: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
264: </strong></font><br>
265:
266: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
267: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
268: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
269: library after installing the OS.
270: <p>
271:
272: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 273: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 274: Sys Admin, September 2000
275: </strong></font><br>
276:
277: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
278: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
279: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
280: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
281: (<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>,
282: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
283: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
284: <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
285: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
286: out of the system.
287: <p>
288:
1.144 louis 289: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
290: <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
291: </strong></font><br>
292:
293: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
294: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
295: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
296: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
297: the IP filtering and address translation.
298: <p>
299:
1.131 louis 300: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
301:
302: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 303: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
304: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
305: </strong></font><br>
306:
307: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
308: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
309: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
310: <p>
311:
312: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 313: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
314: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
315: </strong></font><br>
316:
317: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
318: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
319: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
320: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
321: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
322: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
323: note of"</i>.
324: <p>
325:
326: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 327: <a
328: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
329: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
330: </strong></font><br>
331:
332: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
333: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
334: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
335: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 339: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 340: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
341: </strong></font><br>
342:
343: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
344: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
345: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
346: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
347: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
348: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
349: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
350: <p>
351:
352: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 353: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
354: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
355: 2000
356: </strong></font><br>
357:
358: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
359: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
360: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
361: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
362: against current industry practices.
363: <p>
364:
365: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 366: <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
367: </strong></font><br>
368:
369: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
370: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
371: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
372: <p>
373:
374: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 375: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
376: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
377: </strong></font><br>
378:
379: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
380: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
381: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
382: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
383: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
384: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
385: careful code reviews, he concludes.
386: <p>
387:
388: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 389: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
390: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
391: </strong></font><br>
392:
393: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
394: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
395: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
396: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
397: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 398: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
399: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
400: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 401: <p>
402:
1.118 louis 403: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
404:
405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 406: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
407: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
408: </strong></font><br>
409:
410: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
411: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
412: about time. The article mentions that
413: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
414: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
415: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 416: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 417: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
418: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
419: ammended since.
420: <p>
421:
422: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 423: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 424: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 425: </strong></font><br>
426:
427: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
428: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
429: of OpenSSH.
430: <p>
431:
432: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
433: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
434: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
435: </strong></font><br>
436:
437: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 438: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 439: bridging.
440: <p>
441:
442: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
443: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
444: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 445: </strong></font><br>
446:
1.121 deraadt 447: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
448: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 449: <p>
450:
451: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 452: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
453: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
454: </strong></font><br>
455:
456: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
457: <p>
458:
459: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 460: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 461: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
462: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 463: </strong></font><br>
464:
1.120 deraadt 465: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
466: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 467: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
468: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
469: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
470: <p>
471:
472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 473: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
474: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
475: </strong></font><br>
476:
477: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
478: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
479: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
480: protocols and their quirks.
481: <p>
482:
483: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.160 jufi 484: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html"In
1.137 louis 485: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 486: </strong></font><br>
487:
488: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
489: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
490: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 491: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 492: <p>
493:
494: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 495: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
496: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
497: </strong></font><br>
498:
499: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
500: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
501: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
502: <p>
503:
504: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 505: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 506: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
507: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 508: </strong></font><br>
509:
510: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
511: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
512: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
513: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
514: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
515: <p>
516:
1.104 louis 517: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
518:
1.113 naddy 519: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 520: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
521: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
522: </strong></font><br>
523:
524: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
525: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
526: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
527: be a bit dry.
528: <p>
529:
530: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 531: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
532: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
533: 2000
1.128 louis 534: </strong></font><br>
535:
536: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
537: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
538: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
539: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
540: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 541: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 542: <p>
543:
544: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 545: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
546: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 547: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 548:
549: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
550: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
551: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
552: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 553: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
554: <p>
1.110 louis 555:
1.117 louis 556: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
557: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
558: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
559: </strong></font><br>
560:
561: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
562: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
563: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
564: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
565: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
566: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
567: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
568: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
569: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
570: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
571: <p>
572:
1.113 naddy 573: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 574: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 575: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 576:
577: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
578: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 579: <p>
1.108 louis 580:
1.113 naddy 581: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 582: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
583: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 584: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 585:
586: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
587: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
588: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 589: <p>
1.106 louis 590:
1.113 naddy 591: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 592: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
593: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 594: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 595:
596: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
597: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
598: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
599: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 600: <p>
1.107 louis 601:
1.113 naddy 602: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 603: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
604: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 605: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 606:
607: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
608: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 609: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 610: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
611: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 612: <p>
1.105 louis 613:
1.113 naddy 614: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 615: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 616: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 617: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 618:
1.113 naddy 619: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
620: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 621: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 622: <p>
1.104 louis 623:
1.121 deraadt 624: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
625: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
626: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
627: </strong></font><br>
628:
629: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
630: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
631: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
632: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
633: <p>
634:
1.85 louis 635: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
636:
1.113 naddy 637: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 638: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 639: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 640: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 641:
642: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
643: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
644: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
645: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
646: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
647: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
648: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 649: <p>
1.99 louis 650:
1.113 naddy 651: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 652: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 653: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 654: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 655:
656: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
657: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
658: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
659: conditions.
1.113 naddy 660: <p>
1.100 louis 661:
1.113 naddy 662: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 663: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 664: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 665: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 666:
667: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
668: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
669: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
670: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 671: <p>
1.95 louis 672:
1.113 naddy 673: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 674: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 675: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 676: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 677:
678: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
679: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 680: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 681: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
682: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 683: <p>
1.92 louis 684:
1.113 naddy 685: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
686: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 687: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 688: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 689:
690: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
691: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
692: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
693: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
694: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
695: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 696: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 697: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 698: <p>
1.91 louis 699:
1.113 naddy 700: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 701: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
702: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 703: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 704:
705: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
706: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
707: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
708: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
709: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
710: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
711: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
712: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
713: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 714: <p>
1.90 louis 715:
1.113 naddy 716: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 717: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
718: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
719: </strong></font><br>
720: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
721: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
722: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
723: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
724: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
725: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
726: <p>
727:
728: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 729: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
730: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 731: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 732:
1.113 naddy 733: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
734: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 735: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
736: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
737: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
738: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
739: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 740: <p>
1.87 louis 741:
1.113 naddy 742: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 743: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
744: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 745: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 746:
747: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
748: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 749: <p>
1.85 louis 750:
1.113 naddy 751: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 752: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
753: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 754: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 755:
756: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 757: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 758: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
759: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 760: <p>
1.89 louis 761:
1.113 naddy 762: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 763: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
764: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 765: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 766:
767: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
768: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
769: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
770: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
771: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
772:
1.78 deraadt 773: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 774:
1.113 naddy 775: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 776: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 777: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 778: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 779: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 780:
781: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
782: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
783: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 784: <p>
1.83 louis 785:
1.113 naddy 786: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 787: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
788: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 789: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 790:
791: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
792: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 793: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 794: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
795: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 796: <p>
1.93 louis 797:
1.113 naddy 798: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 799: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 800: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 801: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 802:
1.83 louis 803: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
804: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
805: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
806: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
807: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 808: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
809: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
810: <p>
1.82 aaron 811:
1.113 naddy 812: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 813: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 814: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 815: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 816:
1.83 louis 817: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
818: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
819: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 820: <p>
1.80 louis 821:
1.113 naddy 822: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 823: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 824: Bad Press</a>,
825: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 826: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 827:
828: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 829: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 830: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
831: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
832: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 833: <p>
1.78 deraadt 834:
835: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
836:
1.113 naddy 837: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
838: <a
1.111 jufi 839: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 840: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
841: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 842: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 843:
844: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
845: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
846: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
847: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 848: <p>
1.74 louis 849:
1.113 naddy 850: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 851: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
852: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 853: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 854:
855: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
856: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
857: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
858: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
859: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
860: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 861: <p>
1.88 louis 862:
1.113 naddy 863: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 864: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 865: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 866: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 867:
868: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
869: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
870: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
871: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 872: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 873: <p>
1.81 louis 874:
1.113 naddy 875: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 876: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 877: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 878: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 879:
880: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
881: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
882: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
883: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
884: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
885: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
886: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 887: <p>
1.90 louis 888:
1.113 naddy 889: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 890: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 891: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 892: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 893:
894: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
895: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
896: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 897: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 898: <p>
1.71 louis 899:
1.69 deraadt 900: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 901:
1.113 naddy 902: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 903: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 904: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 905: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 906:
907: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
908: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
909: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 910: <p>
1.70 louis 911:
1.113 naddy 912: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 913: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 914: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 915:
916: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 917: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 918: <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 919: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 920: <p>
1.68 louis 921:
1.113 naddy 922: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 923: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 924: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 925: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 926:
1.111 jufi 927: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
928: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 929: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 930: "secure by default" installation.
931: <p>
1.64 louis 932:
1.113 naddy 933: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 934: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 935: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 936: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 937:
1.113 naddy 938: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 939: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 940: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 941: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
942: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
943: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 944: <p>
1.66 louis 945:
1.113 naddy 946: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
947: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 948: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 949: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 950:
951: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 952: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 953: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
954: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
955: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 956: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
957: <p>
1.83 louis 958:
1.113 naddy 959: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 960: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 961: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 962: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 963:
964: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 965: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
966: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 967: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
968: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 969: <p>
1.64 louis 970:
1.113 naddy 971: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 972: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 973: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 974: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 975:
976: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
977: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 978: <p>
1.65 louis 979:
1.69 deraadt 980: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
981:
1.113 naddy 982: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 983: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 984: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 985: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 986:
987: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
988: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
989: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
990: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 991: <p>
1.88 louis 992:
1.113 naddy 993: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 994: <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 995: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 996:
997: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 998: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
999: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1000: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1001: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1002: <p>
1.60 louis 1003:
1.113 naddy 1004: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1005: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1006: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1007: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1008: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1009:
1010: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1011: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1012: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1013: <p>
1.58 louis 1014:
1.113 naddy 1015: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1016: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1017: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1018:
1019: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1020: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1021: <p>
1.53 louis 1022:
1.113 naddy 1023: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1024: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1025: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1026: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1027:
1028: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1029: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1030: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1031: <p>
1.99 louis 1032:
1.113 naddy 1033: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1034: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1035: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1036:
1037: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1038: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1039: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1040: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1041: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1042:
1.113 naddy 1043: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1044: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1045: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1046: </strong></font><br>
1047:
1048: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1049: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1050: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1051: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1052: <p>
1053:
1054: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1055: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1056: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1057: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1058:
1059: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1060: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1061: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1062:
1.113 naddy 1063: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1064: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1065: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1066:
1067: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1068: in
1.113 naddy 1069: <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 1070: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1071: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1072: <p>
1.53 louis 1073:
1.113 naddy 1074: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1075: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1076: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1077: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1078: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1079:
1.58 louis 1080: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1081: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1082:
1.69 deraadt 1083: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1084:
1.113 naddy 1085: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1086: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1087: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1088: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1089: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1090:
1.58 louis 1091: Kurt Seifried
1092: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1093: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1094: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1095: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1096:
1.113 naddy 1097: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1098: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1099: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1100: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1101:
1102: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1103: <p>
1.96 louis 1104:
1.113 naddy 1105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1106: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1107: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1108: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1109:
1110: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1111: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1112: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1113: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1114: <p>
1.86 louis 1115:
1.69 deraadt 1116: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1117:
1.113 naddy 1118: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1119: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1120: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1121: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1122:
1123: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1124: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1125: <p>
1.61 louis 1126:
1.113 naddy 1127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1128: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1129: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1130: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1131: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1132:
1133: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1134: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1135: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1136: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1137: right -- or at least strives to".
1138: <p>
1.48 louis 1139:
1.113 naddy 1140: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1141: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1142: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1143: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1144: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1145: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1146: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1147: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1148: <p>
1.61 louis 1149:
1.113 naddy 1150: <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 1151: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1152: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1153:
1154: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1155: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1156: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1157: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1158: <p>
1.46 louis 1159:
1.113 naddy 1160: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1161: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1162: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1163: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1164:
1165: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1166: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1167: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1168:
1.113 naddy 1169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1170: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1171: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1172: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1173:
1174: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1175: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1176: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1177: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1178: <p>
1.70 louis 1179:
1.69 deraadt 1180: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1181:
1.113 naddy 1182: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1183: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1184: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1185:
1186: Kurt Seifried
1187: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1188: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1189: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1190: <p>
1.44 philen 1191:
1.113 naddy 1192: <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 1193: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1194: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1195:
1196: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1197: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1198:
1.113 naddy 1199: <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 1200: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1201: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1202:
1203: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1204: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1205:
1.113 naddy 1206: <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 1207: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1208: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1209:
1210: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1211: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1212: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1213: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1214: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1215:
1.113 naddy 1216: <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 1217: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1218: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1219:
1.36 louis 1220: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1221: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1222:
1.113 naddy 1223: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1224: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1225: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1226: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1227:
1228: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1229: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1230:
1.69 deraadt 1231: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1232:
1.113 naddy 1233: <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 1234: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1235: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1236:
1237: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1238: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1239: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1240:
1.113 naddy 1241: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1242: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1243: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1244: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1245:
1246: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1247: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1248: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1249: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1250: <blockquote>
1251: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1252: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1253: <br>
1254: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1255: </code>
1256: </blockquote>
1257: <p>
1258:
1259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1260: <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>
1261: <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
1262: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1263:
1264: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1265: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1266: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1267: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1268:
1.113 naddy 1269: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1270: <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 1271: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1272:
1273: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1274: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1275: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1276: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1277: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1278: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1279: <p>
1.19 louis 1280:
1.113 naddy 1281: <li><strong>
1282: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1283: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1284:
1285: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1286: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1287: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1288: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1289: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1290: <p>
1.16 louis 1291:
1.113 naddy 1292: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1293: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1294: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1295: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1296:
1.57 louis 1297: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1298: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1299: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1300: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1301:
1.113 naddy 1302: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1303: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1304: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1305: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1306:
1.113 naddy 1307: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1308:
1.113 naddy 1309: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1310: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1311: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1312: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1313:
1.23 louis 1314: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1315: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1316: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1317: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1318: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1319: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1320:
1.113 naddy 1321: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1322: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1323: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1324: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1325:
1326: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1327: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1328: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1329: installation.
1.113 naddy 1330: <p>
1.47 louis 1331:
1.113 naddy 1332: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1333: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1334: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1335: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1336:
1337: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1338: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1339:
1.69 deraadt 1340: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1341:
1.113 naddy 1342: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1343: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1344: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1345: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1346:
1347: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1348: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1349: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1350: <p>
1.12 louis 1351:
1.113 naddy 1352: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1353: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1354: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1355: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1356:
1357: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1358: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1359: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1360: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1361: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1362: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1363: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1364: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1365:
1.69 deraadt 1366: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1367:
1.113 naddy 1368: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1369: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1370: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1371:
1372: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1373: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1374: available."
1.113 naddy 1375: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1376:
1.69 deraadt 1377: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1378:
1.113 naddy 1379: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1380: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1381: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1382:
1383: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1384: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1385: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1386: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1387: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1388: <p>
1.33 louis 1389:
1.113 naddy 1390: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1391: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1392: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1393: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1394:
1.113 naddy 1395: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1396: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1397: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1398: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1399: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1400: <p>
1.57 louis 1401:
1.69 deraadt 1402: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1403:
1.113 naddy 1404: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1405: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1406: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1407: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1408:
1409: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1410: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1411: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1412:
1.113 naddy 1413: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1414: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1415: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1416: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1417: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1418:
1419: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1420: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1421:
1.113 naddy 1422: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1423: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1424:
1.113 naddy 1425: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1426:
1.113 naddy 1427: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1428: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1429: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1430: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1431:
1432: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1433: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1434:
1.69 deraadt 1435: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1436:
1.113 naddy 1437: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1438: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1439: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1440:
1441: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1442: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1443: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1444:
1.113 naddy 1445: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1446: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1447: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1448: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1449:
1450: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1451: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1452: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1453: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1454:
1.69 deraadt 1455: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1456:
1.160 jufi 1457: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1458: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1459: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1460: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1461: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1462:
1463: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1464: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1465: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1466: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1467: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1468: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1469: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1470:
1.113 naddy 1471: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1472: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1473: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1474: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1475:
1476: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1477: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1478: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1479: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1480: <p>
1.15 louis 1481:
1.113 naddy 1482: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1483: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1484: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1485: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1486:
1487: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1488: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1489: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1490: columns."
1.113 naddy 1491: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1492:
1.69 deraadt 1493: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1494:
1.113 naddy 1495: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1496: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1497: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1498: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1499:
1500: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1501: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1502:
1.113 naddy 1503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1504: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1505: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1506:
1507: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1508: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1509: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1510:
1.69 deraadt 1511: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1512:
1.113 naddy 1513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1514: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1515: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1516: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1517:
1518: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1519: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1520: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1521: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1522: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1523:
1.69 deraadt 1524: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1525:
1.113 naddy 1526: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1527: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1528: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1529:
1.69 deraadt 1530: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1531: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1532: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1533:
1.69 deraadt 1534: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1535:
1.113 naddy 1536: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1537: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1538: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1539: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1540:
1541: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1542: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1543: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1544:
1.113 naddy 1545: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1546: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1547: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1548: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1549: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1550:
1.69 deraadt 1551: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1552:
1.113 naddy 1553: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1554: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1555: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1556: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1557: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1558: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1559:
1560: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1561: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1562: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1563: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1564: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1565: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1566:
1567: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1568:
1.113 naddy 1569: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1570: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1571: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1572:
1.69 deraadt 1573: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1574: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1575: <p>
1.112 naddy 1576:
1.113 naddy 1577: </dl>
1578: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1579:
1.113 naddy 1580: <hr>
1581: <a name=se></a>
1582: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1583:
1.102 niklas 1584: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1585:
1.113 naddy 1586: <dl>
1587: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1588: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1589: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1590:
1591: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1592: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1593: <p>
1.102 niklas 1594:
1.113 naddy 1595: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1596:
1.84 niklas 1597: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1598:
1.113 naddy 1599: <dl>
1600: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1601: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1602: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1603:
1604: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1605: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1606: <p>
1.84 niklas 1607:
1.113 naddy 1608: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1609:
1.69 deraadt 1610: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1611:
1.113 naddy 1612: <dl>
1613: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1614: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1615: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1616:
1617: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1618: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1619: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1620: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1621:
1.113 naddy 1622: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1623: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1624: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1625: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1626: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1627:
1.20 louis 1628: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1629: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1630: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1631: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1632: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1633:
1.113 naddy 1634: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1635:
1.113 naddy 1636: <hr>
1637: <a name=jp></a>
1638: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1639:
1.113 naddy 1640: <dl>
1.20 louis 1641:
1.69 deraadt 1642: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1643:
1.113 naddy 1644: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1645: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1646: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1647: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1648:
1649: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1650: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1651: translating and reprinting articles from
1652: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1653: <p>
1.112 naddy 1654:
1.113 naddy 1655: </dl>
1.20 louis 1656:
1.113 naddy 1657: <hr>
1658: <a name=de></a>
1659: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1660: <dl>
1.50 louis 1661:
1.151 louis 1662: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1663:
1664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1665: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1666: </strong></font><br>
1667:
1668: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1669: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1670: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1671: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1672: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1673:
1674: <p>
1675:
1.72 louis 1676: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1677:
1.113 naddy 1678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1679: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1680: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1681: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1682:
1.101 jufi 1683: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1684: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1685: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1686: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1687: Giving way to
1688: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1689: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1690: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1691: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1692: <p>
1.72 louis 1693:
1.69 deraadt 1694: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1695:
1.113 naddy 1696: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1697: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1698: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1699: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1700:
1701: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1702: <p>
1703: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1704:
1.50 louis 1705:
1.113 naddy 1706: <hr>
1707: <a name=ru></a>
1708: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1709: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1710:
1.69 deraadt 1711: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1712:
1.113 naddy 1713: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1714: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1715: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1716: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1717:
1718: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1719: <p>
1.62 form 1720:
1.69 deraadt 1721: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1722:
1.113 naddy 1723: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1724: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1725: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1726: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1727:
1.59 form 1728: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1729: <p>
1.112 naddy 1730:
1.113 naddy 1731: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1732:
1.113 naddy 1733: <hr>
1734: <a name=pl></a>
1735: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1736: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1737:
1.113 naddy 1738: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1739: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1740: Radio, August 2, 2000
1741: </strong></font><br>
1742:
1743: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1744: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1745: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1746: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1747: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1748: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1749: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1750: <p>
1751:
1752: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1753: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1754: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1755: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1756: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1757:
1758: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1759: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1760: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1761: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1762: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1763: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1764: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1765: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1766: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1767: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1768: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1769: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1770: <p>
1771: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1772:
1.113 naddy 1773: <hr>
1774: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1775: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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