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1.17 ! deraadt 16: <h2><font color=#e00000><strong>Media Coverage</strong></font></h2>
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1.17 ! deraadt 19: <h3><font color=#e00000><strong>English press coverage</strong></font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 21:
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23: <a href="http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/259/business/Even_better_than_Linux+.shtml">Even better than Linux</a>, Boston Globe, Sept 16, 1999.
24: </strong></font><p>
25:
26: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
27: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
28: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
29: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not).<p>
30: <p>
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1.1 deraadt 32: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.14 louis 33: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.idg.com.au%2FCWT1997.nsf%2FHome%2Bpage%2F83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41%3FOpenDocument&return=%2fidg_frames%2fenglish%2ffeatures%2ehtml">Microsoft, Linux to become duopoly?</a>,
34: ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.</strong></font><p>
35:
36: Lead developer Theo de Raadt was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User
37: Group (AUUG) meeting in Melbourne.<p>
38: <p>
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1.17 ! deraadt 41: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 42: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
43: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999.</strong></font><p>
44:
45: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
46: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
47: of OpenBSD.<p>
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1.8 deraadt 51: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 52: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
53: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.8 deraadt 54:
55: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
56: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
57: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."<p>
58:
59: From the publishers of a number of Canadian computer magazines, comes
60: an award to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD.<p>
61:
62: (scroll down to see the sub-article about OpenBSD)
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1.3 deraadt 66: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 67: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
68: National Post, May 25, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.3 deraadt 69:
70: Newspaper article about OpenBSD.
71: <p>
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1.6 deraadt 74: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.17 ! deraadt 75: The Net's stealth operating system</a>MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.6 deraadt 76:
77: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
78: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
79: available."
80: <p>
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1.2 deraadt 83: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.10 deraadt 84: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.2 deraadt 85:
86: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
87: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
88: <p>
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1.11 ericj 92: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.1 deraadt 93: NFR Performance Testing</a> report, written by
94: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
95:
96: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
97: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
98: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
99: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
100: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
101: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
102: <p>
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1.15 louis 105: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
106: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
107: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
108:
109: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
110: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
111: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
112: over to OpenBSD.
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1.1 deraadt 116: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
117: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
118: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
119:
120: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
121: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
122: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
123: columns."
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1.2 deraadt 126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
127: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
128: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998.
129: </strong></font><p>
130:
131: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
132: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
133: Implementation, including a brief interview with
134: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 135: <p>
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138: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.10 deraadt 139: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 140:
141: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
142: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
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146: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.10 deraadt 147: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 148:
149: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
150: OpenBSD is.
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154: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 155: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
156: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
157: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.10 deraadt 158: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81.</strong></font><p>
1.5 ian 159:
160: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
161: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
162: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
163: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
164: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 165: <p>
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168: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
169: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
170: July, 1998.</strong></font><p>
171:
172: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
173: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
174: <p>
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176: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
177: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96. Paper edition only.</strong></font><p>
178: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a cheezy picture
179: of project founder Theo de Raadt (watch those wired people do
180: photoshop jobs!).
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1.17 ! deraadt 186: <h3><font color=#e00000><strong>Swedish press coverage (in swedish)</strong></font></h3><p>
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190: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.10 deraadt 191: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 192:
193: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
194: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
195: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
196: <p>
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199: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 200: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 201: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 202: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 203:
204: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The 1st
205: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the 2nd which
206: explains the licensing issues and points to our
207: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
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