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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
1.171 ! louis 36: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
! 37: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
! 38: </strong></font><br>
! 39:
! 40: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
! 41: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
! 42: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
! 43: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
! 44: and hindsight.
! 45: <p>
! 46:
! 47: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 48: <a
1.168 provos 49: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
50: December 7, 2000
51: </strong></font><br>
52:
53: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
54: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
55: us explain.
56: <p>
57:
58: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
59: <a
1.166 louis 60: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
61: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
62: December 6, 2000
63: </strong></font><br>
64:
65: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
66: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
67: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
68: <p>
69:
70: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
71: <a
1.162 millert 72: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
73: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
74: </strong></font><br>
75:
76: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 77: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
78: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
79: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
80: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
81: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
82: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 83: <p>
1.162 millert 84:
85: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
86: <a
1.161 louis 87: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
88: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
89: </strong></font><br>
90:
91: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
92: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
93: <p>
94:
1.169 louis 95: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
96: <a
97: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
98: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
99: </strong></font><br>
100:
101: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
102: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
103: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
104: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
105: <p>
106:
1.158 louis 107: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 108:
109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 110: <a
1.164 deraadt 111: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 112: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 113: </strong></font><br>
114: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
115: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
116: <p>
117:
118: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
119: <a
120: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
121: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
122: </strong></font><br>
123:
124: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
125: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
126: <p>
127:
128: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
129: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
130: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
131: </strong></font><br>
132: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
133: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
134: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
135: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
136: <p>
137:
138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
139: <a
1.157 louis 140: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
141: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
142: </strong></font><br>
143: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
144: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
145: <p>
146:
147: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
148:
149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 150: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
151: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
152: </strong></font><br>
153:
154: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
155: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
156: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
157: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
161: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
162: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
163: </strong></font><br>
164:
165: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
166: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
167: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
168: it because they love coding...
169: <p>
170:
171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
172: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
173: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
174: </strong></font><br>
175:
176: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
177: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
178: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
179: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
180: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
181: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
182: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
183: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
184: <p>
185:
186: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 187: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
188: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
189: </strong></font><br>
190:
191: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
192: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
193: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
194: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
195: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
196: the pizza.
197: <p>
198:
199: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 200: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
201: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
202: </strong></font><br>
203:
204: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
205: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
206: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
207: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
208: problems.
209: <p>
210:
211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 212: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
213: </strong></font><br>
214:
215: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
216: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
217: - whether they like it or not.
218: <p>
219:
220: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 221: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
222: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
223: </strong></font><br>
224:
225: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
226: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
227: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 228: <p>
1.148 aaron 229:
230: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 231: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
232: </strong></font><br>
233:
234: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
235: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
236: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
237: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
238: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
239: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
240: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
241: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
242: <p>
243:
244: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 245: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
246: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
247: </strong></font><br>
248:
249: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
250: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
251: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
252: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
253: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
254: <p>
255:
1.138 louis 256: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
257:
258: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 259: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 260: System Takes On Linux</a>,
261: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
262: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 263: </strong></font><br>
264:
1.146 louis 265: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
266: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
267: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
268: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
269: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
270: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
271: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 272: <p>
273:
274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 275: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
276: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
277: </strong></font><br>
278:
279: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
280: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
281: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
282: library after installing the OS.
283: <p>
284:
285: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 286: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 287: Sys Admin, September 2000
288: </strong></font><br>
289:
290: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
291: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
292: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
293: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
294: (<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>,
295: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
296: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
297: <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
298: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
299: out of the system.
300: <p>
301:
1.144 louis 302: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
303: <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
304: </strong></font><br>
305:
306: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
307: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
308: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
309: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
310: the IP filtering and address translation.
311: <p>
312:
1.131 louis 313: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
314:
315: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 316: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
317: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
318: </strong></font><br>
319:
320: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
321: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
322: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 326: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
327: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
328: </strong></font><br>
329:
330: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
331: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
332: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
333: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
334: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
335: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
336: note of"</i>.
337: <p>
338:
339: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 340: <a
341: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
342: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
343: </strong></font><br>
344:
345: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
346: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
347: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
348: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
349: <p>
350:
351: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 352: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 353: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
354: </strong></font><br>
355:
356: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
357: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
358: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
359: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
360: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
361: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
362: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
363: <p>
364:
365: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 366: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
367: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
368: 2000
369: </strong></font><br>
370:
371: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
372: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
373: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
374: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
375: against current industry practices.
376: <p>
377:
378: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 379: <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
380: </strong></font><br>
381:
382: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
383: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
384: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
385: <p>
386:
387: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 388: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
389: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
390: </strong></font><br>
391:
392: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
393: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
394: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
395: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
396: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
397: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
398: careful code reviews, he concludes.
399: <p>
400:
401: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 402: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
403: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
404: </strong></font><br>
405:
406: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
407: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
408: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
409: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
410: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 411: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
412: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
413: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 414: <p>
415:
1.118 louis 416: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
417:
418: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 419: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
420: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
421: </strong></font><br>
422:
423: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
424: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
425: about time. The article mentions that
426: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
427: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
428: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 429: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 430: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
431: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
432: ammended since.
433: <p>
434:
435: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 436: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 437: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 438: </strong></font><br>
439:
440: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
441: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
442: of OpenSSH.
443: <p>
444:
445: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
446: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
447: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
448: </strong></font><br>
449:
450: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 451: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 452: bridging.
453: <p>
454:
455: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
456: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
457: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 458: </strong></font><br>
459:
1.121 deraadt 460: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
461: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 462: <p>
463:
464: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 465: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
466: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
467: </strong></font><br>
468:
469: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
470: <p>
471:
472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 473: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 474: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
475: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 476: </strong></font><br>
477:
1.120 deraadt 478: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
479: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 480: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
481: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
482: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
483: <p>
484:
485: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 486: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
487: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
488: </strong></font><br>
489:
490: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
491: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
492: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
493: protocols and their quirks.
494: <p>
495:
496: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.160 jufi 497: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html"In
1.137 louis 498: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 499: </strong></font><br>
500:
501: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
502: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
503: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 504: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 505: <p>
506:
507: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 508: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
509: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
510: </strong></font><br>
511:
512: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
513: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
514: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
515: <p>
516:
517: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 518: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 519: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
520: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 521: </strong></font><br>
522:
523: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
524: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
525: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
526: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
527: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
528: <p>
529:
1.104 louis 530: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
531:
1.113 naddy 532: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 533: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
534: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
535: </strong></font><br>
536:
537: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
538: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
539: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
540: be a bit dry.
541: <p>
542:
543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 544: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
545: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
546: 2000
1.128 louis 547: </strong></font><br>
548:
549: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
550: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
551: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
552: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
553: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 554: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 555: <p>
556:
557: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 558: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
559: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 560: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 561:
562: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
563: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
564: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
565: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 566: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
567: <p>
1.110 louis 568:
1.117 louis 569: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
570: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
571: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
572: </strong></font><br>
573:
574: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
575: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
576: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
577: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
578: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
579: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
580: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
581: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
582: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
583: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
584: <p>
585:
1.113 naddy 586: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 587: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 588: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 589:
590: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
591: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 592: <p>
1.108 louis 593:
1.113 naddy 594: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 595: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
596: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 597: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 598:
599: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
600: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
601: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 602: <p>
1.106 louis 603:
1.113 naddy 604: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 605: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
606: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 607: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 608:
609: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
610: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
611: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
612: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 613: <p>
1.107 louis 614:
1.113 naddy 615: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 616: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
617: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 618: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 619:
620: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
621: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 622: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 623: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
624: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 625: <p>
1.105 louis 626:
1.113 naddy 627: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 628: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 629: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 630: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 631:
1.113 naddy 632: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
633: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 634: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 635: <p>
1.104 louis 636:
1.121 deraadt 637: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
638: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
639: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
640: </strong></font><br>
641:
642: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
643: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
644: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
645: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
646: <p>
647:
1.85 louis 648: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
649:
1.113 naddy 650: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 651: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 652: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 653: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 654:
655: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
656: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
657: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
658: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
659: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
660: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
661: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 662: <p>
1.99 louis 663:
1.113 naddy 664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 665: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 666: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 667: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 668:
669: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
670: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
671: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
672: conditions.
1.113 naddy 673: <p>
1.100 louis 674:
1.113 naddy 675: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 676: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 677: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 678: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 679:
680: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
681: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
682: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
683: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 684: <p>
1.95 louis 685:
1.113 naddy 686: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 687: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 688: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 689: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 690:
691: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
692: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 693: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 694: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
695: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 696: <p>
1.92 louis 697:
1.113 naddy 698: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
699: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 700: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 701: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 702:
703: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
704: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
705: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
706: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
707: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
708: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 709: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 710: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 711: <p>
1.91 louis 712:
1.113 naddy 713: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 714: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
715: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 716: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 717:
718: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
719: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
720: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
721: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
722: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
723: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
724: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
725: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
726: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 727: <p>
1.90 louis 728:
1.113 naddy 729: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 730: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
731: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
732: </strong></font><br>
733: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
734: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
735: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
736: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
737: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
738: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
739: <p>
740:
741: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 742: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
743: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 744: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 745:
1.113 naddy 746: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
747: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 748: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
749: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
750: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
751: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
752: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 753: <p>
1.87 louis 754:
1.113 naddy 755: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 756: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
757: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 758: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 759:
760: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
761: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 762: <p>
1.85 louis 763:
1.113 naddy 764: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 765: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
766: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 767: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 768:
769: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 770: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 771: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
772: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 773: <p>
1.89 louis 774:
1.113 naddy 775: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 776: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
777: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 778: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 779:
780: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
781: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
782: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
783: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
784: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
785:
1.78 deraadt 786: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 787:
1.113 naddy 788: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 789: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 790: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 791: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 792: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 793:
794: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
795: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
796: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 797: <p>
1.83 louis 798:
1.113 naddy 799: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 800: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
801: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 802: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 803:
804: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
805: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 806: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 807: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
808: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 809: <p>
1.93 louis 810:
1.113 naddy 811: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 812: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 813: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 814: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 815:
1.83 louis 816: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
817: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
818: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
819: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
820: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 821: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
822: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
823: <p>
1.82 aaron 824:
1.113 naddy 825: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 826: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 827: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 828: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 829:
1.83 louis 830: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
831: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
832: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 833: <p>
1.80 louis 834:
1.113 naddy 835: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 836: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 837: Bad Press</a>,
838: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 839: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 840:
841: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 842: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 843: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
844: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
845: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 846: <p>
1.78 deraadt 847:
848: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
849:
1.113 naddy 850: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
851: <a
1.111 jufi 852: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 853: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
854: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 855: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 856:
857: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
858: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
859: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
860: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 861: <p>
1.74 louis 862:
1.113 naddy 863: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 864: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
865: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 866: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 867:
868: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
869: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
870: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
871: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
872: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
873: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 874: <p>
1.88 louis 875:
1.113 naddy 876: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 877: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 878: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 879: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 880:
881: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
882: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
883: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
884: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 885: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 886: <p>
1.81 louis 887:
1.113 naddy 888: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 889: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 890: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 891: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 892:
893: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
894: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
895: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
896: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
897: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
898: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
899: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 900: <p>
1.90 louis 901:
1.113 naddy 902: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 903: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 904: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 905: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 906:
907: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
908: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
909: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 910: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 911: <p>
1.71 louis 912:
1.69 deraadt 913: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 914:
1.113 naddy 915: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 916: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 917: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 918: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 919:
920: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
921: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
922: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 923: <p>
1.70 louis 924:
1.113 naddy 925: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 926: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 927: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 928:
929: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 930: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 931: <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 932: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 933: <p>
1.68 louis 934:
1.113 naddy 935: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 936: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 937: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 938: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 939:
1.111 jufi 940: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
941: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 942: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 943: "secure by default" installation.
944: <p>
1.64 louis 945:
1.113 naddy 946: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 947: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 948: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 949: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 950:
1.113 naddy 951: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 952: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 953: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 954: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
955: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
956: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 957: <p>
1.66 louis 958:
1.113 naddy 959: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
960: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 961: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 962: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 963:
964: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 965: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 966: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
967: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
968: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 969: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
970: <p>
1.83 louis 971:
1.113 naddy 972: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 973: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 974: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 975: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 976:
977: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 978: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
979: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 980: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
981: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 982: <p>
1.64 louis 983:
1.113 naddy 984: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 985: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 986: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 987: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 988:
989: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
990: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 991: <p>
1.65 louis 992:
1.69 deraadt 993: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
994:
1.113 naddy 995: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 996: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 997: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 998: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 999:
1000: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1001: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1002: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1003: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1004: <p>
1.88 louis 1005:
1.113 naddy 1006: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1007: <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 1008: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1009:
1010: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1011: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1012: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1013: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1014: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1015: <p>
1.60 louis 1016:
1.113 naddy 1017: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1018: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1019: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1020: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1021: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1022:
1023: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1024: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1025: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1026: <p>
1.58 louis 1027:
1.113 naddy 1028: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1029: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1030: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1031:
1032: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1033: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1034: <p>
1.53 louis 1035:
1.113 naddy 1036: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1037: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1038: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1039: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1040:
1041: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1042: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1043: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1044: <p>
1.99 louis 1045:
1.113 naddy 1046: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1047: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1048: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1049:
1050: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1051: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1052: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1053: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1054: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1055:
1.113 naddy 1056: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1057: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1058: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1059: </strong></font><br>
1060:
1061: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1062: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1063: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1064: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1065: <p>
1066:
1067: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1068: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1069: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1070: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1071:
1072: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1073: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1074: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1075:
1.113 naddy 1076: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1077: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1078: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1079:
1080: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1081: in
1.113 naddy 1082: <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 1083: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1084: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1085: <p>
1.53 louis 1086:
1.113 naddy 1087: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1088: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1089: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1090: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1091: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1092:
1.58 louis 1093: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1094: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1095:
1.69 deraadt 1096: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1097:
1.113 naddy 1098: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1099: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1100: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1101: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1102: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1103:
1.58 louis 1104: Kurt Seifried
1105: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1106: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1107: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1108: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1109:
1.113 naddy 1110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1111: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1112: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1113: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1114:
1115: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1116: <p>
1.96 louis 1117:
1.113 naddy 1118: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1119: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1120: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1121: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1122:
1123: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1124: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1125: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1126: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1127: <p>
1.86 louis 1128:
1.69 deraadt 1129: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1130:
1.113 naddy 1131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1132: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1133: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1134: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1135:
1136: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1137: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1138: <p>
1.61 louis 1139:
1.113 naddy 1140: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1141: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1142: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1143: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1144: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1145:
1146: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1147: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1148: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1149: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1150: right -- or at least strives to".
1151: <p>
1.48 louis 1152:
1.113 naddy 1153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1154: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1155: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1156: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1157: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1158: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1159: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1160: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1161: <p>
1.61 louis 1162:
1.113 naddy 1163: <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 1164: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1165: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1166:
1167: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1168: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1169: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1170: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1171: <p>
1.46 louis 1172:
1.113 naddy 1173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1174: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1175: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1176: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1177:
1178: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1179: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1180: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1181:
1.113 naddy 1182: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1183: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1184: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1185: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1186:
1187: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1188: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1189: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1190: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1191: <p>
1.70 louis 1192:
1.69 deraadt 1193: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1194:
1.113 naddy 1195: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1196: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1197: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1198:
1199: Kurt Seifried
1200: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1201: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1202: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1203: <p>
1.44 philen 1204:
1.113 naddy 1205: <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 1206: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1207: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1208:
1209: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1210: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1211:
1.113 naddy 1212: <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 1213: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1214: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1215:
1216: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1217: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1218:
1.113 naddy 1219: <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 1220: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1221: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1222:
1223: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1224: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1225: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1226: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1227: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1228:
1.113 naddy 1229: <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 1230: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1231: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1232:
1.36 louis 1233: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1234: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1235:
1.113 naddy 1236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1237: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1238: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1239: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1240:
1241: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1242: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1243:
1.69 deraadt 1244: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1245:
1.113 naddy 1246: <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 1247: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1248: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1249:
1250: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1251: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1252: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1253:
1.113 naddy 1254: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1255: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1256: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1257: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1258:
1259: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1260: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1261: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1262: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1263: <blockquote>
1264: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1265: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1266: <br>
1267: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1268: </code>
1269: </blockquote>
1270: <p>
1271:
1272: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1273: <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>
1274: <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
1275: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1276:
1277: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1278: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1279: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1280: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1281:
1.113 naddy 1282: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1283: <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 1284: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1285:
1286: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1287: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1288: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1289: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1290: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1291: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1292: <p>
1.19 louis 1293:
1.113 naddy 1294: <li><strong>
1295: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1296: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1297:
1298: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1299: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1300: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1301: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1302: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1303: <p>
1.16 louis 1304:
1.113 naddy 1305: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1306: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1307: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1308: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1309:
1.57 louis 1310: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1311: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1312: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1313: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1314:
1.113 naddy 1315: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1316: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1317: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1318: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1319:
1.113 naddy 1320: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1321:
1.113 naddy 1322: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1323: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1324: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1325: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1326:
1.23 louis 1327: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1328: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1329: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1330: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1331: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1332: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1333:
1.113 naddy 1334: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1335: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1336: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1337: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1338:
1339: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1340: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1341: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1342: installation.
1.113 naddy 1343: <p>
1.47 louis 1344:
1.113 naddy 1345: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1346: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1347: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1348: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1349:
1350: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1351: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1352:
1.69 deraadt 1353: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1354:
1.113 naddy 1355: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1356: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1357: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1358: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1359:
1360: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1361: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1362: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1363: <p>
1.12 louis 1364:
1.113 naddy 1365: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1366: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1367: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1368: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1369:
1370: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1371: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1372: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1373: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1374: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1375: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1376: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1377: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1378:
1.69 deraadt 1379: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1380:
1.113 naddy 1381: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1382: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1383: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1384:
1385: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1386: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1387: available."
1.113 naddy 1388: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1389:
1.69 deraadt 1390: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1391:
1.113 naddy 1392: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1393: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1394: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1395:
1396: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1397: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1398: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1399: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1400: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1401: <p>
1.33 louis 1402:
1.113 naddy 1403: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1404: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1405: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1406: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1407:
1.113 naddy 1408: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1409: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1410: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1411: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1412: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1413: <p>
1.57 louis 1414:
1.69 deraadt 1415: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1416:
1.113 naddy 1417: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1418: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1419: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1420: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1421:
1422: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1423: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1424: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1425:
1.113 naddy 1426: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1427: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1428: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1429: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1430: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1431:
1432: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1433: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1434:
1.113 naddy 1435: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1436: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1437:
1.113 naddy 1438: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1439:
1.113 naddy 1440: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1441: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1442: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1443: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1444:
1445: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1446: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1447:
1.69 deraadt 1448: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1449:
1.113 naddy 1450: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1451: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1452: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1453:
1454: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1455: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1456: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1457:
1.113 naddy 1458: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1459: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1460: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1461: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1462:
1463: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1464: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1465: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1466: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1467:
1.69 deraadt 1468: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1469:
1.160 jufi 1470: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1471: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1472: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1473: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1474: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1475:
1476: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1477: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1478: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1479: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1480: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1481: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1482: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1483:
1.113 naddy 1484: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1485: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1486: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1487: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1488:
1489: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1490: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1491: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1492: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1493: <p>
1.15 louis 1494:
1.113 naddy 1495: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1496: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1497: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1498: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1499:
1500: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1501: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1502: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1503: columns."
1.113 naddy 1504: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1505:
1.69 deraadt 1506: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1507:
1.113 naddy 1508: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1509: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1510: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1511: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1512:
1513: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1514: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1515:
1.113 naddy 1516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1517: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1518: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1519:
1520: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1521: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1522: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1523:
1.69 deraadt 1524: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1525:
1.113 naddy 1526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1527: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1528: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1529: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1530:
1531: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1532: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1533: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1534: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1535: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1536:
1.69 deraadt 1537: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1538:
1.113 naddy 1539: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1540: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1541: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1542:
1.69 deraadt 1543: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1544: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1545: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1546:
1.69 deraadt 1547: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1548:
1.113 naddy 1549: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1550: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1551: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1552: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1553:
1554: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1555: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1556: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1557:
1.113 naddy 1558: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1559: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1560: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1561: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1562: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1563:
1.69 deraadt 1564: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1565:
1.113 naddy 1566: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1567: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1568: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1569: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1570: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1571: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1572:
1573: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1574: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1575: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1576: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1577: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1578: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1579:
1580: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1581:
1.113 naddy 1582: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1583: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1584: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1585:
1.69 deraadt 1586: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1587: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1588: <p>
1.112 naddy 1589:
1.113 naddy 1590: </dl>
1591: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1592:
1.113 naddy 1593: <hr>
1594: <a name=se></a>
1595: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1596:
1.102 niklas 1597: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1598:
1.113 naddy 1599: <dl>
1600: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1601: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1602: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1603:
1604: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1605: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1606: <p>
1.102 niklas 1607:
1.113 naddy 1608: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1609:
1.84 niklas 1610: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1611:
1.113 naddy 1612: <dl>
1613: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1614: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1615: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1616:
1617: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1618: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1619: <p>
1.84 niklas 1620:
1.113 naddy 1621: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1622:
1.69 deraadt 1623: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1624:
1.113 naddy 1625: <dl>
1626: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1627: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1628: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1629:
1630: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1631: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1632: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1633: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1634:
1.113 naddy 1635: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1636: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1637: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1638: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1639: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1640:
1.20 louis 1641: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1642: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1643: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1644: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1645: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1646:
1.113 naddy 1647: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1648:
1.113 naddy 1649: <hr>
1650: <a name=jp></a>
1651: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1652:
1.113 naddy 1653: <dl>
1.20 louis 1654:
1.170 louis 1655: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1656:
1657: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1658: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
1659: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1660: </strong></font><br>
1661:
1662: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1663: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1664: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1665: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1666: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1667: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1668: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1669: <p>
1670:
1.69 deraadt 1671: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1672:
1.113 naddy 1673: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1674: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1675: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1676: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1677:
1678: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1679: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1680: translating and reprinting articles from
1681: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1682: <p>
1.112 naddy 1683:
1.113 naddy 1684: </dl>
1.20 louis 1685:
1.113 naddy 1686: <hr>
1687: <a name=de></a>
1688: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1689: <dl>
1.50 louis 1690:
1.151 louis 1691: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1692:
1693: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1694: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1695: </strong></font><br>
1696:
1697: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1698: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1699: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1700: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1701: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1702:
1703: <p>
1704:
1.72 louis 1705: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1706:
1.113 naddy 1707: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1708: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1709: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1710: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1711:
1.101 jufi 1712: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1713: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1714: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1715: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1716: Giving way to
1717: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1718: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1719: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1720: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1721: <p>
1.72 louis 1722:
1.69 deraadt 1723: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1724:
1.113 naddy 1725: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1726: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1727: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1728: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1729:
1730: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1731: <p>
1732: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1733:
1.50 louis 1734:
1.113 naddy 1735: <hr>
1736: <a name=ru></a>
1737: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1738: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1739:
1.69 deraadt 1740: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1741:
1.113 naddy 1742: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1743: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1744: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1745: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1746:
1747: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1748: <p>
1.62 form 1749:
1.69 deraadt 1750: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1751:
1.113 naddy 1752: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1753: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1754: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1755: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1756:
1.59 form 1757: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1758: <p>
1.112 naddy 1759:
1.113 naddy 1760: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1761:
1.113 naddy 1762: <hr>
1763: <a name=pl></a>
1764: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1765: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1766:
1.113 naddy 1767: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1768: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1769: Radio, August 2, 2000
1770: </strong></font><br>
1771:
1772: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1773: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1774: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1775: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1776: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1777: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1778: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1779: <p>
1780:
1781: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1782: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1783: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1784: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1785: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1786:
1787: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1788: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1789: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1790: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1791: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1792: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1793: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1794: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1795: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1796: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1797: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1798: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1799: <p>
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