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1.16 louis 31:
1.172 ! mickey 32: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
! 33:
! 34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 35: <a
! 36: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
! 37: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
! 38: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 20001
! 39: </strong></font><br>
! 40:
! 41: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
! 42: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
! 43: <p>
! 44:
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! 46:
1.161 louis 47: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
48:
49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
50: <a
1.171 louis 51: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
52: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
53: </strong></font><br>
54:
55: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
56: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
57: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
58: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
59: and hindsight.
60: <p>
61:
62: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
63: <a
1.168 provos 64: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
65: December 7, 2000
66: </strong></font><br>
67:
68: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
69: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
70: us explain.
71: <p>
72:
73: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
74: <a
1.166 louis 75: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
76: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
77: December 6, 2000
78: </strong></font><br>
79:
80: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
81: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
82: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
83: <p>
84:
85: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
86: <a
1.162 millert 87: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
88: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
89: </strong></font><br>
90:
91: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 92: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
93: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
94: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
95: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
96: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
97: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 98: <p>
1.162 millert 99:
100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
101: <a
1.161 louis 102: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
103: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
104: </strong></font><br>
105:
106: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
107: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
108: <p>
109:
1.169 louis 110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
111: <a
112: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
113: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
114: </strong></font><br>
115:
116: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
117: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
118: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
119: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
120: <p>
121:
1.158 louis 122: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 123:
124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 125: <a
1.164 deraadt 126: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 127: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 128: </strong></font><br>
129: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
130: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
131: <p>
132:
133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
134: <a
135: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
136: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
137: </strong></font><br>
138:
139: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
140: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
141: <p>
142:
143: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
144: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
145: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
146: </strong></font><br>
147: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
148: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
149: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
150: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
151: <p>
152:
153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
154: <a
1.157 louis 155: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
156: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
157: </strong></font><br>
158: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
159: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
160: <p>
161:
162: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
163:
164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 165: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
166: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
167: </strong></font><br>
168:
169: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
170: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
171: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
172: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
173: <p>
174:
175: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
176: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
177: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
178: </strong></font><br>
179:
180: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
181: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
182: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
183: it because they love coding...
184: <p>
185:
186: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
187: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
188: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
189: </strong></font><br>
190:
191: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
192: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
193: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
194: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
195: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
196: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
197: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
198: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
199: <p>
200:
201: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 202: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
203: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
204: </strong></font><br>
205:
206: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
207: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
208: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
209: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
210: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
211: the pizza.
212: <p>
213:
214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 215: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
216: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
217: </strong></font><br>
218:
219: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
220: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
221: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
222: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
223: problems.
224: <p>
225:
226: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 227: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
228: </strong></font><br>
229:
230: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
231: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
232: - whether they like it or not.
233: <p>
234:
235: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 236: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
237: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
238: </strong></font><br>
239:
240: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
241: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
242: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 243: <p>
1.148 aaron 244:
245: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 246: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
247: </strong></font><br>
248:
249: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
250: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
251: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
252: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
253: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
254: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
255: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
256: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
257: <p>
258:
259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 260: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
261: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
262: </strong></font><br>
263:
264: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
265: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
266: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
267: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
268: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
269: <p>
270:
1.138 louis 271: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
272:
273: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 274: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 275: System Takes On Linux</a>,
276: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
277: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 278: </strong></font><br>
279:
1.146 louis 280: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
281: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
282: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
283: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
284: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
285: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
286: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 287: <p>
288:
289: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 290: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
291: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
292: </strong></font><br>
293:
294: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
295: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
296: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
297: library after installing the OS.
298: <p>
299:
300: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 301: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 302: Sys Admin, September 2000
303: </strong></font><br>
304:
305: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
306: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
307: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
308: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
309: (<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>,
310: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
311: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
312: <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
313: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
314: out of the system.
315: <p>
316:
1.144 louis 317: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
318: <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
319: </strong></font><br>
320:
321: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
322: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
323: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
324: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
325: the IP filtering and address translation.
326: <p>
327:
1.131 louis 328: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
329:
330: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 331: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
332: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
333: </strong></font><br>
334:
335: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
336: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
337: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
338: <p>
339:
340: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 341: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
342: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
343: </strong></font><br>
344:
345: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
346: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
347: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
348: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
349: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
350: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
351: note of"</i>.
352: <p>
353:
354: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 355: <a
356: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
357: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
358: </strong></font><br>
359:
360: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
361: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
362: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
363: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
364: <p>
365:
366: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 367: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 368: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
369: </strong></font><br>
370:
371: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
372: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
373: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
374: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
375: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
376: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
377: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
378: <p>
379:
380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 381: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
382: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
383: 2000
384: </strong></font><br>
385:
386: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
387: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
388: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
389: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
390: against current industry practices.
391: <p>
392:
393: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 394: <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
395: </strong></font><br>
396:
397: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
398: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
399: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
400: <p>
401:
402: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 403: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
404: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
405: </strong></font><br>
406:
407: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
408: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
409: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
410: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
411: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
412: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
413: careful code reviews, he concludes.
414: <p>
415:
416: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 417: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
418: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
419: </strong></font><br>
420:
421: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
422: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
423: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
424: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
425: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 426: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
427: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
428: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 429: <p>
430:
1.118 louis 431: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
432:
433: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 434: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
435: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
436: </strong></font><br>
437:
438: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
439: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
440: about time. The article mentions that
441: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
442: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
443: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 444: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 445: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
446: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
447: ammended since.
448: <p>
449:
450: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 451: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 452: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 453: </strong></font><br>
454:
455: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
456: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
457: of OpenSSH.
458: <p>
459:
460: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
461: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
462: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
463: </strong></font><br>
464:
465: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 466: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 467: bridging.
468: <p>
469:
470: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
471: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
472: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 473: </strong></font><br>
474:
1.121 deraadt 475: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
476: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 477: <p>
478:
479: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 480: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
481: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
482: </strong></font><br>
483:
484: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
485: <p>
486:
487: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 488: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 489: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
490: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 491: </strong></font><br>
492:
1.120 deraadt 493: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
494: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 495: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
496: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
497: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
498: <p>
499:
500: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 501: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
502: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
503: </strong></font><br>
504:
505: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
506: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
507: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
508: protocols and their quirks.
509: <p>
510:
511: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.160 jufi 512: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html"In
1.137 louis 513: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 514: </strong></font><br>
515:
516: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
517: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
518: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 519: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 520: <p>
521:
522: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 523: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
524: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
525: </strong></font><br>
526:
527: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
528: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
529: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
530: <p>
531:
532: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 533: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 534: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
535: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 536: </strong></font><br>
537:
538: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
539: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
540: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
541: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
542: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
543: <p>
544:
1.104 louis 545: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
546:
1.113 naddy 547: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 548: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
549: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
550: </strong></font><br>
551:
552: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
553: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
554: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
555: be a bit dry.
556: <p>
557:
558: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 559: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
560: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
561: 2000
1.128 louis 562: </strong></font><br>
563:
564: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
565: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
566: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
567: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
568: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 569: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 570: <p>
571:
572: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 573: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
574: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 575: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 576:
577: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
578: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
579: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
580: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 581: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
582: <p>
1.110 louis 583:
1.117 louis 584: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
585: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
586: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
587: </strong></font><br>
588:
589: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
590: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
591: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
592: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
593: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
594: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
595: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
596: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
597: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
598: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
599: <p>
600:
1.113 naddy 601: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 602: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 603: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 604:
605: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
606: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 607: <p>
1.108 louis 608:
1.113 naddy 609: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 610: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
611: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 612: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 613:
614: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
615: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
616: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 617: <p>
1.106 louis 618:
1.113 naddy 619: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 620: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
621: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 622: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 623:
624: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
625: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
626: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
627: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 628: <p>
1.107 louis 629:
1.113 naddy 630: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 631: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
632: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 633: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 634:
635: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
636: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 637: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 638: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
639: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 640: <p>
1.105 louis 641:
1.113 naddy 642: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 643: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 644: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 645: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 646:
1.113 naddy 647: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
648: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 649: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 650: <p>
1.104 louis 651:
1.121 deraadt 652: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
653: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
654: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
655: </strong></font><br>
656:
657: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
658: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
659: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
660: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
661: <p>
662:
1.85 louis 663: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
664:
1.113 naddy 665: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 666: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 667: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 668: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 669:
670: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
671: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
672: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
673: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
674: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
675: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
676: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 677: <p>
1.99 louis 678:
1.113 naddy 679: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 680: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 681: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 682: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 683:
684: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
685: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
686: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
687: conditions.
1.113 naddy 688: <p>
1.100 louis 689:
1.113 naddy 690: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 691: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 692: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 693: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 694:
695: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
696: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
697: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
698: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 699: <p>
1.95 louis 700:
1.113 naddy 701: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 702: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 703: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 704: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 705:
706: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
707: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 708: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 709: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
710: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 711: <p>
1.92 louis 712:
1.113 naddy 713: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
714: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 715: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 716: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 717:
718: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
719: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
720: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
721: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
722: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
723: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 724: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 725: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 726: <p>
1.91 louis 727:
1.113 naddy 728: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 729: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
730: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 731: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 732:
733: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
734: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
735: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
736: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
737: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
738: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
739: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
740: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
741: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 742: <p>
1.90 louis 743:
1.113 naddy 744: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 745: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
746: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
747: </strong></font><br>
748: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
749: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
750: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
751: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
752: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
753: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
754: <p>
755:
756: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 757: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
758: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 759: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 760:
1.113 naddy 761: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
762: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 763: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
764: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
765: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
766: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
767: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 768: <p>
1.87 louis 769:
1.113 naddy 770: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 771: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
772: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 773: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 774:
775: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
776: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 777: <p>
1.85 louis 778:
1.113 naddy 779: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 780: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
781: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 782: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 783:
784: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 785: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 786: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
787: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 788: <p>
1.89 louis 789:
1.113 naddy 790: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 791: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
792: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 793: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 794:
795: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
796: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
797: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
798: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
799: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
800:
1.78 deraadt 801: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 802:
1.113 naddy 803: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 804: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 805: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 806: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 807: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 808:
809: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
810: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
811: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 812: <p>
1.83 louis 813:
1.113 naddy 814: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 815: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
816: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 817: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 818:
819: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
820: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 821: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 822: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
823: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 824: <p>
1.93 louis 825:
1.113 naddy 826: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 827: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 828: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 829: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 830:
1.83 louis 831: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
832: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
833: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
834: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
835: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 836: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
837: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
838: <p>
1.82 aaron 839:
1.113 naddy 840: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 841: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 842: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 843: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 844:
1.83 louis 845: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
846: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
847: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 848: <p>
1.80 louis 849:
1.113 naddy 850: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 851: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 852: Bad Press</a>,
853: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 854: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 855:
856: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 857: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 858: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
859: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
860: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 861: <p>
1.78 deraadt 862:
863: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
864:
1.113 naddy 865: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
866: <a
1.111 jufi 867: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 868: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
869: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 870: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 871:
872: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
873: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
874: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
875: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 876: <p>
1.74 louis 877:
1.113 naddy 878: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 879: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
880: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 881: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 882:
883: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
884: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
885: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
886: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
887: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
888: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 889: <p>
1.88 louis 890:
1.113 naddy 891: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 892: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 893: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 894: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 895:
896: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
897: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
898: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
899: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 900: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 901: <p>
1.81 louis 902:
1.113 naddy 903: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 904: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 905: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 906: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 907:
908: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
909: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
910: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
911: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
912: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
913: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
914: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 915: <p>
1.90 louis 916:
1.113 naddy 917: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 918: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 919: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 920: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 921:
922: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
923: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
924: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 925: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 926: <p>
1.71 louis 927:
1.69 deraadt 928: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 929:
1.113 naddy 930: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 931: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 932: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 933: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 934:
935: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
936: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
937: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 938: <p>
1.70 louis 939:
1.113 naddy 940: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 941: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 942: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 943:
944: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 945: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 946: <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 947: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 948: <p>
1.68 louis 949:
1.113 naddy 950: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 951: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 952: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 953: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 954:
1.111 jufi 955: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
956: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 957: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 958: "secure by default" installation.
959: <p>
1.64 louis 960:
1.113 naddy 961: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 962: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 963: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 964: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 965:
1.113 naddy 966: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 967: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 968: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 969: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
970: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
971: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 972: <p>
1.66 louis 973:
1.113 naddy 974: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
975: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 976: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 977: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 978:
979: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 980: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 981: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
982: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
983: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 984: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
985: <p>
1.83 louis 986:
1.113 naddy 987: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 988: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 989: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 990: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 991:
992: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 993: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
994: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 995: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
996: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 997: <p>
1.64 louis 998:
1.113 naddy 999: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1000: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1001: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1002: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1003:
1004: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1005: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1006: <p>
1.65 louis 1007:
1.69 deraadt 1008: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1009:
1.113 naddy 1010: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1011: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1012: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1013: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1014:
1015: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1016: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1017: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1018: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1019: <p>
1.88 louis 1020:
1.113 naddy 1021: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1022: <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 1023: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1024:
1025: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1026: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1027: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1028: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1029: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1030: <p>
1.60 louis 1031:
1.113 naddy 1032: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1033: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1034: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1035: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1036: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1037:
1038: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1039: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1040: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1041: <p>
1.58 louis 1042:
1.113 naddy 1043: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1044: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1045: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1046:
1047: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1048: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1049: <p>
1.53 louis 1050:
1.113 naddy 1051: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1052: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1053: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1054: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1055:
1056: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1057: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1058: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1059: <p>
1.99 louis 1060:
1.113 naddy 1061: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1062: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1063: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1064:
1065: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1066: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1067: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1068: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1069: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1070:
1.113 naddy 1071: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1072: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1073: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1074: </strong></font><br>
1075:
1076: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1077: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1078: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1079: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1080: <p>
1081:
1082: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1083: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1084: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1085: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1086:
1087: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1088: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1089: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1090:
1.113 naddy 1091: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1092: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1093: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1094:
1095: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1096: in
1.113 naddy 1097: <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 1098: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1099: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1100: <p>
1.53 louis 1101:
1.113 naddy 1102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1103: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1104: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1105: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1106: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1107:
1.58 louis 1108: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1109: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1110:
1.69 deraadt 1111: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1112:
1.113 naddy 1113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1114: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1115: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1116: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1117: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1118:
1.58 louis 1119: Kurt Seifried
1120: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1121: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1122: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1123: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1124:
1.113 naddy 1125: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1126: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1127: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1128: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1129:
1130: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1131: <p>
1.96 louis 1132:
1.113 naddy 1133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1134: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1135: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1136: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1137:
1138: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1139: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1140: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1141: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1142: <p>
1.86 louis 1143:
1.69 deraadt 1144: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1145:
1.113 naddy 1146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1147: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1148: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1149: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1150:
1151: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1152: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1153: <p>
1.61 louis 1154:
1.113 naddy 1155: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1156: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1157: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1158: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1159: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1160:
1161: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1162: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1163: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1164: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1165: right -- or at least strives to".
1166: <p>
1.48 louis 1167:
1.113 naddy 1168: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1169: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1170: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1171: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1172: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1173: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1174: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1175: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1176: <p>
1.61 louis 1177:
1.113 naddy 1178: <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 1179: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1180: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1181:
1182: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1183: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1184: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1185: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1186: <p>
1.46 louis 1187:
1.113 naddy 1188: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1189: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1190: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1191: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1192:
1193: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1194: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1195: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1196:
1.113 naddy 1197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1198: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1199: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1200: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1201:
1202: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1203: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1204: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1205: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1206: <p>
1.70 louis 1207:
1.69 deraadt 1208: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1209:
1.113 naddy 1210: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1211: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1212: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1213:
1214: Kurt Seifried
1215: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1216: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1217: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1218: <p>
1.44 philen 1219:
1.113 naddy 1220: <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 1221: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1222: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1223:
1224: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1225: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1226:
1.113 naddy 1227: <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 1228: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1229: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1230:
1231: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1232: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1233:
1.113 naddy 1234: <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 1235: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1236: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1237:
1238: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1239: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1240: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1241: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1242: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1243:
1.113 naddy 1244: <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 1245: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1246: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1247:
1.36 louis 1248: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1249: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1250:
1.113 naddy 1251: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1252: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1253: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1254: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1255:
1256: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1257: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1258:
1.69 deraadt 1259: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1260:
1.113 naddy 1261: <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 1262: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1263: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1264:
1265: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1266: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1267: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1268:
1.113 naddy 1269: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1270: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1271: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1272: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1273:
1274: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1275: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1276: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1277: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1278: <blockquote>
1279: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1280: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1281: <br>
1282: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1283: </code>
1284: </blockquote>
1285: <p>
1286:
1287: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1288: <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>
1289: <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
1290: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1291:
1292: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1293: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1294: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1295: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1296:
1.113 naddy 1297: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1298: <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 1299: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1300:
1301: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1302: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1303: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1304: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1305: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1306: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1307: <p>
1.19 louis 1308:
1.113 naddy 1309: <li><strong>
1310: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1311: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1312:
1313: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1314: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1315: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1316: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1317: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1318: <p>
1.16 louis 1319:
1.113 naddy 1320: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1321: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1322: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1323: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1324:
1.57 louis 1325: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1326: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1327: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1328: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1329:
1.113 naddy 1330: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1331: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1332: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1333: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1334:
1.113 naddy 1335: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1336:
1.113 naddy 1337: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1338: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1339: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1340: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1341:
1.23 louis 1342: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1343: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1344: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1345: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1346: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1347: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1348:
1.113 naddy 1349: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1350: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1351: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1352: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1353:
1354: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1355: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1356: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1357: installation.
1.113 naddy 1358: <p>
1.47 louis 1359:
1.113 naddy 1360: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1361: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1362: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1363: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1364:
1365: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1366: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1367:
1.69 deraadt 1368: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1369:
1.113 naddy 1370: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1371: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1372: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1373: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1374:
1375: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1376: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1377: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1378: <p>
1.12 louis 1379:
1.113 naddy 1380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1381: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1382: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1383: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1384:
1385: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1386: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1387: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1388: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1389: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1390: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1391: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1392: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1393:
1.69 deraadt 1394: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1395:
1.113 naddy 1396: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1397: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1398: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1399:
1400: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1401: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1402: available."
1.113 naddy 1403: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1404:
1.69 deraadt 1405: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1406:
1.113 naddy 1407: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1408: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1409: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1410:
1411: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1412: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1413: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1414: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1415: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1416: <p>
1.33 louis 1417:
1.113 naddy 1418: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1419: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1420: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1421: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1422:
1.113 naddy 1423: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1424: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1425: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1426: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1427: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1428: <p>
1.57 louis 1429:
1.69 deraadt 1430: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1431:
1.113 naddy 1432: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1433: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1434: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1435: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1436:
1437: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1438: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1439: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1440:
1.113 naddy 1441: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1442: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1443: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1444: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1445: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1446:
1447: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1448: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1449:
1.113 naddy 1450: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1451: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1452:
1.113 naddy 1453: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1454:
1.113 naddy 1455: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1456: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1457: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1458: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1459:
1460: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1461: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1462:
1.69 deraadt 1463: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1464:
1.113 naddy 1465: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1466: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1467: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1468:
1469: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1470: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1471: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1472:
1.113 naddy 1473: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1474: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1475: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1476: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1477:
1478: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1479: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1480: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1481: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1482:
1.69 deraadt 1483: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1484:
1.160 jufi 1485: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1486: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1487: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1488: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1489: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1490:
1491: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1492: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1493: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1494: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1495: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1496: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1497: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1498:
1.113 naddy 1499: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1500: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1501: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1502: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1503:
1504: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1505: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1506: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1507: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1508: <p>
1.15 louis 1509:
1.113 naddy 1510: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1511: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1512: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1513: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1514:
1515: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1516: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1517: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1518: columns."
1.113 naddy 1519: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1520:
1.69 deraadt 1521: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1522:
1.113 naddy 1523: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1524: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1525: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1526: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1527:
1528: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1529: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1530:
1.113 naddy 1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1532: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1533: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1534:
1535: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1536: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1537: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1538:
1.69 deraadt 1539: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1540:
1.113 naddy 1541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1542: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1543: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1544: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1545:
1546: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1547: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1548: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1549: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1550: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1551:
1.69 deraadt 1552: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1553:
1.113 naddy 1554: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1555: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1556: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1557:
1.69 deraadt 1558: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1559: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1560: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1561:
1.69 deraadt 1562: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1563:
1.113 naddy 1564: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1565: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1566: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1567: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1568:
1569: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1570: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1571: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1572:
1.113 naddy 1573: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1574: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1575: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1576: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1577: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1578:
1.69 deraadt 1579: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1580:
1.113 naddy 1581: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1582: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1583: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1584: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1585: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1586: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1587:
1588: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1589: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1590: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1591: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1592: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1593: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1594:
1595: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1596:
1.113 naddy 1597: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1598: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1599: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1600:
1.69 deraadt 1601: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1602: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1603: <p>
1.112 naddy 1604:
1.113 naddy 1605: </dl>
1606: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1607:
1.113 naddy 1608: <hr>
1609: <a name=se></a>
1610: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1611:
1.102 niklas 1612: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1613:
1.113 naddy 1614: <dl>
1615: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1616: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1617: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1618:
1619: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1620: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1621: <p>
1.102 niklas 1622:
1.113 naddy 1623: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1624:
1.84 niklas 1625: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1626:
1.113 naddy 1627: <dl>
1628: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1629: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1630: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1631:
1632: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1633: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1634: <p>
1.84 niklas 1635:
1.113 naddy 1636: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1637:
1.69 deraadt 1638: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1639:
1.113 naddy 1640: <dl>
1641: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1642: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1643: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1644:
1645: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1646: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1647: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1648: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1649:
1.113 naddy 1650: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1651: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1652: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1653: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1654: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1655:
1.20 louis 1656: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1657: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1658: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1659: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1660: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1661:
1.113 naddy 1662: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1663:
1.113 naddy 1664: <hr>
1665: <a name=jp></a>
1666: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1667:
1.113 naddy 1668: <dl>
1.20 louis 1669:
1.170 louis 1670: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1671:
1672: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1673: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
1674: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1675: </strong></font><br>
1676:
1677: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1678: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1679: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1680: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1681: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1682: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1683: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1684: <p>
1685:
1.69 deraadt 1686: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1687:
1.113 naddy 1688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1689: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1690: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1691: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1692:
1693: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1694: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1695: translating and reprinting articles from
1696: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1697: <p>
1.112 naddy 1698:
1.113 naddy 1699: </dl>
1.20 louis 1700:
1.113 naddy 1701: <hr>
1702: <a name=de></a>
1703: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1704: <dl>
1.50 louis 1705:
1.151 louis 1706: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1707:
1708: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1709: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1710: </strong></font><br>
1711:
1712: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1713: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1714: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1715: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1716: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1717:
1718: <p>
1719:
1.72 louis 1720: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1721:
1.113 naddy 1722: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1723: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1724: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1725: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1726:
1.101 jufi 1727: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1728: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1729: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1730: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1731: Giving way to
1732: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1733: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1734: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1735: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1736: <p>
1.72 louis 1737:
1.69 deraadt 1738: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1739:
1.113 naddy 1740: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1741: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1742: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1743: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1744:
1745: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1746: <p>
1747: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1748:
1.50 louis 1749:
1.113 naddy 1750: <hr>
1751: <a name=ru></a>
1752: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1753: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1754:
1.69 deraadt 1755: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1756:
1.113 naddy 1757: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1758: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1759: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1760: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1761:
1762: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1763: <p>
1.62 form 1764:
1.69 deraadt 1765: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1766:
1.113 naddy 1767: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1768: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1769: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1770: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1771:
1.59 form 1772: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1773: <p>
1.112 naddy 1774:
1.113 naddy 1775: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1776:
1.113 naddy 1777: <hr>
1778: <a name=pl></a>
1779: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1780: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1781:
1.113 naddy 1782: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1783: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1784: Radio, August 2, 2000
1785: </strong></font><br>
1786:
1787: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1788: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1789: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1790: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1791: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1792: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1793: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1794: <p>
1795:
1796: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1797: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1798: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1799: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1800: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1801:
1802: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1803: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1804: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1805: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1806: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1807: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1808: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1809: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1810: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1811: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1812: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1813: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1814: <p>
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