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1.16 louis 31:
1.174 ! louis 32:
1.172 mickey 33: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
34:
35: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
36: <a
1.174 ! louis 37: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
! 38: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
! 39: </strong></font><br>
! 40:
! 41: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
! 42: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
! 43: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
! 44: <p>
! 45:
! 46: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 47: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
! 48: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
! 49: </strong></font><br>
! 50:
! 51: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
! 52: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
! 53: <p>
! 54:
! 55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 56: <a
! 57: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
! 58: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
! 59: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
! 60: </strong></font><br>
! 61:
! 62: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
! 63: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
! 64: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
! 65: our own Theo de Raadt.
! 66: <p>
! 67:
! 68: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 69: <a
! 70: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
! 71: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
! 72: </strong></font><br>
! 73:
! 74: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
! 75: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
! 76: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
! 77: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
! 78: shut down.]
! 79: <p>
! 80:
! 81: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 82: <a
1.172 mickey 83: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
84: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 85: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 86: </strong></font><br>
87:
88: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
89: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
90: <p>
91:
92: </li>
93:
1.161 louis 94: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
95:
96: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
97: <a
1.171 louis 98: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
99: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
100: </strong></font><br>
101:
102: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
103: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
104: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
105: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
106: and hindsight.
107: <p>
108:
109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
110: <a
1.168 provos 111: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
112: December 7, 2000
113: </strong></font><br>
114:
115: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
116: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
117: us explain.
118: <p>
119:
120: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
121: <a
1.166 louis 122: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
123: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
124: December 6, 2000
125: </strong></font><br>
126:
127: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
128: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
129: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
130: <p>
131:
132: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
133: <a
1.162 millert 134: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
135: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
136: </strong></font><br>
137:
138: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 139: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
140: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
141: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
142: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
143: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
144: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 145: <p>
1.162 millert 146:
147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
148: <a
1.161 louis 149: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
150: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
151: </strong></font><br>
152:
153: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
154: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
155: <p>
156:
1.169 louis 157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
158: <a
159: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
160: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
161: </strong></font><br>
162:
163: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
164: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
165: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
166: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
167: <p>
168:
1.158 louis 169: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 170:
171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 172: <a
1.164 deraadt 173: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 174: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 175: </strong></font><br>
176: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
177: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
178: <p>
179:
180: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
181: <a
182: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
183: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
184: </strong></font><br>
185:
186: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
187: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
188: <p>
189:
190: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
191: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
192: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
193: </strong></font><br>
1.174 ! louis 194:
1.161 louis 195: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
196: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
197: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
198: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
199: <p>
1.174 ! louis 200: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 201: <a
! 202: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
! 203: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
! 204: </strong></font><br>
! 205:
! 206: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
! 207: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
! 208: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
! 209: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
! 210: much of the attitude too).
! 211: <p>
1.161 louis 212:
213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
214: <a
1.157 louis 215: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
216: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
217: </strong></font><br>
218: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
219: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
220: <p>
221:
222: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
223:
224: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 225: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
226: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
227: </strong></font><br>
228:
229: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
230: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
231: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
232: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
233: <p>
234:
235: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
236: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
237: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
238: </strong></font><br>
239:
240: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
241: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
242: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
243: it because they love coding...
244: <p>
245:
246: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
247: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
248: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
249: </strong></font><br>
250:
251: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
252: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
253: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
254: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
255: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
256: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
257: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
258: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
259: <p>
260:
261: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 262: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
263: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
264: </strong></font><br>
265:
266: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
267: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
268: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
269: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
270: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
271: the pizza.
272: <p>
273:
274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 275: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
276: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
277: </strong></font><br>
278:
279: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
280: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
281: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
282: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
283: problems.
284: <p>
285:
286: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 287: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
288: </strong></font><br>
289:
290: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
291: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
292: - whether they like it or not.
293: <p>
294:
295: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 296: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
297: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
298: </strong></font><br>
299:
300: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
301: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
302: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 303: <p>
1.148 aaron 304:
305: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 306: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
307: </strong></font><br>
308:
309: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
310: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
311: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
312: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
313: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
314: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
315: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
316: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
317: <p>
318:
319: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 320: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
321: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
322: </strong></font><br>
323:
324: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
325: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
326: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
327: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
328: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
329: <p>
330:
1.138 louis 331: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
332:
333: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 334: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 335: System Takes On Linux</a>,
336: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
337: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 338: </strong></font><br>
339:
1.146 louis 340: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
341: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
342: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
343: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
344: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
345: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
346: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 347: <p>
348:
349: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 350: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
351: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
352: </strong></font><br>
353:
354: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
355: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
356: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
357: library after installing the OS.
358: <p>
359:
360: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 361: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 362: Sys Admin, September 2000
363: </strong></font><br>
364:
365: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
366: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
367: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
368: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
369: (<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>,
370: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
371: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
372: <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
373: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
374: out of the system.
375: <p>
376:
1.144 louis 377: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
378: <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
379: </strong></font><br>
380:
381: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
382: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
383: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
384: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
385: the IP filtering and address translation.
386: <p>
387:
1.131 louis 388: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
389:
390: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 391: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
392: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
393: </strong></font><br>
394:
395: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
396: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
397: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
398: <p>
399:
400: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 401: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
402: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
403: </strong></font><br>
404:
405: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
406: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
407: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
408: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
409: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
410: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
411: note of"</i>.
412: <p>
413:
414: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 415: <a
416: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
417: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
418: </strong></font><br>
419:
420: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
421: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
422: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
423: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
424: <p>
425:
426: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 427: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 428: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
429: </strong></font><br>
430:
431: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
432: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
433: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
434: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
435: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
436: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
437: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
438: <p>
439:
440: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 441: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
442: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
443: 2000
444: </strong></font><br>
445:
446: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
447: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
448: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
449: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
450: against current industry practices.
451: <p>
452:
453: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 454: <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
455: </strong></font><br>
456:
457: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
458: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
459: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
460: <p>
461:
462: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 463: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
464: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
465: </strong></font><br>
466:
467: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
468: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
469: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
470: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
471: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
472: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
473: careful code reviews, he concludes.
474: <p>
475:
476: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 477: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
478: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
479: </strong></font><br>
480:
481: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
482: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
483: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
484: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
485: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 486: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
487: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
488: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 489: <p>
490:
1.118 louis 491: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
492:
493: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 494: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
495: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
496: </strong></font><br>
497:
498: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
499: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
500: about time. The article mentions that
501: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
502: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
503: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 504: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 505: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
506: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
507: ammended since.
508: <p>
509:
510: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 511: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 512: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 513: </strong></font><br>
514:
515: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
516: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
517: of OpenSSH.
518: <p>
519:
520: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
521: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
522: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
523: </strong></font><br>
524:
525: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 526: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 527: bridging.
528: <p>
529:
530: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
531: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
532: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 533: </strong></font><br>
534:
1.121 deraadt 535: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
536: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 537: <p>
538:
539: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 540: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
541: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
542: </strong></font><br>
543:
544: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
545: <p>
546:
547: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 548: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 549: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
550: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 551: </strong></font><br>
552:
1.120 deraadt 553: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
554: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 555: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
556: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
557: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
558: <p>
559:
560: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 561: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
562: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
563: </strong></font><br>
564:
565: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
566: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
567: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
568: protocols and their quirks.
569: <p>
570:
571: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.160 jufi 572: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html"In
1.137 louis 573: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 574: </strong></font><br>
575:
576: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
577: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
578: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 579: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 580: <p>
581:
582: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 583: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
584: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
585: </strong></font><br>
586:
587: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
588: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
589: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
590: <p>
591:
592: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 593: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 594: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
595: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 596: </strong></font><br>
597:
598: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
599: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
600: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
601: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
602: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
603: <p>
604:
1.104 louis 605: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
606:
1.113 naddy 607: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 608: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
609: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
610: </strong></font><br>
611:
612: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
613: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
614: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
615: be a bit dry.
616: <p>
617:
618: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 619: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
620: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
621: 2000
1.128 louis 622: </strong></font><br>
623:
624: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
625: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
626: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
627: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
628: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 629: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 630: <p>
631:
632: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 633: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
634: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 635: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 636:
637: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
638: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
639: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
640: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 641: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
642: <p>
1.110 louis 643:
1.117 louis 644: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
645: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
646: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
647: </strong></font><br>
648:
649: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
650: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
651: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
652: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
653: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
654: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
655: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
656: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
657: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
658: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
659: <p>
660:
1.113 naddy 661: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 662: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 663: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 664:
665: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
666: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 667: <p>
1.108 louis 668:
1.113 naddy 669: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 670: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
671: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 672: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 673:
674: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
675: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
676: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 677: <p>
1.106 louis 678:
1.113 naddy 679: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 680: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
681: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 682: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 683:
684: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
685: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
686: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
687: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 688: <p>
1.107 louis 689:
1.113 naddy 690: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 691: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
692: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 693: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 694:
695: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
696: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 697: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 698: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
699: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 700: <p>
1.105 louis 701:
1.113 naddy 702: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 703: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 704: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 705: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 706:
1.113 naddy 707: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
708: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 709: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 710: <p>
1.104 louis 711:
1.121 deraadt 712: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
713: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
714: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
715: </strong></font><br>
716:
717: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
718: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
719: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
720: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
721: <p>
722:
1.85 louis 723: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
724:
1.113 naddy 725: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 726: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 727: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 728: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 729:
730: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
731: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
732: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
733: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
734: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
735: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
736: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 737: <p>
1.99 louis 738:
1.113 naddy 739: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 740: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 741: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 742: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 743:
744: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
745: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
746: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
747: conditions.
1.113 naddy 748: <p>
1.100 louis 749:
1.113 naddy 750: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 751: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 752: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 753: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 754:
755: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
756: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
757: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
758: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 759: <p>
1.95 louis 760:
1.113 naddy 761: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 762: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 763: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 764: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 765:
766: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
767: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 768: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 769: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
770: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 771: <p>
1.92 louis 772:
1.113 naddy 773: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
774: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 775: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 776: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 777:
778: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
779: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
780: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
781: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
782: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
783: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 784: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 785: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 786: <p>
1.91 louis 787:
1.113 naddy 788: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 789: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
790: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 791: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 792:
793: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
794: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
795: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
796: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
797: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
798: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
799: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
800: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
801: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 802: <p>
1.90 louis 803:
1.113 naddy 804: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 805: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
806: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
807: </strong></font><br>
808: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
809: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
810: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
811: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
812: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
813: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
814: <p>
815:
816: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 817: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
818: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 819: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 820:
1.113 naddy 821: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
822: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 823: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
824: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
825: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
826: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
827: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 828: <p>
1.87 louis 829:
1.113 naddy 830: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 831: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
832: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 833: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 834:
835: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
836: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 837: <p>
1.85 louis 838:
1.113 naddy 839: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 840: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
841: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 842: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 843:
844: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 845: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 846: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
847: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 848: <p>
1.89 louis 849:
1.113 naddy 850: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 851: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
852: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 853: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 854:
855: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
856: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
857: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
858: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
859: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
860:
1.78 deraadt 861: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 862:
1.113 naddy 863: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 864: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 865: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 866: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 867: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 868:
869: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
870: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
871: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 872: <p>
1.83 louis 873:
1.113 naddy 874: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 875: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
876: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 877: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 878:
879: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
880: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 881: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 882: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
883: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 884: <p>
1.93 louis 885:
1.113 naddy 886: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 887: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 888: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 889: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 890:
1.83 louis 891: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
892: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
893: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
894: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
895: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 896: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
897: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
898: <p>
1.82 aaron 899:
1.113 naddy 900: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 901: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 902: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 903: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 904:
1.83 louis 905: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
906: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
907: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 908: <p>
1.80 louis 909:
1.113 naddy 910: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 911: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 912: Bad Press</a>,
913: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 914: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 915:
916: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 917: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 918: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
919: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
920: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 921: <p>
1.78 deraadt 922:
923: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
924:
1.113 naddy 925: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
926: <a
1.111 jufi 927: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 928: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
929: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 930: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 931:
932: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
933: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
934: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
935: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 936: <p>
1.74 louis 937:
1.113 naddy 938: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 939: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
940: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 941: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 942:
943: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
944: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
945: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
946: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
947: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
948: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 949: <p>
1.88 louis 950:
1.113 naddy 951: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 952: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 953: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 954: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 955:
956: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
957: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
958: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
959: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 960: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 961: <p>
1.81 louis 962:
1.113 naddy 963: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 964: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 965: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 966: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 967:
968: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
969: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
970: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
971: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
972: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
973: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
974: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 975: <p>
1.90 louis 976:
1.113 naddy 977: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 978: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 979: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 980: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 981:
982: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
983: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
984: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 985: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 986: <p>
1.71 louis 987:
1.69 deraadt 988: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 989:
1.113 naddy 990: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 991: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 992: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 993: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 994:
995: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
996: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
997: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 998: <p>
1.70 louis 999:
1.113 naddy 1000: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1001: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1002: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1003:
1004: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1005: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1006: <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 1007: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1008: <p>
1.68 louis 1009:
1.113 naddy 1010: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1011: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1012: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1013: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1014:
1.111 jufi 1015: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1016: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1017: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1018: "secure by default" installation.
1019: <p>
1.64 louis 1020:
1.113 naddy 1021: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1022: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1023: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1024: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1025:
1.113 naddy 1026: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1027: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1028: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1029: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1030: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1031: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1032: <p>
1.66 louis 1033:
1.113 naddy 1034: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1035: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1036: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1037: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1038:
1039: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1040: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1041: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1042: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1043: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1044: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1045: <p>
1.83 louis 1046:
1.113 naddy 1047: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1048: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1049: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1050: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1051:
1052: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1053: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1054: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1055: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1056: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1057: <p>
1.64 louis 1058:
1.113 naddy 1059: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1060: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1061: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1062: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1063:
1064: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1065: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1066: <p>
1.65 louis 1067:
1.69 deraadt 1068: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1069:
1.113 naddy 1070: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1071: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1072: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1073: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1074:
1075: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1076: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1077: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1078: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1079: <p>
1.88 louis 1080:
1.113 naddy 1081: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1082: <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 1083: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1084:
1085: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1086: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1087: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1088: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1089: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1090: <p>
1.60 louis 1091:
1.113 naddy 1092: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1093: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1094: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1095: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1096: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1097:
1098: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1099: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1100: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1101: <p>
1.58 louis 1102:
1.113 naddy 1103: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1104: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1105: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1106:
1107: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1108: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1109: <p>
1.53 louis 1110:
1.113 naddy 1111: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1112: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1113: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1114: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1115:
1116: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1117: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1118: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1119: <p>
1.99 louis 1120:
1.113 naddy 1121: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1122: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1123: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1124:
1125: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1126: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1127: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1128: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1129: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1130:
1.113 naddy 1131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1132: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1133: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1134: </strong></font><br>
1135:
1136: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1137: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1138: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1139: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1140: <p>
1141:
1142: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1143: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1144: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1145: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1146:
1147: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1148: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1149: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1150:
1.113 naddy 1151: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1152: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1153: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1154:
1155: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1156: in
1.113 naddy 1157: <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 1158: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1159: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1160: <p>
1.53 louis 1161:
1.113 naddy 1162: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1163: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1164: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1165: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1166: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1167:
1.58 louis 1168: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1169: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1170:
1.69 deraadt 1171: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1172:
1.113 naddy 1173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1174: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1175: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1176: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1177: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1178:
1.58 louis 1179: Kurt Seifried
1180: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1181: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1182: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1183: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1184:
1.113 naddy 1185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1186: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1187: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1188: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1189:
1190: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1191: <p>
1.96 louis 1192:
1.113 naddy 1193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1194: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1195: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1196: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1197:
1198: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1199: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1200: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1201: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1202: <p>
1.86 louis 1203:
1.69 deraadt 1204: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1205:
1.113 naddy 1206: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1207: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1208: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1209: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1210:
1211: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1212: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1213: <p>
1.61 louis 1214:
1.113 naddy 1215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1216: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1217: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1218: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1219: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1220:
1221: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1222: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1223: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1224: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1225: right -- or at least strives to".
1226: <p>
1.48 louis 1227:
1.113 naddy 1228: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1229: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1230: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1231: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1232: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1233: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1234: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1235: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1236: <p>
1.61 louis 1237:
1.113 naddy 1238: <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 1239: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1240: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1241:
1242: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1243: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1244: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1245: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1246: <p>
1.46 louis 1247:
1.113 naddy 1248: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1249: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1250: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1251: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1252:
1253: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1254: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1255: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1256:
1.113 naddy 1257: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1258: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1259: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1260: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1261:
1262: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1263: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1264: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1265: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1266: <p>
1.70 louis 1267:
1.69 deraadt 1268: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1269:
1.113 naddy 1270: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1271: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1272: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1273:
1274: Kurt Seifried
1275: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1276: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1277: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1278: <p>
1.44 philen 1279:
1.113 naddy 1280: <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 1281: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1282: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1283:
1284: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1285: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1286:
1.113 naddy 1287: <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 1288: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1289: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1290:
1291: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1292: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1293:
1.113 naddy 1294: <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 1295: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1296: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1297:
1298: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1299: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1300: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1301: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1302: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1303:
1.113 naddy 1304: <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 1305: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1306: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1307:
1.36 louis 1308: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1309: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1310:
1.113 naddy 1311: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1312: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1313: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1314: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1315:
1316: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1317: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1318:
1.69 deraadt 1319: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1320:
1.113 naddy 1321: <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 1322: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1323: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1324:
1325: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1326: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1327: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1328:
1.113 naddy 1329: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1330: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1331: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1332: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1333:
1334: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1335: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1336: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1337: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1338: <blockquote>
1339: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1340: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1341: <br>
1342: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1343: </code>
1344: </blockquote>
1345: <p>
1346:
1347: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1348: <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>
1349: <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
1350: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1351:
1352: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1353: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1354: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1355: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1356:
1.113 naddy 1357: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1358: <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 1359: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1360:
1361: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1362: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1363: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1364: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1365: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1366: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1367: <p>
1.19 louis 1368:
1.113 naddy 1369: <li><strong>
1370: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1371: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1372:
1373: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1374: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1375: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1376: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1377: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1378: <p>
1.16 louis 1379:
1.113 naddy 1380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1381: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1382: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1383: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1384:
1.57 louis 1385: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1386: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1387: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1388: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1389:
1.113 naddy 1390: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1391: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1392: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1393: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1394:
1.113 naddy 1395: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1396:
1.113 naddy 1397: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1398: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1399: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1400: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1401:
1.23 louis 1402: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1403: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1404: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1405: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1406: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1407: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1408:
1.113 naddy 1409: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1410: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1411: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1412: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1413:
1414: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1415: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1416: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1417: installation.
1.113 naddy 1418: <p>
1.47 louis 1419:
1.113 naddy 1420: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1421: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1422: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1423: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1424:
1425: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1426: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1427:
1.69 deraadt 1428: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1429:
1.113 naddy 1430: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1431: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1432: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1433: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1434:
1435: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1436: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1437: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1438: <p>
1.12 louis 1439:
1.113 naddy 1440: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1441: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1442: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1443: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1444:
1445: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1446: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1447: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1448: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1449: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1450: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1451: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1452: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1453:
1.69 deraadt 1454: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1455:
1.113 naddy 1456: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1457: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1458: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1459:
1460: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1461: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1462: available."
1.113 naddy 1463: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1464:
1.69 deraadt 1465: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1466:
1.113 naddy 1467: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1468: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1469: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1470:
1471: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1472: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1473: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1474: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1475: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1476: <p>
1.33 louis 1477:
1.113 naddy 1478: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1479: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1480: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1481: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1482:
1.113 naddy 1483: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1484: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1485: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1486: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1487: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1488: <p>
1.57 louis 1489:
1.69 deraadt 1490: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1491:
1.113 naddy 1492: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1493: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1494: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1495: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1496:
1497: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1498: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1499: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1500:
1.113 naddy 1501: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1502: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1503: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1504: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1505: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1506:
1507: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1508: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1509:
1.113 naddy 1510: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1511: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1512:
1.113 naddy 1513: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1514:
1.113 naddy 1515: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1516: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1517: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1518: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1519:
1520: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1521: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1522:
1.69 deraadt 1523: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1524:
1.113 naddy 1525: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1526: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1527: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1528:
1529: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1530: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1531: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1532:
1.113 naddy 1533: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1534: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1535: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1536: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1537:
1538: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1539: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1540: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1541: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1542:
1.69 deraadt 1543: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1544:
1.160 jufi 1545: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1546: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1547: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1548: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1549: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1550:
1551: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1552: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1553: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1554: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1555: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1556: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1557: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1558:
1.113 naddy 1559: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1560: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1561: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1562: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1563:
1564: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1565: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1566: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1567: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1568: <p>
1.15 louis 1569:
1.113 naddy 1570: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1571: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1572: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1573: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1574:
1575: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1576: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1577: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1578: columns."
1.113 naddy 1579: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1580:
1.69 deraadt 1581: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1582:
1.113 naddy 1583: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1584: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1585: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1586: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1587:
1588: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1589: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1590:
1.113 naddy 1591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1592: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1593: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1594:
1595: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1596: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1597: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1598:
1.69 deraadt 1599: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1600:
1.113 naddy 1601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1602: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1603: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1604: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1605:
1606: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1607: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1608: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1609: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1610: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1611:
1.69 deraadt 1612: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1613:
1.113 naddy 1614: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1615: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1616: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1617:
1.69 deraadt 1618: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1619: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1620: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1621:
1.69 deraadt 1622: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1623:
1.113 naddy 1624: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1625: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1626: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1627: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1628:
1629: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1630: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1631: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1632:
1.113 naddy 1633: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1634: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1635: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1636: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1637: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1638:
1.69 deraadt 1639: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1640:
1.113 naddy 1641: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1642: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1643: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1644: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1645: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1646: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1647:
1648: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1649: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1650: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1651: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1652: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1653: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1654:
1655: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1656:
1.113 naddy 1657: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1658: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1659: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1660:
1.69 deraadt 1661: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1662: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1663: <p>
1.112 naddy 1664:
1.113 naddy 1665: </dl>
1666: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1667:
1.113 naddy 1668: <hr>
1669: <a name=se></a>
1670: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1671:
1.102 niklas 1672: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1673:
1.113 naddy 1674: <dl>
1675: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1676: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1677: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1678:
1679: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1680: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1681: <p>
1.102 niklas 1682:
1.113 naddy 1683: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1684:
1.84 niklas 1685: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1686:
1.113 naddy 1687: <dl>
1688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1689: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1690: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1691:
1692: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1693: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1694: <p>
1.84 niklas 1695:
1.113 naddy 1696: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1697:
1.69 deraadt 1698: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1699:
1.113 naddy 1700: <dl>
1701: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1702: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1703: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1704:
1705: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1706: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1707: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1708: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1709:
1.113 naddy 1710: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1711: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1712: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1713: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1714: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1715:
1.20 louis 1716: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1717: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1718: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1719: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1720: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1721:
1.113 naddy 1722: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1723:
1.113 naddy 1724: <hr>
1725: <a name=jp></a>
1726: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1727:
1.113 naddy 1728: <dl>
1.20 louis 1729:
1.170 louis 1730: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1731:
1732: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1733: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
1734: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1735: </strong></font><br>
1736:
1737: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1738: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1739: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1740: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1741: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1742: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1743: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1744: <p>
1745:
1.69 deraadt 1746: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1747:
1.113 naddy 1748: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1749: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1750: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1751: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1752:
1753: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1754: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1755: translating and reprinting articles from
1756: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1757: <p>
1.112 naddy 1758:
1.113 naddy 1759: </dl>
1.20 louis 1760:
1.113 naddy 1761: <hr>
1762: <a name=de></a>
1763: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1764: <dl>
1.50 louis 1765:
1.151 louis 1766: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1767:
1768: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1769: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1770: </strong></font><br>
1771:
1772: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1773: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1774: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1775: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1776: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1777:
1778: <p>
1779:
1.72 louis 1780: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1781:
1.113 naddy 1782: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1783: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1784: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1785: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1786:
1.101 jufi 1787: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1788: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1789: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1790: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1791: Giving way to
1792: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1793: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1794: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1795: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1796: <p>
1.72 louis 1797:
1.69 deraadt 1798: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1799:
1.113 naddy 1800: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1801: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1802: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1803: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1804:
1805: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1806: <p>
1807: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1808:
1.50 louis 1809:
1.113 naddy 1810: <hr>
1811: <a name=ru></a>
1812: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1813: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1814:
1.69 deraadt 1815: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1816:
1.113 naddy 1817: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1818: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1819: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1820: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1821:
1822: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1823: <p>
1.62 form 1824:
1.69 deraadt 1825: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1826:
1.113 naddy 1827: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1828: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1829: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1830: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1831:
1.59 form 1832: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1833: <p>
1.112 naddy 1834:
1.113 naddy 1835: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1836:
1.113 naddy 1837: <hr>
1838: <a name=pl></a>
1839: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1840: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1841:
1.113 naddy 1842: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1843: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1844: Radio, August 2, 2000
1845: </strong></font><br>
1846:
1847: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1848: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1849: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1850: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1851: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1852: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1853: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1854: <p>
1855:
1856: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1857: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1858: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1859: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1860: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1861:
1862: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1863: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1864: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1865: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1866: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1867: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1868: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1869: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1870: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1871: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1872: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1873: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1874: <p>
1875: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1876:
1.113 naddy 1877: <hr>
1878: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1879: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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