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1.16 louis 31:
1.174 louis 32:
1.175 ! louis 33: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
! 34:
! 35: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 36: <a
! 37: href="http://BSD.GeodSoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
! 38: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
! 39: </strong></font><br>
! 40:
! 41: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
! 42: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimise site
! 43: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
! 44: <p>
! 45:
1.172 mickey 46: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
47:
48: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
49: <a
1.174 louis 50: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
51: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
52: </strong></font><br>
53:
54: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
55: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
56: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
57: <p>
58:
59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
60: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
61: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
62: </strong></font><br>
63:
64: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
65: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
66: <p>
67:
68: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
69: <a
70: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
71: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
72: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
73: </strong></font><br>
74:
75: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
76: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
77: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
78: our own Theo de Raadt.
79: <p>
80:
81: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
82: <a
83: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
84: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
85: </strong></font><br>
86:
87: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
88: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
89: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
90: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
91: shut down.]
92: <p>
93:
94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
95: <a
1.172 mickey 96: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
97: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 98: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 99: </strong></font><br>
100:
101: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
102: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
103: <p>
104:
105: </li>
106:
1.161 louis 107: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
108:
1.175 ! louis 109:
! 110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 111: <a
! 112: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
! 113: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
! 114: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
! 115: </strong></font><br>
! 116:
! 117: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
! 118: by John Wolley
! 119: <p>
! 120:
! 121: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 122: <a
! 123: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
! 124: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
! 125: </strong></font><br>
! 126:
! 127: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
! 128: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
! 129: OpenBSD).
! 130: <p>
! 131:
1.161 louis 132: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
133: <a
1.171 louis 134: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
135: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
136: </strong></font><br>
137:
138: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
139: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
140: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
141: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
142: and hindsight.
143: <p>
144:
145: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
146: <a
1.168 provos 147: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
148: December 7, 2000
149: </strong></font><br>
150:
151: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
152: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
153: us explain.
154: <p>
155:
156: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
157: <a
1.166 louis 158: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
159: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
160: December 6, 2000
161: </strong></font><br>
162:
163: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
164: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
165: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
166: <p>
167:
168: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
169: <a
1.162 millert 170: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
171: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
172: </strong></font><br>
173:
174: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 175: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
176: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
177: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
178: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
179: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
180: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 181: <p>
1.162 millert 182:
183: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
184: <a
1.161 louis 185: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
186: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
187: </strong></font><br>
188:
189: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
190: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
191: <p>
192:
1.169 louis 193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
194: <a
195: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
196: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
197: </strong></font><br>
198:
199: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
200: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
201: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
202: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
203: <p>
204:
1.158 louis 205: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 206:
207: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 208: <a
1.175 ! louis 209: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
! 210: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
! 211: </strong></font><br>
! 212:
! 213: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
! 214: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
! 215: <p>
! 216:
! 217: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 218: <a
1.164 deraadt 219: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 220: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 221: </strong></font><br>
222: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
223: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
224: <p>
225:
226: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
227: <a
228: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
229: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
230: </strong></font><br>
231:
232: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
233: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
234: <p>
235:
236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
237: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
238: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
239: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 240:
1.161 louis 241: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
242: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
243: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
244: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
245: <p>
1.174 louis 246: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
247: <a
248: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
249: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
250: </strong></font><br>
251:
252: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
253: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
254: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
255: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
256: much of the attitude too).
257: <p>
1.161 louis 258:
259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
260: <a
1.157 louis 261: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
262: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
263: </strong></font><br>
264: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
265: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
266: <p>
267:
268: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
269:
270: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 271: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
272: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
273: </strong></font><br>
274:
275: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
276: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
277: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
278: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
279: <p>
280:
281: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
282: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
283: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
284: </strong></font><br>
285:
286: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
287: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
288: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
289: it because they love coding...
290: <p>
291:
292: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
293: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
294: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
295: </strong></font><br>
296:
297: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
298: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
299: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
300: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
301: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
302: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
303: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
304: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
305: <p>
306:
307: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 308: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
309: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
310: </strong></font><br>
311:
312: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
313: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
314: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
315: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
316: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
317: the pizza.
318: <p>
319:
320: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 321: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
322: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
323: </strong></font><br>
324:
325: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
326: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
327: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
328: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
329: problems.
330: <p>
331:
332: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 333: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
334: </strong></font><br>
335:
336: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
337: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
338: - whether they like it or not.
339: <p>
340:
341: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 342: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
343: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
344: </strong></font><br>
345:
346: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
347: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
348: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 349: <p>
1.148 aaron 350:
351: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 352: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
353: </strong></font><br>
354:
355: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
356: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
357: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
358: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
359: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
360: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
361: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
362: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
363: <p>
364:
365: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 366: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
367: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
368: </strong></font><br>
369:
370: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
371: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
372: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
373: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
374: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
375: <p>
376:
1.138 louis 377: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
378:
379: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 380: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 381: System Takes On Linux</a>,
382: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
383: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 384: </strong></font><br>
385:
1.146 louis 386: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
387: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
388: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
389: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
390: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
391: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
392: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 393: <p>
394:
395: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 396: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
397: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
398: </strong></font><br>
399:
400: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
401: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
402: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
403: library after installing the OS.
404: <p>
405:
406: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 407: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 408: Sys Admin, September 2000
409: </strong></font><br>
410:
411: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
412: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
413: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
414: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
415: (<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>,
416: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
417: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
418: <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
419: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
420: out of the system.
421: <p>
422:
1.144 louis 423: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
424: <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
425: </strong></font><br>
426:
427: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
428: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
429: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
430: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
431: the IP filtering and address translation.
432: <p>
433:
1.131 louis 434: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
435:
436: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 437: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
438: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
439: </strong></font><br>
440:
441: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
442: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
443: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
444: <p>
445:
446: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 447: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
448: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
449: </strong></font><br>
450:
451: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
452: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
453: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
454: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
455: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
456: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
457: note of"</i>.
458: <p>
459:
460: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 461: <a
462: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
463: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
464: </strong></font><br>
465:
466: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
467: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
468: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
469: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
470: <p>
471:
472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 473: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 474: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
475: </strong></font><br>
476:
477: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
478: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
479: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
480: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
481: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
482: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
483: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
484: <p>
485:
486: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 487: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
488: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
489: 2000
490: </strong></font><br>
491:
492: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
493: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
494: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
495: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
496: against current industry practices.
497: <p>
498:
499: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 500: <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
501: </strong></font><br>
502:
503: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
504: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
505: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
506: <p>
507:
508: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 509: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
510: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
511: </strong></font><br>
512:
513: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
514: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
515: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
516: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
517: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
518: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
519: careful code reviews, he concludes.
520: <p>
521:
522: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 523: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
524: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
525: </strong></font><br>
526:
527: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
528: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
529: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
530: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
531: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 532: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
533: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
534: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 535: <p>
536:
1.118 louis 537: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
538:
539: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 540: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
541: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
542: </strong></font><br>
543:
544: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
545: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
546: about time. The article mentions that
547: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
548: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
549: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 550: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 551: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
552: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
553: ammended since.
554: <p>
555:
556: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 557: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 558: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 559: </strong></font><br>
560:
561: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
562: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
563: of OpenSSH.
564: <p>
565:
566: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
567: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
568: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
569: </strong></font><br>
570:
571: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 572: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 573: bridging.
574: <p>
575:
576: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
577: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
578: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 579: </strong></font><br>
580:
1.121 deraadt 581: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
582: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 583: <p>
584:
585: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 586: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
587: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
588: </strong></font><br>
589:
590: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
591: <p>
592:
593: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 594: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 595: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
596: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 597: </strong></font><br>
598:
1.120 deraadt 599: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
600: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 601: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
602: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
603: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
604: <p>
605:
606: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 607: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
608: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
609: </strong></font><br>
610:
611: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
612: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
613: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
614: protocols and their quirks.
615: <p>
616:
617: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.160 jufi 618: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html"In
1.137 louis 619: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 620: </strong></font><br>
621:
622: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
623: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
624: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 625: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 626: <p>
627:
628: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 629: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
630: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
631: </strong></font><br>
632:
633: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
634: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
635: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
636: <p>
637:
638: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 639: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 640: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
641: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 642: </strong></font><br>
643:
644: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
645: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
646: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
647: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
648: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
649: <p>
650:
1.104 louis 651: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
652:
1.113 naddy 653: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 654: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
655: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
656: </strong></font><br>
657:
658: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
659: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
660: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
661: be a bit dry.
662: <p>
663:
664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 665: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
666: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
667: 2000
1.128 louis 668: </strong></font><br>
669:
670: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
671: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
672: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
673: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
674: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 675: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 676: <p>
677:
678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 679: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
680: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 681: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 682:
683: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
684: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
685: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
686: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 687: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
688: <p>
1.110 louis 689:
1.117 louis 690: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
691: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
692: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
693: </strong></font><br>
694:
695: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
696: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
697: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
698: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
699: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
700: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
701: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
702: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
703: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
704: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
705: <p>
706:
1.113 naddy 707: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 708: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 709: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 710:
711: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
712: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 713: <p>
1.108 louis 714:
1.113 naddy 715: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 716: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
717: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 718: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 719:
720: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
721: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
722: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 723: <p>
1.106 louis 724:
1.113 naddy 725: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 726: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
727: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 728: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 729:
730: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
731: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
732: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
733: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 734: <p>
1.107 louis 735:
1.113 naddy 736: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 737: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
738: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 739: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 740:
741: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
742: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 743: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 744: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
745: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 746: <p>
1.105 louis 747:
1.113 naddy 748: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 749: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 750: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 751: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 752:
1.113 naddy 753: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
754: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 755: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 756: <p>
1.104 louis 757:
1.121 deraadt 758: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
759: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
760: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
761: </strong></font><br>
762:
763: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
764: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
765: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
766: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
767: <p>
768:
1.85 louis 769: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
770:
1.113 naddy 771: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 772: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 773: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 774: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 775:
776: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
777: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
778: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
779: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
780: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
781: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
782: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 783: <p>
1.99 louis 784:
1.113 naddy 785: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 786: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 787: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 788: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 789:
790: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
791: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
792: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
793: conditions.
1.113 naddy 794: <p>
1.100 louis 795:
1.113 naddy 796: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 797: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 798: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 799: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 800:
801: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
802: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
803: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
804: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 805: <p>
1.95 louis 806:
1.113 naddy 807: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 808: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 809: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 810: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 811:
812: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
813: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 814: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 815: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
816: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 817: <p>
1.92 louis 818:
1.113 naddy 819: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
820: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 821: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 822: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 823:
824: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
825: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
826: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
827: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
828: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
829: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 830: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 831: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 832: <p>
1.91 louis 833:
1.113 naddy 834: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 835: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
836: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 837: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 838:
839: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
840: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
841: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
842: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
843: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
844: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
845: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
846: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
847: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 848: <p>
1.90 louis 849:
1.113 naddy 850: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 851: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
852: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
853: </strong></font><br>
854: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
855: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
856: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
857: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
858: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
859: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
860: <p>
861:
862: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 863: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
864: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 865: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 866:
1.113 naddy 867: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
868: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 869: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
870: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
871: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
872: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
873: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 874: <p>
1.87 louis 875:
1.113 naddy 876: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 877: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
878: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 879: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 880:
881: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
882: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 883: <p>
1.85 louis 884:
1.113 naddy 885: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 886: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
887: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 888: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 889:
890: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 891: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 892: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
893: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 894: <p>
1.89 louis 895:
1.113 naddy 896: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 897: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
898: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 899: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 900:
901: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
902: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
903: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
904: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
905: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
906:
1.78 deraadt 907: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 908:
1.113 naddy 909: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 910: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 911: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 912: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 913: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 914:
915: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
916: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
917: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 918: <p>
1.83 louis 919:
1.113 naddy 920: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 921: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
922: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 923: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 924:
925: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
926: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 927: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 928: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
929: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 930: <p>
1.93 louis 931:
1.113 naddy 932: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 933: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 934: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 935: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 936:
1.83 louis 937: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
938: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
939: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
940: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
941: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 942: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
943: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
944: <p>
1.82 aaron 945:
1.113 naddy 946: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 947: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 948: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 949: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 950:
1.83 louis 951: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
952: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
953: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 954: <p>
1.80 louis 955:
1.113 naddy 956: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 957: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 958: Bad Press</a>,
959: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 960: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 961:
962: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 963: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 964: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
965: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
966: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 967: <p>
1.78 deraadt 968:
969: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
970:
1.113 naddy 971: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
972: <a
1.111 jufi 973: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 974: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
975: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 976: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 977:
978: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
979: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
980: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
981: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 982: <p>
1.74 louis 983:
1.113 naddy 984: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 985: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
986: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 987: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 988:
989: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
990: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
991: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
992: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
993: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
994: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 995: <p>
1.88 louis 996:
1.113 naddy 997: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 998: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 999: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1000: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1001:
1002: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1003: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1004: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1005: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1006: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1007: <p>
1.81 louis 1008:
1.113 naddy 1009: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1010: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1011: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1012: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1013:
1014: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1015: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1016: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1017: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1018: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1019: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1020: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1021: <p>
1.90 louis 1022:
1.113 naddy 1023: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1024: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1025: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1026: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1027:
1028: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1029: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1030: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1031: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1032: <p>
1.71 louis 1033:
1.69 deraadt 1034: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1035:
1.113 naddy 1036: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1037: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 1038: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1039: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1040:
1041: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1042: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1043: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1044: <p>
1.70 louis 1045:
1.113 naddy 1046: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1047: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1048: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1049:
1050: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1051: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1052: <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 1053: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1054: <p>
1.68 louis 1055:
1.113 naddy 1056: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1057: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1058: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1059: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1060:
1.111 jufi 1061: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1062: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1063: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1064: "secure by default" installation.
1065: <p>
1.64 louis 1066:
1.113 naddy 1067: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1068: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1069: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1070: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1071:
1.113 naddy 1072: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1073: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1074: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1075: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1076: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1077: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1078: <p>
1.66 louis 1079:
1.113 naddy 1080: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1081: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1082: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1083: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1084:
1085: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1086: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1087: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1088: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1089: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1090: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1091: <p>
1.83 louis 1092:
1.113 naddy 1093: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1094: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1095: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1096: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1097:
1098: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1099: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1100: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1101: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1102: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1103: <p>
1.64 louis 1104:
1.113 naddy 1105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1106: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1107: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1108: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1109:
1110: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1111: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1112: <p>
1.65 louis 1113:
1.69 deraadt 1114: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1115:
1.113 naddy 1116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1117: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1118: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1119: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1120:
1121: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1122: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1123: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1124: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1125: <p>
1.88 louis 1126:
1.113 naddy 1127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1128: <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 1129: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1130:
1131: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1132: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1133: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1134: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1135: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1136: <p>
1.60 louis 1137:
1.113 naddy 1138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1139: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1140: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1141: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1142: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1143:
1144: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1145: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1146: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1147: <p>
1.58 louis 1148:
1.113 naddy 1149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1150: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1151: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1152:
1153: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1154: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1155: <p>
1.53 louis 1156:
1.113 naddy 1157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1158: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1159: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1160: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1161:
1162: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1163: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1164: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1165: <p>
1.99 louis 1166:
1.113 naddy 1167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1168: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1169: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1170:
1171: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1172: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1173: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1174: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1175: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1176:
1.113 naddy 1177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1178: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1179: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1180: </strong></font><br>
1181:
1182: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1183: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1184: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1185: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1186: <p>
1187:
1188: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1189: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1190: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1191: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1192:
1193: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1194: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1195: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1196:
1.113 naddy 1197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1198: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1199: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1200:
1201: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1202: in
1.113 naddy 1203: <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 1204: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1205: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1206: <p>
1.53 louis 1207:
1.113 naddy 1208: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1209: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1210: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1211: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1212: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1213:
1.58 louis 1214: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1215: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1216:
1.69 deraadt 1217: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1218:
1.113 naddy 1219: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1220: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1221: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1222: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1223: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1224:
1.58 louis 1225: Kurt Seifried
1226: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1227: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1228: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1229: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1230:
1.113 naddy 1231: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1232: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1233: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1234: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1235:
1236: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1237: <p>
1.96 louis 1238:
1.113 naddy 1239: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1240: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1241: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1242: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1243:
1244: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1245: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1246: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1247: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1248: <p>
1.86 louis 1249:
1.69 deraadt 1250: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1251:
1.113 naddy 1252: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1253: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1254: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1255: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1256:
1257: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1258: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1259: <p>
1.61 louis 1260:
1.113 naddy 1261: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1262: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1263: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1264: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1265: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1266:
1267: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1268: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1269: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1270: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1271: right -- or at least strives to".
1272: <p>
1.48 louis 1273:
1.113 naddy 1274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1275: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1276: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1277: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1278: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1279: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1280: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1281: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1282: <p>
1.61 louis 1283:
1.113 naddy 1284: <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 1285: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1286: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1287:
1288: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1289: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1290: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1291: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1292: <p>
1.46 louis 1293:
1.113 naddy 1294: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1295: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1296: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1297: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1298:
1299: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1300: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1301: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1302:
1.113 naddy 1303: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1304: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1305: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1306: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1307:
1308: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1309: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1310: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1311: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1312: <p>
1.70 louis 1313:
1.69 deraadt 1314: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1315:
1.113 naddy 1316: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1317: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1318: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1319:
1320: Kurt Seifried
1321: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1322: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1323: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1324: <p>
1.44 philen 1325:
1.113 naddy 1326: <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 1327: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1328: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1329:
1330: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1331: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1332:
1.113 naddy 1333: <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 1334: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1335: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1336:
1337: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1338: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1339:
1.113 naddy 1340: <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 1341: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1342: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1343:
1344: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1345: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1346: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1347: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1348: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1349:
1.113 naddy 1350: <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 1351: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1352: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1353:
1.36 louis 1354: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1355: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1356:
1.113 naddy 1357: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1358: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1359: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1360: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1361:
1362: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1363: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1364:
1.69 deraadt 1365: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1366:
1.113 naddy 1367: <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 1368: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1369: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1370:
1371: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1372: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1373: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1374:
1.113 naddy 1375: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1376: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1377: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1378: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1379:
1380: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1381: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1382: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1383: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1384: <blockquote>
1385: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1386: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1387: <br>
1388: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1389: </code>
1390: </blockquote>
1391: <p>
1392:
1393: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1394: <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>
1395: <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
1396: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1397:
1398: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1399: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1400: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1401: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1402:
1.113 naddy 1403: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1404: <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 1405: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1406:
1407: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1408: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1409: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1410: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1411: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1412: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1413: <p>
1.19 louis 1414:
1.113 naddy 1415: <li><strong>
1416: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1417: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1418:
1419: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1420: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1421: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1422: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1423: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1424: <p>
1.16 louis 1425:
1.113 naddy 1426: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1427: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1428: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1429: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1430:
1.57 louis 1431: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1432: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1433: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1434: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1435:
1.113 naddy 1436: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1437: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1438: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1439: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1440:
1.113 naddy 1441: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1442:
1.113 naddy 1443: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1444: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1445: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1446: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1447:
1.23 louis 1448: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1449: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1450: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1451: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1452: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1453: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1454:
1.113 naddy 1455: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1456: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1457: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1458: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1459:
1460: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1461: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1462: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1463: installation.
1.113 naddy 1464: <p>
1.47 louis 1465:
1.113 naddy 1466: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1467: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1468: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1469: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1470:
1471: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1472: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1473:
1.69 deraadt 1474: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1475:
1.113 naddy 1476: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1477: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1478: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1479: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1480:
1481: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1482: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1483: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1484: <p>
1.12 louis 1485:
1.113 naddy 1486: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1487: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1488: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1489: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1490:
1491: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1492: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1493: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1494: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1495: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1496: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1497: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1498: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1499:
1.69 deraadt 1500: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1501:
1.113 naddy 1502: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1503: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1504: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1505:
1506: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1507: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1508: available."
1.113 naddy 1509: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1510:
1.69 deraadt 1511: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1512:
1.113 naddy 1513: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1514: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1515: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1516:
1517: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1518: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1519: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1520: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1521: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1522: <p>
1.33 louis 1523:
1.113 naddy 1524: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1525: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1526: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1527: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1528:
1.113 naddy 1529: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1530: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1531: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1532: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1533: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1534: <p>
1.57 louis 1535:
1.69 deraadt 1536: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1537:
1.113 naddy 1538: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1539: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1540: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1541: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1542:
1543: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1544: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1545: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1546:
1.113 naddy 1547: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1548: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1549: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1550: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1551: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1552:
1553: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1554: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1555:
1.113 naddy 1556: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1557: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1558:
1.113 naddy 1559: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1560:
1.113 naddy 1561: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1562: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1563: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1564: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1565:
1566: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1567: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1568:
1.69 deraadt 1569: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1570:
1.113 naddy 1571: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1572: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1573: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1574:
1575: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1576: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1577: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1578:
1.113 naddy 1579: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1580: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1581: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1582: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1583:
1584: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1585: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1586: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1587: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1588:
1.69 deraadt 1589: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1590:
1.160 jufi 1591: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1592: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1593: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1594: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1595: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1596:
1597: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1598: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1599: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1600: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1601: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1602: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1603: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1604:
1.113 naddy 1605: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1606: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1607: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1608: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1609:
1610: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1611: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1612: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1613: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1614: <p>
1.15 louis 1615:
1.113 naddy 1616: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1617: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1618: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1619: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1620:
1621: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1622: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1623: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1624: columns."
1.113 naddy 1625: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1626:
1.69 deraadt 1627: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1628:
1.113 naddy 1629: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1630: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1631: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1632: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1633:
1634: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1635: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1636:
1.113 naddy 1637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1638: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1639: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1640:
1641: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1642: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1643: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1644:
1.69 deraadt 1645: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1646:
1.113 naddy 1647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1648: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1649: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1650: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1651:
1652: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1653: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1654: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1655: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1656: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1657:
1.69 deraadt 1658: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1659:
1.113 naddy 1660: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1661: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1662: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1663:
1.69 deraadt 1664: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1665: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1666: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1667:
1.69 deraadt 1668: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1669:
1.113 naddy 1670: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1671: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1672: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1673: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1674:
1675: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1676: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1677: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1678:
1.113 naddy 1679: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1680: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1681: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1682: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1683: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1684:
1.69 deraadt 1685: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1686:
1.113 naddy 1687: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1688: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1689: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1690: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1691: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1692: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1693:
1694: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1695: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1696: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1697: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1698: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1699: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1700:
1701: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1702:
1.113 naddy 1703: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1704: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1705: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1706:
1.69 deraadt 1707: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1708: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1709: <p>
1.112 naddy 1710:
1.113 naddy 1711: </dl>
1712: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1713:
1.113 naddy 1714: <hr>
1715: <a name=se></a>
1716: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1717:
1.102 niklas 1718: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1719:
1.113 naddy 1720: <dl>
1721: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1722: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1723: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1724:
1725: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1726: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1727: <p>
1.102 niklas 1728:
1.113 naddy 1729: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1730:
1.84 niklas 1731: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1732:
1.113 naddy 1733: <dl>
1734: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1735: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1736: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1737:
1738: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1739: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1740: <p>
1.84 niklas 1741:
1.113 naddy 1742: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1743:
1.69 deraadt 1744: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1745:
1.113 naddy 1746: <dl>
1747: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1748: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1749: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1750:
1751: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1752: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1753: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1754: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1755:
1.113 naddy 1756: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1757: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1758: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1759: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1760: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1761:
1.20 louis 1762: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1763: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1764: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1765: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1766: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1767:
1.113 naddy 1768: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1769:
1.113 naddy 1770: <hr>
1771: <a name=jp></a>
1772: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1773:
1.113 naddy 1774: <dl>
1.20 louis 1775:
1.170 louis 1776: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1777:
1778: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1779: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
1780: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1781: </strong></font><br>
1782:
1783: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1784: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1785: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1786: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1787: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1788: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1789: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1790: <p>
1791:
1.69 deraadt 1792: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1793:
1.113 naddy 1794: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1795: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1796: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1797: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1798:
1799: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1800: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1801: translating and reprinting articles from
1802: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1803: <p>
1.112 naddy 1804:
1.113 naddy 1805: </dl>
1.20 louis 1806:
1.113 naddy 1807: <hr>
1808: <a name=de></a>
1809: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1810: <dl>
1.50 louis 1811:
1.151 louis 1812: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1813:
1814: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1815: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1816: </strong></font><br>
1817:
1818: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1819: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1820: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1821: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1822: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1823:
1824: <p>
1825:
1.72 louis 1826: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1827:
1.113 naddy 1828: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1829: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1830: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1831: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1832:
1.101 jufi 1833: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1834: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1835: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1836: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1837: Giving way to
1838: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1839: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1840: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1841: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1842: <p>
1.72 louis 1843:
1.69 deraadt 1844: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1845:
1.113 naddy 1846: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1847: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1848: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1849: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1850:
1851: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1852: <p>
1853: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1854:
1.50 louis 1855:
1.113 naddy 1856: <hr>
1857: <a name=ru></a>
1858: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1859: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1860:
1.69 deraadt 1861: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1862:
1.113 naddy 1863: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1864: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1865: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1866: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1867:
1868: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1869: <p>
1.62 form 1870:
1.69 deraadt 1871: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1872:
1.113 naddy 1873: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1874: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1875: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1876: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1877:
1.59 form 1878: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1879: <p>
1.112 naddy 1880:
1.113 naddy 1881: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1882:
1.113 naddy 1883: <hr>
1884: <a name=pl></a>
1885: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1886: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1887:
1.113 naddy 1888: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1889: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1890: Radio, August 2, 2000
1891: </strong></font><br>
1892:
1893: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1894: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1895: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1896: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1897: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1898: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1899: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1900: <p>
1901:
1902: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1903: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1904: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1905: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1906: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1907:
1908: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1909: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1910: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1911: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1912: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1913: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1914: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1915: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1916: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1917: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1918: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1919: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1920: <p>
1921: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1922:
1.113 naddy 1923: <hr>
1924: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1925: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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