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1.18 ! deraadt 14: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</strong><hr></h2>
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1.18 ! deraadt 16: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 18:
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20: <a href="http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/259/business/Even_better_than_Linux+.shtml">Even better than Linux</a>, Boston Globe, Sept 16, 1999.
21: </strong></font><p>
22:
23: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
24: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
25: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
26: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not).<p>
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1.1 deraadt 29: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.14 louis 30: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.idg.com.au%2FCWT1997.nsf%2FHome%2Bpage%2F83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41%3FOpenDocument&return=%2fidg_frames%2fenglish%2ffeatures%2ehtml">Microsoft, Linux to become duopoly?</a>,
31: ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.</strong></font><p>
32:
33: Lead developer Theo de Raadt was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User
34: Group (AUUG) meeting in Melbourne.<p>
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1.17 deraadt 38: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 39: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
40: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999.</strong></font><p>
41:
42: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
43: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
44: of OpenBSD.<p>
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1.8 deraadt 48: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 49: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
50: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.8 deraadt 51:
52: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
53: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
54: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."<p>
55:
56: From the publishers of a number of Canadian computer magazines, comes
57: an award to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD.<p>
58:
59: (scroll down to see the sub-article about OpenBSD)
60: <p>
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1.3 deraadt 63: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 64: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
65: National Post, May 25, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.3 deraadt 66:
67: Newspaper article about OpenBSD.
68: <p>
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70: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 71: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.17 deraadt 72: The Net's stealth operating system</a>MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.6 deraadt 73:
74: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
75: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
76: available."
77: <p>
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1.2 deraadt 80: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.10 deraadt 81: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.2 deraadt 82:
83: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
84: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
85: <p>
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1.11 ericj 89: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.1 deraadt 90: NFR Performance Testing</a> report, written by
91: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
92:
93: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
94: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
95: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
96: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
97: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
98: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
99: <p>
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1.15 louis 102: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
103: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
104: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
105:
106: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
107: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
108: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
109: over to OpenBSD.
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1.1 deraadt 113: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
114: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
115: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
116:
117: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
118: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
119: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
120: columns."
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1.2 deraadt 123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
124: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
125: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998.
126: </strong></font><p>
127:
128: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
129: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
130: Implementation, including a brief interview with
131: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 132: <p>
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135: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.10 deraadt 136: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 137:
138: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
139: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
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143: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.10 deraadt 144: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 145:
146: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
147: OpenBSD is.
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151: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 152: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
153: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
154: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.10 deraadt 155: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81.</strong></font><p>
1.5 ian 156:
157: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
158: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
159: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
160: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
161: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 162: <p>
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165: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
166: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
167: July, 1998.</strong></font><p>
168:
169: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
170: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
171: <p>
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173: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
174: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96. Paper edition only.</strong></font><p>
1.18 ! deraadt 175: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
! 176: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
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1.18 ! deraadt 182: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in swedish)</font></h3><p>
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186: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.10 deraadt 187: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 188:
189: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
190: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
191: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
192: <p>
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195: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 196: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 197: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 198: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 199:
200: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The 1st
201: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the 2nd which
202: explains the licensing issues and points to our
203: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
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