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29: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
30: <dl>
1.16 louis 31:
1.178 louis 32: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
33:
34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
35: <a
36: href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">IPv6:
37: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
38: </strong></font><br>
39:
40: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
41: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
42: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
43: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
44: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
45: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
46: <p>
47:
1.179 louis 48: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
49: <a
50: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
51: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
52: </strong></font><br>
53:
54: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
55: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
56: <p>
57:
1.174 louis 58:
1.175 louis 59: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
60:
61: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
62: <a
1.179 louis 63: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
64: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
65: </strong></font><br>
66:
67: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
68: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
69: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
70: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
71: <p>
72:
73: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
74: <a
1.175 louis 75: href="http://BSD.GeodSoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
76: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
77: </strong></font><br>
78:
79: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 80: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 81: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
82: <p>
83:
1.176 louis 84:
1.172 mickey 85: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
86:
87: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 88: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 89: </strong></font><br>
90:
91: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
92: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
93: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 94: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 95: <p>
96:
97: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
98: <a
1.174 louis 99: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
100: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
101: </strong></font><br>
102:
103: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
104: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
105: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
106: <p>
107:
108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
109: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
110: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
111: </strong></font><br>
112:
113: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
114: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
115: <p>
116:
117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
118: <a
119: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
120: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
121: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
122: </strong></font><br>
123:
124: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
125: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
126: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
127: our own Theo de Raadt.
128: <p>
129:
130: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
131: <a
132: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
133: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
134: </strong></font><br>
135:
136: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
137: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
138: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
139: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
140: shut down.]
141: <p>
142:
143: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
144: <a
1.172 mickey 145: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
146: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 147: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 148: </strong></font><br>
149:
150: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
151: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
152: <p>
153:
154: </li>
155:
1.161 louis 156: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
157:
1.175 louis 158:
159: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
160: <a
161: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
162: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
163: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
164: </strong></font><br>
165:
166: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
167: by John Wolley
168: <p>
169:
170: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
171: <a
172: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
173: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
174: </strong></font><br>
175:
176: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
177: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
178: OpenBSD).
179: <p>
180:
1.161 louis 181: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
182: <a
1.171 louis 183: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
184: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
185: </strong></font><br>
186:
187: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
188: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
189: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
190: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
191: and hindsight.
192: <p>
193:
194: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
195: <a
1.168 provos 196: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
197: December 7, 2000
198: </strong></font><br>
199:
200: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
201: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
202: us explain.
203: <p>
204:
205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
206: <a
1.166 louis 207: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
208: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
209: December 6, 2000
210: </strong></font><br>
211:
212: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
213: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
214: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
215: <p>
216:
217: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
218: <a
1.162 millert 219: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
220: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
221: </strong></font><br>
222:
223: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 224: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
225: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
226: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
227: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
228: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
229: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 230: <p>
1.162 millert 231:
232: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
233: <a
1.161 louis 234: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
235: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
236: </strong></font><br>
237:
238: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
239: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
240: <p>
241:
1.169 louis 242: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
243: <a
244: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
245: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
246: </strong></font><br>
247:
248: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
249: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
250: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
251: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
252: <p>
253:
1.158 louis 254: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 255:
256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 257: <a
1.175 louis 258: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
259: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
260: </strong></font><br>
261:
262: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
263: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
264: <p>
265:
266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
267: <a
1.164 deraadt 268: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 269: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 270: </strong></font><br>
271: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
272: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
273: <p>
274:
275: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
276: <a
277: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
278: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
279: </strong></font><br>
280:
281: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
282: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
283: <p>
284:
285: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
286: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
287: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
288: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 289:
1.161 louis 290: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
291: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
292: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
293: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
294: <p>
1.174 louis 295: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
296: <a
297: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
298: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
299: </strong></font><br>
300:
301: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
302: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
303: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
304: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
305: much of the attitude too).
306: <p>
1.161 louis 307:
308: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
309: <a
1.157 louis 310: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
311: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
312: </strong></font><br>
313: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
314: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
315: <p>
316:
317: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
318:
319: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 320: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
321: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
322: </strong></font><br>
323:
324: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
325: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
326: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
327: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
328: <p>
329:
330: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
331: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
332: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
333: </strong></font><br>
334:
335: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
336: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
337: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
338: it because they love coding...
339: <p>
340:
341: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
342: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
343: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
344: </strong></font><br>
345:
346: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
347: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
348: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
349: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
350: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
351: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
352: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
353: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
354: <p>
355:
356: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 357: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
358: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
359: </strong></font><br>
360:
361: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
362: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
363: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
364: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
365: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
366: the pizza.
367: <p>
368:
369: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 370: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
371: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
372: </strong></font><br>
373:
374: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
375: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
376: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
377: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
378: problems.
379: <p>
380:
381: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 382: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
383: </strong></font><br>
384:
385: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
386: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
387: - whether they like it or not.
388: <p>
389:
390: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 391: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
392: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
393: </strong></font><br>
394:
395: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
396: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
397: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 398: <p>
1.148 aaron 399:
400: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 401: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
402: </strong></font><br>
403:
404: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
405: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
406: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
407: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
408: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
409: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
410: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
411: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
412: <p>
413:
414: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 415: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
416: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
417: </strong></font><br>
418:
419: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
420: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
421: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
422: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
423: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
424: <p>
425:
1.138 louis 426: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
427:
428: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 429: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 430: System Takes On Linux</a>,
431: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
432: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 433: </strong></font><br>
434:
1.146 louis 435: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
436: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
437: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
438: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
439: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
440: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
441: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 442: <p>
443:
444: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 445: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
446: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
447: </strong></font><br>
448:
449: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
450: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
451: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
452: library after installing the OS.
453: <p>
454:
455: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 456: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 457: Sys Admin, September 2000
458: </strong></font><br>
459:
460: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
461: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
462: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
463: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
464: (<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>,
465: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
466: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
467: <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
468: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
469: out of the system.
470: <p>
471:
1.144 louis 472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
473: <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
474: </strong></font><br>
475:
476: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
477: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
478: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
479: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
480: the IP filtering and address translation.
481: <p>
482:
1.131 louis 483: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
484:
485: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 486: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
487: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
488: </strong></font><br>
489:
490: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
491: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
492: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
493: <p>
494:
495: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 496: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
497: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
498: </strong></font><br>
499:
500: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
501: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
502: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
503: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
504: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
505: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
506: note of"</i>.
507: <p>
508:
509: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 510: <a
511: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
512: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
513: </strong></font><br>
514:
515: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
516: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
517: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
518: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
519: <p>
520:
521: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 522: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 523: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
524: </strong></font><br>
525:
526: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
527: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
528: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
529: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
530: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
531: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
532: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
533: <p>
534:
535: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 536: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
537: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
538: 2000
539: </strong></font><br>
540:
541: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
542: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
543: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
544: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
545: against current industry practices.
546: <p>
547:
548: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 549: <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
550: </strong></font><br>
551:
552: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
553: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
554: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
555: <p>
556:
557: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 558: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
559: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
560: </strong></font><br>
561:
562: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
563: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
564: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
565: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
566: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
567: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
568: careful code reviews, he concludes.
569: <p>
570:
571: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 572: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
573: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
574: </strong></font><br>
575:
576: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
577: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
578: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
579: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
580: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 581: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
582: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
583: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 584: <p>
585:
1.118 louis 586: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
587:
588: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 589: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
590: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
591: </strong></font><br>
592:
593: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
594: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
595: about time. The article mentions that
596: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
597: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
598: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 599: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 600: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
601: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
602: ammended since.
603: <p>
604:
605: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 606: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 607: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 608: </strong></font><br>
609:
610: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
611: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
612: of OpenSSH.
613: <p>
614:
615: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
616: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
617: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
618: </strong></font><br>
619:
620: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 621: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 622: bridging.
623: <p>
624:
625: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
626: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
627: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 628: </strong></font><br>
629:
1.121 deraadt 630: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
631: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 632: <p>
633:
634: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 635: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
636: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
637: </strong></font><br>
638:
639: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
640: <p>
641:
642: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 643: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 644: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
645: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 646: </strong></font><br>
647:
1.120 deraadt 648: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
649: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 650: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
651: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
652: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
653: <p>
654:
655: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 656: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
657: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
658: </strong></font><br>
659:
660: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
661: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
662: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
663: protocols and their quirks.
664: <p>
665:
666: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 667: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html">In
1.137 louis 668: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 669: </strong></font><br>
670:
671: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
672: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
673: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 674: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 675: <p>
676:
677: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 678: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
679: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
680: </strong></font><br>
681:
682: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
683: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
684: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
685: <p>
686:
687: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 688: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 689: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
690: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 691: </strong></font><br>
692:
693: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
694: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
695: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
696: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
697: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
698: <p>
699:
1.104 louis 700: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
701:
1.113 naddy 702: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 703: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
704: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
705: </strong></font><br>
706:
707: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
708: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
709: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
710: be a bit dry.
711: <p>
712:
713: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 714: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
715: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
716: 2000
1.128 louis 717: </strong></font><br>
718:
719: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
720: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
721: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
722: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
723: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 724: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 725: <p>
726:
727: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 728: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
729: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 730: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 731:
732: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
733: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
734: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
735: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 736: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
737: <p>
1.110 louis 738:
1.117 louis 739: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
740: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
741: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
742: </strong></font><br>
743:
744: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
745: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
746: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
747: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
748: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
749: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
750: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
751: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
752: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
753: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
754: <p>
755:
1.113 naddy 756: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 757: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 758: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 759:
760: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
761: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 762: <p>
1.108 louis 763:
1.113 naddy 764: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 765: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
766: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 767: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 768:
769: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
770: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
771: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 772: <p>
1.106 louis 773:
1.113 naddy 774: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 775: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
776: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 777: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 778:
779: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
780: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
781: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
782: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 783: <p>
1.107 louis 784:
1.113 naddy 785: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 786: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
787: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 788: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 789:
790: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
791: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 792: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 793: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
794: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 795: <p>
1.105 louis 796:
1.113 naddy 797: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 798: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 799: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 800: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 801:
1.113 naddy 802: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
803: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 804: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 805: <p>
1.104 louis 806:
1.121 deraadt 807: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
808: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
809: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
810: </strong></font><br>
811:
812: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
813: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
814: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
815: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
816: <p>
817:
1.85 louis 818: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
819:
1.113 naddy 820: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 821: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 822: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 823: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 824:
825: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
826: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
827: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
828: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
829: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
830: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
831: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 832: <p>
1.99 louis 833:
1.113 naddy 834: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 835: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 836: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 837: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 838:
839: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
840: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
841: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
842: conditions.
1.113 naddy 843: <p>
1.100 louis 844:
1.113 naddy 845: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 846: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 847: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 848: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 849:
850: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
851: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
852: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
853: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 854: <p>
1.95 louis 855:
1.113 naddy 856: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 857: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 858: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 859: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 860:
861: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
862: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 863: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 864: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
865: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 866: <p>
1.92 louis 867:
1.113 naddy 868: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
869: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 870: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 871: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 872:
873: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
874: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
875: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
876: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
877: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
878: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 879: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 880: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 881: <p>
1.91 louis 882:
1.113 naddy 883: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 884: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
885: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 886: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 887:
888: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
889: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
890: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
891: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
892: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
893: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
894: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
895: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
896: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 897: <p>
1.90 louis 898:
1.113 naddy 899: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 900: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
901: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
902: </strong></font><br>
903: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
904: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
905: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
906: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
907: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
908: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
909: <p>
910:
911: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 912: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
913: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 914: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 915:
1.113 naddy 916: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
917: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 918: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
919: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
920: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
921: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
922: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 923: <p>
1.87 louis 924:
1.113 naddy 925: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 926: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
927: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 928: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 929:
930: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
931: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 932: <p>
1.85 louis 933:
1.113 naddy 934: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 935: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
936: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 937: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 938:
939: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 940: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 941: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
942: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 943: <p>
1.89 louis 944:
1.113 naddy 945: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 946: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
947: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 948: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 949:
950: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
951: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
952: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
953: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
954: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
955:
1.78 deraadt 956: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 957:
1.113 naddy 958: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 959: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 960: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 961: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 962: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 963:
964: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
965: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
966: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 967: <p>
1.83 louis 968:
1.113 naddy 969: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 970: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
971: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 972: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 973:
974: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
975: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 976: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 977: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
978: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 979: <p>
1.93 louis 980:
1.113 naddy 981: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 982: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 983: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 984: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 985:
1.83 louis 986: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
987: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
988: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
989: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
990: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 991: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
992: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
993: <p>
1.82 aaron 994:
1.113 naddy 995: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 996: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 997: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 998: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 999:
1.83 louis 1000: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1001: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1002: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1003: <p>
1.80 louis 1004:
1.113 naddy 1005: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1006: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1007: Bad Press</a>,
1008: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1009: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1010:
1011: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1012: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1013: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1014: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1015: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1016: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1017:
1018: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1019:
1.113 naddy 1020: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1021: <a
1.111 jufi 1022: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 1023: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
1024: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1025: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1026:
1027: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1028: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1029: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1030: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1031: <p>
1.74 louis 1032:
1.113 naddy 1033: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1034: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1035: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1036: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1037:
1038: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1039: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1040: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1041: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1042: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1043: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1044: <p>
1.88 louis 1045:
1.113 naddy 1046: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1047: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1048: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1049: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1050:
1051: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1052: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1053: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1054: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1055: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1056: <p>
1.81 louis 1057:
1.113 naddy 1058: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1059: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1060: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1061: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1062:
1063: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1064: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1065: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1066: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1067: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1068: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1069: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1070: <p>
1.90 louis 1071:
1.113 naddy 1072: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1073: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1074: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1075: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1076:
1077: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1078: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1079: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1080: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1081: <p>
1.71 louis 1082:
1.69 deraadt 1083: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1084:
1.113 naddy 1085: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1086: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 1087: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1088: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1089:
1090: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1091: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1092: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1093: <p>
1.70 louis 1094:
1.113 naddy 1095: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1096: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1097: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1098:
1099: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1100: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1101: <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 1102: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1103: <p>
1.68 louis 1104:
1.113 naddy 1105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1106: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1107: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1108: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1109:
1.111 jufi 1110: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1111: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1112: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1113: "secure by default" installation.
1114: <p>
1.64 louis 1115:
1.113 naddy 1116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1117: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1118: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1119: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1120:
1.113 naddy 1121: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1122: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1123: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1124: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1125: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1126: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1127: <p>
1.66 louis 1128:
1.113 naddy 1129: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1130: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1131: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1132: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1133:
1134: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1135: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1136: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1137: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1138: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1139: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1140: <p>
1.83 louis 1141:
1.113 naddy 1142: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1143: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1144: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1145: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1146:
1147: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1148: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1149: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1150: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1151: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1152: <p>
1.64 louis 1153:
1.113 naddy 1154: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1155: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1156: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1157: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1158:
1159: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1160: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1161: <p>
1.65 louis 1162:
1.69 deraadt 1163: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1164:
1.113 naddy 1165: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1166: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1167: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1168: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1169:
1170: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1171: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1172: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1173: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1174: <p>
1.88 louis 1175:
1.113 naddy 1176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1177: <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 1178: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1179:
1180: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1181: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1182: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1183: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1184: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1185: <p>
1.60 louis 1186:
1.113 naddy 1187: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1188: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1189: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1190: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1191: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1192:
1193: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1194: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1195: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1196: <p>
1.58 louis 1197:
1.113 naddy 1198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1199: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1200: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1201:
1202: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1203: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1204: <p>
1.53 louis 1205:
1.113 naddy 1206: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1207: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1208: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1209: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1210:
1211: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1212: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1213: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1214: <p>
1.99 louis 1215:
1.113 naddy 1216: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1217: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1218: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1219:
1220: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1221: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1222: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1223: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1224: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1225:
1.113 naddy 1226: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1227: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1228: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1229: </strong></font><br>
1230:
1231: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1232: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1233: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1234: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1235: <p>
1236:
1237: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1238: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1239: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1240: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1241:
1242: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1243: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1244: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1245:
1.113 naddy 1246: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1247: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1248: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1249:
1250: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1251: in
1.113 naddy 1252: <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 1253: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1254: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1255: <p>
1.53 louis 1256:
1.113 naddy 1257: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1258: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1259: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1260: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1261: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1262:
1.58 louis 1263: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1264: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1265:
1.69 deraadt 1266: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1267:
1.113 naddy 1268: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1269: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1270: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1271: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1272: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1273:
1.58 louis 1274: Kurt Seifried
1275: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1276: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1277: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1278: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1279:
1.113 naddy 1280: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1281: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1282: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1283: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1284:
1285: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1286: <p>
1.96 louis 1287:
1.113 naddy 1288: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1289: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1290: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1291: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1292:
1293: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1294: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1295: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1296: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1297: <p>
1.86 louis 1298:
1.69 deraadt 1299: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1300:
1.113 naddy 1301: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1302: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1303: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1304: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1305:
1306: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1307: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1308: <p>
1.61 louis 1309:
1.113 naddy 1310: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1311: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1312: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1313: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1314: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1315:
1316: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1317: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1318: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1319: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1320: right -- or at least strives to".
1321: <p>
1.48 louis 1322:
1.113 naddy 1323: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1324: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1325: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1326: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1327: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1328: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1329: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1330: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1331: <p>
1.61 louis 1332:
1.113 naddy 1333: <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 1334: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1335: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1336:
1337: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1338: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1339: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1340: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1341: <p>
1.46 louis 1342:
1.113 naddy 1343: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1344: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1345: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1346: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1347:
1348: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1349: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1350: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1351:
1.113 naddy 1352: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1353: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1354: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1355: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1356:
1357: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1358: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1359: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1360: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1361: <p>
1.70 louis 1362:
1.69 deraadt 1363: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1364:
1.113 naddy 1365: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1366: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1367: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1368:
1369: Kurt Seifried
1370: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1371: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1372: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1373: <p>
1.44 philen 1374:
1.113 naddy 1375: <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 1376: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1377: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1378:
1379: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1380: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1381:
1.113 naddy 1382: <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 1383: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1384: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1385:
1386: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1387: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1388:
1.113 naddy 1389: <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 1390: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1391: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1392:
1393: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1394: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1395: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1396: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1397: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1398:
1.113 naddy 1399: <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 1400: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1401: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1402:
1.36 louis 1403: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1404: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1405:
1.113 naddy 1406: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1407: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1408: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1409: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1410:
1411: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1412: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1413:
1.69 deraadt 1414: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1415:
1.113 naddy 1416: <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 1417: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1418: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1419:
1420: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1421: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1422: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1423:
1.113 naddy 1424: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1425: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1426: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1427: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1428:
1429: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1430: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1431: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1432: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1433: <blockquote>
1434: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1435: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1436: <br>
1437: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1438: </code>
1439: </blockquote>
1440: <p>
1441:
1442: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1443: <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>
1444: <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
1445: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1446:
1447: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1448: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1449: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1450: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1451:
1.113 naddy 1452: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1453: <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 1454: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1455:
1456: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1457: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1458: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1459: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1460: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1461: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1462: <p>
1.19 louis 1463:
1.113 naddy 1464: <li><strong>
1465: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1466: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1467:
1468: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1469: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1470: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1471: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1472: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1473: <p>
1.16 louis 1474:
1.113 naddy 1475: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1476: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1477: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1478: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1479:
1.57 louis 1480: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1481: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1482: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1483: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1484:
1.113 naddy 1485: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1486: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1487: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1488: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1489:
1.113 naddy 1490: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1491:
1.113 naddy 1492: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1493: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1494: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1495: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1496:
1.23 louis 1497: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1498: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1499: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1500: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1501: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1502: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1503:
1.113 naddy 1504: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1505: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1506: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1507: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1508:
1509: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1510: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1511: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1512: installation.
1.113 naddy 1513: <p>
1.47 louis 1514:
1.113 naddy 1515: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1516: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1517: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1518: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1519:
1520: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1521: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1522:
1.69 deraadt 1523: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1524:
1.113 naddy 1525: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1526: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1527: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1528: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1529:
1530: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1531: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1532: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1533: <p>
1.12 louis 1534:
1.113 naddy 1535: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1536: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1537: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1538: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1539:
1540: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1541: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1542: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1543: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1544: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1545: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1546: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1547: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1548:
1.69 deraadt 1549: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1550:
1.113 naddy 1551: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1552: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1553: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1554:
1555: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1556: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1557: available."
1.113 naddy 1558: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1559:
1.69 deraadt 1560: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1561:
1.113 naddy 1562: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1563: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1564: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1565:
1566: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1567: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1568: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1569: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1570: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1571: <p>
1.33 louis 1572:
1.113 naddy 1573: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1574: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1575: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1576: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1577:
1.113 naddy 1578: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1579: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1580: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1581: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1582: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1583: <p>
1.57 louis 1584:
1.69 deraadt 1585: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1586:
1.113 naddy 1587: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1588: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1589: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1590: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1591:
1592: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1593: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1594: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1595:
1.113 naddy 1596: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1597: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1598: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1599: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1600: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1601:
1602: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1603: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1604:
1.113 naddy 1605: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1606: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1607:
1.113 naddy 1608: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1609:
1.113 naddy 1610: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1611: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1612: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1613: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1614:
1615: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1616: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1617:
1.69 deraadt 1618: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1619:
1.113 naddy 1620: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1621: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1622: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1623:
1624: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1625: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1626: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1627:
1.113 naddy 1628: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1629: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1630: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1631: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1632:
1633: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1634: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1635: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1636: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1637:
1.69 deraadt 1638: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1639:
1.160 jufi 1640: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1641: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1642: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1643: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1644: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1645:
1646: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1647: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1648: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1649: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1650: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1651: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1652: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1653:
1.113 naddy 1654: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1655: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1656: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1657: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1658:
1659: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1660: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1661: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1662: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1663: <p>
1.15 louis 1664:
1.113 naddy 1665: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1666: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1667: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1668: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1669:
1670: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1671: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1672: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1673: columns."
1.113 naddy 1674: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1675:
1.69 deraadt 1676: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1677:
1.113 naddy 1678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1679: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1680: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1681: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1682:
1683: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1684: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1685:
1.113 naddy 1686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1687: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1688: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1689:
1690: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1691: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1692: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1693:
1.69 deraadt 1694: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1695:
1.113 naddy 1696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1697: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1698: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1699: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1700:
1701: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1702: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1703: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1704: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1705: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1706:
1.69 deraadt 1707: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1708:
1.113 naddy 1709: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1710: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1711: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1712:
1.69 deraadt 1713: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1714: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1715: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1716:
1.69 deraadt 1717: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1718:
1.113 naddy 1719: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1720: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1721: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1722: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1723:
1724: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1725: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1726: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1727:
1.113 naddy 1728: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1729: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1730: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1731: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1732: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1733:
1.69 deraadt 1734: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1735:
1.113 naddy 1736: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1737: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1738: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1739: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1740: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1741: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1742:
1743: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1744: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1745: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1746: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1747: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1748: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1749:
1750: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1751:
1.113 naddy 1752: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1753: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1754: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1755:
1.69 deraadt 1756: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1757: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1758: <p>
1.112 naddy 1759:
1.113 naddy 1760: </dl>
1761: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1762:
1.113 naddy 1763: <hr>
1764: <a name=se></a>
1765: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1766:
1.102 niklas 1767: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1768:
1.113 naddy 1769: <dl>
1770: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1771: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1772: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1773:
1774: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1775: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1776: <p>
1.102 niklas 1777:
1.113 naddy 1778: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1779:
1.84 niklas 1780: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1781:
1.113 naddy 1782: <dl>
1783: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1784: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1785: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1786:
1787: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1788: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1789: <p>
1.84 niklas 1790:
1.113 naddy 1791: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1792:
1.69 deraadt 1793: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1794:
1.113 naddy 1795: <dl>
1796: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1797: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1798: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1799:
1800: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1801: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1802: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1803: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1804:
1.113 naddy 1805: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1806: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1807: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1808: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1809: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1810:
1.20 louis 1811: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1812: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1813: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1814: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1815: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1816:
1.113 naddy 1817: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1818:
1.113 naddy 1819: <hr>
1820: <a name=jp></a>
1821: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1822:
1.113 naddy 1823: <dl>
1.20 louis 1824:
1.170 louis 1825: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1826:
1827: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1828: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
1829: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1830: </strong></font><br>
1831:
1832: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1833: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1834: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1835: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1836: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1837: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1838: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1839: <p>
1840:
1.69 deraadt 1841: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1842:
1.113 naddy 1843: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1844: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1845: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1846: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1847:
1848: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1849: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1850: translating and reprinting articles from
1851: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1852: <p>
1.112 naddy 1853:
1.113 naddy 1854: </dl>
1.20 louis 1855:
1.113 naddy 1856: <hr>
1857: <a name=de></a>
1858: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1859: <dl>
1.50 louis 1860:
1.151 louis 1861: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1862:
1863: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1864: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1865: </strong></font><br>
1866:
1867: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1868: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1869: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1870: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1871: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1872:
1873: <p>
1874:
1.72 louis 1875: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1876:
1.113 naddy 1877: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1878: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1879: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1880: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1881:
1.101 jufi 1882: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1883: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1884: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1885: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1886: Giving way to
1887: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1888: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1889: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1890: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1891: <p>
1.72 louis 1892:
1.69 deraadt 1893: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1894:
1.113 naddy 1895: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1896: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1897: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1898: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1899:
1900: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1901: <p>
1902: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1903:
1.50 louis 1904:
1.113 naddy 1905: <hr>
1906: <a name=ru></a>
1907: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1908: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1909:
1.69 deraadt 1910: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1911:
1.113 naddy 1912: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1913: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1914: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1915: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1916:
1917: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1918: <p>
1.62 form 1919:
1.69 deraadt 1920: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1921:
1.113 naddy 1922: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1923: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1924: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1925: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1926:
1.59 form 1927: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1928: <p>
1.112 naddy 1929:
1.113 naddy 1930: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1931:
1.113 naddy 1932: <hr>
1933: <a name=pl></a>
1934: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1935: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1936:
1.113 naddy 1937: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1938: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1939: Radio, August 2, 2000
1940: </strong></font><br>
1941:
1942: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1943: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1944: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1945: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1946: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1947: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1948: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1949: <p>
1950:
1951: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1952: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1953: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1954: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1955: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1956:
1957: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1958: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1959: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1960: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1961: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1962: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1963: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1964: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1965: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1966: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1967: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1968: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1969: <p>
1970: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1971:
1.113 naddy 1972: <hr>
1973: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1974: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
1.181 ! jufi 1975: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.180 2001/03/23 02:19:38 louis Exp $</small>
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1977: </body>
1978: </html>