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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
1.182 louis 50: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
51: </strong></font><br>
52:
53: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
54: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
55: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
56: <p>
57:
58: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
59: <a
1.179 louis 60: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
61: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
62: </strong></font><br>
63:
64: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
65: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
66: <p>
67:
1.174 louis 68:
1.175 louis 69: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
70:
71: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
72: <a
1.179 louis 73: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
74: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
75: </strong></font><br>
76:
77: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
78: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
79: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
80: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
81: <p>
82:
83: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
84: <a
1.183 ! ian 85: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 86: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
87: </strong></font><br>
88:
89: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 90: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 91: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
92: <p>
93:
1.176 louis 94:
1.172 mickey 95: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
96:
97: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 98: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 99: </strong></font><br>
100:
101: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
102: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
103: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 104: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 105: <p>
106:
107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
108: <a
1.174 louis 109: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
110: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
111: </strong></font><br>
112:
113: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
114: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
115: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
116: <p>
117:
118: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
119: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
120: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
121: </strong></font><br>
122:
123: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
124: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
125: <p>
126:
127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
128: <a
129: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
130: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
131: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
132: </strong></font><br>
133:
134: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
135: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
136: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
137: our own Theo de Raadt.
138: <p>
139:
140: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
141: <a
142: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
143: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
144: </strong></font><br>
145:
146: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
147: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
148: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
149: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
150: shut down.]
151: <p>
152:
153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
154: <a
1.172 mickey 155: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
156: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 157: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 158: </strong></font><br>
159:
160: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
161: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
162: <p>
163:
164: </li>
165:
1.161 louis 166: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
167:
1.175 louis 168:
169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
170: <a
171: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
172: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
173: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
174: </strong></font><br>
175:
176: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
177: by John Wolley
178: <p>
179:
180: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
181: <a
182: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
183: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
184: </strong></font><br>
185:
186: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
187: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
188: OpenBSD).
189: <p>
190:
1.161 louis 191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
192: <a
1.171 louis 193: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
194: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
195: </strong></font><br>
196:
197: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
198: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
199: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
200: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
201: and hindsight.
202: <p>
203:
204: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
205: <a
1.168 provos 206: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
207: December 7, 2000
208: </strong></font><br>
209:
210: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
211: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
212: us explain.
213: <p>
214:
215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
216: <a
1.166 louis 217: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
218: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
219: December 6, 2000
220: </strong></font><br>
221:
222: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
223: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
224: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
225: <p>
226:
227: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
228: <a
1.162 millert 229: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
230: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
231: </strong></font><br>
232:
233: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 234: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
235: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
236: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
237: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
238: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
239: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 240: <p>
1.162 millert 241:
242: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
243: <a
1.161 louis 244: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
245: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
246: </strong></font><br>
247:
248: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
249: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
250: <p>
251:
1.169 louis 252: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
253: <a
254: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
255: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
256: </strong></font><br>
257:
258: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
259: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
260: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
261: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
262: <p>
263:
1.158 louis 264: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 265:
266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 267: <a
1.175 louis 268: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
269: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
270: </strong></font><br>
271:
272: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
273: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
274: <p>
275:
276: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
277: <a
1.164 deraadt 278: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 279: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 280: </strong></font><br>
281: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
282: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
283: <p>
284:
285: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
286: <a
287: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
288: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
289: </strong></font><br>
290:
291: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
292: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
293: <p>
294:
295: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
296: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
297: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
298: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 299:
1.161 louis 300: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
301: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
302: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
303: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
304: <p>
1.174 louis 305: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
306: <a
307: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
308: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
309: </strong></font><br>
310:
311: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
312: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
313: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
314: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
315: much of the attitude too).
316: <p>
1.161 louis 317:
318: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
319: <a
1.157 louis 320: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
321: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
322: </strong></font><br>
323: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
324: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
325: <p>
326:
327: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
328:
329: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 330: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
331: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
332: </strong></font><br>
333:
334: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
335: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
336: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
337: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
338: <p>
339:
340: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
341: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
342: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
343: </strong></font><br>
344:
345: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
346: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
347: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
348: it because they love coding...
349: <p>
350:
351: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
352: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
353: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
354: </strong></font><br>
355:
356: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
357: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
358: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
359: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
360: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
361: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
362: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
363: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
364: <p>
365:
366: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 367: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
368: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
369: </strong></font><br>
370:
371: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
372: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
373: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
374: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
375: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
376: the pizza.
377: <p>
378:
379: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 380: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
381: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
382: </strong></font><br>
383:
384: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
385: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
386: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
387: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
388: problems.
389: <p>
390:
391: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 392: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
393: </strong></font><br>
394:
395: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
396: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
397: - whether they like it or not.
398: <p>
399:
400: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 401: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
402: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
403: </strong></font><br>
404:
405: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
406: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
407: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 408: <p>
1.148 aaron 409:
410: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 411: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
412: </strong></font><br>
413:
414: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
415: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
416: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
417: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
418: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
419: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
420: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
421: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
422: <p>
423:
424: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 425: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
426: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
427: </strong></font><br>
428:
429: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
430: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
431: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
432: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
433: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
434: <p>
435:
1.138 louis 436: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
437:
438: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 439: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 440: System Takes On Linux</a>,
441: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
442: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 443: </strong></font><br>
444:
1.146 louis 445: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
446: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
447: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
448: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
449: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
450: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
451: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 452: <p>
453:
454: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 455: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
456: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
457: </strong></font><br>
458:
459: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
460: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
461: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
462: library after installing the OS.
463: <p>
464:
465: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 466: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 467: Sys Admin, September 2000
468: </strong></font><br>
469:
470: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
471: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
472: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
473: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
474: (<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>,
475: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
476: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
477: <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
478: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
479: out of the system.
480: <p>
481:
1.144 louis 482: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
483: <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
484: </strong></font><br>
485:
486: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
487: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
488: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
489: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
490: the IP filtering and address translation.
491: <p>
492:
1.131 louis 493: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
494:
495: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 496: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
497: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
498: </strong></font><br>
499:
500: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
501: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
502: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
503: <p>
504:
505: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 506: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
507: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
508: </strong></font><br>
509:
510: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
511: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
512: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
513: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
514: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
515: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
516: note of"</i>.
517: <p>
518:
519: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 520: <a
521: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
522: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
523: </strong></font><br>
524:
525: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
526: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
527: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
528: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
529: <p>
530:
531: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 532: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 533: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
534: </strong></font><br>
535:
536: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
537: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
538: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
539: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
540: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
541: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
542: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
543: <p>
544:
545: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 546: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
547: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
548: 2000
549: </strong></font><br>
550:
551: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
552: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
553: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
554: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
555: against current industry practices.
556: <p>
557:
558: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 559: <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
560: </strong></font><br>
561:
562: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
563: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
564: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
565: <p>
566:
567: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 568: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
569: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
570: </strong></font><br>
571:
572: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
573: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
574: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
575: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
576: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
577: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
578: careful code reviews, he concludes.
579: <p>
580:
581: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 582: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
583: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
584: </strong></font><br>
585:
586: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
587: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
588: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
589: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
590: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 591: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
592: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
593: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 594: <p>
595:
1.118 louis 596: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
597:
598: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 599: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
600: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
601: </strong></font><br>
602:
603: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
604: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
605: about time. The article mentions that
606: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
607: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
608: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 609: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 610: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
611: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
612: ammended since.
613: <p>
614:
615: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 616: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 617: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 618: </strong></font><br>
619:
620: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
621: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
622: of OpenSSH.
623: <p>
624:
625: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
626: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
627: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
628: </strong></font><br>
629:
630: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 631: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 632: bridging.
633: <p>
634:
635: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
636: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
637: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 638: </strong></font><br>
639:
1.121 deraadt 640: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
641: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 642: <p>
643:
644: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 645: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
646: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
647: </strong></font><br>
648:
649: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
650: <p>
651:
652: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 653: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 654: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
655: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 656: </strong></font><br>
657:
1.120 deraadt 658: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
659: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 660: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
661: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
662: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
663: <p>
664:
665: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 666: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
667: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
668: </strong></font><br>
669:
670: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
671: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
672: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
673: protocols and their quirks.
674: <p>
675:
676: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 677: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html">In
1.137 louis 678: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 679: </strong></font><br>
680:
681: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
682: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
683: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 684: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 685: <p>
686:
687: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 688: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
689: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
690: </strong></font><br>
691:
692: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
693: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
694: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
695: <p>
696:
697: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 698: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 699: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
700: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 701: </strong></font><br>
702:
703: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
704: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
705: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
706: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
707: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
708: <p>
709:
1.104 louis 710: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
711:
1.113 naddy 712: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 713: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
714: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
715: </strong></font><br>
716:
717: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
718: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
719: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
720: be a bit dry.
721: <p>
722:
723: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 724: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
725: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
726: 2000
1.128 louis 727: </strong></font><br>
728:
729: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
730: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
731: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
732: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
733: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 734: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 735: <p>
736:
737: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 738: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
739: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 740: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 741:
742: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
743: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
744: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
745: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 746: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
747: <p>
1.110 louis 748:
1.117 louis 749: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
750: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
751: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
752: </strong></font><br>
753:
754: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
755: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
756: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
757: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
758: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
759: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
760: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
761: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
762: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
763: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
764: <p>
765:
1.113 naddy 766: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 767: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 768: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 769:
770: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
771: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 772: <p>
1.108 louis 773:
1.113 naddy 774: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 775: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
776: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 777: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 778:
779: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
780: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
781: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 782: <p>
1.106 louis 783:
1.113 naddy 784: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 785: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
786: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 787: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 788:
789: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
790: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
791: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
792: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 793: <p>
1.107 louis 794:
1.113 naddy 795: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 796: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
797: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 798: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 799:
800: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
801: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 802: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 803: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
804: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 805: <p>
1.105 louis 806:
1.113 naddy 807: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 808: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/jun2000/junopens.htm">Security
1.104 louis 809: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 810: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 811:
1.113 naddy 812: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
813: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 814: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 815: <p>
1.104 louis 816:
1.121 deraadt 817: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
818: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
819: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
820: </strong></font><br>
821:
822: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
823: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
824: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
825: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
826: <p>
827:
1.85 louis 828: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
829:
1.113 naddy 830: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 831: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 832: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 833: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 834:
835: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
836: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
837: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
838: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
839: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
840: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
841: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 842: <p>
1.99 louis 843:
1.113 naddy 844: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 845: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 846: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 847: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 848:
849: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
850: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
851: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
852: conditions.
1.113 naddy 853: <p>
1.100 louis 854:
1.113 naddy 855: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 856: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 857: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 858: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 859:
860: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
861: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
862: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
863: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 864: <p>
1.95 louis 865:
1.113 naddy 866: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 867: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 868: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 869: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 870:
871: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
872: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 873: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 874: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
875: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 876: <p>
1.92 louis 877:
1.113 naddy 878: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
879: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 880: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 881: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 882:
883: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
884: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
885: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
886: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
887: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
888: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 889: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 890: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 891: <p>
1.91 louis 892:
1.113 naddy 893: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 894: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
895: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 896: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 897:
898: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
899: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
900: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
901: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
902: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
903: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
904: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
905: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
906: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 907: <p>
1.90 louis 908:
1.113 naddy 909: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 910: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
911: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
912: </strong></font><br>
913: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
914: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
915: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
916: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
917: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
918: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
919: <p>
920:
921: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 922: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
923: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 924: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 925:
1.113 naddy 926: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
927: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 928: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
929: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
930: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
931: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
932: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 933: <p>
1.87 louis 934:
1.113 naddy 935: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 936: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
937: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 938: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 939:
940: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
941: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 942: <p>
1.85 louis 943:
1.113 naddy 944: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 945: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
946: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 947: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 948:
949: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 950: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 951: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
952: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 953: <p>
1.89 louis 954:
1.113 naddy 955: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 956: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
957: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 958: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 959:
960: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
961: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
962: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
963: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
964: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
965:
1.78 deraadt 966: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 967:
1.113 naddy 968: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 969: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 970: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 971: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 972: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 973:
974: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
975: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
976: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 977: <p>
1.83 louis 978:
1.113 naddy 979: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 980: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
981: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 982: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 983:
984: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
985: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 986: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 987: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
988: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 989: <p>
1.93 louis 990:
1.113 naddy 991: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 992: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 993: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 994: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 995:
1.83 louis 996: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
997: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
998: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
999: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1000: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1001: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1002: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1003: <p>
1.82 aaron 1004:
1.113 naddy 1005: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1006: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1007: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1008: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1009:
1.83 louis 1010: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1011: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1012: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1013: <p>
1.80 louis 1014:
1.113 naddy 1015: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1016: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1017: Bad Press</a>,
1018: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1019: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1020:
1021: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1022: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1023: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1024: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1025: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1026: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1027:
1028: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1029:
1.113 naddy 1030: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1031: <a
1.111 jufi 1032: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 1033: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
1034: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1035: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1036:
1037: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1038: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1039: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1040: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1041: <p>
1.74 louis 1042:
1.113 naddy 1043: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1044: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1045: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1046: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1047:
1048: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1049: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1050: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1051: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1052: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1053: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1054: <p>
1.88 louis 1055:
1.113 naddy 1056: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1057: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1058: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1059: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1060:
1061: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1062: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1063: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1064: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1065: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1066: <p>
1.81 louis 1067:
1.113 naddy 1068: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1069: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1070: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1071: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1072:
1073: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1074: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1075: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1076: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1077: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1078: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1079: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1080: <p>
1.90 louis 1081:
1.113 naddy 1082: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1083: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1084: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1085: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1086:
1087: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1088: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1089: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1090: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1091: <p>
1.71 louis 1092:
1.69 deraadt 1093: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1094:
1.113 naddy 1095: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1096: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 1097: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1098: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1099:
1100: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1101: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1102: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1103: <p>
1.70 louis 1104:
1.113 naddy 1105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1106: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1107: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1108:
1109: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1110: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1111: <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 1112: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1113: <p>
1.68 louis 1114:
1.113 naddy 1115: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1116: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1117: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1118: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1119:
1.111 jufi 1120: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1121: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1122: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1123: "secure by default" installation.
1124: <p>
1.64 louis 1125:
1.113 naddy 1126: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1127: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1128: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1129: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1130:
1.113 naddy 1131: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1132: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1133: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1134: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1135: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1136: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1137: <p>
1.66 louis 1138:
1.113 naddy 1139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1140: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1141: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1142: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1143:
1144: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1145: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1146: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1147: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1148: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1149: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1150: <p>
1.83 louis 1151:
1.113 naddy 1152: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1153: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1154: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1155: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1156:
1157: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1158: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1159: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1160: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1161: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1162: <p>
1.64 louis 1163:
1.113 naddy 1164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1165: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1166: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1167: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1168:
1169: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1170: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1171: <p>
1.65 louis 1172:
1.69 deraadt 1173: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1174:
1.113 naddy 1175: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1176: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1177: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1178: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1179:
1180: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1181: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1182: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1183: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1184: <p>
1.88 louis 1185:
1.113 naddy 1186: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1187: <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 1188: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1189:
1190: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1191: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1192: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1193: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1194: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1195: <p>
1.60 louis 1196:
1.113 naddy 1197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1198: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1199: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1200: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1201: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1202:
1203: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1204: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1205: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1206: <p>
1.58 louis 1207:
1.113 naddy 1208: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1209: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1210: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1211:
1212: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1213: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1214: <p>
1.53 louis 1215:
1.113 naddy 1216: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1217: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1218: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1219: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1220:
1221: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1222: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1223: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1224: <p>
1.99 louis 1225:
1.113 naddy 1226: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1227: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1228: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1229:
1230: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1231: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1232: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1233: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1234: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1235:
1.113 naddy 1236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1237: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1238: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1239: </strong></font><br>
1240:
1241: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1242: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1243: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1244: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1245: <p>
1246:
1247: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1248: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1249: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1250: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1251:
1252: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1253: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1254: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1255:
1.113 naddy 1256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1257: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1258: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1259:
1260: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1261: in
1.113 naddy 1262: <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 1263: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1264: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1265: <p>
1.53 louis 1266:
1.113 naddy 1267: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1268: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1269: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1270: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1271: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1272:
1.58 louis 1273: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1274: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1275:
1.69 deraadt 1276: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1277:
1.113 naddy 1278: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1279: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1280: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1281: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1282: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1283:
1.58 louis 1284: Kurt Seifried
1285: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1286: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1287: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1288: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1289:
1.113 naddy 1290: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1291: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1292: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1293: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1294:
1295: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1296: <p>
1.96 louis 1297:
1.113 naddy 1298: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1299: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1300: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1301: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1302:
1303: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1304: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1305: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1306: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1307: <p>
1.86 louis 1308:
1.69 deraadt 1309: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1310:
1.113 naddy 1311: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1312: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1313: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1314: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1315:
1316: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1317: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1318: <p>
1.61 louis 1319:
1.113 naddy 1320: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1321: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1322: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1323: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1324: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1325:
1326: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1327: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1328: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1329: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1330: right -- or at least strives to".
1331: <p>
1.48 louis 1332:
1.113 naddy 1333: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1334: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1335: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1336: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1337: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1338: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1339: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1340: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1341: <p>
1.61 louis 1342:
1.113 naddy 1343: <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 1344: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1345: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1346:
1347: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1348: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1349: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1350: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1351: <p>
1.46 louis 1352:
1.113 naddy 1353: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1354: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1355: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1356: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1357:
1358: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1359: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1360: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1361:
1.113 naddy 1362: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1363: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1364: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1365: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1366:
1367: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1368: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1369: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1370: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1371: <p>
1.70 louis 1372:
1.69 deraadt 1373: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1374:
1.113 naddy 1375: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1376: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1377: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1378:
1379: Kurt Seifried
1380: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1381: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1382: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1383: <p>
1.44 philen 1384:
1.113 naddy 1385: <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 1386: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1387: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1388:
1389: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1390: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1391:
1.113 naddy 1392: <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 1393: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1394: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1395:
1396: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1397: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1398:
1.113 naddy 1399: <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 1400: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1401: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1402:
1403: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1404: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1405: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1406: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1407: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1408:
1.113 naddy 1409: <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 1410: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1411: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1412:
1.36 louis 1413: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1414: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1415:
1.113 naddy 1416: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1417: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1418: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1419: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1420:
1421: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1422: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1423:
1.69 deraadt 1424: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1425:
1.113 naddy 1426: <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 1427: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1428: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1429:
1430: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1431: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1432: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1433:
1.113 naddy 1434: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1435: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1436: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1437: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1438:
1439: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1440: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1441: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1442: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1443: <blockquote>
1444: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1445: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1446: <br>
1447: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1448: </code>
1449: </blockquote>
1450: <p>
1451:
1452: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1453: <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>
1454: <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
1455: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1456:
1457: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1458: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1459: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1460: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1461:
1.113 naddy 1462: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1463: <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 1464: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1465:
1466: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1467: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1468: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1469: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1470: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1471: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1472: <p>
1.19 louis 1473:
1.113 naddy 1474: <li><strong>
1475: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1476: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1477:
1478: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1479: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1480: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1481: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1482: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1483: <p>
1.16 louis 1484:
1.113 naddy 1485: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1486: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1487: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1488: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1489:
1.57 louis 1490: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1491: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1492: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1493: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1494:
1.113 naddy 1495: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1496: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1497: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1498: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1499:
1.113 naddy 1500: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1501:
1.113 naddy 1502: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1503: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1504: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1505: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1506:
1.23 louis 1507: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1508: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1509: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1510: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1511: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1512: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1513:
1.113 naddy 1514: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1515: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1516: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1517: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1518:
1519: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1520: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1521: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1522: installation.
1.113 naddy 1523: <p>
1.47 louis 1524:
1.113 naddy 1525: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1526: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1527: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1528: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1529:
1530: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1531: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1532:
1.69 deraadt 1533: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1534:
1.113 naddy 1535: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1536: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1537: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1538: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1539:
1540: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1541: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1542: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1543: <p>
1.12 louis 1544:
1.113 naddy 1545: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1546: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1547: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1548: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1549:
1550: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1551: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1552: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1553: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1554: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1555: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1556: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1557: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1558:
1.69 deraadt 1559: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1560:
1.113 naddy 1561: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1562: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1563: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1564:
1565: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1566: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1567: available."
1.113 naddy 1568: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1569:
1.69 deraadt 1570: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1571:
1.113 naddy 1572: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1573: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1574: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1575:
1576: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1577: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1578: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1579: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1580: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1581: <p>
1.33 louis 1582:
1.113 naddy 1583: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1584: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1585: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1586: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1587:
1.113 naddy 1588: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1589: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1590: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1591: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1592: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1593: <p>
1.57 louis 1594:
1.69 deraadt 1595: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1596:
1.113 naddy 1597: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1598: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1599: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1600: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1601:
1602: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1603: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1604: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1605:
1.113 naddy 1606: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1607: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1608: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1609: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1610: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1611:
1612: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1613: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1614:
1.113 naddy 1615: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1616: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1617:
1.113 naddy 1618: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1619:
1.113 naddy 1620: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1621: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1622: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1623: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1624:
1625: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1626: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1627:
1.69 deraadt 1628: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1629:
1.113 naddy 1630: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1631: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1632: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1633:
1634: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1635: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1636: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1637:
1.113 naddy 1638: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1639: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1640: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1641: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1642:
1643: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1644: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1645: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1646: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1647:
1.69 deraadt 1648: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1649:
1.160 jufi 1650: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1651: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1652: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1653: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1654: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1655:
1656: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1657: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1658: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1659: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1660: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1661: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1662: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1663:
1.113 naddy 1664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1665: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1666: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1667: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1668:
1669: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1670: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1671: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1672: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1673: <p>
1.15 louis 1674:
1.113 naddy 1675: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1676: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1677: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1678: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1679:
1680: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1681: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1682: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1683: columns."
1.113 naddy 1684: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1685:
1.69 deraadt 1686: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1687:
1.113 naddy 1688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1689: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1690: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1691: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1692:
1693: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1694: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1695:
1.113 naddy 1696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1697: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1698: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1699:
1700: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1701: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1702: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1703:
1.69 deraadt 1704: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1705:
1.113 naddy 1706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1707: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1708: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1709: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1710:
1711: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1712: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1713: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1714: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1715: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1716:
1.69 deraadt 1717: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1718:
1.113 naddy 1719: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1720: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1721: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1722:
1.69 deraadt 1723: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1724: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1725: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1726:
1.69 deraadt 1727: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1728:
1.113 naddy 1729: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1730: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1731: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1732: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1733:
1734: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1735: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1736: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1737:
1.113 naddy 1738: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1739: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1740: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1741: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1742: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1743:
1.69 deraadt 1744: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1745:
1.113 naddy 1746: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1747: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1748: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1749: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1750: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1751: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1752:
1753: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1754: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1755: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1756: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1757: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1758: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1759:
1760: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1761:
1.113 naddy 1762: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1763: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1764: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1765:
1.69 deraadt 1766: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1767: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1768: <p>
1.112 naddy 1769:
1.113 naddy 1770: </dl>
1771: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1772:
1.113 naddy 1773: <hr>
1774: <a name=se></a>
1775: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1776:
1.102 niklas 1777: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1778:
1.113 naddy 1779: <dl>
1780: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1781: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1782: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1783:
1784: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1785: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1786: <p>
1.102 niklas 1787:
1.113 naddy 1788: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1789:
1.84 niklas 1790: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1791:
1.113 naddy 1792: <dl>
1793: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1794: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1795: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1796:
1797: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1798: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1799: <p>
1.84 niklas 1800:
1.113 naddy 1801: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1802:
1.69 deraadt 1803: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1804:
1.113 naddy 1805: <dl>
1806: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1807: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1808: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1809:
1810: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1811: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1812: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1813: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1814:
1.113 naddy 1815: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1816: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1817: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1818: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1819: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1820:
1.20 louis 1821: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1822: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1823: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1824: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1825: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1826:
1.113 naddy 1827: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1828:
1.113 naddy 1829: <hr>
1830: <a name=jp></a>
1831: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1832:
1.113 naddy 1833: <dl>
1.20 louis 1834:
1.170 louis 1835: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1836:
1837: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1838: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
1839: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1840: </strong></font><br>
1841:
1842: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1843: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1844: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1845: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1846: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1847: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1848: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1849: <p>
1850:
1.69 deraadt 1851: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1852:
1.113 naddy 1853: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1854: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1855: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1856: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1857:
1858: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1859: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1860: translating and reprinting articles from
1861: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1862: <p>
1.112 naddy 1863:
1.113 naddy 1864: </dl>
1.20 louis 1865:
1.113 naddy 1866: <hr>
1867: <a name=de></a>
1868: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1869: <dl>
1.50 louis 1870:
1.151 louis 1871: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1872:
1873: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1874: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1875: </strong></font><br>
1876:
1877: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1878: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1879: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1880: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1881: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1882:
1883: <p>
1884:
1.72 louis 1885: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1886:
1.113 naddy 1887: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1888: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1889: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1890: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1891:
1.101 jufi 1892: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1893: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1894: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1895: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1896: Giving way to
1897: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1898: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1899: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1900: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1901: <p>
1.72 louis 1902:
1.69 deraadt 1903: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1904:
1.113 naddy 1905: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1906: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1907: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1908: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1909:
1910: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1911: <p>
1912: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1913:
1.50 louis 1914:
1.113 naddy 1915: <hr>
1916: <a name=ru></a>
1917: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1918: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1919:
1.69 deraadt 1920: <h2>January, 2000</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/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1925: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1926:
1927: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1928: <p>
1.62 form 1929:
1.69 deraadt 1930: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1931:
1.113 naddy 1932: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1933: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1934: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1935: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1936:
1.59 form 1937: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1938: <p>
1.112 naddy 1939:
1.113 naddy 1940: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1941:
1.113 naddy 1942: <hr>
1943: <a name=pl></a>
1944: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1945: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1946:
1.113 naddy 1947: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1948: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1949: Radio, August 2, 2000
1950: </strong></font><br>
1951:
1952: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1953: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1954: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1955: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1956: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1957: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1958: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1959: <p>
1960:
1961: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1962: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1963: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1964: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1965: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1966:
1967: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1968: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1969: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1970: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1971: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1972: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1973: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1974: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1975: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1976: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1977: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1978: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1979: <p>
1980: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1981:
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1983: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1984: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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