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1.16 louis 31:
1.186 jufi 32: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 33:
1.186 jufi 34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
35: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 36: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
37: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 38: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 39:
1.188 jufi 40: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.187 deraadt 41: probability that someone can succesfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 42: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 43: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
44: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 ! horacio 45: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 46: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 47: <p>
48:
1.178 louis 49: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
50:
51: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 52: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
53: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 54: </strong></font><br>
55:
56: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
57: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
58: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
59: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
60: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
61: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
62: <p>
63:
1.179 louis 64: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
65: <a
1.182 louis 66: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
67: </strong></font><br>
68:
69: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
70: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
71: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
72: <p>
73:
74: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
75: <a
1.179 louis 76: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
77: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
78: </strong></font><br>
79:
80: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
81: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
82: <p>
83:
1.174 louis 84:
1.175 louis 85: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
86:
87: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
88: <a
1.179 louis 89: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
90: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
91: </strong></font><br>
92:
93: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
94: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
95: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
96: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
97: <p>
98:
99: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
100: <a
1.183 ian 101: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 102: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
103: </strong></font><br>
104:
105: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 106: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 107: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
108: <p>
109:
1.176 louis 110:
1.172 mickey 111: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
112:
113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 114: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 115: </strong></font><br>
116:
117: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
118: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
119: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 120: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 121: <p>
122:
123: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
124: <a
1.174 louis 125: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
126: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
127: </strong></font><br>
128:
129: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
130: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
131: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
132: <p>
133:
134: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
135: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
136: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
137: </strong></font><br>
138:
139: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
140: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
141: <p>
142:
143: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
144: <a
145: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
146: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
147: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
148: </strong></font><br>
149:
150: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
151: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
152: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
153: our own Theo de Raadt.
154: <p>
155:
156: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
157: <a
158: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
159: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
160: </strong></font><br>
161:
162: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
163: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
164: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
165: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
166: shut down.]
167: <p>
168:
169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
170: <a
1.172 mickey 171: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
172: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 173: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 174: </strong></font><br>
175:
176: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
177: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
178: <p>
179:
180: </li>
181:
1.161 louis 182: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
183:
1.175 louis 184:
185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
186: <a
187: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
188: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
189: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
190: </strong></font><br>
191:
192: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
193: by John Wolley
194: <p>
195:
196: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
197: <a
198: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
199: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
200: </strong></font><br>
201:
202: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
203: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
204: OpenBSD).
205: <p>
206:
1.161 louis 207: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
208: <a
1.171 louis 209: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
210: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
211: </strong></font><br>
212:
213: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
214: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
215: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
216: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
217: and hindsight.
218: <p>
219:
220: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
221: <a
1.168 provos 222: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
223: December 7, 2000
224: </strong></font><br>
225:
226: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
227: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
228: us explain.
229: <p>
230:
231: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
232: <a
1.166 louis 233: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
234: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
235: December 6, 2000
236: </strong></font><br>
237:
238: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
239: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
240: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
241: <p>
242:
243: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
244: <a
1.162 millert 245: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
246: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
247: </strong></font><br>
248:
249: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 250: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
251: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
252: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
253: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
254: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
255: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 256: <p>
1.162 millert 257:
258: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
259: <a
1.161 louis 260: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
261: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
262: </strong></font><br>
263:
264: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
265: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
266: <p>
267:
1.169 louis 268: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
269: <a
270: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
271: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
272: </strong></font><br>
273:
274: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
275: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
276: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
277: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
278: <p>
279:
1.158 louis 280: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 281:
282: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 283: <a
1.175 louis 284: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
285: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
286: </strong></font><br>
287:
288: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
289: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
290: <p>
291:
292: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
293: <a
1.164 deraadt 294: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 295: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 296: </strong></font><br>
297: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
298: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
299: <p>
300:
301: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
302: <a
303: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
304: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
305: </strong></font><br>
306:
307: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
308: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
309: <p>
310:
311: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
312: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
313: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
314: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 315:
1.161 louis 316: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
317: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
318: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
319: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
320: <p>
1.174 louis 321: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
322: <a
323: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
324: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
325: </strong></font><br>
326:
327: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
328: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
329: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
330: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
331: much of the attitude too).
332: <p>
1.161 louis 333:
334: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
335: <a
1.157 louis 336: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
337: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
338: </strong></font><br>
339: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
340: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
341: <p>
342:
343: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
344:
345: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 346: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
347: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
348: </strong></font><br>
349:
350: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
351: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
352: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
353: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
354: <p>
355:
356: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
357: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
358: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
359: </strong></font><br>
360:
361: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
362: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
363: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
364: it because they love coding...
365: <p>
366:
367: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
368: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
369: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
370: </strong></font><br>
371:
372: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
373: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
374: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
375: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
376: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
377: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
378: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
379: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
380: <p>
381:
382: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 383: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
384: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
385: </strong></font><br>
386:
387: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
388: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
389: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
390: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
391: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
392: the pizza.
393: <p>
394:
395: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 396: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
397: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
398: </strong></font><br>
399:
400: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
401: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
402: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
403: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
404: problems.
405: <p>
406:
407: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 408: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
409: </strong></font><br>
410:
411: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
412: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
413: - whether they like it or not.
414: <p>
415:
416: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 417: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
418: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
419: </strong></font><br>
420:
421: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
422: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
423: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 424: <p>
1.148 aaron 425:
426: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 427: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
428: </strong></font><br>
429:
430: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
431: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
432: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
433: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
434: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
435: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
436: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
437: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
438: <p>
439:
440: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 441: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
442: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
443: </strong></font><br>
444:
445: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
446: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
447: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
448: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
449: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
450: <p>
451:
1.138 louis 452: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
453:
454: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 455: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 456: System Takes On Linux</a>,
457: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
458: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 459: </strong></font><br>
460:
1.146 louis 461: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
462: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
463: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
464: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
465: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
466: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
467: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 468: <p>
469:
470: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 471: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
472: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
473: </strong></font><br>
474:
475: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
476: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
477: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
478: library after installing the OS.
479: <p>
480:
481: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 482: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 483: Sys Admin, September 2000
484: </strong></font><br>
485:
486: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
487: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
488: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
489: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
490: (<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>,
491: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
492: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
493: <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
1.189 ! horacio 494: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 495: out of the system.
496: <p>
497:
1.144 louis 498: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
499: <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
500: </strong></font><br>
501:
502: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
503: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
504: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
505: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
506: the IP filtering and address translation.
507: <p>
508:
1.131 louis 509: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
510:
511: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 512: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
513: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
514: </strong></font><br>
515:
516: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
517: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
518: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
519: <p>
520:
521: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 522: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
523: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
524: </strong></font><br>
525:
526: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
527: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
528: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
529: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
530: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
531: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
532: note of"</i>.
533: <p>
534:
535: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 536: <a
537: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
538: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
539: </strong></font><br>
540:
541: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
542: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
543: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
544: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
545: <p>
546:
547: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 548: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 549: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
550: </strong></font><br>
551:
552: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
553: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
554: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
555: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
556: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
557: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
558: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
559: <p>
560:
561: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 562: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
563: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
564: 2000
565: </strong></font><br>
566:
567: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
568: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
569: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
570: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
571: against current industry practices.
572: <p>
573:
574: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 575: <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
576: </strong></font><br>
577:
578: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
579: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
580: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
581: <p>
582:
583: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 584: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
585: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
586: </strong></font><br>
587:
588: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
589: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
590: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
591: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
592: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
593: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
594: careful code reviews, he concludes.
595: <p>
596:
597: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 598: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
599: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
600: </strong></font><br>
601:
602: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
603: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
604: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
605: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
606: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 607: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
608: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
609: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 610: <p>
611:
1.118 louis 612: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
613:
614: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 615: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
616: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
617: </strong></font><br>
618:
619: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
620: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
621: about time. The article mentions that
622: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
623: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
624: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 625: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 626: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
627: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
628: ammended since.
629: <p>
630:
631: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 632: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 633: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 634: </strong></font><br>
635:
636: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
637: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
638: of OpenSSH.
639: <p>
640:
641: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
642: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
643: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
644: </strong></font><br>
645:
646: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 647: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 648: bridging.
649: <p>
650:
651: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
652: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
653: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 654: </strong></font><br>
655:
1.121 deraadt 656: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
657: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 658: <p>
659:
660: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 661: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
662: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
663: </strong></font><br>
664:
665: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
666: <p>
667:
668: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 669: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 670: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
671: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 672: </strong></font><br>
673:
1.120 deraadt 674: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
675: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 676: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
677: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
678: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
679: <p>
680:
681: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 682: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
683: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
684: </strong></font><br>
685:
686: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
687: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
688: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
689: protocols and their quirks.
690: <p>
691:
692: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 693: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html">In
1.137 louis 694: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 695: </strong></font><br>
696:
697: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
698: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
699: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 700: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 701: <p>
702:
703: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 704: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
705: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
706: </strong></font><br>
707:
708: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
709: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
710: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
711: <p>
712:
713: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 714: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 715: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
716: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 717: </strong></font><br>
718:
719: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
720: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
721: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
722: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
723: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
724: <p>
725:
1.104 louis 726: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
727:
1.113 naddy 728: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 729: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
730: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
731: </strong></font><br>
732:
733: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
734: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
735: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
736: be a bit dry.
737: <p>
738:
739: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 740: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
741: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
742: 2000
1.128 louis 743: </strong></font><br>
744:
745: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
746: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
747: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
748: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
749: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 750: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 751: <p>
752:
753: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 754: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
755: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 756: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 757:
758: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
759: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
760: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
761: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 762: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
763: <p>
1.110 louis 764:
1.117 louis 765: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
766: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
767: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
768: </strong></font><br>
769:
770: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
771: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
772: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
773: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
774: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
775: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
776: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
777: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
778: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
779: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
780: <p>
781:
1.113 naddy 782: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 783: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 784: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 785:
786: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
787: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 788: <p>
1.108 louis 789:
1.113 naddy 790: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 791: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
792: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 793: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 794:
795: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
796: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
797: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 798: <p>
1.106 louis 799:
1.113 naddy 800: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 801: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
802: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 803: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 804:
805: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
806: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
807: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
808: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 809: <p>
1.107 louis 810:
1.113 naddy 811: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 812: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
813: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 814: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 815:
816: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
817: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 818: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 819: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
820: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 821: <p>
1.105 louis 822:
1.113 naddy 823: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 824: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 825: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 826: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 827:
1.113 naddy 828: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
829: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 830: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 831: <p>
1.104 louis 832:
1.121 deraadt 833: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
834: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
835: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
836: </strong></font><br>
837:
838: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
839: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
840: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
841: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
842: <p>
843:
1.85 louis 844: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
845:
1.113 naddy 846: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 847: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 848: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 849: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 850:
851: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
852: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
853: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
854: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
855: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
856: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
857: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 858: <p>
1.99 louis 859:
1.113 naddy 860: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 861: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 862: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 863: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 864:
865: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
866: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
867: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
868: conditions.
1.113 naddy 869: <p>
1.100 louis 870:
1.113 naddy 871: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 872: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 873: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 874: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 875:
876: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
877: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
878: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
879: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 880: <p>
1.95 louis 881:
1.113 naddy 882: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 883: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 884: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 885: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 886:
887: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
888: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 889: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 890: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
891: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 892: <p>
1.92 louis 893:
1.113 naddy 894: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
895: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 896: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 897: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 898:
899: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
900: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
901: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
902: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
903: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
904: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 905: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 906: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 907: <p>
1.91 louis 908:
1.113 naddy 909: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 910: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
911: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 912: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 913:
914: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
915: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
916: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
917: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
918: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
919: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
920: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
921: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
922: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 923: <p>
1.90 louis 924:
1.113 naddy 925: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 926: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
927: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
928: </strong></font><br>
929: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
930: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
931: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
932: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
933: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
934: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
935: <p>
936:
937: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 938: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
939: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 940: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 941:
1.113 naddy 942: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
943: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 944: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
945: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
946: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
947: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
948: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 949: <p>
1.87 louis 950:
1.113 naddy 951: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 952: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
953: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 954: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 955:
956: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
957: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 958: <p>
1.85 louis 959:
1.113 naddy 960: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 961: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
962: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 963: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 964:
965: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 966: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 967: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
968: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 969: <p>
1.89 louis 970:
1.113 naddy 971: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 972: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
973: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 974: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 975:
976: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
977: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
978: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
979: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
980: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
981:
1.78 deraadt 982: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 983:
1.113 naddy 984: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 985: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 986: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 987: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 988: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 989:
990: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
991: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
992: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 993: <p>
1.83 louis 994:
1.113 naddy 995: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 996: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
997: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 998: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 999:
1000: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1001: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 1002: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1003: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1004: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1005: <p>
1.93 louis 1006:
1.113 naddy 1007: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1008: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 1009: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1010: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1011:
1.83 louis 1012: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1013: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1014: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1015: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1016: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1017: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1018: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1019: <p>
1.82 aaron 1020:
1.113 naddy 1021: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1022: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1023: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1024: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1025:
1.83 louis 1026: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1027: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1028: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1029: <p>
1.80 louis 1030:
1.113 naddy 1031: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1032: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1033: Bad Press</a>,
1034: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1035: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1036:
1037: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1038: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1039: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1040: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1041: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1042: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1043:
1044: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1045:
1.113 naddy 1046: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1047: <a
1.111 jufi 1048: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 1049: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
1050: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1051: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1052:
1053: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1054: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1055: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1056: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1057: <p>
1.74 louis 1058:
1.113 naddy 1059: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1060: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1061: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1062: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1063:
1064: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1065: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1066: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1067: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1068: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1069: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1070: <p>
1.88 louis 1071:
1.113 naddy 1072: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1073: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1074: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1075: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1076:
1077: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1078: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1079: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1080: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1081: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1082: <p>
1.81 louis 1083:
1.113 naddy 1084: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1085: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1086: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1087: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1088:
1089: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1090: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1091: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1092: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1093: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1094: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1095: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1096: <p>
1.90 louis 1097:
1.113 naddy 1098: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1099: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1100: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1101: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1102:
1103: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1104: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1105: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1106: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1107: <p>
1.71 louis 1108:
1.69 deraadt 1109: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1110:
1.113 naddy 1111: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1112: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 1113: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1114: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1115:
1116: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1117: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1118: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1119: <p>
1.70 louis 1120:
1.113 naddy 1121: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1122: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1123: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1124:
1125: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1126: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1127: <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 1128: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1129: <p>
1.68 louis 1130:
1.113 naddy 1131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1132: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1133: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1134: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1135:
1.111 jufi 1136: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1137: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1138: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1139: "secure by default" installation.
1140: <p>
1.64 louis 1141:
1.113 naddy 1142: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1143: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1144: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1145: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1146:
1.113 naddy 1147: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1148: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1149: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1150: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1151: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1152: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1153: <p>
1.66 louis 1154:
1.113 naddy 1155: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1156: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1157: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1158: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1159:
1160: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1161: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1162: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1163: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1164: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1165: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1166: <p>
1.83 louis 1167:
1.113 naddy 1168: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1169: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1170: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1171: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1172:
1173: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1174: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1175: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1176: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1177: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1178: <p>
1.64 louis 1179:
1.113 naddy 1180: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1181: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1182: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1183: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1184:
1185: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1186: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1187: <p>
1.65 louis 1188:
1.69 deraadt 1189: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1190:
1.113 naddy 1191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1192: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1193: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1194: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1195:
1196: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1197: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1198: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1199: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1200: <p>
1.88 louis 1201:
1.113 naddy 1202: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1203: <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 1204: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1205:
1206: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1207: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1208: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1209: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1210: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1211: <p>
1.60 louis 1212:
1.113 naddy 1213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1214: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1215: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1216: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1217: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1218:
1219: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1220: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1221: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1222: <p>
1.58 louis 1223:
1.113 naddy 1224: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1225: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1226: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1227:
1228: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1229: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1230: <p>
1.53 louis 1231:
1.113 naddy 1232: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1233: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1234: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1235: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1236:
1237: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1238: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1239: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1240: <p>
1.99 louis 1241:
1.113 naddy 1242: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1243: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1244: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1245:
1246: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1247: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1248: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1249: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1250: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1251:
1.113 naddy 1252: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1253: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1254: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1255: </strong></font><br>
1256:
1257: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1258: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1259: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1260: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1261: <p>
1262:
1263: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1264: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1265: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1266: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1267:
1268: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1269: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1270: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1271:
1.113 naddy 1272: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1273: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1274: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1275:
1276: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1277: in
1.113 naddy 1278: <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 1279: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1280: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1281: <p>
1.53 louis 1282:
1.113 naddy 1283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1284: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1285: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1286: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1287: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1288:
1.58 louis 1289: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1290: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1291:
1.69 deraadt 1292: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1293:
1.113 naddy 1294: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1295: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1296: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1297: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1298: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1299:
1.58 louis 1300: Kurt Seifried
1301: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1302: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1303: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1304: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1305:
1.113 naddy 1306: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1307: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1308: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1309: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1310:
1311: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1312: <p>
1.96 louis 1313:
1.113 naddy 1314: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1315: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1316: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1317: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1318:
1319: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1320: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1321: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1322: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1323: <p>
1.86 louis 1324:
1.69 deraadt 1325: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1326:
1.113 naddy 1327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1328: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1329: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1330: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1331:
1332: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1333: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1334: <p>
1.61 louis 1335:
1.113 naddy 1336: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1337: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1338: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1339: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1340: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1341:
1342: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1343: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1344: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1345: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1346: right -- or at least strives to".
1347: <p>
1.48 louis 1348:
1.113 naddy 1349: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1350: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1351: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1352: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1353: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1354: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1355: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1356: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1357: <p>
1.61 louis 1358:
1.113 naddy 1359: <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 1360: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1361: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1362:
1363: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1364: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1365: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1366: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1367: <p>
1.46 louis 1368:
1.113 naddy 1369: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1370: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1371: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1372: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1373:
1374: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1375: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1376: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1377:
1.113 naddy 1378: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1379: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1380: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1381: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1382:
1383: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1384: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1385: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1386: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1387: <p>
1.70 louis 1388:
1.69 deraadt 1389: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1390:
1.113 naddy 1391: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1392: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1393: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1394:
1395: Kurt Seifried
1396: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1397: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1398: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1399: <p>
1.44 philen 1400:
1.113 naddy 1401: <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 1402: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1403: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1404:
1405: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1406: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1407:
1.113 naddy 1408: <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 1409: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1410: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1411:
1412: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1413: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1414:
1.113 naddy 1415: <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 1416: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1417: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1418:
1419: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1420: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1421: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1422: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1423: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1424:
1.113 naddy 1425: <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 1426: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1427: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1428:
1.36 louis 1429: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1430: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1431:
1.113 naddy 1432: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1433: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1434: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1435: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1436:
1437: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1438: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1439:
1.69 deraadt 1440: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1441:
1.113 naddy 1442: <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 1443: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1444: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1445:
1446: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1447: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1448: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1449:
1.113 naddy 1450: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1451: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1452: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1453: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1454:
1455: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1456: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1457: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1458: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1459: <blockquote>
1460: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1461: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1462: <br>
1463: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1464: </code>
1465: </blockquote>
1466: <p>
1467:
1468: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1469: <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>
1470: <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
1471: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1472:
1473: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1474: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1475: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1476: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1477:
1.113 naddy 1478: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1479: <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 1480: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1481:
1482: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1483: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1484: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1485: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1486: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1487: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1488: <p>
1.19 louis 1489:
1.113 naddy 1490: <li><strong>
1491: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1492: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1493:
1494: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1495: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1496: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1497: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1498: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1499: <p>
1.16 louis 1500:
1.113 naddy 1501: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1502: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1503: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1504: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1505:
1.57 louis 1506: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1507: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1508: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1509: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1510:
1.113 naddy 1511: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1512: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1513: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1514: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1515:
1.113 naddy 1516: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1517:
1.113 naddy 1518: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1519: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1520: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1521: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1522:
1.23 louis 1523: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1524: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1525: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1526: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1527: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1528: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1529:
1.113 naddy 1530: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1531: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1532: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1533: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1534:
1535: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1536: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1537: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1538: installation.
1.113 naddy 1539: <p>
1.47 louis 1540:
1.113 naddy 1541: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1542: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1543: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1544: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1545:
1546: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1547: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1548:
1.69 deraadt 1549: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1550:
1.113 naddy 1551: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1552: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1553: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1554: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1555:
1556: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1557: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1558: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1559: <p>
1.12 louis 1560:
1.113 naddy 1561: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1562: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1563: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1564: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1565:
1566: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1567: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1568: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1569: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1570: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1571: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1572: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1573: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1574:
1.69 deraadt 1575: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1576:
1.113 naddy 1577: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1578: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1579: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1580:
1581: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1582: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1583: available."
1.113 naddy 1584: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1585:
1.69 deraadt 1586: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1587:
1.113 naddy 1588: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1589: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1590: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1591:
1592: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1593: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1594: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1595: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1596: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1597: <p>
1.33 louis 1598:
1.113 naddy 1599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1600: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1601: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1602: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1603:
1.113 naddy 1604: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1605: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1606: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1607: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1608: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1609: <p>
1.57 louis 1610:
1.69 deraadt 1611: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1612:
1.113 naddy 1613: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1614: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1615: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1616: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1617:
1618: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1619: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1620: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1621:
1.113 naddy 1622: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1623: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1624: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1625: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1626: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1627:
1628: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1629: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1630:
1.113 naddy 1631: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1632: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1633:
1.113 naddy 1634: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1635:
1.113 naddy 1636: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1637: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1638: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1639: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1640:
1641: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1642: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1643:
1.69 deraadt 1644: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1645:
1.113 naddy 1646: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1647: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1648: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1649:
1650: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1651: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1652: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1653:
1.113 naddy 1654: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1655: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1656: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1657: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1658:
1659: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1660: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1661: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1662: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1663:
1.69 deraadt 1664: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1665:
1.160 jufi 1666: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1667: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1668: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1669: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1670: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1671:
1672: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1673: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1674: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1675: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1676: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1677: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1678: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1679:
1.113 naddy 1680: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1681: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1682: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1683: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1684:
1685: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1686: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1687: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1688: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1689: <p>
1.15 louis 1690:
1.113 naddy 1691: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1692: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1693: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1694: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1695:
1696: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1697: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1698: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1699: columns."
1.113 naddy 1700: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1701:
1.69 deraadt 1702: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1703:
1.113 naddy 1704: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1705: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1706: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1707: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1708:
1709: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1710: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1711:
1.113 naddy 1712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1713: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1714: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1715:
1716: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1717: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1718: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1719:
1.69 deraadt 1720: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1721:
1.113 naddy 1722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1723: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1724: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1725: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1726:
1727: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1728: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1729: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1730: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1731: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1732:
1.69 deraadt 1733: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1734:
1.113 naddy 1735: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1736: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1737: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1738:
1.69 deraadt 1739: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1740: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1741: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1742:
1.69 deraadt 1743: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1744:
1.113 naddy 1745: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1746: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1747: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1748: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1749:
1750: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1751: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1752: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1753:
1.113 naddy 1754: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1755: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1756: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1757: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1758: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1759:
1.69 deraadt 1760: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1761:
1.113 naddy 1762: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1763: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1764: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1765: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1766: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1767: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1768:
1769: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1770: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1771: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1772: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1773: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1774: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1775:
1776: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1777:
1.113 naddy 1778: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1779: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1780: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1781:
1.69 deraadt 1782: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1783: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1784: <p>
1.112 naddy 1785:
1.113 naddy 1786: </dl>
1787: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1788:
1.113 naddy 1789: <hr>
1790: <a name=se></a>
1791: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1792:
1.102 niklas 1793: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1794:
1.113 naddy 1795: <dl>
1796: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1797: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1798: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1799:
1800: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1801: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1802: <p>
1.102 niklas 1803:
1.113 naddy 1804: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1805:
1.84 niklas 1806: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1807:
1.113 naddy 1808: <dl>
1809: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1810: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1811: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1812:
1813: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1814: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1815: <p>
1.84 niklas 1816:
1.113 naddy 1817: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1818:
1.69 deraadt 1819: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1820:
1.113 naddy 1821: <dl>
1822: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1823: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1824: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1825:
1826: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1827: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1828: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1829: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1830:
1.113 naddy 1831: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1832: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1833: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1834: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1835: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1836:
1.20 louis 1837: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1838: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1839: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1840: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1841: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1842:
1.113 naddy 1843: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1844:
1.113 naddy 1845: <hr>
1846: <a name=jp></a>
1847: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1848:
1.113 naddy 1849: <dl>
1.20 louis 1850:
1.170 louis 1851: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1852:
1853: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1854: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
1855: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1856: </strong></font><br>
1857:
1858: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1859: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1860: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1861: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1862: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1863: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1864: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1865: <p>
1866:
1.69 deraadt 1867: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1868:
1.113 naddy 1869: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1870: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1871: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1872: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1873:
1874: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1875: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1876: translating and reprinting articles from
1877: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1878: <p>
1.112 naddy 1879:
1.113 naddy 1880: </dl>
1.20 louis 1881:
1.113 naddy 1882: <hr>
1883: <a name=de></a>
1884: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1885: <dl>
1.50 louis 1886:
1.151 louis 1887: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1888:
1889: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1890: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1891: </strong></font><br>
1892:
1893: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1894: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1895: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1896: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1897: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1898:
1899: <p>
1900:
1.72 louis 1901: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1902:
1.113 naddy 1903: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1904: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1905: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1906: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1907:
1.101 jufi 1908: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1909: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1910: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1911: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1912: Giving way to
1913: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1914: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1915: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1916: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1917: <p>
1.72 louis 1918:
1.69 deraadt 1919: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1920:
1.113 naddy 1921: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1922: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1923: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1924: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1925:
1926: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1927: <p>
1928: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1929:
1.50 louis 1930:
1.113 naddy 1931: <hr>
1932: <a name=ru></a>
1933: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1934: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1935:
1.69 deraadt 1936: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1937:
1.113 naddy 1938: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1939: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1940: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1941: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1942:
1943: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1944: <p>
1.62 form 1945:
1.69 deraadt 1946: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1947:
1.113 naddy 1948: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1949: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1950: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1951: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1952:
1.59 form 1953: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1954: <p>
1.112 naddy 1955:
1.113 naddy 1956: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1957:
1.113 naddy 1958: <hr>
1959: <a name=pl></a>
1960: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1961: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1962:
1.113 naddy 1963: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1964: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1965: Radio, August 2, 2000
1966: </strong></font><br>
1967:
1968: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1969: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1970: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1971: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1972: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1973: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1974: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1975: <p>
1976:
1977: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1978: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1979: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1980: January 2000
1.113 naddy 1981: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1982:
1983: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1984: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1985: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1986: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1987: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1988: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 1989: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1990: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 1991: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1992: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1993: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1994: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 1995: <p>
1996: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 1997:
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1999: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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