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29: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 31:
1.190 ! horacio 32: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
! 33:
! 34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 35: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20010405.html?&_ref=36874758">
! 36: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>
! 37: Security Portal, April 05, 2001
! 38: </strong></font><br>
! 39:
! 40: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
! 41: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
! 42: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
! 43: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
! 44: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
! 45: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
! 46: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
! 47: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
! 48: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
! 49: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
! 50: familiar?
! 51: <p>
! 52:
1.186 jufi 53: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 54:
1.186 jufi 55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
56: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 57: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
58: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 59: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 60:
1.188 jufi 61: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.187 deraadt 62: probability that someone can succesfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 63: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 64: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
65: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 66: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 67: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 68: <p>
69:
1.178 louis 70: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
71:
72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 73: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
74: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 75: </strong></font><br>
76:
77: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
78: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
79: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
80: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
81: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
82: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
83: <p>
84:
1.179 louis 85: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
86: <a
1.182 louis 87: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
88: </strong></font><br>
89:
90: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
91: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
92: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
93: <p>
94:
95: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
96: <a
1.179 louis 97: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
98: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
99: </strong></font><br>
100:
101: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
102: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
103: <p>
104:
1.174 louis 105:
1.175 louis 106: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
107:
108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
109: <a
1.179 louis 110: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
111: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
112: </strong></font><br>
113:
114: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
115: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
116: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
117: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
118: <p>
119:
120: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
121: <a
1.183 ian 122: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 123: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
124: </strong></font><br>
125:
126: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 127: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 128: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
129: <p>
130:
1.176 louis 131:
1.172 mickey 132: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
133:
134: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 135: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 136: </strong></font><br>
137:
138: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
139: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
140: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 141: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 142: <p>
143:
144: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
145: <a
1.174 louis 146: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
147: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
148: </strong></font><br>
149:
150: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
151: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
152: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
153: <p>
154:
155: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
156: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
157: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
158: </strong></font><br>
159:
160: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
161: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
162: <p>
163:
164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
165: <a
166: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
167: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
168: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
169: </strong></font><br>
170:
171: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
172: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
173: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
174: our own Theo de Raadt.
175: <p>
176:
177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
178: <a
179: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
180: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
181: </strong></font><br>
182:
183: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
184: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
185: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
186: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
187: shut down.]
188: <p>
189:
190: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
191: <a
1.172 mickey 192: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
193: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 194: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 195: </strong></font><br>
196:
197: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
198: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
199: <p>
200:
201: </li>
202:
1.161 louis 203: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
204:
1.175 louis 205:
206: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
207: <a
208: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
209: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
210: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
211: </strong></font><br>
212:
213: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
214: by John Wolley
215: <p>
216:
217: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
218: <a
219: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
220: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
221: </strong></font><br>
222:
223: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
224: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
225: OpenBSD).
226: <p>
227:
1.161 louis 228: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
229: <a
1.171 louis 230: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
231: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
232: </strong></font><br>
233:
234: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
235: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
236: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
237: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
238: and hindsight.
239: <p>
240:
241: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
242: <a
1.168 provos 243: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
244: December 7, 2000
245: </strong></font><br>
246:
247: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
248: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
249: us explain.
250: <p>
251:
252: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
253: <a
1.166 louis 254: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
255: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
256: December 6, 2000
257: </strong></font><br>
258:
259: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
260: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
261: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
262: <p>
263:
264: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
265: <a
1.162 millert 266: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
267: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
268: </strong></font><br>
269:
270: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 271: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
272: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
273: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
274: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
275: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
276: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 277: <p>
1.162 millert 278:
279: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
280: <a
1.161 louis 281: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
282: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
283: </strong></font><br>
284:
285: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
286: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
287: <p>
288:
1.169 louis 289: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
290: <a
291: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
292: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
293: </strong></font><br>
294:
295: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
296: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
297: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
298: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
299: <p>
300:
1.158 louis 301: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 302:
303: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 304: <a
1.175 louis 305: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
306: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
307: </strong></font><br>
308:
309: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
310: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
311: <p>
312:
313: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
314: <a
1.164 deraadt 315: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 316: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 317: </strong></font><br>
318: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
319: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
320: <p>
321:
322: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
323: <a
324: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
325: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
326: </strong></font><br>
327:
328: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
329: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
330: <p>
331:
332: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
333: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
334: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
335: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 336:
1.161 louis 337: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
338: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
339: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
340: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
341: <p>
1.174 louis 342: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
343: <a
344: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
345: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
346: </strong></font><br>
347:
348: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
349: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
350: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
351: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
352: much of the attitude too).
353: <p>
1.161 louis 354:
355: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
356: <a
1.157 louis 357: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
358: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
359: </strong></font><br>
360: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
361: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
362: <p>
363:
364: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
365:
366: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 367: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
368: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
369: </strong></font><br>
370:
371: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
372: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
373: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
374: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
375: <p>
376:
377: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
378: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
379: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
380: </strong></font><br>
381:
382: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
383: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
384: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
385: it because they love coding...
386: <p>
387:
388: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
389: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
390: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
391: </strong></font><br>
392:
393: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
394: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
395: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
396: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
397: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
398: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
399: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
400: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
401: <p>
402:
403: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 404: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
405: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
406: </strong></font><br>
407:
408: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
409: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
410: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
411: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
412: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
413: the pizza.
414: <p>
415:
416: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 417: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
418: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
419: </strong></font><br>
420:
421: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
422: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
423: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
424: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
425: problems.
426: <p>
427:
428: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 429: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
430: </strong></font><br>
431:
432: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
433: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
434: - whether they like it or not.
435: <p>
436:
437: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 438: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
439: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
440: </strong></font><br>
441:
442: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
443: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
444: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 445: <p>
1.148 aaron 446:
447: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 448: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
449: </strong></font><br>
450:
451: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
452: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
453: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
454: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
455: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
456: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
457: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
458: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
459: <p>
460:
461: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 462: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
463: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
464: </strong></font><br>
465:
466: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
467: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
468: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
469: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
470: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
471: <p>
472:
1.138 louis 473: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
474:
475: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 476: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 477: System Takes On Linux</a>,
478: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
479: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 480: </strong></font><br>
481:
1.146 louis 482: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
483: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
484: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
485: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
486: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
487: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
488: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 489: <p>
490:
491: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 492: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
493: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
494: </strong></font><br>
495:
496: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
497: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
498: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
499: library after installing the OS.
500: <p>
501:
502: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 503: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 504: Sys Admin, September 2000
505: </strong></font><br>
506:
507: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
508: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
509: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
510: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
511: (<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>,
512: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
513: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
514: <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 515: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 516: out of the system.
517: <p>
518:
1.144 louis 519: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
520: <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
521: </strong></font><br>
522:
523: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
524: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
525: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
526: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
527: the IP filtering and address translation.
528: <p>
529:
1.131 louis 530: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
531:
532: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 533: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
534: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
535: </strong></font><br>
536:
537: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
538: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
539: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
540: <p>
541:
542: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 543: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
544: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
545: </strong></font><br>
546:
547: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
548: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
549: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
550: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
551: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
552: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
553: note of"</i>.
554: <p>
555:
556: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 557: <a
558: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
559: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
560: </strong></font><br>
561:
562: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
563: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
564: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
565: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
566: <p>
567:
568: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 569: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 570: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
571: </strong></font><br>
572:
573: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
574: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
575: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
576: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
577: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
578: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
579: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
580: <p>
581:
582: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 583: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
584: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
585: 2000
586: </strong></font><br>
587:
588: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
589: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
590: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
591: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
592: against current industry practices.
593: <p>
594:
595: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 596: <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
597: </strong></font><br>
598:
599: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
600: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
601: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
602: <p>
603:
604: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 605: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
606: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
607: </strong></font><br>
608:
609: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
610: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
611: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
612: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
613: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
614: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
615: careful code reviews, he concludes.
616: <p>
617:
618: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 619: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
620: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
621: </strong></font><br>
622:
623: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
624: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
625: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
626: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
627: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 628: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
629: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
630: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 631: <p>
632:
1.118 louis 633: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
634:
635: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 636: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
637: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
638: </strong></font><br>
639:
640: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
641: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
642: about time. The article mentions that
643: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
644: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
645: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 646: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 647: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
648: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
649: ammended since.
650: <p>
651:
652: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 653: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 654: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 655: </strong></font><br>
656:
657: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
658: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
659: of OpenSSH.
660: <p>
661:
662: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
663: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
664: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
665: </strong></font><br>
666:
667: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 668: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 669: bridging.
670: <p>
671:
672: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
673: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
674: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 675: </strong></font><br>
676:
1.121 deraadt 677: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
678: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 679: <p>
680:
681: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 682: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
683: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
684: </strong></font><br>
685:
686: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
687: <p>
688:
689: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 690: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 691: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
692: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 693: </strong></font><br>
694:
1.120 deraadt 695: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
696: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 697: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
698: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
699: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
700: <p>
701:
702: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 703: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
704: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
705: </strong></font><br>
706:
707: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
708: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
709: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
710: protocols and their quirks.
711: <p>
712:
713: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 714: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html">In
1.137 louis 715: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 716: </strong></font><br>
717:
718: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
719: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
720: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 721: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 722: <p>
723:
724: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 725: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
726: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
727: </strong></font><br>
728:
729: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
730: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
731: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
732: <p>
733:
734: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 735: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 736: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
737: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 738: </strong></font><br>
739:
740: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
741: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
742: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
743: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
744: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
745: <p>
746:
1.104 louis 747: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
748:
1.113 naddy 749: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 750: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
751: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
752: </strong></font><br>
753:
754: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
755: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
756: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
757: be a bit dry.
758: <p>
759:
760: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 761: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
762: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
763: 2000
1.128 louis 764: </strong></font><br>
765:
766: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
767: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
768: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
769: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
770: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 771: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 772: <p>
773:
774: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 775: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
776: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 777: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 778:
779: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
780: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
781: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
782: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 783: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
784: <p>
1.110 louis 785:
1.117 louis 786: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
787: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
788: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
789: </strong></font><br>
790:
791: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
792: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
793: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
794: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
795: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
796: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
797: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
798: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
799: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
800: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
801: <p>
802:
1.113 naddy 803: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 804: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 805: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 806:
807: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
808: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 809: <p>
1.108 louis 810:
1.113 naddy 811: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 812: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
813: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 814: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 815:
816: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
817: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
818: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 819: <p>
1.106 louis 820:
1.113 naddy 821: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 822: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
823: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 824: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 825:
826: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
827: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
828: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
829: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 830: <p>
1.107 louis 831:
1.113 naddy 832: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 833: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
834: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 835: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 836:
837: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
838: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 839: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 840: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
841: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 842: <p>
1.105 louis 843:
1.113 naddy 844: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 845: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 846: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 847: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 848:
1.113 naddy 849: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
850: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 851: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 852: <p>
1.104 louis 853:
1.121 deraadt 854: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
855: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
856: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
857: </strong></font><br>
858:
859: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
860: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
861: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
862: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
863: <p>
864:
1.85 louis 865: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
866:
1.113 naddy 867: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 868: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 869: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 870: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 871:
872: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
873: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
874: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
875: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
876: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
877: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
878: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 879: <p>
1.99 louis 880:
1.113 naddy 881: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 882: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 883: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 884: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 885:
886: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
887: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
888: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
889: conditions.
1.113 naddy 890: <p>
1.100 louis 891:
1.113 naddy 892: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 893: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 894: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 895: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 896:
897: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
898: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
899: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
900: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 901: <p>
1.95 louis 902:
1.113 naddy 903: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 904: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 905: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 906: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 907:
908: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
909: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 910: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 911: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
912: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 913: <p>
1.92 louis 914:
1.113 naddy 915: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
916: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 917: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 918: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 919:
920: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
921: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
922: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
923: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
924: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
925: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 926: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 927: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 928: <p>
1.91 louis 929:
1.113 naddy 930: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 931: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
932: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 933: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 934:
935: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
936: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
937: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
938: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
939: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
940: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
941: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
942: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
943: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 944: <p>
1.90 louis 945:
1.113 naddy 946: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 947: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
948: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
949: </strong></font><br>
950: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
951: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
952: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
953: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
954: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
955: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
956: <p>
957:
958: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 959: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
960: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 961: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 962:
1.113 naddy 963: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
964: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 965: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
966: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
967: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
968: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
969: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 970: <p>
1.87 louis 971:
1.113 naddy 972: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 973: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
974: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 975: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 976:
977: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
978: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 979: <p>
1.85 louis 980:
1.113 naddy 981: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 982: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
983: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 984: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 985:
986: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 987: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 988: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
989: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 990: <p>
1.89 louis 991:
1.113 naddy 992: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 993: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
994: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 995: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 996:
997: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
998: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
999: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1000: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1001: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1002:
1.78 deraadt 1003: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1004:
1.113 naddy 1005: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1006: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1007: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1008: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1009: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1010:
1011: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1012: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1013: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1014: <p>
1.83 louis 1015:
1.113 naddy 1016: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1017: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1018: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1019: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1020:
1021: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1022: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 1023: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1024: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1025: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1026: <p>
1.93 louis 1027:
1.113 naddy 1028: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1029: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 1030: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1031: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1032:
1.83 louis 1033: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1034: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1035: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1036: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1037: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1038: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1039: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1040: <p>
1.82 aaron 1041:
1.113 naddy 1042: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1043: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1044: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1045: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1046:
1.83 louis 1047: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1048: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1049: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1050: <p>
1.80 louis 1051:
1.113 naddy 1052: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1053: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1054: Bad Press</a>,
1055: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1056: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1057:
1058: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1059: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1060: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1061: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1062: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1063: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1064:
1065: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1066:
1.113 naddy 1067: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1068: <a
1.111 jufi 1069: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 1070: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
1071: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1072: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1073:
1074: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1075: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1076: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1077: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1078: <p>
1.74 louis 1079:
1.113 naddy 1080: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1081: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1082: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1083: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1084:
1085: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1086: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1087: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1088: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1089: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1090: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1091: <p>
1.88 louis 1092:
1.113 naddy 1093: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1094: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1095: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1096: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1097:
1098: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1099: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1100: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1101: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1102: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1103: <p>
1.81 louis 1104:
1.113 naddy 1105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1106: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1107: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1108: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1109:
1110: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1111: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1112: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1113: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1114: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1115: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1116: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1117: <p>
1.90 louis 1118:
1.113 naddy 1119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1120: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1121: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1122: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1123:
1124: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1125: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1126: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1127: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1128: <p>
1.71 louis 1129:
1.69 deraadt 1130: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1131:
1.113 naddy 1132: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1133: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 1134: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1135: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1136:
1137: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1138: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1139: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1140: <p>
1.70 louis 1141:
1.113 naddy 1142: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1143: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1144: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1145:
1146: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1147: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1148: <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 1149: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1150: <p>
1.68 louis 1151:
1.113 naddy 1152: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1153: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1154: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1155: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1156:
1.111 jufi 1157: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1158: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1159: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1160: "secure by default" installation.
1161: <p>
1.64 louis 1162:
1.113 naddy 1163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1164: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1165: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1166: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1167:
1.113 naddy 1168: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1169: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1170: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1171: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1172: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1173: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1174: <p>
1.66 louis 1175:
1.113 naddy 1176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1177: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1178: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1179: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1180:
1181: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1182: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1183: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1184: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1185: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1186: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1187: <p>
1.83 louis 1188:
1.113 naddy 1189: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1190: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1191: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1192: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1193:
1194: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1195: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1196: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1197: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1198: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1199: <p>
1.64 louis 1200:
1.113 naddy 1201: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1202: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1203: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1204: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1205:
1206: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1207: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1208: <p>
1.65 louis 1209:
1.69 deraadt 1210: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1211:
1.113 naddy 1212: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1213: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1214: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1215: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1216:
1217: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1218: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1219: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1220: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1221: <p>
1.88 louis 1222:
1.113 naddy 1223: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1224: <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 1225: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1226:
1227: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1228: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1229: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1230: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1231: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1232: <p>
1.60 louis 1233:
1.113 naddy 1234: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1235: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1236: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1237: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1238: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1239:
1240: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1241: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1242: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1243: <p>
1.58 louis 1244:
1.113 naddy 1245: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1246: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1247: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1248:
1249: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1250: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1251: <p>
1.53 louis 1252:
1.113 naddy 1253: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1254: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1255: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1256: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1257:
1258: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1259: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1260: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1261: <p>
1.99 louis 1262:
1.113 naddy 1263: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1264: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1265: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1266:
1267: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1268: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1269: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1270: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1271: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1272:
1.113 naddy 1273: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1274: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1275: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1276: </strong></font><br>
1277:
1278: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1279: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1280: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1281: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1282: <p>
1283:
1284: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1285: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1286: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1287: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1288:
1289: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1290: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1291: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1292:
1.113 naddy 1293: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1294: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1295: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1296:
1297: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1298: in
1.113 naddy 1299: <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 1300: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1301: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1302: <p>
1.53 louis 1303:
1.113 naddy 1304: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1305: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1306: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1307: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1308: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1309:
1.58 louis 1310: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1311: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1312:
1.69 deraadt 1313: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1314:
1.113 naddy 1315: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1316: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1317: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1318: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1319: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1320:
1.58 louis 1321: Kurt Seifried
1322: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1323: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1324: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1325: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1326:
1.113 naddy 1327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1328: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1329: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1330: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1331:
1332: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1333: <p>
1.96 louis 1334:
1.113 naddy 1335: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1336: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1337: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1338: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1339:
1340: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1341: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1342: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1343: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1344: <p>
1.86 louis 1345:
1.69 deraadt 1346: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1347:
1.113 naddy 1348: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1349: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1350: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1351: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1352:
1353: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1354: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1355: <p>
1.61 louis 1356:
1.113 naddy 1357: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1358: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1359: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1360: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1361: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1362:
1363: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1364: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1365: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1366: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1367: right -- or at least strives to".
1368: <p>
1.48 louis 1369:
1.113 naddy 1370: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1371: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1372: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1373: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1374: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1375: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1376: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1377: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1378: <p>
1.61 louis 1379:
1.113 naddy 1380: <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 1381: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1382: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1383:
1384: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1385: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1386: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1387: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1388: <p>
1.46 louis 1389:
1.113 naddy 1390: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1391: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1392: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1393: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1394:
1395: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1396: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1397: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1398:
1.113 naddy 1399: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1400: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1401: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1402: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1403:
1404: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1405: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1406: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1407: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1408: <p>
1.70 louis 1409:
1.69 deraadt 1410: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1411:
1.113 naddy 1412: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1413: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1414: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1415:
1416: Kurt Seifried
1417: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1418: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1419: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1420: <p>
1.44 philen 1421:
1.113 naddy 1422: <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 1423: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1424: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1425:
1426: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1427: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1428:
1.113 naddy 1429: <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 1430: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1431: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1432:
1433: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1434: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1435:
1.113 naddy 1436: <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 1437: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1438: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1439:
1440: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1441: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1442: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1443: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1444: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1445:
1.113 naddy 1446: <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 1447: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1448: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1449:
1.36 louis 1450: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1451: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1452:
1.113 naddy 1453: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1454: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1455: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1456: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1457:
1458: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1459: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1460:
1.69 deraadt 1461: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1462:
1.113 naddy 1463: <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 1464: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1465: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1466:
1467: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1468: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1469: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1470:
1.113 naddy 1471: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1472: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1473: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1474: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1475:
1476: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1477: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1478: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1479: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1480: <blockquote>
1481: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1482: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1483: <br>
1484: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1485: </code>
1486: </blockquote>
1487: <p>
1488:
1489: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1490: <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>
1491: <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
1492: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1493:
1494: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1495: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1496: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1497: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1498:
1.113 naddy 1499: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1500: <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 1501: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1502:
1503: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1504: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1505: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1506: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1507: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1508: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1509: <p>
1.19 louis 1510:
1.113 naddy 1511: <li><strong>
1512: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1513: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1514:
1515: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1516: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1517: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1518: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1519: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1520: <p>
1.16 louis 1521:
1.113 naddy 1522: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1523: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1524: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1525: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1526:
1.57 louis 1527: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1528: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1529: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1530: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1531:
1.113 naddy 1532: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1533: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1534: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1535: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1536:
1.113 naddy 1537: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1538:
1.113 naddy 1539: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1540: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1541: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1542: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1543:
1.23 louis 1544: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1545: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1546: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1547: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1548: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1549: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1550:
1.113 naddy 1551: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1552: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1553: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1554: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1555:
1556: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1557: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1558: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1559: installation.
1.113 naddy 1560: <p>
1.47 louis 1561:
1.113 naddy 1562: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1563: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1564: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1565: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1566:
1567: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1568: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1569:
1.69 deraadt 1570: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1571:
1.113 naddy 1572: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1573: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1574: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1575: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1576:
1577: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1578: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1579: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1580: <p>
1.12 louis 1581:
1.113 naddy 1582: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1583: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1584: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1585: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1586:
1587: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1588: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1589: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1590: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1591: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1592: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1593: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1594: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1595:
1.69 deraadt 1596: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1597:
1.113 naddy 1598: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1599: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1600: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1601:
1602: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1603: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1604: available."
1.113 naddy 1605: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1606:
1.69 deraadt 1607: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1608:
1.113 naddy 1609: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1610: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1611: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1612:
1613: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1614: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1615: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1616: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1617: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1618: <p>
1.33 louis 1619:
1.113 naddy 1620: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1621: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1622: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1623: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1624:
1.113 naddy 1625: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1626: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1627: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1628: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1629: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1630: <p>
1.57 louis 1631:
1.69 deraadt 1632: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1633:
1.113 naddy 1634: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1635: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1636: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1637: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1638:
1639: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1640: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1641: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1642:
1.113 naddy 1643: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1644: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1645: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1646: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1647: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1648:
1649: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1650: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1651:
1.113 naddy 1652: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1653: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1654:
1.113 naddy 1655: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1656:
1.113 naddy 1657: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1658: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1659: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1660: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1661:
1662: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1663: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1664:
1.69 deraadt 1665: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1666:
1.113 naddy 1667: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1668: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1669: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1670:
1671: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1672: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1673: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1674:
1.113 naddy 1675: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1676: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1677: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1678: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1679:
1680: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1681: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1682: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1683: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1684:
1.69 deraadt 1685: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1686:
1.160 jufi 1687: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1689: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1690: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1691: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1692:
1693: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1694: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1695: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1696: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1697: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1698: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1699: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1700:
1.113 naddy 1701: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1702: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1703: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1704: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1705:
1706: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1707: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1708: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1709: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1710: <p>
1.15 louis 1711:
1.113 naddy 1712: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1713: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1714: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1715: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1716:
1717: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1718: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1719: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1720: columns."
1.113 naddy 1721: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1722:
1.69 deraadt 1723: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1724:
1.113 naddy 1725: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1726: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1727: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1728: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1729:
1730: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1731: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1732:
1.113 naddy 1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1734: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1735: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1736:
1737: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1738: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1739: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1740:
1.69 deraadt 1741: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1742:
1.113 naddy 1743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1744: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1745: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1746: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1747:
1748: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1749: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1750: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1751: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1752: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1753:
1.69 deraadt 1754: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1755:
1.113 naddy 1756: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1757: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1758: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1759:
1.69 deraadt 1760: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1761: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1762: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1763:
1.69 deraadt 1764: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1765:
1.113 naddy 1766: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1767: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1768: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1769: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1770:
1771: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1772: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1773: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1774:
1.113 naddy 1775: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1776: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1777: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1778: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1779: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1780:
1.69 deraadt 1781: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1782:
1.113 naddy 1783: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1784: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1785: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1786: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1787: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1788: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1789:
1790: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1791: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1792: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1793: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1794: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1795: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1796:
1797: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1798:
1.113 naddy 1799: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1800: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1801: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1802:
1.69 deraadt 1803: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1804: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1805: <p>
1.112 naddy 1806:
1.113 naddy 1807: </dl>
1808: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1809:
1.113 naddy 1810: <hr>
1811: <a name=se></a>
1812: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1813:
1.102 niklas 1814: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1815:
1.113 naddy 1816: <dl>
1817: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1818: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1819: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1820:
1821: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1822: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1823: <p>
1.102 niklas 1824:
1.113 naddy 1825: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1826:
1.84 niklas 1827: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1828:
1.113 naddy 1829: <dl>
1830: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1831: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1832: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1833:
1834: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1835: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1836: <p>
1.84 niklas 1837:
1.113 naddy 1838: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1839:
1.69 deraadt 1840: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1841:
1.113 naddy 1842: <dl>
1843: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1844: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1845: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1846:
1847: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1848: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1849: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1850: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1851:
1.113 naddy 1852: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1853: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1854: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1855: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1856: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1857:
1.20 louis 1858: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1859: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1860: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1861: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1862: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1863:
1.113 naddy 1864: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1865:
1.113 naddy 1866: <hr>
1867: <a name=jp></a>
1868: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1869:
1.113 naddy 1870: <dl>
1.20 louis 1871:
1.170 louis 1872: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1873:
1874: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1875: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
1876: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1877: </strong></font><br>
1878:
1879: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1880: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1881: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1882: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1883: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1884: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1885: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1886: <p>
1887:
1.69 deraadt 1888: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1889:
1.113 naddy 1890: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1891: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1892: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1893: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1894:
1895: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1896: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1897: translating and reprinting articles from
1898: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1899: <p>
1.112 naddy 1900:
1.113 naddy 1901: </dl>
1.20 louis 1902:
1.113 naddy 1903: <hr>
1904: <a name=de></a>
1905: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1906: <dl>
1.50 louis 1907:
1.151 louis 1908: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1909:
1910: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1911: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1912: </strong></font><br>
1913:
1914: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1915: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1916: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1917: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1918: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1919:
1920: <p>
1921:
1.72 louis 1922: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1923:
1.113 naddy 1924: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1925: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1926: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1927: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1928:
1.101 jufi 1929: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1930: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1931: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1932: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1933: Giving way to
1934: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1935: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1936: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1937: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1938: <p>
1.72 louis 1939:
1.69 deraadt 1940: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1941:
1.113 naddy 1942: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1943: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 1944: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1945: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1946:
1947: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1948: <p>
1949: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1950:
1.50 louis 1951:
1.113 naddy 1952: <hr>
1953: <a name=ru></a>
1954: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1955: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1956:
1.69 deraadt 1957: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1958:
1.113 naddy 1959: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1960: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1961: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 1962: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 1963:
1964: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 1965: <p>
1.62 form 1966:
1.69 deraadt 1967: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1968:
1.113 naddy 1969: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1970: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1971: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 1972: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1973:
1.59 form 1974: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 1975: <p>
1.112 naddy 1976:
1.113 naddy 1977: </dl>
1.112 naddy 1978:
1.113 naddy 1979: <hr>
1980: <a name=pl></a>
1981: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1982: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 1983:
1.113 naddy 1984: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 1985: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
1986: Radio, August 2, 2000
1987: </strong></font><br>
1988:
1989: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1990: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1991: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1992: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1993: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1994: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1995: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1996: <p>
1997:
1998: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1999: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2000: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2001: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2002: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2003:
2004: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2005: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2006: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2007: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2008: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2009: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2010: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2011: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2012: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2013: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2014: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2015: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2016: <p>
2017: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2018:
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