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1.16 louis 31:
1.190 horacio 32: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
33:
34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 ! jufi 35:
! 36: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
! 37: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
! 38:
! 39: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
! 40: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
! 41:
! 42: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
! 43: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
! 44:
! 45: <a href="http://www.deadly.org">Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
! 46: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
! 47:
! 48: <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html">IPF: Free no more?</a>,
! 49: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
! 50:
! 51: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
! 52: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
! 53:
! 54: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
! 55: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
! 56:
! 57: <a href="http://www.deadly.org">IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
! 58: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
! 59:
! 60: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
! 61: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
! 62:
! 63: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
! 64: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
! 65:
! 66: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
! 67: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
! 68:
! 69: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
! 70: LWN weekly news, Jun 01, 2001<br>
! 71:
1.190 horacio 72: </strong></font><br>
1.191 ! jufi 73: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
! 74: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
! 75: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
! 76: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
! 77: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
! 78: <p>
1.190 horacio 79:
1.191 ! jufi 80: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 81: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082320,00.html">
! 82: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
! 83: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
! 84: </strong></font><br>
! 85: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
! 86: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
! 87: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
! 88: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 89: <p>
90:
1.191 ! jufi 91:
1.186 jufi 92: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 93:
1.186 jufi 94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
95: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 96: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
97: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 98: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 99:
1.188 jufi 100: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.187 deraadt 101: probability that someone can succesfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 102: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 103: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
104: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 105: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 106: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 107: <p>
108:
1.191 ! jufi 109:
! 110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 111: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20010405.html?&_ref=36874758">
! 112: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>
! 113: Security Portal, April 05, 2001
! 114: </strong></font><br>
! 115:
! 116: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
! 117: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
! 118: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
! 119: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
! 120: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
! 121: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
! 122: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
! 123: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
! 124: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
! 125: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
! 126: familiar?
! 127: <p>
! 128:
1.178 louis 129: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
130:
131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 132: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
133: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 134: </strong></font><br>
135:
136: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
137: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
138: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
139: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
140: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
141: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
142: <p>
143:
1.179 louis 144: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
145: <a
1.182 louis 146: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
147: </strong></font><br>
148:
149: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
150: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
151: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
152: <p>
153:
154: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
155: <a
1.179 louis 156: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
157: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
158: </strong></font><br>
159:
160: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
161: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
162: <p>
163:
1.174 louis 164:
1.175 louis 165: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
166:
167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
168: <a
1.179 louis 169: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
170: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
171: </strong></font><br>
172:
173: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
174: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
175: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
176: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
177: <p>
178:
179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
180: <a
1.183 ian 181: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 182: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
183: </strong></font><br>
184:
185: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 186: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 187: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
188: <p>
189:
1.176 louis 190:
1.172 mickey 191: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
192:
193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 194: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 195: </strong></font><br>
196:
197: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
198: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
199: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 200: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 201: <p>
202:
203: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
204: <a
1.174 louis 205: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
206: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
207: </strong></font><br>
208:
209: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
210: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
211: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
212: <p>
213:
214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
215: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
216: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
217: </strong></font><br>
218:
219: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
220: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
221: <p>
222:
223: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
224: <a
225: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
226: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
227: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
228: </strong></font><br>
229:
230: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
231: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
232: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
233: our own Theo de Raadt.
234: <p>
235:
236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
237: <a
238: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
239: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
240: </strong></font><br>
241:
242: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
243: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
244: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
245: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
246: shut down.]
247: <p>
248:
249: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
250: <a
1.172 mickey 251: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
252: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 253: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 254: </strong></font><br>
255:
256: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
257: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
258: <p>
259:
260: </li>
261:
1.161 louis 262: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
263:
1.175 louis 264:
265: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
266: <a
267: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
268: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
269: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
270: </strong></font><br>
271:
272: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
273: by John Wolley
274: <p>
275:
276: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
277: <a
278: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
279: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
280: </strong></font><br>
281:
282: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
283: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
284: OpenBSD).
285: <p>
286:
1.161 louis 287: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
288: <a
1.171 louis 289: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
290: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
291: </strong></font><br>
292:
293: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
294: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
295: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
296: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
297: and hindsight.
298: <p>
299:
300: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
301: <a
1.168 provos 302: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
303: December 7, 2000
304: </strong></font><br>
305:
306: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
307: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
308: us explain.
309: <p>
310:
311: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
312: <a
1.166 louis 313: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
314: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
315: December 6, 2000
316: </strong></font><br>
317:
318: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
319: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
320: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
321: <p>
322:
323: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
324: <a
1.162 millert 325: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
326: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
327: </strong></font><br>
328:
329: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 330: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
331: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
332: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
333: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
334: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
335: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 336: <p>
1.162 millert 337:
338: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
339: <a
1.161 louis 340: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
341: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
342: </strong></font><br>
343:
344: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
345: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
346: <p>
347:
1.169 louis 348: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
349: <a
350: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
351: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
352: </strong></font><br>
353:
354: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
355: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
356: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
357: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
358: <p>
359:
1.158 louis 360: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 361:
362: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 363: <a
1.175 louis 364: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
365: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
366: </strong></font><br>
367:
368: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
369: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
370: <p>
371:
372: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
373: <a
1.164 deraadt 374: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 375: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 376: </strong></font><br>
377: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
378: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
379: <p>
380:
381: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
382: <a
383: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
384: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
385: </strong></font><br>
386:
387: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
388: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
389: <p>
390:
391: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
392: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
393: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
394: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 395:
1.161 louis 396: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
397: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
398: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
399: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
400: <p>
1.174 louis 401: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
402: <a
403: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
404: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
405: </strong></font><br>
406:
407: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
408: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
409: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
410: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
411: much of the attitude too).
412: <p>
1.161 louis 413:
414: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
415: <a
1.157 louis 416: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
417: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
418: </strong></font><br>
419: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
420: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
421: <p>
422:
423: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
424:
425: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 426: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
427: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
428: </strong></font><br>
429:
430: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
431: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
432: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
433: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
434: <p>
435:
436: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
437: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
438: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
439: </strong></font><br>
440:
441: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
442: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
443: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
444: it because they love coding...
445: <p>
446:
447: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
448: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
449: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
450: </strong></font><br>
451:
452: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
453: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
454: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
455: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
456: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
457: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
458: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
459: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
460: <p>
461:
462: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 463: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
464: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
465: </strong></font><br>
466:
467: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
468: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
469: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
470: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
471: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
472: the pizza.
473: <p>
474:
475: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 476: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
477: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
478: </strong></font><br>
479:
480: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
481: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
482: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
483: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
484: problems.
485: <p>
486:
487: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 488: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
489: </strong></font><br>
490:
491: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
492: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
493: - whether they like it or not.
494: <p>
495:
496: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 497: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
498: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
499: </strong></font><br>
500:
501: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
502: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
503: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 504: <p>
1.148 aaron 505:
506: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 507: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
508: </strong></font><br>
509:
510: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
511: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
512: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
513: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
514: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
515: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
516: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
517: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
518: <p>
519:
520: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 521: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
522: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
523: </strong></font><br>
524:
525: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
526: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
527: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
528: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
529: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
530: <p>
531:
1.138 louis 532: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
533:
534: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 535: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 536: System Takes On Linux</a>,
537: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
538: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 539: </strong></font><br>
540:
1.146 louis 541: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
542: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
543: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
544: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
545: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
546: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
547: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 548: <p>
549:
550: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 551: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
552: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
553: </strong></font><br>
554:
555: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
556: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
557: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
558: library after installing the OS.
559: <p>
560:
561: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 562: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 563: Sys Admin, September 2000
564: </strong></font><br>
565:
566: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
567: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
568: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
569: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
570: (<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>,
571: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
572: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
573: <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 574: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 575: out of the system.
576: <p>
577:
1.144 louis 578: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
579: <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
580: </strong></font><br>
581:
582: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
583: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
584: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
585: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
586: the IP filtering and address translation.
587: <p>
588:
1.131 louis 589: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
590:
591: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 592: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
593: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
594: </strong></font><br>
595:
596: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
597: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
598: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
599: <p>
600:
601: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 602: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
603: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
604: </strong></font><br>
605:
606: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
607: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
608: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
609: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
610: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
611: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
612: note of"</i>.
613: <p>
614:
615: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 616: <a
617: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
618: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
619: </strong></font><br>
620:
621: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
622: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
623: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
624: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
625: <p>
626:
627: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 628: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 629: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
630: </strong></font><br>
631:
632: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
633: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
634: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
635: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
636: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
637: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
638: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
639: <p>
640:
641: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 642: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
643: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
644: 2000
645: </strong></font><br>
646:
647: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
648: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
649: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
650: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
651: against current industry practices.
652: <p>
653:
654: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 655: <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
656: </strong></font><br>
657:
658: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
659: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
660: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
661: <p>
662:
663: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 664: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
665: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
666: </strong></font><br>
667:
668: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
669: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
670: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
671: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
672: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
673: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
674: careful code reviews, he concludes.
675: <p>
676:
677: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 678: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
679: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
680: </strong></font><br>
681:
682: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
683: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
684: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
685: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
686: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 687: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
688: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
689: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 690: <p>
691:
1.118 louis 692: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
693:
694: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 695: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
696: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
697: </strong></font><br>
698:
699: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
700: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
701: about time. The article mentions that
702: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
703: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
704: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 705: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 706: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
707: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
708: ammended since.
709: <p>
710:
711: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 712: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 713: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 714: </strong></font><br>
715:
716: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
717: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
718: of OpenSSH.
719: <p>
720:
721: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
722: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
723: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
724: </strong></font><br>
725:
726: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 727: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 728: bridging.
729: <p>
730:
731: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
732: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
733: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 734: </strong></font><br>
735:
1.121 deraadt 736: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
737: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 738: <p>
739:
740: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 741: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
742: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
743: </strong></font><br>
744:
745: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
746: <p>
747:
748: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 749: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 750: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
751: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 752: </strong></font><br>
753:
1.120 deraadt 754: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
755: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 756: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
757: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
758: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
759: <p>
760:
761: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 762: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
763: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
764: </strong></font><br>
765:
766: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
767: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
768: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
769: protocols and their quirks.
770: <p>
771:
772: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 773: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html">In
1.137 louis 774: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 775: </strong></font><br>
776:
777: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
778: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
779: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 780: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 781: <p>
782:
783: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 784: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
785: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
786: </strong></font><br>
787:
788: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
789: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
790: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
791: <p>
792:
793: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 794: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 795: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
796: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 797: </strong></font><br>
798:
799: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
800: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
801: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
802: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
803: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
804: <p>
805:
1.104 louis 806: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
807:
1.113 naddy 808: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 809: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
810: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
811: </strong></font><br>
812:
813: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
814: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
815: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
816: be a bit dry.
817: <p>
818:
819: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 820: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
821: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
822: 2000
1.128 louis 823: </strong></font><br>
824:
825: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
826: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
827: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
828: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
829: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 830: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 831: <p>
832:
833: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 834: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
835: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 836: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 837:
838: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
839: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
840: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
841: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 842: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
843: <p>
1.110 louis 844:
1.117 louis 845: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
846: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
847: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
848: </strong></font><br>
849:
850: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
851: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
852: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
853: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
854: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
855: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
856: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
857: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
858: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
859: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
860: <p>
861:
1.113 naddy 862: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 863: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 864: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 865:
866: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
867: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 868: <p>
1.108 louis 869:
1.113 naddy 870: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 871: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
872: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 873: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 874:
875: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
876: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
877: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 878: <p>
1.106 louis 879:
1.113 naddy 880: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 881: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
882: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 883: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 884:
885: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
886: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
887: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
888: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 889: <p>
1.107 louis 890:
1.113 naddy 891: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 892: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
893: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 894: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 895:
896: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
897: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 898: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 899: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
900: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 901: <p>
1.105 louis 902:
1.113 naddy 903: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 904: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 905: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 906: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 907:
1.113 naddy 908: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
909: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 910: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 911: <p>
1.104 louis 912:
1.121 deraadt 913: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
914: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
915: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
916: </strong></font><br>
917:
918: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
919: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
920: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
921: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
922: <p>
923:
1.85 louis 924: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
925:
1.113 naddy 926: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 927: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 928: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 929: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 930:
931: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
932: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
933: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
934: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
935: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
936: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
937: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 938: <p>
1.99 louis 939:
1.113 naddy 940: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 941: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 942: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 943: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 944:
945: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
946: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
947: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
948: conditions.
1.113 naddy 949: <p>
1.100 louis 950:
1.113 naddy 951: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 952: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 953: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 954: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 955:
956: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
957: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
958: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
959: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 960: <p>
1.95 louis 961:
1.113 naddy 962: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 963: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 964: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 965: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 966:
967: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
968: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 969: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 970: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
971: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 972: <p>
1.92 louis 973:
1.113 naddy 974: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
975: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 976: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 977: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 978:
979: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
980: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
981: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
982: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
983: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
984: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 985: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 986: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 987: <p>
1.91 louis 988:
1.113 naddy 989: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 990: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
991: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 992: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 993:
994: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
995: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
996: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
997: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
998: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
999: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1000: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1001: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1002: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1003: <p>
1.90 louis 1004:
1.113 naddy 1005: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1006: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1007: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1008: </strong></font><br>
1009: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1010: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1011: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1012: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1013: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1014: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1015: <p>
1016:
1017: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1018: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1019: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1020: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1021:
1.113 naddy 1022: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1023: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1024: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1025: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1026: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1027: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1028: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1029: <p>
1.87 louis 1030:
1.113 naddy 1031: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1032: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1033: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1034: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1035:
1036: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1037: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1038: <p>
1.85 louis 1039:
1.113 naddy 1040: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1041: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1042: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1043: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1044:
1045: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1046: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1047: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1048: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1049: <p>
1.89 louis 1050:
1.113 naddy 1051: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1052: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1053: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1054: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1055:
1056: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1057: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1058: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1059: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1060: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1061:
1.78 deraadt 1062: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1063:
1.113 naddy 1064: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1065: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1066: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1067: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1068: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1069:
1070: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1071: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1072: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1073: <p>
1.83 louis 1074:
1.113 naddy 1075: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1076: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1077: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1078: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1079:
1080: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1081: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 1082: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1083: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1084: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1085: <p>
1.93 louis 1086:
1.113 naddy 1087: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1088: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 1089: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1090: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1091:
1.83 louis 1092: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1093: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1094: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1095: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1096: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1097: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1098: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1099: <p>
1.82 aaron 1100:
1.113 naddy 1101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1102: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1103: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1104: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1105:
1.83 louis 1106: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1107: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1108: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1109: <p>
1.80 louis 1110:
1.113 naddy 1111: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1112: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1113: Bad Press</a>,
1114: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1115: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1116:
1117: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1118: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1119: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1120: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1121: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1122: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1123:
1124: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1125:
1.113 naddy 1126: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1127: <a
1.111 jufi 1128: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 1129: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
1130: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1131: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1132:
1133: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1134: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1135: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1136: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1137: <p>
1.74 louis 1138:
1.113 naddy 1139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1140: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1141: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1142: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1143:
1144: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1145: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1146: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1147: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1148: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1149: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1150: <p>
1.88 louis 1151:
1.113 naddy 1152: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1153: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1154: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1155: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1156:
1157: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1158: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1159: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1160: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1161: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1162: <p>
1.81 louis 1163:
1.113 naddy 1164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1165: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1166: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1167: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1168:
1169: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1170: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1171: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1172: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1173: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1174: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1175: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1176: <p>
1.90 louis 1177:
1.113 naddy 1178: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1179: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1180: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1181: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1182:
1183: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1184: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1185: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1186: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1187: <p>
1.71 louis 1188:
1.69 deraadt 1189: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1190:
1.113 naddy 1191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1192: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 1193: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1194: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1195:
1196: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1197: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1198: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1199: <p>
1.70 louis 1200:
1.113 naddy 1201: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1202: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1203: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1204:
1205: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1206: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1207: <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 1208: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1209: <p>
1.68 louis 1210:
1.113 naddy 1211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1212: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1213: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1214: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1215:
1.111 jufi 1216: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1217: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1218: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1219: "secure by default" installation.
1220: <p>
1.64 louis 1221:
1.113 naddy 1222: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1223: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1224: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1225: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1226:
1.113 naddy 1227: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1228: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1229: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1230: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1231: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1232: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1233: <p>
1.66 louis 1234:
1.113 naddy 1235: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1236: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1237: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1238: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1239:
1240: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1241: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1242: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1243: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1244: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1245: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1246: <p>
1.83 louis 1247:
1.113 naddy 1248: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1249: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1250: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1251: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1252:
1253: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1254: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1255: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1256: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1257: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1258: <p>
1.64 louis 1259:
1.113 naddy 1260: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1261: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1262: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1263: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1264:
1265: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1266: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1267: <p>
1.65 louis 1268:
1.69 deraadt 1269: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1270:
1.113 naddy 1271: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1272: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1273: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1274: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1275:
1276: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1277: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1278: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1279: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1280: <p>
1.88 louis 1281:
1.113 naddy 1282: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1283: <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 1284: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1285:
1286: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1287: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1288: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1289: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1290: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1291: <p>
1.60 louis 1292:
1.113 naddy 1293: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1294: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1295: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1296: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1297: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1298:
1299: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1300: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1301: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1302: <p>
1.58 louis 1303:
1.113 naddy 1304: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1305: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1306: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1307:
1308: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1309: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1310: <p>
1.53 louis 1311:
1.113 naddy 1312: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1313: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1314: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1315: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1316:
1317: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1318: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1319: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1320: <p>
1.99 louis 1321:
1.113 naddy 1322: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1323: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1324: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1325:
1326: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1327: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1328: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1329: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1330: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1331:
1.113 naddy 1332: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1333: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1334: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1335: </strong></font><br>
1336:
1337: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1338: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1339: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1340: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1341: <p>
1342:
1343: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1344: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1345: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1346: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1347:
1348: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1349: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1350: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1351:
1.113 naddy 1352: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1353: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1354: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1355:
1356: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1357: in
1.113 naddy 1358: <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 1359: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1360: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1361: <p>
1.53 louis 1362:
1.113 naddy 1363: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1364: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1365: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1366: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1367: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1368:
1.58 louis 1369: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1370: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1371:
1.69 deraadt 1372: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1373:
1.113 naddy 1374: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1375: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1376: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1377: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1378: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1379:
1.58 louis 1380: Kurt Seifried
1381: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1382: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1383: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1384: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1385:
1.113 naddy 1386: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1387: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1388: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1389: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1390:
1391: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1392: <p>
1.96 louis 1393:
1.113 naddy 1394: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1395: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1396: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1397: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1398:
1399: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1400: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1401: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1402: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1403: <p>
1.86 louis 1404:
1.69 deraadt 1405: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1406:
1.113 naddy 1407: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1408: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1409: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1410: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1411:
1412: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1413: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1414: <p>
1.61 louis 1415:
1.113 naddy 1416: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1417: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1418: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1419: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1420: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1421:
1422: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1423: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1424: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1425: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1426: right -- or at least strives to".
1427: <p>
1.48 louis 1428:
1.113 naddy 1429: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1430: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1431: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1432: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1433: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1434: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1435: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1436: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1437: <p>
1.61 louis 1438:
1.113 naddy 1439: <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 1440: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1441: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1442:
1443: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1444: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1445: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1446: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1447: <p>
1.46 louis 1448:
1.113 naddy 1449: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1450: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1451: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1452: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1453:
1454: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1455: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1456: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1457:
1.113 naddy 1458: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1459: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1460: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1461: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1462:
1463: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1464: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1465: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1466: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1467: <p>
1.70 louis 1468:
1.69 deraadt 1469: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1470:
1.113 naddy 1471: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1472: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1473: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1474:
1475: Kurt Seifried
1476: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1477: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1478: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1479: <p>
1.44 philen 1480:
1.113 naddy 1481: <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 1482: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1483: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1484:
1485: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1486: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1487:
1.113 naddy 1488: <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 1489: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1490: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1491:
1492: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1493: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1494:
1.113 naddy 1495: <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 1496: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1497: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1498:
1499: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1500: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1501: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1502: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1503: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1504:
1.113 naddy 1505: <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 1506: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1507: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1508:
1.36 louis 1509: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1510: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1511:
1.113 naddy 1512: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1513: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1514: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1515: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1516:
1517: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1518: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1519:
1.69 deraadt 1520: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1521:
1.113 naddy 1522: <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 1523: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1524: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1525:
1526: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1527: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1528: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1529:
1.113 naddy 1530: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1531: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1532: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1533: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1534:
1535: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1536: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1537: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1538: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1539: <blockquote>
1540: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1541: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1542: <br>
1543: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1544: </code>
1545: </blockquote>
1546: <p>
1547:
1548: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1549: <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>
1550: <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
1551: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1552:
1553: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1554: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1555: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1556: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1557:
1.113 naddy 1558: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1559: <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 1560: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1561:
1562: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1563: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1564: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1565: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1566: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1567: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1568: <p>
1.19 louis 1569:
1.113 naddy 1570: <li><strong>
1571: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1572: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1573:
1574: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1575: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1576: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1577: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1578: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1579: <p>
1.16 louis 1580:
1.113 naddy 1581: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1582: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1583: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1584: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1585:
1.57 louis 1586: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1587: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1588: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1589: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1590:
1.113 naddy 1591: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1592: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1593: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1594: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1595:
1.113 naddy 1596: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1597:
1.113 naddy 1598: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1599: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1600: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1601: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1602:
1.23 louis 1603: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1604: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1605: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1606: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1607: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1608: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1609:
1.113 naddy 1610: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1611: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1612: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1613: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1614:
1615: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1616: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1617: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1618: installation.
1.113 naddy 1619: <p>
1.47 louis 1620:
1.113 naddy 1621: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1622: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1623: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1624: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1625:
1626: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1627: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1628:
1.69 deraadt 1629: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1630:
1.113 naddy 1631: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1632: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1633: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1634: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1635:
1636: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1637: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1638: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1639: <p>
1.12 louis 1640:
1.113 naddy 1641: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1642: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1643: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1644: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1645:
1646: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1647: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1648: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1649: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1650: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1651: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1652: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1653: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1654:
1.69 deraadt 1655: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1656:
1.113 naddy 1657: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1658: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1659: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1660:
1661: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1662: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1663: available."
1.113 naddy 1664: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1665:
1.69 deraadt 1666: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1667:
1.113 naddy 1668: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1669: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1670: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1671:
1672: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1673: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1674: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1675: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1676: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1677: <p>
1.33 louis 1678:
1.113 naddy 1679: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1680: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1681: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1682: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1683:
1.113 naddy 1684: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1685: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1686: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1687: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1688: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1689: <p>
1.57 louis 1690:
1.69 deraadt 1691: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1692:
1.113 naddy 1693: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1694: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1695: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1696: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1697:
1698: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1699: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1700: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1701:
1.113 naddy 1702: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1703: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1704: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1705: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1706: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1707:
1708: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1709: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1710:
1.113 naddy 1711: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1712: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1713:
1.113 naddy 1714: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1715:
1.113 naddy 1716: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1717: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1718: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1719: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1720:
1721: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1722: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1723:
1.69 deraadt 1724: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1725:
1.113 naddy 1726: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1727: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1728: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1729:
1730: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1731: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1732: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1733:
1.113 naddy 1734: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1735: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1736: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1737: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1738:
1739: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1740: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1741: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1742: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1743:
1.69 deraadt 1744: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1745:
1.160 jufi 1746: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1747: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1748: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1749: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1750: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1751:
1752: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1753: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1754: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1755: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1756: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1757: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1758: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1759:
1.113 naddy 1760: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1761: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1762: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1763: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1764:
1765: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1766: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1767: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1768: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1769: <p>
1.15 louis 1770:
1.113 naddy 1771: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1772: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1773: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1774: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1775:
1776: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1777: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1778: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1779: columns."
1.113 naddy 1780: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1781:
1.69 deraadt 1782: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1783:
1.113 naddy 1784: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1785: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1786: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1787: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1788:
1789: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1790: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1791:
1.113 naddy 1792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1793: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1794: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1795:
1796: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1797: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1798: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1799:
1.69 deraadt 1800: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1801:
1.113 naddy 1802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1803: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1804: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1805: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1806:
1807: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1808: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1809: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1810: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1811: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1812:
1.69 deraadt 1813: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1814:
1.113 naddy 1815: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1816: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1817: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1818:
1.69 deraadt 1819: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1820: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1821: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1822:
1.69 deraadt 1823: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1824:
1.113 naddy 1825: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1826: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1827: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1828: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1829:
1830: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1831: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1832: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1833:
1.113 naddy 1834: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1835: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1836: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1837: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1838: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1839:
1.69 deraadt 1840: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1841:
1.113 naddy 1842: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1843: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1844: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1845: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1846: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1847: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1848:
1849: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1850: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1851: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1852: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1853: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1854: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1855:
1856: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1857:
1.113 naddy 1858: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1859: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1860: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1861:
1.69 deraadt 1862: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1863: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1864: <p>
1.112 naddy 1865:
1.113 naddy 1866: </dl>
1867: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1868:
1.113 naddy 1869: <hr>
1870: <a name=se></a>
1871: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1872:
1.102 niklas 1873: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1874:
1.113 naddy 1875: <dl>
1876: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1877: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1878: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1879:
1880: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1881: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1882: <p>
1.102 niklas 1883:
1.113 naddy 1884: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1885:
1.84 niklas 1886: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1887:
1.113 naddy 1888: <dl>
1889: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1890: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1891: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1892:
1893: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1894: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1895: <p>
1.84 niklas 1896:
1.113 naddy 1897: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1898:
1.69 deraadt 1899: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1900:
1.113 naddy 1901: <dl>
1902: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1903: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1904: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1905:
1906: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1907: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1908: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1909: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1910:
1.113 naddy 1911: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1912: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1913: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1914: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1915: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1916:
1.20 louis 1917: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1918: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1919: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1920: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1921: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1922:
1.113 naddy 1923: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1924:
1.113 naddy 1925: <hr>
1926: <a name=jp></a>
1927: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1928:
1.113 naddy 1929: <dl>
1.20 louis 1930:
1.170 louis 1931: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1932:
1933: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1934: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
1935: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1936: </strong></font><br>
1937:
1938: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1939: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1940: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1941: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1942: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1943: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1944: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1945: <p>
1946:
1.69 deraadt 1947: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1948:
1.113 naddy 1949: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1950: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1951: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1952: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1953:
1954: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1955: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1956: translating and reprinting articles from
1957: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1958: <p>
1.112 naddy 1959:
1.113 naddy 1960: </dl>
1.20 louis 1961:
1.113 naddy 1962: <hr>
1963: <a name=de></a>
1964: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1965: <dl>
1.50 louis 1966:
1.151 louis 1967: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1968:
1969: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1970: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1971: </strong></font><br>
1972:
1973: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1974: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1975: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1976: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1977: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1978:
1979: <p>
1980:
1.72 louis 1981: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1982:
1.113 naddy 1983: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1984: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1985: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1986: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1987:
1.101 jufi 1988: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1989: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1990: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1991: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 1992: Giving way to
1993: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
1994: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
1995: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
1996: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 1997: <p>
1.72 louis 1998:
1.69 deraadt 1999: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2000:
1.113 naddy 2001: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2002: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2003: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2004: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2005:
2006: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2007: <p>
2008: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2009:
1.50 louis 2010:
1.113 naddy 2011: <hr>
2012: <a name=ru></a>
2013: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2014: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2015:
1.69 deraadt 2016: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2017:
1.113 naddy 2018: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2019: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2020: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2021: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2022:
2023: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2024: <p>
1.62 form 2025:
1.69 deraadt 2026: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2027:
1.113 naddy 2028: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2029: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2030: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2031: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2032:
1.59 form 2033: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2034: <p>
1.112 naddy 2035:
1.113 naddy 2036: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2037:
1.113 naddy 2038: <hr>
2039: <a name=pl></a>
2040: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2041: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2042:
1.113 naddy 2043: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2044: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2045: Radio, August 2, 2000
2046: </strong></font><br>
2047:
2048: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2049: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2050: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2051: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2052: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2053: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2054: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2055: <p>
2056:
2057: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2058: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2059: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2060: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2061: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2062:
2063: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2064: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2065: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2066: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2067: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2068: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2069: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2070: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2071: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2072: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2073: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2074: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2075: <p>
2076: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2077:
1.113 naddy 2078: <hr>
2079: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
2080: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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