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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:
1.192 jufi 72: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
73: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
74: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, Jun 01, 2001<br>
75:
1.193 ! deraadt 76: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
! 77: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
! 78: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 01, 2001<br>
! 79:
1.190 horacio 80: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 81: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
82: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
83: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
84: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
85: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
86: <p>
1.190 horacio 87:
1.191 jufi 88: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
89: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082320,00.html">
90: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
91: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
92: </strong></font><br>
93: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
94: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
95: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
96: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 97: <p>
98:
1.191 jufi 99:
1.186 jufi 100: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 101:
1.186 jufi 102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
103: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 104: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
105: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 106: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 107:
1.188 jufi 108: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.187 deraadt 109: probability that someone can succesfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 110: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 111: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
112: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 113: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 114: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 115: <p>
116:
1.191 jufi 117:
118: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
119: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20010405.html?&_ref=36874758">
120: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>
121: Security Portal, April 05, 2001
122: </strong></font><br>
123:
124: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
125: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
126: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
127: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
128: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
129: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
130: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
131: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
132: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
133: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
134: familiar?
135: <p>
136:
1.178 louis 137: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
138:
139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 140: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
141: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 142: </strong></font><br>
143:
144: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
145: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
146: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
147: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
148: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
149: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
150: <p>
151:
1.179 louis 152: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
153: <a
1.182 louis 154: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
155: </strong></font><br>
156:
157: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
158: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
159: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
160: <p>
161:
162: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
163: <a
1.179 louis 164: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
165: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
166: </strong></font><br>
167:
168: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
169: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
170: <p>
171:
1.174 louis 172:
1.175 louis 173: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
174:
175: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
176: <a
1.179 louis 177: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
178: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
179: </strong></font><br>
180:
181: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
182: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
183: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
184: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
185: <p>
186:
187: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
188: <a
1.183 ian 189: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 190: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
191: </strong></font><br>
192:
193: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 194: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 195: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
196: <p>
197:
1.176 louis 198:
1.172 mickey 199: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
200:
201: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 202: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 203: </strong></font><br>
204:
205: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
206: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
207: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 208: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 209: <p>
210:
211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
212: <a
1.174 louis 213: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
214: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
215: </strong></font><br>
216:
217: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
218: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
219: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
220: <p>
221:
222: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
223: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
224: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
225: </strong></font><br>
226:
227: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
228: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
229: <p>
230:
231: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
232: <a
233: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
234: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
235: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
236: </strong></font><br>
237:
238: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
239: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
240: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
241: our own Theo de Raadt.
242: <p>
243:
244: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
245: <a
246: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
247: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
248: </strong></font><br>
249:
250: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
251: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
252: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
253: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
254: shut down.]
255: <p>
256:
257: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
258: <a
1.172 mickey 259: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
260: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 261: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 262: </strong></font><br>
263:
264: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
265: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
266: <p>
267:
268: </li>
269:
1.161 louis 270: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
271:
1.175 louis 272:
273: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
274: <a
275: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
276: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
277: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
278: </strong></font><br>
279:
280: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
281: by John Wolley
282: <p>
283:
284: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
285: <a
286: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
287: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
288: </strong></font><br>
289:
290: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
291: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
292: OpenBSD).
293: <p>
294:
1.161 louis 295: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
296: <a
1.171 louis 297: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
298: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
299: </strong></font><br>
300:
301: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
302: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
303: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
304: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
305: and hindsight.
306: <p>
307:
308: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
309: <a
1.168 provos 310: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
311: December 7, 2000
312: </strong></font><br>
313:
314: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
315: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
316: us explain.
317: <p>
318:
319: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
320: <a
1.166 louis 321: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
322: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
323: December 6, 2000
324: </strong></font><br>
325:
326: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
327: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
328: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
329: <p>
330:
331: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
332: <a
1.162 millert 333: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
334: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
335: </strong></font><br>
336:
337: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 338: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
339: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
340: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
341: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
342: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
343: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 344: <p>
1.162 millert 345:
346: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
347: <a
1.161 louis 348: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
349: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
350: </strong></font><br>
351:
352: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
353: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
354: <p>
355:
1.169 louis 356: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
357: <a
358: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
359: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
360: </strong></font><br>
361:
362: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
363: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
364: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
365: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
366: <p>
367:
1.158 louis 368: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 369:
370: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 371: <a
1.175 louis 372: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
373: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
374: </strong></font><br>
375:
376: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
377: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
378: <p>
379:
380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
381: <a
1.164 deraadt 382: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 383: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 384: </strong></font><br>
385: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
386: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
387: <p>
388:
389: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
390: <a
391: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
392: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
393: </strong></font><br>
394:
395: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
396: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
397: <p>
398:
399: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
400: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
401: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
402: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 403:
1.161 louis 404: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
405: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
406: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
407: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
408: <p>
1.174 louis 409: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
410: <a
411: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
412: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
413: </strong></font><br>
414:
415: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
416: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
417: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
418: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
419: much of the attitude too).
420: <p>
1.161 louis 421:
422: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
423: <a
1.157 louis 424: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
425: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
426: </strong></font><br>
427: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
428: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
429: <p>
430:
431: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
432:
433: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 434: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
435: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
436: </strong></font><br>
437:
438: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
439: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
440: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
441: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
442: <p>
443:
444: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
445: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
446: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
447: </strong></font><br>
448:
449: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
450: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
451: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
452: it because they love coding...
453: <p>
454:
455: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
456: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
457: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
458: </strong></font><br>
459:
460: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
461: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
462: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
463: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
464: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
465: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
466: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
467: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
468: <p>
469:
470: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 471: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
472: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
473: </strong></font><br>
474:
475: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
476: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
477: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
478: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
479: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
480: the pizza.
481: <p>
482:
483: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 484: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
485: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
486: </strong></font><br>
487:
488: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
489: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
490: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
491: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
492: problems.
493: <p>
494:
495: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 496: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
497: </strong></font><br>
498:
499: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
500: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
501: - whether they like it or not.
502: <p>
503:
504: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 505: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
506: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
507: </strong></font><br>
508:
509: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
510: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
511: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 512: <p>
1.148 aaron 513:
514: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 515: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
516: </strong></font><br>
517:
518: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
519: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
520: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
521: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
522: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
523: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
524: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
525: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
526: <p>
527:
528: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 529: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
530: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
531: </strong></font><br>
532:
533: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
534: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
535: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
536: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
537: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
538: <p>
539:
1.138 louis 540: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
541:
542: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 543: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 544: System Takes On Linux</a>,
545: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
546: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 547: </strong></font><br>
548:
1.146 louis 549: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
550: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
551: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
552: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
553: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
554: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
555: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 556: <p>
557:
558: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 559: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
560: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
561: </strong></font><br>
562:
563: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
564: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
565: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
566: library after installing the OS.
567: <p>
568:
569: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 570: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 571: Sys Admin, September 2000
572: </strong></font><br>
573:
574: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
575: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
576: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
577: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
578: (<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>,
579: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
580: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
581: <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 582: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 583: out of the system.
584: <p>
585:
1.144 louis 586: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
587: <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
588: </strong></font><br>
589:
590: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
591: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
592: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
593: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
594: the IP filtering and address translation.
595: <p>
596:
1.131 louis 597: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
598:
599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 600: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
601: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
602: </strong></font><br>
603:
604: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
605: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
606: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
607: <p>
608:
609: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 610: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
611: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
612: </strong></font><br>
613:
614: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
615: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
616: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
617: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
618: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
619: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
620: note of"</i>.
621: <p>
622:
623: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 624: <a
625: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
626: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
627: </strong></font><br>
628:
629: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
630: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
631: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
632: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
633: <p>
634:
635: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 636: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 637: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
638: </strong></font><br>
639:
640: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
641: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
642: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
643: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
644: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
645: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
646: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
647: <p>
648:
649: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 650: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
651: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
652: 2000
653: </strong></font><br>
654:
655: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
656: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
657: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
658: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
659: against current industry practices.
660: <p>
661:
662: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 663: <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
664: </strong></font><br>
665:
666: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
667: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
668: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
669: <p>
670:
671: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 672: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
673: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
674: </strong></font><br>
675:
676: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
677: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
678: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
679: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
680: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
681: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
682: careful code reviews, he concludes.
683: <p>
684:
685: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 686: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
687: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
688: </strong></font><br>
689:
690: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
691: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
692: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
693: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
694: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 695: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
696: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
697: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 698: <p>
699:
1.118 louis 700: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
701:
702: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 703: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
704: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
705: </strong></font><br>
706:
707: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
708: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
709: about time. The article mentions that
710: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
711: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
712: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 713: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 714: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
715: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
716: ammended since.
717: <p>
718:
719: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 720: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 721: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 722: </strong></font><br>
723:
724: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
725: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
726: of OpenSSH.
727: <p>
728:
729: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
730: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
731: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
732: </strong></font><br>
733:
734: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 735: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 736: bridging.
737: <p>
738:
739: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
740: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
741: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 742: </strong></font><br>
743:
1.121 deraadt 744: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
745: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 746: <p>
747:
748: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 749: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
750: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
751: </strong></font><br>
752:
753: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
754: <p>
755:
756: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 757: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 758: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
759: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 760: </strong></font><br>
761:
1.120 deraadt 762: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
763: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 764: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
765: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
766: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
767: <p>
768:
769: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 770: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
771: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
772: </strong></font><br>
773:
774: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
775: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
776: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
777: protocols and their quirks.
778: <p>
779:
780: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 781: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html">In
1.137 louis 782: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 783: </strong></font><br>
784:
785: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
786: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
787: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 788: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 789: <p>
790:
791: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 792: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
793: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
794: </strong></font><br>
795:
796: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
797: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
798: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
799: <p>
800:
801: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 802: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 803: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
804: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 805: </strong></font><br>
806:
807: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
808: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
809: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
810: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
811: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
812: <p>
813:
1.104 louis 814: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
815:
1.113 naddy 816: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 817: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
818: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
819: </strong></font><br>
820:
821: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
822: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
823: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
824: be a bit dry.
825: <p>
826:
827: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 828: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
829: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
830: 2000
1.128 louis 831: </strong></font><br>
832:
833: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
834: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
835: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
836: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
837: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 838: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 839: <p>
840:
841: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 842: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
843: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 844: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 845:
846: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
847: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
848: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
849: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 850: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
851: <p>
1.110 louis 852:
1.117 louis 853: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
854: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
855: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
856: </strong></font><br>
857:
858: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
859: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
860: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
861: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
862: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
863: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
864: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
865: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
866: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
867: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
868: <p>
869:
1.113 naddy 870: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 871: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 872: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 873:
874: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
875: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 876: <p>
1.108 louis 877:
1.113 naddy 878: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 879: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
880: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 881: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 882:
883: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
884: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
885: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 886: <p>
1.106 louis 887:
1.113 naddy 888: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 889: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
890: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 891: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 892:
893: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
894: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
895: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
896: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 897: <p>
1.107 louis 898:
1.113 naddy 899: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 900: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
901: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 902: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 903:
904: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
905: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 906: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 907: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
908: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 909: <p>
1.105 louis 910:
1.113 naddy 911: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 912: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 913: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 914: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 915:
1.113 naddy 916: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
917: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 918: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 919: <p>
1.104 louis 920:
1.121 deraadt 921: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
922: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
923: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
924: </strong></font><br>
925:
926: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
927: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
928: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
929: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
930: <p>
931:
1.85 louis 932: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
933:
1.113 naddy 934: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 935: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 936: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 937: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 938:
939: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
940: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
941: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
942: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
943: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
944: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
945: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 946: <p>
1.99 louis 947:
1.113 naddy 948: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 949: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 950: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 951: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 952:
953: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
954: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
955: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
956: conditions.
1.113 naddy 957: <p>
1.100 louis 958:
1.113 naddy 959: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 960: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 961: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 962: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 963:
964: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
965: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
966: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
967: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 968: <p>
1.95 louis 969:
1.113 naddy 970: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 971: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 972: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 973: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 974:
975: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
976: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 977: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 978: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
979: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 980: <p>
1.92 louis 981:
1.113 naddy 982: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
983: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 984: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 985: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 986:
987: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
988: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
989: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
990: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
991: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
992: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 993: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 994: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 995: <p>
1.91 louis 996:
1.113 naddy 997: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 998: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
999: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1000: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1001:
1002: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1003: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1004: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1005: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1006: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1007: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1008: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1009: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1010: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1011: <p>
1.90 louis 1012:
1.113 naddy 1013: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1014: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1015: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1016: </strong></font><br>
1017: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1018: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1019: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1020: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1021: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1022: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1023: <p>
1024:
1025: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1026: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1027: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1028: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1029:
1.113 naddy 1030: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1031: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1032: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1033: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1034: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1035: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1036: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1037: <p>
1.87 louis 1038:
1.113 naddy 1039: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1040: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1041: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1042: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1043:
1044: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1045: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1046: <p>
1.85 louis 1047:
1.113 naddy 1048: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1049: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1050: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1051: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1052:
1053: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1054: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1055: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1056: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1057: <p>
1.89 louis 1058:
1.113 naddy 1059: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1060: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1061: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1062: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1063:
1064: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1065: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1066: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1067: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1068: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1069:
1.78 deraadt 1070: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1071:
1.113 naddy 1072: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1073: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1074: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1075: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1076: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1077:
1078: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1079: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1080: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1081: <p>
1.83 louis 1082:
1.113 naddy 1083: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1084: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1085: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1086: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1087:
1088: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1089: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 1090: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1091: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1092: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1093: <p>
1.93 louis 1094:
1.113 naddy 1095: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1096: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 1097: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1098: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1099:
1.83 louis 1100: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1101: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1102: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1103: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1104: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1105: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1106: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1107: <p>
1.82 aaron 1108:
1.113 naddy 1109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1110: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1111: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1112: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1113:
1.83 louis 1114: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1115: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1116: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1117: <p>
1.80 louis 1118:
1.113 naddy 1119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1120: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1121: Bad Press</a>,
1122: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1123: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1124:
1125: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1126: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1127: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1128: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1129: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1130: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1131:
1132: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1133:
1.113 naddy 1134: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1135: <a
1.111 jufi 1136: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 1137: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
1138: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1139: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1140:
1141: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1142: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1143: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1144: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1145: <p>
1.74 louis 1146:
1.113 naddy 1147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1148: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1149: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1150: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1151:
1152: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1153: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1154: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1155: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1156: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1157: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1158: <p>
1.88 louis 1159:
1.113 naddy 1160: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1161: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1162: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1163: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1164:
1165: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1166: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1167: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1168: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1169: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1170: <p>
1.81 louis 1171:
1.113 naddy 1172: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1173: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1174: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1175: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1176:
1177: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1178: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1179: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1180: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1181: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1182: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1183: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1184: <p>
1.90 louis 1185:
1.113 naddy 1186: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1187: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1188: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1189: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1190:
1191: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1192: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1193: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1194: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1195: <p>
1.71 louis 1196:
1.69 deraadt 1197: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1198:
1.113 naddy 1199: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1200: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 1201: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1202: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1203:
1204: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1205: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1206: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1207: <p>
1.70 louis 1208:
1.113 naddy 1209: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1210: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1211: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1212:
1213: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1214: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1215: <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 1216: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1217: <p>
1.68 louis 1218:
1.113 naddy 1219: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1220: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1221: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1222: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1223:
1.111 jufi 1224: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1225: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1226: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1227: "secure by default" installation.
1228: <p>
1.64 louis 1229:
1.113 naddy 1230: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1231: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1232: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1233: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1234:
1.113 naddy 1235: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1236: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1237: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1238: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1239: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1240: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1241: <p>
1.66 louis 1242:
1.113 naddy 1243: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1244: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1245: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1246: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1247:
1248: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1249: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1250: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1251: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1252: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1253: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1254: <p>
1.83 louis 1255:
1.113 naddy 1256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1257: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1258: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1259: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1260:
1261: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1262: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1263: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1264: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1265: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1266: <p>
1.64 louis 1267:
1.113 naddy 1268: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1269: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1270: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1271: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1272:
1273: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1274: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1275: <p>
1.65 louis 1276:
1.69 deraadt 1277: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1278:
1.113 naddy 1279: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1280: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1281: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1282: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1283:
1284: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1285: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1286: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1287: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1288: <p>
1.88 louis 1289:
1.113 naddy 1290: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1291: <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 1292: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1293:
1294: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1295: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1296: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1297: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1298: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1299: <p>
1.60 louis 1300:
1.113 naddy 1301: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1302: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1303: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1304: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1305: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1306:
1307: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1308: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1309: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1310: <p>
1.58 louis 1311:
1.113 naddy 1312: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1313: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1314: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1315:
1316: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1317: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1318: <p>
1.53 louis 1319:
1.113 naddy 1320: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1321: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1322: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1323: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1324:
1325: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1326: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1327: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1328: <p>
1.99 louis 1329:
1.113 naddy 1330: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1331: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1332: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1333:
1334: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1335: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1336: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1337: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1338: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1339:
1.113 naddy 1340: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1341: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1342: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1343: </strong></font><br>
1344:
1345: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1346: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1347: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1348: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1349: <p>
1350:
1351: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1352: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1353: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1354: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1355:
1356: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1357: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1358: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1359:
1.113 naddy 1360: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1361: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1362: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1363:
1364: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1365: in
1.113 naddy 1366: <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 1367: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1368: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1369: <p>
1.53 louis 1370:
1.113 naddy 1371: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1372: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1373: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1374: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1375: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1376:
1.58 louis 1377: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1378: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1379:
1.69 deraadt 1380: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1381:
1.113 naddy 1382: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1383: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1384: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1385: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1386: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1387:
1.58 louis 1388: Kurt Seifried
1389: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1390: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1391: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1392: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1393:
1.113 naddy 1394: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1395: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1396: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1397: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1398:
1399: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1400: <p>
1.96 louis 1401:
1.113 naddy 1402: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1403: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1404: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1405: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1406:
1407: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1408: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1409: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1410: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1411: <p>
1.86 louis 1412:
1.69 deraadt 1413: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1414:
1.113 naddy 1415: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1416: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1417: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1418: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1419:
1420: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1421: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1422: <p>
1.61 louis 1423:
1.113 naddy 1424: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1425: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1426: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1427: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1428: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1429:
1430: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1431: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1432: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1433: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1434: right -- or at least strives to".
1435: <p>
1.48 louis 1436:
1.113 naddy 1437: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1438: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1439: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1440: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1441: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1442: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1443: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1444: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1445: <p>
1.61 louis 1446:
1.113 naddy 1447: <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 1448: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1449: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1450:
1451: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1452: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1453: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1454: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1455: <p>
1.46 louis 1456:
1.113 naddy 1457: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1458: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1459: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1460: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1461:
1462: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1463: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1464: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1465:
1.113 naddy 1466: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1467: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1468: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1469: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1470:
1471: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1472: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1473: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1474: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1475: <p>
1.70 louis 1476:
1.69 deraadt 1477: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1478:
1.113 naddy 1479: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1480: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1481: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1482:
1483: Kurt Seifried
1484: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1485: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1486: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1487: <p>
1.44 philen 1488:
1.113 naddy 1489: <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 1490: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1491: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1492:
1493: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1494: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1495:
1.113 naddy 1496: <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 1497: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1498: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1499:
1500: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1501: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1502:
1.113 naddy 1503: <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 1504: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1505: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1506:
1507: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1508: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1509: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1510: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1511: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1512:
1.113 naddy 1513: <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 1514: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1515: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1516:
1.36 louis 1517: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1518: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1519:
1.113 naddy 1520: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1521: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1522: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1523: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1524:
1525: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1526: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1527:
1.69 deraadt 1528: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1529:
1.113 naddy 1530: <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 1531: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1532: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1533:
1534: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1535: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1536: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1537:
1.113 naddy 1538: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1539: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1540: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1541: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1542:
1543: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1544: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1545: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1546: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1547: <blockquote>
1548: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1549: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1550: <br>
1551: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1552: </code>
1553: </blockquote>
1554: <p>
1555:
1556: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1557: <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>
1558: <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
1559: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1560:
1561: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1562: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1563: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1564: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1565:
1.113 naddy 1566: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1567: <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 1568: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1569:
1570: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1571: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1572: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1573: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1574: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1575: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1576: <p>
1.19 louis 1577:
1.113 naddy 1578: <li><strong>
1579: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1580: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1581:
1582: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1583: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1584: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1585: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1586: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1587: <p>
1.16 louis 1588:
1.113 naddy 1589: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1590: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1591: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1592: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1593:
1.57 louis 1594: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1595: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1596: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1597: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1598:
1.113 naddy 1599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1600: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1601: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1602: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1603:
1.113 naddy 1604: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1605:
1.113 naddy 1606: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1607: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1608: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1609: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1610:
1.23 louis 1611: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1612: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1613: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1614: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1615: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1616: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1617:
1.113 naddy 1618: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1619: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1620: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1621: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1622:
1623: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1624: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1625: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1626: installation.
1.113 naddy 1627: <p>
1.47 louis 1628:
1.113 naddy 1629: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1630: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1631: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1632: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1633:
1634: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1635: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1636:
1.69 deraadt 1637: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1638:
1.113 naddy 1639: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1640: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1641: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1642: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1643:
1644: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1645: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1646: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1647: <p>
1.12 louis 1648:
1.113 naddy 1649: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1650: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1651: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1652: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1653:
1654: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1655: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1656: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1657: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1658: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1659: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1660: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1661: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1662:
1.69 deraadt 1663: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1664:
1.113 naddy 1665: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1666: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1667: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1668:
1669: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1670: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1671: available."
1.113 naddy 1672: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1673:
1.69 deraadt 1674: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1675:
1.113 naddy 1676: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1677: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1678: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1679:
1680: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1681: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1682: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1683: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1684: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1685: <p>
1.33 louis 1686:
1.113 naddy 1687: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1688: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1689: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1690: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1691:
1.113 naddy 1692: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1693: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1694: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1695: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1696: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1697: <p>
1.57 louis 1698:
1.69 deraadt 1699: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1700:
1.113 naddy 1701: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1702: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1703: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1704: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1705:
1706: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1707: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1708: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1709:
1.113 naddy 1710: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1711: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1712: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1713: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1714: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1715:
1716: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1717: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1718:
1.113 naddy 1719: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1720: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1721:
1.113 naddy 1722: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1723:
1.113 naddy 1724: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1725: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1726: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1727: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1728:
1729: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1730: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1731:
1.69 deraadt 1732: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1733:
1.113 naddy 1734: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1735: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1736: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1737:
1738: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1739: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1740: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1741:
1.113 naddy 1742: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1743: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1744: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1745: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1746:
1747: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1748: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1749: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1750: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1751:
1.69 deraadt 1752: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1753:
1.160 jufi 1754: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1755: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1756: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1757: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1758: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1759:
1760: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1761: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1762: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1763: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1764: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1765: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1766: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1767:
1.113 naddy 1768: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1769: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1770: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1771: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1772:
1773: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1774: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1775: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1776: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1777: <p>
1.15 louis 1778:
1.113 naddy 1779: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1780: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1781: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1782: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1783:
1784: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1785: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1786: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1787: columns."
1.113 naddy 1788: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1789:
1.69 deraadt 1790: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1791:
1.113 naddy 1792: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1793: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1794: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1795: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1796:
1797: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1798: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1799:
1.113 naddy 1800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1801: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1802: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1803:
1804: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1805: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1806: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1807:
1.69 deraadt 1808: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1809:
1.113 naddy 1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1811: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1812: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1813: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1814:
1815: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1816: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1817: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1818: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1819: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1820:
1.69 deraadt 1821: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1822:
1.113 naddy 1823: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1824: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1825: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1826:
1.69 deraadt 1827: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1828: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1829: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1830:
1.69 deraadt 1831: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1832:
1.113 naddy 1833: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1834: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1835: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1836: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1837:
1838: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1839: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1840: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1841:
1.113 naddy 1842: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1843: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1844: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1845: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1846: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1847:
1.69 deraadt 1848: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1849:
1.113 naddy 1850: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1851: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1852: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1853: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1854: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1855: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1856:
1857: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1858: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1859: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1860: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1861: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1862: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1863:
1864: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1865:
1.113 naddy 1866: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1867: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1868: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1869:
1.69 deraadt 1870: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1871: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1872: <p>
1.112 naddy 1873:
1.113 naddy 1874: </dl>
1875: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1876:
1.113 naddy 1877: <hr>
1878: <a name=se></a>
1879: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1880:
1.102 niklas 1881: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1882:
1.113 naddy 1883: <dl>
1884: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1885: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1886: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1887:
1888: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1889: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1890: <p>
1.102 niklas 1891:
1.113 naddy 1892: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1893:
1.84 niklas 1894: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1895:
1.113 naddy 1896: <dl>
1897: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1898: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1899: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1900:
1901: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1902: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1903: <p>
1.84 niklas 1904:
1.113 naddy 1905: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1906:
1.69 deraadt 1907: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1908:
1.113 naddy 1909: <dl>
1910: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1911: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1912: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1913:
1914: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1915: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1916: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1917: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1918:
1.113 naddy 1919: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1920: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1921: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1922: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1923: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1924:
1.20 louis 1925: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1926: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1927: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1928: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1929: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1930:
1.113 naddy 1931: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1932:
1.113 naddy 1933: <hr>
1934: <a name=jp></a>
1935: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1936:
1.113 naddy 1937: <dl>
1.20 louis 1938:
1.170 louis 1939: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1940:
1941: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1942: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
1943: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1944: </strong></font><br>
1945:
1946: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1947: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1948: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1949: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1950: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1951: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1952: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1953: <p>
1954:
1.69 deraadt 1955: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1956:
1.113 naddy 1957: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1958: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1959: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1960: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1961:
1962: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1963: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1964: translating and reprinting articles from
1965: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1966: <p>
1.112 naddy 1967:
1.113 naddy 1968: </dl>
1.20 louis 1969:
1.113 naddy 1970: <hr>
1971: <a name=de></a>
1972: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1973: <dl>
1.50 louis 1974:
1.151 louis 1975: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1976:
1977: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1978: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1979: </strong></font><br>
1980:
1981: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1982: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1983: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1984: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1985: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1986:
1987: <p>
1988:
1.72 louis 1989: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1990:
1.113 naddy 1991: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 1992: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1993: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 1994: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 1995:
1.101 jufi 1996: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 1997: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1998: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 1999: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2000: Giving way to
2001: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2002: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2003: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2004: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2005: <p>
1.72 louis 2006:
1.69 deraadt 2007: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2008:
1.113 naddy 2009: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2010: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2011: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2012: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2013:
2014: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2015: <p>
2016: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2017:
1.50 louis 2018:
1.113 naddy 2019: <hr>
2020: <a name=ru></a>
2021: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2022: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2023:
1.69 deraadt 2024: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2025:
1.113 naddy 2026: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2027: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2028: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2029: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2030:
2031: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2032: <p>
1.62 form 2033:
1.69 deraadt 2034: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2035:
1.113 naddy 2036: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2037: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2038: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2039: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2040:
1.59 form 2041: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2042: <p>
1.112 naddy 2043:
1.113 naddy 2044: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2045:
1.113 naddy 2046: <hr>
2047: <a name=pl></a>
2048: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2049: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2050:
1.113 naddy 2051: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2052: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2053: Radio, August 2, 2000
2054: </strong></font><br>
2055:
2056: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2057: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2058: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2059: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2060: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2061: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2062: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2063: <p>
2064:
2065: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2066: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2067: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2068: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2069: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2070:
2071: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2072: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2073: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2074: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2075: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2076: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2077: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2078: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2079: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2080: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2081: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2082: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2083: <p>
2084: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2085:
1.113 naddy 2086: <hr>
2087: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
2088: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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