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1.16 louis 31:
1.194 ! jufi 32: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
! 33:
! 34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 35: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
! 36: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
! 37: BSD Today, June 01, 2001
! 38: </strong></font><br>
! 39: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
! 40: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
! 41: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
! 42: <br>
! 43: The new
! 44: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
! 45: of tcp_wrappers is now free !<br>
! 46:
1.190 horacio 47: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
48:
49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 50:
51: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
52: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
53:
54: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
55: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
56:
57: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
58: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
59:
60: <a href="http://www.deadly.org">Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
61: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
62:
63: <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html">IPF: Free no more?</a>,
64: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
65:
66: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
67: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
68:
69: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
70: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
71:
72: <a href="http://www.deadly.org">IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
73: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
74:
75: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
76: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
77:
78: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
79: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
80:
81: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
82: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
83:
84: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
85: LWN weekly news, Jun 01, 2001<br>
86:
1.192 jufi 87: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
88: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
89: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, Jun 01, 2001<br>
90:
1.193 deraadt 91: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
92: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
93: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 01, 2001<br>
94:
1.190 horacio 95: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 96: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
97: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
98: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
99: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
100: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
101: <p>
1.190 horacio 102:
1.191 jufi 103: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
104: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082320,00.html">
105: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
106: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
107: </strong></font><br>
108: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
109: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
110: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
111: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 112: <p>
113:
1.191 jufi 114:
1.186 jufi 115: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 116:
1.186 jufi 117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
118: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 119: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
120: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 121: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 122:
1.188 jufi 123: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.187 deraadt 124: probability that someone can succesfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 125: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 126: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
127: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 128: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 129: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 130: <p>
131:
1.191 jufi 132:
133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
134: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20010405.html?&_ref=36874758">
135: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>
136: Security Portal, April 05, 2001
137: </strong></font><br>
138:
139: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
140: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
141: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
142: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
143: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
144: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
145: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
146: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
147: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
148: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
149: familiar?
150: <p>
151:
1.178 louis 152: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
153:
154: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 155: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
156: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 157: </strong></font><br>
158:
159: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
160: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
161: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
162: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
163: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
164: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
165: <p>
166:
1.179 louis 167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
168: <a
1.182 louis 169: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
170: </strong></font><br>
171:
172: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
173: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
174: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
175: <p>
176:
177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
178: <a
1.179 louis 179: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
180: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
181: </strong></font><br>
182:
183: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
184: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
185: <p>
186:
1.174 louis 187:
1.175 louis 188: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
189:
190: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
191: <a
1.179 louis 192: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
193: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
194: </strong></font><br>
195:
196: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
197: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
198: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
199: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
200: <p>
201:
202: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
203: <a
1.183 ian 204: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 205: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
206: </strong></font><br>
207:
208: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 209: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 210: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
211: <p>
212:
1.176 louis 213:
1.172 mickey 214: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
215:
216: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 217: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 218: </strong></font><br>
219:
220: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
221: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
222: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 223: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 224: <p>
225:
226: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
227: <a
1.174 louis 228: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
229: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
230: </strong></font><br>
231:
232: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
233: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
234: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
235: <p>
236:
237: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
238: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
239: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
240: </strong></font><br>
241:
242: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
243: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
244: <p>
245:
246: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
247: <a
248: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
249: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
250: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
251: </strong></font><br>
252:
253: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
254: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
255: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
256: our own Theo de Raadt.
257: <p>
258:
259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
260: <a
261: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
262: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
263: </strong></font><br>
264:
265: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
266: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
267: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
268: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
269: shut down.]
270: <p>
271:
272: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
273: <a
1.172 mickey 274: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
275: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 276: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 277: </strong></font><br>
278:
279: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
280: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
281: <p>
282:
283: </li>
284:
1.161 louis 285: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
286:
1.175 louis 287:
288: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
289: <a
290: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
291: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
292: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
293: </strong></font><br>
294:
295: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
296: by John Wolley
297: <p>
298:
299: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
300: <a
301: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
302: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
303: </strong></font><br>
304:
305: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
306: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
307: OpenBSD).
308: <p>
309:
1.161 louis 310: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
311: <a
1.171 louis 312: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
313: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
314: </strong></font><br>
315:
316: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
317: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
318: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
319: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
320: and hindsight.
321: <p>
322:
323: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
324: <a
1.168 provos 325: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
326: December 7, 2000
327: </strong></font><br>
328:
329: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
330: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
331: us explain.
332: <p>
333:
334: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
335: <a
1.166 louis 336: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
337: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
338: December 6, 2000
339: </strong></font><br>
340:
341: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
342: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
343: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
344: <p>
345:
346: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
347: <a
1.162 millert 348: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
349: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
350: </strong></font><br>
351:
352: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 353: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
354: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
355: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
356: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
357: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
358: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 359: <p>
1.162 millert 360:
361: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
362: <a
1.161 louis 363: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
364: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
365: </strong></font><br>
366:
367: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
368: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
369: <p>
370:
1.169 louis 371: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
372: <a
373: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
374: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
375: </strong></font><br>
376:
377: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
378: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
379: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
380: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
381: <p>
382:
1.158 louis 383: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 384:
385: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 386: <a
1.175 louis 387: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
388: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
389: </strong></font><br>
390:
391: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
392: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
393: <p>
394:
395: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
396: <a
1.164 deraadt 397: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 398: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 399: </strong></font><br>
400: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
401: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
402: <p>
403:
404: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
405: <a
406: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
407: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
408: </strong></font><br>
409:
410: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
411: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
412: <p>
413:
414: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
415: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
416: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
417: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 418:
1.161 louis 419: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
420: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
421: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
422: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
423: <p>
1.174 louis 424: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
425: <a
426: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
427: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
428: </strong></font><br>
429:
430: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
431: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
432: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
433: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
434: much of the attitude too).
435: <p>
1.161 louis 436:
437: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
438: <a
1.157 louis 439: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
440: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
441: </strong></font><br>
442: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
443: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
444: <p>
445:
446: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
447:
448: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 449: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
450: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
451: </strong></font><br>
452:
453: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
454: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
455: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
456: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
457: <p>
458:
459: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
460: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
461: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
462: </strong></font><br>
463:
464: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
465: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
466: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
467: it because they love coding...
468: <p>
469:
470: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
471: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
472: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
473: </strong></font><br>
474:
475: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
476: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
477: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
478: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
479: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
480: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
481: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
482: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
483: <p>
484:
485: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 486: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
487: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
488: </strong></font><br>
489:
490: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
491: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
492: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
493: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
494: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
495: the pizza.
496: <p>
497:
498: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 499: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
500: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
501: </strong></font><br>
502:
503: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
504: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
505: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
506: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
507: problems.
508: <p>
509:
510: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 511: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
512: </strong></font><br>
513:
514: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
515: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
516: - whether they like it or not.
517: <p>
518:
519: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 520: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
521: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
522: </strong></font><br>
523:
524: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
525: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
526: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 527: <p>
1.148 aaron 528:
529: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 530: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
531: </strong></font><br>
532:
533: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
534: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
535: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
536: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
537: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
538: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
539: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
540: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
541: <p>
542:
543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 544: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
545: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
546: </strong></font><br>
547:
548: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
549: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
550: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
551: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
552: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
553: <p>
554:
1.138 louis 555: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
556:
557: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 558: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 559: System Takes On Linux</a>,
560: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
561: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 562: </strong></font><br>
563:
1.146 louis 564: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
565: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
566: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
567: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
568: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
569: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
570: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 571: <p>
572:
573: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 574: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
575: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
576: </strong></font><br>
577:
578: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
579: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
580: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
581: library after installing the OS.
582: <p>
583:
584: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 585: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 586: Sys Admin, September 2000
587: </strong></font><br>
588:
589: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
590: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
591: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
592: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
593: (<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>,
594: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
595: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
596: <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 597: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 598: out of the system.
599: <p>
600:
1.144 louis 601: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
602: <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
603: </strong></font><br>
604:
605: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
606: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
607: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
608: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
609: the IP filtering and address translation.
610: <p>
611:
1.131 louis 612: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
613:
614: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 615: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
616: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
617: </strong></font><br>
618:
619: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
620: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
621: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
622: <p>
623:
624: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 625: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
626: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
627: </strong></font><br>
628:
629: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
630: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
631: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
632: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
633: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
634: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
635: note of"</i>.
636: <p>
637:
638: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 639: <a
640: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
641: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
642: </strong></font><br>
643:
644: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
645: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
646: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
647: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
648: <p>
649:
650: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 651: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 652: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
653: </strong></font><br>
654:
655: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
656: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
657: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
658: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
659: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
660: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
661: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
662: <p>
663:
664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 665: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
666: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
667: 2000
668: </strong></font><br>
669:
670: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
671: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
672: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
673: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
674: against current industry practices.
675: <p>
676:
677: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 678: <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
679: </strong></font><br>
680:
681: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
682: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
683: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
684: <p>
685:
686: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 687: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
688: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
689: </strong></font><br>
690:
691: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
692: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
693: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
694: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
695: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
696: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
697: careful code reviews, he concludes.
698: <p>
699:
700: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 701: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
702: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
703: </strong></font><br>
704:
705: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
706: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
707: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
708: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
709: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 710: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
711: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
712: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 713: <p>
714:
1.118 louis 715: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
716:
717: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 718: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
719: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
720: </strong></font><br>
721:
722: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
723: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
724: about time. The article mentions that
725: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
726: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
727: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 728: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 729: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
730: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
731: ammended since.
732: <p>
733:
734: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 735: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 736: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 737: </strong></font><br>
738:
739: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
740: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
741: of OpenSSH.
742: <p>
743:
744: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
745: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
746: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
747: </strong></font><br>
748:
749: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 750: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 751: bridging.
752: <p>
753:
754: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
755: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
756: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 757: </strong></font><br>
758:
1.121 deraadt 759: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
760: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 761: <p>
762:
763: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 764: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
765: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
766: </strong></font><br>
767:
768: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
769: <p>
770:
771: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 772: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 773: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
774: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 775: </strong></font><br>
776:
1.120 deraadt 777: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
778: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 779: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
780: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
781: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
782: <p>
783:
784: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 785: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
786: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
787: </strong></font><br>
788:
789: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
790: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
791: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
792: protocols and their quirks.
793: <p>
794:
795: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 796: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html">In
1.137 louis 797: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 798: </strong></font><br>
799:
800: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
801: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
802: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 803: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 804: <p>
805:
806: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 807: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
808: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
809: </strong></font><br>
810:
811: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
812: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
813: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
814: <p>
815:
816: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 817: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 818: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
819: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 820: </strong></font><br>
821:
822: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
823: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
824: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
825: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
826: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
827: <p>
828:
1.104 louis 829: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
830:
1.113 naddy 831: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 832: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
833: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
834: </strong></font><br>
835:
836: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
837: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
838: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
839: be a bit dry.
840: <p>
841:
842: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 843: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
844: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
845: 2000
1.128 louis 846: </strong></font><br>
847:
848: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
849: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
850: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
851: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
852: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 853: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 854: <p>
855:
856: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 857: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
858: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 859: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 860:
861: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
862: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
863: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
864: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 865: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
866: <p>
1.110 louis 867:
1.117 louis 868: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
869: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
870: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
871: </strong></font><br>
872:
873: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
874: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
875: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
876: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
877: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
878: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
879: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
880: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
881: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
882: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
883: <p>
884:
1.113 naddy 885: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 886: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 887: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 888:
889: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
890: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 891: <p>
1.108 louis 892:
1.113 naddy 893: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 894: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
895: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 896: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 897:
898: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
899: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
900: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 901: <p>
1.106 louis 902:
1.113 naddy 903: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 904: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
905: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 906: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 907:
908: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
909: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
910: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
911: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 912: <p>
1.107 louis 913:
1.113 naddy 914: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 915: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
916: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 917: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 918:
919: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
920: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 921: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 922: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
923: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 924: <p>
1.105 louis 925:
1.113 naddy 926: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 927: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 928: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 929: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 930:
1.113 naddy 931: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
932: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 933: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 934: <p>
1.104 louis 935:
1.121 deraadt 936: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
937: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
938: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
939: </strong></font><br>
940:
941: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
942: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
943: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
944: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
945: <p>
946:
1.85 louis 947: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
948:
1.113 naddy 949: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 950: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 951: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 952: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 953:
954: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
955: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
956: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
957: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
958: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
959: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
960: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 961: <p>
1.99 louis 962:
1.113 naddy 963: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 964: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 965: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 966: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 967:
968: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
969: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
970: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
971: conditions.
1.113 naddy 972: <p>
1.100 louis 973:
1.113 naddy 974: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 975: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 976: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 977: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 978:
979: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
980: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
981: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
982: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 983: <p>
1.95 louis 984:
1.113 naddy 985: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 986: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 987: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 988: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 989:
990: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
991: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 992: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 993: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
994: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 995: <p>
1.92 louis 996:
1.113 naddy 997: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
998: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 999: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1000: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1001:
1002: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1003: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1004: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1005: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1006: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1007: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1008: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1009: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1010: <p>
1.91 louis 1011:
1.113 naddy 1012: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 1013: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
1014: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1015: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1016:
1017: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1018: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1019: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1020: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1021: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1022: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1023: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1024: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1025: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1026: <p>
1.90 louis 1027:
1.113 naddy 1028: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1029: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1030: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1031: </strong></font><br>
1032: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1033: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1034: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1035: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1036: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1037: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1038: <p>
1039:
1040: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1041: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1042: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1043: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1044:
1.113 naddy 1045: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1046: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1047: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1048: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1049: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1050: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1051: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1052: <p>
1.87 louis 1053:
1.113 naddy 1054: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1055: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1056: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1057: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1058:
1059: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1060: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1061: <p>
1.85 louis 1062:
1.113 naddy 1063: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1064: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1065: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1066: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1067:
1068: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1069: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1070: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1071: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1072: <p>
1.89 louis 1073:
1.113 naddy 1074: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1075: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1076: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1077: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1078:
1079: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1080: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1081: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1082: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1083: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1084:
1.78 deraadt 1085: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1086:
1.113 naddy 1087: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1088: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1089: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1090: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1091: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1092:
1093: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1094: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1095: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1096: <p>
1.83 louis 1097:
1.113 naddy 1098: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1099: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1100: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1101: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1102:
1103: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1104: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 1105: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1106: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1107: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1108: <p>
1.93 louis 1109:
1.113 naddy 1110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1111: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 1112: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1113: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1114:
1.83 louis 1115: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1116: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1117: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1118: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1119: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1120: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1121: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1122: <p>
1.82 aaron 1123:
1.113 naddy 1124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1125: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1126: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1127: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1128:
1.83 louis 1129: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1130: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1131: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1132: <p>
1.80 louis 1133:
1.113 naddy 1134: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1135: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1136: Bad Press</a>,
1137: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1138: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1139:
1140: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1141: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1142: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1143: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1144: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1145: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1146:
1147: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1148:
1.113 naddy 1149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1150: <a
1.111 jufi 1151: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 1152: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
1153: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1154: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1155:
1156: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1157: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1158: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1159: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1160: <p>
1.74 louis 1161:
1.113 naddy 1162: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1163: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1164: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1165: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1166:
1167: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1168: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1169: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1170: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1171: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1172: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1173: <p>
1.88 louis 1174:
1.113 naddy 1175: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1176: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1177: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1178: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1179:
1180: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1181: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1182: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1183: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1184: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1185: <p>
1.81 louis 1186:
1.113 naddy 1187: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1188: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1189: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1190: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1191:
1192: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1193: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1194: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1195: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1196: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1197: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1198: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1199: <p>
1.90 louis 1200:
1.113 naddy 1201: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1202: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1203: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1204: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1205:
1206: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1207: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1208: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1209: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1210: <p>
1.71 louis 1211:
1.69 deraadt 1212: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1213:
1.113 naddy 1214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1215: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 1216: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1217: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1218:
1219: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1220: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1221: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1222: <p>
1.70 louis 1223:
1.113 naddy 1224: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1225: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1226: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1227:
1228: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1229: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1230: <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 1231: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1232: <p>
1.68 louis 1233:
1.113 naddy 1234: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1235: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1236: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1237: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1238:
1.111 jufi 1239: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1240: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1241: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1242: "secure by default" installation.
1243: <p>
1.64 louis 1244:
1.113 naddy 1245: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1246: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1247: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1248: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1249:
1.113 naddy 1250: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1251: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1252: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1253: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1254: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1255: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1256: <p>
1.66 louis 1257:
1.113 naddy 1258: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1259: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1260: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1261: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1262:
1263: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1264: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1265: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1266: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1267: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1268: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1269: <p>
1.83 louis 1270:
1.113 naddy 1271: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1272: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1273: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1274: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1275:
1276: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1277: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1278: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1279: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1280: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1281: <p>
1.64 louis 1282:
1.113 naddy 1283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1284: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1285: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1286: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1287:
1288: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1289: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1290: <p>
1.65 louis 1291:
1.69 deraadt 1292: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1293:
1.113 naddy 1294: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1295: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1296: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1297: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1298:
1299: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1300: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1301: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1302: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1303: <p>
1.88 louis 1304:
1.113 naddy 1305: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1306: <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 1307: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1308:
1309: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1310: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1311: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1312: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1313: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1314: <p>
1.60 louis 1315:
1.113 naddy 1316: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1317: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1318: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1319: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1320: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1321:
1322: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1323: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1324: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1325: <p>
1.58 louis 1326:
1.113 naddy 1327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1328: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1329: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1330:
1331: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1332: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1333: <p>
1.53 louis 1334:
1.113 naddy 1335: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1336: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1337: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1338: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1339:
1340: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1341: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1342: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1343: <p>
1.99 louis 1344:
1.113 naddy 1345: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1346: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1347: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1348:
1349: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1350: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1351: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1352: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1353: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1354:
1.113 naddy 1355: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1356: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1357: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1358: </strong></font><br>
1359:
1360: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1361: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1362: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1363: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1364: <p>
1365:
1366: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1367: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1368: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1369: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1370:
1371: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1372: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1373: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1374:
1.113 naddy 1375: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1376: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1377: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1378:
1379: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1380: in
1.113 naddy 1381: <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 1382: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1383: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1384: <p>
1.53 louis 1385:
1.113 naddy 1386: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1387: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1388: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1389: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1390: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1391:
1.58 louis 1392: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1393: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1394:
1.69 deraadt 1395: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1396:
1.113 naddy 1397: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1398: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1399: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1400: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1401: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1402:
1.58 louis 1403: Kurt Seifried
1404: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1405: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1406: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1407: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1408:
1.113 naddy 1409: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1410: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1411: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1412: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1413:
1414: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1415: <p>
1.96 louis 1416:
1.113 naddy 1417: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1418: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1419: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1420: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1421:
1422: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1423: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1424: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1425: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1426: <p>
1.86 louis 1427:
1.69 deraadt 1428: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1429:
1.113 naddy 1430: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1431: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1432: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1433: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1434:
1435: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1436: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1437: <p>
1.61 louis 1438:
1.113 naddy 1439: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1440: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1441: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1442: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1443: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1444:
1445: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1446: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1447: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1448: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1449: right -- or at least strives to".
1450: <p>
1.48 louis 1451:
1.113 naddy 1452: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1453: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1454: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1455: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1456: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1457: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1458: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1459: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1460: <p>
1.61 louis 1461:
1.113 naddy 1462: <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 1463: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1464: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1465:
1466: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1467: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1468: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1469: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1470: <p>
1.46 louis 1471:
1.113 naddy 1472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1473: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1474: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1475: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1476:
1477: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1478: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1479: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1480:
1.113 naddy 1481: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1482: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1483: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1484: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1485:
1486: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1487: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1488: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1489: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1490: <p>
1.70 louis 1491:
1.69 deraadt 1492: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1493:
1.113 naddy 1494: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1495: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1496: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1497:
1498: Kurt Seifried
1499: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1500: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1501: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1502: <p>
1.44 philen 1503:
1.113 naddy 1504: <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 1505: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1506: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1507:
1508: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1509: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1510:
1.113 naddy 1511: <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 1512: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1513: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1514:
1515: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1516: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1517:
1.113 naddy 1518: <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 1519: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1520: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1521:
1522: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1523: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1524: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1525: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1526: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1527:
1.113 naddy 1528: <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 1529: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1530: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1531:
1.36 louis 1532: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1533: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1534:
1.113 naddy 1535: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1536: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1537: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1538: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1539:
1540: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1541: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1542:
1.69 deraadt 1543: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1544:
1.113 naddy 1545: <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 1546: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1547: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1548:
1549: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1550: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1551: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1552:
1.113 naddy 1553: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1554: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1555: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1556: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1557:
1558: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1559: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1560: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1561: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1562: <blockquote>
1563: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1564: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1565: <br>
1566: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1567: </code>
1568: </blockquote>
1569: <p>
1570:
1571: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1572: <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>
1573: <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
1574: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1575:
1576: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1577: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1578: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1579: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1580:
1.113 naddy 1581: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1582: <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 1583: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1584:
1585: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1586: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1587: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1588: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1589: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1590: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1591: <p>
1.19 louis 1592:
1.113 naddy 1593: <li><strong>
1594: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1595: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1596:
1597: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1598: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1599: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1600: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1601: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1602: <p>
1.16 louis 1603:
1.113 naddy 1604: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1605: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1606: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1607: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1608:
1.57 louis 1609: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1610: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1611: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1612: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1613:
1.113 naddy 1614: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1615: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1616: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1617: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1618:
1.113 naddy 1619: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1620:
1.113 naddy 1621: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1622: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1623: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1624: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1625:
1.23 louis 1626: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1627: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1628: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1629: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1630: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1631: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1632:
1.113 naddy 1633: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1634: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1635: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1636: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1637:
1638: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1639: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1640: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1641: installation.
1.113 naddy 1642: <p>
1.47 louis 1643:
1.113 naddy 1644: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1645: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1646: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1647: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1648:
1649: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1650: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1651:
1.69 deraadt 1652: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1653:
1.113 naddy 1654: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1655: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1656: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1657: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1658:
1659: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1660: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1661: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1662: <p>
1.12 louis 1663:
1.113 naddy 1664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1665: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1666: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1667: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1668:
1669: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1670: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1671: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1672: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1673: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1674: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1675: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1676: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1677:
1.69 deraadt 1678: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1679:
1.113 naddy 1680: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1681: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1682: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1683:
1684: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1685: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1686: available."
1.113 naddy 1687: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1688:
1.69 deraadt 1689: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1690:
1.113 naddy 1691: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1692: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1693: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1694:
1695: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1696: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1697: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1698: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1699: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1700: <p>
1.33 louis 1701:
1.113 naddy 1702: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1703: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1704: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1705: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1706:
1.113 naddy 1707: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1708: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1709: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1710: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1711: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1712: <p>
1.57 louis 1713:
1.69 deraadt 1714: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1715:
1.113 naddy 1716: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1717: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1718: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1719: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1720:
1721: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1722: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1723: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1724:
1.113 naddy 1725: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1726: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1727: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1728: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1729: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1730:
1731: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1732: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1733:
1.113 naddy 1734: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1735: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1736:
1.113 naddy 1737: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1738:
1.113 naddy 1739: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1740: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1741: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1742: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1743:
1744: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1745: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1746:
1.69 deraadt 1747: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1748:
1.113 naddy 1749: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1750: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1751: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1752:
1753: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1754: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1755: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1756:
1.113 naddy 1757: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1758: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1759: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1760: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1761:
1762: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1763: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1764: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1765: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1766:
1.69 deraadt 1767: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1768:
1.160 jufi 1769: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1770: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1771: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1772: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1773: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1774:
1775: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1776: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1777: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1778: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1779: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1780: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1781: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1782:
1.113 naddy 1783: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1784: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1785: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1786: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1787:
1788: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1789: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1790: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1791: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1792: <p>
1.15 louis 1793:
1.113 naddy 1794: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1795: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1796: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1797: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1798:
1799: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1800: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1801: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1802: columns."
1.113 naddy 1803: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1804:
1.69 deraadt 1805: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1806:
1.113 naddy 1807: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1808: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1809: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1810: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1811:
1812: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1813: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1814:
1.113 naddy 1815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1816: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1817: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1818:
1819: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1820: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1821: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1822:
1.69 deraadt 1823: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1824:
1.113 naddy 1825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1826: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1827: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1828: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1829:
1830: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1831: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1832: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1833: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1834: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1835:
1.69 deraadt 1836: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1837:
1.113 naddy 1838: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1839: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1840: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1841:
1.69 deraadt 1842: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1843: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1844: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1845:
1.69 deraadt 1846: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1847:
1.113 naddy 1848: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1849: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1850: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1851: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1852:
1853: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1854: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1855: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1856:
1.113 naddy 1857: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1858: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1859: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1860: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1861: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1862:
1.69 deraadt 1863: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1864:
1.113 naddy 1865: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1866: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1867: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1868: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1869: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1870: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1871:
1872: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1873: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1874: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1875: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1876: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1877: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1878:
1879: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1880:
1.113 naddy 1881: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1882: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1883: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1884:
1.69 deraadt 1885: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1886: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1887: <p>
1.112 naddy 1888:
1.113 naddy 1889: </dl>
1890: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1891:
1.113 naddy 1892: <hr>
1893: <a name=se></a>
1894: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1895:
1.102 niklas 1896: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1897:
1.113 naddy 1898: <dl>
1899: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1900: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1901: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1902:
1903: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1904: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1905: <p>
1.102 niklas 1906:
1.113 naddy 1907: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1908:
1.84 niklas 1909: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1910:
1.113 naddy 1911: <dl>
1912: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1913: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1914: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1915:
1916: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1917: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1918: <p>
1.84 niklas 1919:
1.113 naddy 1920: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1921:
1.69 deraadt 1922: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1923:
1.113 naddy 1924: <dl>
1925: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1926: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1927: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1928:
1929: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1930: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1931: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1932: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1933:
1.113 naddy 1934: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1935: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1936: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1937: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1938: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1939:
1.20 louis 1940: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1941: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1942: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1943: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1944: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1945:
1.113 naddy 1946: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1947:
1.113 naddy 1948: <hr>
1949: <a name=jp></a>
1950: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1951:
1.113 naddy 1952: <dl>
1.20 louis 1953:
1.170 louis 1954: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1955:
1956: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1957: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
1958: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1959: </strong></font><br>
1960:
1961: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1962: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1963: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1964: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1965: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1966: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1967: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1968: <p>
1969:
1.69 deraadt 1970: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1971:
1.113 naddy 1972: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1973: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1974: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1975: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1976:
1977: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1978: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1979: translating and reprinting articles from
1980: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1981: <p>
1.112 naddy 1982:
1.113 naddy 1983: </dl>
1.20 louis 1984:
1.113 naddy 1985: <hr>
1986: <a name=de></a>
1987: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1988: <dl>
1.50 louis 1989:
1.151 louis 1990: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1991:
1992: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1993: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1994: </strong></font><br>
1995:
1996: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1997: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1998: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1999: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2000: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2001:
2002: <p>
2003:
1.72 louis 2004: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2005:
1.113 naddy 2006: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2007: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2008: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2009: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2010:
1.101 jufi 2011: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2012: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2013: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2014: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2015: Giving way to
2016: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2017: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2018: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2019: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2020: <p>
1.72 louis 2021:
1.69 deraadt 2022: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2023:
1.113 naddy 2024: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2025: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2026: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2027: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2028:
2029: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2030: <p>
2031: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2032:
1.50 louis 2033:
1.113 naddy 2034: <hr>
2035: <a name=ru></a>
2036: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2037: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2038:
1.69 deraadt 2039: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2040:
1.113 naddy 2041: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2042: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2043: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2044: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2045:
2046: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2047: <p>
1.62 form 2048:
1.69 deraadt 2049: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2050:
1.113 naddy 2051: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2052: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2053: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2054: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2055:
1.59 form 2056: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2057: <p>
1.112 naddy 2058:
1.113 naddy 2059: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2060:
1.113 naddy 2061: <hr>
2062: <a name=pl></a>
2063: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2064: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2065:
1.113 naddy 2066: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2067: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2068: Radio, August 2, 2000
2069: </strong></font><br>
2070:
2071: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2072: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2073: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2074: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2075: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2076: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2077: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2078: <p>
2079:
2080: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2081: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2082: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2083: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2084: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2085:
2086: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2087: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2088: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2089: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2090: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2091: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2092: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2093: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2094: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2095: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2096: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2097: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2098: <p>
2099: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2100:
1.113 naddy 2101: <hr>
2102: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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