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29: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
30: <dl>
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:
1.196 ! deraadt 95: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
! 96: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
! 97:
1.190 horacio 98: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 99: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
100: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
101: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
102: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
103: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
104: <p>
1.190 horacio 105:
1.191 jufi 106: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.195 jufi 107: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010516.html">
108: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
109: SecurityPortal, May 16, 2001
110: </strong></font><br>
111: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
112: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010509.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>
113: , Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good programming is more important than dozens of features and
114: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
115: <p>
116:
117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 118: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082320,00.html">
119: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
120: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
121: </strong></font><br>
122: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
123: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
124: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
125: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 126: <p>
127:
1.191 jufi 128:
1.186 jufi 129: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 130:
1.186 jufi 131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
132: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 133: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
134: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 135: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 136:
1.188 jufi 137: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.187 deraadt 138: probability that someone can succesfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 139: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 140: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
141: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 142: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 143: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 144: <p>
145:
1.191 jufi 146:
147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
148: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20010405.html?&_ref=36874758">
149: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>
150: Security Portal, April 05, 2001
151: </strong></font><br>
152:
153: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
154: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
155: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
156: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
157: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
158: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
159: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
160: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
161: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
162: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
163: familiar?
164: <p>
165:
1.178 louis 166: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
167:
168: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 169: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
170: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 171: </strong></font><br>
172:
173: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
174: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
175: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
176: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
177: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
178: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
179: <p>
180:
1.179 louis 181: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
182: <a
1.182 louis 183: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
184: </strong></font><br>
185:
186: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
187: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
188: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
189: <p>
190:
191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
192: <a
1.179 louis 193: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
194: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
195: </strong></font><br>
196:
197: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
198: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
199: <p>
200:
1.174 louis 201:
1.175 louis 202: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
203:
204: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
205: <a
1.179 louis 206: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
207: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
208: </strong></font><br>
209:
210: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
211: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
212: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
213: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
214: <p>
215:
216: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
217: <a
1.183 ian 218: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 219: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
220: </strong></font><br>
221:
222: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 223: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 224: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
225: <p>
226:
1.176 louis 227:
1.172 mickey 228: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
229:
230: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 231: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 232: </strong></font><br>
233:
234: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
235: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
236: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 237: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 238: <p>
239:
240: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
241: <a
1.174 louis 242: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
243: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
244: </strong></font><br>
245:
246: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
247: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
248: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
249: <p>
250:
251: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
252: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
253: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
254: </strong></font><br>
255:
256: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
257: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
258: <p>
259:
260: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
261: <a
262: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
263: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
264: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
265: </strong></font><br>
266:
267: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
268: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
269: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
270: our own Theo de Raadt.
271: <p>
272:
273: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
274: <a
275: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
276: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
277: </strong></font><br>
278:
279: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
280: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
281: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
282: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
283: shut down.]
284: <p>
285:
286: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
287: <a
1.172 mickey 288: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
289: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 290: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 291: </strong></font><br>
292:
293: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
294: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
295: <p>
296:
297: </li>
298:
1.161 louis 299: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
300:
1.175 louis 301:
302: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
303: <a
304: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
305: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
306: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
307: </strong></font><br>
308:
309: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
310: by John Wolley
311: <p>
312:
313: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
314: <a
315: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
316: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
317: </strong></font><br>
318:
319: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
320: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
321: OpenBSD).
322: <p>
323:
1.161 louis 324: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
325: <a
1.171 louis 326: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
327: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
328: </strong></font><br>
329:
330: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
331: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
332: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
333: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
334: and hindsight.
335: <p>
336:
337: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
338: <a
1.168 provos 339: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
340: December 7, 2000
341: </strong></font><br>
342:
343: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
344: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
345: us explain.
346: <p>
347:
348: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
349: <a
1.166 louis 350: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
351: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
352: December 6, 2000
353: </strong></font><br>
354:
355: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
356: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
357: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
358: <p>
359:
360: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
361: <a
1.162 millert 362: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
363: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
364: </strong></font><br>
365:
366: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 367: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
368: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
369: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
370: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
371: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
372: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 373: <p>
1.162 millert 374:
375: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
376: <a
1.161 louis 377: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
378: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
379: </strong></font><br>
380:
381: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
382: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
383: <p>
384:
1.169 louis 385: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
386: <a
387: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
388: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
389: </strong></font><br>
390:
391: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
392: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
393: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
394: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
395: <p>
396:
1.158 louis 397: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 398:
399: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 400: <a
1.175 louis 401: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
402: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
403: </strong></font><br>
404:
405: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
406: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
407: <p>
408:
409: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
410: <a
1.164 deraadt 411: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 412: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 413: </strong></font><br>
414: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
415: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
416: <p>
417:
418: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
419: <a
420: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
421: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
422: </strong></font><br>
423:
424: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
425: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
426: <p>
427:
428: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
429: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
430: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
431: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 432:
1.161 louis 433: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
434: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
435: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
436: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
437: <p>
1.174 louis 438: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
439: <a
440: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
441: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
442: </strong></font><br>
443:
444: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
445: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
446: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
447: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
448: much of the attitude too).
449: <p>
1.161 louis 450:
451: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
452: <a
1.157 louis 453: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
454: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
455: </strong></font><br>
456: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
457: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
458: <p>
459:
460: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
461:
462: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 463: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
464: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
465: </strong></font><br>
466:
467: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
468: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
469: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
470: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
471: <p>
472:
473: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
474: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
475: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
476: </strong></font><br>
477:
478: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
479: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
480: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
481: it because they love coding...
482: <p>
483:
484: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
485: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
486: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
487: </strong></font><br>
488:
489: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
490: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
491: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
492: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
493: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
494: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
495: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
496: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
497: <p>
498:
499: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 500: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
501: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
502: </strong></font><br>
503:
504: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
505: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
506: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
507: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
508: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
509: the pizza.
510: <p>
511:
512: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 513: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
514: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
515: </strong></font><br>
516:
517: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
518: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
519: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
520: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
521: problems.
522: <p>
523:
524: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 525: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
526: </strong></font><br>
527:
528: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
529: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
530: - whether they like it or not.
531: <p>
532:
533: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 534: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
535: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
536: </strong></font><br>
537:
538: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
539: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
540: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 541: <p>
1.148 aaron 542:
543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 544: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
545: </strong></font><br>
546:
547: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
548: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
549: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
550: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
551: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
552: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
553: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
554: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
555: <p>
556:
557: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 558: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
559: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
560: </strong></font><br>
561:
562: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
563: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
564: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
565: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
566: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
567: <p>
568:
1.138 louis 569: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
570:
571: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 572: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 573: System Takes On Linux</a>,
574: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
575: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 576: </strong></font><br>
577:
1.146 louis 578: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
579: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
580: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
581: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
582: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
583: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
584: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 585: <p>
586:
587: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 588: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
589: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
590: </strong></font><br>
591:
592: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
593: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
594: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
595: library after installing the OS.
596: <p>
597:
598: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 599: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 600: Sys Admin, September 2000
601: </strong></font><br>
602:
603: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
604: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
605: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
606: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
607: (<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>,
608: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
609: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
610: <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 611: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 612: out of the system.
613: <p>
614:
1.144 louis 615: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
616: <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
617: </strong></font><br>
618:
619: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
620: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
621: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
622: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
623: the IP filtering and address translation.
624: <p>
625:
1.131 louis 626: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
627:
628: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 629: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
630: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
631: </strong></font><br>
632:
633: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
634: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
635: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
636: <p>
637:
638: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 639: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
640: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
641: </strong></font><br>
642:
643: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
644: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
645: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
646: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
647: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
648: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
649: note of"</i>.
650: <p>
651:
652: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 653: <a
654: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
655: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
656: </strong></font><br>
657:
658: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
659: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
660: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
661: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
662: <p>
663:
664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 665: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 666: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
667: </strong></font><br>
668:
669: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
670: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
671: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
672: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
673: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
674: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
675: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
676: <p>
677:
678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 679: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
680: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
681: 2000
682: </strong></font><br>
683:
684: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
685: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
686: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
687: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
688: against current industry practices.
689: <p>
690:
691: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 692: <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
693: </strong></font><br>
694:
695: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
696: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
697: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
698: <p>
699:
700: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 701: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
702: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
703: </strong></font><br>
704:
705: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
706: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
707: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
708: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
709: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
710: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
711: careful code reviews, he concludes.
712: <p>
713:
714: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 715: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
716: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
717: </strong></font><br>
718:
719: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
720: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
721: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
722: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
723: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 724: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
725: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
726: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 727: <p>
728:
1.118 louis 729: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
730:
731: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 732: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
733: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
734: </strong></font><br>
735:
736: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
737: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
738: about time. The article mentions that
739: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
740: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
741: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 742: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 743: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
744: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
745: ammended since.
746: <p>
747:
748: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 749: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 750: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 751: </strong></font><br>
752:
753: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
754: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
755: of OpenSSH.
756: <p>
757:
758: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
759: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
760: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
761: </strong></font><br>
762:
763: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 764: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 765: bridging.
766: <p>
767:
768: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
769: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
770: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 771: </strong></font><br>
772:
1.121 deraadt 773: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
774: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 775: <p>
776:
777: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 778: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
779: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
780: </strong></font><br>
781:
782: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
783: <p>
784:
785: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 786: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 787: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
788: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 789: </strong></font><br>
790:
1.120 deraadt 791: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
792: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 793: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
794: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
795: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
796: <p>
797:
798: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 799: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
800: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
801: </strong></font><br>
802:
803: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
804: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
805: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
806: protocols and their quirks.
807: <p>
808:
809: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 810: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html">In
1.137 louis 811: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 812: </strong></font><br>
813:
814: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
815: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
816: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 817: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 818: <p>
819:
820: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 821: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
822: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
823: </strong></font><br>
824:
825: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
826: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
827: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
828: <p>
829:
830: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 831: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 832: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
833: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 834: </strong></font><br>
835:
836: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
837: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
838: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
839: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
840: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
841: <p>
842:
1.104 louis 843: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
844:
1.113 naddy 845: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 846: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
847: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
848: </strong></font><br>
849:
850: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
851: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
852: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
853: be a bit dry.
854: <p>
855:
856: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 857: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
858: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
859: 2000
1.128 louis 860: </strong></font><br>
861:
862: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
863: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
864: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
865: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
866: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 867: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 868: <p>
869:
870: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 871: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
872: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 873: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 874:
875: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
876: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
877: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
878: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 879: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
880: <p>
1.110 louis 881:
1.117 louis 882: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
883: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
884: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
885: </strong></font><br>
886:
887: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
888: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
889: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
890: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
891: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
892: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
893: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
894: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
895: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
896: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
897: <p>
898:
1.113 naddy 899: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 900: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 901: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 902:
903: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
904: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 905: <p>
1.108 louis 906:
1.113 naddy 907: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 908: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
909: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 910: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 911:
912: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
913: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
914: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 915: <p>
1.106 louis 916:
1.113 naddy 917: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 918: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
919: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 920: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 921:
922: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
923: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
924: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
925: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 926: <p>
1.107 louis 927:
1.113 naddy 928: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 929: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
930: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 931: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 932:
933: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
934: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 935: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 936: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
937: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 938: <p>
1.105 louis 939:
1.113 naddy 940: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 941: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 942: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 943: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 944:
1.113 naddy 945: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
946: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 947: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 948: <p>
1.104 louis 949:
1.121 deraadt 950: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
951: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
952: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
953: </strong></font><br>
954:
955: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
956: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
957: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
958: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
959: <p>
960:
1.85 louis 961: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
962:
1.113 naddy 963: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 964: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 965: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 966: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 967:
968: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
969: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
970: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
971: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
972: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
973: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
974: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 975: <p>
1.99 louis 976:
1.113 naddy 977: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 978: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 979: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 980: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 981:
982: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
983: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
984: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
985: conditions.
1.113 naddy 986: <p>
1.100 louis 987:
1.113 naddy 988: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 989: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 990: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 991: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 992:
993: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
994: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
995: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
996: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 997: <p>
1.95 louis 998:
1.113 naddy 999: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1000: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1001: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1002: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1003:
1004: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1005: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1006: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1007: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1008: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1009: <p>
1.92 louis 1010:
1.113 naddy 1011: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1012: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1013: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1014: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1015:
1016: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1017: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1018: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1019: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1020: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1021: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1022: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1023: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1024: <p>
1.91 louis 1025:
1.113 naddy 1026: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 1027: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
1028: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1029: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1030:
1031: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1032: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1033: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1034: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1035: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1036: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1037: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1038: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1039: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1040: <p>
1.90 louis 1041:
1.113 naddy 1042: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1043: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1044: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1045: </strong></font><br>
1046: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1047: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1048: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1049: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1050: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1051: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1052: <p>
1053:
1054: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1055: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1056: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1057: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1058:
1.113 naddy 1059: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1060: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1061: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1062: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1063: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1064: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1065: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1066: <p>
1.87 louis 1067:
1.113 naddy 1068: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1069: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1070: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1071: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1072:
1073: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1074: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1075: <p>
1.85 louis 1076:
1.113 naddy 1077: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1078: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1079: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1080: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1081:
1082: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1083: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1084: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1085: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1086: <p>
1.89 louis 1087:
1.113 naddy 1088: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1089: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1090: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1091: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1092:
1093: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1094: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1095: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1096: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1097: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1098:
1.78 deraadt 1099: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1100:
1.113 naddy 1101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1102: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1103: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1104: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1105: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1106:
1107: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1108: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1109: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1110: <p>
1.83 louis 1111:
1.113 naddy 1112: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1113: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1114: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1115: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1116:
1117: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1118: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 1119: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1120: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1121: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1122: <p>
1.93 louis 1123:
1.113 naddy 1124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1125: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 1126: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1127: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1128:
1.83 louis 1129: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1130: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1131: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1132: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1133: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1134: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1135: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1136: <p>
1.82 aaron 1137:
1.113 naddy 1138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1139: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1140: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1141: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1142:
1.83 louis 1143: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1144: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1145: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1146: <p>
1.80 louis 1147:
1.113 naddy 1148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1149: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1150: Bad Press</a>,
1151: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1152: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1153:
1154: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1155: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1156: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1157: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1158: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1159: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1160:
1161: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1162:
1.113 naddy 1163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1164: <a
1.111 jufi 1165: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 1166: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
1167: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1168: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1169:
1170: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1171: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1172: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1173: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1174: <p>
1.74 louis 1175:
1.113 naddy 1176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1177: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1178: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1179: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1180:
1181: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1182: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1183: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1184: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1185: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1186: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1187: <p>
1.88 louis 1188:
1.113 naddy 1189: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1190: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1191: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1192: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1193:
1194: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1195: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1196: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1197: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1198: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1199: <p>
1.81 louis 1200:
1.113 naddy 1201: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1202: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1203: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1204: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1205:
1206: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1207: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1208: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1209: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1210: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1211: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1212: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1213: <p>
1.90 louis 1214:
1.113 naddy 1215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1216: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1217: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1218: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1219:
1220: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1221: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1222: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1223: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1224: <p>
1.71 louis 1225:
1.69 deraadt 1226: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1227:
1.113 naddy 1228: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1229: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 1230: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1231: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1232:
1233: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1234: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1235: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1236: <p>
1.70 louis 1237:
1.113 naddy 1238: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1239: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1240: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1241:
1242: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1243: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1244: <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 1245: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1246: <p>
1.68 louis 1247:
1.113 naddy 1248: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1249: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1250: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1251: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1252:
1.111 jufi 1253: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1254: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1255: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1256: "secure by default" installation.
1257: <p>
1.64 louis 1258:
1.113 naddy 1259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1260: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1261: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1262: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1263:
1.113 naddy 1264: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1265: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1266: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1267: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1268: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1269: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1270: <p>
1.66 louis 1271:
1.113 naddy 1272: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1273: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1274: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1275: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1276:
1277: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1278: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1279: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1280: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1281: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1282: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1283: <p>
1.83 louis 1284:
1.113 naddy 1285: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1286: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1287: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1288: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1289:
1290: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1291: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1292: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1293: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1294: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1295: <p>
1.64 louis 1296:
1.113 naddy 1297: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1298: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1299: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1300: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1301:
1302: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1303: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1304: <p>
1.65 louis 1305:
1.69 deraadt 1306: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1307:
1.113 naddy 1308: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1309: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1310: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1311: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1312:
1313: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1314: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1315: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1316: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1317: <p>
1.88 louis 1318:
1.113 naddy 1319: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1320: <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 1321: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1322:
1323: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1324: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1325: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1326: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1327: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1328: <p>
1.60 louis 1329:
1.113 naddy 1330: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1331: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1332: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1333: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1334: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1335:
1336: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1337: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1338: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1339: <p>
1.58 louis 1340:
1.113 naddy 1341: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1342: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1343: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1344:
1345: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1346: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1347: <p>
1.53 louis 1348:
1.113 naddy 1349: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1350: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1351: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1352: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1353:
1354: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1355: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1356: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1357: <p>
1.99 louis 1358:
1.113 naddy 1359: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1360: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1361: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1362:
1363: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1364: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1365: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1366: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1367: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1368:
1.113 naddy 1369: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1370: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1371: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1372: </strong></font><br>
1373:
1374: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1375: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1376: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1377: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1378: <p>
1379:
1380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1381: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1382: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1383: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1384:
1385: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1386: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1387: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1388:
1.113 naddy 1389: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1390: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1391: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1392:
1393: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1394: in
1.113 naddy 1395: <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 1396: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1397: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1398: <p>
1.53 louis 1399:
1.113 naddy 1400: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1401: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1402: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1403: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1404: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1405:
1.58 louis 1406: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1407: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1408:
1.69 deraadt 1409: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1410:
1.113 naddy 1411: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1412: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1413: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1414: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1415: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1416:
1.58 louis 1417: Kurt Seifried
1418: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1419: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1420: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1421: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1422:
1.113 naddy 1423: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1424: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1425: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1426: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1427:
1428: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1429: <p>
1.96 louis 1430:
1.113 naddy 1431: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1432: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1433: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1434: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1435:
1436: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1437: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1438: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1439: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1440: <p>
1.86 louis 1441:
1.69 deraadt 1442: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1443:
1.113 naddy 1444: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1445: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1446: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1447: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1448:
1449: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1450: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1451: <p>
1.61 louis 1452:
1.113 naddy 1453: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1454: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1455: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1456: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1457: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1458:
1459: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1460: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1461: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1462: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1463: right -- or at least strives to".
1464: <p>
1.48 louis 1465:
1.113 naddy 1466: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1467: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1468: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1469: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1470: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1471: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1472: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1473: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1474: <p>
1.61 louis 1475:
1.113 naddy 1476: <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 1477: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1478: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1479:
1480: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1481: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1482: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1483: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1484: <p>
1.46 louis 1485:
1.113 naddy 1486: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1487: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1488: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1489: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1490:
1491: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1492: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1493: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1494:
1.113 naddy 1495: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1496: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1497: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1498: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1499:
1500: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1501: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1502: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1503: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1504: <p>
1.70 louis 1505:
1.69 deraadt 1506: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1507:
1.113 naddy 1508: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1509: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1510: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1511:
1512: Kurt Seifried
1513: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1514: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1515: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1516: <p>
1.44 philen 1517:
1.113 naddy 1518: <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 1519: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1520: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1521:
1522: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1523: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1524:
1.113 naddy 1525: <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 1526: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1527: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1528:
1529: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1530: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1531:
1.113 naddy 1532: <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 1533: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1534: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1535:
1536: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1537: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1538: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1539: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1540: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1541:
1.113 naddy 1542: <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 1543: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1544: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1545:
1.36 louis 1546: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1547: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1548:
1.113 naddy 1549: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1550: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1551: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1552: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1553:
1554: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1555: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1556:
1.69 deraadt 1557: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1558:
1.113 naddy 1559: <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 1560: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1561: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1562:
1563: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1564: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1565: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1566:
1.113 naddy 1567: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1568: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1569: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1570: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1571:
1572: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1573: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1574: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1575: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1576: <blockquote>
1577: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1578: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1579: <br>
1580: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1581: </code>
1582: </blockquote>
1583: <p>
1584:
1585: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1586: <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>
1587: <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
1588: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1589:
1590: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1591: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1592: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1593: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1594:
1.113 naddy 1595: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1596: <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 1597: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1598:
1599: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1600: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1601: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1602: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1603: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1604: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1605: <p>
1.19 louis 1606:
1.113 naddy 1607: <li><strong>
1608: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1609: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1610:
1611: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1612: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1613: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1614: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1615: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1616: <p>
1.16 louis 1617:
1.113 naddy 1618: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1619: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1620: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1621: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1622:
1.57 louis 1623: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1624: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1625: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1626: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1627:
1.113 naddy 1628: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1629: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1630: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1631: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1632:
1.113 naddy 1633: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1634:
1.113 naddy 1635: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1636: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1637: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1638: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1639:
1.23 louis 1640: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1641: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1642: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1643: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1644: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1645: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1646:
1.113 naddy 1647: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1648: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1649: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1650: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1651:
1652: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1653: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1654: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1655: installation.
1.113 naddy 1656: <p>
1.47 louis 1657:
1.113 naddy 1658: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1659: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1660: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1661: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1662:
1663: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1664: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1665:
1.69 deraadt 1666: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1667:
1.113 naddy 1668: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1669: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1670: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1671: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1672:
1673: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1674: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1675: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1676: <p>
1.12 louis 1677:
1.113 naddy 1678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1679: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1680: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1681: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1682:
1683: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1684: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1685: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1686: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1687: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1688: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1689: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1690: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1691:
1.69 deraadt 1692: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1693:
1.113 naddy 1694: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1695: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1696: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1697:
1698: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1699: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1700: available."
1.113 naddy 1701: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1702:
1.69 deraadt 1703: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1704:
1.113 naddy 1705: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1706: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1707: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1708:
1709: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1710: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1711: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1712: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1713: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1714: <p>
1.33 louis 1715:
1.113 naddy 1716: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1717: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1718: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1719: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1720:
1.113 naddy 1721: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1722: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1723: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1724: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1725: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1726: <p>
1.57 louis 1727:
1.69 deraadt 1728: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1729:
1.113 naddy 1730: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1731: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1732: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1733: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1734:
1735: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1736: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1737: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1738:
1.113 naddy 1739: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1740: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1741: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1742: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1743: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1744:
1745: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1746: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1747:
1.113 naddy 1748: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1749: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1750:
1.113 naddy 1751: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1752:
1.113 naddy 1753: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1754: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1755: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1756: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1757:
1758: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1759: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1760:
1.69 deraadt 1761: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1762:
1.113 naddy 1763: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1764: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1765: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1766:
1767: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1768: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1769: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1770:
1.113 naddy 1771: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1772: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1773: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1774: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1775:
1776: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1777: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1778: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1779: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1780:
1.69 deraadt 1781: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1782:
1.160 jufi 1783: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1784: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1785: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1786: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1787: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1788:
1789: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1790: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1791: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1792: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1793: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1794: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1795: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1796:
1.113 naddy 1797: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1798: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1799: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1800: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1801:
1802: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1803: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1804: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1805: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1806: <p>
1.15 louis 1807:
1.113 naddy 1808: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1809: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1810: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1811: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1812:
1813: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1814: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1815: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1816: columns."
1.113 naddy 1817: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1818:
1.69 deraadt 1819: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1820:
1.113 naddy 1821: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1822: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1823: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1824: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1825:
1826: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1827: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1828:
1.113 naddy 1829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1830: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1831: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1832:
1833: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1834: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1835: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1836:
1.69 deraadt 1837: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1838:
1.113 naddy 1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1840: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1841: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1842: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1843:
1844: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1845: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1846: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1847: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1848: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1849:
1.69 deraadt 1850: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1851:
1.113 naddy 1852: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1853: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1854: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1855:
1.69 deraadt 1856: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1857: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1858: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1859:
1.69 deraadt 1860: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1861:
1.113 naddy 1862: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1863: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1864: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1865: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1866:
1867: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1868: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1869: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1870:
1.113 naddy 1871: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1872: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1873: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1874: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1875: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1876:
1.69 deraadt 1877: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1878:
1.113 naddy 1879: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1880: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1881: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1882: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1883: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1884: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1885:
1886: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1887: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1888: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1889: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1890: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1891: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1892:
1893: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1894:
1.113 naddy 1895: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1896: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1897: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1898:
1.69 deraadt 1899: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1900: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1901: <p>
1.112 naddy 1902:
1.113 naddy 1903: </dl>
1904: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1905:
1.113 naddy 1906: <hr>
1907: <a name=se></a>
1908: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1909:
1.102 niklas 1910: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1911:
1.113 naddy 1912: <dl>
1913: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1914: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1915: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1916:
1917: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1918: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1919: <p>
1.102 niklas 1920:
1.113 naddy 1921: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1922:
1.84 niklas 1923: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1924:
1.113 naddy 1925: <dl>
1926: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1927: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1928: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1929:
1930: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1931: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1932: <p>
1.84 niklas 1933:
1.113 naddy 1934: </dl>
1.84 niklas 1935:
1.69 deraadt 1936: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1937:
1.113 naddy 1938: <dl>
1939: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1940: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 1941: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1942:
1943: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
1944: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
1945: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 1946: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1947:
1.113 naddy 1948: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1949: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1950: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1951: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 1952: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1953:
1.20 louis 1954: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1955: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1956: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1957: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 1958: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1959:
1.113 naddy 1960: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1961:
1.113 naddy 1962: <hr>
1963: <a name=jp></a>
1964: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 1965:
1.113 naddy 1966: <dl>
1.20 louis 1967:
1.170 louis 1968: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1969:
1970: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1971: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
1972: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1973: </strong></font><br>
1974:
1975: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1976: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1977: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1978: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1979: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1980: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1981: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1982: <p>
1983:
1.69 deraadt 1984: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1985:
1.113 naddy 1986: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 1987: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 1988: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 1989: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1990:
1991: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1992: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1993: translating and reprinting articles from
1994: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 1995: <p>
1.112 naddy 1996:
1.113 naddy 1997: </dl>
1.20 louis 1998:
1.113 naddy 1999: <hr>
2000: <a name=de></a>
2001: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2002: <dl>
1.50 louis 2003:
1.151 louis 2004: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2005:
2006: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2007: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2008: </strong></font><br>
2009:
2010: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2011: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2012: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2013: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2014: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2015:
2016: <p>
2017:
1.72 louis 2018: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2019:
1.113 naddy 2020: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2021: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2022: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2023: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2024:
1.101 jufi 2025: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2026: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2027: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2028: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2029: Giving way to
2030: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2031: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2032: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2033: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2034: <p>
1.72 louis 2035:
1.69 deraadt 2036: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2037:
1.113 naddy 2038: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2039: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2040: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2041: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2042:
2043: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2044: <p>
2045: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2046:
1.50 louis 2047:
1.113 naddy 2048: <hr>
2049: <a name=ru></a>
2050: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2051: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2052:
1.69 deraadt 2053: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2054:
1.113 naddy 2055: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2056: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2057: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2058: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2059:
2060: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2061: <p>
1.62 form 2062:
1.69 deraadt 2063: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2064:
1.113 naddy 2065: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2066: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2067: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2068: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2069:
1.59 form 2070: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2071: <p>
1.112 naddy 2072:
1.113 naddy 2073: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2074:
1.113 naddy 2075: <hr>
2076: <a name=pl></a>
2077: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2078: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2079:
1.113 naddy 2080: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2081: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2082: Radio, August 2, 2000
2083: </strong></font><br>
2084:
2085: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2086: about differences betwen OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2087: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2088: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2089: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2090: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2091: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2092: <p>
2093:
2094: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2095: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2096: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2097: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2098: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2099:
2100: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2101: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2102: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2103: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2104: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2105: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2106: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2107: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2108: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2109: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2110: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2111: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2112: <p>
2113: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2114:
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2116: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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