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                     16: <h2>Media Coverage.</h2>
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                     22: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2     ! deraadt    23: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
        !            24: Why to BSD in a Linux world.</a></strong></font>, March, 1999<p>
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        !            26: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
        !            27: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
        !            28: <p>
        !            29:
        !            30: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1       deraadt    31: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/products/nfr/testing/">
                     32: NFR Performance Testing</a> report, written by
                     33: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>.  February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
                     34:
                     35: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
                     36: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
                     37: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
                     38: Linux, and Solaris.  OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
                     39: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
                     40: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
                     41: <p>
                     42:
                     43: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                     44: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
                     45: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
                     46: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
                     47:
                     48: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
                     49: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
                     50: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
                     51: columns."
                     52: <p>
                     53:
1.2     ! deraadt    54: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
        !            55: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
        !            56: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998.
        !            57: </strong></font><p>
        !            58:
        !            59: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
        !            60: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
        !            61: Implementation, including a brief interview with
        !            62: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1       deraadt    63: <p>
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                     65: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                     66: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
                     67: Wired Magazine, May 1, 1998, Usenix coverage.</a></strong></font><p>
                     68:
                     69: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
                     70: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
                     71: <p>
                     72:
                     73: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                     74: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
                     75: Wired Magazine, Aug 11, 1997, Beyond HOPE coverage.</a></strong></font><p>
                     76:
                     77: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
                     78: OpenBSD is.
                     79: <p>
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                     81: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                     82: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
                     83: SunExpert Magazine, June 1998, page 81.</a></strong></font><p>
                     84:
                     85: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD
                     86: <p>
                     87:
                     88: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                     89: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
                     90: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
                     91: July, 1998.</strong></font><p>
                     92:
                     93: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
                     94: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
                     95: <p>
                     96:
                     97: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
                     98: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96. Paper edition only.</strong></font><p>
                     99: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a cheezy picture
                    100: of project founder Theo de Raadt (watch those wired people do
                    101: photoshop jobs!).
                    102: <p>
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                    105:
                    106: <h4>Swedish press coverage (in swedish)</h4>
                    107: <ul>
                    108:
                    109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    110: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
                    111: Datateknik</a> no 20, 1998.</strong></font><p>
                    112:
                    113: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
                    114: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
                    115: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
                    116: <p>
                    117:
                    118: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    119: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
                    120: Datateknik</a> no 13, 1998 and
                    121: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
                    122: Datateknik</a> no 14, 1998.</strong></font><p>
                    123:
                    124: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X.  The 1st
                    125: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the 2nd which
                    126: explains the licensing issues and points to our
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