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29: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 31:
1.194 jufi 32: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
33:
34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
35: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
36: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
37: BSD Today, June 01, 2001
38: </strong></font><br>
39: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
40: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
41: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
42: <br>
43: The new
44: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 45: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
46: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on
47: logdaemon!<br>
1.194 jufi 48:
1.190 horacio 49: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
50:
51: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 52:
53: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
54: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
55:
56: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
57: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
58:
59: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
60: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
61:
62: <a href="http://www.deadly.org">Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
63: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
64:
65: <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html">IPF: Free no more?</a>,
66: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
67:
68: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
69: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
70:
71: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
72: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
73:
74: <a href="http://www.deadly.org">IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
75: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
76:
77: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
78: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
79:
80: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
81: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
82:
83: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
84: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
85:
86: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
87: LWN weekly news, Jun 01, 2001<br>
88:
1.192 jufi 89: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
90: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
91: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, Jun 01, 2001<br>
92:
1.193 deraadt 93: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
94: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
95: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 01, 2001<br>
96:
1.196 deraadt 97: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
98: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
99:
1.198 pvalchev 100: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
101: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
102: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
103:
1.190 horacio 104: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 105: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
106: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
107: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
108: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
109: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
110: <p>
1.190 horacio 111:
1.191 jufi 112: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.195 jufi 113: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010516.html">
114: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
115: SecurityPortal, May 16, 2001
116: </strong></font><br>
117: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
118: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010509.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>
119: , Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good programming is more important than dozens of features and
120: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
121: <p>
122:
123: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 124: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082320,00.html">
125: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
126: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
127: </strong></font><br>
128: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
129: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
130: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
131: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 132: <p>
133:
1.191 jufi 134:
1.186 jufi 135: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 136:
1.186 jufi 137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
138: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 139: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
140: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 141: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 142:
1.188 jufi 143: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 144: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 145: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 146: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
147: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 148: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 149: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 150: <p>
151:
1.191 jufi 152:
153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
154: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20010405.html?&_ref=36874758">
155: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>
156: Security Portal, April 05, 2001
157: </strong></font><br>
158:
159: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
160: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
161: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
162: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
163: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
164: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
165: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
166: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
167: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
168: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
169: familiar?
170: <p>
171:
1.178 louis 172: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
173:
174: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 175: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
176: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 177: </strong></font><br>
178:
179: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
180: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
181: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
182: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
183: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
184: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
185: <p>
186:
1.179 louis 187: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
188: <a
1.182 louis 189: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
190: </strong></font><br>
191:
192: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
193: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
194: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
195: <p>
196:
197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
198: <a
1.179 louis 199: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
200: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
201: </strong></font><br>
202:
203: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
204: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
205: <p>
206:
1.174 louis 207:
1.175 louis 208: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
209:
210: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
211: <a
1.179 louis 212: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
213: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
214: </strong></font><br>
215:
216: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
217: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
218: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
219: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
220: <p>
221:
222: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
223: <a
1.183 ian 224: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 225: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
226: </strong></font><br>
227:
228: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 229: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 230: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
231: <p>
232:
1.176 louis 233:
1.172 mickey 234: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
235:
236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 237: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 238: </strong></font><br>
239:
240: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
241: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
242: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 243: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 244: <p>
245:
246: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
247: <a
1.174 louis 248: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
249: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
250: </strong></font><br>
251:
252: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
253: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
254: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
255: <p>
256:
257: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
258: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
259: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
260: </strong></font><br>
261:
262: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
263: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
264: <p>
265:
266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
267: <a
268: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
269: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
270: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
271: </strong></font><br>
272:
273: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
274: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
275: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
276: our own Theo de Raadt.
277: <p>
278:
279: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
280: <a
281: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
282: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
283: </strong></font><br>
284:
285: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
286: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
287: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
288: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
289: shut down.]
290: <p>
291:
292: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
293: <a
1.172 mickey 294: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
295: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 296: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 297: </strong></font><br>
298:
299: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
300: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
301: <p>
302:
303: </li>
304:
1.161 louis 305: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
306:
1.175 louis 307:
308: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
309: <a
310: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
311: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
312: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
313: </strong></font><br>
314:
315: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
316: by John Wolley
317: <p>
318:
319: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
320: <a
321: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
322: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
323: </strong></font><br>
324:
325: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
326: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
327: OpenBSD).
328: <p>
329:
1.161 louis 330: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
331: <a
1.171 louis 332: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
333: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
334: </strong></font><br>
335:
336: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
337: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
338: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
339: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
340: and hindsight.
341: <p>
342:
343: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
344: <a
1.168 provos 345: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
346: December 7, 2000
347: </strong></font><br>
348:
349: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
350: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
351: us explain.
352: <p>
353:
354: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
355: <a
1.166 louis 356: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
357: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
358: December 6, 2000
359: </strong></font><br>
360:
361: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
362: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
363: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
364: <p>
365:
366: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
367: <a
1.162 millert 368: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
369: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
370: </strong></font><br>
371:
372: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 373: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
374: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
375: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
376: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
377: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
378: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 379: <p>
1.162 millert 380:
381: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
382: <a
1.161 louis 383: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
384: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
385: </strong></font><br>
386:
387: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
388: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
389: <p>
390:
1.169 louis 391: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
392: <a
393: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
394: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
395: </strong></font><br>
396:
397: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
398: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
399: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
400: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
401: <p>
402:
1.158 louis 403: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 404:
405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 406: <a
1.175 louis 407: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
408: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
409: </strong></font><br>
410:
411: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
412: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
413: <p>
414:
415: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
416: <a
1.164 deraadt 417: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 418: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 419: </strong></font><br>
420: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
421: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
422: <p>
423:
424: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
425: <a
426: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
427: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
428: </strong></font><br>
429:
430: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
431: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
432: <p>
433:
434: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
435: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
436: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
437: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 438:
1.161 louis 439: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
440: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
441: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
442: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
443: <p>
1.174 louis 444: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
445: <a
446: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
447: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
448: </strong></font><br>
449:
450: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
451: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
452: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
453: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
454: much of the attitude too).
455: <p>
1.161 louis 456:
457: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
458: <a
1.157 louis 459: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
460: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
461: </strong></font><br>
462: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
463: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
464: <p>
465:
466: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
467:
468: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 469: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
470: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
471: </strong></font><br>
472:
473: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
474: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
475: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
476: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
477: <p>
478:
479: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
480: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
481: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
482: </strong></font><br>
483:
484: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
485: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
486: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
487: it because they love coding...
488: <p>
489:
490: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
491: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
492: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
493: </strong></font><br>
494:
495: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
496: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
497: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
498: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
499: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
500: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
501: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
502: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
503: <p>
504:
505: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 506: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
507: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
508: </strong></font><br>
509:
510: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
511: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
512: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
513: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
514: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
515: the pizza.
516: <p>
517:
518: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 519: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
520: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
521: </strong></font><br>
522:
523: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
524: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
525: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
526: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
527: problems.
528: <p>
529:
530: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 531: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
532: </strong></font><br>
533:
534: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
535: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
536: - whether they like it or not.
537: <p>
538:
539: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 540: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
541: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
542: </strong></font><br>
543:
544: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
545: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
546: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 547: <p>
1.148 aaron 548:
549: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 550: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
551: </strong></font><br>
552:
553: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
554: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
555: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
556: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
557: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
558: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
559: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
560: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
561: <p>
562:
563: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 564: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
565: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
566: </strong></font><br>
567:
568: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
569: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
570: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
571: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
572: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
573: <p>
574:
1.138 louis 575: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
576:
577: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 578: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 579: System Takes On Linux</a>,
580: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
581: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 582: </strong></font><br>
583:
1.146 louis 584: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
585: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
586: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
587: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
588: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
589: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
590: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 591: <p>
592:
593: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.200 ! niklas 594: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
! 595: System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
! 596: </strong></font><br>
! 597:
! 598: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
! 599: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
! 600: groups, and even Linux.
! 601: <p>
! 602:
! 603: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 604: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
605: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
606: </strong></font><br>
607:
608: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
609: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
610: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
611: library after installing the OS.
612: <p>
613:
614: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 615: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 616: Sys Admin, September 2000
617: </strong></font><br>
618:
619: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
620: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
621: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
622: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
623: (<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>,
624: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
625: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
626: <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 627: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 628: out of the system.
629: <p>
630:
1.144 louis 631: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
632: <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
633: </strong></font><br>
634:
635: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.199 pvalchev 636: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.144 louis 637: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
638: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
639: the IP filtering and address translation.
640: <p>
641:
1.200 ! niklas 642: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 643: <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
! 644: </strong></font><br>
! 645:
! 646: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
! 647: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
! 648: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
! 649: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
! 650: the IP filtering and address translation.
! 651: <p>
! 652:
1.131 louis 653: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
654:
655: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 656: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
657: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
658: </strong></font><br>
659:
660: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
661: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
662: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
663: <p>
664:
665: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 666: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
667: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
668: </strong></font><br>
669:
670: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
671: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
672: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
673: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
674: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
675: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
676: note of"</i>.
677: <p>
678:
679: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.200 ! niklas 680: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
! 681: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
! 682: </strong></font><br>
! 683:
! 684: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
! 685: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
! 686: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
! 687: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
! 688: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
! 689: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
! 690: note of"</i>.
! 691: <p>
! 692:
! 693: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 694: <a
695: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
696: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
697: </strong></font><br>
698:
699: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
700: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
701: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
702: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
703: <p>
704:
705: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 706: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 707: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
708: </strong></font><br>
709:
710: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
711: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
712: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
713: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
714: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
715: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
716: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
717: <p>
718:
719: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 720: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
721: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
722: 2000
723: </strong></font><br>
724:
725: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
726: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
727: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
728: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
729: against current industry practices.
730: <p>
731:
732: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 733: <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
734: </strong></font><br>
735:
736: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
737: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
738: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
739: <p>
740:
741: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 742: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
743: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
744: </strong></font><br>
745:
746: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
747: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
748: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
749: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
750: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
751: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
752: careful code reviews, he concludes.
753: <p>
754:
755: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 756: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
757: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
758: </strong></font><br>
759:
760: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
761: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
762: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
763: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
764: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 765: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
766: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
767: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 768: <p>
769:
1.118 louis 770: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
771:
772: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 773: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
774: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
775: </strong></font><br>
776:
777: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
778: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
779: about time. The article mentions that
780: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
781: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
782: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 783: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 784: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
785: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 786: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 787: <p>
788:
789: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 790: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 791: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 792: </strong></font><br>
793:
794: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
795: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
796: of OpenSSH.
797: <p>
798:
799: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
800: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
801: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
802: </strong></font><br>
803:
804: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 805: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 806: bridging.
807: <p>
808:
809: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
810: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
811: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 812: </strong></font><br>
813:
1.121 deraadt 814: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
815: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 816: <p>
817:
818: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 819: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
820: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
821: </strong></font><br>
822:
823: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
824: <p>
825:
826: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 827: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 828: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
829: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 830: </strong></font><br>
831:
1.120 deraadt 832: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
833: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 834: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
835: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
836: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
837: <p>
838:
839: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 840: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
841: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
842: </strong></font><br>
843:
844: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
845: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
846: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
847: protocols and their quirks.
848: <p>
849:
850: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 851: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html">In
1.137 louis 852: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 853: </strong></font><br>
854:
855: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
856: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
857: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 858: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 859: <p>
860:
861: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 862: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
863: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
864: </strong></font><br>
865:
866: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
867: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
868: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
869: <p>
870:
871: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 872: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 873: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
874: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 875: </strong></font><br>
876:
877: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
878: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
879: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
880: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
881: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
882: <p>
883:
1.104 louis 884: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
885:
1.113 naddy 886: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 887: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
888: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
889: </strong></font><br>
890:
891: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
892: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
893: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
894: be a bit dry.
895: <p>
896:
897: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 898: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
899: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
900: 2000
1.128 louis 901: </strong></font><br>
902:
903: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
904: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
905: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
906: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
907: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 908: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 909: <p>
910:
911: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 912: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
913: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 914: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 915:
916: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
917: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
918: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
919: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 920: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
921: <p>
1.110 louis 922:
1.117 louis 923: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
924: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
925: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
926: </strong></font><br>
927:
928: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
929: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
930: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
931: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
932: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
933: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
934: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
935: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
936: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
937: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
938: <p>
939:
1.113 naddy 940: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 941: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 942: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 943:
944: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
945: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 946: <p>
1.108 louis 947:
1.113 naddy 948: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 949: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
950: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 951: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 952:
953: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
954: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
955: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 956: <p>
1.106 louis 957:
1.113 naddy 958: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 959: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
960: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 961: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 962:
963: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
964: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
965: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
966: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 967: <p>
1.107 louis 968:
1.113 naddy 969: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 970: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
971: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 972: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 973:
974: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
975: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 976: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 977: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
978: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 979: <p>
1.105 louis 980:
1.113 naddy 981: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 982: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 983: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 984: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 985:
1.113 naddy 986: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
987: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 988: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 989: <p>
1.104 louis 990:
1.121 deraadt 991: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
992: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
993: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
994: </strong></font><br>
995:
996: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
997: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
998: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
999: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1000: <p>
1001:
1.85 louis 1002: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1003:
1.113 naddy 1004: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1005: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1006: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1007: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1008:
1009: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1010: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1011: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1012: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1013: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1014: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1015: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1016: <p>
1.99 louis 1017:
1.113 naddy 1018: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1019: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1020: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1021: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1022:
1023: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1024: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1025: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1026: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1027: <p>
1.100 louis 1028:
1.113 naddy 1029: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1030: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1031: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1032: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1033:
1034: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1035: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1036: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1037: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1038: <p>
1.95 louis 1039:
1.113 naddy 1040: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1041: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1042: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1043: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1044:
1045: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1046: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1047: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1048: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1049: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1050: <p>
1.92 louis 1051:
1.113 naddy 1052: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1053: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1054: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1055: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1056:
1057: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1058: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1059: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1060: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1061: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1062: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1063: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1064: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1065: <p>
1.91 louis 1066:
1.113 naddy 1067: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 1068: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
1069: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1070: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1071:
1072: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1073: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1074: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1075: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1076: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1077: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1078: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1079: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1080: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1081: <p>
1.90 louis 1082:
1.113 naddy 1083: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1084: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1085: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1086: </strong></font><br>
1087: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1088: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1089: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1090: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1091: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1092: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1093: <p>
1094:
1095: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1096: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1097: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1098: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1099:
1.113 naddy 1100: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1101: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1102: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1103: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1104: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1105: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1106: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1107: <p>
1.87 louis 1108:
1.113 naddy 1109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1110: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1111: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1112: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1113:
1114: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1115: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1116: <p>
1.85 louis 1117:
1.113 naddy 1118: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1119: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1120: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1121: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1122:
1123: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1124: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1125: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1126: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1127: <p>
1.89 louis 1128:
1.113 naddy 1129: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1130: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1131: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1132: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1133:
1134: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1135: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1136: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1137: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1138: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1139:
1.78 deraadt 1140: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1141:
1.113 naddy 1142: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1143: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1144: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1145: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1146: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1147:
1148: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1149: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1150: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1151: <p>
1.83 louis 1152:
1.113 naddy 1153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1154: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1155: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1156: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1157:
1158: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1159: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 1160: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1161: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1162: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1163: <p>
1.93 louis 1164:
1.113 naddy 1165: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1166: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 1167: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1168: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1169:
1.83 louis 1170: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1171: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1172: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1173: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1174: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1175: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1176: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1177: <p>
1.82 aaron 1178:
1.113 naddy 1179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1180: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1181: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1182: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1183:
1.83 louis 1184: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1185: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1186: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1187: <p>
1.80 louis 1188:
1.113 naddy 1189: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1190: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1191: Bad Press</a>,
1192: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1193: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1194:
1195: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1196: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1197: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1198: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1199: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1200: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1201:
1202: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1203:
1.113 naddy 1204: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1205: <a
1.111 jufi 1206: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 1207: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
1208: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1209: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1210:
1211: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1212: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1213: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1214: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1215: <p>
1.74 louis 1216:
1.113 naddy 1217: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1218: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1219: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1220: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1221:
1222: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1223: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1224: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1225: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1226: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1227: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1228: <p>
1.88 louis 1229:
1.113 naddy 1230: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1231: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1232: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1233: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1234:
1235: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1236: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1237: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1238: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1239: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1240: <p>
1.81 louis 1241:
1.113 naddy 1242: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1243: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1244: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1245: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1246:
1247: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1248: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1249: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1250: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1251: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1252: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1253: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1254: <p>
1.90 louis 1255:
1.113 naddy 1256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1257: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1258: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1259: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1260:
1261: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1262: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1263: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1264: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1265: <p>
1.71 louis 1266:
1.69 deraadt 1267: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1268:
1.113 naddy 1269: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1270: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 1271: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1272: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1273:
1274: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1275: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1276: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1277: <p>
1.70 louis 1278:
1.113 naddy 1279: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1280: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1281: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1282:
1283: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1284: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1285: <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 1286: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1287: <p>
1.68 louis 1288:
1.113 naddy 1289: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1290: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1291: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1292: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1293:
1.111 jufi 1294: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1295: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1296: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1297: "secure by default" installation.
1298: <p>
1.64 louis 1299:
1.113 naddy 1300: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1301: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1302: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1303: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1304:
1.113 naddy 1305: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1306: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1307: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1308: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1309: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1310: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1311: <p>
1.66 louis 1312:
1.113 naddy 1313: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1314: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1315: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1316: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1317:
1318: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1319: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1320: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1321: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1322: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1323: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1324: <p>
1.83 louis 1325:
1.113 naddy 1326: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1327: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1328: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1329: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1330:
1331: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1332: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1333: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1334: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1335: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1336: <p>
1.64 louis 1337:
1.113 naddy 1338: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1339: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1340: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1341: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1342:
1343: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1344: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1345: <p>
1.65 louis 1346:
1.69 deraadt 1347: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1348:
1.113 naddy 1349: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1350: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1351: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1352: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1353:
1354: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1355: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1356: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1357: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1358: <p>
1.88 louis 1359:
1.113 naddy 1360: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1361: <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 1362: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1363:
1364: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1365: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1366: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1367: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1368: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1369: <p>
1.60 louis 1370:
1.113 naddy 1371: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1372: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1373: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1374: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1375: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1376:
1377: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1378: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1379: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1380: <p>
1.58 louis 1381:
1.113 naddy 1382: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1383: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1384: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1385:
1386: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1387: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1388: <p>
1.53 louis 1389:
1.113 naddy 1390: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1391: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1392: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1393: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1394:
1395: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1396: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1397: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1398: <p>
1.99 louis 1399:
1.113 naddy 1400: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1401: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1402: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1403:
1404: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1405: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1406: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1407: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1408: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1409:
1.113 naddy 1410: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1411: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1412: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1413: </strong></font><br>
1414:
1415: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1416: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1417: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1418: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1419: <p>
1420:
1421: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1422: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1423: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1424: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1425:
1426: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1427: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1428: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1429:
1.113 naddy 1430: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1431: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1432: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1433:
1434: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1435: in
1.113 naddy 1436: <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 1437: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1438: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1439: <p>
1.53 louis 1440:
1.113 naddy 1441: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1442: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1443: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1444: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1445: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1446:
1.58 louis 1447: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1448: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1449:
1.69 deraadt 1450: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1451:
1.113 naddy 1452: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1453: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1454: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1455: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1456: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1457:
1.58 louis 1458: Kurt Seifried
1459: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1460: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1461: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1462: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1463:
1.113 naddy 1464: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1465: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1466: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1467: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1468:
1469: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1470: <p>
1.96 louis 1471:
1.113 naddy 1472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1473: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1474: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1475: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1476:
1477: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1478: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1479: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1480: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1481: <p>
1.86 louis 1482:
1.69 deraadt 1483: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1484:
1.113 naddy 1485: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1486: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1487: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1488: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1489:
1490: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1491: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1492: <p>
1.61 louis 1493:
1.113 naddy 1494: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1495: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1496: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1497: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1498: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1499:
1500: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1501: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1502: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1503: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1504: right -- or at least strives to".
1505: <p>
1.48 louis 1506:
1.113 naddy 1507: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1508: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1509: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1510: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1511: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1512: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1513: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1514: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1515: <p>
1.61 louis 1516:
1.113 naddy 1517: <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 1518: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1519: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1520:
1521: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1522: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1523: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1524: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1525: <p>
1.46 louis 1526:
1.113 naddy 1527: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1528: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1529: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1530: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1531:
1532: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1533: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1534: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1535:
1.113 naddy 1536: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1537: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1538: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1539: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1540:
1541: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1542: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1543: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1544: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1545: <p>
1.70 louis 1546:
1.69 deraadt 1547: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1548:
1.113 naddy 1549: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1550: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1551: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1552:
1553: Kurt Seifried
1554: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1555: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1556: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1557: <p>
1.44 philen 1558:
1.113 naddy 1559: <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 1560: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1561: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1562:
1563: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1564: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1565:
1.113 naddy 1566: <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 1567: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1568: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1569:
1570: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1571: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1572:
1.113 naddy 1573: <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 1574: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1575: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1576:
1577: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1578: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1579: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1580: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1581: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1582:
1.113 naddy 1583: <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 1584: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1585: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1586:
1.36 louis 1587: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1588: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1589:
1.113 naddy 1590: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1591: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1592: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1593: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1594:
1595: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1596: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1597:
1.69 deraadt 1598: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1599:
1.113 naddy 1600: <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 1601: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1602: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1603:
1604: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1605: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1606: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1607:
1.113 naddy 1608: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1609: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1610: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1611: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1612:
1613: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1614: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1615: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1616: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1617: <blockquote>
1618: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1619: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1620: <br>
1621: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1622: </code>
1623: </blockquote>
1624: <p>
1625:
1626: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1627: <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>
1628: <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
1629: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1630:
1631: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1632: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1633: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1634: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1635:
1.113 naddy 1636: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1637: <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 1638: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1639:
1640: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1641: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1642: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1643: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1644: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1645: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1646: <p>
1.19 louis 1647:
1.113 naddy 1648: <li><strong>
1649: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1650: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1651:
1652: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1653: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1654: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1655: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1656: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1657: <p>
1.16 louis 1658:
1.113 naddy 1659: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1660: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1661: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1662: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1663:
1.57 louis 1664: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1665: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1666: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1667: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1668:
1.113 naddy 1669: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1670: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1671: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1672: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1673:
1.113 naddy 1674: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1675:
1.113 naddy 1676: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1677: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1678: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1679: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1680:
1.23 louis 1681: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1682: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1683: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1684: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1685: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1686: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1687:
1.113 naddy 1688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1689: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1690: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1691: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1692:
1.199 pvalchev 1693: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 1694: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1695: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1696: installation.
1.113 naddy 1697: <p>
1.47 louis 1698:
1.113 naddy 1699: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1700: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1701: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1702: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1703:
1704: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1705: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1706:
1.69 deraadt 1707: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1708:
1.113 naddy 1709: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1710: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1711: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1712: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1713:
1714: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1715: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1716: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1717: <p>
1.12 louis 1718:
1.113 naddy 1719: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1720: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1721: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1722: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1723:
1724: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1725: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1726: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1727: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1728: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1729: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1730: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1731: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1732:
1.69 deraadt 1733: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1734:
1.113 naddy 1735: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1736: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1737: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1738:
1739: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1740: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1741: available."
1.113 naddy 1742: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1743:
1.69 deraadt 1744: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1745:
1.113 naddy 1746: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1747: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1748: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1749:
1750: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1751: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1752: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1753: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1754: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1755: <p>
1.33 louis 1756:
1.113 naddy 1757: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1758: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1759: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1760: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1761:
1.113 naddy 1762: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1763: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1764: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1765: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1766: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1767: <p>
1.57 louis 1768:
1.69 deraadt 1769: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1770:
1.113 naddy 1771: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1772: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1773: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1774: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1775:
1776: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1777: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1778: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1779:
1.113 naddy 1780: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1781: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1782: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1783: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1784: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1785:
1786: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1787: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1788:
1.113 naddy 1789: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1790: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1791:
1.113 naddy 1792: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1793:
1.113 naddy 1794: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1795: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1796: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1797: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1798:
1799: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1800: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1801:
1.69 deraadt 1802: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1803:
1.113 naddy 1804: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1805: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1806: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1807:
1808: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1809: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1810: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1811:
1.113 naddy 1812: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1813: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1814: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1815: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1816:
1817: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1818: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1819: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1820: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1821:
1.69 deraadt 1822: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1823:
1.160 jufi 1824: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1825: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1826: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1827: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1828: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1829:
1830: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1831: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1832: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1833: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1834: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1835: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1836: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1837:
1.113 naddy 1838: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1839: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1840: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1841: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1842:
1843: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1844: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1845: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1846: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1847: <p>
1.15 louis 1848:
1.113 naddy 1849: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1850: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1851: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1852: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1853:
1854: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1855: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1856: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1857: columns."
1.113 naddy 1858: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1859:
1.69 deraadt 1860: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1861:
1.113 naddy 1862: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1863: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1864: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1865: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1866:
1867: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1868: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1869:
1.113 naddy 1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1871: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1872: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1873:
1874: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1875: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1876: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1877:
1.69 deraadt 1878: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1879:
1.113 naddy 1880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1881: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1882: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1883: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1884:
1885: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1886: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1887: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1888: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1889: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1890:
1.69 deraadt 1891: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1892:
1.113 naddy 1893: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1894: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1895: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1896:
1.69 deraadt 1897: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1898: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1899: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1900:
1.69 deraadt 1901: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1902:
1.113 naddy 1903: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1904: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1905: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1906: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1907:
1908: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1909: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1910: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1911:
1.113 naddy 1912: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1913: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1914: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1915: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1916: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1917:
1.69 deraadt 1918: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1919:
1.113 naddy 1920: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1921: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1922: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1923: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1924: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1925: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1926:
1927: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1928: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1929: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1930: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1931: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1932: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1933:
1934: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1935:
1.113 naddy 1936: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1937: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1938: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1939:
1.69 deraadt 1940: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1941: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1942: <p>
1.112 naddy 1943:
1.113 naddy 1944: </dl>
1945: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1946:
1.113 naddy 1947: <hr>
1948: <a name=se></a>
1949: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1950:
1.200 ! niklas 1951: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
! 1952:
! 1953: <dl>
! 1954: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 1955: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
! 1956: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
! 1957:
! 1958: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
! 1959: <p>
! 1960:
! 1961: </dl>
! 1962:
! 1963: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
! 1964:
! 1965: <dl>
! 1966: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 1967: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
! 1968: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
! 1969:
! 1970: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
! 1971: <p>
! 1972:
! 1973: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 1974: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
! 1975: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
! 1976:
! 1977: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
! 1978: being best of brand when it comes to security.
! 1979: <p>
! 1980:
! 1981: </dl>
! 1982:
! 1983: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
! 1984:
! 1985: <dl>
! 1986: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 1987: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
! 1988: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
! 1989:
! 1990: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
! 1991: <p>
! 1992:
! 1993: </dl>
! 1994:
1.102 niklas 1995: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1996:
1.113 naddy 1997: <dl>
1998: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1999: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2000: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2001:
2002: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2003: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2004: <p>
1.102 niklas 2005:
1.113 naddy 2006: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2007:
1.84 niklas 2008: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2009:
1.113 naddy 2010: <dl>
2011: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2012: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2013: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2014:
2015: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2016: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2017: <p>
1.84 niklas 2018:
1.113 naddy 2019: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2020:
1.69 deraadt 2021: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2022:
1.113 naddy 2023: <dl>
2024: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2025: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2026: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2027:
2028: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
2029: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2030: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2031: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2032:
1.113 naddy 2033: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2034: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2035: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2036: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2037: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2038:
1.20 louis 2039: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2040: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2041: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2042: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2043: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2044:
1.113 naddy 2045: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2046:
1.113 naddy 2047: <hr>
2048: <a name=jp></a>
2049: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2050:
1.113 naddy 2051: <dl>
1.20 louis 2052:
1.170 louis 2053: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2054:
2055: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2056: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2057: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2058: </strong></font><br>
2059:
2060: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2061: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2062: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2063: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2064: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2065: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2066: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
2067: <p>
2068:
1.69 deraadt 2069: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2070:
1.113 naddy 2071: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2072: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2073: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2074: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2075:
2076: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2077: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2078: translating and reprinting articles from
2079: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2080: <p>
1.112 naddy 2081:
1.113 naddy 2082: </dl>
1.20 louis 2083:
1.113 naddy 2084: <hr>
2085: <a name=de></a>
2086: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2087: <dl>
1.50 louis 2088:
1.151 louis 2089: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2090:
2091: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2092: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2093: </strong></font><br>
2094:
2095: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2096: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2097: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2098: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2099: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2100:
2101: <p>
2102:
1.72 louis 2103: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2104:
1.113 naddy 2105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2106: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2107: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2108: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2109:
1.101 jufi 2110: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2111: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2112: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2113: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2114: Giving way to
2115: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2116: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2117: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2118: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2119: <p>
1.72 louis 2120:
1.69 deraadt 2121: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2122:
1.113 naddy 2123: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2124: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2125: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2126: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2127:
2128: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2129: <p>
2130: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2131:
1.50 louis 2132:
1.113 naddy 2133: <hr>
2134: <a name=ru></a>
2135: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2136: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2137:
1.69 deraadt 2138: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2139:
1.113 naddy 2140: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2141: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2142: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2143: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2144:
2145: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2146: <p>
1.62 form 2147:
1.69 deraadt 2148: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2149:
1.113 naddy 2150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2151: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2152: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2153: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2154:
1.59 form 2155: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2156: <p>
1.112 naddy 2157:
1.113 naddy 2158: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2159:
1.113 naddy 2160: <hr>
2161: <a name=pl></a>
2162: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2163: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2164:
1.113 naddy 2165: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2166: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2167: Radio, August 2, 2000
2168: </strong></font><br>
2169:
2170: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2171: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2172: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2173: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2174: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2175: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2176: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2177: <p>
2178:
2179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2180: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2181: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2182: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2183: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2184:
2185: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2186: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2187: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2188: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2189: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2190: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2191: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2192: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2193: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2194: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2195: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2196: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2197: <p>
2198: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2199:
1.113 naddy 2200: <hr>
2201: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
2202: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
1.200 ! niklas 2203: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.199 2001/06/09 16:39:04 pvalchev Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 2204:
2205: </body>
2206: </html>