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1.16 louis 31:
1.194 jufi 32: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
33:
34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.201 ! horacio 35: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/0,12249,2772049,00.html">
! 36: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
! 37: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
! 38: </strong></font><br>
! 39: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF licence and
! 40: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decission of removing it from
! 41: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
! 42: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
! 43: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
! 44: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decission to change his
! 45: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
! 46: <br>
! 47: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
! 48: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
! 49: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
! 50: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
! 51: <p>
! 52:
! 53: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.194 jufi 54: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
55: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
56: BSD Today, June 01, 2001
57: </strong></font><br>
58: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
59: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
60: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
61: <br>
62: The new
63: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 64: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
65: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on
66: logdaemon!<br>
1.194 jufi 67:
1.190 horacio 68: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
69:
70: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 71:
72: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
73: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
74:
75: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
76: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
77:
78: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
79: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
80:
81: <a href="http://www.deadly.org">Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
82: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
83:
84: <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html">IPF: Free no more?</a>,
85: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
86:
87: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
88: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
89:
90: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
91: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
92:
93: <a href="http://www.deadly.org">IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
94: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
95:
96: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
97: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
98:
99: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
100: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
101:
102: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
103: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
104:
105: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
106: LWN weekly news, Jun 01, 2001<br>
107:
1.192 jufi 108: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
109: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
110: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, Jun 01, 2001<br>
111:
1.193 deraadt 112: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
113: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
114: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 01, 2001<br>
115:
1.196 deraadt 116: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
117: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
118:
1.198 pvalchev 119: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
120: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
121: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
122:
1.190 horacio 123: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 124: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
125: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
126: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
127: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
128: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
129: <p>
1.190 horacio 130:
1.191 jufi 131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.195 jufi 132: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010516.html">
133: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
134: SecurityPortal, May 16, 2001
135: </strong></font><br>
136: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
137: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010509.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>
138: , Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good programming is more important than dozens of features and
139: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
140: <p>
141:
142: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 143: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082320,00.html">
144: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
145: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
146: </strong></font><br>
147: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
148: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
149: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
150: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 151: <p>
152:
1.191 jufi 153:
1.186 jufi 154: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 155:
1.186 jufi 156: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
157: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 158: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
159: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 160: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 161:
1.188 jufi 162: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 163: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 164: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 165: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
166: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 167: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 168: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 169: <p>
170:
1.191 jufi 171:
172: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
173: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20010405.html?&_ref=36874758">
174: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>
175: Security Portal, April 05, 2001
176: </strong></font><br>
177:
178: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
179: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
180: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
181: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
182: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
183: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
184: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
185: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
186: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
187: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
188: familiar?
189: <p>
190:
1.178 louis 191: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
192:
193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 194: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
195: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 196: </strong></font><br>
197:
198: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
199: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
200: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
201: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
202: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
203: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
204: <p>
205:
1.179 louis 206: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
207: <a
1.182 louis 208: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
209: </strong></font><br>
210:
211: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
212: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
213: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
214: <p>
215:
216: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
217: <a
1.179 louis 218: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
219: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
220: </strong></font><br>
221:
222: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
223: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
224: <p>
225:
1.174 louis 226:
1.175 louis 227: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
228:
229: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
230: <a
1.179 louis 231: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
232: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
233: </strong></font><br>
234:
235: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
236: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
237: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
238: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
239: <p>
240:
241: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
242: <a
1.183 ian 243: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 244: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
245: </strong></font><br>
246:
247: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 248: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 249: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
250: <p>
251:
1.176 louis 252:
1.172 mickey 253: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
254:
255: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 256: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 257: </strong></font><br>
258:
259: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
260: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
261: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 262: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 263: <p>
264:
265: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
266: <a
1.174 louis 267: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
268: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
269: </strong></font><br>
270:
271: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
272: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
273: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
274: <p>
275:
276: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
277: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
278: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
279: </strong></font><br>
280:
281: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
282: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
283: <p>
284:
285: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
286: <a
287: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
288: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
289: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
290: </strong></font><br>
291:
292: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
293: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
294: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
295: our own Theo de Raadt.
296: <p>
297:
298: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
299: <a
300: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
301: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
302: </strong></font><br>
303:
304: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
305: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
306: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
307: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
308: shut down.]
309: <p>
310:
311: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
312: <a
1.172 mickey 313: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
314: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 315: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 316: </strong></font><br>
317:
318: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
319: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
320: <p>
321:
322: </li>
323:
1.161 louis 324: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
325:
1.175 louis 326:
327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
328: <a
329: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
330: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
331: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
332: </strong></font><br>
333:
334: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
335: by John Wolley
336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
339: <a
340: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
341: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
342: </strong></font><br>
343:
344: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
345: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
346: OpenBSD).
347: <p>
348:
1.161 louis 349: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
350: <a
1.171 louis 351: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
352: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
353: </strong></font><br>
354:
355: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
356: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
357: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
358: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
359: and hindsight.
360: <p>
361:
362: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
363: <a
1.168 provos 364: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
365: December 7, 2000
366: </strong></font><br>
367:
368: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
369: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
370: us explain.
371: <p>
372:
373: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
374: <a
1.166 louis 375: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
376: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
377: December 6, 2000
378: </strong></font><br>
379:
380: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
381: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
382: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
383: <p>
384:
385: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
386: <a
1.162 millert 387: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
388: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
389: </strong></font><br>
390:
391: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 392: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
393: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
394: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
395: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
396: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
397: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 398: <p>
1.162 millert 399:
400: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
401: <a
1.161 louis 402: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
403: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
404: </strong></font><br>
405:
406: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
407: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
408: <p>
409:
1.169 louis 410: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
411: <a
412: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
413: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
414: </strong></font><br>
415:
416: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
417: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
418: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
419: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
420: <p>
421:
1.158 louis 422: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 423:
424: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 425: <a
1.175 louis 426: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
427: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
428: </strong></font><br>
429:
430: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
431: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
432: <p>
433:
434: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
435: <a
1.164 deraadt 436: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 437: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 438: </strong></font><br>
439: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
440: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
441: <p>
442:
443: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
444: <a
445: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
446: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
447: </strong></font><br>
448:
449: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
450: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
451: <p>
452:
453: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
454: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
455: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
456: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 457:
1.161 louis 458: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
459: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
460: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
461: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
462: <p>
1.174 louis 463: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
464: <a
465: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
466: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
467: </strong></font><br>
468:
469: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
470: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
471: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
472: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
473: much of the attitude too).
474: <p>
1.161 louis 475:
476: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
477: <a
1.157 louis 478: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
479: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
480: </strong></font><br>
481: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
482: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
483: <p>
484:
485: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
486:
487: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 488: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
489: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
490: </strong></font><br>
491:
492: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
493: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
494: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
495: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
496: <p>
497:
498: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
499: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
500: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
501: </strong></font><br>
502:
503: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
504: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
505: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
506: it because they love coding...
507: <p>
508:
509: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
510: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
511: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
512: </strong></font><br>
513:
514: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
515: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
516: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
517: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
518: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
519: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
520: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
521: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
522: <p>
523:
524: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 525: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
526: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
527: </strong></font><br>
528:
529: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
530: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
531: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
532: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
533: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
534: the pizza.
535: <p>
536:
537: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 538: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
539: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
540: </strong></font><br>
541:
542: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
543: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
544: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
545: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
546: problems.
547: <p>
548:
549: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 550: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
551: </strong></font><br>
552:
553: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
554: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
555: - whether they like it or not.
556: <p>
557:
558: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 559: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
560: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
561: </strong></font><br>
562:
563: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
564: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
565: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 566: <p>
1.148 aaron 567:
568: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 569: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
570: </strong></font><br>
571:
572: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
573: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
574: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
575: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
576: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
577: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
578: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
579: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
580: <p>
581:
582: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 583: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
584: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
585: </strong></font><br>
586:
587: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
588: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
589: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
590: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
591: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
592: <p>
593:
1.138 louis 594: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
595:
596: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 597: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 598: System Takes On Linux</a>,
599: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
600: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 601: </strong></font><br>
602:
1.146 louis 603: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
604: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
605: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
606: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
607: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
608: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
609: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 610: <p>
611:
612: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.200 niklas 613: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
614: System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
615: </strong></font><br>
616:
617: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
618: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
619: groups, and even Linux.
620: <p>
621:
622: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 623: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
624: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
625: </strong></font><br>
626:
627: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
628: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
629: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
630: library after installing the OS.
631: <p>
632:
633: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 634: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 635: Sys Admin, September 2000
636: </strong></font><br>
637:
638: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
639: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
640: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
641: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
642: (<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>,
643: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
644: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
645: <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 646: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 647: out of the system.
648: <p>
649:
1.144 louis 650: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
651: <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
652: </strong></font><br>
653:
654: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.199 pvalchev 655: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.144 louis 656: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
657: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
658: the IP filtering and address translation.
659: <p>
660:
1.200 niklas 661: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
662: <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
663: </strong></font><br>
664:
665: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
666: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
667: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
668: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
669: the IP filtering and address translation.
670: <p>
671:
1.131 louis 672: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
673:
674: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 675: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
676: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
677: </strong></font><br>
678:
679: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
680: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
681: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
682: <p>
683:
684: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 685: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
686: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
687: </strong></font><br>
688:
689: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
690: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
691: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
692: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
693: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
694: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
695: note of"</i>.
696: <p>
697:
698: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.200 niklas 699: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
700: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
701: </strong></font><br>
702:
703: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
704: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
705: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
706: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
707: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
708: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
709: note of"</i>.
710: <p>
711:
712: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 713: <a
714: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
715: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
716: </strong></font><br>
717:
718: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
719: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
720: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
721: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
722: <p>
723:
724: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 725: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 726: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
727: </strong></font><br>
728:
729: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
730: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
731: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
732: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
733: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
734: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
735: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
736: <p>
737:
738: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 739: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
740: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
741: 2000
742: </strong></font><br>
743:
744: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
745: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
746: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
747: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
748: against current industry practices.
749: <p>
750:
751: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 752: <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
753: </strong></font><br>
754:
755: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
756: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
757: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
758: <p>
759:
760: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 761: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
762: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
763: </strong></font><br>
764:
765: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
766: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
767: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
768: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
769: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
770: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
771: careful code reviews, he concludes.
772: <p>
773:
774: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 775: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
776: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
777: </strong></font><br>
778:
779: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
780: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
781: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
782: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
783: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 784: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
785: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
786: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 787: <p>
788:
1.118 louis 789: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
790:
791: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 792: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
793: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
794: </strong></font><br>
795:
796: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
797: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
798: about time. The article mentions that
799: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
800: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
801: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 802: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 803: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
804: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 805: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 806: <p>
807:
808: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 809: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 810: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 811: </strong></font><br>
812:
813: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
814: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
815: of OpenSSH.
816: <p>
817:
818: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
819: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
820: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
821: </strong></font><br>
822:
823: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 824: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 825: bridging.
826: <p>
827:
828: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
829: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
830: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 831: </strong></font><br>
832:
1.121 deraadt 833: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
834: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 835: <p>
836:
837: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 838: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
839: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
840: </strong></font><br>
841:
842: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
843: <p>
844:
845: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 846: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 847: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
848: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 849: </strong></font><br>
850:
1.120 deraadt 851: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
852: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 853: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
854: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
855: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
856: <p>
857:
858: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 859: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
860: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
861: </strong></font><br>
862:
863: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
864: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
865: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
866: protocols and their quirks.
867: <p>
868:
869: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 870: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html">In
1.137 louis 871: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 872: </strong></font><br>
873:
874: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
875: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
876: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 877: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 878: <p>
879:
880: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 881: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
882: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
883: </strong></font><br>
884:
885: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
886: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
887: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
888: <p>
889:
890: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 891: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 892: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
893: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 894: </strong></font><br>
895:
896: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
897: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
898: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
899: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
900: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
901: <p>
902:
1.104 louis 903: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
904:
1.113 naddy 905: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 906: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
907: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
908: </strong></font><br>
909:
910: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
911: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
912: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
913: be a bit dry.
914: <p>
915:
916: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 917: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
918: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
919: 2000
1.128 louis 920: </strong></font><br>
921:
922: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
923: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
924: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
925: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
926: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 927: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 928: <p>
929:
930: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 931: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
932: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 933: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 934:
935: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
936: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
937: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
938: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 939: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
940: <p>
1.110 louis 941:
1.117 louis 942: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
943: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
944: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
945: </strong></font><br>
946:
947: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
948: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
949: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
950: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
951: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
952: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
953: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
954: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
955: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
956: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
957: <p>
958:
1.113 naddy 959: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 960: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 961: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 962:
963: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
964: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 965: <p>
1.108 louis 966:
1.113 naddy 967: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 968: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
969: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 970: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 971:
972: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
973: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
974: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 975: <p>
1.106 louis 976:
1.113 naddy 977: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 978: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
979: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 980: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 981:
982: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
983: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
984: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
985: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 986: <p>
1.107 louis 987:
1.113 naddy 988: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 989: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
990: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 991: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 992:
993: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
994: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 995: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 996: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
997: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 998: <p>
1.105 louis 999:
1.113 naddy 1000: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 1001: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1002: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1003: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1004:
1.113 naddy 1005: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1006: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1007: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1008: <p>
1.104 louis 1009:
1.121 deraadt 1010: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1011: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1012: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1013: </strong></font><br>
1014:
1015: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1016: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1017: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1018: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1019: <p>
1020:
1.85 louis 1021: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1022:
1.113 naddy 1023: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1024: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1025: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1026: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1027:
1028: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1029: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1030: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1031: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1032: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1033: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1034: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1035: <p>
1.99 louis 1036:
1.113 naddy 1037: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1038: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1039: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1040: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1041:
1042: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1043: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1044: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1045: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1046: <p>
1.100 louis 1047:
1.113 naddy 1048: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1049: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1050: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1051: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1052:
1053: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1054: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1055: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1056: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1057: <p>
1.95 louis 1058:
1.113 naddy 1059: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1060: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1061: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1062: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1063:
1064: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1065: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1066: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1067: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1068: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1069: <p>
1.92 louis 1070:
1.113 naddy 1071: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1072: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1073: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1074: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1075:
1076: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1077: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1078: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1079: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1080: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1081: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1082: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1083: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1084: <p>
1.91 louis 1085:
1.113 naddy 1086: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 1087: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
1088: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1089: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1090:
1091: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1092: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1093: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1094: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1095: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1096: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1097: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1098: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1099: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1100: <p>
1.90 louis 1101:
1.113 naddy 1102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1103: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1104: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1105: </strong></font><br>
1106: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1107: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1108: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1109: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1110: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1111: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1112: <p>
1113:
1114: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1115: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1116: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1117: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1118:
1.113 naddy 1119: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1120: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1121: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1122: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1123: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1124: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1125: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1126: <p>
1.87 louis 1127:
1.113 naddy 1128: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1129: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1130: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1131: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1132:
1133: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1134: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1135: <p>
1.85 louis 1136:
1.113 naddy 1137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1138: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1139: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1140: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1141:
1142: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1143: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1144: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1145: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1146: <p>
1.89 louis 1147:
1.113 naddy 1148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1149: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1150: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1151: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1152:
1153: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1154: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1155: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1156: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1157: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1158:
1.78 deraadt 1159: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1160:
1.113 naddy 1161: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1162: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1163: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1164: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1165: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1166:
1167: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1168: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1169: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1170: <p>
1.83 louis 1171:
1.113 naddy 1172: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1173: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1174: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1175: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1176:
1177: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1178: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 1179: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1180: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1181: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1182: <p>
1.93 louis 1183:
1.113 naddy 1184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1185: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 1186: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1187: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1188:
1.83 louis 1189: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1190: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1191: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1192: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1193: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1194: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1195: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1196: <p>
1.82 aaron 1197:
1.113 naddy 1198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1199: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1200: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1201: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1202:
1.83 louis 1203: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1204: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1205: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1206: <p>
1.80 louis 1207:
1.113 naddy 1208: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1209: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1210: Bad Press</a>,
1211: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1212: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1213:
1214: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1215: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1216: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1217: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1218: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1219: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1220:
1221: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1222:
1.113 naddy 1223: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1224: <a
1.111 jufi 1225: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 1226: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
1227: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1228: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1229:
1230: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1231: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1232: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1233: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1234: <p>
1.74 louis 1235:
1.113 naddy 1236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1237: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1238: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1239: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1240:
1241: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1242: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1243: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1244: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1245: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1246: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1247: <p>
1.88 louis 1248:
1.113 naddy 1249: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1250: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1251: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1252: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1253:
1254: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1255: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1256: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1257: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1258: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1259: <p>
1.81 louis 1260:
1.113 naddy 1261: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1262: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1263: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1264: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1265:
1266: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1267: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1268: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1269: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1270: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1271: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1272: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1273: <p>
1.90 louis 1274:
1.113 naddy 1275: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1276: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1277: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1278: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1279:
1280: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1281: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1282: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1283: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1284: <p>
1.71 louis 1285:
1.69 deraadt 1286: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1287:
1.113 naddy 1288: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1289: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 1290: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1291: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1292:
1293: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1294: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1295: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1296: <p>
1.70 louis 1297:
1.113 naddy 1298: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1299: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1300: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1301:
1302: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1303: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1304: <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 1305: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1306: <p>
1.68 louis 1307:
1.113 naddy 1308: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1309: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1310: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1311: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1312:
1.111 jufi 1313: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1314: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1315: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1316: "secure by default" installation.
1317: <p>
1.64 louis 1318:
1.113 naddy 1319: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1320: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1321: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1322: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1323:
1.113 naddy 1324: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1325: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1326: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1327: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1328: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1329: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1330: <p>
1.66 louis 1331:
1.113 naddy 1332: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1333: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1334: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1335: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1336:
1337: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1338: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1339: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1340: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1341: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1342: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1343: <p>
1.83 louis 1344:
1.113 naddy 1345: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1346: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1347: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1348: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1349:
1350: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1351: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1352: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1353: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1354: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1355: <p>
1.64 louis 1356:
1.113 naddy 1357: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1358: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1359: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1360: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1361:
1362: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1363: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1364: <p>
1.65 louis 1365:
1.69 deraadt 1366: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1367:
1.113 naddy 1368: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1369: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1370: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1371: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1372:
1373: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1374: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1375: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1376: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1377: <p>
1.88 louis 1378:
1.113 naddy 1379: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1380: <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 1381: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1382:
1383: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1384: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1385: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1386: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1387: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1388: <p>
1.60 louis 1389:
1.113 naddy 1390: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1391: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1392: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1393: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1394: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1395:
1396: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1397: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1398: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1399: <p>
1.58 louis 1400:
1.113 naddy 1401: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1402: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1403: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1404:
1405: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1406: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1407: <p>
1.53 louis 1408:
1.113 naddy 1409: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1410: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1411: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1412: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1413:
1414: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1415: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1416: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1417: <p>
1.99 louis 1418:
1.113 naddy 1419: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1420: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1421: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1422:
1423: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1424: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1425: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1426: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1427: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1428:
1.113 naddy 1429: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1430: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1431: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1432: </strong></font><br>
1433:
1434: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1435: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1436: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1437: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1438: <p>
1439:
1440: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1441: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1442: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1443: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1444:
1445: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1446: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1447: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1448:
1.113 naddy 1449: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1450: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1451: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1452:
1453: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1454: in
1.113 naddy 1455: <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 1456: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1457: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1458: <p>
1.53 louis 1459:
1.113 naddy 1460: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1461: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1462: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1463: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1464: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1465:
1.58 louis 1466: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1467: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1468:
1.69 deraadt 1469: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1470:
1.113 naddy 1471: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1472: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1473: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1474: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1475: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1476:
1.58 louis 1477: Kurt Seifried
1478: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1479: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1480: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1481: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1482:
1.113 naddy 1483: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1484: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1485: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1486: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1487:
1488: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1489: <p>
1.96 louis 1490:
1.113 naddy 1491: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1492: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1493: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1494: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1495:
1496: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1497: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1498: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1499: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1500: <p>
1.86 louis 1501:
1.69 deraadt 1502: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1503:
1.113 naddy 1504: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1505: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1506: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1507: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1508:
1509: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1510: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1511: <p>
1.61 louis 1512:
1.113 naddy 1513: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1514: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1515: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1516: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1517: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1518:
1519: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1520: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1521: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1522: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1523: right -- or at least strives to".
1524: <p>
1.48 louis 1525:
1.113 naddy 1526: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1527: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1528: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1529: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1530: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1531: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1532: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1533: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1534: <p>
1.61 louis 1535:
1.113 naddy 1536: <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 1537: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1538: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1539:
1540: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1541: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1542: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1543: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1544: <p>
1.46 louis 1545:
1.113 naddy 1546: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1547: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1548: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1549: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1550:
1551: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1552: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1553: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1554:
1.113 naddy 1555: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1556: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1557: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1558: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1559:
1560: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1561: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1562: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1563: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1564: <p>
1.70 louis 1565:
1.69 deraadt 1566: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1567:
1.113 naddy 1568: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1569: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1570: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1571:
1572: Kurt Seifried
1573: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1574: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1575: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1576: <p>
1.44 philen 1577:
1.113 naddy 1578: <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 1579: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1580: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1581:
1582: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1583: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1584:
1.113 naddy 1585: <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 1586: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1587: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1588:
1589: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1590: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1591:
1.113 naddy 1592: <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 1593: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1594: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1595:
1596: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1597: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1598: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1599: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1600: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1601:
1.113 naddy 1602: <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 1603: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1604: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1605:
1.36 louis 1606: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1607: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1608:
1.113 naddy 1609: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1610: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1611: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1612: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1613:
1614: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1615: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1616:
1.69 deraadt 1617: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1618:
1.113 naddy 1619: <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 1620: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1621: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1622:
1623: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1624: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1625: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1626:
1.113 naddy 1627: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1628: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1629: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1630: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1631:
1632: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1633: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1634: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1635: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1636: <blockquote>
1637: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1638: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1639: <br>
1640: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1641: </code>
1642: </blockquote>
1643: <p>
1644:
1645: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1646: <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>
1647: <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
1648: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1649:
1650: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1651: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1652: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1653: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1654:
1.113 naddy 1655: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1656: <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 1657: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1658:
1659: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1660: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1661: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1662: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1663: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1664: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1665: <p>
1.19 louis 1666:
1.113 naddy 1667: <li><strong>
1668: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1669: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1670:
1671: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1672: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1673: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1674: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1675: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1676: <p>
1.16 louis 1677:
1.113 naddy 1678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1679: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1680: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1681: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1682:
1.57 louis 1683: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1684: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1685: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1686: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1687:
1.113 naddy 1688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1689: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1690: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1691: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1692:
1.113 naddy 1693: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1694:
1.113 naddy 1695: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1696: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1697: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1698: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1699:
1.23 louis 1700: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1701: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1702: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1703: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1704: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1705: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1706:
1.113 naddy 1707: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1708: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1709: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1710: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1711:
1.199 pvalchev 1712: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 1713: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1714: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1715: installation.
1.113 naddy 1716: <p>
1.47 louis 1717:
1.113 naddy 1718: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1719: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1720: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1721: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1722:
1723: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1724: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1725:
1.69 deraadt 1726: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1727:
1.113 naddy 1728: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1729: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1730: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1731: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1732:
1733: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1734: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1735: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1736: <p>
1.12 louis 1737:
1.113 naddy 1738: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1739: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1740: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1741: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1742:
1743: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1744: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1745: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1746: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1747: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1748: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1749: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1750: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1751:
1.69 deraadt 1752: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1753:
1.113 naddy 1754: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1755: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1756: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1757:
1758: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1759: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1760: available."
1.113 naddy 1761: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1762:
1.69 deraadt 1763: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1764:
1.113 naddy 1765: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1766: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1767: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1768:
1769: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1770: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1771: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1772: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1773: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1774: <p>
1.33 louis 1775:
1.113 naddy 1776: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1777: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1778: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1779: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1780:
1.113 naddy 1781: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1782: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1783: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1784: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1785: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1786: <p>
1.57 louis 1787:
1.69 deraadt 1788: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1789:
1.113 naddy 1790: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1791: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1792: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1793: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1794:
1795: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1796: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1797: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1798:
1.113 naddy 1799: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1800: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1801: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1802: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1803: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1804:
1805: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1806: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1807:
1.113 naddy 1808: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1809: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1810:
1.113 naddy 1811: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1812:
1.113 naddy 1813: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1814: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1815: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1816: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1817:
1818: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1819: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1820:
1.69 deraadt 1821: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1822:
1.113 naddy 1823: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1824: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1825: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1826:
1827: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1828: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1829: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1830:
1.113 naddy 1831: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1832: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1833: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1834: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1835:
1836: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1837: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1838: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1839: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1840:
1.69 deraadt 1841: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1842:
1.160 jufi 1843: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1844: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1845: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1846: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1847: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1848:
1849: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1850: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1851: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1852: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1853: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1854: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1855: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1856:
1.113 naddy 1857: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1858: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1859: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1860: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1861:
1862: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1863: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1864: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1865: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1866: <p>
1.15 louis 1867:
1.113 naddy 1868: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1869: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1870: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1871: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1872:
1873: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1874: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1875: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1876: columns."
1.113 naddy 1877: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1878:
1.69 deraadt 1879: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1880:
1.113 naddy 1881: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1882: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1883: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1884: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1885:
1886: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1887: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1888:
1.113 naddy 1889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1890: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1891: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1892:
1893: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1894: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1895: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1896:
1.69 deraadt 1897: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1898:
1.113 naddy 1899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1900: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1901: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1902: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1903:
1904: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1905: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1906: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1907: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1908: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1909:
1.69 deraadt 1910: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1911:
1.113 naddy 1912: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1913: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1914: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1915:
1.69 deraadt 1916: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1917: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1918: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1919:
1.69 deraadt 1920: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1921:
1.113 naddy 1922: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1923: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1924: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1925: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1926:
1927: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1928: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1929: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1930:
1.113 naddy 1931: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1932: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1933: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1934: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1935: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1936:
1.69 deraadt 1937: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1938:
1.113 naddy 1939: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1940: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1941: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1942: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1943: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1944: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1945:
1946: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1947: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1948: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1949: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1950: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1951: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1952:
1953: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1954:
1.113 naddy 1955: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1956: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1957: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1958:
1.69 deraadt 1959: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1960: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1961: <p>
1.112 naddy 1962:
1.113 naddy 1963: </dl>
1964: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1965:
1.113 naddy 1966: <hr>
1967: <a name=se></a>
1968: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1969:
1.200 niklas 1970: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1971:
1972: <dl>
1973: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1974: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1975: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1976:
1977: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1978: <p>
1979:
1980: </dl>
1981:
1982: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1983:
1984: <dl>
1985: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1986: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
1987: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
1988:
1989: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
1990: <p>
1991:
1992: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1993: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1994: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
1995:
1996: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1997: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1998: <p>
1999:
2000: </dl>
2001:
2002: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2003:
2004: <dl>
2005: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2006: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2007: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2008:
2009: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2010: <p>
2011:
2012: </dl>
2013:
1.102 niklas 2014: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2015:
1.113 naddy 2016: <dl>
2017: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 2018: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2019: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2020:
2021: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2022: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2023: <p>
1.102 niklas 2024:
1.113 naddy 2025: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2026:
1.84 niklas 2027: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2028:
1.113 naddy 2029: <dl>
2030: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2031: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2032: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2033:
2034: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2035: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2036: <p>
1.84 niklas 2037:
1.113 naddy 2038: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2039:
1.69 deraadt 2040: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2041:
1.113 naddy 2042: <dl>
2043: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2044: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2045: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2046:
2047: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
2048: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2049: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2050: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2051:
1.113 naddy 2052: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2053: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2054: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2055: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2056: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2057:
1.20 louis 2058: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2059: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2060: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2061: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2062: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2063:
1.113 naddy 2064: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2065:
1.113 naddy 2066: <hr>
2067: <a name=jp></a>
2068: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2069:
1.113 naddy 2070: <dl>
1.20 louis 2071:
1.170 louis 2072: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2073:
2074: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2075: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2076: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2077: </strong></font><br>
2078:
2079: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2080: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2081: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2082: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2083: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2084: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2085: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
2086: <p>
2087:
1.69 deraadt 2088: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2089:
1.113 naddy 2090: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2091: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2092: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2093: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2094:
2095: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2096: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2097: translating and reprinting articles from
2098: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2099: <p>
1.112 naddy 2100:
1.113 naddy 2101: </dl>
1.20 louis 2102:
1.113 naddy 2103: <hr>
2104: <a name=de></a>
2105: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2106: <dl>
1.50 louis 2107:
1.151 louis 2108: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2109:
2110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2111: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2112: </strong></font><br>
2113:
2114: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2115: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2116: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2117: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2118: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2119:
2120: <p>
2121:
1.72 louis 2122: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2123:
1.113 naddy 2124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2125: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2126: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2127: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2128:
1.101 jufi 2129: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2130: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2131: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2132: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2133: Giving way to
2134: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2135: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2136: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2137: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2138: <p>
1.72 louis 2139:
1.69 deraadt 2140: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2141:
1.113 naddy 2142: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2143: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2144: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2145: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2146:
2147: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2148: <p>
2149: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2150:
1.50 louis 2151:
1.113 naddy 2152: <hr>
2153: <a name=ru></a>
2154: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2155: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2156:
1.69 deraadt 2157: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2158:
1.113 naddy 2159: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2160: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2161: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2162: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2163:
2164: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2165: <p>
1.62 form 2166:
1.69 deraadt 2167: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2168:
1.113 naddy 2169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2170: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2171: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2172: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2173:
1.59 form 2174: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2175: <p>
1.112 naddy 2176:
1.113 naddy 2177: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2178:
1.113 naddy 2179: <hr>
2180: <a name=pl></a>
2181: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2182: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2183:
1.113 naddy 2184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2185: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2186: Radio, August 2, 2000
2187: </strong></font><br>
2188:
2189: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2190: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2191: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2192: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2193: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2194: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2195: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2196: <p>
2197:
2198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2199: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2200: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2201: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2202: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2203:
2204: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2205: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2206: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2207: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2208: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2209: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2210: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2211: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2212: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2213: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2214: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2215: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2216: <p>
2217: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2218:
1.113 naddy 2219: <hr>
2220: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
2221: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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