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30: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
31: <dl>
1.16 louis 32:
1.194 jufi 33: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
34:
35: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.201 horacio 36: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/0,12249,2772049,00.html">
37: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
38: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
39: </strong></font><br>
40: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF licence and
41: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decission of removing it from
42: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
43: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
44: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
45: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decission to change his
46: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
47: <br>
48: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
49: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
50: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
51: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
52: <p>
53:
54: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.194 jufi 55: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
56: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
57: BSD Today, June 01, 2001
58: </strong></font><br>
59: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
60: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
61: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
62: <br>
63: The new
64: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 65: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
66: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on
67: logdaemon!<br>
1.194 jufi 68:
1.190 horacio 69: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
70:
71: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 72:
73: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
74: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
75:
76: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
77: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
78:
79: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
80: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
81:
82: <a href="http://www.deadly.org">Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
83: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
84:
85: <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html">IPF: Free no more?</a>,
86: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
87:
88: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
89: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
90:
91: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
92: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
93:
94: <a href="http://www.deadly.org">IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
95: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
96:
97: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
98: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
99:
100: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
101: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
102:
103: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
104: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
105:
106: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
107: LWN weekly news, Jun 01, 2001<br>
108:
1.192 jufi 109: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
110: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
111: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, Jun 01, 2001<br>
112:
1.193 deraadt 113: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
114: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
115: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 01, 2001<br>
116:
1.196 deraadt 117: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
118: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
119:
1.198 pvalchev 120: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
121: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
122: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
123:
1.190 horacio 124: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 125: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
126: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
127: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
128: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
129: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
130: <p>
1.190 horacio 131:
1.191 jufi 132: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.195 jufi 133: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010516.html">
134: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
135: SecurityPortal, May 16, 2001
136: </strong></font><br>
137: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
138: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010509.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>
139: , Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good programming is more important than dozens of features and
140: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
141: <p>
142:
143: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 144: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082320,00.html">
145: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
146: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
147: </strong></font><br>
148: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
149: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
150: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
151: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 152: <p>
153:
1.191 jufi 154:
1.186 jufi 155: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 156:
1.186 jufi 157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
158: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 159: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
160: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 161: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 162:
1.188 jufi 163: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 164: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 165: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 166: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
167: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 168: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 169: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 170: <p>
171:
1.191 jufi 172:
173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
174: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20010405.html?&_ref=36874758">
175: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>
176: Security Portal, April 05, 2001
177: </strong></font><br>
178:
179: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
180: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
181: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
182: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
183: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
184: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
185: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
186: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
187: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
188: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
189: familiar?
190: <p>
191:
1.178 louis 192: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
193:
194: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 195: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
196: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 197: </strong></font><br>
198:
199: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
200: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
201: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
202: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
203: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
204: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
205: <p>
206:
1.179 louis 207: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
208: <a
1.182 louis 209: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
210: </strong></font><br>
211:
212: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
213: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
214: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
215: <p>
216:
217: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
218: <a
1.179 louis 219: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
220: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
221: </strong></font><br>
222:
223: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
224: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
225: <p>
226:
1.174 louis 227:
1.175 louis 228: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
229:
230: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
231: <a
1.179 louis 232: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
233: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
234: </strong></font><br>
235:
236: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
237: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
238: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
239: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
240: <p>
241:
242: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
243: <a
1.183 ian 244: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 245: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
246: </strong></font><br>
247:
248: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 249: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 250: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
251: <p>
252:
1.176 louis 253:
1.172 mickey 254: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
255:
256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 257: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 258: </strong></font><br>
259:
260: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
261: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
262: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 263: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 264: <p>
265:
266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
267: <a
1.174 louis 268: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
269: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
270: </strong></font><br>
271:
272: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
273: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
274: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
275: <p>
276:
277: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
278: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
279: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
280: </strong></font><br>
281:
282: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
283: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
284: <p>
285:
286: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
287: <a
288: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
289: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
290: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
291: </strong></font><br>
292:
293: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
294: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
295: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
296: our own Theo de Raadt.
297: <p>
298:
299: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
300: <a
301: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
302: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
303: </strong></font><br>
304:
305: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
306: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
307: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
308: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
309: shut down.]
310: <p>
311:
312: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
313: <a
1.172 mickey 314: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo deRaadt,
315: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 316: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 317: </strong></font><br>
318:
319: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
320: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
321: <p>
322:
323: </li>
324:
1.161 louis 325: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
326:
1.175 louis 327:
328: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
329: <a
330: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
331: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
332: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
333: </strong></font><br>
334:
335: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
336: by John Wolley
337: <p>
338:
339: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
340: <a
341: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
342: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
343: </strong></font><br>
344:
345: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
346: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
347: OpenBSD).
348: <p>
349:
1.161 louis 350: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
351: <a
1.171 louis 352: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
353: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
354: </strong></font><br>
355:
356: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
357: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
358: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
359: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
360: and hindsight.
361: <p>
362:
363: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
364: <a
1.168 provos 365: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
366: December 7, 2000
367: </strong></font><br>
368:
369: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
370: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
371: us explain.
372: <p>
373:
374: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
375: <a
1.166 louis 376: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html">System and
377: Network Security - Kernel Options</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
378: December 6, 2000
379: </strong></font><br>
380:
381: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
382: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
383: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
384: <p>
385:
386: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
387: <a
1.162 millert 388: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
389: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
390: </strong></font><br>
391:
392: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 393: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
394: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
395: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
396: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
397: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
398: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 399: <p>
1.162 millert 400:
401: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
402: <a
1.161 louis 403: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
404: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
405: </strong></font><br>
406:
407: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
408: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
409: <p>
410:
1.169 louis 411: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
412: <a
413: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
414: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
415: </strong></font><br>
416:
417: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
418: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
419: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
420: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
421: <p>
422:
1.158 louis 423: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 424:
425: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 426: <a
1.175 louis 427: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
428: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
429: </strong></font><br>
430:
431: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
432: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
433: <p>
434:
435: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
436: <a
1.164 deraadt 437: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 438: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 439: </strong></font><br>
440: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
441: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
442: <p>
443:
444: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
445: <a
446: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
447: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
448: </strong></font><br>
449:
450: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
451: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
452: <p>
453:
454: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
455: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.html">Building
456: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
457: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 458:
1.161 louis 459: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
460: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
461: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
462: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
463: <p>
1.174 louis 464: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
465: <a
466: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
467: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
468: </strong></font><br>
469:
470: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
471: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
472: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
473: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
474: much of the attitude too).
475: <p>
1.161 louis 476:
477: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
478: <a
1.157 louis 479: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html">BSDCon
480: 2000: A small, tasty conference</a>, Sun World, November 2000
481: </strong></font><br>
482: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
483: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
484: <p>
485:
486: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
487:
488: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 489: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html">Auditing
490: Code</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
491: </strong></font><br>
492:
493: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
494: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
495: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
496: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
497: <p>
498:
499: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
500: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
501: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
502: </strong></font><br>
503:
504: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
505: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
506: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
507: it because they love coding...
508: <p>
509:
510: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
511: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
512: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
513: </strong></font><br>
514:
515: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
516: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
517: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
518: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
519: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
520: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
521: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
522: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
523: <p>
524:
525: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 526: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
527: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
528: </strong></font><br>
529:
530: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
531: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
532: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
533: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
534: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
535: the pizza.
536: <p>
537:
538: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 539: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
540: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
541: </strong></font><br>
542:
543: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
544: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
545: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
546: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
547: problems.
548: <p>
549:
550: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 551: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
552: </strong></font><br>
553:
554: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
555: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
556: - whether they like it or not.
557: <p>
558:
559: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 560: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
561: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
562: </strong></font><br>
563:
564: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
565: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
566: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 567: <p>
1.148 aaron 568:
569: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.156 louis 570: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, October 5, 2000
571: </strong></font><br>
572:
573: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
574: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
575: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
576: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
577: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
578: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
579: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
580: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
581: <p>
582:
583: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.147 louis 584: <a href="http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001">BSD OSs Offer
585: Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
586: </strong></font><br>
587:
588: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
589: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
590: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
591: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
592: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
593: <p>
594:
1.138 louis 595: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
596:
597: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 598: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 599: System Takes On Linux</a>,
600: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
601: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 602: </strong></font><br>
603:
1.146 louis 604: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
605: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
606: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
607: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
608: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
609: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
610: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 611: <p>
612:
613: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.200 niklas 614: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
615: System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
616: </strong></font><br>
617:
618: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
619: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
620: groups, and even Linux.
621: <p>
622:
623: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 624: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
625: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
626: </strong></font><br>
627:
628: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
629: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
630: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
631: library after installing the OS.
632: <p>
633:
634: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.159 todd 635: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0909/">OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</a>,
1.138 louis 636: Sys Admin, September 2000
637: </strong></font><br>
638:
639: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
640: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
641: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
642: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
643: (<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>,
644: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
645: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
646: <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 647: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 648: out of the system.
649: <p>
650:
1.144 louis 651: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
652: <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
653: </strong></font><br>
654:
655: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 656: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
657: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
658: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
659: the IP filtering and address translation.
660: <p>
661:
1.131 louis 662: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
663:
664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 665: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
666: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
667: </strong></font><br>
668:
669: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
670: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
671: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
672: <p>
673:
674: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 675: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
676: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
677: </strong></font><br>
678:
679: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
680: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
681: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
682: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
683: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
684: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
685: note of"</i>.
686: <p>
687:
688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.200 niklas 689: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
690: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
691: </strong></font><br>
692:
693: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
694: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
695: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
696: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
697: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
698: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
699: note of"</i>.
700: <p>
701:
702: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 703: <a
704: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
705: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
706: </strong></font><br>
707:
708: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
709: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
710: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
711: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
712: <p>
713:
714: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 715: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 716: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
717: </strong></font><br>
718:
719: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
720: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
721: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
722: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
723: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
724: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
725: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
726: <p>
727:
728: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 729: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
730: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
731: 2000
732: </strong></font><br>
733:
734: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
735: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
736: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
737: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
738: against current industry practices.
739: <p>
740:
741: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 742: <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
743: </strong></font><br>
744:
745: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
746: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
747: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
748: <p>
749:
750: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 751: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
752: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
753: </strong></font><br>
754:
755: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
756: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
757: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
758: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
759: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
760: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
761: careful code reviews, he concludes.
762: <p>
763:
764: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 765: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
766: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
767: </strong></font><br>
768:
769: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
770: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
771: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
772: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
773: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 774: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
775: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
776: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 777: <p>
778:
1.118 louis 779: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
780:
781: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 782: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
783: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
784: </strong></font><br>
785:
786: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
787: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
788: about time. The article mentions that
789: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
790: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
791: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 792: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 793: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
794: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 795: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 796: <p>
797:
798: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 799: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 800: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 801: </strong></font><br>
802:
803: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
804: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
805: of OpenSSH.
806: <p>
807:
808: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
809: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
810: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
811: </strong></font><br>
812:
813: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 814: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 815: bridging.
816: <p>
817:
818: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
819: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
820: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 821: </strong></font><br>
822:
1.121 deraadt 823: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
824: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 825: <p>
826:
827: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 828: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
829: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
830: </strong></font><br>
831:
832: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
833: <p>
834:
835: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 836: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 837: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
838: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 839: </strong></font><br>
840:
1.120 deraadt 841: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
842: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 843: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
844: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
845: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
846: <p>
847:
848: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 849: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
850: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
851: </strong></font><br>
852:
853: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
854: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
855: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
856: protocols and their quirks.
857: <p>
858:
859: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 860: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html">In
1.137 louis 861: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 862: </strong></font><br>
863:
864: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
865: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
866: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 867: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 868: <p>
869:
870: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 871: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
872: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
873: </strong></font><br>
874:
875: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
876: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
877: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
878: <p>
879:
880: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 881: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 882: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
883: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 884: </strong></font><br>
885:
886: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
887: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
888: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
889: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
890: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
891: <p>
892:
1.104 louis 893: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
894:
1.113 naddy 895: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 896: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
897: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
898: </strong></font><br>
899:
900: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
901: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
902: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
903: be a bit dry.
904: <p>
905:
906: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 907: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
908: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
909: 2000
1.128 louis 910: </strong></font><br>
911:
912: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
913: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
914: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
915: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
916: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 917: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 918: <p>
919:
920: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 921: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
922: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 923: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 924:
925: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
926: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
927: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
928: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 929: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
930: <p>
1.110 louis 931:
1.117 louis 932: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
933: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
934: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
935: </strong></font><br>
936:
937: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
938: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
939: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
940: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
941: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
942: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
943: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
944: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
945: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
946: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
947: <p>
948:
1.113 naddy 949: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 950: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 951: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 952:
953: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
954: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 955: <p>
1.108 louis 956:
1.113 naddy 957: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 958: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
959: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 960: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 961:
962: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
963: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
964: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 965: <p>
1.106 louis 966:
1.113 naddy 967: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 968: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
969: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 970: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 971:
972: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
973: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
974: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
975: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 976: <p>
1.107 louis 977:
1.113 naddy 978: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 979: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
980: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 981: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 982:
983: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
984: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 985: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 986: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
987: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 988: <p>
1.105 louis 989:
1.113 naddy 990: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 991: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 992: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 993: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 994:
1.113 naddy 995: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
996: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 997: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 998: <p>
1.104 louis 999:
1.121 deraadt 1000: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1001: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1002: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1003: </strong></font><br>
1004:
1005: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1006: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1007: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1008: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1009: <p>
1010:
1.85 louis 1011: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1012:
1.113 naddy 1013: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1014: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1015: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1016: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1017:
1018: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1019: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1020: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1021: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1022: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1023: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1024: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1025: <p>
1.99 louis 1026:
1.113 naddy 1027: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1028: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1029: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1030: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1031:
1032: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1033: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1034: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1035: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1036: <p>
1.100 louis 1037:
1.113 naddy 1038: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1039: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1040: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1041: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1042:
1043: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1044: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1045: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1046: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1047: <p>
1.95 louis 1048:
1.113 naddy 1049: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1050: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1051: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1052: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1053:
1054: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1055: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1056: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1057: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1058: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1059: <p>
1.92 louis 1060:
1.113 naddy 1061: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1062: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1063: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1064: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1065:
1066: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1067: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1068: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1069: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1070: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1071: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1072: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1073: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1074: <p>
1.91 louis 1075:
1.113 naddy 1076: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 1077: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
1078: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1079: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1080:
1081: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1082: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1083: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1084: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1085: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1086: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1087: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1088: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1089: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1090: <p>
1.90 louis 1091:
1.113 naddy 1092: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1093: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1094: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1095: </strong></font><br>
1096: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1097: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1098: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1099: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1100: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1101: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1102: <p>
1103:
1104: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1105: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1106: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1107: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1108:
1.113 naddy 1109: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1110: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1111: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1112: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1113: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1114: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1115: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1116: <p>
1.87 louis 1117:
1.113 naddy 1118: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1119: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1120: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1121: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1122:
1123: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1124: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1125: <p>
1.85 louis 1126:
1.113 naddy 1127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1128: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1129: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1130: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1131:
1132: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1133: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1134: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1135: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1136: <p>
1.89 louis 1137:
1.113 naddy 1138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1139: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1140: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1141: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1142:
1143: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1144: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1145: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1146: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1147: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1148:
1.78 deraadt 1149: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1150:
1.113 naddy 1151: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1152: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1153: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1154: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1155: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1156:
1157: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1158: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1159: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1160: <p>
1.83 louis 1161:
1.113 naddy 1162: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1163: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1164: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1165: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1166:
1167: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1168: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 1169: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1170: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1171: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1172: <p>
1.93 louis 1173:
1.113 naddy 1174: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1175: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 1176: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1177: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1178:
1.83 louis 1179: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1180: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1181: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1182: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1183: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1184: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1185: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1186: <p>
1.82 aaron 1187:
1.113 naddy 1188: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1189: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1190: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1191: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1192:
1.83 louis 1193: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1194: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1195: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1196: <p>
1.80 louis 1197:
1.113 naddy 1198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1199: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1200: Bad Press</a>,
1201: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1202: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1203:
1204: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1205: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1206: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1207: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1208: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1209: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1210:
1211: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1212:
1.113 naddy 1213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1214: <a
1.111 jufi 1215: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 1216: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
1217: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1218: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1219:
1220: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1221: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1222: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1223: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1224: <p>
1.74 louis 1225:
1.113 naddy 1226: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1227: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1228: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1229: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1230:
1231: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1232: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1233: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1234: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1235: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1236: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1237: <p>
1.88 louis 1238:
1.113 naddy 1239: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1240: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1241: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1242: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1243:
1244: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1245: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1246: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1247: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1248: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1249: <p>
1.81 louis 1250:
1.113 naddy 1251: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1252: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1253: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1254: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1255:
1256: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1257: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1258: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1259: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1260: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1261: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1262: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1263: <p>
1.90 louis 1264:
1.113 naddy 1265: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1266: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1267: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1268: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1269:
1270: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1271: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1272: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1273: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1274: <p>
1.71 louis 1275:
1.69 deraadt 1276: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1277:
1.113 naddy 1278: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1279: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 1280: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1281: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1282:
1283: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1284: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1285: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1286: <p>
1.70 louis 1287:
1.113 naddy 1288: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1289: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1290: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1291:
1292: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1293: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1294: <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 1295: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1296: <p>
1.68 louis 1297:
1.113 naddy 1298: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1299: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1300: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1301: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1302:
1.111 jufi 1303: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1304: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1305: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1306: "secure by default" installation.
1307: <p>
1.64 louis 1308:
1.113 naddy 1309: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1310: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1311: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1312: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1313:
1.113 naddy 1314: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1315: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1316: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1317: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1318: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1319: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1320: <p>
1.66 louis 1321:
1.113 naddy 1322: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1323: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1324: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1325: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1326:
1327: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1328: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1329: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1330: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1331: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1332: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1333: <p>
1.83 louis 1334:
1.113 naddy 1335: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1336: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1337: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1338: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1339:
1340: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1341: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1342: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1343: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1344: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1345: <p>
1.64 louis 1346:
1.113 naddy 1347: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1348: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1349: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1350: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1351:
1352: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1353: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1354: <p>
1.65 louis 1355:
1.69 deraadt 1356: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1357:
1.113 naddy 1358: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1359: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1360: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1361: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1362:
1363: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1364: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1365: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1366: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1367: <p>
1.88 louis 1368:
1.113 naddy 1369: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1370: <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 1371: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1372:
1373: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1374: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1375: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1376: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1377: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1378: <p>
1.60 louis 1379:
1.113 naddy 1380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1381: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1382: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1383: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1384: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1385:
1386: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1387: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1388: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1389: <p>
1.58 louis 1390:
1.113 naddy 1391: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1392: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1393: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1394:
1395: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1396: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1397: <p>
1.53 louis 1398:
1.113 naddy 1399: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1400: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1401: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1402: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1403:
1404: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1405: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1406: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1407: <p>
1.99 louis 1408:
1.113 naddy 1409: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1410: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1411: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1412:
1413: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1414: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1415: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1416: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1417: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1418:
1.113 naddy 1419: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1420: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1421: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1422: </strong></font><br>
1423:
1424: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1425: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1426: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1427: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1428: <p>
1429:
1430: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1431: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1432: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1433: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1434:
1435: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1436: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1437: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1438:
1.113 naddy 1439: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1440: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1441: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1442:
1443: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1444: in
1.113 naddy 1445: <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 1446: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1447: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1448: <p>
1.53 louis 1449:
1.113 naddy 1450: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1451: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1452: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1453: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1454: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1455:
1.58 louis 1456: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1457: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1458:
1.69 deraadt 1459: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1460:
1.113 naddy 1461: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1462: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1463: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1464: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1465: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1466:
1.58 louis 1467: Kurt Seifried
1468: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1469: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1470: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1471: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1472:
1.113 naddy 1473: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1474: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1475: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1476: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1477:
1478: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1479: <p>
1.96 louis 1480:
1.113 naddy 1481: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1482: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1483: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1484: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1485:
1486: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1487: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1488: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1489: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1490: <p>
1.86 louis 1491:
1.69 deraadt 1492: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1493:
1.113 naddy 1494: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1495: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1496: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1497: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1498:
1499: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1500: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1501: <p>
1.61 louis 1502:
1.113 naddy 1503: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1504: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1505: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1506: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1507: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1508:
1509: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1510: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1511: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1512: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1513: right -- or at least strives to".
1514: <p>
1.48 louis 1515:
1.113 naddy 1516: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1517: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1518: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1519: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1520: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1521: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1522: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1523: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1524: <p>
1.61 louis 1525:
1.113 naddy 1526: <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 1527: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1528: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1529:
1530: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1531: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1532: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1533: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1534: <p>
1.46 louis 1535:
1.113 naddy 1536: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1537: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1538: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1539: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1540:
1541: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1542: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1543: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1544:
1.113 naddy 1545: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1546: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1547: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1548: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1549:
1550: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1551: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1552: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1553: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1554: <p>
1.70 louis 1555:
1.69 deraadt 1556: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1557:
1.113 naddy 1558: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1559: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1560: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1561:
1562: Kurt Seifried
1563: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1564: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1565: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1566: <p>
1.44 philen 1567:
1.113 naddy 1568: <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 1569: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1570: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1571:
1572: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1573: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1574:
1.113 naddy 1575: <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 1576: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1577: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1578:
1579: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1580: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1581:
1.113 naddy 1582: <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 1583: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1584: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1585:
1586: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1587: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1588: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1589: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1590: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1591:
1.113 naddy 1592: <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 1593: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1594: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1595:
1.36 louis 1596: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1597: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1598:
1.113 naddy 1599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1600: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1601: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1602: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1603:
1604: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1605: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1606:
1.69 deraadt 1607: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1608:
1.113 naddy 1609: <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 1610: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1611: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1612:
1613: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1614: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1615: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1616:
1.113 naddy 1617: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1618: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1619: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1620: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1621:
1622: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1623: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1624: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1625: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1626: <blockquote>
1627: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1628: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1629: <br>
1630: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1631: </code>
1632: </blockquote>
1633: <p>
1634:
1635: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1636: <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>
1637: <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
1638: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1639:
1640: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1641: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1642: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1643: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1644:
1.113 naddy 1645: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1646: <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 1647: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1648:
1649: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1650: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1651: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1652: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1653: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1654: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1655: <p>
1.19 louis 1656:
1.113 naddy 1657: <li><strong>
1658: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1659: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1660:
1661: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1662: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1663: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1664: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1665: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1666: <p>
1.16 louis 1667:
1.113 naddy 1668: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1669: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1670: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1671: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1672:
1.57 louis 1673: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1674: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1675: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1676: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1677:
1.113 naddy 1678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1679: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1680: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1681: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1682:
1.113 naddy 1683: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1684:
1.113 naddy 1685: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1686: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1687: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1688: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1689:
1.23 louis 1690: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1691: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1692: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1693: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1694: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1695: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1696:
1.113 naddy 1697: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1698: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1699: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1700: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1701:
1.199 pvalchev 1702: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 1703: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1704: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1705: installation.
1.113 naddy 1706: <p>
1.47 louis 1707:
1.113 naddy 1708: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1709: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1710: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1711: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1712:
1713: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1714: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1715:
1.69 deraadt 1716: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1717:
1.113 naddy 1718: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1719: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1720: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1721: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1722:
1723: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1724: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1725: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1726: <p>
1.12 louis 1727:
1.113 naddy 1728: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1729: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1730: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1731: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1732:
1733: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1734: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1735: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1736: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1737: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1738: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1739: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1740: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1741:
1.69 deraadt 1742: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1743:
1.113 naddy 1744: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1745: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1746: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1747:
1748: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1749: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1750: available."
1.113 naddy 1751: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1752:
1.69 deraadt 1753: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1754:
1.113 naddy 1755: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1756: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1757: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1758:
1759: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1760: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1761: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1762: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1763: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1764: <p>
1.33 louis 1765:
1.113 naddy 1766: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1767: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1768: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1769: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1770:
1.113 naddy 1771: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1772: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1773: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1774: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1775: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1776: <p>
1.57 louis 1777:
1.69 deraadt 1778: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1779:
1.113 naddy 1780: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1781: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1782: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1783: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1784:
1785: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1786: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1787: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1788:
1.113 naddy 1789: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1790: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1791: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1792: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1793: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1794:
1795: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1796: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1797:
1.113 naddy 1798: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1799: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1800:
1.113 naddy 1801: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1802:
1.113 naddy 1803: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1804: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1805: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1806: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1807:
1808: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1809: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1810:
1.69 deraadt 1811: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1812:
1.113 naddy 1813: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1814: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1815: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1816:
1817: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1818: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1819: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1820:
1.113 naddy 1821: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1822: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1823: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1824: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1825:
1826: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1827: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1828: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1829: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1830:
1.69 deraadt 1831: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1832:
1.160 jufi 1833: <a name=anzen1></a>
1.113 naddy 1834: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1835: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 1836: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.113 naddy 1837: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1838:
1839: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
1840: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
1841: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
1842: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
1843: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
1844: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
1.113 naddy 1845: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1846:
1.113 naddy 1847: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1848: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1849: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1850: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1851:
1852: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1853: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1854: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1855: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1856: <p>
1.15 louis 1857:
1.113 naddy 1858: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1859: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1860: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1861: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1862:
1863: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1864: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1865: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1866: columns."
1.113 naddy 1867: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1868:
1.69 deraadt 1869: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1870:
1.113 naddy 1871: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1872: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1873: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1874: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1875:
1876: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1877: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1878:
1.113 naddy 1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1880: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1881: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1882:
1883: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1884: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1885: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1886:
1.69 deraadt 1887: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1888:
1.113 naddy 1889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1890: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1891: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1892: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1893:
1894: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1895: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1896: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1897: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1898: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1899:
1.69 deraadt 1900: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1901:
1.113 naddy 1902: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1903: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1904: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1905:
1.69 deraadt 1906: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1907: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1908: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1909:
1.69 deraadt 1910: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1911:
1.113 naddy 1912: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1913: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1914: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1915: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1916:
1917: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1918: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1919: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1920:
1.113 naddy 1921: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1922: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1923: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1924: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1925: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1926:
1.69 deraadt 1927: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1928:
1.113 naddy 1929: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1930: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1931: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1932: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1933: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1934: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1935:
1936: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1937: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1938: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1939: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1940: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1941: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1942:
1943: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1944:
1.113 naddy 1945: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1946: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1947: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1948:
1.69 deraadt 1949: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1950: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1951: <p>
1.112 naddy 1952:
1.113 naddy 1953: </dl>
1954: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1955:
1.113 naddy 1956: <hr>
1957: <a name=se></a>
1958: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1959:
1.200 niklas 1960: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1961:
1962: <dl>
1963: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1964: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1965: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1966:
1967: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1968: <p>
1969:
1970: </dl>
1971:
1972: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1973:
1974: <dl>
1975: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1976: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
1977: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
1978:
1979: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
1980: <p>
1981:
1982: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1983: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1984: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
1985:
1986: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1987: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1988: <p>
1989:
1990: </dl>
1991:
1992: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1993:
1994: <dl>
1995: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1996: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1997: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1998:
1999: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2000: <p>
2001:
2002: </dl>
2003:
1.102 niklas 2004: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2005:
1.113 naddy 2006: <dl>
2007: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 2008: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2009: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2010:
2011: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2012: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2013: <p>
1.102 niklas 2014:
1.113 naddy 2015: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2016:
1.84 niklas 2017: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2018:
1.113 naddy 2019: <dl>
2020: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2021: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2022: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2023:
2024: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2025: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2026: <p>
1.84 niklas 2027:
1.113 naddy 2028: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2029:
1.69 deraadt 2030: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2031:
1.113 naddy 2032: <dl>
2033: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2034: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2035: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2036:
2037: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
2038: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2039: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2040: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2041:
1.113 naddy 2042: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2043: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2044: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2045: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2046: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2047:
1.20 louis 2048: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2049: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2050: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2051: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2052: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2053:
1.113 naddy 2054: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2055:
1.113 naddy 2056: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2057: <a name=fi></a>
2058: <h3><font color=#e00000>Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
2059:
2060: <dl>
2061:
2062: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2063:
2064: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2065: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2066: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2067:
2068: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2069: will be removed from OpenBSD.
2070: </dl>
2071:
2072: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2073: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2074:
1.113 naddy 2075: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2076:
1.113 naddy 2077: <dl>
1.20 louis 2078:
1.170 louis 2079: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2080:
2081: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2082: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2083: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2084: </strong></font><br>
2085:
2086: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2087: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2088: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2089: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2090: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2091: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2092: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
2093: <p>
2094:
1.69 deraadt 2095: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2096:
1.113 naddy 2097: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2098: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2099: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2100: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2101:
2102: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2103: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2104: translating and reprinting articles from
2105: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2106: <p>
1.112 naddy 2107:
1.113 naddy 2108: </dl>
1.20 louis 2109:
1.113 naddy 2110: <hr>
2111: <a name=de></a>
2112: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2113: <dl>
1.50 louis 2114:
1.151 louis 2115: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2116:
2117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2118: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2119: </strong></font><br>
2120:
2121: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2122: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2123: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2124: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2125: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2126:
2127: <p>
2128:
1.72 louis 2129: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2130:
1.113 naddy 2131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2132: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2133: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2134: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2135:
1.101 jufi 2136: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2137: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2138: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2139: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2140: Giving way to
2141: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2142: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2143: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2144: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2145: <p>
1.72 louis 2146:
1.69 deraadt 2147: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2148:
1.113 naddy 2149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2150: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2151: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2152: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2153:
2154: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2155: <p>
2156: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2157:
1.50 louis 2158:
1.113 naddy 2159: <hr>
2160: <a name=ru></a>
2161: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2162: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2163:
1.69 deraadt 2164: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2165:
1.113 naddy 2166: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2167: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2168: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2169: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2170:
2171: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2172: <p>
1.62 form 2173:
1.69 deraadt 2174: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2175:
1.113 naddy 2176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2177: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2178: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2179: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2180:
1.59 form 2181: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2182: <p>
1.112 naddy 2183:
1.113 naddy 2184: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2185:
1.113 naddy 2186: <hr>
2187: <a name=pl></a>
2188: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2189: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2190:
1.113 naddy 2191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2192: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2193: Radio, August 2, 2000
2194: </strong></font><br>
2195:
2196: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2197: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2198: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2199: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2200: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2201: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2202: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2203: <p>
2204:
2205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2206: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2207: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2208: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2209: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2210:
2211: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2212: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2213: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2214: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2215: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2216: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2217: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2218: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2219: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2220: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2221: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2222: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2223: <p>
2224: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2225:
1.113 naddy 2226: <hr>
2227: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
2228: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
1.203 ! pvalchev 2229: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.202 2001/07/08 15:37:09 jufi Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 2230:
2231: </body>
2232: </html>