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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>
1.141 louis 689: <a
690: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
691: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
692: </strong></font><br>
693:
694: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
695: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
696: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
697: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
698: <p>
699:
700: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 701: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 702: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
703: </strong></font><br>
704:
705: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
706: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
707: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
708: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
709: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
710: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
711: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
712: <p>
713:
714: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 715: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
716: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
717: 2000
718: </strong></font><br>
719:
720: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
721: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
722: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
723: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
724: against current industry practices.
725: <p>
726:
727: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 728: <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
729: </strong></font><br>
730:
731: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
732: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
733: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
734: <p>
735:
736: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 737: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
738: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
739: </strong></font><br>
740:
741: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
742: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
743: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
744: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
745: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
746: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
747: careful code reviews, he concludes.
748: <p>
749:
750: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 751: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
752: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
753: </strong></font><br>
754:
755: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
756: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
757: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
758: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
759: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 760: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
761: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
762: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 763: <p>
764:
1.118 louis 765: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
766:
767: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 768: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
769: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
770: </strong></font><br>
771:
772: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
773: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
774: about time. The article mentions that
775: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
776: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
777: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 778: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 779: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
780: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 781: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 782: <p>
783:
784: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 785: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 786: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 787: </strong></font><br>
788:
789: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
790: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
791: of OpenSSH.
792: <p>
793:
794: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
795: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html">
796: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II)</a>, Security Portal, July 26, 2000
797: </strong></font><br>
798:
799: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 800: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 801: bridging.
802: <p>
803:
804: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
805: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
806: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 807: </strong></font><br>
808:
1.121 deraadt 809: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
810: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 811: <p>
812:
813: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 814: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
815: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
816: </strong></font><br>
817:
818: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
819: <p>
820:
821: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 822: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 823: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
824: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 825: </strong></font><br>
826:
1.120 deraadt 827: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
828: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 829: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
830: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
831: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
832: <p>
833:
834: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 835: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
836: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
837: </strong></font><br>
838:
839: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
840: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
841: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
842: protocols and their quirks.
843: <p>
844:
845: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 846: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html">In
1.137 louis 847: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 848: </strong></font><br>
849:
850: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
851: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
852: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 853: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 854: <p>
855:
856: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 857: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
858: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
859: </strong></font><br>
860:
861: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
862: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
863: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
864: <p>
865:
866: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 867: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 868: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
869: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 870: </strong></font><br>
871:
872: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
873: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
874: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
875: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
876: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
877: <p>
878:
1.104 louis 879: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
880:
1.113 naddy 881: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 882: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
883: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
884: </strong></font><br>
885:
886: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
887: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
888: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
889: be a bit dry.
890: <p>
891:
892: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 893: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
894: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
895: 2000
1.128 louis 896: </strong></font><br>
897:
898: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
899: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
900: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
901: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
902: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 903: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 904: <p>
905:
906: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.110 louis 907: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html">Securing
908: Your Network With OpenBSD</a>, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 909: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 910:
911: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
912: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
913: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
914: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 915: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
916: <p>
1.110 louis 917:
1.117 louis 918: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
919: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
920: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
921: </strong></font><br>
922:
923: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
924: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
925: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
926: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
927: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
928: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
929: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
930: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
931: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
932: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
933: <p>
934:
1.113 naddy 935: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 936: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 937: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 938:
939: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
940: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 941: <p>
1.108 louis 942:
1.113 naddy 943: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 944: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
945: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 946: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 947:
948: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
949: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
950: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 951: <p>
1.106 louis 952:
1.113 naddy 953: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 954: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
955: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 956: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 957:
958: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
959: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
960: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
961: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 962: <p>
1.107 louis 963:
1.113 naddy 964: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 965: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
966: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 967: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 968:
969: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
970: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 971: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 972: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
973: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 974: <p>
1.105 louis 975:
1.113 naddy 976: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 977: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 978: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 979: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 980:
1.113 naddy 981: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
982: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 983: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 984: <p>
1.104 louis 985:
1.121 deraadt 986: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
987: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
988: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
989: </strong></font><br>
990:
991: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
992: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
993: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
994: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
995: <p>
996:
1.85 louis 997: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
998:
1.113 naddy 999: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1000: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1001: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1002: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1003:
1004: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1005: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1006: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1007: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1008: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1009: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1010: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1011: <p>
1.99 louis 1012:
1.113 naddy 1013: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1014: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1015: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1016: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1017:
1018: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1019: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1020: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1021: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1022: <p>
1.100 louis 1023:
1.113 naddy 1024: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1025: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1026: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1027: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1028:
1029: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1030: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1031: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1032: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1033: <p>
1.95 louis 1034:
1.113 naddy 1035: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1036: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1037: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1038: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1039:
1040: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1041: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1042: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1043: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1044: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1045: <p>
1.92 louis 1046:
1.113 naddy 1047: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1048: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1049: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1050: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1051:
1052: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1053: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1054: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1055: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1056: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1057: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1058: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1059: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1060: <p>
1.91 louis 1061:
1.113 naddy 1062: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 1063: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
1064: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1065: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1066:
1067: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1068: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1069: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1070: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1071: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1072: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1073: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1074: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1075: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1076: <p>
1.90 louis 1077:
1.113 naddy 1078: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1079: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1080: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1081: </strong></font><br>
1082: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1083: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1084: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1085: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1086: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1087: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1088: <p>
1089:
1090: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1091: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1092: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1093: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1094:
1.113 naddy 1095: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1096: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1097: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1098: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1099: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1100: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1101: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1102: <p>
1.87 louis 1103:
1.113 naddy 1104: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1105: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1106: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1107: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1108:
1109: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1110: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1111: <p>
1.85 louis 1112:
1.113 naddy 1113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1114: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1115: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1116: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1117:
1118: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1119: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1120: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1121: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1122: <p>
1.89 louis 1123:
1.113 naddy 1124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1125: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1126: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1127: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1128:
1129: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1130: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1131: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1132: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1133: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1134:
1.78 deraadt 1135: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1136:
1.113 naddy 1137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1138: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1139: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1140: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1141: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1142:
1143: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1144: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1145: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1146: <p>
1.83 louis 1147:
1.113 naddy 1148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1149: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1150: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1151: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1152:
1153: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1154: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 1155: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1156: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1157: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1158: <p>
1.93 louis 1159:
1.113 naddy 1160: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1161: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 1162: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1163: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1164:
1.83 louis 1165: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1166: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1167: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1168: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1169: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1170: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1171: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1172: <p>
1.82 aaron 1173:
1.113 naddy 1174: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1175: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1176: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1177: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1178:
1.83 louis 1179: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1180: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1181: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1182: <p>
1.80 louis 1183:
1.113 naddy 1184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1185: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1186: Bad Press</a>,
1187: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1188: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1189:
1190: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1191: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1192: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1193: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1194: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1195: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1196:
1197: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1198:
1.113 naddy 1199: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1200: <a
1.111 jufi 1201: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
1.78 deraadt 1202: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
1203: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1204: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1205:
1206: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1207: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1208: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1209: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1210: <p>
1.74 louis 1211:
1.113 naddy 1212: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1213: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1214: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1215: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1216:
1217: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1218: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1219: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1220: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1221: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1222: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1223: <p>
1.88 louis 1224:
1.113 naddy 1225: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1226: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1227: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1228: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1229:
1230: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1231: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1232: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1233: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1234: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1235: <p>
1.81 louis 1236:
1.113 naddy 1237: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1238: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1239: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1240: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1241:
1242: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1243: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1244: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1245: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1246: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1247: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1248: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1249: <p>
1.90 louis 1250:
1.113 naddy 1251: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1252: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1253: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1254: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1255:
1256: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1257: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1258: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1259: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1260: <p>
1.71 louis 1261:
1.69 deraadt 1262: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1263:
1.113 naddy 1264: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1265: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
1.70 louis 1266: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1267: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1268:
1269: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1270: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1271: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1272: <p>
1.70 louis 1273:
1.113 naddy 1274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1275: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1276: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1277:
1278: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1279: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1280: <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 1281: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1282: <p>
1.68 louis 1283:
1.113 naddy 1284: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1285: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
1.64 louis 1286: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1287: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1288:
1.111 jufi 1289: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1290: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1291: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1292: "secure by default" installation.
1293: <p>
1.64 louis 1294:
1.113 naddy 1295: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1296: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1297: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1298: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1299:
1.113 naddy 1300: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1301: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1302: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1303: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1304: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1305: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1306: <p>
1.66 louis 1307:
1.113 naddy 1308: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1309: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1310: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1311: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1312:
1313: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1314: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1315: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1316: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1317: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1318: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1319: <p>
1.83 louis 1320:
1.113 naddy 1321: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1322: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1323: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1324: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1325:
1326: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1327: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1328: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1329: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1330: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1331: <p>
1.64 louis 1332:
1.113 naddy 1333: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1334: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1335: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1336: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1337:
1338: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1339: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1340: <p>
1.65 louis 1341:
1.69 deraadt 1342: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1343:
1.113 naddy 1344: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1345: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1346: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1347: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1348:
1349: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1350: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1351: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1352: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1353: <p>
1.88 louis 1354:
1.113 naddy 1355: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1356: <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 1357: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1358:
1359: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1360: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1361: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1362: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1363: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1364: <p>
1.60 louis 1365:
1.113 naddy 1366: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1367: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1368: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1369: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1370: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1371:
1372: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1373: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1374: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1375: <p>
1.58 louis 1376:
1.113 naddy 1377: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1378: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1379: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1380:
1381: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1382: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1383: <p>
1.53 louis 1384:
1.113 naddy 1385: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1386: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1387: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1388: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1389:
1390: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1391: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1392: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1393: <p>
1.99 louis 1394:
1.113 naddy 1395: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1396: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1397: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1398:
1399: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1400: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1401: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1402: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1403: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1404:
1.113 naddy 1405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1406: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1407: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1408: </strong></font><br>
1409:
1410: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1411: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1412: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1413: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1414: <p>
1415:
1416: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1417: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1418: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1419: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1420:
1421: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1422: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1423: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1424:
1.113 naddy 1425: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1426: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1427: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1428:
1429: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1430: in
1.113 naddy 1431: <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 1432: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1433: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1434: <p>
1.53 louis 1435:
1.113 naddy 1436: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1437: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1438: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1439: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1440: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1441:
1.58 louis 1442: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1443: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1444:
1.69 deraadt 1445: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1446:
1.113 naddy 1447: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1448: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1449: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1450: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1451: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1452:
1.58 louis 1453: Kurt Seifried
1454: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1455: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1456: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1457: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1458:
1.113 naddy 1459: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1460: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1461: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1462: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1463:
1464: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1465: <p>
1.96 louis 1466:
1.113 naddy 1467: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1468: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1469: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1470: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1471:
1472: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1473: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1474: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1475: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1476: <p>
1.86 louis 1477:
1.69 deraadt 1478: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1479:
1.113 naddy 1480: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1481: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1482: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1483: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1484:
1485: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1486: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1487: <p>
1.61 louis 1488:
1.113 naddy 1489: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1490: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1491: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1492: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1493: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1494:
1495: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1496: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1497: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1498: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1499: right -- or at least strives to".
1500: <p>
1.48 louis 1501:
1.113 naddy 1502: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1503: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1504: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1505: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1506: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1507: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1508: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1509: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1510: <p>
1.61 louis 1511:
1.113 naddy 1512: <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 1513: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1514: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1515:
1516: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1517: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1518: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1519: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1520: <p>
1.46 louis 1521:
1.113 naddy 1522: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1523: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1524: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1525: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1526:
1527: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1528: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1529: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1530:
1.113 naddy 1531: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1532: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1533: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1534: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1535:
1536: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1537: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1538: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1539: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1540: <p>
1.70 louis 1541:
1.69 deraadt 1542: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1543:
1.113 naddy 1544: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
1.44 philen 1545: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1546: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1547:
1548: Kurt Seifried
1549: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1550: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1551: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1552: <p>
1.44 philen 1553:
1.113 naddy 1554: <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 1555: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1556: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1557:
1558: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1559: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1560:
1.113 naddy 1561: <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 1562: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1563: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1564:
1565: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1566: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1567:
1.113 naddy 1568: <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 1569: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1570: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1571:
1572: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1573: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1574: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1575: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1576: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1577:
1.113 naddy 1578: <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 1579: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1580: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1581:
1.36 louis 1582: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1583: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1584:
1.113 naddy 1585: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1586: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1587: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1588: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1589:
1590: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1591: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1592:
1.69 deraadt 1593: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1594:
1.113 naddy 1595: <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 1596: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1597: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1598:
1599: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1600: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1601: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1602:
1.113 naddy 1603: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1604: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1605: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1606: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1607:
1608: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1609: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1610: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1611: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1612: <blockquote>
1613: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1614: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1615: <br>
1616: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1617: </code>
1618: </blockquote>
1619: <p>
1620:
1621: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1622: <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>
1623: <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
1624: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1625:
1626: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1627: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1628: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1629: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1630:
1.113 naddy 1631: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1632: <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 1633: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1634:
1635: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1636: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1637: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1638: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1639: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1640: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1641: <p>
1.19 louis 1642:
1.113 naddy 1643: <li><strong>
1644: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1645: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1646:
1647: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1648: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1649: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1650: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1651: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1652: <p>
1.16 louis 1653:
1.113 naddy 1654: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1655: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1656: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1657: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1658:
1.57 louis 1659: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1660: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1661: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1662: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1663:
1.113 naddy 1664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1665: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1666: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1667: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1668:
1.113 naddy 1669: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1670:
1.113 naddy 1671: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1672: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1673: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1674: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1675:
1.23 louis 1676: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1677: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1678: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1679: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1680: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1681: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1682:
1.113 naddy 1683: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1684: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1685: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1686: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1687:
1.199 pvalchev 1688: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 1689: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1690: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1691: installation.
1.113 naddy 1692: <p>
1.47 louis 1693:
1.113 naddy 1694: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1695: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1696: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1697: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1698:
1699: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1700: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1701:
1.69 deraadt 1702: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1703:
1.113 naddy 1704: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1705: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1706: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1707: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1708:
1709: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1710: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1711: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1712: <p>
1.12 louis 1713:
1.113 naddy 1714: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1715: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1716: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1717: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1718:
1719: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1720: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1721: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1722: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1723: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1724: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1725: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1726: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1727:
1.69 deraadt 1728: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1729:
1.113 naddy 1730: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1731: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1732: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1733:
1734: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1735: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1736: available."
1.113 naddy 1737: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1738:
1.69 deraadt 1739: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1740:
1.113 naddy 1741: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1742: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1743: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1744:
1745: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1746: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1747: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1748: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1749: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1750: <p>
1.33 louis 1751:
1.113 naddy 1752: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1753: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1754: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1755: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1756:
1.113 naddy 1757: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1758: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1759: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1760: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1761: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1762: <p>
1.57 louis 1763:
1.69 deraadt 1764: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1765:
1.113 naddy 1766: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1767: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1768: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1769: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1770:
1771: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1772: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1773: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1774:
1.113 naddy 1775: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1776: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1777: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1778: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1779: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1780:
1781: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1782: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1783:
1.113 naddy 1784: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1785: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1786:
1.113 naddy 1787: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1788:
1.113 naddy 1789: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1790: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1791: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1792: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1793:
1794: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1795: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1796:
1.69 deraadt 1797: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1798:
1.113 naddy 1799: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1800: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1801: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1802:
1803: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1804: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1805: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1806:
1.113 naddy 1807: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1808: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1809: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1810: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1811:
1812: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1813: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1814: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1815: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1816:
1.69 deraadt 1817: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1818:
1.113 naddy 1819: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1820: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1821: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1822: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1823:
1824: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1825: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1826: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1827: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1828: <p>
1.15 louis 1829:
1.113 naddy 1830: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1831: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1832: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1833: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1834:
1835: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1836: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1837: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1838: columns."
1.113 naddy 1839: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1840:
1.69 deraadt 1841: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1842:
1.113 naddy 1843: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1844: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1845: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1846: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1847:
1848: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1849: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1850:
1.113 naddy 1851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1852: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1853: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1854:
1855: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1856: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1857: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1858:
1.69 deraadt 1859: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1860:
1.113 naddy 1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1862: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1863: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1864: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1865:
1866: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1867: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1868: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1869: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1870: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1871:
1.69 deraadt 1872: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1873:
1.113 naddy 1874: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1875: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1876: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1877:
1.69 deraadt 1878: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1879: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1880: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1881:
1.69 deraadt 1882: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1883:
1.113 naddy 1884: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1885: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1886: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1887: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1888:
1889: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1890: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1891: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1892:
1.113 naddy 1893: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1894: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1895: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1896: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1897: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1898:
1.69 deraadt 1899: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1900:
1.113 naddy 1901: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1902: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1903: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1904: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1905: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1906: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1907:
1908: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1909: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1910: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1911: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1912: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1913: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1914:
1915: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1916:
1.113 naddy 1917: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1918: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1919: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1920:
1.69 deraadt 1921: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1922: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1923: <p>
1.112 naddy 1924:
1.113 naddy 1925: </dl>
1926: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1927:
1.113 naddy 1928: <hr>
1929: <a name=se></a>
1930: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1931:
1.200 niklas 1932: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1933:
1934: <dl>
1935: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1936: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1937: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1938:
1939: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1940: <p>
1941:
1942: </dl>
1943:
1944: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1945:
1946: <dl>
1947: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1948: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
1949: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
1950:
1951: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
1952: <p>
1953:
1954: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1955: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1956: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
1957:
1958: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1959: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1960: <p>
1961:
1962: </dl>
1963:
1964: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1965:
1966: <dl>
1967: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1968: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1969: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1970:
1971: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1972: <p>
1973:
1974: </dl>
1975:
1.102 niklas 1976: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1977:
1.113 naddy 1978: <dl>
1979: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 1980: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 1981: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 1982:
1983: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
1984: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1985: <p>
1.102 niklas 1986:
1.113 naddy 1987: </dl>
1.102 niklas 1988:
1.84 niklas 1989: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1990:
1.113 naddy 1991: <dl>
1992: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 1993: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 1994: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 1995:
1996: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 1997: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1998: <p>
1.84 niklas 1999:
1.113 naddy 2000: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2001:
1.69 deraadt 2002: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2003:
1.113 naddy 2004: <dl>
2005: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2006: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2007: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2008:
2009: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
2010: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2011: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2012: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2013:
1.113 naddy 2014: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2015: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2016: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2017: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2018: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2019:
1.20 louis 2020: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2021: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2022: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2023: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2024: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2025:
1.113 naddy 2026: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2027:
1.113 naddy 2028: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2029: <a name=fi></a>
2030: <h3><font color=#e00000>Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
2031:
2032: <dl>
2033:
2034: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2035:
2036: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2037: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2038: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2039:
2040: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2041: will be removed from OpenBSD.
2042: </dl>
2043:
2044: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2045: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2046:
1.113 naddy 2047: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2048:
1.113 naddy 2049: <dl>
1.20 louis 2050:
1.170 louis 2051: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2052:
2053: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2054: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2055: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2056: </strong></font><br>
2057:
2058: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2059: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2060: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2061: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2062: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2063: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2064: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
2065: <p>
2066:
1.69 deraadt 2067: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2068:
1.113 naddy 2069: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2070: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2071: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2072: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2073:
2074: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2075: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2076: translating and reprinting articles from
2077: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2078: <p>
1.112 naddy 2079:
1.113 naddy 2080: </dl>
1.20 louis 2081:
1.113 naddy 2082: <hr>
2083: <a name=de></a>
2084: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2085: <dl>
1.50 louis 2086:
1.151 louis 2087: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2088:
2089: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2090: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2091: </strong></font><br>
2092:
2093: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2094: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2095: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2096: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2097: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2098:
2099: <p>
2100:
1.72 louis 2101: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2102:
1.113 naddy 2103: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2104: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2105: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2106: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2107:
1.101 jufi 2108: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2109: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2110: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2111: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2112: Giving way to
2113: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2114: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2115: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2116: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2117: <p>
1.72 louis 2118:
1.69 deraadt 2119: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2120:
1.113 naddy 2121: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2122: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2123: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2124: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2125:
2126: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2127: <p>
2128: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2129:
1.50 louis 2130:
1.113 naddy 2131: <hr>
2132: <a name=ru></a>
2133: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2134: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2135:
1.69 deraadt 2136: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2137:
1.113 naddy 2138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2139: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2140: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2141: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2142:
2143: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2144: <p>
1.62 form 2145:
1.69 deraadt 2146: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2147:
1.113 naddy 2148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2149: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2150: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2151: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2152:
1.59 form 2153: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2154: <p>
1.112 naddy 2155:
1.113 naddy 2156: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2157:
1.113 naddy 2158: <hr>
2159: <a name=pl></a>
2160: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2161: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2162:
1.113 naddy 2163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2164: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2165: Radio, August 2, 2000
2166: </strong></font><br>
2167:
2168: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2169: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2170: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2171: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2172: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2173: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2174: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2175: <p>
2176:
2177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2178: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2179: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2180: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2181: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2182:
2183: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2184: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2185: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2186: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2187: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2188: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2189: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2190: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2191: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2192: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2193: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2194: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2195: <p>
2196: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2197:
1.113 naddy 2198: <hr>
2199: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
2200: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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