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1.18 deraadt 14: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</strong><hr></h2>
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1.18 deraadt 16: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.19 louis 20: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg183.htm">Open source has roots in the Net</a>, USA Today, Sept. 20, 1999.
21: </strong></font><p>
22:
23: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
24: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
25: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
26: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
27: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
28: operating system in the world."<p>
29: <p>
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31: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.16 louis 32: <a href="http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/259/business/Even_better_than_Linux+.shtml">Even better than Linux</a>, Boston Globe, Sept 16, 1999.
33: </strong></font><p>
34:
35: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
36: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
37: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
38: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not).<p>
39: <p>
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1.1 deraadt 41: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.14 louis 42: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.idg.com.au%2FCWT1997.nsf%2FHome%2Bpage%2F83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41%3FOpenDocument&return=%2fidg_frames%2fenglish%2ffeatures%2ehtml">Microsoft, Linux to become duopoly?</a>,
43: ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.</strong></font><p>
44:
45: Lead developer Theo de Raadt was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User
46: Group (AUUG) meeting in Melbourne.<p>
47: <p>
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49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 ! louis 50: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
! 51: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999.
! 52: </strong></font><p>
! 53:
! 54: Technical article explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
! 55: how to keep up to date on the *BSD with CVS. Most of the examples are taken
! 56: from FreeBSD, but the author takes time to explain differences between the
! 57: three systems.<p>
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! 59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 60: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 61: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
62: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999.</strong></font><p>
63:
64: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
65: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
66: of OpenBSD.<p>
67: <p>
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1.8 deraadt 70: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 71: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
72: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.8 deraadt 73:
74: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
75: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 76: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
77: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
78: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
79: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
80: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 81: <p>
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1.3 deraadt 84: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 85: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
86: National Post, May 25, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.3 deraadt 87:
1.20 louis 88: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
89: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.3 deraadt 90: <p>
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1.6 deraadt 93: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.20 louis 94: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.6 deraadt 95:
96: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
97: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
98: available."
99: <p>
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1.2 deraadt 102: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.10 deraadt 103: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.2 deraadt 104:
105: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
106: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
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1.11 ericj 111: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 112: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
113: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 114:
115: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
116: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
117: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
118: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
119: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
120: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
121: <p>
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1.15 louis 124: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
125: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
126: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
127:
128: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
129: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
130: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
131: over to OpenBSD.
132: <p>
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1.1 deraadt 135: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
136: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
137: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
138:
139: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
140: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
141: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
142: columns."
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1.2 deraadt 145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
146: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
147: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998.
148: </strong></font><p>
149:
150: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
151: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
152: Implementation, including a brief interview with
153: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 154: <p>
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157: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.10 deraadt 158: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 159:
160: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
161: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
162: <p>
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165: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.10 deraadt 166: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 167:
168: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
169: OpenBSD is.
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173: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 174: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
175: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
176: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.10 deraadt 177: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81.</strong></font><p>
1.5 ian 178:
179: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
180: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
181: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
182: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
183: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 184: <p>
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187: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
188: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
189: July, 1998.</strong></font><p>
190:
191: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
192: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
193: <p>
194:
195: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
196: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96. Paper edition only.</strong></font><p>
1.18 deraadt 197: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
198: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
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1.18 deraadt 204: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in swedish)</font></h3><p>
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1.1 deraadt 207: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
208: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.10 deraadt 209: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 210:
211: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
212: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
213: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
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217: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 218: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 219: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 220: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998.</strong></font><p>
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1.20 louis 222: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
223: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 224: explains the licensing issues and points to our
225: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
226: <p>
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1.1 deraadt 229:
1.20 louis 230: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
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235: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
236: Sept. 28, 1999
237: </strong></font><p>
238:
239: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
240: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
241: translating and reprinting articles from
242: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
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