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30: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
31: <dl>
1.16 louis 32:
1.210 jufi 33: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
35: <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20011002/tc/how_code_red_revealed_the_perils_of_port_80_1.html">
36: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
37: </strong></font><br>
38: In an article about the effects and consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked
39: Webservers running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability instead of new features
40: are discussed. As a positive example they use OpenBSD.
41: </li>
42:
1.207 ian 43: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
44: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
45: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
46: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
47: </strong></font>
48: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
49: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 50: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 51: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
52: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
53: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 54: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.207 ian 55: </li>
56:
1.194 jufi 57: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
58:
59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 ! horacio 60: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
! 61: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
! 62: </strong></font><br>
! 63: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb adresses the question
! 64: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
! 65: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
! 66: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
! 67: <p>
! 68:
! 69: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.212 horacio 70: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2772049,00.html">
1.201 horacio 71: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
72: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
73: </strong></font><br>
74: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF licence and
1.206 ian 75: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 76: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
77: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
78: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 79: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 80: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
81: <br>
82: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
83: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
84: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
85: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
86: <p>
87:
88: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.194 jufi 89: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
90: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 91: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 92: </strong></font><br>
93: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
94: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
95: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
96: <br>
97: The new
98: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 99: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
100: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on
101: logdaemon!<br>
1.194 jufi 102:
1.190 horacio 103: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
104:
105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 106:
107: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
108: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
109:
110: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
111: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
112:
113: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
114: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
115:
1.212 horacio 116: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
117: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 118: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
119:
1.211 horacio 120: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
121: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 122: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
123:
124: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
125: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
126:
127: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
128: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
129:
1.212 horacio 130: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
131: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 132: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
133:
134: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
135: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
136:
137: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
138: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
139:
140: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
141: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
142:
143: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 144: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 145:
1.192 jufi 146: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
147: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 148: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 149:
1.193 deraadt 150: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
151: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 152: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 153:
1.196 deraadt 154: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
155: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
156:
1.198 pvalchev 157: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
158: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
159: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
160:
1.213 ! horacio 161: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
! 162: OpenBSD gets brand-new packet filter</a> <em>(Slashdot echoes OpenBSD <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> development.)</em>,
! 163: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
! 164:
1.190 horacio 165: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 166: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
167: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
168: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
169: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
170: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
171: <p>
1.190 horacio 172:
1.191 jufi 173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.212 horacio 174: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010516.html"> -->
175: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD,
1.195 jufi 176: SecurityPortal, May 16, 2001
177: </strong></font><br>
178: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.212 horacio 179: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010509.html"> -->"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"
1.195 jufi 180: , Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good programming is more important than dozens of features and
181: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
182: <p>
183:
184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 185: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082320,00.html">
186: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
187: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
188: </strong></font><br>
189: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
190: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
191: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
192: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 193: <p>
194:
1.191 jufi 195:
1.186 jufi 196: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 197:
1.186 jufi 198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
199: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 200: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
201: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 202: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 203:
1.188 jufi 204: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 205: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 206: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 207: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
208: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 209: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 210: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 211: <p>
212:
1.191 jufi 213:
214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 215: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20010405.html?&_ref=36874758"> -->
216: Abandon hope all ye who enter here,
1.191 jufi 217: Security Portal, April 05, 2001
218: </strong></font><br>
219:
220: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
221: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
222: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
223: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
224: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
225: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
226: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
227: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
228: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
229: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
230: familiar?
231: <p>
232:
1.178 louis 233: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
234:
235: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 236: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
237: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 238: </strong></font><br>
239:
240: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
241: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
242: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
243: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
244: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
245: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
246: <p>
247:
1.179 louis 248: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
249: <a
1.182 louis 250: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
251: </strong></font><br>
252:
253: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
254: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
255: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
256: <p>
257:
258: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
259: <a
1.179 louis 260: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
261: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
262: </strong></font><br>
263:
264: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
265: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
266: <p>
267:
1.174 louis 268:
1.175 louis 269: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
270:
271: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
272: <a
1.179 louis 273: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
274: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
275: </strong></font><br>
276:
277: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
278: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
279: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
280: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
281: <p>
282:
283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
284: <a
1.183 ian 285: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 286: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
287: </strong></font><br>
288:
289: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 290: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 291: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
292: <p>
293:
1.176 louis 294:
1.172 mickey 295: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
296:
297: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 298: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 299: </strong></font><br>
300:
301: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
302: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
303: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 304: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 305: <p>
306:
307: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
308: <a
1.174 louis 309: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
310: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
311: </strong></font><br>
312:
313: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
314: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
315: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
316: <p>
317:
318: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
319: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
320: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
321: </strong></font><br>
322:
323: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
324: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
325: <p>
326:
327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
328: <a
329: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
330: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
331: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
332: </strong></font><br>
333:
334: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
335: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
336: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
337: our own Theo de Raadt.
338: <p>
339:
340: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
341: <a
342: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
343: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
344: </strong></font><br>
345:
346: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
347: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
348: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
349: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
350: shut down.]
351: <p>
352:
353: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
354: <a
1.206 ian 355: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo de Raadt,
1.172 mickey 356: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 357: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 358: </strong></font><br>
359:
360: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
361: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
362: <p>
363:
364: </li>
365:
1.161 louis 366: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
367:
1.175 louis 368:
369: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
370: <a
371: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
372: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
373: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
374: </strong></font><br>
375:
376: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
377: by John Wolley
378: <p>
379:
380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
381: <a
382: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
383: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
384: </strong></font><br>
385:
386: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
387: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
388: OpenBSD).
389: <p>
390:
1.161 louis 391: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
392: <a
1.171 louis 393: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
394: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
395: </strong></font><br>
396:
397: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
398: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
399: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
400: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
401: and hindsight.
402: <p>
403:
404: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
405: <a
1.168 provos 406: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
407: December 7, 2000
408: </strong></font><br>
409:
410: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
411: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
412: us explain.
413: <p>
414:
415: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 416: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html"> -->
417: System and Network Security - Kernel Options,
418: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 419: December 6, 2000
420: </strong></font><br>
421:
422: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
423: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
424: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
425: <p>
426:
427: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
428: <a
1.162 millert 429: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
430: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
431: </strong></font><br>
432:
433: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 434: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 435: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 436: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
437: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
438: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
439: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 440: <p>
1.162 millert 441:
442: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
443: <a
1.161 louis 444: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
445: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
446: </strong></font><br>
447:
448: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
449: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
450: <p>
451:
1.169 louis 452: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
453: <a
454: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
455: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
456: </strong></font><br>
457:
458: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
459: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
460: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
461: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
462: <p>
463:
1.158 louis 464: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 465:
466: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 467: <a
1.175 louis 468: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
469: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
470: </strong></font><br>
471:
472: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
473: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
474: <p>
475:
476: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
477: <a
1.164 deraadt 478: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 479: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 480: </strong></font><br>
481: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
482: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
483: <p>
484:
485: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
486: <a
487: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
488: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
489: </strong></font><br>
490:
491: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
492: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
493: <p>
494:
495: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 ! horacio 496: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 497: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
498: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 499:
1.213 ! horacio 500: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 501: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
502: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
503: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
504: <p>
1.174 louis 505: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
506: <a
507: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
508: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
509: </strong></font><br>
510:
511: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
512: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
513: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
514: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
515: much of the attitude too).
516: <p>
1.161 louis 517:
518: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 ! horacio 519: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
! 520: BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 521: </strong></font><br>
522: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
523: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
524: <p>
525:
526: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
527:
528: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 529: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
530: Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 531: </strong></font><br>
532:
533: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
534: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
535: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
536: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
537: <p>
538:
539: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
540: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
541: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
542: </strong></font><br>
543:
544: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
545: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
546: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
547: it because they love coding...
548: <p>
549:
550: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
551: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
552: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
553: </strong></font><br>
554:
555: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
556: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
557: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
558: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
559: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
560: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
561: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
562: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
563: <p>
564:
565: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 566: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
567: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
568: </strong></font><br>
569:
570: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
571: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
572: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
573: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
574: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
575: the pizza.
576: <p>
577:
578: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 579: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
580: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
581: </strong></font><br>
582:
583: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
584: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
585: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
586: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
587: problems.
588: <p>
589:
590: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 591: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
592: </strong></font><br>
593:
594: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
595: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
596: - whether they like it or not.
597: <p>
598:
599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 600: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
601: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
602: </strong></font><br>
603:
604: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
605: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
606: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 607: <p>
1.148 aaron 608:
609: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 ! horacio 610: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, Network Magazine, October 5, 2000
1.156 louis 611: </strong></font><br>
612:
613: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
614: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
615: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
616: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
617: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
618: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
619: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
620: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
621: <p>
622:
623: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 ! horacio 624: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
! 625: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 626: </strong></font><br>
627:
628: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
629: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
630: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
631: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
632: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
633: <p>
634:
1.138 louis 635: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
636:
637: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 638: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 639: System Takes On Linux</a>,
640: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
641: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 642: </strong></font><br>
643:
1.146 louis 644: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
645: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
646: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
647: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
648: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
649: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
650: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 651: <p>
652:
653: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.200 niklas 654: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
655: System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
656: </strong></font><br>
657:
658: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
659: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
660: groups, and even Linux.
661: <p>
662:
663: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 664: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
665: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
666: </strong></font><br>
667:
668: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
669: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
670: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
671: library after installing the OS.
672: <p>
673:
674: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 ! horacio 675: OpenBSD as a VPN Solution <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 676: Sys Admin, September 2000
677: </strong></font><br>
678:
679: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
680: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
681: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
682: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
683: (<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>,
684: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
685: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
686: <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 687: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 688: out of the system.
689: <p>
690:
1.144 louis 691: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
692: <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
693: </strong></font><br>
694:
695: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 696: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
697: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
698: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
699: the IP filtering and address translation.
700: <p>
701:
1.131 louis 702: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
703:
704: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 705: <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/352">OpenBSD and the Future of the
706: Internet</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
707: </strong></font><br>
708:
709: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
710: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
711: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
712: <p>
713:
714: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 715: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
716: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
717: </strong></font><br>
718:
719: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
720: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
721: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
722: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
723: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
724: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
725: note of"</i>.
726: <p>
727:
728: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 729: <a
730: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
731: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
732: </strong></font><br>
733:
734: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
735: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
736: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
737: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
738: <p>
739:
740: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 741: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 742: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
743: </strong></font><br>
744:
745: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
746: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
747: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
748: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
749: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
750: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
751: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
752: <p>
753:
754: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 755: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
756: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
757: 2000
758: </strong></font><br>
759:
760: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
761: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
762: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
763: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
764: against current industry practices.
765: <p>
766:
767: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 768: <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
769: </strong></font><br>
770:
771: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
772: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
773: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
774: <p>
775:
776: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 777: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
778: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
779: </strong></font><br>
780:
781: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
782: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
783: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
784: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
785: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
786: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
787: careful code reviews, he concludes.
788: <p>
789:
790: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 791: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
792: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
793: </strong></font><br>
794:
795: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
796: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
797: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
798: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
799: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 800: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
801: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
802: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 803: <p>
804:
1.118 louis 805: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
806:
807: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 808: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
809: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
810: </strong></font><br>
811:
812: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
813: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
814: about time. The article mentions that
815: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
816: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
817: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 818: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 819: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
820: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 821: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 822: <p>
823:
824: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 825: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 826: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 827: </strong></font><br>
828:
829: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
830: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
831: of OpenSSH.
832: <p>
833:
834: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 835: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
836: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 837: </strong></font><br>
838:
839: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 840: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 841: bridging.
842: <p>
843:
844: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
845: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
846: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 847: </strong></font><br>
848:
1.121 deraadt 849: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
850: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 851: <p>
852:
853: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 854: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
855: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
856: </strong></font><br>
857:
858: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
859: <p>
860:
861: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 862: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 863: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
864: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 865: </strong></font><br>
866:
1.120 deraadt 867: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
868: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 869: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
870: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
871: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
872: <p>
873:
874: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 875: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
876: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
877: </strong></font><br>
878:
879: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
880: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
881: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
882: protocols and their quirks.
883: <p>
884:
885: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 886: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jul/2614/cc261406a.html">In
1.137 louis 887: the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 888: </strong></font><br>
889:
890: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
891: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
892: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 893: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 894: <p>
895:
896: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 897: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
898: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
899: </strong></font><br>
900:
901: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
902: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
903: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
904: <p>
905:
906: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 907: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 908: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
909: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 910: </strong></font><br>
911:
912: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
913: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
914: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
915: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
916: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
917: <p>
918:
1.104 louis 919: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
920:
1.113 naddy 921: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 922: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
923: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
924: </strong></font><br>
925:
926: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
927: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
928: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
929: be a bit dry.
930: <p>
931:
932: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 ! horacio 933: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
! 934: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
! 935: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
! 936: </strong></font><br>
! 937: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
! 938: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
! 939: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
! 940: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
! 941: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
! 942: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
! 943: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
! 944: <p>
! 945:
! 946: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.137 louis 947: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jun/2613/cc261308b.html">BSD
948: (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
949: 2000
1.128 louis 950: </strong></font><br>
951:
952: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
953: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
954: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
955: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
956: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 957: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 958: <p>
959:
960: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 961: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
962: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 963: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 964:
965: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
966: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
967: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
968: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 969: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
970: <p>
1.110 louis 971:
1.117 louis 972: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
973: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
974: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
975: </strong></font><br>
976:
977: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
978: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
979: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
980: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
981: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
982: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
983: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
984: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
985: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
986: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
987: <p>
988:
1.113 naddy 989: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 990: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 991: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 992:
993: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
994: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 995: <p>
1.108 louis 996:
1.113 naddy 997: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 998: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
999: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1000: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1001:
1002: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1003: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1004: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1005: <p>
1.106 louis 1006:
1.113 naddy 1007: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 1008: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1009: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1010: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1011:
1012: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1013: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1014: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1015: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1016: <p>
1.107 louis 1017:
1.113 naddy 1018: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.105 louis 1019: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml">The
1020: state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1021: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1022:
1023: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1024: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1025: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1026: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1027: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1028: <p>
1.105 louis 1029:
1.113 naddy 1030: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 1031: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1032: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1033: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1034:
1.113 naddy 1035: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1036: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1037: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1038: <p>
1.104 louis 1039:
1.121 deraadt 1040: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1041: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1042: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1043: </strong></font><br>
1044:
1045: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1046: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1047: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1048: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1049: <p>
1050:
1.85 louis 1051: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1052:
1.113 naddy 1053: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1054: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1055: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1056: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1057:
1058: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1059: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1060: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1061: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1062: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1063: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1064: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1065: <p>
1.99 louis 1066:
1.113 naddy 1067: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1068: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1069: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1070: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1071:
1072: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1073: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1074: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1075: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1076: <p>
1.100 louis 1077:
1.113 naddy 1078: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1079: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1080: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1081: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1082:
1083: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1084: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1085: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1086: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1087: <p>
1.95 louis 1088:
1.113 naddy 1089: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1090: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1091: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1092: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1093:
1094: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1095: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1096: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1097: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1098: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1099: <p>
1.92 louis 1100:
1.113 naddy 1101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1102: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1103: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1104: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1105:
1106: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1107: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1108: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1109: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1110: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1111: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1112: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1113: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1114: <p>
1.91 louis 1115:
1.113 naddy 1116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1117: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1118: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1119: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1120:
1121: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1122: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1123: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1124: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1125: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1126: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1127: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1128: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1129: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1130: <p>
1.90 louis 1131:
1.113 naddy 1132: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1133: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1134: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1135: </strong></font><br>
1136: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1137: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1138: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1139: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1140: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1141: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1142: <p>
1143:
1144: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1145: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1146: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1147: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1148:
1.113 naddy 1149: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1150: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1151: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1152: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1153: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1154: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1155: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1156: <p>
1.87 louis 1157:
1.113 naddy 1158: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1159: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1160: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1161: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1162:
1163: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1164: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1165: <p>
1.85 louis 1166:
1.113 naddy 1167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1168: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1169: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1170: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1171:
1172: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1173: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1174: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1175: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1176: <p>
1.89 louis 1177:
1.113 naddy 1178: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1179: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1180: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1181: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1182:
1183: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1184: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1185: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1186: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1187: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1188:
1.78 deraadt 1189: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1190:
1.113 naddy 1191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1192: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1193: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1194: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1195: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1196:
1197: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1198: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1199: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1200: <p>
1.83 louis 1201:
1.113 naddy 1202: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1203: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1204: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1205: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1206:
1207: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1208: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 1209: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1210: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1211: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1212: <p>
1.93 louis 1213:
1.113 naddy 1214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1215: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 1216: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1217: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1218:
1.83 louis 1219: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1220: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1221: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1222: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1223: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1224: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1225: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1226: <p>
1.82 aaron 1227:
1.113 naddy 1228: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1229: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1230: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1231: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1232:
1.83 louis 1233: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1234: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1235: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1236: <p>
1.80 louis 1237:
1.113 naddy 1238: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1239: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1240: Bad Press</a>,
1241: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1242: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1243:
1244: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1245: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1246: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1247: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1248: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1249: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1250:
1251: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1252:
1.113 naddy 1253: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1254: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1255: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1256: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1257: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1258:
1259: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1260: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1261: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1262: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1263: <p>
1.74 louis 1264:
1.113 naddy 1265: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1266: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1267: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1268: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1269:
1270: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1271: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1272: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1273: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1274: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1275: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1276: <p>
1.88 louis 1277:
1.113 naddy 1278: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1279: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1280: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1281: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1282:
1283: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1284: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1285: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1286: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1287: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1288: <p>
1.81 louis 1289:
1.113 naddy 1290: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1291: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1292: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1293: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1294:
1295: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1296: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1297: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1298: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1299: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1300: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1301: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1302: <p>
1.90 louis 1303:
1.113 naddy 1304: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1305: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1306: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1307: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1308:
1309: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1310: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1311: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1312: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1313: <p>
1.71 louis 1314:
1.69 deraadt 1315: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1316:
1.113 naddy 1317: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1318: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1319: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1320: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1321:
1322: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1323: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1324: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1325: <p>
1.70 louis 1326:
1.113 naddy 1327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1328: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1329: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1330: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1331:
1332: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1333: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1334: <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 1335: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1336: <p>
1.68 louis 1337:
1.113 naddy 1338: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1339: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1340: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1341: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1342: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1343:
1.111 jufi 1344: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1345: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1346: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1347: "secure by default" installation.
1348: <p>
1.64 louis 1349:
1.113 naddy 1350: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1351: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1352: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1353: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1354:
1.113 naddy 1355: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1356: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1357: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1358: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1359: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1360: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1361: <p>
1.66 louis 1362:
1.113 naddy 1363: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1364: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1365: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1366: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1367:
1368: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1369: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1370: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1371: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1372: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1373: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1374: <p>
1.83 louis 1375:
1.113 naddy 1376: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1377: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1378: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1379: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1380:
1381: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1382: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1383: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1384: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1385: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1386: <p>
1.64 louis 1387:
1.113 naddy 1388: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1389: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1390: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1391: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1392:
1393: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1394: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1395: <p>
1.65 louis 1396:
1.69 deraadt 1397: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1398:
1.113 naddy 1399: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1400: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1401: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1402: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1403:
1404: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1405: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1406: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1407: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1408: <p>
1.88 louis 1409:
1.113 naddy 1410: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1411: <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 1412: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1413:
1414: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1415: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1416: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1417: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1418: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1419: <p>
1.60 louis 1420:
1.113 naddy 1421: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1422: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1423: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1424: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1425: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1426:
1427: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1428: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1429: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1430: <p>
1.58 louis 1431:
1.113 naddy 1432: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1433: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1434: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1435:
1436: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1437: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1438: <p>
1.53 louis 1439:
1.113 naddy 1440: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1441: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1442: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1443: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1444:
1445: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1446: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1447: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1448: <p>
1.99 louis 1449:
1.113 naddy 1450: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1451: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1452: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1453:
1454: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1455: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1456: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1457: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1458: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1459:
1.113 naddy 1460: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.128 louis 1461: <a href="http://www.plesman.com/Archives/cc/2000/Jan/2601/cc260128c.html">There's
1462: more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1463: </strong></font><br>
1464:
1465: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1466: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1467: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1468: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1469: <p>
1470:
1471: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1472: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1473: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1474: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1475:
1476: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1477: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1478: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1479:
1.113 naddy 1480: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1481: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1482: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1483:
1484: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1485: in
1.113 naddy 1486: <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 1487: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1488: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1489: <p>
1.53 louis 1490:
1.113 naddy 1491: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1492: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1493: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1494: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1495: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1496:
1.58 louis 1497: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1498: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1499:
1.69 deraadt 1500: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1501:
1.113 naddy 1502: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1503: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1504: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1505: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1506: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1507:
1.58 louis 1508: Kurt Seifried
1509: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1510: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1511: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1512: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1513:
1.113 naddy 1514: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1515: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1516: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1517: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1518:
1519: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1520: <p>
1.96 louis 1521:
1.113 naddy 1522: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1523: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1524: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1525: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1526:
1527: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1528: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1529: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1530: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1531: <p>
1.86 louis 1532:
1.69 deraadt 1533: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1534:
1.113 naddy 1535: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1536: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1537: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1538: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1539:
1540: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1541: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1542: <p>
1.61 louis 1543:
1.113 naddy 1544: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1545: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1546: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1547: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1548: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1549:
1550: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1551: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1552: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1553: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1554: right -- or at least strives to".
1555: <p>
1.48 louis 1556:
1.113 naddy 1557: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1558: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1559: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1560: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1561: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1562: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1563: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1564: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1565: <p>
1.61 louis 1566:
1.113 naddy 1567: <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 1568: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1569: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1570:
1571: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1572: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1573: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1574: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1575: <p>
1.46 louis 1576:
1.113 naddy 1577: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1578: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1579: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1580: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1581:
1582: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1583: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1584: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1585:
1.113 naddy 1586: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1587: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1588: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1589: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1590:
1591: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1592: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1593: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1594: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1595: <p>
1.70 louis 1596:
1.69 deraadt 1597: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1598:
1.211 horacio 1599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1600: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
1601: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 1602: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1603: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1604:
1605: Kurt Seifried
1606: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1607: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1608: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1609: <p>
1.44 philen 1610:
1.113 naddy 1611: <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 1612: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1613: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1614:
1615: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1616: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1617:
1.113 naddy 1618: <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 1619: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1620: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1621:
1622: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1623: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1624:
1.113 naddy 1625: <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 1626: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1627: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1628:
1629: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1630: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1631: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1632: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1633: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1634:
1.113 naddy 1635: <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 1636: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1637: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1638:
1.36 louis 1639: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1640: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1641:
1.113 naddy 1642: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1643: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1644: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1645: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1646:
1647: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1648: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1649:
1.69 deraadt 1650: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1651:
1.113 naddy 1652: <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 1653: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1654: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1655:
1656: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1657: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1658: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1659:
1.113 naddy 1660: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1661: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1662: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1663: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1664:
1665: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1666: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1667: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1668: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1669: <blockquote>
1670: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1671: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1672: <br>
1673: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1674: </code>
1675: </blockquote>
1676: <p>
1677:
1678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1679: <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>
1680: <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
1681: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1682:
1683: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1684: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1685: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1686: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1687:
1.113 naddy 1688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1689: <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 1690: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1691:
1692: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1693: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1694: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1695: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1696: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1697: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1698: <p>
1.19 louis 1699:
1.113 naddy 1700: <li><strong>
1701: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1702: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1703:
1704: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1705: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1706: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1707: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1708: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1709: <p>
1.16 louis 1710:
1.113 naddy 1711: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1712: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1713: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1714: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1715:
1.57 louis 1716: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1717: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1718: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1719: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1720:
1.113 naddy 1721: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1722: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1723: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1724: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1725:
1.113 naddy 1726: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1727:
1.113 naddy 1728: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 1729: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 1730: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1731: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1732:
1.23 louis 1733: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1734: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1735: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1736: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1737: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1738: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1739:
1.113 naddy 1740: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1741: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1742: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1743: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1744:
1.199 pvalchev 1745: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 1746: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1747: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1748: installation.
1.113 naddy 1749: <p>
1.47 louis 1750:
1.113 naddy 1751: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1752: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1753: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1754: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1755:
1756: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1757: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1758:
1.69 deraadt 1759: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1760:
1.113 naddy 1761: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1762: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1763: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1764: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1765:
1766: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1767: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1768: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1769: <p>
1.12 louis 1770:
1.113 naddy 1771: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1772: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1773: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1774: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1775:
1776: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1777: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1778: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1779: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1780: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1781: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1782: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1783: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1784:
1.69 deraadt 1785: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1786:
1.113 naddy 1787: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1788: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1789: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1790:
1791: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1792: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1793: available."
1.113 naddy 1794: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1795:
1.69 deraadt 1796: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1797:
1.113 naddy 1798: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1799: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1800: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1801:
1802: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1803: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1804: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1805: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1806: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1807: <p>
1.33 louis 1808:
1.113 naddy 1809: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1810: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1811: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1812: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1813:
1.113 naddy 1814: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1815: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1816: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1817: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1818: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1819: <p>
1.57 louis 1820:
1.69 deraadt 1821: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1822:
1.113 naddy 1823: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1824: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1825: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1826: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1827:
1828: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1829: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1830: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1831:
1.113 naddy 1832: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1833: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1834: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1835: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1836: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1837:
1838: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1839: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1840:
1.113 naddy 1841: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1842: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1843:
1.113 naddy 1844: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1845:
1.113 naddy 1846: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1847: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1848: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1849: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1850:
1851: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1852: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1853:
1.69 deraadt 1854: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1855:
1.113 naddy 1856: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1857: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1858: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1859:
1860: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1861: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1862: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1863:
1.113 naddy 1864: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1865: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1866: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1867: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1868:
1869: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1870: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1871: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1872: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1873:
1.69 deraadt 1874: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1875:
1.113 naddy 1876: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1877: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1878: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1879: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1880:
1881: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1882: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1883: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1884: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1885: <p>
1.15 louis 1886:
1.113 naddy 1887: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1888: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1889: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1890: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1891:
1892: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1893: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1894: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1895: columns."
1.113 naddy 1896: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1897:
1.69 deraadt 1898: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1899:
1.113 naddy 1900: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1901: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1902: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1903: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1904:
1905: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1906: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1907:
1.113 naddy 1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1909: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1910: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1911:
1912: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1913: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1914: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1915:
1.69 deraadt 1916: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1917:
1.113 naddy 1918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1919: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1920: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1921: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1922:
1923: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1924: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1925: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1926: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1927: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1928:
1.69 deraadt 1929: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1930:
1.113 naddy 1931: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1932: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1933: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1934:
1.69 deraadt 1935: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1936: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1937: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1938:
1.69 deraadt 1939: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 1940:
1.113 naddy 1941: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1942: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
1943: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 1944: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1945:
1946: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
1947: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 1948: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1949:
1.113 naddy 1950: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1951: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 1952: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
1953: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 1954: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1955:
1.69 deraadt 1956: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1957:
1.113 naddy 1958: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1959: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 1960: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
1961: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 1962: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 1963: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1964:
1965: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
1966: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
1967: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 1968: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 1969: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 1970: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1971:
1972: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1973:
1.113 naddy 1974: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1975: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 1976: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1977:
1.69 deraadt 1978: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
1979: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 1980: <p>
1.112 naddy 1981:
1.113 naddy 1982: </dl>
1983: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1984:
1.113 naddy 1985: <hr>
1986: <a name=se></a>
1987: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 1988:
1.200 niklas 1989: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1990:
1991: <dl>
1992: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1993: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1994: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1995:
1996: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1997: <p>
1998:
1999: </dl>
2000:
2001: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2002:
2003: <dl>
2004: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2005: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2006: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2007:
2008: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2009: <p>
2010:
2011: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2012: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2013: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2014:
2015: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2016: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2017: <p>
2018:
2019: </dl>
2020:
2021: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2022:
2023: <dl>
2024: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2025: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2026: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2027:
2028: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2029: <p>
2030:
2031: </dl>
2032:
1.102 niklas 2033: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2034:
1.113 naddy 2035: <dl>
2036: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 2037: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2038: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2039:
2040: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2041: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2042: <p>
1.102 niklas 2043:
1.113 naddy 2044: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2045:
1.84 niklas 2046: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2047:
1.113 naddy 2048: <dl>
2049: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2050: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2051: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2052:
2053: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2054: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2055: <p>
1.84 niklas 2056:
1.113 naddy 2057: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2058:
1.69 deraadt 2059: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2060:
1.113 naddy 2061: <dl>
2062: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2063: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2064: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2065:
2066: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
2067: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2068: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2069: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2070:
1.113 naddy 2071: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2072: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2073: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2074: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2075: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2076:
1.20 louis 2077: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2078: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2079: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2080: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2081: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2082:
1.113 naddy 2083: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2084:
1.113 naddy 2085: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2086: <a name=fi></a>
2087: <h3><font color=#e00000>Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
2088:
2089: <dl>
2090:
2091: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2092:
2093: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2094: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2095: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2096:
2097: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2098: will be removed from OpenBSD.
2099: </dl>
2100:
2101: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2102: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2103:
1.113 naddy 2104: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2105:
1.113 naddy 2106: <dl>
1.20 louis 2107:
1.170 louis 2108: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2109:
2110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2111: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2112: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2113: </strong></font><br>
2114:
2115: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2116: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2117: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2118: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2119: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2120: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2121: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
2122: <p>
2123:
1.69 deraadt 2124: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2125:
1.113 naddy 2126: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2127: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2128: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2129: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2130:
2131: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2132: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2133: translating and reprinting articles from
2134: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2135: <p>
1.112 naddy 2136:
1.113 naddy 2137: </dl>
1.20 louis 2138:
1.113 naddy 2139: <hr>
2140: <a name=de></a>
2141: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2142: <dl>
1.50 louis 2143:
1.151 louis 2144: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2145:
2146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2147: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2148: </strong></font><br>
2149:
2150: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2151: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2152: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2153: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2154: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2155:
2156: <p>
2157:
1.72 louis 2158: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2159:
1.113 naddy 2160: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2161: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2162: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2163: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2164:
1.101 jufi 2165: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2166: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2167: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2168: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2169: Giving way to
2170: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2171: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2172: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2173: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2174: <p>
1.72 louis 2175:
1.69 deraadt 2176: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2177:
1.113 naddy 2178: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2179: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2180: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2181: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2182:
2183: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2184: <p>
2185: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2186:
1.50 louis 2187:
1.113 naddy 2188: <hr>
2189: <a name=ru></a>
2190: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2191: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2192:
1.69 deraadt 2193: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2194:
1.113 naddy 2195: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2196: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2197: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2198: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2199:
2200: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2201: <p>
1.62 form 2202:
1.69 deraadt 2203: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2204:
1.113 naddy 2205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2206: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2207: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2208: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2209:
1.59 form 2210: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2211: <p>
1.112 naddy 2212:
1.113 naddy 2213: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2214:
1.113 naddy 2215: <hr>
2216: <a name=pl></a>
2217: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2218: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2219:
1.113 naddy 2220: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2221: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2222: Radio, August 2, 2000
2223: </strong></font><br>
2224:
2225: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2226: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2227: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2228: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2229: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2230: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2231: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2232: <p>
2233:
2234: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2235: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2236: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2237: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2238: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2239:
2240: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2241: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2242: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2243: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2244: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2245: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2246: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2247: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2248: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2249: with the translation. For the full text, see the
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