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31: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
32: <dl>
1.16 louis 33:
1.210 jufi 34: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 35:
1.210 jufi 36: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
37: <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20011002/tc/how_code_red_revealed_the_perils_of_port_80_1.html">
38: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
39: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 40:
41: In an article about the effects and consequences of the Code
42: Red worm which attacked Webservers running the IIS from
43: Microsoft, the merits of reliability instead of new features
1.210 jufi 44: are discussed. As a positive example they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 45: <p>
46:
47: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
48:
49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
50: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
51: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
52: </strong></font><br>
53:
54: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
55: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
56: security and says that even secured operating systems running
57: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
58: to time.<br>
59: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
60: system and just the most secure system.
61: <p>
62:
63: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
64: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
65: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
66: </strong></font><br>
67:
68: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
69: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
70: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
71: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
72: choice:<br>
73: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
74: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
75: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
76: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
77: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
78: network security devices and as such must be well
79: armored."</em><br>
80: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
81: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
82: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
83: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
84: <br>
85: Bravo!
86: <p>
1.210 jufi 87:
1.207 ian 88: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 89:
1.207 ian 90: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
91: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
92: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
93: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 94:
1.207 ian 95: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
96: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 97: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 98: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
99: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
100: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 101: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 102: <p>
1.207 ian 103:
1.194 jufi 104: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
105:
106: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 107: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
108: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
109: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 110:
1.213 horacio 111: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb adresses the question
112: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
113: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
114: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
115: <p>
116:
117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.212 horacio 118: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2772049,00.html">
1.201 horacio 119: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
120: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
121: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 122:
1.201 horacio 123: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF licence and
1.206 ian 124: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 125: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
126: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
127: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 128: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 129: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
130: <br>
131: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
132: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
133: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
134: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
135: <p>
136:
137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.194 jufi 138: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
139: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 140: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 141: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 142:
1.194 jufi 143: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
144: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
145: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
146: <br>
147: The new
148: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 149: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
150: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on
151: logdaemon!<br>
1.194 jufi 152:
1.190 horacio 153: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
154:
155: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 156:
157: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
158: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
159:
160: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
161: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
162:
163: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
164: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
165:
1.212 horacio 166: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
167: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 168: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
169:
1.211 horacio 170: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
171: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 172: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
173:
174: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
175: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
176:
177: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
178: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
179:
1.212 horacio 180: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
181: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 182: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
183:
184: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
185: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
186:
187: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
188: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
189:
190: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
191: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
192:
193: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 194: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 195:
1.192 jufi 196: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
197: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 198: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 199:
1.193 deraadt 200: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
201: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 202: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 203:
1.196 deraadt 204: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
205: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
206:
1.198 pvalchev 207: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
208: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
209: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
210:
1.213 horacio 211: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
212: 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>,
213: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
214:
1.190 horacio 215: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 216: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
217: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
218: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
219: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
220: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
221: <p>
1.190 horacio 222:
1.191 jufi 223: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.212 horacio 224: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010516.html"> -->
225: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD,
1.195 jufi 226: SecurityPortal, May 16, 2001
227: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 228:
1.195 jufi 229: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.212 horacio 230: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010509.html"> -->"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"
1.195 jufi 231: , Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good programming is more important than dozens of features and
232: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
233: <p>
234:
235: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 236: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082320,00.html">
237: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
238: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
239: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 240:
1.191 jufi 241: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
242: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
243: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
244: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 245: <p>
246:
1.191 jufi 247:
1.186 jufi 248: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 249:
1.186 jufi 250: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
251: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 252: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
253: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 254: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 255:
1.188 jufi 256: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 257: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 258: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 259: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
260: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 261: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 262: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 263: <p>
264:
1.191 jufi 265:
266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 267: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20010405.html?&_ref=36874758"> -->
268: Abandon hope all ye who enter here,
1.191 jufi 269: Security Portal, April 05, 2001
270: </strong></font><br>
271:
272: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
273: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
274: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
275: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
276: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
277: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
278: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
279: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
280: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
281: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
282: familiar?
283: <p>
284:
1.178 louis 285: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
286:
287: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 288: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
289: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 290: </strong></font><br>
291:
292: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
293: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
294: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
295: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
296: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
297: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
298: <p>
299:
1.179 louis 300: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
301: <a
1.182 louis 302: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
303: </strong></font><br>
304:
305: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
306: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
307: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
308: <p>
309:
310: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
311: <a
1.179 louis 312: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
313: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
314: </strong></font><br>
315:
316: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
317: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
318: <p>
319:
1.174 louis 320:
1.175 louis 321: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
322:
323: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
324: <a
1.179 louis 325: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
326: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
327: </strong></font><br>
328:
329: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
330: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
331: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
332: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
333: <p>
334:
335: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
336: <a
1.183 ian 337: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 338: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
339: </strong></font><br>
340:
341: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 342: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 343: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
344: <p>
345:
1.176 louis 346:
1.172 mickey 347: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
348:
349: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 350: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 351: </strong></font><br>
352:
353: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
354: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
355: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 356: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 357: <p>
358:
359: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
360: <a
1.174 louis 361: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
362: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
363: </strong></font><br>
364:
365: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
366: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
367: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
368: <p>
369:
370: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
371: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
372: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
373: </strong></font><br>
374:
375: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
376: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
377: <p>
378:
379: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
380: <a
381: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
382: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
383: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
384: </strong></font><br>
385:
386: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
387: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
388: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
389: our own Theo de Raadt.
390: <p>
391:
392: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
393: <a
394: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
395: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
396: </strong></font><br>
397:
398: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
399: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
400: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
401: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
402: shut down.]
403: <p>
404:
405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
406: <a
1.206 ian 407: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo de Raadt,
1.172 mickey 408: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 409: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 410: </strong></font><br>
411:
412: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
413: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
414: <p>
415:
1.161 louis 416: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
417:
1.175 louis 418: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
419: <a
420: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
421: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
422: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
423: </strong></font><br>
424:
425: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
426: by John Wolley
427: <p>
428:
429: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
430: <a
431: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
432: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
433: </strong></font><br>
434:
435: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
436: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
437: OpenBSD).
438: <p>
439:
1.161 louis 440: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
441: <a
1.171 louis 442: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
443: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
444: </strong></font><br>
445:
446: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
447: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
448: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
449: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
450: and hindsight.
451: <p>
452:
453: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 454: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
455: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
456: </strong></font><br>
457:
458: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
459: <p>
460:
461: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.171 louis 462: <a
1.168 provos 463: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
464: December 7, 2000
465: </strong></font><br>
466:
467: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
468: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
469: us explain.
470: <p>
471:
472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 473: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html"> -->
474: System and Network Security - Kernel Options,
475: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 476: December 6, 2000
477: </strong></font><br>
478:
479: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
480: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
481: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
482: <p>
483:
484: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
485: <a
1.162 millert 486: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
487: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
488: </strong></font><br>
489:
490: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 491: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 492: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 493: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
494: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
495: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
496: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 497: <p>
1.162 millert 498:
499: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
500: <a
1.161 louis 501: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
502: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
503: </strong></font><br>
504:
505: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
506: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
507: <p>
508:
1.169 louis 509: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
510: <a
511: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
512: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
513: </strong></font><br>
514:
515: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
516: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
517: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
518: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
519: <p>
520:
1.158 louis 521: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 522:
523: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 524: <a
1.175 louis 525: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
526: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
527: </strong></font><br>
528:
529: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
530: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
531: <p>
532:
533: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
534: <a
1.164 deraadt 535: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 536: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 537: </strong></font><br>
538: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
539: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
540: <p>
541:
542: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
543: <a
544: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
545: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
546: </strong></font><br>
547:
548: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
549: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
550: <p>
551:
552: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 553: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 554: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
555: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 556:
1.213 horacio 557: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 558: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
559: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
560: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
561: <p>
1.215 horacio 562:
1.174 louis 563: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
564: <a
565: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
566: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
567: </strong></font><br>
568:
569: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
570: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
571: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
572: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
573: much of the attitude too).
574: <p>
1.161 louis 575:
576: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 577: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
578: BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 579: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 580:
1.157 louis 581: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
582: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
583: <p>
584:
585: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
586:
587: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 588: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
589: Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 590: </strong></font><br>
591:
592: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
593: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
594: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
595: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
596: <p>
597:
598: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
599: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
600: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
601: </strong></font><br>
602:
603: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
604: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
605: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
606: it because they love coding...
607: <p>
608:
609: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
610: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
611: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
612: </strong></font><br>
613:
614: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
615: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
616: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
617: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
618: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
619: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
620: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
621: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
622: <p>
623:
624: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 625: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
626: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
627: </strong></font><br>
628:
629: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
630: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
631: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
632: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
633: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
634: the pizza.
635: <p>
636:
637: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 638: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
639: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
640: </strong></font><br>
641:
642: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
643: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
644: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
645: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
646: problems.
647: <p>
648:
649: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 650: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
651: </strong></font><br>
652:
653: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
654: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
655: - whether they like it or not.
656: <p>
657:
658: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 659: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
660: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
661: </strong></font><br>
662:
663: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
664: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
665: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 666: <p>
1.148 aaron 667:
668: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 669: <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 670: </strong></font><br>
671:
672: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
673: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
674: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
675: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
676: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
677: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
678: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
679: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
680: <p>
681:
682: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 683: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
684: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 685: </strong></font><br>
686:
687: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
688: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
689: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
690: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
691: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
692: <p>
693:
1.138 louis 694: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
695:
696: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 697: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 698: System Takes On Linux</a>,
699: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
700: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 701: </strong></font><br>
702:
1.146 louis 703: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
704: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
705: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
706: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
707: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
708: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
709: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 710: <p>
711:
712: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.200 niklas 713: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
714: System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
715: </strong></font><br>
716:
717: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
718: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
719: groups, and even Linux.
720: <p>
721:
722: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 723: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
724: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
725: </strong></font><br>
726:
727: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
728: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
729: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
730: library after installing the OS.
731: <p>
732:
733: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 734: OpenBSD as a VPN Solution <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 735: Sys Admin, September 2000
736: </strong></font><br>
737:
738: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
739: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
740: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
741: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
742: (<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>,
743: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
744: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
745: <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 746: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 747: out of the system.
748: <p>
749:
1.144 louis 750: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
751: <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
752: </strong></font><br>
753:
754: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 755: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
756: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
757: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
758: the IP filtering and address translation.
759: <p>
760:
1.131 louis 761: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
762:
763: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 764: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
765: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
766: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 767: </strong></font><br>
768:
769: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
770: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
771: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
772: <p>
773:
774: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 775: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
776: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
777: </strong></font><br>
778:
779: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
780: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
781: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
782: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
783: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
784: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
785: note of"</i>.
786: <p>
787:
788: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 789: <a
790: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
791: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
792: </strong></font><br>
793:
794: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
795: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
796: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
797: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
798: <p>
799:
800: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 801: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 802: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
803: </strong></font><br>
804:
805: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
806: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
807: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
808: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
809: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
810: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
811: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
812: <p>
813:
814: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 815: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
816: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
817: 2000
818: </strong></font><br>
819:
820: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
821: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
822: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
823: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
824: against current industry practices.
825: <p>
826:
827: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 828: <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
829: </strong></font><br>
830:
831: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
832: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
833: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
834: <p>
835:
836: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 837: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
838: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
839: </strong></font><br>
840:
841: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
842: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
843: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
844: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
845: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
846: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
847: careful code reviews, he concludes.
848: <p>
849:
850: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 851: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
852: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
853: </strong></font><br>
854:
855: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
856: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
857: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
858: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
859: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 860: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
861: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
862: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 863: <p>
864:
1.118 louis 865: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
866:
867: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 868: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
869: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
870: </strong></font><br>
871:
872: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
873: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
874: about time. The article mentions that
875: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
876: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
877: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 878: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 879: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
880: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 881: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 882: <p>
883:
884: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 885: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 886: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 887: </strong></font><br>
888:
889: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
890: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
891: of OpenSSH.
892: <p>
893:
894: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 895: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
896: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 897: </strong></font><br>
898:
899: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 900: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 901: bridging.
902: <p>
903:
904: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
905: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
906: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 907: </strong></font><br>
908:
1.121 deraadt 909: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
910: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 911: <p>
912:
913: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 914: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
915: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
916: </strong></font><br>
917:
918: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
919: <p>
920:
921: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 922: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 923: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
924: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 925: </strong></font><br>
926:
1.120 deraadt 927: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
928: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 929: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
930: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
931: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
932: <p>
933:
934: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 935: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
936: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
937: </strong></font><br>
938:
939: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
940: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
941: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
942: protocols and their quirks.
943: <p>
944:
945: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 946: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
947: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 948: </strong></font><br>
949:
950: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
951: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
952: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 953: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 954: <p>
955:
956: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 957: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
958: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
959: </strong></font><br>
960:
961: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
962: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
963: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
964: <p>
965:
966: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 967: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 968: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
969: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 970: </strong></font><br>
971:
972: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
973: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
974: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
975: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
976: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
977: <p>
978:
1.104 louis 979: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
980:
1.113 naddy 981: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 982: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
983: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
984: </strong></font><br>
985:
986: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
987: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
988: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
989: be a bit dry.
990: <p>
991:
992: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 993: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
994: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
995: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
996: </strong></font><br>
997: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
998: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
999: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1000: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1001: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1002: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1003: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1004: <p>
1005:
1006: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1007: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1008: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1009: 2000
1.128 louis 1010: </strong></font><br>
1011:
1012: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1013: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1014: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1015: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1016: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1017: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1018: <p>
1019:
1020: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1021: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1022: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1023: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1024:
1025: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1026: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1027: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1028: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1029: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1030: <p>
1.110 louis 1031:
1.117 louis 1032: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1033: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1034: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1035: </strong></font><br>
1036:
1037: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1038: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1039: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1040: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1041: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1042: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1043: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1044: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1045: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1046: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1047: <p>
1048:
1.113 naddy 1049: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 1050: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1051: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1052:
1053: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1054: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1055: <p>
1.108 louis 1056:
1.113 naddy 1057: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 1058: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1059: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1060: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1061:
1062: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1063: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1064: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1065: <p>
1.106 louis 1066:
1.113 naddy 1067: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 1068: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1069: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1070: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1071:
1072: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1073: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1074: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1075: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1076: <p>
1.107 louis 1077:
1.113 naddy 1078: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1079: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1080: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1081: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1082:
1083: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1084: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1085: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1086: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1087: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1088: <p>
1.105 louis 1089:
1.113 naddy 1090: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 1091: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1092: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1093: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1094:
1.113 naddy 1095: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1096: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1097: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1098: <p>
1.104 louis 1099:
1.121 deraadt 1100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1101: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1102: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1103: </strong></font><br>
1104:
1105: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1106: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1107: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1108: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1109: <p>
1110:
1.85 louis 1111: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1112:
1.113 naddy 1113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1114: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1115: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1116: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1117:
1118: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1119: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1120: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1121: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1122: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1123: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1124: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1125: <p>
1.99 louis 1126:
1.113 naddy 1127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1128: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1129: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1130: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1131:
1132: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1133: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1134: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1135: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1136: <p>
1.100 louis 1137:
1.113 naddy 1138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1139: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1140: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1141: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1142:
1143: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1144: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1145: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1146: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1147: <p>
1.95 louis 1148:
1.113 naddy 1149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1150: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1151: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1152: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1153:
1154: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1155: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1156: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1157: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1158: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1159: <p>
1.92 louis 1160:
1.113 naddy 1161: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1162: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1163: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1164: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1165:
1166: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1167: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1168: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1169: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1170: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1171: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1172: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1173: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1174: <p>
1.91 louis 1175:
1.113 naddy 1176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1177: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1178: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1179: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1180:
1181: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1182: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1183: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1184: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1185: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1186: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1187: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1188: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1189: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1190: <p>
1.90 louis 1191:
1.113 naddy 1192: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1193: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1194: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1195: </strong></font><br>
1196: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1197: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1198: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1199: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1200: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1201: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1202: <p>
1203:
1204: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1205: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1206: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1207: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1208:
1.113 naddy 1209: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1210: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1211: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1212: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1213: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1214: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1215: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1216: <p>
1.87 louis 1217:
1.113 naddy 1218: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1219: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1220: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1221: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1222:
1223: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1224: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1225: <p>
1.85 louis 1226:
1.113 naddy 1227: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1228: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1229: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1230: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1231:
1232: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1233: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1234: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1235: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1236: <p>
1.89 louis 1237:
1.113 naddy 1238: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1239: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1240: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1241: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1242:
1243: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1244: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1245: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1246: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1247: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1248:
1.78 deraadt 1249: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1250:
1.113 naddy 1251: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1252: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1253: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1254: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1255: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1256:
1257: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1258: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1259: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1260: <p>
1.83 louis 1261:
1.113 naddy 1262: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1263: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1264: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1265: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1266:
1267: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1268: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.113 naddy 1269: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1270: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1271: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1272: <p>
1.93 louis 1273:
1.113 naddy 1274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1275: <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
1.83 louis 1276: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1277: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1278:
1.83 louis 1279: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1280: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1281: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1282: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1283: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1284: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1285: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1286: <p>
1.82 aaron 1287:
1.113 naddy 1288: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1289: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1290: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1291: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1292:
1.83 louis 1293: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1294: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1295: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1296: <p>
1.80 louis 1297:
1.113 naddy 1298: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1299: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1300: Bad Press</a>,
1301: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1302: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1303:
1304: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1305: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1306: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1307: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1308: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1309: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1310:
1311: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1312:
1.113 naddy 1313: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1314: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1315: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1316: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1317: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1318:
1319: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1320: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1321: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1322: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1323: <p>
1.74 louis 1324:
1.113 naddy 1325: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1326: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1327: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1328: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1329:
1330: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
1331: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
1332: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1333: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
1334: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
1335: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1336: <p>
1.88 louis 1337:
1.113 naddy 1338: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1339: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1340: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1341: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1342:
1343: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1344: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1345: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1346: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1347: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1348: <p>
1.81 louis 1349:
1.113 naddy 1350: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1351: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1352: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1353: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1354:
1355: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1356: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1357: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1358: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1359: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1360: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1361: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1362: <p>
1.90 louis 1363:
1.113 naddy 1364: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1365: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1366: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1367: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1368:
1369: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1370: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1371: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1372: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1373: <p>
1.71 louis 1374:
1.69 deraadt 1375: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1376:
1.113 naddy 1377: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1378: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1379: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1380: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1381:
1382: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1383: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1384: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1385: <p>
1.70 louis 1386:
1.113 naddy 1387: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1388: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1389: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1390: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1391:
1392: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1393: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1394: <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 1395: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1396: <p>
1.68 louis 1397:
1.113 naddy 1398: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1399: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1400: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1401: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1402: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1403:
1.111 jufi 1404: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1405: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1406: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1407: "secure by default" installation.
1408: <p>
1.64 louis 1409:
1.113 naddy 1410: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1411: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1412: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1413: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1414:
1.113 naddy 1415: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1416: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1417: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1418: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1419: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1420: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1421: <p>
1.66 louis 1422:
1.113 naddy 1423: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1424: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1425: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1426: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1427:
1428: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1429: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1430: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1431: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1432: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1433: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1434: <p>
1.83 louis 1435:
1.113 naddy 1436: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1437: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1438: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1439: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1440:
1441: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1442: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1443: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1444: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1445: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1446: <p>
1.64 louis 1447:
1.113 naddy 1448: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1449: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1450: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1451: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1452:
1453: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1454: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1455: <p>
1.65 louis 1456:
1.69 deraadt 1457: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1458:
1.113 naddy 1459: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1460: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1461: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1462: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1463:
1464: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1465: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1466: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1467: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1468: <p>
1.88 louis 1469:
1.113 naddy 1470: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1471: <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 1472: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1473:
1474: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1475: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1476: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1477: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1478: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1479: <p>
1.60 louis 1480:
1.113 naddy 1481: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1482: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1483: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1484: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1485: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1486:
1487: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1488: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1489: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1490: <p>
1.58 louis 1491:
1.113 naddy 1492: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1493: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1494: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1495:
1496: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1497: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1498: <p>
1.53 louis 1499:
1.113 naddy 1500: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1501: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1502: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1503: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1504:
1505: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1506: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1507: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1508: <p>
1.99 louis 1509:
1.113 naddy 1510: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1511: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1512: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1513:
1514: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1515: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1516: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1517: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1518: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1519:
1.113 naddy 1520: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1521: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
1522: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 1523: </strong></font><br>
1524:
1525: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1526: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1527: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1528: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1529: <p>
1530:
1531: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1532: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1533: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1534: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1535:
1536: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1537: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1538: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1539:
1.113 naddy 1540: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1541: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1542: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1543:
1544: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1545: in
1.113 naddy 1546: <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 1547: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1548: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1549: <p>
1.53 louis 1550:
1.113 naddy 1551: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1552: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1553: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1554: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1555: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1556:
1.58 louis 1557: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1558: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1559:
1.69 deraadt 1560: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1561:
1.113 naddy 1562: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1563: <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
1.58 louis 1564: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
1565: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1566: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1567:
1.58 louis 1568: Kurt Seifried
1569: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1570: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1571: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1572: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1573:
1.113 naddy 1574: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1575: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1576: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1577: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1578:
1579: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1580: <p>
1.96 louis 1581:
1.113 naddy 1582: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1583: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1584: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1585: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1586:
1587: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1588: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1589: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1590: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1591: <p>
1.86 louis 1592:
1.69 deraadt 1593: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1594:
1.113 naddy 1595: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1596: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1597: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1598: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1599:
1600: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1601: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1602: <p>
1.61 louis 1603:
1.113 naddy 1604: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1605: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1606: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1607: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1608: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1609:
1610: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1611: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1612: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1613: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1614: right -- or at least strives to".
1615: <p>
1.48 louis 1616:
1.113 naddy 1617: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1618: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1619: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1620: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1621: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1622: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1623: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1624: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1625: <p>
1.61 louis 1626:
1.113 naddy 1627: <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 1628: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1629: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1630:
1631: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1632: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1633: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1634: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1635: <p>
1.46 louis 1636:
1.113 naddy 1637: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1638: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1639: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1640: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1641:
1642: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1643: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1644: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1645:
1.113 naddy 1646: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1647: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1648: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1649: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1650:
1651: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1652: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1653: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1654: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1655: <p>
1.70 louis 1656:
1.69 deraadt 1657: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1658:
1.211 horacio 1659: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1660: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
1661: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 1662: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1663: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1664:
1665: Kurt Seifried
1666: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1667: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1668: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1669: <p>
1.44 philen 1670:
1.113 naddy 1671: <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 1672: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1673: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1674:
1675: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1676: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1677:
1.113 naddy 1678: <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 1679: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1680: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1681:
1682: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1683: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1684:
1.113 naddy 1685: <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 1686: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1687: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1688:
1689: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1690: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1691: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1692: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1693: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1694:
1.113 naddy 1695: <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 1696: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1697: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1698:
1.36 louis 1699: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1700: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1701:
1.113 naddy 1702: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1703: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1704: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1705: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1706:
1707: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1708: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1709:
1.69 deraadt 1710: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1711:
1.113 naddy 1712: <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 1713: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1714: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1715:
1716: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1717: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1718: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1719:
1.113 naddy 1720: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1721: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1722: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1723: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1724:
1725: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1726: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1727: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1728: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1729: <blockquote>
1730: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1731: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1732: <br>
1733: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1734: </code>
1735: </blockquote>
1736: <p>
1737:
1738: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1739: <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>
1740: <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
1741: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1742:
1743: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1744: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1745: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1746: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1747:
1.113 naddy 1748: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1749: <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 1750: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1751:
1752: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1753: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1754: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1755: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1756: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1757: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1758: <p>
1.19 louis 1759:
1.113 naddy 1760: <li><strong>
1761: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1762: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1763:
1764: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1765: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1766: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1767: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1768: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1769: <p>
1.16 louis 1770:
1.113 naddy 1771: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1772: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1773: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1774: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1775:
1.57 louis 1776: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1777: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1778: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1779: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1780:
1.113 naddy 1781: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1782: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1783: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1784: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1785:
1.113 naddy 1786: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1787:
1.113 naddy 1788: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1789: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
1790: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1791: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1792:
1.23 louis 1793: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1794: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1795: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1796: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1797: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1798: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1799:
1.113 naddy 1800: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1801: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1802: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1803: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1804:
1.199 pvalchev 1805: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 1806: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1807: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1808: installation.
1.113 naddy 1809: <p>
1.47 louis 1810:
1.113 naddy 1811: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1812: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1813: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1814: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1815:
1816: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1817: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1818:
1.69 deraadt 1819: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1820:
1.113 naddy 1821: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1822: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1823: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1824: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1825:
1826: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1827: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1828: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1829: <p>
1.12 louis 1830:
1.113 naddy 1831: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1832: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1833: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1834: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1835:
1836: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1837: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1838: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1839: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1840: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1841: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1842: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1843: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1844:
1.69 deraadt 1845: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1846:
1.113 naddy 1847: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1848: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1849: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1850:
1851: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1852: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1853: available."
1.113 naddy 1854: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1855:
1.69 deraadt 1856: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1857:
1.113 naddy 1858: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1859: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1860: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1861:
1862: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1863: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1864: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1865: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1866: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1867: <p>
1.33 louis 1868:
1.113 naddy 1869: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1870: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1871: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1872: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1873:
1.113 naddy 1874: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1875: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1876: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1877: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1878: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1879: <p>
1.57 louis 1880:
1.69 deraadt 1881: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1882:
1.113 naddy 1883: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1884: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1885: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1886: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1887:
1888: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1889: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1890: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1891:
1.113 naddy 1892: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1893: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1894: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1895: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1896: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1897:
1898: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1899: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1900:
1.113 naddy 1901: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1902: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1903:
1.113 naddy 1904: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1905:
1.113 naddy 1906: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1907: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1908: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1909: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1910:
1911: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1912: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1913:
1.69 deraadt 1914: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1915:
1.113 naddy 1916: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1917: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1918: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1919:
1920: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1921: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1922: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1923:
1.113 naddy 1924: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1925: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1926: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1927: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1928:
1929: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1930: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1931: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1932: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1933:
1.69 deraadt 1934: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1935:
1.113 naddy 1936: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1937: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1938: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1939: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1940:
1941: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1942: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1943: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1944: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1945: <p>
1.15 louis 1946:
1.113 naddy 1947: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1948: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1949: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1950: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1951:
1952: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1953: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1954: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1955: columns."
1.113 naddy 1956: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1957:
1.69 deraadt 1958: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1959:
1.113 naddy 1960: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1961: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1962: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1963: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1964:
1965: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1966: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1967:
1.113 naddy 1968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1969: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1970: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1971:
1972: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
1973: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 1974: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 1975:
1.69 deraadt 1976: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1977:
1.113 naddy 1978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1979: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 1980: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 1981: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1982:
1983: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
1984: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
1985: Implementation, including a brief interview with
1986: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 1987: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1988:
1.69 deraadt 1989: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1990:
1.113 naddy 1991: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 1992: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 1993: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1994:
1.69 deraadt 1995: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
1996: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 1997: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1998:
1.69 deraadt 1999: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 2000:
1.113 naddy 2001: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2002: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2003: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2004: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2005:
2006: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2007: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2008: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2009:
1.113 naddy 2010: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
2011: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2012: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2013: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2014: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2015:
1.69 deraadt 2016: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
2017:
1.113 naddy 2018: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2019: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2020: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2021: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2022: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2023: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2024:
2025: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2026: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2027: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2028: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2029: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2030: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2031:
2032: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
2033:
1.113 naddy 2034: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2035: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2036: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2037:
1.69 deraadt 2038: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2039: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2040: <p>
1.112 naddy 2041:
1.113 naddy 2042: </dl>
2043: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2044:
1.113 naddy 2045: <hr>
2046: <a name=se></a>
2047: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2048:
1.200 niklas 2049: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2050:
2051: <dl>
2052: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2053: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2054: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2055:
2056: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2057: <p>
2058:
2059: </dl>
2060:
2061: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2062:
2063: <dl>
2064: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2065: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2066: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2067:
2068: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2069: <p>
2070:
2071: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2072: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2073: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2074:
2075: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2076: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2077: <p>
2078:
2079: </dl>
2080:
2081: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2082:
2083: <dl>
2084: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2085: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2086: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2087:
2088: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2089: <p>
2090:
2091: </dl>
2092:
1.102 niklas 2093: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2094:
1.113 naddy 2095: <dl>
2096: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 2097: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2098: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2099:
2100: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2101: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2102: <p>
1.102 niklas 2103:
1.113 naddy 2104: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2105:
1.84 niklas 2106: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2107:
1.113 naddy 2108: <dl>
2109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2110: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2111: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2112:
2113: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2114: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2115: <p>
1.84 niklas 2116:
1.113 naddy 2117: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2118:
1.69 deraadt 2119: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2120:
1.113 naddy 2121: <dl>
2122: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2123: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2124: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2125:
2126: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
2127: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2128: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2129: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2130:
1.113 naddy 2131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2132: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2133: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2134: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2135: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2136:
1.20 louis 2137: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2138: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2139: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2140: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2141: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2142:
1.113 naddy 2143: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2144:
1.113 naddy 2145: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2146: <a name=fi></a>
2147: <h3><font color=#e00000>Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
2148:
2149: <dl>
2150:
2151: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2152:
2153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2154: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2155: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2156:
2157: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2158: will be removed from OpenBSD.
2159: </dl>
2160:
2161: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2162: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2163:
1.113 naddy 2164: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2165:
1.113 naddy 2166: <dl>
1.20 louis 2167:
1.170 louis 2168: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2169:
2170: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2171: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2172: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2173: </strong></font><br>
2174:
2175: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2176: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2177: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2178: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2179: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2180: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2181: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
2182: <p>
2183:
1.69 deraadt 2184: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2185:
1.113 naddy 2186: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2187: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2188: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2189: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2190:
2191: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2192: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2193: translating and reprinting articles from
2194: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2195: <p>
1.112 naddy 2196:
1.113 naddy 2197: </dl>
1.20 louis 2198:
1.113 naddy 2199: <hr>
2200: <a name=de></a>
2201: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2202: <dl>
1.50 louis 2203:
1.151 louis 2204: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2205:
2206: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2207: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2208: </strong></font><br>
2209:
2210: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2211: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2212: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2213: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2214: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2215:
2216: <p>
2217:
1.72 louis 2218: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2219:
1.113 naddy 2220: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2221: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2222: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2223: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2224:
1.101 jufi 2225: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2226: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2227: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2228: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2229: Giving way to
2230: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2231: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2232: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2233: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2234: <p>
1.72 louis 2235:
1.69 deraadt 2236: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2237:
1.113 naddy 2238: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2239: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2240: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2241: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2242:
2243: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2244: <p>
2245: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2246:
1.50 louis 2247:
1.113 naddy 2248: <hr>
2249: <a name=ru></a>
2250: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2251: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2252:
1.69 deraadt 2253: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2254:
1.113 naddy 2255: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2256: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2257: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2258: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2259:
2260: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2261: <p>
1.62 form 2262:
1.69 deraadt 2263: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2264:
1.113 naddy 2265: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2266: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2267: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2268: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2269:
1.59 form 2270: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2271: <p>
1.112 naddy 2272:
1.113 naddy 2273: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2274:
1.113 naddy 2275: <hr>
2276: <a name=pl></a>
2277: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2278: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2279:
1.113 naddy 2280: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2281: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2282: Radio, August 2, 2000
2283: </strong></font><br>
2284:
2285: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2286: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2287: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2288: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2289: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2290: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2291: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2292: <p>
2293:
2294: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2295: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2296: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2297: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2298: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2299:
2300: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2301: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2302: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2303: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2304: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2305: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2306: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2307: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2308: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2309: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2310: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2311: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2312: <p>
2313: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2314:
1.113 naddy 2315: <hr>
1.216 ! horacio 2316: <a name=es></a>
! 2317: <h3><font color=#e00000>Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
! 2318: <dl>
! 2319:
! 2320: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
! 2321:
! 2322: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 2323: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
! 2324: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
! 2325: </strong></font><br>
! 2326:
! 2327: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
! 2328: short coverage of <a href="htpp://www.hal2001.org/">HAL
! 2329: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
! 2330: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
! 2331: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
! 2332: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
! 2333: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
! 2334: <p>
! 2335: </dl>
! 2336:
! 2337:
! 2338: <hr>
! 2339: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.113 naddy 2340: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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