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1.113 naddy 15: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</font></h2>
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31: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
32: <dl>
1.16 louis 33:
1.218 horacio 34: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
35:
36: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
37: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
38: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 5, 2001
39: </strong></font><br>
40:
41: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
42: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
43: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
44: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
45: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
46: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
47: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
48: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
49: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
50: TCP/IP stack built-in IPSec protocol, as ready to use VPN
51: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
52: on other operating systems.<br>
53: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
54: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
55: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
56: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
57: <p>
58:
1.210 jufi 59: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 60:
1.210 jufi 61: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
62: <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20011002/tc/how_code_red_revealed_the_perils_of_port_80_1.html">
63: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
64: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 65:
66: In an article about the effects and consequences of the Code
67: Red worm which attacked Webservers running the IIS from
68: Microsoft, the merits of reliability instead of new features
1.210 jufi 69: are discussed. As a positive example they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 70: <p>
71:
72: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
73:
74: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
75: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
76: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
77: </strong></font><br>
78:
79: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
80: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
81: security and says that even secured operating systems running
82: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
83: to time.<br>
84: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
85: system and just the most secure system.
86: <p>
87:
88: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
89: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
90: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
91: </strong></font><br>
92:
93: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
94: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
95: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
96: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
97: choice:<br>
98: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
99: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
100: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
101: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
102: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
103: network security devices and as such must be well
104: armored."</em><br>
105: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
106: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
107: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
108: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
109: <br>
110: Bravo!
111: <p>
1.210 jufi 112:
1.207 ian 113: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 114:
1.207 ian 115: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
116: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
117: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
118: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 119:
1.207 ian 120: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
121: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 122: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 123: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
124: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
125: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 126: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 127: <p>
1.207 ian 128:
1.194 jufi 129: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
130:
131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 132: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
133: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
134: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 135:
1.213 horacio 136: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb adresses the question
137: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
138: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
139: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
140: <p>
141:
142: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.212 horacio 143: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2772049,00.html">
1.201 horacio 144: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
145: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
146: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 147:
1.201 horacio 148: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF licence and
1.206 ian 149: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 150: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
151: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
152: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 153: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 154: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
155: <br>
156: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
157: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
158: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
159: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
160: <p>
161:
162: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.194 jufi 163: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
164: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 165: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 166: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 167:
1.194 jufi 168: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
169: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
170: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
171: <br>
172: The new
173: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 174: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
175: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on
176: logdaemon!<br>
1.194 jufi 177:
1.190 horacio 178: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
179:
180: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 181:
182: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
183: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
184:
185: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
186: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
187:
188: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
189: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
190:
1.212 horacio 191: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
192: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 193: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
194:
1.211 horacio 195: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
196: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 197: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
198:
199: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
200: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
201:
202: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
203: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
204:
1.212 horacio 205: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
206: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 207: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
208:
209: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
210: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
211:
212: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
213: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
214:
215: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
216: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
217:
218: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 219: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 220:
1.192 jufi 221: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
222: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 223: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 224:
1.193 deraadt 225: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
226: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 227: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 228:
1.196 deraadt 229: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
230: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
231:
1.198 pvalchev 232: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
233: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
234: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
235:
1.213 horacio 236: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
237: 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>,
238: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
239:
1.190 horacio 240: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 241: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
242: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
243: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
244: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
245: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
246: <p>
1.190 horacio 247:
1.191 jufi 248: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 249: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
250: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
251: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 252: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 253:
1.195 jufi 254: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 255: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
256: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
257: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 258: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
259: <p>
260:
261: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 262: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082320,00.html">
263: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
264: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
265: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 266:
1.191 jufi 267: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
268: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
269: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
270: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 271: <p>
272:
1.191 jufi 273:
1.186 jufi 274: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 275:
1.186 jufi 276: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
277: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 278: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
279: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 280: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 281:
1.188 jufi 282: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 283: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 284: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 285: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
286: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 287: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 288: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 289: <p>
290:
1.191 jufi 291:
292: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.220 ! horacio 293: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
! 294: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
! 295: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 296: </strong></font><br>
297:
298: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
299: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
300: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
301: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
302: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
303: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
304: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
305: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
306: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
307: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
308: familiar?
309: <p>
310:
1.178 louis 311: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
312:
313: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 314: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
315: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 316: </strong></font><br>
317:
318: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
319: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
320: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
321: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
322: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
323: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
324: <p>
325:
1.179 louis 326: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
327: <a
1.182 louis 328: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
329: </strong></font><br>
330:
331: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
332: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
333: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
334: <p>
335:
336: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
337: <a
1.179 louis 338: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
339: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
340: </strong></font><br>
341:
342: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
343: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
344: <p>
345:
1.174 louis 346:
1.175 louis 347: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
348:
349: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
350: <a
1.179 louis 351: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
352: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
353: </strong></font><br>
354:
355: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
356: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
357: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
358: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
359: <p>
360:
361: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
362: <a
1.183 ian 363: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 364: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
365: </strong></font><br>
366:
367: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 368: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 369: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
370: <p>
371:
1.176 louis 372:
1.172 mickey 373: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
374:
375: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 376: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 377: </strong></font><br>
378:
379: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
380: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
381: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 382: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 383: <p>
384:
385: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
386: <a
1.174 louis 387: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
388: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
389: </strong></font><br>
390:
391: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
392: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
393: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
394: <p>
395:
396: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
397: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
398: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
399: </strong></font><br>
400:
401: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
402: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
403: <p>
404:
405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
406: <a
407: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
408: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
409: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
410: </strong></font><br>
411:
412: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
413: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
414: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
415: our own Theo de Raadt.
416: <p>
417:
418: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
419: <a
420: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
421: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
422: </strong></font><br>
423:
424: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
425: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
426: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
427: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
428: shut down.]
429: <p>
430:
431: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
432: <a
1.206 ian 433: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo de Raadt,
1.172 mickey 434: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 435: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 436: </strong></font><br>
437:
438: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
439: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
440: <p>
441:
1.161 louis 442: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
443:
1.175 louis 444: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
445: <a
446: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
447: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
448: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
449: </strong></font><br>
450:
451: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
452: by John Wolley
453: <p>
454:
455: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
456: <a
457: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
458: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
459: </strong></font><br>
460:
461: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
462: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
463: OpenBSD).
464: <p>
465:
1.161 louis 466: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
467: <a
1.171 louis 468: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
469: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
470: </strong></font><br>
471:
472: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
473: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
474: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
475: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
476: and hindsight.
477: <p>
478:
479: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 480: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
481: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
482: </strong></font><br>
483:
484: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
485: <p>
486:
487: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.171 louis 488: <a
1.168 provos 489: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
490: December 7, 2000
491: </strong></font><br>
492:
493: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
494: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
495: us explain.
496: <p>
497:
498: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 499: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html"> -->
500: System and Network Security - Kernel Options,
501: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 502: December 6, 2000
503: </strong></font><br>
504:
505: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
506: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
507: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
508: <p>
509:
510: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
511: <a
1.162 millert 512: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
513: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
514: </strong></font><br>
515:
516: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 517: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 518: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 519: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
520: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
521: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
522: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 523: <p>
1.162 millert 524:
525: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
526: <a
1.161 louis 527: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
528: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
529: </strong></font><br>
530:
531: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
532: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
533: <p>
534:
1.169 louis 535: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
536: <a
537: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
538: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
539: </strong></font><br>
540:
541: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
542: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
543: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
544: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
545: <p>
546:
1.158 louis 547: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 548:
549: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 550: <a
1.175 louis 551: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
552: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
553: </strong></font><br>
554:
555: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
556: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
557: <p>
558:
559: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
560: <a
1.164 deraadt 561: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 562: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 563: </strong></font><br>
564: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
565: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
566: <p>
567:
568: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
569: <a
570: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
571: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
572: </strong></font><br>
573:
574: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
575: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
576: <p>
577:
578: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 579: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 580: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
581: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 582:
1.213 horacio 583: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 584: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
585: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
586: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
587: <p>
1.215 horacio 588:
1.174 louis 589: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
590: <a
591: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
592: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
593: </strong></font><br>
594:
595: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
596: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
597: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
598: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
599: much of the attitude too).
600: <p>
1.161 louis 601:
602: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 603: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
604: BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 605: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 606:
1.157 louis 607: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
608: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
609: <p>
610:
611: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
612:
613: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 614: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
615: Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 616: </strong></font><br>
617:
618: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
619: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
620: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
621: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
622: <p>
623:
624: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
625: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
626: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
627: </strong></font><br>
628:
629: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
630: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
631: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
632: it because they love coding...
633: <p>
634:
635: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
636: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
637: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
638: </strong></font><br>
639:
640: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
641: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
642: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
643: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
644: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
645: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
646: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
647: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
648: <p>
649:
650: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 651: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
652: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
653: </strong></font><br>
654:
655: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
656: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
657: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
658: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
659: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
660: the pizza.
661: <p>
662:
663: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 664: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
665: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
666: </strong></font><br>
667:
668: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
669: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
670: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
671: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
672: problems.
673: <p>
674:
675: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 676: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
677: </strong></font><br>
678:
679: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
680: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
681: - whether they like it or not.
682: <p>
683:
684: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 685: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
686: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
687: </strong></font><br>
688:
689: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
690: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
691: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 692: <p>
1.148 aaron 693:
694: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 695: <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 696: </strong></font><br>
697:
698: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
699: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
700: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
701: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
702: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
703: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
704: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
705: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
706: <p>
707:
708: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 709: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
710: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 711: </strong></font><br>
712:
713: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
714: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
715: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
716: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
717: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
718: <p>
719:
1.138 louis 720: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
721:
722: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 723: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 724: System Takes On Linux</a>,
725: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
726: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 727: </strong></font><br>
728:
1.146 louis 729: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
730: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
731: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
732: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
733: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
734: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
735: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 736: <p>
737:
738: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.200 niklas 739: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
740: System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
741: </strong></font><br>
742:
743: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
744: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
745: groups, and even Linux.
746: <p>
747:
748: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 749: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
750: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
751: </strong></font><br>
752:
753: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
754: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
755: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
756: library after installing the OS.
757: <p>
758:
759: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 760: OpenBSD as a VPN Solution <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 761: Sys Admin, September 2000
762: </strong></font><br>
763:
764: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
765: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
766: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
767: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
768: (<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>,
769: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
770: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
771: <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 772: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 773: out of the system.
774: <p>
775:
1.144 louis 776: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
777: <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
778: </strong></font><br>
779:
780: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 781: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
782: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
783: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
784: the IP filtering and address translation.
785: <p>
786:
1.131 louis 787: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
788:
789: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 790: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
791: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
792: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 793: </strong></font><br>
794:
795: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
796: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
797: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
798: <p>
799:
800: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 801: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
802: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
803: </strong></font><br>
804:
805: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
806: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
807: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
808: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
809: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
810: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
811: note of"</i>.
812: <p>
813:
814: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 815: <a
816: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
817: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
818: </strong></font><br>
819:
820: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
821: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
822: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
823: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
824: <p>
825:
826: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 827: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 828: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
829: </strong></font><br>
830:
831: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
832: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
833: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
834: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
835: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
836: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
837: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
838: <p>
839:
840: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 841: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
842: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
843: 2000
844: </strong></font><br>
845:
846: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
847: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
848: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
849: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
850: against current industry practices.
851: <p>
852:
853: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 854: <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
855: </strong></font><br>
856:
857: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
858: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
859: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
860: <p>
861:
862: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 863: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
864: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
865: </strong></font><br>
866:
867: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
868: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
869: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
870: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
871: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
872: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
873: careful code reviews, he concludes.
874: <p>
875:
876: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 877: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
878: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
879: </strong></font><br>
880:
881: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
882: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
883: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
884: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
885: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 886: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
887: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
888: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 889: <p>
890:
1.118 louis 891: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
892:
893: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 894: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
895: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
896: </strong></font><br>
897:
898: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
899: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
900: about time. The article mentions that
901: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
902: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
903: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 904: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 905: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
906: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 907: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 908: <p>
909:
910: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 911: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 912: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 913: </strong></font><br>
914:
915: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
916: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
917: of OpenSSH.
918: <p>
919:
920: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 921: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
922: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 923: </strong></font><br>
924:
925: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 926: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 927: bridging.
928: <p>
929:
930: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
931: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
932: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 933: </strong></font><br>
934:
1.121 deraadt 935: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
936: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 937: <p>
938:
939: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 940: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
941: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
942: </strong></font><br>
943:
944: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
945: <p>
946:
947: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 948: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 949: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
950: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 951: </strong></font><br>
952:
1.120 deraadt 953: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
954: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 955: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
956: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
957: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
958: <p>
959:
960: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 961: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
962: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
963: </strong></font><br>
964:
965: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
966: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
967: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
968: protocols and their quirks.
969: <p>
970:
971: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 972: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
973: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 974: </strong></font><br>
975:
976: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
977: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
978: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 979: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 980: <p>
981:
982: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 983: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
984: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
985: </strong></font><br>
986:
987: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
988: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
989: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
990: <p>
991:
992: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 993: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 994: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
995: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 996: </strong></font><br>
997:
998: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
999: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1000: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1001: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1002: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1003: <p>
1004:
1.104 louis 1005: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1006:
1.113 naddy 1007: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 1008: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1009: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1010: </strong></font><br>
1011:
1012: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1013: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1014: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1015: be a bit dry.
1016: <p>
1017:
1018: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 1019: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1020: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1021: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1022: </strong></font><br>
1023: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1024: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1025: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1026: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1027: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1028: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1029: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1030: <p>
1031:
1032: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1033: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1034: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1035: 2000
1.128 louis 1036: </strong></font><br>
1037:
1038: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1039: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1040: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1041: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1042: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1043: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1044: <p>
1045:
1046: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1047: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1048: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1049: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1050:
1051: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1052: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1053: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1054: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1055: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1056: <p>
1.110 louis 1057:
1.117 louis 1058: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1059: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1060: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1061: </strong></font><br>
1062:
1063: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1064: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1065: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1066: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1067: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1068: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1069: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1070: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1071: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1072: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1073: <p>
1074:
1.113 naddy 1075: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 1076: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1077: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1078:
1079: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1080: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1081: <p>
1.108 louis 1082:
1.113 naddy 1083: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 1084: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1085: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1086: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1087:
1088: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1089: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1090: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1091: <p>
1.106 louis 1092:
1.113 naddy 1093: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 1094: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1095: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1096: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1097:
1098: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1099: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1100: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1101: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1102: <p>
1.107 louis 1103:
1.113 naddy 1104: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1105: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1106: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1107: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1108:
1109: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1110: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1111: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1112: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1113: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1114: <p>
1.105 louis 1115:
1.113 naddy 1116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 1117: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1118: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1119: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1120:
1.113 naddy 1121: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1122: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1123: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1124: <p>
1.104 louis 1125:
1.121 deraadt 1126: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1127: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1128: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1129: </strong></font><br>
1130:
1131: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1132: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1133: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1134: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1135: <p>
1136:
1.85 louis 1137: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1138:
1.113 naddy 1139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1140: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1141: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1142: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1143:
1144: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1145: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1146: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1147: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1148: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1149: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1150: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1151: <p>
1.99 louis 1152:
1.113 naddy 1153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1154: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1155: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1156: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1157:
1158: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1159: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1160: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1161: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1162: <p>
1.100 louis 1163:
1.113 naddy 1164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1165: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1166: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1167: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1168:
1169: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1170: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1171: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1172: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1173: <p>
1.95 louis 1174:
1.113 naddy 1175: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1176: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1177: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1178: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1179:
1180: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1181: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1182: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1183: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1184: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1185: <p>
1.92 louis 1186:
1.113 naddy 1187: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1188: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1189: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1190: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1191:
1192: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1193: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1194: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1195: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1196: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1197: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1198: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1199: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1200: <p>
1.91 louis 1201:
1.113 naddy 1202: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1203: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1204: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1205: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1206:
1207: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1208: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1209: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1210: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1211: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1212: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1213: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1214: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1215: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1216: <p>
1.90 louis 1217:
1.113 naddy 1218: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1219: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1220: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1221: </strong></font><br>
1222: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1223: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1224: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1225: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1226: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1227: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1228: <p>
1229:
1230: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1231: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1232: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1233: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1234:
1.113 naddy 1235: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1236: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1237: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1238: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1239: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1240: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1241: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1242: <p>
1.87 louis 1243:
1.113 naddy 1244: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1245: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1246: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1247: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1248:
1249: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1250: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1251: <p>
1.85 louis 1252:
1.113 naddy 1253: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1254: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1255: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1256: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1257:
1258: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1259: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1260: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1261: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1262: <p>
1.89 louis 1263:
1.113 naddy 1264: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1265: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1266: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1267: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1268:
1269: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1270: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1271: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1272: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1273: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1274:
1.78 deraadt 1275: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1276:
1.113 naddy 1277: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1278: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1279: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1280: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1281: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1282:
1283: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1284: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1285: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1286: <p>
1.83 louis 1287:
1.113 naddy 1288: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1289: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1290: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1291: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1292:
1293: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1294: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1295: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1296: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1297: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1298: <p>
1.93 louis 1299:
1.113 naddy 1300: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1301: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1302: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1303: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1304: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1305:
1.83 louis 1306: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1307: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1308: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1309: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1310: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1311: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1312: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1313: <p>
1.82 aaron 1314:
1.113 naddy 1315: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1316: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1317: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1318: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1319:
1.83 louis 1320: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1321: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1322: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1323: <p>
1.80 louis 1324:
1.113 naddy 1325: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1326: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1327: Bad Press</a>,
1328: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1329: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1330:
1331: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1332: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1333: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1334: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1335: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1336: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1337:
1338: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1339:
1.113 naddy 1340: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1341: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1342: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1343: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1344: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1345:
1346: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1347: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1348: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1349: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1350: <p>
1.74 louis 1351:
1.113 naddy 1352: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1353: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1354: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1355: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1356:
1.219 horacio 1357: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1358: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1359: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1360: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1361: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1362: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1363: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1364: <p>
1.88 louis 1365:
1.113 naddy 1366: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1367: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1368: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1369: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1370:
1371: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1372: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1373: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1374: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1375: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1376: <p>
1.81 louis 1377:
1.113 naddy 1378: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1379: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1380: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1381: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1382:
1383: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1384: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1385: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1386: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1387: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1388: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1389: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1390: <p>
1.90 louis 1391:
1.113 naddy 1392: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1393: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1394: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1395: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1396:
1397: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1398: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1399: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1400: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1401: <p>
1.71 louis 1402:
1.69 deraadt 1403: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1404:
1.113 naddy 1405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1406: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1407: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1408: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1409:
1410: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1411: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1412: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1413: <p>
1.70 louis 1414:
1.113 naddy 1415: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1416: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1417: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1418: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1419:
1420: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1421: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1422: <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 1423: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1424: <p>
1.68 louis 1425:
1.113 naddy 1426: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1427: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1428: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1429: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1430: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1431:
1.111 jufi 1432: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1433: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1434: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1435: "secure by default" installation.
1436: <p>
1.64 louis 1437:
1.113 naddy 1438: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1439: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1440: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1441: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1442:
1.113 naddy 1443: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1444: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1445: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1446: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1447: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1448: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1449: <p>
1.66 louis 1450:
1.113 naddy 1451: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1452: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1453: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1454: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1455:
1456: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1457: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1458: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1459: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1460: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1461: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1462: <p>
1.83 louis 1463:
1.113 naddy 1464: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1465: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1466: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1467: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1468:
1469: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1470: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1471: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1472: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1473: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1474: <p>
1.64 louis 1475:
1.113 naddy 1476: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1477: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1478: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1479: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1480:
1481: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1482: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1483: <p>
1.65 louis 1484:
1.69 deraadt 1485: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1486:
1.113 naddy 1487: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1488: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1489: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1490: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1491:
1492: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1493: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1494: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1495: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1496: <p>
1.88 louis 1497:
1.113 naddy 1498: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1499: <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 1500: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1501:
1502: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1503: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1504: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1505: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1506: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1507: <p>
1.60 louis 1508:
1.113 naddy 1509: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1510: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1511: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1512: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1513: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1514:
1515: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1516: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1517: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1518: <p>
1.58 louis 1519:
1.113 naddy 1520: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1521: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1522: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1523:
1524: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1525: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1526: <p>
1.53 louis 1527:
1.113 naddy 1528: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1529: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1530: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1531: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1532:
1533: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1534: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1535: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1536: <p>
1.99 louis 1537:
1.113 naddy 1538: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1539: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1540: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1541:
1542: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1543: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1544: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1545: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1546: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1547:
1.113 naddy 1548: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1549: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
1550: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 1551: </strong></font><br>
1552:
1553: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1554: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1555: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1556: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1557: <p>
1558:
1559: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1560: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1561: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1562: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1563:
1564: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1565: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1566: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1567:
1.113 naddy 1568: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1569: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1570: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1571:
1572: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1573: in
1.113 naddy 1574: <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 1575: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1576: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1577: <p>
1.53 louis 1578:
1.113 naddy 1579: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1580: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1581: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1582: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1583: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1584:
1.58 louis 1585: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1586: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1587:
1.69 deraadt 1588: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1589:
1.113 naddy 1590: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1591: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
1592: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
1593: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1594: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1595:
1.58 louis 1596: Kurt Seifried
1597: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1598: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1599: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1600: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1601:
1.113 naddy 1602: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1603: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1604: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1605: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1606:
1607: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1608: <p>
1.96 louis 1609:
1.113 naddy 1610: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1611: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1612: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1613: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1614:
1615: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1616: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1617: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1618: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1619: <p>
1.86 louis 1620:
1.69 deraadt 1621: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1622:
1.113 naddy 1623: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1624: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1625: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1626: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1627:
1628: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1629: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1630: <p>
1.61 louis 1631:
1.113 naddy 1632: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1633: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1634: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1635: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1636: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1637:
1638: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1639: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1640: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1641: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1642: right -- or at least strives to".
1643: <p>
1.48 louis 1644:
1.113 naddy 1645: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1646: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1647: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1648: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1649: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1650: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1651: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1652: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1653: <p>
1.61 louis 1654:
1.113 naddy 1655: <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 1656: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1657: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1658:
1659: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1660: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1661: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1662: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1663: <p>
1.46 louis 1664:
1.113 naddy 1665: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1666: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1667: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1668: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1669:
1670: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1671: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1672: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1673:
1.113 naddy 1674: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1675: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1676: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1677: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1678:
1679: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1680: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1681: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1682: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1683: <p>
1.70 louis 1684:
1.69 deraadt 1685: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1686:
1.211 horacio 1687: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1688: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
1689: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 1690: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1691: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1692:
1693: Kurt Seifried
1694: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1695: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1696: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1697: <p>
1.44 philen 1698:
1.113 naddy 1699: <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 1700: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1701: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1702:
1703: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1704: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1705:
1.113 naddy 1706: <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 1707: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1708: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1709:
1710: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1711: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1712:
1.113 naddy 1713: <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 1714: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1715: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1716:
1717: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1718: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1719: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1720: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1721: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1722:
1.113 naddy 1723: <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 1724: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1725: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1726:
1.36 louis 1727: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1728: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1729:
1.113 naddy 1730: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1731: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1732: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1733: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1734:
1735: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1736: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1737:
1.69 deraadt 1738: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1739:
1.113 naddy 1740: <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 1741: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1742: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1743:
1744: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1745: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1746: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1747:
1.113 naddy 1748: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1749: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1750: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1751: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1752:
1753: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1754: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1755: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1756: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1757: <blockquote>
1758: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1759: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1760: <br>
1761: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1762: </code>
1763: </blockquote>
1764: <p>
1765:
1766: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1767: <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>
1768: <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
1769: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1770:
1771: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1772: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1773: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1774: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1775:
1.113 naddy 1776: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1777: <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 1778: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1779:
1780: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1781: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1782: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1783: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1784: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1785: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1786: <p>
1.19 louis 1787:
1.113 naddy 1788: <li><strong>
1789: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1790: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1791:
1792: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1793: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1794: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1795: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1796: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1797: <p>
1.16 louis 1798:
1.113 naddy 1799: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1800: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1801: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1802: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1803:
1.57 louis 1804: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1805: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1806: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1807: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1808:
1.113 naddy 1809: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1810: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1811: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1812: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1813:
1.113 naddy 1814: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1815:
1.113 naddy 1816: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1817: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
1818: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1819: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1820:
1.23 louis 1821: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1822: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1823: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1824: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1825: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1826: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1827:
1.113 naddy 1828: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1829: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1830: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1831: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1832:
1.199 pvalchev 1833: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 1834: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1835: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1836: installation.
1.113 naddy 1837: <p>
1.47 louis 1838:
1.113 naddy 1839: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1840: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1841: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1842: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1843:
1844: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1845: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1846:
1.69 deraadt 1847: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1848:
1.113 naddy 1849: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1850: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1851: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1852: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1853:
1854: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1855: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1856: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1857: <p>
1.12 louis 1858:
1.113 naddy 1859: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1860: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1861: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1862: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1863:
1864: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1865: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1866: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1867: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1868: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1869: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1870: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1871: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1872:
1.69 deraadt 1873: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1874:
1.113 naddy 1875: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1876: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1877: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1878:
1879: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1880: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1881: available."
1.113 naddy 1882: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1883:
1.69 deraadt 1884: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1885:
1.113 naddy 1886: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1887: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1888: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1889:
1890: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1891: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1892: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1893: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1894: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1895: <p>
1.33 louis 1896:
1.113 naddy 1897: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1898: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1899: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1900: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1901:
1.113 naddy 1902: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1903: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1904: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1905: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1906: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1907: <p>
1.57 louis 1908:
1.69 deraadt 1909: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1910:
1.113 naddy 1911: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1912: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1913: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1914: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1915:
1916: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1917: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1918: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1919:
1.113 naddy 1920: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1921: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1922: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1923: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1924: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1925:
1926: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1927: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1928:
1.113 naddy 1929: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1930: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1931:
1.113 naddy 1932: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1933:
1.113 naddy 1934: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1935: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1936: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1937: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1938:
1939: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1940: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1941:
1.69 deraadt 1942: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1943:
1.113 naddy 1944: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1945: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1946: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1947:
1948: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1949: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1950: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1951:
1.113 naddy 1952: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1953: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1954: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1955: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1956:
1957: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1958: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1959: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1960: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1961:
1.69 deraadt 1962: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1963:
1.113 naddy 1964: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1965: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1966: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1967: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1968:
1969: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1970: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1971: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1972: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1973: <p>
1.15 louis 1974:
1.113 naddy 1975: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1976: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1977: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1978: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1979:
1980: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1981: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1982: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1983: columns."
1.113 naddy 1984: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1985:
1.69 deraadt 1986: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1987:
1.113 naddy 1988: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1989: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 1990: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1991: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1992:
1993: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 1994: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 1995:
1.113 naddy 1996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1997: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 1998: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1999:
2000: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2001: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2002: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 2003:
1.69 deraadt 2004: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2005:
1.113 naddy 2006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2007: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 2008: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2009: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2010:
2011: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
2012: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2013: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2014: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2015: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2016:
1.69 deraadt 2017: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
2018:
1.113 naddy 2019: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2020: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2021: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2022:
1.69 deraadt 2023: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2024: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2025: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2026:
1.69 deraadt 2027: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 2028:
1.113 naddy 2029: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2030: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2031: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2032: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2033:
2034: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2035: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2036: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2037:
1.113 naddy 2038: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
2039: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2040: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2041: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2042: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2043:
1.69 deraadt 2044: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
2045:
1.113 naddy 2046: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2047: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2048: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2049: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2050: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2051: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2052:
2053: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2054: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2055: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2056: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2057: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2058: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2059:
2060: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
2061:
1.113 naddy 2062: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2063: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2064: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2065:
1.69 deraadt 2066: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2067: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2068: <p>
1.112 naddy 2069:
1.113 naddy 2070: </dl>
2071: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2072:
1.113 naddy 2073: <hr>
2074: <a name=se></a>
2075: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2076:
1.200 niklas 2077: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2078:
2079: <dl>
2080: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2081: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2082: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2083:
2084: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2085: <p>
2086:
2087: </dl>
2088:
2089: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2090:
2091: <dl>
2092: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2093: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2094: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2095:
2096: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2097: <p>
2098:
2099: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2100: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2101: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2102:
2103: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2104: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2105: <p>
2106:
2107: </dl>
2108:
2109: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2110:
2111: <dl>
2112: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2113: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2114: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2115:
2116: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2117: <p>
2118:
2119: </dl>
2120:
1.102 niklas 2121: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2122:
1.113 naddy 2123: <dl>
2124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 2125: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2126: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2127:
2128: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2129: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2130: <p>
1.102 niklas 2131:
1.113 naddy 2132: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2133:
1.84 niklas 2134: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2135:
1.113 naddy 2136: <dl>
2137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2138: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2139: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2140:
2141: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2142: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2143: <p>
1.84 niklas 2144:
1.113 naddy 2145: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2146:
1.69 deraadt 2147: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2148:
1.113 naddy 2149: <dl>
2150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2151: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2152: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2153:
2154: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
2155: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2156: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2157: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2158:
1.113 naddy 2159: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2160: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2161: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2162: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2163: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2164:
1.20 louis 2165: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2166: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2167: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2168: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2169: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2170:
1.113 naddy 2171: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2172:
1.113 naddy 2173: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2174: <a name=fi></a>
2175: <h3><font color=#e00000>Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
2176:
2177: <dl>
2178:
2179: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2180:
2181: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2182: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2183: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2184:
2185: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2186: will be removed from OpenBSD.
2187: </dl>
2188:
2189: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2190: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2191:
1.113 naddy 2192: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2193:
1.113 naddy 2194: <dl>
1.20 louis 2195:
1.170 louis 2196: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2197:
2198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2199: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2200: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2201: </strong></font><br>
2202:
2203: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2204: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2205: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2206: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2207: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2208: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2209: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
2210: <p>
2211:
1.69 deraadt 2212: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2213:
1.113 naddy 2214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2215: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2216: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2217: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2218:
2219: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2220: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2221: translating and reprinting articles from
2222: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2223: <p>
1.112 naddy 2224:
1.113 naddy 2225: </dl>
1.20 louis 2226:
1.113 naddy 2227: <hr>
2228: <a name=de></a>
2229: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2230: <dl>
1.50 louis 2231:
1.151 louis 2232: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2233:
2234: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2235: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2236: </strong></font><br>
2237:
2238: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2239: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2240: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2241: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2242: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2243:
2244: <p>
2245:
1.72 louis 2246: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2247:
1.113 naddy 2248: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2249: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2250: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2251: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2252:
1.101 jufi 2253: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2254: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2255: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2256: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2257: Giving way to
2258: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2259: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2260: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2261: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2262: <p>
1.72 louis 2263:
1.69 deraadt 2264: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2265:
1.113 naddy 2266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2267: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2268: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2269: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2270:
2271: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2272: <p>
2273: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2274:
1.50 louis 2275:
1.113 naddy 2276: <hr>
2277: <a name=ru></a>
2278: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2279: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2280:
1.69 deraadt 2281: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2282:
1.113 naddy 2283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2284: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2285: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2286: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2287:
2288: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2289: <p>
1.62 form 2290:
1.69 deraadt 2291: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2292:
1.113 naddy 2293: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2294: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2295: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2296: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2297:
1.59 form 2298: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2299: <p>
1.112 naddy 2300:
1.113 naddy 2301: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2302:
1.113 naddy 2303: <hr>
2304: <a name=pl></a>
2305: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2306: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2307:
1.113 naddy 2308: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2309: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2310: Radio, August 2, 2000
2311: </strong></font><br>
2312:
2313: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2314: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2315: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2316: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2317: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2318: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2319: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2320: <p>
2321:
2322: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2323: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2324: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2325: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2326: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2327:
2328: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2329: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2330: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2331: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2332: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2333: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2334: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2335: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2336: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2337: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2338: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2339: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2340: <p>
2341: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2342:
1.113 naddy 2343: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2344: <a name=es></a>
2345: <h3><font color=#e00000>Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
2346: <dl>
2347:
2348: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
2349:
2350: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2351: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2352: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2353: </strong></font><br>
2354:
2355: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2356: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2357: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2358: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2359: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2360: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2361: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2362: <p>
2363: </dl>
2364:
2365:
2366: <hr>
2367: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.113 naddy 2368: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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