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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:
1.221 ! horacio 59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 60: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
! 61: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
! 62: </strong></font><br>
! 63:
! 64: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
! 65: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
! 66: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
! 67: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
! 68: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
! 69: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
! 70: <p>
! 71:
1.210 jufi 72: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 73:
1.210 jufi 74: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
75: <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20011002/tc/how_code_red_revealed_the_perils_of_port_80_1.html">
76: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
77: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 78:
79: In an article about the effects and consequences of the Code
80: Red worm which attacked Webservers running the IIS from
81: Microsoft, the merits of reliability instead of new features
1.210 jufi 82: are discussed. As a positive example they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 83: <p>
84:
85: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
86:
87: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
88: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
89: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
90: </strong></font><br>
91:
92: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
93: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
94: security and says that even secured operating systems running
95: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
96: to time.<br>
97: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
98: system and just the most secure system.
99: <p>
100:
101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
102: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
103: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
104: </strong></font><br>
105:
106: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
107: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
108: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
109: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
110: choice:<br>
111: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
112: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
113: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
114: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
115: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
116: network security devices and as such must be well
117: armored."</em><br>
118: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
119: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
120: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
121: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
122: <br>
123: Bravo!
124: <p>
1.210 jufi 125:
1.207 ian 126: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 127:
1.207 ian 128: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
129: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
130: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
131: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 132:
1.207 ian 133: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
134: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 135: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 136: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
137: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
138: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 139: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 140: <p>
1.207 ian 141:
1.194 jufi 142: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
143:
144: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 145: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
146: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
147: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 148:
1.213 horacio 149: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb adresses the question
150: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
151: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
152: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
153: <p>
154:
155: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.212 horacio 156: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2772049,00.html">
1.201 horacio 157: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
158: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
159: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 160:
1.201 horacio 161: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF licence and
1.206 ian 162: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 163: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
164: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
165: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 166: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 167: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
168: <br>
169: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
170: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
171: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
172: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
173: <p>
174:
175: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.194 jufi 176: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
177: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 178: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 179: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 180:
1.194 jufi 181: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
182: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
183: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
184: <br>
185: The new
186: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 187: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
188: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on
189: logdaemon!<br>
1.194 jufi 190:
1.190 horacio 191: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
192:
193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 194:
195: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
196: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
197:
198: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
199: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
200:
201: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
202: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
203:
1.212 horacio 204: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
205: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 206: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
207:
1.211 horacio 208: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
209: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 210: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
211:
212: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
213: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
214:
215: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
216: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
217:
1.212 horacio 218: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
219: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 220: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
221:
222: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
223: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
224:
225: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
226: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
227:
228: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
229: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
230:
231: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 232: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 233:
1.192 jufi 234: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
235: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 236: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 237:
1.193 deraadt 238: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
239: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 240: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 241:
1.196 deraadt 242: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
243: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
244:
1.198 pvalchev 245: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
246: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
247: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
248:
1.213 horacio 249: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
250: 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>,
251: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
252:
1.190 horacio 253: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 254: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
255: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
256: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
257: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
258: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
259: <p>
1.190 horacio 260:
1.191 jufi 261: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 262: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
263: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
264: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 265: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 266:
1.195 jufi 267: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 268: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
269: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
270: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 271: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
272: <p>
273:
274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 275: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082320,00.html">
276: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
277: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
278: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 279:
1.191 jufi 280: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
281: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
282: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
283: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 284: <p>
285:
1.191 jufi 286:
1.186 jufi 287: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 288:
1.186 jufi 289: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
290: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 291: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
292: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 293: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 294:
1.188 jufi 295: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 296: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 297: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 298: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
299: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 300: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 301: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 302: <p>
303:
1.191 jufi 304:
305: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.220 horacio 306: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
307: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
308: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 309: </strong></font><br>
310:
311: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
312: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
313: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
314: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
315: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
316: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
317: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
318: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
319: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
320: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
321: familiar?
322: <p>
323:
1.178 louis 324: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
325:
326: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 327: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
328: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 329: </strong></font><br>
330:
331: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
332: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
333: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
334: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
335: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
336: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
337: <p>
338:
1.179 louis 339: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
340: <a
1.182 louis 341: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
342: </strong></font><br>
343:
344: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
345: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
346: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
347: <p>
348:
349: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
350: <a
1.179 louis 351: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
352: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
353: </strong></font><br>
354:
355: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
356: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
357: <p>
358:
1.174 louis 359:
1.175 louis 360: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
361:
362: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
363: <a
1.179 louis 364: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
365: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
366: </strong></font><br>
367:
368: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
369: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
370: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
371: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
372: <p>
373:
374: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
375: <a
1.183 ian 376: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 377: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
378: </strong></font><br>
379:
380: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 381: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 382: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
383: <p>
384:
1.176 louis 385:
1.172 mickey 386: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
387:
388: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 389: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 390: </strong></font><br>
391:
392: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
393: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
394: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 395: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 396: <p>
397:
398: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
399: <a
1.174 louis 400: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
401: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
402: </strong></font><br>
403:
404: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
405: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
406: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
407: <p>
408:
409: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
410: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
411: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
412: </strong></font><br>
413:
414: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
415: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
416: <p>
417:
418: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
419: <a
420: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
421: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
422: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
423: </strong></font><br>
424:
425: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
426: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
427: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
428: our own Theo de Raadt.
429: <p>
430:
431: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
432: <a
433: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
434: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
435: </strong></font><br>
436:
437: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
438: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
439: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
440: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
441: shut down.]
442: <p>
443:
444: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
445: <a
1.206 ian 446: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo de Raadt,
1.172 mickey 447: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 448: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 449: </strong></font><br>
450:
451: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
452: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
453: <p>
454:
1.161 louis 455: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
456:
1.175 louis 457: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
458: <a
459: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
460: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
461: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
462: </strong></font><br>
463:
464: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
465: by John Wolley
466: <p>
467:
468: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
469: <a
470: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
471: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
472: </strong></font><br>
473:
474: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
475: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
476: OpenBSD).
477: <p>
478:
1.161 louis 479: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
480: <a
1.171 louis 481: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
482: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
483: </strong></font><br>
484:
485: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
486: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
487: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
488: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
489: and hindsight.
490: <p>
491:
492: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 493: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
494: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
495: </strong></font><br>
496:
497: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
498: <p>
499:
500: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.171 louis 501: <a
1.168 provos 502: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
503: December 7, 2000
504: </strong></font><br>
505:
506: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
507: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
508: us explain.
509: <p>
510:
511: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 512: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html"> -->
513: System and Network Security - Kernel Options,
514: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 515: December 6, 2000
516: </strong></font><br>
517:
518: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
519: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
520: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
521: <p>
522:
523: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
524: <a
1.162 millert 525: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
526: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
527: </strong></font><br>
528:
529: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 530: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 531: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 532: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
533: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
534: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
535: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 536: <p>
1.162 millert 537:
538: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
539: <a
1.161 louis 540: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
541: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
542: </strong></font><br>
543:
544: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
545: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
546: <p>
547:
1.169 louis 548: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
549: <a
550: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
551: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
552: </strong></font><br>
553:
554: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
555: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
556: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
557: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
558: <p>
559:
1.158 louis 560: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 561:
562: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 563: <a
1.175 louis 564: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
565: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
566: </strong></font><br>
567:
568: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
569: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
570: <p>
571:
572: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
573: <a
1.164 deraadt 574: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 575: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 576: </strong></font><br>
577: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
578: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
579: <p>
580:
581: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
582: <a
583: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
584: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
585: </strong></font><br>
586:
587: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
588: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
589: <p>
590:
591: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 592: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 593: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
594: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 595:
1.213 horacio 596: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 597: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
598: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
599: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
600: <p>
1.215 horacio 601:
1.174 louis 602: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
603: <a
604: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
605: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
606: </strong></font><br>
607:
608: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
609: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
610: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
611: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
612: much of the attitude too).
613: <p>
1.161 louis 614:
615: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 616: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
617: BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 618: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 619:
1.157 louis 620: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
621: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
622: <p>
623:
624: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
625:
626: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 627: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
628: Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 629: </strong></font><br>
630:
631: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
632: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
633: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
634: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
635: <p>
636:
637: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
638: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
639: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
640: </strong></font><br>
641:
642: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
643: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
644: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
645: it because they love coding...
646: <p>
647:
648: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
649: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
650: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
651: </strong></font><br>
652:
653: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
654: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
655: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
656: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
657: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
658: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
659: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
660: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
661: <p>
662:
663: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 664: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
665: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
666: </strong></font><br>
667:
668: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
669: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
670: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
671: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
672: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
673: the pizza.
674: <p>
675:
676: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 677: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
678: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
679: </strong></font><br>
680:
681: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
682: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
683: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
684: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
685: problems.
686: <p>
687:
688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 689: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
690: </strong></font><br>
691:
692: OpenBSD, IPSec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
693: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
694: - whether they like it or not.
695: <p>
696:
697: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 698: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
699: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
700: </strong></font><br>
701:
702: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
703: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
704: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 705: <p>
1.148 aaron 706:
707: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 708: <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 709: </strong></font><br>
710:
711: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
712: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
713: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
714: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
715: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
716: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
717: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
718: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
719: <p>
720:
721: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 722: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
723: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 724: </strong></font><br>
725:
726: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
727: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
728: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
729: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
730: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
731: <p>
732:
1.138 louis 733: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
734:
735: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 736: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 737: System Takes On Linux</a>,
738: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
739: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 740: </strong></font><br>
741:
1.146 louis 742: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
743: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
744: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
745: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
746: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
747: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
748: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 749: <p>
750:
751: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.200 niklas 752: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
753: System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
754: </strong></font><br>
755:
756: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
757: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
758: groups, and even Linux.
759: <p>
760:
761: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 762: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
763: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
764: </strong></font><br>
765:
766: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
767: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
768: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
769: library after installing the OS.
770: <p>
771:
772: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 773: OpenBSD as a VPN Solution <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 774: Sys Admin, September 2000
775: </strong></font><br>
776:
777: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
778: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
779: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
780: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
781: (<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>,
782: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
783: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
784: <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 785: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 786: out of the system.
787: <p>
788:
1.144 louis 789: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
790: <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
791: </strong></font><br>
792:
793: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 794: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
795: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
796: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
797: the IP filtering and address translation.
798: <p>
799:
1.131 louis 800: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
801:
802: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 803: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
804: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
805: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 806: </strong></font><br>
807:
808: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
809: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
810: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
811: <p>
812:
813: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 814: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
815: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
816: </strong></font><br>
817:
818: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
819: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
820: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
821: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
822: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
823: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
824: note of"</i>.
825: <p>
826:
827: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 828: <a
829: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
830: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
831: </strong></font><br>
832:
833: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
834: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
835: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
836: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
837: <p>
838:
839: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 840: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 841: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
842: </strong></font><br>
843:
844: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
845: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
846: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
847: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
848: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
849: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
850: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
851: <p>
852:
853: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 854: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
855: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
856: 2000
857: </strong></font><br>
858:
859: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
860: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
861: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
862: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
863: against current industry practices.
864: <p>
865:
866: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 867: <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
868: </strong></font><br>
869:
870: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
871: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
872: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
873: <p>
874:
875: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 876: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
877: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
878: </strong></font><br>
879:
880: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
881: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
882: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
883: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
884: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
885: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
886: careful code reviews, he concludes.
887: <p>
888:
889: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 890: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
891: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
892: </strong></font><br>
893:
894: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
895: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
896: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
897: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
898: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 899: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
900: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
901: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 902: <p>
903:
1.118 louis 904: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
905:
906: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 907: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
908: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
909: </strong></font><br>
910:
911: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
912: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
913: about time. The article mentions that
914: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
915: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
916: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 917: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 918: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
919: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 920: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 921: <p>
922:
923: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 924: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 925: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 926: </strong></font><br>
927:
928: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
929: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
930: of OpenSSH.
931: <p>
932:
933: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 934: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
935: IPSec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 936: </strong></font><br>
937:
938: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 939: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 940: bridging.
941: <p>
942:
943: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
944: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
945: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 946: </strong></font><br>
947:
1.121 deraadt 948: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
949: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 950: <p>
951:
952: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 953: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
954: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
955: </strong></font><br>
956:
957: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
958: <p>
959:
960: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 961: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 962: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
963: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 964: </strong></font><br>
965:
1.120 deraadt 966: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
967: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 968: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
969: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
970: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
971: <p>
972:
973: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 974: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
975: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
976: </strong></font><br>
977:
978: Technical article about IPSec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
979: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
980: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
981: protocols and their quirks.
982: <p>
983:
984: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 985: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
986: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 987: </strong></font><br>
988:
989: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
990: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
991: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 992: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 993: <p>
994:
995: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 996: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
997: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
998: </strong></font><br>
999:
1000: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1001: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1002: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1003: <p>
1004:
1005: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1006: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1007: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1008: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1009: </strong></font><br>
1010:
1011: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1012: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1013: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1014: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1015: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1016: <p>
1017:
1.104 louis 1018: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1019:
1.113 naddy 1020: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 1021: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1022: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1023: </strong></font><br>
1024:
1025: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1026: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1027: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1028: be a bit dry.
1029: <p>
1030:
1031: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 1032: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1033: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1034: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1035: </strong></font><br>
1036: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1037: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1038: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1039: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1040: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1041: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1042: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1043: <p>
1044:
1045: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1046: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1047: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1048: 2000
1.128 louis 1049: </strong></font><br>
1050:
1051: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1052: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1053: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1054: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1055: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1056: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1057: <p>
1058:
1059: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1060: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1061: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1062: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1063:
1064: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1065: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1066: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1067: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1068: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1069: <p>
1.110 louis 1070:
1.117 louis 1071: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1072: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1073: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1074: </strong></font><br>
1075:
1076: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1077: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1078: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1079: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1080: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1081: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1082: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1083: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1084: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1085: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1086: <p>
1087:
1.113 naddy 1088: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 1089: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1090: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1091:
1092: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1093: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1094: <p>
1.108 louis 1095:
1.113 naddy 1096: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 1097: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1098: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1099: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1100:
1101: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1102: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1103: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1104: <p>
1.106 louis 1105:
1.113 naddy 1106: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 1107: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1108: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1109: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1110:
1111: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1112: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1113: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1114: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1115: <p>
1.107 louis 1116:
1.113 naddy 1117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1118: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1119: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1120: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1121:
1122: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1123: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1124: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1125: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1126: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1127: <p>
1.105 louis 1128:
1.113 naddy 1129: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 1130: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1131: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1132: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1133:
1.113 naddy 1134: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1135: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1136: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1137: <p>
1.104 louis 1138:
1.121 deraadt 1139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1140: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1141: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1142: </strong></font><br>
1143:
1144: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1145: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1146: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1147: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1148: <p>
1149:
1.85 louis 1150: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1151:
1.113 naddy 1152: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1153: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1154: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1155: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1156:
1157: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1158: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1159: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1160: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1161: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1162: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1163: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1164: <p>
1.99 louis 1165:
1.113 naddy 1166: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1167: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1168: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1169: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1170:
1171: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1172: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1173: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1174: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1175: <p>
1.100 louis 1176:
1.113 naddy 1177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1178: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1179: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1180: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1181:
1182: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1183: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1184: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1185: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1186: <p>
1.95 louis 1187:
1.113 naddy 1188: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1189: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1190: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1191: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1192:
1193: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1194: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1195: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1196: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1197: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1198: <p>
1.92 louis 1199:
1.113 naddy 1200: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1201: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1202: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1203: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1204:
1205: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1206: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1207: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1208: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1209: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1210: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1211: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1212: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1213: <p>
1.91 louis 1214:
1.113 naddy 1215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1216: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1217: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1218: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1219:
1220: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1221: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1222: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1223: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1224: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1225: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1226: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1227: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1228: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1229: <p>
1.90 louis 1230:
1.113 naddy 1231: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1232: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1233: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1234: </strong></font><br>
1235: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1236: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1237: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1238: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1239: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1240: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1241: <p>
1242:
1243: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1244: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1245: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1246: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1247:
1.113 naddy 1248: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1249: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1250: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1251: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1252: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1253: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1254: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1255: <p>
1.87 louis 1256:
1.113 naddy 1257: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1258: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1259: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1260: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1261:
1262: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1263: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1264: <p>
1.85 louis 1265:
1.113 naddy 1266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1267: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1268: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1269: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1270:
1271: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1272: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1273: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1274: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1275: <p>
1.89 louis 1276:
1.113 naddy 1277: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1278: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1279: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1280: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1281:
1282: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1283: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1284: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1285: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1286: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1287:
1.78 deraadt 1288: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1289:
1.113 naddy 1290: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1291: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1292: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1293: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1294: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1295:
1296: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1297: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1298: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1299: <p>
1.83 louis 1300:
1.113 naddy 1301: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1302: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1303: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1304: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1305:
1306: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1307: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1308: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1309: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1310: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1311: <p>
1.93 louis 1312:
1.113 naddy 1313: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1314: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1315: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1316: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1317: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1318:
1.83 louis 1319: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1320: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1321: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1322: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1323: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1324: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1325: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1326: <p>
1.82 aaron 1327:
1.113 naddy 1328: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1329: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1330: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1331: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1332:
1.83 louis 1333: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1334: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1335: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1336: <p>
1.80 louis 1337:
1.113 naddy 1338: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1339: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1340: Bad Press</a>,
1341: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1342: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1343:
1344: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1345: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1346: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1347: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1348: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1349: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1350:
1351: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1352:
1.113 naddy 1353: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1354: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1355: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1356: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1357: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1358:
1359: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1360: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1361: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1362: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1363: <p>
1.74 louis 1364:
1.113 naddy 1365: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1366: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1367: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1368: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1369:
1.219 horacio 1370: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1371: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1372: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1373: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1374: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1375: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1376: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1377: <p>
1.88 louis 1378:
1.113 naddy 1379: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1380: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1381: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1382: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1383:
1384: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1385: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1386: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1387: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1388: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1389: <p>
1.81 louis 1390:
1.113 naddy 1391: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1392: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1393: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1394: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1395:
1396: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1397: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1398: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1399: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1400: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1401: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1402: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1403: <p>
1.90 louis 1404:
1.113 naddy 1405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1406: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1407: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1408: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1409:
1410: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1411: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1412: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1413: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1414: <p>
1.71 louis 1415:
1.69 deraadt 1416: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1417:
1.113 naddy 1418: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1419: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1420: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1421: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1422:
1423: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1424: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1425: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1426: <p>
1.70 louis 1427:
1.113 naddy 1428: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1429: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1430: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1431: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1432:
1433: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1434: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1435: <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 1436: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1437: <p>
1.68 louis 1438:
1.113 naddy 1439: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1440: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1441: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1442: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1443: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1444:
1.111 jufi 1445: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1446: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1447: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1448: "secure by default" installation.
1449: <p>
1.64 louis 1450:
1.113 naddy 1451: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1452: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1453: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1454: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1455:
1.113 naddy 1456: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1457: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1458: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1459: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1460: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1461: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1462: <p>
1.66 louis 1463:
1.113 naddy 1464: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1465: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1466: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1467: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1468:
1469: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1470: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1471: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1472: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1473: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1474: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1475: <p>
1.83 louis 1476:
1.113 naddy 1477: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1478: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1479: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1480: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1481:
1482: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1483: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1484: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1485: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1486: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1487: <p>
1.64 louis 1488:
1.113 naddy 1489: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1490: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1491: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1492: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1493:
1494: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1495: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1496: <p>
1.65 louis 1497:
1.69 deraadt 1498: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1499:
1.113 naddy 1500: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1501: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1502: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1503: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1504:
1505: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1506: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1507: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1508: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1509: <p>
1.88 louis 1510:
1.113 naddy 1511: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1512: <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 1513: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1514:
1515: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1516: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1517: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1518: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1519: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1520: <p>
1.60 louis 1521:
1.113 naddy 1522: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1523: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1524: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1525: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1526: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1527:
1528: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1529: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1530: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1531: <p>
1.58 louis 1532:
1.113 naddy 1533: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1534: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1535: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1536:
1537: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1538: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1539: <p>
1.53 louis 1540:
1.113 naddy 1541: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1542: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1543: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1544: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1545:
1546: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1547: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1548: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1549: <p>
1.99 louis 1550:
1.113 naddy 1551: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1552: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1553: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1554:
1555: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1556: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1557: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1558: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1559: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1560:
1.113 naddy 1561: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1562: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
1563: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 1564: </strong></font><br>
1565:
1566: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1567: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1568: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1569: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1570: <p>
1571:
1572: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1573: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1574: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1575: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1576:
1577: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1578: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1579: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1580:
1.113 naddy 1581: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1582: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1583: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1584:
1585: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1586: in
1.113 naddy 1587: <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 1588: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1589: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1590: <p>
1.53 louis 1591:
1.113 naddy 1592: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1593: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1594: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1595: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1596: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1597:
1.58 louis 1598: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1599: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1600:
1.69 deraadt 1601: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1602:
1.113 naddy 1603: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1604: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
1605: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
1606: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1607: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1608:
1.58 louis 1609: Kurt Seifried
1610: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1611: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1612: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1613: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1614:
1.113 naddy 1615: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1616: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1617: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1618: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1619:
1620: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1621: <p>
1.96 louis 1622:
1.113 naddy 1623: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1624: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1625: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1626: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1627:
1628: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1629: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1630: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1631: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1632: <p>
1.86 louis 1633:
1.69 deraadt 1634: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1635:
1.113 naddy 1636: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1637: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1638: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1639: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1640:
1641: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1642: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1643: <p>
1.61 louis 1644:
1.113 naddy 1645: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1646: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1647: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1648: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1649: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1650:
1651: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1652: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1653: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1654: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1655: right -- or at least strives to".
1656: <p>
1.48 louis 1657:
1.113 naddy 1658: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1659: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1660: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1661: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1662: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1663: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1664: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1665: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1666: <p>
1.61 louis 1667:
1.113 naddy 1668: <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 1669: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1670: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1671:
1672: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1673: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1674: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1675: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1676: <p>
1.46 louis 1677:
1.113 naddy 1678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1679: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1680: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1681: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1682:
1683: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1684: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1685: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1686:
1.113 naddy 1687: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1688: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1689: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1690: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1691:
1692: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1693: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1694: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1695: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1696: <p>
1.70 louis 1697:
1.69 deraadt 1698: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1699:
1.211 horacio 1700: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1701: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
1702: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 1703: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1704: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1705:
1706: Kurt Seifried
1707: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1708: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1709: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1710: <p>
1.44 philen 1711:
1.113 naddy 1712: <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 1713: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1714: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1715:
1716: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1717: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1718:
1.113 naddy 1719: <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 1720: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1721: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1722:
1723: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1724: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1725:
1.113 naddy 1726: <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 1727: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1728: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1729:
1730: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1731: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1732: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1733: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1734: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1735:
1.113 naddy 1736: <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 1737: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1738: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1739:
1.36 louis 1740: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1741: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1742:
1.113 naddy 1743: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1744: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1745: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1746: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1747:
1748: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1749: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1750:
1.69 deraadt 1751: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1752:
1.113 naddy 1753: <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 1754: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1755: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1756:
1757: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1758: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1759: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1760:
1.113 naddy 1761: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1762: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1763: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1764: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1765:
1766: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1767: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1768: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1769: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1770: <blockquote>
1771: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1772: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1773: <br>
1774: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1775: </code>
1776: </blockquote>
1777: <p>
1778:
1779: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1780: <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>
1781: <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
1782: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1783:
1784: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1785: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1786: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1787: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1788:
1.113 naddy 1789: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1790: <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 1791: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1792:
1793: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1794: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1795: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1796: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1797: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1798: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1799: <p>
1.19 louis 1800:
1.113 naddy 1801: <li><strong>
1802: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1803: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1804:
1805: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1806: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1807: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1808: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1809: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1810: <p>
1.16 louis 1811:
1.113 naddy 1812: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1813: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1814: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1815: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1816:
1.57 louis 1817: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1818: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1819: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1820: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1821:
1.113 naddy 1822: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1823: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1824: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1825: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1826:
1.113 naddy 1827: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1828:
1.113 naddy 1829: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1830: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
1831: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1832: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1833:
1.23 louis 1834: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1835: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1836: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1837: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1838: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1839: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1840:
1.113 naddy 1841: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1842: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1843: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1844: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1845:
1.199 pvalchev 1846: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 1847: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1848: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1849: installation.
1.113 naddy 1850: <p>
1.47 louis 1851:
1.113 naddy 1852: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1853: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1854: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1855: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1856:
1857: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1858: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1859:
1.69 deraadt 1860: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1861:
1.113 naddy 1862: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1863: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1864: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1865: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1866:
1867: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1868: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1869: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1870: <p>
1.12 louis 1871:
1.113 naddy 1872: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1873: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1874: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1875: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1876:
1877: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1878: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1879: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1880: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1881: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1882: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1883: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1884: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1885:
1.69 deraadt 1886: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1887:
1.113 naddy 1888: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1889: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1890: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1891:
1892: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1893: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1894: available."
1.113 naddy 1895: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1896:
1.69 deraadt 1897: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1898:
1.113 naddy 1899: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1900: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1901: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1902:
1903: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1904: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1905: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1906: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1907: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1908: <p>
1.33 louis 1909:
1.113 naddy 1910: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1911: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1912: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1913: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1914:
1.113 naddy 1915: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1916: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1917: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1918: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1919: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1920: <p>
1.57 louis 1921:
1.69 deraadt 1922: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1923:
1.113 naddy 1924: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1925: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1926: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 1927: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 1928:
1929: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
1930: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 1931: <p>
1.69 deraadt 1932:
1.113 naddy 1933: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1934: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
1935: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
1936: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 1937: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 1938:
1939: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 1940: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 1941:
1.113 naddy 1942: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1943: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1944:
1.113 naddy 1945: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 1946:
1.113 naddy 1947: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 1948: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1949: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 1950: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 1951:
1952: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 1953: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 1954:
1.69 deraadt 1955: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1956:
1.113 naddy 1957: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 1958: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 1959: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 1960:
1961: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
1962: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 1963: <p>
1.2 deraadt 1964:
1.113 naddy 1965: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1966: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 1967: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1968: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1969:
1970: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
1971: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 1972: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 1973: site.<p>
1.57 louis 1974:
1.69 deraadt 1975: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1976:
1.113 naddy 1977: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 1978: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1979: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 1980: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 1981:
1982: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
1983: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
1984: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
1985: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1986: <p>
1.15 louis 1987:
1.113 naddy 1988: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 1989: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
1990: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 1991: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1992:
1993: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
1994: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
1995: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
1996: columns."
1.113 naddy 1997: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1998:
1.69 deraadt 1999: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
2000:
1.113 naddy 2001: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2002: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2003: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2004: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2005:
2006: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2007: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2008:
1.113 naddy 2009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2010: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2011: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2012:
2013: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2014: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2015: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 2016:
1.69 deraadt 2017: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2018:
1.113 naddy 2019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2020: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 2021: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2022: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2023:
2024: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
2025: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2026: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2027: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2028: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2029:
1.69 deraadt 2030: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
2031:
1.113 naddy 2032: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2033: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2034: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2035:
1.69 deraadt 2036: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2037: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2038: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2039:
1.69 deraadt 2040: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 2041:
1.113 naddy 2042: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2043: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2044: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2045: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2046:
2047: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2048: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2049: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2050:
1.113 naddy 2051: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
2052: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2053: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2054: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2055: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2056:
1.69 deraadt 2057: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
2058:
1.113 naddy 2059: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2060: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2061: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2062: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2063: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2064: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2065:
2066: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2067: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2068: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2069: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2070: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2071: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2072:
2073: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
2074:
1.113 naddy 2075: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2076: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2077: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2078:
1.69 deraadt 2079: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2080: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2081: <p>
1.112 naddy 2082:
1.113 naddy 2083: </dl>
2084: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2085:
1.113 naddy 2086: <hr>
2087: <a name=se></a>
2088: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2089:
1.200 niklas 2090: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2091:
2092: <dl>
2093: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2094: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2095: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2096:
2097: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2098: <p>
2099:
2100: </dl>
2101:
2102: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2103:
2104: <dl>
2105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2106: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2107: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2108:
2109: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2110: <p>
2111:
2112: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2113: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2114: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2115:
2116: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2117: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2118: <p>
2119:
2120: </dl>
2121:
2122: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2123:
2124: <dl>
2125: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2126: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2127: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2128:
2129: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2130: <p>
2131:
2132: </dl>
2133:
1.102 niklas 2134: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2135:
1.113 naddy 2136: <dl>
2137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 2138: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2139: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2140:
2141: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2142: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2143: <p>
1.102 niklas 2144:
1.113 naddy 2145: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2146:
1.84 niklas 2147: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2148:
1.113 naddy 2149: <dl>
2150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2151: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2152: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2153:
2154: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2155: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2156: <p>
1.84 niklas 2157:
1.113 naddy 2158: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2159:
1.69 deraadt 2160: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2161:
1.113 naddy 2162: <dl>
2163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2164: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2165: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2166:
2167: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
2168: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2169: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2170: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2171:
1.113 naddy 2172: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2173: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2174: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2175: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2176: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2177:
1.20 louis 2178: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2179: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2180: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2181: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2182: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2183:
1.113 naddy 2184: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2185:
1.113 naddy 2186: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2187: <a name=fi></a>
2188: <h3><font color=#e00000>Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
2189:
2190: <dl>
2191:
2192: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2193:
2194: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2195: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2196: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2197:
2198: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2199: will be removed from OpenBSD.
2200: </dl>
2201:
2202: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2203: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2204:
1.113 naddy 2205: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2206:
1.113 naddy 2207: <dl>
1.20 louis 2208:
1.170 louis 2209: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2210:
2211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2212: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2213: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2214: </strong></font><br>
2215:
2216: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2217: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2218: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2219: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2220: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2221: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2222: documentation to allow their IPSec networking cards to be used.
2223: <p>
2224:
1.69 deraadt 2225: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2226:
1.113 naddy 2227: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2228: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2229: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2230: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2231:
2232: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2233: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2234: translating and reprinting articles from
2235: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2236: <p>
1.112 naddy 2237:
1.113 naddy 2238: </dl>
1.20 louis 2239:
1.113 naddy 2240: <hr>
2241: <a name=de></a>
2242: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2243: <dl>
1.50 louis 2244:
1.151 louis 2245: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2246:
2247: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2248: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2249: </strong></font><br>
2250:
2251: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2252: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2253: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2254: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2255: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2256:
2257: <p>
2258:
1.72 louis 2259: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2260:
1.113 naddy 2261: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2262: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2263: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2264: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2265:
1.101 jufi 2266: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2267: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2268: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2269: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2270: Giving way to
2271: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2272: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2273: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2274: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2275: <p>
1.72 louis 2276:
1.69 deraadt 2277: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2278:
1.113 naddy 2279: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2280: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2281: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2282: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2283:
2284: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2285: <p>
2286: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2287:
1.50 louis 2288:
1.113 naddy 2289: <hr>
2290: <a name=ru></a>
2291: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2292: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2293:
1.69 deraadt 2294: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2295:
1.113 naddy 2296: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2297: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2298: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2299: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2300:
2301: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2302: <p>
1.62 form 2303:
1.69 deraadt 2304: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2305:
1.113 naddy 2306: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2307: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2308: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2309: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2310:
1.59 form 2311: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2312: <p>
1.112 naddy 2313:
1.113 naddy 2314: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2315:
1.113 naddy 2316: <hr>
2317: <a name=pl></a>
2318: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2319: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2320:
1.113 naddy 2321: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2322: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2323: Radio, August 2, 2000
2324: </strong></font><br>
2325:
2326: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2327: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2328: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2329: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2330: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2331: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2332: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2333: <p>
2334:
2335: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2336: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2337: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2338: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2339: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2340:
2341: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2342: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2343: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2344: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2345: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2346: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2347: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2348: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2349: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2350: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2351: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2352: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2353: <p>
2354: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2355:
1.113 naddy 2356: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2357: <a name=es></a>
2358: <h3><font color=#e00000>Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
2359: <dl>
2360:
2361: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
2362:
2363: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2364: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2365: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2366: </strong></font><br>
2367:
2368: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2369: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2370: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2371: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2372: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2373: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2374: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2375: <p>
2376: </dl>
2377:
2378:
2379: <hr>
2380: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.113 naddy 2381: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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