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31: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
32: <dl>
1.16 louis 33:
1.225 ! horacio 34: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
! 35:
! 36: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 37: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
! 38: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
! 39: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2001
! 40: </strong></font><br>
! 41:
! 42: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
! 43: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
! 44: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
! 45: SysV sistems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
! 46: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
! 47: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
! 48: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
! 49: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
! 50: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
! 51: services provider bussiness ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
! 52: of choice.
! 53: <p>
! 54:
! 55: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
! 56:
! 57: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 58: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
! 59: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
! 60: </strong></font><br>
! 61:
! 62: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
! 63: <p>
! 64:
! 65:
1.218 horacio 66: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
67:
68: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 ! horacio 69: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
! 70: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
! 71: </strong></font><br>
! 72:
! 73: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
! 74: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
! 75: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
! 76: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
! 77: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
! 78: subjects. Worth a read.
! 79: <p>
! 80:
! 81:
! 82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.218 horacio 83: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 ! horacio 84: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 85: </strong></font><br>
86:
87: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
88: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
89: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
90: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
91: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
92: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
93: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
94: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
95: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 96: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 97: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
98: on other operating systems.<br>
99: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
100: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
101: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
102: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
103: <p>
104:
1.221 horacio 105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
106: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
107: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
108: </strong></font><br>
109:
110: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
111: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
112: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
113: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
114: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
115: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
116: <p>
117:
1.210 jufi 118: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 119:
1.210 jufi 120: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.224 horacio 121: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 122: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
123: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 124:
1.224 horacio 125: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
126: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
127: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
128: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
129: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
130: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 131: <p>
132:
133: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
134:
135: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
136: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
137: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
138: </strong></font><br>
139:
140: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
141: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
142: security and says that even secured operating systems running
143: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
144: to time.<br>
145: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
146: system and just the most secure system.
147: <p>
148:
149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
150: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
151: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
152: </strong></font><br>
153:
154: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
155: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
156: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
157: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
158: choice:<br>
159: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
160: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
161: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
162: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
163: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
164: network security devices and as such must be well
165: armored."</em><br>
166: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
167: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
168: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
169: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
170: <br>
171: Bravo!
172: <p>
1.210 jufi 173:
1.207 ian 174: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 175:
1.207 ian 176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 ! horacio 177: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
! 178: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
! 179: Division</a>, August 32, 2001
! 180: </strong></font><br>
! 181:
! 182: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
! 183: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
! 184: which was deployed, according to the NAS announcement, to
! 185: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
! 186: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
! 187: investment</em>.<br>
! 188: The implementation details can be seen on their
! 189: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
! 190: <p>
! 191:
! 192: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.207 ian 193: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
194: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
195: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 196:
1.207 ian 197: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
198: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 199: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 200: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
201: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
202: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 203: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 204: <p>
1.207 ian 205:
1.194 jufi 206: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
207:
208: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 209: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
210: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
211: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 212:
1.213 horacio 213: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb adresses the question
214: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
215: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
216: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
217: <p>
218:
219: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.212 horacio 220: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2772049,00.html">
1.201 horacio 221: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
222: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
223: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 224:
1.201 horacio 225: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF licence and
1.206 ian 226: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 227: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
228: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
229: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 230: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 231: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
232: <br>
233: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
234: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
235: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
236: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
237: <p>
238:
239: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.194 jufi 240: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
241: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 242: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 243: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 244:
1.194 jufi 245: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
246: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
247: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
248: <br>
249: The new
250: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 251: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
252: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on
253: logdaemon!<br>
1.194 jufi 254:
1.190 horacio 255: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
256:
257: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 258:
259: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
260: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
261:
262: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
263: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
264:
265: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
266: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
267:
1.212 horacio 268: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
269: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 270: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
271:
1.211 horacio 272: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
273: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 274: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
275:
276: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
277: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
278:
279: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
280: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
281:
1.212 horacio 282: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
283: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 284: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
285:
286: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
287: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
288:
289: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
290: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
291:
292: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
293: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
294:
295: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 296: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 297:
1.192 jufi 298: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
299: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 300: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 301:
1.193 deraadt 302: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
303: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 304: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 305:
1.196 deraadt 306: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
307: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
308:
1.198 pvalchev 309: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
310: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
311: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
312:
1.213 horacio 313: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
314: 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>,
315: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
316:
1.190 horacio 317: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 318: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
319: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
320: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
321: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
322: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
323: <p>
1.190 horacio 324:
1.191 jufi 325: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 326: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
327: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
328: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 329: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 330:
1.195 jufi 331: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 332: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
333: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
334: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 335: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 339: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082320,00.html">
340: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
341: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
342: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 343:
1.191 jufi 344: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
345: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
346: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
347: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 348: <p>
349:
1.191 jufi 350:
1.186 jufi 351: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 352:
1.186 jufi 353: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
354: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 355: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
356: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 357: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 358:
1.188 jufi 359: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 360: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 361: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 362: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
363: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 364: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 365: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 366: <p>
367:
1.191 jufi 368:
369: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.220 horacio 370: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
371: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
372: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 373: </strong></font><br>
374:
375: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
376: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
377: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
378: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
379: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
380: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
381: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
382: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
383: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
384: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
385: familiar?
386: <p>
387:
1.178 louis 388: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
389:
390: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 391: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
392: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 393: </strong></font><br>
394:
395: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
396: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
397: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
398: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
399: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
400: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
401: <p>
402:
1.179 louis 403: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
404: <a
1.182 louis 405: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
406: </strong></font><br>
407:
408: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
409: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
410: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
411: <p>
412:
413: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
414: <a
1.179 louis 415: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
416: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
417: </strong></font><br>
418:
419: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
420: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
421: <p>
422:
1.174 louis 423:
1.175 louis 424: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
425:
426: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
427: <a
1.179 louis 428: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
429: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
430: </strong></font><br>
431:
432: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
433: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
434: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
435: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
436: <p>
437:
438: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
439: <a
1.183 ian 440: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 441: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
442: </strong></font><br>
443:
444: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 445: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 446: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
447: <p>
448:
1.176 louis 449:
1.172 mickey 450: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
451:
452: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 453: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 454: </strong></font><br>
455:
456: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
457: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
458: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 459: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 460: <p>
461:
462: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
463: <a
1.174 louis 464: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
465: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
466: </strong></font><br>
467:
468: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
469: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
470: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
471: <p>
472:
473: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
474: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
475: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
476: </strong></font><br>
477:
478: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
479: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
480: <p>
481:
482: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
483: <a
484: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
485: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
486: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
487: </strong></font><br>
488:
489: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
490: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
491: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
492: our own Theo de Raadt.
493: <p>
494:
495: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
496: <a
497: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
498: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
499: </strong></font><br>
500:
501: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
502: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
503: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
504: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
505: shut down.]
506: <p>
507:
508: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
509: <a
1.206 ian 510: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm">Theo de Raadt,
1.172 mickey 511: Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 512: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 513: </strong></font><br>
514:
515: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
516: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
517: <p>
518:
1.161 louis 519: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
520:
1.175 louis 521: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
522: <a
523: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
524: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
525: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
526: </strong></font><br>
527:
528: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
529: by John Wolley
530: <p>
531:
532: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
533: <a
534: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
535: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
536: </strong></font><br>
537:
538: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
539: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
540: OpenBSD).
541: <p>
542:
1.161 louis 543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
544: <a
1.171 louis 545: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
546: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
547: </strong></font><br>
548:
549: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
550: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
551: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
552: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
553: and hindsight.
554: <p>
555:
556: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 557: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
558: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
559: </strong></font><br>
560:
561: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
562: <p>
563:
564: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.171 louis 565: <a
1.168 provos 566: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
567: December 7, 2000
568: </strong></font><br>
569:
570: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
571: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
572: us explain.
573: <p>
574:
575: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 576: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html"> -->
577: System and Network Security - Kernel Options,
578: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 579: December 6, 2000
580: </strong></font><br>
581:
582: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
583: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
584: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
585: <p>
586:
587: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
588: <a
1.162 millert 589: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2660398,00.html">Why
590: I use OpenBSD</a>, ZDNet News, December 4, 2000
591: </strong></font><br>
592:
593: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 594: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 595: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 596: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
597: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
598: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 599: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 600: <p>
1.162 millert 601:
602: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
603: <a
1.161 louis 604: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
605: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
606: </strong></font><br>
607:
608: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
609: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
610: <p>
611:
1.169 louis 612: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 ! horacio 613: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
! 614: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
! 615: </strong></font><br>
! 616:
! 617: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
! 618: <p>
! 619:
! 620:
! 621: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.169 louis 622: <a
623: href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0065/0065o/0065o.htm">The Future of
624: OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
625: </strong></font><br>
626:
627: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
628: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
629: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
630: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
631: <p>
632:
1.158 louis 633: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 634:
635: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.157 louis 636: <a
1.175 louis 637: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2659085,00.html">BSD
638: to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
639: </strong></font><br>
640:
641: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
642: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
643: <p>
644:
645: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
646: <a
1.164 deraadt 647: href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html">Is Darwin getting
1.165 deraadt 648: due respect?</a>, ZD Net, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 649: </strong></font><br>
650: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
651: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
652: <p>
653:
654: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
655: <a
656: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
657: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
658: </strong></font><br>
659:
660: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
661: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
662: <p>
663:
664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 665: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 666: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
667: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 668:
1.213 horacio 669: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 670: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
671: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
672: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
673: <p>
1.215 horacio 674:
1.174 louis 675: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
676: <a
677: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
678: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
679: </strong></font><br>
680:
681: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
682: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
683: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
684: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
685: much of the attitude too).
686: <p>
1.161 louis 687:
688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 689: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
690: BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 691: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 692:
1.157 louis 693: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
694: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
695: <p>
696:
697: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
698:
699: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 700: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
701: Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 702: </strong></font><br>
703:
704: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
705: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
706: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
707: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
708: <p>
709:
710: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
711: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
712: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
713: </strong></font><br>
714:
715: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
716: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
717: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
718: it because they love coding...
719: <p>
720:
721: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
722: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
723: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
724: </strong></font><br>
725:
726: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
727: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
728: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
729: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
730: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
731: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
732: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
733: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
734: <p>
735:
736: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.153 louis 737: <a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html">Cry
738: Hackerdom!</a>, FEED, October 17, 2000
739: </strong></font><br>
740:
741: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
742: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
743: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
744: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
745: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
746: the pizza.
747: <p>
748:
749: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 750: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
751: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
752: </strong></font><br>
753:
754: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
755: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
756: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
757: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
758: problems.
759: <p>
760:
761: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 762: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
763: </strong></font><br>
764:
1.222 miod 765: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 766: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
767: - whether they like it or not.
768: <p>
769:
770: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.148 aaron 771: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/Open_Season/39dceffe0.html">OpenBSD
772: plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
773: </strong></font><br>
774:
775: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
776: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
777: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 778: <p>
1.148 aaron 779:
780: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 781: <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 782: </strong></font><br>
783:
784: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
785: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
786: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
787: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
788: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
789: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
790: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
791: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
792: <p>
793:
794: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 795: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
796: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 797: </strong></font><br>
798:
799: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
800: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
801: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
802: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
803: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
804: <p>
805:
1.138 louis 806: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
807:
808: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.145 louis 809: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
1.146 louis 810: System Takes On Linux</a>,
811: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">Chris
812: Coleman Explains BSD Unix</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 813: </strong></font><br>
814:
1.146 louis 815: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
816: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
817: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
818: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
819: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
820: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
821: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 822: <p>
823:
824: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.200 niklas 825: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631312,00.html">BSD
826: System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
827: </strong></font><br>
828:
829: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
830: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
831: groups, and even Linux.
832: <p>
833:
834: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 835: <a href="http://upside.com/Open_Season/39b82a2e0.html">Primed and ready</a>,
836: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
837: </strong></font><br>
838:
839: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
840: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
841: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
842: library after installing the OS.
843: <p>
844:
845: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 846: OpenBSD as a VPN Solution <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 847: Sys Admin, September 2000
848: </strong></font><br>
849:
850: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
851: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
852: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
853: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
854: (<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>,
855: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
856: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
857: <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 858: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 859: out of the system.
860: <p>
861:
1.144 louis 862: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
863: <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
864: </strong></font><br>
865:
866: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 867: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
868: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
869: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
870: the IP filtering and address translation.
871: <p>
872:
1.131 louis 873: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
874:
875: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 876: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
877: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
878: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 879: </strong></font><br>
880:
881: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
882: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
883: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
884: <p>
885:
886: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 887: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
888: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
889: </strong></font><br>
890:
891: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
892: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
893: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
894: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
895: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
896: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
897: note of"</i>.
898: <p>
899:
900: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 901: <a
902: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
903: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
904: </strong></font><br>
905:
906: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
907: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
908: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
909: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
910: <p>
911:
912: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 913: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 914: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
915: </strong></font><br>
916:
917: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
918: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
919: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
920: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
921: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
922: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
923: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
924: <p>
925:
926: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 927: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
928: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
929: 2000
930: </strong></font><br>
931:
932: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
933: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
934: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
935: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
936: against current industry practices.
937: <p>
938:
939: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 940: <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
941: </strong></font><br>
942:
943: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
944: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
945: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
946: <p>
947:
948: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 949: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
950: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
951: </strong></font><br>
952:
953: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
954: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
955: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
956: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
957: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
958: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
959: careful code reviews, he concludes.
960: <p>
961:
962: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 963: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
964: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
965: </strong></font><br>
966:
967: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
968: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
969: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
970: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
971: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 972: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
973: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
974: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 975: <p>
976:
1.118 louis 977: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
978:
979: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 980: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
981: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
982: </strong></font><br>
983:
984: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
985: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
986: about time. The article mentions that
987: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
988: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
989: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 990: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 991: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
992: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 993: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 994: <p>
995:
996: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 997: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 998: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 999: </strong></font><br>
1000:
1001: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1002: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1003: of OpenSSH.
1004: <p>
1005:
1006: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1007: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.222 miod 1008: IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1009: </strong></font><br>
1010:
1011: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1012: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1013: bridging.
1014: <p>
1015:
1016: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1017: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1018: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1019: </strong></font><br>
1020:
1.121 deraadt 1021: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1022: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1023: <p>
1024:
1025: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1026: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1027: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1028: </strong></font><br>
1029:
1030: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1031: <p>
1032:
1033: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 1034: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1035: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1036: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1037: </strong></font><br>
1038:
1.120 deraadt 1039: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1040: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1041: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1042: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1043: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1044: <p>
1045:
1046: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 1047: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1048: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1049: </strong></font><br>
1050:
1.222 miod 1051: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1052: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1053: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1054: protocols and their quirks.
1055: <p>
1056:
1057: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1058: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1059: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1060: </strong></font><br>
1061:
1062: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1063: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1064: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1065: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1066: <p>
1067:
1068: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 1069: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1070: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1071: </strong></font><br>
1072:
1073: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1074: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1075: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1076: <p>
1077:
1078: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1079: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1080: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1081: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1082: </strong></font><br>
1083:
1084: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1085: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1086: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1087: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1088: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1089: <p>
1090:
1.104 louis 1091: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1092:
1.113 naddy 1093: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 1094: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1095: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1096: </strong></font><br>
1097:
1098: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1099: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1100: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1101: be a bit dry.
1102: <p>
1103:
1104: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 1105: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1106: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1107: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1108: </strong></font><br>
1109: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1110: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1111: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1112: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1113: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1114: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1115: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1116: <p>
1117:
1118: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1119: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1120: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1121: 2000
1.128 louis 1122: </strong></font><br>
1123:
1124: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1125: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1126: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1127: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1128: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1129: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1130: <p>
1131:
1132: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1133: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1134: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1135: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1136:
1137: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1138: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1139: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1140: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1141: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1142: <p>
1.110 louis 1143:
1.117 louis 1144: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1145: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1146: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1147: </strong></font><br>
1148:
1149: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1150: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1151: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1152: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1153: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1154: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1155: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1156: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1157: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1158: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1159: <p>
1160:
1.113 naddy 1161: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 1162: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1163: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1164:
1165: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1166: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1167: <p>
1.108 louis 1168:
1.113 naddy 1169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 1170: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1171: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1172: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1173:
1174: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1175: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1176: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1177: <p>
1.106 louis 1178:
1.113 naddy 1179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 1180: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1181: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1182: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1183:
1184: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1185: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1186: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1187: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1188: <p>
1.107 louis 1189:
1.113 naddy 1190: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1191: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1192: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1193: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1194:
1195: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1196: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1197: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1198: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1199: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1200: <p>
1.105 louis 1201:
1.113 naddy 1202: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 1203: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1204: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1205: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1206:
1.113 naddy 1207: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1208: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1209: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1210: <p>
1.104 louis 1211:
1.121 deraadt 1212: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1213: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1214: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1215: </strong></font><br>
1216:
1217: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1218: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1219: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1220: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1221: <p>
1222:
1.85 louis 1223: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1224:
1.113 naddy 1225: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1226: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1227: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1228: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1229:
1230: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1231: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1232: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1233: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1234: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1235: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1236: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1237: <p>
1.99 louis 1238:
1.113 naddy 1239: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1240: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1241: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1242: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1243:
1244: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1245: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1246: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1247: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1248: <p>
1.100 louis 1249:
1.113 naddy 1250: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1251: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1252: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1253: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1254:
1255: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1256: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1257: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1258: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1259: <p>
1.95 louis 1260:
1.113 naddy 1261: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1262: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1263: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1264: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1265:
1266: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1267: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1268: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1269: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1270: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1271: <p>
1.92 louis 1272:
1.113 naddy 1273: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1274: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1275: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1276: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1277:
1278: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1279: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1280: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1281: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1282: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1283: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1284: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1285: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1286: <p>
1.91 louis 1287:
1.113 naddy 1288: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1289: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1290: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1291: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1292:
1293: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1294: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1295: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1296: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1297: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1298: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1299: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1300: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1301: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1302: <p>
1.90 louis 1303:
1.113 naddy 1304: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1305: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1306: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1307: </strong></font><br>
1308: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1309: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1310: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1311: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1312: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1313: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1314: <p>
1315:
1316: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1317: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1318: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1319: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1320:
1.113 naddy 1321: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1322: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1323: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1324: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1325: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1326: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1327: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1328: <p>
1.87 louis 1329:
1.113 naddy 1330: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1331: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1332: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1333: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1334:
1335: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1336: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1337: <p>
1.85 louis 1338:
1.113 naddy 1339: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1340: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1341: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1342: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1343:
1344: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1345: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1346: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1347: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1348: <p>
1.89 louis 1349:
1.113 naddy 1350: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1351: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1352: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1353: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1354:
1355: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1356: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1357: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1358: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1359: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1360:
1.78 deraadt 1361: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1362:
1.113 naddy 1363: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1364: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1365: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1366: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1367: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1368:
1369: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1370: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1371: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1372: <p>
1.83 louis 1373:
1.113 naddy 1374: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1375: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1376: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1377: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1378:
1379: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1380: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1381: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1382: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1383: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1384: <p>
1.93 louis 1385:
1.113 naddy 1386: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1387: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1388: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1389: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1390: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1391:
1.83 louis 1392: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1393: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1394: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1395: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1396: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1397: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1398: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1399: <p>
1.82 aaron 1400:
1.113 naddy 1401: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1402: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1403: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1404: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1405:
1.83 louis 1406: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1407: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1408: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1409: <p>
1.80 louis 1410:
1.113 naddy 1411: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1412: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1413: Bad Press</a>,
1414: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1415: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1416:
1417: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1418: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1419: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1420: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1421: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1422: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1423:
1424: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1425:
1.113 naddy 1426: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1427: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1428: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1429: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1430: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1431:
1432: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1433: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1434: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1435: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1436: <p>
1.74 louis 1437:
1.113 naddy 1438: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1439: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1440: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1441: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1442:
1.219 horacio 1443: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1444: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1445: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1446: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1447: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1448: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1449: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1450: <p>
1.88 louis 1451:
1.113 naddy 1452: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1453: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1454: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1455: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1456:
1457: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1458: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1459: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1460: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1461: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1462: <p>
1.81 louis 1463:
1.113 naddy 1464: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1465: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1466: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1467: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1468:
1469: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1470: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1471: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1472: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1473: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1474: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1475: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1476: <p>
1.90 louis 1477:
1.113 naddy 1478: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1479: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1480: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1481: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1482:
1483: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1484: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1485: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1486: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1487: <p>
1.71 louis 1488:
1.69 deraadt 1489: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1490:
1.113 naddy 1491: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1492: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1493: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1494: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1495:
1496: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1497: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1498: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1499: <p>
1.70 louis 1500:
1.113 naddy 1501: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1502: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1503: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1504: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1505:
1506: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1507: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1508: <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 1509: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1510: <p>
1.68 louis 1511:
1.113 naddy 1512: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1513: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1514: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1515: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1516: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1517:
1.111 jufi 1518: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1519: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1520: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1521: "secure by default" installation.
1522: <p>
1.64 louis 1523:
1.113 naddy 1524: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1525: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1526: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1527: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1528:
1.113 naddy 1529: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1530: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1531: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1532: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1533: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1534: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1535: <p>
1.66 louis 1536:
1.113 naddy 1537: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1538: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1539: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1540: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1541:
1542: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1543: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1544: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1545: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1546: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1547: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1548: <p>
1.83 louis 1549:
1.113 naddy 1550: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1551: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1552: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1553: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1554:
1555: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1556: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1557: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1558: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1559: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1560: <p>
1.64 louis 1561:
1.113 naddy 1562: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1563: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1564: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1565: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1566:
1567: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1568: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1569: <p>
1.65 louis 1570:
1.69 deraadt 1571: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1572:
1.113 naddy 1573: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1574: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1575: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1576: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1577:
1578: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1579: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1580: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1581: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1582: <p>
1.88 louis 1583:
1.113 naddy 1584: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1585: <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 1586: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1587:
1588: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1589: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1590: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1591: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1592: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1593: <p>
1.60 louis 1594:
1.113 naddy 1595: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1596: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1597: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1598: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1599: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1600:
1601: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1602: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1603: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1604: <p>
1.58 louis 1605:
1.113 naddy 1606: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1607: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1608: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1609:
1610: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1611: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1612: <p>
1.53 louis 1613:
1.113 naddy 1614: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1615: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1616: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1617: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1618:
1619: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1620: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1621: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1622: <p>
1.99 louis 1623:
1.113 naddy 1624: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1625: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1626: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1627:
1628: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1629: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1630: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1631: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1632: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1633:
1.113 naddy 1634: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1635: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
1636: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 1637: </strong></font><br>
1638:
1639: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1640: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1641: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1642: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1643: <p>
1644:
1645: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1646: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1647: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1648: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1649:
1650: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1651: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1652: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1653:
1.113 naddy 1654: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1655: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1656: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1657:
1658: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1659: in
1.113 naddy 1660: <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 1661: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1662: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1663: <p>
1.53 louis 1664:
1.113 naddy 1665: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1666: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1667: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1668: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1669: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1670:
1.58 louis 1671: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1672: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1673:
1.69 deraadt 1674: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1675:
1.113 naddy 1676: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1677: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
1678: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
1679: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1680: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1681:
1.58 louis 1682: Kurt Seifried
1683: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1684: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1685: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1686: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1687:
1.113 naddy 1688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1689: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1690: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1691: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1692:
1693: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1694: <p>
1.96 louis 1695:
1.113 naddy 1696: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1697: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1698: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1699: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1700:
1701: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1702: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1703: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1704: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1705: <p>
1.86 louis 1706:
1.69 deraadt 1707: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1708:
1.113 naddy 1709: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1710: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1711: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1712: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1713:
1714: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1715: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1716: <p>
1.61 louis 1717:
1.113 naddy 1718: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1719: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1720: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1721: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1722: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1723:
1724: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1725: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1726: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1727: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1728: right -- or at least strives to".
1729: <p>
1.48 louis 1730:
1.113 naddy 1731: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1732: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1733: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1734: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1735: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1736: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1737: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1738: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1739: <p>
1.61 louis 1740:
1.113 naddy 1741: <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 1742: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1743: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1744:
1745: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1746: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1747: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1748: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1749: <p>
1.46 louis 1750:
1.113 naddy 1751: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1752: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
1.58 louis 1753: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 1754: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1755:
1756: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1757: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1758: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1759:
1.113 naddy 1760: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1761: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1762: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1763: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1764:
1765: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1766: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1767: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1768: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1769: <p>
1.70 louis 1770:
1.69 deraadt 1771: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1772:
1.211 horacio 1773: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1774: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
1775: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 1776: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1777: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1778:
1779: Kurt Seifried
1780: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1781: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1782: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1783: <p>
1.44 philen 1784:
1.113 naddy 1785: <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 1786: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1787: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1788:
1789: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1790: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1791:
1.113 naddy 1792: <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 1793: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1794: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1795:
1796: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1797: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1798:
1.113 naddy 1799: <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 1800: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1801: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1802:
1803: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1804: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1805: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1806: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1807: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1808:
1.113 naddy 1809: <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 1810: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1811: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1812:
1.36 louis 1813: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1814: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1815:
1.113 naddy 1816: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1817: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1818: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1819: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1820:
1821: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1822: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1823:
1.69 deraadt 1824: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1825:
1.113 naddy 1826: <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 1827: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1828: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1829:
1830: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1831: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1832: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1833:
1.113 naddy 1834: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1835: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1836: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1837: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1838:
1839: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1840: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1841: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1842: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1843: <blockquote>
1844: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1845: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1846: <br>
1847: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1848: </code>
1849: </blockquote>
1850: <p>
1851:
1852: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1853: <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>
1854: <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
1855: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1856:
1857: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1858: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1859: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1860: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1861:
1.113 naddy 1862: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1863: <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 1864: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1865:
1866: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1867: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1868: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1869: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1870: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1871: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1872: <p>
1.19 louis 1873:
1.113 naddy 1874: <li><strong>
1875: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1876: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1877:
1878: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1879: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1880: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1881: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1882: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1883: <p>
1.16 louis 1884:
1.113 naddy 1885: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1886: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1887: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1888: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1889:
1.57 louis 1890: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1891: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1892: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1893: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1894:
1.113 naddy 1895: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1896: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1897: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1898: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1899:
1.113 naddy 1900: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1901:
1.113 naddy 1902: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1903: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
1904: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1905: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1906:
1.23 louis 1907: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1908: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1909: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1910: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1911: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1912: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1913:
1.113 naddy 1914: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1915: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1916: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1917: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1918:
1.199 pvalchev 1919: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 1920: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1921: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1922: installation.
1.113 naddy 1923: <p>
1.47 louis 1924:
1.113 naddy 1925: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1926: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1927: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1928: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1929:
1930: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1931: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1932:
1.69 deraadt 1933: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1934:
1.113 naddy 1935: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1936: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1937: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1938: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1939:
1940: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1941: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1942: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1943: <p>
1.12 louis 1944:
1.113 naddy 1945: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1946: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1947: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1948: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1949:
1950: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1951: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1952: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1953: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1954: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1955: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1956: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1957: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1958:
1.69 deraadt 1959: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1960:
1.113 naddy 1961: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 1962: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 1963: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 1964:
1965: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
1966: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
1967: available."
1.113 naddy 1968: <p>
1.6 deraadt 1969:
1.69 deraadt 1970: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1971:
1.113 naddy 1972: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 1973: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 1974: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 1975:
1976: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
1977: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
1978: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
1979: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
1980: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 1981: <p>
1.33 louis 1982:
1.113 naddy 1983: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1984: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 1985: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 1986: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1987:
1.113 naddy 1988: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
1989: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 1990: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
1991: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
1992: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 1993: <p>
1.57 louis 1994:
1.69 deraadt 1995: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1996:
1.113 naddy 1997: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1998: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 1999: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2000: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2001:
2002: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2003: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2004: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2005:
1.113 naddy 2006: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 2007: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2008: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2009: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2010: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2011:
2012: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2013: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2014:
1.113 naddy 2015: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2016: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2017:
1.113 naddy 2018: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2019:
1.113 naddy 2020: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 2021: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2022: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2023: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2024:
2025: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2026: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 2027:
1.69 deraadt 2028: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
2029:
1.113 naddy 2030: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2031: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2032: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2033:
2034: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2035: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2036: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2037:
1.113 naddy 2038: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2039: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2040: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2041: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2042:
2043: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2044: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2045: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2046: site.<p>
1.57 louis 2047:
1.69 deraadt 2048: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
2049:
1.113 naddy 2050: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 2051: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2052: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2053: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2054:
2055: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2056: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2057: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2058: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2059: <p>
1.15 louis 2060:
1.113 naddy 2061: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2062: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2063: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2064: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2065:
2066: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2067: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2068: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2069: columns."
1.113 naddy 2070: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2071:
1.69 deraadt 2072: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
2073:
1.113 naddy 2074: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2075: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2076: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2077: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2078:
2079: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2080: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2081:
1.113 naddy 2082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2083: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2084: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2085:
2086: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2087: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2088: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 2089:
1.69 deraadt 2090: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2091:
1.113 naddy 2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2093: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2094: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2095: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2096:
1.222 miod 2097: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2098: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2099: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2100: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2101: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2102:
1.69 deraadt 2103: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
2104:
1.113 naddy 2105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2106: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2107: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2108:
1.69 deraadt 2109: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2110: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2111: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2112:
1.69 deraadt 2113: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 2114:
1.113 naddy 2115: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2116: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2117: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2118: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2119:
2120: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2121: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2122: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2123:
1.113 naddy 2124: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
2125: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2126: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2127: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2128: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2129:
1.69 deraadt 2130: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
2131:
1.113 naddy 2132: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2133: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2134: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2135: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2136: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2137: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2138:
2139: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2140: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2141: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2142: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2143: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2144: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2145:
2146: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
2147:
1.113 naddy 2148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2149: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2150: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2151:
1.69 deraadt 2152: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2153: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2154: <p>
1.112 naddy 2155:
1.113 naddy 2156: </dl>
2157: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2158:
1.113 naddy 2159: <hr>
2160: <a name=se></a>
2161: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2162:
1.200 niklas 2163: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2164:
2165: <dl>
2166: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2167: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2168: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2169:
2170: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2171: <p>
2172:
2173: </dl>
2174:
2175: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2176:
2177: <dl>
2178: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2179: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2180: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2181:
2182: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2183: <p>
2184:
2185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2186: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2187: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2188:
2189: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2190: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2191: <p>
2192:
2193: </dl>
2194:
2195: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2196:
2197: <dl>
2198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2199: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2200: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2201:
2202: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2203: <p>
2204:
2205: </dl>
2206:
1.102 niklas 2207: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2208:
1.113 naddy 2209: <dl>
2210: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 2211: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2212: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2213:
2214: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2215: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2216: <p>
1.102 niklas 2217:
1.113 naddy 2218: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2219:
1.84 niklas 2220: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2221:
1.113 naddy 2222: <dl>
2223: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2224: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2225: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2226:
2227: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2228: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2229: <p>
1.84 niklas 2230:
1.113 naddy 2231: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2232:
1.69 deraadt 2233: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2234:
1.113 naddy 2235: <dl>
2236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2237: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2238: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2239:
1.222 miod 2240: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2241: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2242: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2243: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2244:
1.113 naddy 2245: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2246: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2247: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2248: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2249: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2250:
1.20 louis 2251: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2252: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2253: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2254: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2255: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2256:
1.113 naddy 2257: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2258:
1.113 naddy 2259: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2260: <a name=fi></a>
2261: <h3><font color=#e00000>Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
2262:
2263: <dl>
2264:
2265: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2266:
2267: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2268: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2269: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2270:
2271: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2272: will be removed from OpenBSD.
2273: </dl>
2274:
2275: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2276: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2277:
1.113 naddy 2278: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2279:
1.113 naddy 2280: <dl>
1.20 louis 2281:
1.170 louis 2282: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2283:
2284: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2285: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2286: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2287: </strong></font><br>
2288:
2289: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2290: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2291: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2292: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2293: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2294: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2295: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2296: <p>
2297:
1.69 deraadt 2298: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2299:
1.113 naddy 2300: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2301: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2302: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2303: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2304:
2305: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2306: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2307: translating and reprinting articles from
2308: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2309: <p>
1.112 naddy 2310:
1.113 naddy 2311: </dl>
1.20 louis 2312:
1.113 naddy 2313: <hr>
2314: <a name=de></a>
2315: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2316: <dl>
1.50 louis 2317:
1.151 louis 2318: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2319:
2320: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2321: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2322: </strong></font><br>
2323:
2324: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2325: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2326: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2327: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2328: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2329:
2330: <p>
2331:
1.72 louis 2332: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2333:
1.113 naddy 2334: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2335: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2336: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2337: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2338:
1.101 jufi 2339: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2340: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2341: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2342: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2343: Giving way to
2344: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2345: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2346: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2347: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2348: <p>
1.72 louis 2349:
1.69 deraadt 2350: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2351:
1.113 naddy 2352: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2353: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2354: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2355: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2356:
2357: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2358: <p>
2359: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2360:
1.50 louis 2361:
1.113 naddy 2362: <hr>
2363: <a name=ru></a>
2364: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2365: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2366:
1.69 deraadt 2367: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2368:
1.113 naddy 2369: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2370: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2371: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2372: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2373:
2374: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2375: <p>
1.62 form 2376:
1.69 deraadt 2377: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2378:
1.113 naddy 2379: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2380: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2381: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2382: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2383:
1.59 form 2384: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2385: <p>
1.112 naddy 2386:
1.113 naddy 2387: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2388:
1.113 naddy 2389: <hr>
2390: <a name=pl></a>
2391: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2392: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2393:
1.113 naddy 2394: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2395: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2396: Radio, August 2, 2000
2397: </strong></font><br>
2398:
2399: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2400: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2401: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2402: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2403: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2404: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2405: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2406: <p>
2407:
2408: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2409: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2410: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2411: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2412: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2413:
2414: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2415: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2416: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2417: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2418: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2419: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2420: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2421: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2422: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2423: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2424: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2425: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2426: <p>
2427: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2428:
1.113 naddy 2429: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2430: <a name=es></a>
2431: <h3><font color=#e00000>Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
2432: <dl>
2433:
2434: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
2435:
2436: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2437: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2438: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2439: </strong></font><br>
2440:
2441: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2442: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2443: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2444: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2445: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2446: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2447: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2448: <p>
2449: </dl>
2450:
2451:
2452: <hr>
2453: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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