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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
1.226 horacio 39: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 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:
1.226 horacio 65: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
66: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
67: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, January 18, 2001
68: </strong></font><br>
69:
70: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
71: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
72: <p>
1.225 horacio 73:
1.218 horacio 74: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
75:
76: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 horacio 77: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
78: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
79: </strong></font><br>
80:
81: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
82: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
83: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
84: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
85: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
86: subjects. Worth a read.
87: <p>
88:
89:
90: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.218 horacio 91: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 92: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 93: </strong></font><br>
94:
95: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
96: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
97: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
98: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
99: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
100: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
101: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
102: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
103: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 104: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 105: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
106: on other operating systems.<br>
107: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
108: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
109: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
110: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
111: <p>
112:
1.221 horacio 113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 114: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
115: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
116: </strong></font><br>
117:
118: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
119: covering the level of software integration into the core
120: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
121: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
122: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
123: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
124: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
125: <p>
126:
127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.221 horacio 128: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
129: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
130: </strong></font><br>
131:
132: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
133: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
134: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
135: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
136: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
137: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
138: <p>
139:
1.210 jufi 140: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 141:
1.210 jufi 142: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 143: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
144: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
145: </strong></font><br>
146:
147: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
148: source software in response to an article which claimed that
149: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
150: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
151: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
152: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
153: <p>
154:
155: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.224 horacio 156: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 157: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
158: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 159:
1.224 horacio 160: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
161: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
162: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
163: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
164: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
165: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 166: <p>
167:
168: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
169:
170: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 ! horacio 171: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
! 172: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
! 173: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
! 174: </strong></font><br>
! 175:
! 176: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
! 177: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
! 178: which was deployed, according to the NAS announcement, to
! 179: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
! 180: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
! 181: investment</em>.<br>
! 182: The implementation details can be seen on their
! 183: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
! 184: <p>
! 185:
! 186: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 187: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
188: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
189: </strong></font><br>
190:
191: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
192: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
193: security and says that even secured operating systems running
194: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
195: to time.<br>
196: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
197: system and just the most secure system.
198: <p>
199:
200: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
201: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
202: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
203: </strong></font><br>
204:
205: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
206: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
207: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
208: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
209: choice:<br>
210: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
211: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
212: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
213: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
214: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
215: network security devices and as such must be well
216: armored."</em><br>
217: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
218: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
219: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
220: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
221: <br>
222: Bravo!
223: <p>
1.210 jufi 224:
1.207 ian 225: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 226:
1.207 ian 227: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
228: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
229: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
230: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 231:
1.207 ian 232: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
233: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 234: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 235: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
236: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
237: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 238: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 239: <p>
1.207 ian 240:
1.194 jufi 241: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
242:
243: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 244: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
245: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
246: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 247:
1.213 horacio 248: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb adresses the question
249: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
250: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
251: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
252: <p>
253:
254: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 255: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 256: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
257: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
258: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 259:
1.201 horacio 260: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF licence and
1.206 ian 261: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 262: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
263: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
264: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 265: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 266: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
267: <br>
268: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
269: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
270: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
271: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
272: <p>
273:
274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.194 jufi 275: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
276: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 277: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 278: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 279:
1.194 jufi 280: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
281: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
282: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
283: <br>
284: The new
285: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 286: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
287: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on
288: logdaemon!<br>
1.194 jufi 289:
1.190 horacio 290: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
291:
292: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 293:
294: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
295: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
296:
297: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
298: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
299:
300: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
301: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
302:
1.212 horacio 303: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
304: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 305: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
306:
1.211 horacio 307: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
308: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 309: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
310:
311: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
312: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
313:
314: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
315: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
316:
1.212 horacio 317: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
318: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 319: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
320:
321: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
322: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
323:
324: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
325: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
326:
327: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
328: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
329:
330: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 331: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 332:
1.192 jufi 333: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
334: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 335: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 336:
1.193 deraadt 337: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
338: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 339: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 340:
1.196 deraadt 341: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
342: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
343:
1.198 pvalchev 344: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
345: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
346: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
347:
1.213 horacio 348: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
349: 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>,
350: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
351:
1.190 horacio 352: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 353: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
354: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
355: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
356: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
357: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
358: <p>
1.190 horacio 359:
1.191 jufi 360: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 361: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
362: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
363: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 364: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 365:
1.195 jufi 366: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 367: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
368: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
369: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 370: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
371: <p>
372:
373: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 374: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 375: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
376: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
377: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 378:
1.191 jufi 379: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
380: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
381: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
382: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 383: <p>
384:
1.191 jufi 385:
1.186 jufi 386: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 387:
1.186 jufi 388: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
389: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 390: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
391: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 392: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 393:
1.188 jufi 394: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 395: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 396: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 397: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
398: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 399: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 400: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 401: <p>
402:
1.191 jufi 403:
404: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.220 horacio 405: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
406: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
407: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 408: </strong></font><br>
409:
410: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
411: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
412: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
413: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
414: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
415: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
416: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
417: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
418: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
419: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
420: familiar?
421: <p>
422:
1.178 louis 423: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
424:
425: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 426: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
427: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 428: </strong></font><br>
429:
430: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
431: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
432: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
433: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
434: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
435: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
436: <p>
437:
1.179 louis 438: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
439: <a
1.182 louis 440: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
441: </strong></font><br>
442:
443: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
444: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
445: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
446: <p>
447:
448: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
449: <a
1.179 louis 450: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
451: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
452: </strong></font><br>
453:
454: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
455: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
456: <p>
457:
1.174 louis 458:
1.175 louis 459: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
460:
461: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
462: <a
1.179 louis 463: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
464: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
465: </strong></font><br>
466:
467: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
468: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
469: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
470: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
471: <p>
472:
473: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
474: <a
1.183 ian 475: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 476: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
477: </strong></font><br>
478:
479: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 480: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 481: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
482: <p>
483:
1.176 louis 484:
1.172 mickey 485: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
486:
487: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 488: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 489: </strong></font><br>
490:
491: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
492: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
493: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 494: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 495: <p>
496:
497: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
498: <a
1.174 louis 499: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
500: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
501: </strong></font><br>
502:
503: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
504: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
505: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
506: <p>
507:
508: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
509: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
510: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
511: </strong></font><br>
512:
513: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
514: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
515: <p>
516:
517: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
518: <a
519: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
520: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
521: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
522: </strong></font><br>
523:
524: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
525: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
526: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
527: our own Theo de Raadt.
528: <p>
529:
530: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
531: <a
532: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
533: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
534: </strong></font><br>
535:
536: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
537: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
538: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
539: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
540: shut down.]
541: <p>
542:
543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
544: <a
1.226 horacio 545: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
546: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 547: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 548: </strong></font><br>
549:
550: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
551: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
552: <p>
553:
1.161 louis 554: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
555:
1.175 louis 556: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
557: <a
558: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
559: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
560: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
561: </strong></font><br>
562:
563: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
564: by John Wolley
565: <p>
566:
567: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
568: <a
569: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
570: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
571: </strong></font><br>
572:
573: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
574: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
575: OpenBSD).
576: <p>
577:
1.161 louis 578: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
579: <a
1.171 louis 580: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
581: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
582: </strong></font><br>
583:
584: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
585: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
586: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
587: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
588: and hindsight.
589: <p>
590:
591: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 592: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
593: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
594: </strong></font><br>
595:
596: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
597: <p>
598:
599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.171 louis 600: <a
1.168 provos 601: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
602: December 7, 2000
603: </strong></font><br>
604:
605: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
606: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
607: us explain.
608: <p>
609:
610: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 611: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html"> -->
1.227 ! horacio 612: <u>System and Network Security - Kernel Options</u>,
1.211 horacio 613: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 614: December 6, 2000
615: </strong></font><br>
616:
617: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
618: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
619: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
620: <p>
621:
622: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
623: <a
1.226 horacio 624: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
625: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 626: </strong></font><br>
627:
628: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 629: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 630: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 631: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
632: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
633: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 634: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 635: <p>
1.162 millert 636:
637: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
638: <a
1.161 louis 639: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
640: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
641: </strong></font><br>
642:
643: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
644: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
645: <p>
646:
1.169 louis 647: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 horacio 648: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
649: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
650: </strong></font><br>
651:
652: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
653: <p>
654:
655:
656: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.169 louis 657: <a
1.226 horacio 658: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
659: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
660: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 661: </strong></font><br>
662:
663: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
664: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
665: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
666: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
667: <p>
668:
1.158 louis 669: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 670:
671: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 ! horacio 672: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
! 673: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 674: </strong></font><br>
675:
676: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
677: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
678: <p>
679:
680: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 ! horacio 681: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
! 682: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
! 683: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 684: </strong></font><br>
685: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
686: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
687: <p>
688:
689: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
690: <a
691: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
692: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
693: </strong></font><br>
694:
695: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
696: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
697: <p>
698:
699: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 700: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 701: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
702: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 703:
1.213 horacio 704: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 705: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
706: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
707: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
708: <p>
1.215 horacio 709:
1.174 louis 710: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
711: <a
712: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
713: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
714: </strong></font><br>
715:
716: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
717: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
718: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
719: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
720: much of the attitude too).
721: <p>
1.161 louis 722:
723: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 724: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 ! horacio 725: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 726: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 727:
1.157 louis 728: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
729: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
730: <p>
731:
732: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
733:
734: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 735: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 ! horacio 736: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 737: </strong></font><br>
738:
739: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
740: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
741: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
742: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
743: <p>
744:
745: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
746: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
747: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
748: </strong></font><br>
749:
750: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
751: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
752: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
753: it because they love coding...
754: <p>
755:
756: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
757: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
758: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
759: </strong></font><br>
760:
761: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
762: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
763: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
764: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
765: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
766: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
767: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
768: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
769: <p>
770:
771: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 ! horacio 772: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
! 773: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
! 774: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 775: </strong></font><br>
776:
777: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
778: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
779: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
780: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
781: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
782: the pizza.
783: <p>
784:
785: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 786: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
787: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
788: </strong></font><br>
789:
790: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
791: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
792: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
793: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
794: problems.
795: <p>
796:
797: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 798: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
799: </strong></font><br>
800:
1.222 miod 801: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 802: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
803: - whether they like it or not.
804: <p>
805:
806: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 ! horacio 807: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
! 808: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 809: </strong></font><br>
810:
811: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
812: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
813: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 814: <p>
1.148 aaron 815:
816: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 817: <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 818: </strong></font><br>
819:
820: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
821: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
822: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
823: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
824: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
825: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
826: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
827: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
828: <p>
829:
830: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 831: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
832: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 833: </strong></font><br>
834:
835: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
836: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
837: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
838: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
839: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
840: <p>
841:
1.138 louis 842: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
843:
844: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 ! horacio 845: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
! 846: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
! 847: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
! 848: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 849: </strong></font><br>
850:
1.227 ! horacio 851: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 852: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
853: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
854: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
855: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
856: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
857: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
858: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 859: <p>
860:
861: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 ! horacio 862: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.h
! 863: tml">
! 864: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 865: </strong></font><br>
866:
867: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
868: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
869: groups, and even Linux.
870: <p>
871:
872: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 ! horacio 873: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
! 874: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 875: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
876: </strong></font><br>
877:
878: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
879: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
880: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
881: library after installing the OS.
882: <p>
883:
884: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 ! horacio 885: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 886: Sys Admin, September 2000
887: </strong></font><br>
888:
889: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
890: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
891: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
892: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
893: (<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>,
894: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
895: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
896: <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 897: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 898: out of the system.
899: <p>
900:
1.144 louis 901: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
902: <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
903: </strong></font><br>
904:
905: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 906: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
907: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
908: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
909: the IP filtering and address translation.
910: <p>
911:
1.131 louis 912: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
913:
914: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 915: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
916: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
917: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 918: </strong></font><br>
919:
920: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
921: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
922: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
923: <p>
924:
925: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 926: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
927: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
928: </strong></font><br>
929:
930: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
931: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
932: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
933: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
934: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
935: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
936: note of"</i>.
937: <p>
938:
939: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 940: <a
941: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
942: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
943: </strong></font><br>
944:
945: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
946: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
947: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
948: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
949: <p>
950:
951: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 952: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 953: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
954: </strong></font><br>
955:
956: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
957: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
958: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
959: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
960: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
961: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
962: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
963: <p>
964:
965: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 966: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
967: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
968: 2000
969: </strong></font><br>
970:
971: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
972: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
973: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
974: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
975: against current industry practices.
976: <p>
977:
978: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 979: <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
980: </strong></font><br>
981:
982: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
983: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
984: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
985: <p>
986:
987: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 988: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
989: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
990: </strong></font><br>
991:
992: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
993: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
994: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
995: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
996: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
997: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
998: careful code reviews, he concludes.
999: <p>
1000:
1001: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 1002: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1003: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1004: </strong></font><br>
1005:
1006: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1007: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1008: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1009: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1010: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1011: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1012: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1013: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1014: <p>
1015:
1.118 louis 1016: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1017:
1018: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1019: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1020: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1021: </strong></font><br>
1022:
1023: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1024: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1025: about time. The article mentions that
1026: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1027: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1028: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1029: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1030: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1031: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1032: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1033: <p>
1034:
1035: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1036: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1037: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1038: </strong></font><br>
1039:
1040: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1041: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1042: of OpenSSH.
1043: <p>
1044:
1045: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1046: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 ! horacio 1047: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1048: </strong></font><br>
1049:
1050: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1051: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1052: bridging.
1053: <p>
1054:
1055: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1056: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1057: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1058: </strong></font><br>
1059:
1.121 deraadt 1060: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1061: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1062: <p>
1063:
1064: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1065: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1066: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1067: </strong></font><br>
1068:
1069: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1070: <p>
1071:
1072: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 1073: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1074: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1075: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1076: </strong></font><br>
1077:
1.120 deraadt 1078: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1079: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1080: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1081: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1082: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1083: <p>
1084:
1085: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 1086: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1087: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1088: </strong></font><br>
1089:
1.222 miod 1090: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1091: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1092: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1093: protocols and their quirks.
1094: <p>
1095:
1096: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1097: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1098: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1099: </strong></font><br>
1100:
1101: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1102: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1103: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1104: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1105: <p>
1106:
1107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 1108: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1109: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1110: </strong></font><br>
1111:
1112: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1113: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1114: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1115: <p>
1116:
1117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1118: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1119: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1120: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1121: </strong></font><br>
1122:
1123: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1124: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1125: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1126: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1127: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1128: <p>
1129:
1.104 louis 1130: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1131:
1.113 naddy 1132: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 1133: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1134: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1135: </strong></font><br>
1136:
1137: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1138: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1139: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1140: be a bit dry.
1141: <p>
1142:
1143: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 1144: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1145: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1146: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1147: </strong></font><br>
1148: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1149: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1150: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1151: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1152: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1153: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1154: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1155: <p>
1156:
1157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1158: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1159: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1160: 2000
1.128 louis 1161: </strong></font><br>
1162:
1163: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1164: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1165: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1166: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1167: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1168: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1169: <p>
1170:
1171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1172: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1173: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1174: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1175:
1176: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1177: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1178: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1179: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1180: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1181: <p>
1.110 louis 1182:
1.117 louis 1183: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1184: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1185: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1186: </strong></font><br>
1187:
1188: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1189: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1190: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1191: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1192: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1193: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1194: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1195: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1196: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1197: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1198: <p>
1199:
1.113 naddy 1200: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 1201: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1202: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1203:
1204: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1205: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1206: <p>
1.108 louis 1207:
1.113 naddy 1208: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 1209: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1210: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1211: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1212:
1213: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1214: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1215: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1216: <p>
1.106 louis 1217:
1.113 naddy 1218: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 1219: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1220: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1221: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1222:
1223: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1224: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1225: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1226: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1227: <p>
1.107 louis 1228:
1.113 naddy 1229: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1230: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1231: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1232: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1233:
1234: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1235: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1236: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1237: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1238: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1239: <p>
1.105 louis 1240:
1.113 naddy 1241: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 1242: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1243: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1244: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1245:
1.113 naddy 1246: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1247: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1248: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1249: <p>
1.104 louis 1250:
1.121 deraadt 1251: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1252: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1253: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1254: </strong></font><br>
1255:
1256: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1257: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1258: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1259: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1260: <p>
1261:
1.85 louis 1262: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1263:
1.113 naddy 1264: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1265: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1266: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1267: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1268:
1269: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1270: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1271: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1272: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1273: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1274: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1275: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1276: <p>
1.99 louis 1277:
1.113 naddy 1278: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1279: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1280: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1281: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1282:
1283: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1284: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1285: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1286: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1287: <p>
1.100 louis 1288:
1.113 naddy 1289: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1290: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1291: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1292: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1293:
1294: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1295: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1296: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1297: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1298: <p>
1.95 louis 1299:
1.113 naddy 1300: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1301: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1302: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1303: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1304:
1305: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1306: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1307: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1308: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1309: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1310: <p>
1.92 louis 1311:
1.113 naddy 1312: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1313: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1314: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1315: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1316:
1317: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1318: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1319: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1320: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1321: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1322: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1323: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1324: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1325: <p>
1.91 louis 1326:
1.113 naddy 1327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1328: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1329: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1330: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1331:
1332: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1333: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1334: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1335: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1336: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1337: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1338: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1339: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1340: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1341: <p>
1.90 louis 1342:
1.113 naddy 1343: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1344: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1345: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1346: </strong></font><br>
1347: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1348: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1349: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1350: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1351: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1352: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1353: <p>
1354:
1355: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1356: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1357: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1358: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1359:
1.113 naddy 1360: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1361: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1362: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1363: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1364: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1365: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1366: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1367: <p>
1.87 louis 1368:
1.113 naddy 1369: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1370: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1371: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1372: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1373:
1374: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1375: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1376: <p>
1.85 louis 1377:
1.113 naddy 1378: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1379: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1380: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1381: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1382:
1383: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1384: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1385: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1386: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1387: <p>
1.89 louis 1388:
1.113 naddy 1389: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1390: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1391: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1392: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1393:
1394: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1395: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1396: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1397: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1398: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1399:
1.78 deraadt 1400: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1401:
1.113 naddy 1402: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1403: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1404: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1405: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1406: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1407:
1408: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1409: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1410: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1411: <p>
1.83 louis 1412:
1.113 naddy 1413: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1414: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1415: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1416: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1417:
1418: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1419: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1420: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1421: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1422: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1423: <p>
1.93 louis 1424:
1.113 naddy 1425: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1426: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1427: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1428: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1429: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1430:
1.83 louis 1431: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1432: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1433: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1434: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1435: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1436: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1437: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1438: <p>
1.82 aaron 1439:
1.113 naddy 1440: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1441: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1442: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1443: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1444:
1.83 louis 1445: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1446: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1447: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1448: <p>
1.80 louis 1449:
1.113 naddy 1450: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1451: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1452: Bad Press</a>,
1453: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1454: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1455:
1456: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1457: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1458: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1459: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1460: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1461: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1462:
1463: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1464:
1.113 naddy 1465: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1466: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1467: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1468: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1469: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1470:
1471: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1472: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1473: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1474: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1475: <p>
1.74 louis 1476:
1.113 naddy 1477: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1478: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1479: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1480: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1481:
1.219 horacio 1482: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1483: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1484: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1485: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1486: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1487: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1488: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1489: <p>
1.88 louis 1490:
1.113 naddy 1491: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1492: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1493: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1494: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1495:
1496: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1497: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1498: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1499: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1500: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1501: <p>
1.81 louis 1502:
1.113 naddy 1503: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1504: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1505: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1506: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1507:
1508: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1509: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1510: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1511: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1512: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1513: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1514: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1515: <p>
1.90 louis 1516:
1.113 naddy 1517: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1518: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1519: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1520: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1521:
1522: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1523: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1524: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1525: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1526: <p>
1.71 louis 1527:
1.69 deraadt 1528: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1529:
1.113 naddy 1530: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1531: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1532: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1533: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1534:
1535: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1536: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1537: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1538: <p>
1.70 louis 1539:
1.113 naddy 1540: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1541: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1542: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1543: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1544:
1545: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1546: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1547: <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 1548: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1549: <p>
1.68 louis 1550:
1.113 naddy 1551: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1552: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1553: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1554: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1555: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1556:
1.111 jufi 1557: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1558: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1559: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1560: "secure by default" installation.
1561: <p>
1.64 louis 1562:
1.113 naddy 1563: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1564: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1565: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1566: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1567:
1.113 naddy 1568: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1569: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1570: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1571: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1572: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1573: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1574: <p>
1.66 louis 1575:
1.113 naddy 1576: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1577: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1578: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1579: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1580:
1581: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1582: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1583: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1584: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1585: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1586: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1587: <p>
1.83 louis 1588:
1.113 naddy 1589: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1590: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1591: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1592: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1593:
1594: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1595: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1596: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1597: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1598: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1599: <p>
1.64 louis 1600:
1.113 naddy 1601: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1602: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1603: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1604: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1605:
1606: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1607: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1608: <p>
1.65 louis 1609:
1.69 deraadt 1610: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1611:
1.113 naddy 1612: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1613: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1614: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1615: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1616:
1617: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1618: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1619: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1620: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1621: <p>
1.88 louis 1622:
1.113 naddy 1623: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1624: <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 1625: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1626:
1627: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1628: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1629: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1630: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1631: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1632: <p>
1.60 louis 1633:
1.113 naddy 1634: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1635: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1636: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1637: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1638: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1639:
1640: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1641: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1642: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1643: <p>
1.58 louis 1644:
1.113 naddy 1645: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1646: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1647: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1648:
1649: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1650: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1651: <p>
1.53 louis 1652:
1.113 naddy 1653: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1654: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1655: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1656: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1657:
1658: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1659: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1660: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1661: <p>
1.99 louis 1662:
1.113 naddy 1663: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1664: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1665: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1666:
1667: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1668: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1669: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1670: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1671: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1672:
1.113 naddy 1673: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1674: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
1675: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 1676: </strong></font><br>
1677:
1678: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1679: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1680: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1681: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1682: <p>
1683:
1684: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1685: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1686: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1687: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1688:
1689: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1690: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1691: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1692:
1.113 naddy 1693: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1694: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1695: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1696:
1697: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1698: in
1.113 naddy 1699: <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 1700: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1701: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1702: <p>
1.53 louis 1703:
1.113 naddy 1704: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1705: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1706: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1707: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1708: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1709:
1.58 louis 1710: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1711: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1712:
1.69 deraadt 1713: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1714:
1.113 naddy 1715: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1716: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
1717: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
1718: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1719: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1720:
1.58 louis 1721: Kurt Seifried
1722: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1723: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1724: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1725: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1726:
1.113 naddy 1727: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1728: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1729: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1730: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1731:
1732: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1733: <p>
1.96 louis 1734:
1.113 naddy 1735: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1736: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1737: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1738: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1739:
1740: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1741: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1742: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1743: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1744: <p>
1.86 louis 1745:
1.69 deraadt 1746: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1747:
1.113 naddy 1748: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1749: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1750: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1751: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1752:
1753: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1754: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1755: <p>
1.61 louis 1756:
1.113 naddy 1757: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1758: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1759: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1760: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1761: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1762:
1763: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1764: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1765: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1766: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1767: right -- or at least strives to".
1768: <p>
1.48 louis 1769:
1.113 naddy 1770: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1771: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1772: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1773: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1774: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1775: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1776: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1777: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1778: <p>
1.61 louis 1779:
1.113 naddy 1780: <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 1781: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1782: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1783:
1784: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1785: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1786: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1787: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1788: <p>
1.46 louis 1789:
1.113 naddy 1790: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 1791: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
1792: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1793: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1794:
1795: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1796: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1797: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1798:
1.113 naddy 1799: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1800: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1801: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1802: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1803:
1804: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1805: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1806: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1807: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1808: <p>
1.70 louis 1809:
1.69 deraadt 1810: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1811:
1.211 horacio 1812: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1813: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
1814: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 1815: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1816: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1817:
1818: Kurt Seifried
1819: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1820: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1821: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1822: <p>
1.44 philen 1823:
1.113 naddy 1824: <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 1825: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1826: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1827:
1828: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1829: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1830:
1.113 naddy 1831: <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 1832: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1833: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1834:
1835: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1836: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1837:
1.113 naddy 1838: <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 1839: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1840: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1841:
1842: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1843: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1844: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1845: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1846: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1847:
1.113 naddy 1848: <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 1849: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1850: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1851:
1.36 louis 1852: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1853: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1854:
1.113 naddy 1855: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1856: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1857: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1858: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1859:
1860: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1861: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1862:
1.69 deraadt 1863: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1864:
1.113 naddy 1865: <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 1866: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1867: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1868:
1869: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1870: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1871: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1872:
1.113 naddy 1873: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1874: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1875: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1876: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1877:
1878: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1879: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1880: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1881: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1882: <blockquote>
1883: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1884: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1885: <br>
1886: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1887: </code>
1888: </blockquote>
1889: <p>
1890:
1891: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1892: <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>
1893: <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
1894: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1895:
1896: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1897: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1898: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1899: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1900:
1.113 naddy 1901: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1902: <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 1903: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1904:
1905: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1906: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1907: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1908: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1909: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1910: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1911: <p>
1.19 louis 1912:
1.113 naddy 1913: <li><strong>
1914: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1915: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1916:
1917: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1918: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1919: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1920: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1921: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1922: <p>
1.16 louis 1923:
1.113 naddy 1924: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1925: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1926: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1927: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1928:
1.57 louis 1929: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1930: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1931: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1932: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1933:
1.113 naddy 1934: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1935: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1936: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1937: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1938:
1.113 naddy 1939: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1940:
1.113 naddy 1941: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1942: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
1943: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1944: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1945:
1.23 louis 1946: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1947: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1948: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1949: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1950: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1951: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1952:
1.113 naddy 1953: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1954: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1955: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1956: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1957:
1.199 pvalchev 1958: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 1959: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
1960: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
1961: installation.
1.113 naddy 1962: <p>
1.47 louis 1963:
1.113 naddy 1964: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1965: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 1966: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 1967: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1968:
1969: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 1970: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 1971:
1.69 deraadt 1972: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1973:
1.113 naddy 1974: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 1975: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 1976: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 1977: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 1978:
1979: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
1980: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 1981: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1982: <p>
1.12 louis 1983:
1.113 naddy 1984: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 1985: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 1986: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 1987: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 1988:
1989: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
1990: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 1991: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
1992: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
1993: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
1994: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
1995: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 1996: <p>
1.8 deraadt 1997:
1.69 deraadt 1998: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 1999:
1.113 naddy 2000: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2001: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2002: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2003:
2004: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2005: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2006: available."
1.113 naddy 2007: <p>
1.6 deraadt 2008:
1.69 deraadt 2009: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
2010:
1.113 naddy 2011: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 2012: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2013: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2014:
2015: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2016: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2017: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2018: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2019: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2020: <p>
1.33 louis 2021:
1.113 naddy 2022: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2023: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2024: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2025: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2026:
1.113 naddy 2027: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2028: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2029: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2030: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2031: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2032: <p>
1.57 louis 2033:
1.69 deraadt 2034: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
2035:
1.113 naddy 2036: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2037: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2038: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2039: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2040:
2041: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2042: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2043: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2044:
1.113 naddy 2045: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 2046: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2047: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2048: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2049: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2050:
2051: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2052: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2053:
1.113 naddy 2054: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2055: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2056:
1.113 naddy 2057: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2058:
1.113 naddy 2059: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 2060: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2061: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2062: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2063:
2064: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2065: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 2066:
1.69 deraadt 2067: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
2068:
1.113 naddy 2069: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2070: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2071: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2072:
2073: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2074: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2075: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2076:
1.113 naddy 2077: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2078: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2079: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2080: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2081:
2082: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2083: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2084: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2085: site.<p>
1.57 louis 2086:
1.69 deraadt 2087: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
2088:
1.113 naddy 2089: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 2090: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2091: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2092: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2093:
2094: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2095: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2096: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2097: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2098: <p>
1.15 louis 2099:
1.113 naddy 2100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2101: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2102: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2103: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2104:
2105: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2106: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2107: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2108: columns."
1.113 naddy 2109: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2110:
1.69 deraadt 2111: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
2112:
1.113 naddy 2113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2114: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2115: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2116: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2117:
2118: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2119: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2120:
1.113 naddy 2121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2122: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2123: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2124:
2125: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2126: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2127: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 2128:
1.69 deraadt 2129: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2130:
1.113 naddy 2131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2132: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2133: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2134: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2135:
1.222 miod 2136: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2137: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2138: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2139: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2140: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2141:
1.69 deraadt 2142: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
2143:
1.113 naddy 2144: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2145: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2146: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2147:
1.69 deraadt 2148: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2149: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2150: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2151:
1.69 deraadt 2152: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 2153:
1.113 naddy 2154: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2155: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2156: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2157: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2158:
2159: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2160: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2161: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2162:
1.113 naddy 2163: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
2164: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2165: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2166: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2167: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2168:
1.69 deraadt 2169: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
2170:
1.113 naddy 2171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2172: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2173: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2174: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2175: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2176: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2177:
2178: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2179: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2180: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2181: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2182: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2183: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2184:
2185: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
2186:
1.113 naddy 2187: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2188: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2189: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2190:
1.69 deraadt 2191: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2192: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2193: <p>
1.112 naddy 2194:
1.113 naddy 2195: </dl>
2196: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2197:
1.113 naddy 2198: <hr>
2199: <a name=se></a>
2200: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2201:
1.200 niklas 2202: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2203:
2204: <dl>
2205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2206: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2207: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2208:
2209: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2210: <p>
2211:
2212: </dl>
2213:
2214: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2215:
2216: <dl>
2217: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2218: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2219: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2220:
2221: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2222: <p>
2223:
2224: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2225: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2226: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2227:
2228: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2229: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2230: <p>
2231:
2232: </dl>
2233:
2234: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2235:
2236: <dl>
2237: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2238: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2239: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2240:
2241: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2242: <p>
2243:
2244: </dl>
2245:
1.102 niklas 2246: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2247:
1.113 naddy 2248: <dl>
2249: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 2250: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2251: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2252:
2253: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2254: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2255: <p>
1.102 niklas 2256:
1.113 naddy 2257: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2258:
1.84 niklas 2259: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2260:
1.113 naddy 2261: <dl>
2262: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2263: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2264: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2265:
2266: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2267: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2268: <p>
1.84 niklas 2269:
1.113 naddy 2270: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2271:
1.69 deraadt 2272: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2273:
1.113 naddy 2274: <dl>
2275: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2276: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2277: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2278:
1.222 miod 2279: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2280: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2281: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2282: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2283:
1.113 naddy 2284: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2285: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2286: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2287: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2288: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2289:
1.20 louis 2290: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2291: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2292: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2293: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2294: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2295:
1.113 naddy 2296: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2297:
1.113 naddy 2298: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2299: <a name=fi></a>
2300: <h3><font color=#e00000>Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
2301:
2302: <dl>
2303:
2304: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2305:
2306: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2307: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2308: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2309:
2310: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2311: will be removed from OpenBSD.
2312: </dl>
2313:
2314: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2315: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2316:
1.113 naddy 2317: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2318:
1.113 naddy 2319: <dl>
1.20 louis 2320:
1.170 louis 2321: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2322:
2323: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2324: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2325: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2326: </strong></font><br>
2327:
2328: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2329: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2330: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2331: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2332: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2333: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2334: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2335: <p>
2336:
1.69 deraadt 2337: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2338:
1.113 naddy 2339: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2340: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2341: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2342: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2343:
2344: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2345: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2346: translating and reprinting articles from
2347: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2348: <p>
1.112 naddy 2349:
1.113 naddy 2350: </dl>
1.20 louis 2351:
1.113 naddy 2352: <hr>
2353: <a name=de></a>
2354: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2355: <dl>
1.50 louis 2356:
1.151 louis 2357: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2358:
2359: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2360: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2361: </strong></font><br>
2362:
2363: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2364: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2365: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2366: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2367: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2368:
2369: <p>
2370:
1.72 louis 2371: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2372:
1.113 naddy 2373: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2374: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2375: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2376: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2377:
1.101 jufi 2378: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2379: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2380: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2381: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2382: Giving way to
2383: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2384: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2385: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2386: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2387: <p>
1.72 louis 2388:
1.69 deraadt 2389: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2390:
1.113 naddy 2391: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2392: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2393: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2394: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2395:
2396: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2397: <p>
2398: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2399:
1.50 louis 2400:
1.113 naddy 2401: <hr>
2402: <a name=ru></a>
2403: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2404: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2405:
1.69 deraadt 2406: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2407:
1.113 naddy 2408: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2409: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2410: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2411: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2412:
2413: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2414: <p>
1.62 form 2415:
1.69 deraadt 2416: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2417:
1.113 naddy 2418: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2419: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2420: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2421: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2422:
1.59 form 2423: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2424: <p>
1.112 naddy 2425:
1.113 naddy 2426: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2427:
1.113 naddy 2428: <hr>
2429: <a name=pl></a>
2430: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2431: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2432:
1.113 naddy 2433: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2434: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2435: Radio, August 2, 2000
2436: </strong></font><br>
2437:
2438: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2439: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2440: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2441: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2442: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2443: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2444: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2445: <p>
2446:
2447: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2448: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2449: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2450: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2451: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2452:
2453: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2454: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2455: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2456: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2457: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2458: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2459: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2460: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2461: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2462: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2463: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2464: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2465: <p>
2466: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2467:
1.113 naddy 2468: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2469: <a name=es></a>
2470: <h3><font color=#e00000>Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
2471: <dl>
2472:
2473: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
2474:
2475: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2476: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2477: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2478: </strong></font><br>
2479:
2480: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2481: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2482: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2483: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2484: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2485: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2486: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2487: <p>
2488: </dl>
2489:
2490:
2491: <hr>
2492: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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