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31: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
32: <dl>
1.16 louis 33:
1.228 horacio 34: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
35:
36: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.229 jufi 37: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 38: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 39: </strong></font><br>
40: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
41: using IPFilter.
42:
43: <p>
44:
45: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
46: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
47: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
48: </strong></font><br>
49: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
50: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
51: perspectives of the four OS.
52: <br>
53: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
54: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPSec or Kerberos.
55: <p>
56:
57: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.228 horacio 58: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
59: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
60: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
61: </strong></font><br>
62:
63: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
64: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
65: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
66: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
67: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
68: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
69: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
70: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
71: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
72: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
73: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
74: security conscious team beyond doubt.
75: <p>
76:
1.225 horacio 77: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
78:
79: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
80: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
81: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 82: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 83: </strong></font><br>
84:
85: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
86: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
87: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 ! jufi 88: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 89: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
90: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
91: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
92: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
93: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
94: services provider bussiness ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
95: of choice.
96: <p>
97:
98: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
99:
100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
101: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
102: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
103: </strong></font><br>
104:
105: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
106: <p>
107:
1.226 horacio 108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
109: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
110: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, January 18, 2001
111: </strong></font><br>
112:
113: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
114: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
115: <p>
1.225 horacio 116:
1.218 horacio 117: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
118:
119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 horacio 120: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
121: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
122: </strong></font><br>
123:
124: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
125: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
126: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
127: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
128: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
129: subjects. Worth a read.
130: <p>
131:
132:
133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.218 horacio 134: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 135: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 136: </strong></font><br>
137:
138: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
139: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
140: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
141: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
142: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
143: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
144: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
145: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
146: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 147: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 148: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
149: on other operating systems.<br>
150: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
151: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
152: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
153: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
154: <p>
155:
1.221 horacio 156: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 157: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
158: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
159: </strong></font><br>
160:
161: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
162: covering the level of software integration into the core
163: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
164: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
165: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
166: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
167: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
168: <p>
169:
170: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.221 horacio 171: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
172: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
173: </strong></font><br>
174:
175: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
176: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
177: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
178: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
179: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
180: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
181: <p>
182:
1.210 jufi 183: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 184:
1.210 jufi 185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 186: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
187: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
188: </strong></font><br>
189:
190: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
191: source software in response to an article which claimed that
192: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
193: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
194: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
195: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
196: <p>
197:
198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.224 horacio 199: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 200: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
201: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 202:
1.224 horacio 203: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
204: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
205: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
206: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
207: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
208: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 209: <p>
210:
211: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
212:
213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 214: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
215: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
216: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
217: </strong></font><br>
218:
219: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
220: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 ! jufi 221: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 222: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
223: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
224: investment</em>.<br>
225: The implementation details can be seen on their
226: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
227: <p>
228:
229: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 230: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
231: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
232: </strong></font><br>
233:
234: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
235: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
236: security and says that even secured operating systems running
237: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
238: to time.<br>
239: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
240: system and just the most secure system.
241: <p>
242:
243: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
244: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
245: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
246: </strong></font><br>
247:
248: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
249: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
250: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
251: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
252: choice:<br>
253: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
254: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
255: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
256: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
257: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
258: network security devices and as such must be well
259: armored."</em><br>
260: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
261: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
262: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
263: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
264: <br>
265: Bravo!
266: <p>
1.210 jufi 267:
1.207 ian 268: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 269:
1.207 ian 270: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
271: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
272: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
273: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 274:
1.207 ian 275: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
276: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 277: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 278: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
279: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
280: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 281: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 282: <p>
1.207 ian 283:
1.194 jufi 284: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
285:
286: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 287: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
288: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
289: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 290:
1.213 horacio 291: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb adresses the question
292: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
293: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
294: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
295: <p>
296:
297: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 298: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 299: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
300: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
301: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 302:
1.201 horacio 303: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF licence and
1.206 ian 304: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 305: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
306: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
307: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 308: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 309: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
310: <br>
311: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
312: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
313: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
314: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
315: <p>
316:
317: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.194 jufi 318: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
319: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 320: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 321: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 322:
1.194 jufi 323: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
324: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
325: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
326: <br>
327: The new
328: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 329: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 330: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
331: <p>
1.194 jufi 332:
1.190 horacio 333: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
334:
335: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 336:
337: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
338: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
339:
340: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
341: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
342:
343: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
344: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
345:
1.212 horacio 346: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
347: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 348: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
349:
1.211 horacio 350: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
351: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 352: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
353:
354: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
355: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
356:
357: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
358: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
359:
1.212 horacio 360: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
361: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 362: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
363:
364: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
365: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
366:
367: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
368: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
369:
370: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
371: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
372:
373: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 374: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 375:
1.192 jufi 376: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
377: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 378: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 379:
1.193 deraadt 380: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
381: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 382: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 383:
1.196 deraadt 384: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
385: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
386:
1.198 pvalchev 387: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
388: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
389: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
390:
1.213 horacio 391: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
392: 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>,
393: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
394:
1.190 horacio 395: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 396: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
397: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
398: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
399: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
400: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
401: <p>
1.190 horacio 402:
1.191 jufi 403: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 404: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
405: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
406: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 407: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 408:
1.195 jufi 409: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 410: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
411: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
412: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 413: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
414: <p>
415:
416: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 417: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 418: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
419: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
420: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 421:
1.191 jufi 422: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
423: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
424: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
425: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 426: <p>
427:
1.191 jufi 428:
1.186 jufi 429: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 430:
1.186 jufi 431: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
432: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 433: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
434: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 435: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 436:
1.188 jufi 437: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 438: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 439: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 440: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
441: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 442: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 443: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 444: <p>
445:
1.191 jufi 446:
447: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.220 horacio 448: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
449: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
450: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 451: </strong></font><br>
452:
453: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
454: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
455: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
456: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
457: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
458: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
459: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
460: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
461: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
462: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
463: familiar?
464: <p>
465:
1.178 louis 466: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
467:
468: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 469: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
470: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 471: </strong></font><br>
472:
473: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
474: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
475: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
476: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
477: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
478: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
479: <p>
480:
1.179 louis 481: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
482: <a
1.182 louis 483: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
484: </strong></font><br>
485:
486: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
487: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
488: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
489: <p>
490:
491: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
492: <a
1.179 louis 493: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
494: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
495: </strong></font><br>
496:
497: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
498: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
499: <p>
500:
1.174 louis 501:
1.175 louis 502: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
503:
504: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
505: <a
1.179 louis 506: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
507: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
508: </strong></font><br>
509:
510: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
511: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
512: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
513: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
514: <p>
515:
516: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
517: <a
1.183 ian 518: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 519: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
520: </strong></font><br>
521:
522: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 523: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 524: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
525: <p>
526:
1.176 louis 527:
1.172 mickey 528: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
529:
530: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 531: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 532: </strong></font><br>
533:
534: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
535: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
536: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 537: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 538: <p>
539:
540: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
541: <a
1.174 louis 542: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
543: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
544: </strong></font><br>
545:
546: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
547: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
548: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
549: <p>
550:
551: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
552: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
553: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
554: </strong></font><br>
555:
556: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
557: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
558: <p>
559:
560: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
561: <a
562: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
563: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
564: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
565: </strong></font><br>
566:
567: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
568: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
569: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
570: our own Theo de Raadt.
571: <p>
572:
573: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
574: <a
575: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
576: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
577: </strong></font><br>
578:
579: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
580: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
581: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
582: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
583: shut down.]
584: <p>
585:
586: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
587: <a
1.226 horacio 588: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
589: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 590: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 591: </strong></font><br>
592:
593: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
594: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
595: <p>
596:
1.161 louis 597: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
598:
1.175 louis 599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
600: <a
601: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
602: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
603: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
604: </strong></font><br>
605:
606: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
607: by John Wolley
608: <p>
609:
610: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
611: <a
612: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
613: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
614: </strong></font><br>
615:
616: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
617: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
618: OpenBSD).
619: <p>
620:
1.161 louis 621: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
622: <a
1.171 louis 623: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
624: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
625: </strong></font><br>
626:
627: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
628: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
629: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
630: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
631: and hindsight.
632: <p>
633:
634: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 635: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
636: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
637: </strong></font><br>
638:
639: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
640: <p>
641:
642: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.171 louis 643: <a
1.168 provos 644: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
645: December 7, 2000
646: </strong></font><br>
647:
648: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
649: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
650: us explain.
651: <p>
652:
653: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 654: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 655: <u>System and Network Security - Kernel Options</u>,
1.211 horacio 656: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 657: December 6, 2000
658: </strong></font><br>
659:
660: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
661: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
662: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
663: <p>
664:
665: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
666: <a
1.226 horacio 667: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
668: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 669: </strong></font><br>
670:
671: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 672: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 673: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 674: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
675: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
676: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 677: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 678: <p>
1.162 millert 679:
680: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
681: <a
1.161 louis 682: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
683: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
684: </strong></font><br>
685:
686: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
687: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
688: <p>
689:
1.169 louis 690: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 horacio 691: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
692: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
693: </strong></font><br>
694:
695: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
696: <p>
697:
698:
699: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.169 louis 700: <a
1.226 horacio 701: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
702: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
703: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 704: </strong></font><br>
705:
706: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
707: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
708: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
709: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
710: <p>
711:
1.158 louis 712: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 713:
714: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 715: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
716: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 717: </strong></font><br>
718:
719: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
720: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
721: <p>
722:
723: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 724: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
725: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
726: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 727: </strong></font><br>
728: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
729: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
730: <p>
731:
732: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
733: <a
734: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
735: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
736: </strong></font><br>
737:
738: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
739: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
740: <p>
741:
742: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 743: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 744: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
745: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 746:
1.213 horacio 747: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 748: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
749: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
750: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
751: <p>
1.215 horacio 752:
1.174 louis 753: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
754: <a
755: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
756: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
757: </strong></font><br>
758:
759: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
760: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
761: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
762: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
763: much of the attitude too).
764: <p>
1.161 louis 765:
766: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 767: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 768: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 769: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 770:
1.157 louis 771: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
772: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
773: <p>
774:
775: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
776:
777: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 778: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 779: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 780: </strong></font><br>
781:
782: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
783: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
784: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
785: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
786: <p>
787:
788: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
789: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
790: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
791: </strong></font><br>
792:
793: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
794: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
795: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
796: it because they love coding...
797: <p>
798:
799: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
800: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
801: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
802: </strong></font><br>
803:
804: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
805: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
806: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
807: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
808: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
809: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
810: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
811: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
812: <p>
813:
814: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 815: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
816: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
817: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 818: </strong></font><br>
819:
820: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
821: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
822: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
823: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
824: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
825: the pizza.
826: <p>
827:
828: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 829: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
830: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
831: </strong></font><br>
832:
833: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
834: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
835: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
836: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
837: problems.
838: <p>
839:
840: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 841: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
842: </strong></font><br>
843:
1.222 miod 844: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 845: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
846: - whether they like it or not.
847: <p>
848:
849: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 850: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
851: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 852: </strong></font><br>
853:
854: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
855: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
856: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 857: <p>
1.148 aaron 858:
859: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 860: <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 861: </strong></font><br>
862:
863: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
864: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
865: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
866: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
867: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
868: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
869: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
870: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
871: <p>
872:
873: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 874: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
875: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 876: </strong></font><br>
877:
878: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
879: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
880: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
881: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
882: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
883: <p>
884:
1.138 louis 885: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
886:
887: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 888: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
889: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
890: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
891: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 892: </strong></font><br>
893:
1.227 horacio 894: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 895: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
896: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
897: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
898: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
899: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
900: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
901: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 902: <p>
903:
904: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.231 ! jufi 905: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 906: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 907: </strong></font><br>
908:
909: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
910: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
911: groups, and even Linux.
912: <p>
913:
914: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 915: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
916: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 917: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
918: </strong></font><br>
919:
920: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
921: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
922: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
923: library after installing the OS.
924: <p>
925:
926: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 927: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 928: Sys Admin, September 2000
929: </strong></font><br>
930:
931: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
932: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
933: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
934: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
935: (<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>,
936: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
937: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
938: <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 939: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 940: out of the system.
941: <p>
942:
1.144 louis 943: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
944: <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
945: </strong></font><br>
946:
947: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 948: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
949: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
950: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
951: the IP filtering and address translation.
952: <p>
953:
1.131 louis 954: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
955:
956: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 957: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
958: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
959: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 960: </strong></font><br>
961:
962: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
963: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
964: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
965: <p>
966:
967: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 968: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
969: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
970: </strong></font><br>
971:
972: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
973: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
974: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
975: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
976: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
977: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
978: note of"</i>.
979: <p>
980:
981: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 982: <a
983: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
984: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
985: </strong></font><br>
986:
987: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
988: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
989: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
990: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
991: <p>
992:
993: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 994: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 995: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
996: </strong></font><br>
997:
998: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
999: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1000: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1001: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1002: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1003: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1004: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1005: <p>
1006:
1007: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 1008: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1009: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1010: 2000
1011: </strong></font><br>
1012:
1013: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1014: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1015: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1016: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1017: against current industry practices.
1018: <p>
1019:
1020: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 1021: <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
1022: </strong></font><br>
1023:
1024: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1025: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1026: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1027: <p>
1028:
1029: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 1030: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1031: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1032: </strong></font><br>
1033:
1034: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1035: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1036: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1037: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1038: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1039: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1040: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1041: <p>
1042:
1043: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 1044: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1045: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1046: </strong></font><br>
1047:
1048: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1049: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1050: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1051: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1052: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1053: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1054: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1055: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1056: <p>
1057:
1.118 louis 1058: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1059:
1060: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1061: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1062: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1063: </strong></font><br>
1064:
1065: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1066: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1067: about time. The article mentions that
1068: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1069: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1070: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1071: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1072: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1073: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1074: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1075: <p>
1076:
1077: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1078: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1079: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1080: </strong></font><br>
1081:
1082: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1083: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1084: of OpenSSH.
1085: <p>
1086:
1087: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1088: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1089: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1090: </strong></font><br>
1091:
1092: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1093: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1094: bridging.
1095: <p>
1096:
1097: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1098: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1099: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1100: </strong></font><br>
1101:
1.121 deraadt 1102: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1103: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1104: <p>
1105:
1106: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1107: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1108: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1109: </strong></font><br>
1110:
1111: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1112: <p>
1113:
1114: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 1115: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1116: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1117: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1118: </strong></font><br>
1119:
1.120 deraadt 1120: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1121: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1122: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1123: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1124: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1125: <p>
1126:
1127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 1128: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1129: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1130: </strong></font><br>
1131:
1.222 miod 1132: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1133: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1134: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1135: protocols and their quirks.
1136: <p>
1137:
1138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1139: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1140: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1141: </strong></font><br>
1142:
1143: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1144: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1145: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1146: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1147: <p>
1148:
1149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 1150: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1151: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1152: </strong></font><br>
1153:
1154: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1155: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1156: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1157: <p>
1158:
1159: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1160: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1161: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1162: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1163: </strong></font><br>
1164:
1165: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1166: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1167: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1168: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1169: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1170: <p>
1171:
1.104 louis 1172: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1173:
1.113 naddy 1174: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 1175: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1176: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1177: </strong></font><br>
1178:
1179: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1180: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1181: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1182: be a bit dry.
1183: <p>
1184:
1185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 1186: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1187: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1188: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1189: </strong></font><br>
1190: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1191: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1192: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1193: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1194: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1195: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1196: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1197: <p>
1198:
1199: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1200: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1201: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1202: 2000
1.128 louis 1203: </strong></font><br>
1204:
1205: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1206: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1207: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1208: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1209: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1210: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1211: <p>
1212:
1213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1214: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1215: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1216: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1217:
1218: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1219: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1220: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1221: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1222: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1223: <p>
1.110 louis 1224:
1.117 louis 1225: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1226: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1227: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1228: </strong></font><br>
1229:
1230: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1231: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1232: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1233: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1234: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1235: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1236: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1237: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1238: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1239: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1240: <p>
1241:
1.113 naddy 1242: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 1243: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1244: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1245:
1246: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1247: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1248: <p>
1.108 louis 1249:
1.113 naddy 1250: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 1251: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1252: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1253: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1254:
1255: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1256: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1257: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1258: <p>
1.106 louis 1259:
1.113 naddy 1260: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 1261: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1262: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1263: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1264:
1265: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1266: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1267: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1268: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1269: <p>
1.107 louis 1270:
1.113 naddy 1271: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1272: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1273: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1274: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1275:
1276: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1277: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1278: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1279: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1280: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1281: <p>
1.105 louis 1282:
1.113 naddy 1283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 1284: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1285: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1286: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1287:
1.113 naddy 1288: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1289: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1290: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1291: <p>
1.104 louis 1292:
1.121 deraadt 1293: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1294: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1295: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1296: </strong></font><br>
1297:
1298: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1299: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1300: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1301: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1302: <p>
1303:
1.85 louis 1304: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1305:
1.113 naddy 1306: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1307: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1308: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1309: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1310:
1311: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1312: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1313: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1314: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1315: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1316: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1317: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1318: <p>
1.99 louis 1319:
1.113 naddy 1320: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1321: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1322: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1323: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1324:
1325: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1326: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1327: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1328: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1329: <p>
1.100 louis 1330:
1.113 naddy 1331: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1332: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1333: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1334: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1335:
1336: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1337: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1338: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1339: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1340: <p>
1.95 louis 1341:
1.113 naddy 1342: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1343: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1344: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1345: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1346:
1347: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1348: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1349: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1350: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1351: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1352: <p>
1.92 louis 1353:
1.113 naddy 1354: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1355: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1356: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1357: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1358:
1359: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1360: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1361: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1362: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1363: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1364: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1365: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1366: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1367: <p>
1.91 louis 1368:
1.113 naddy 1369: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1370: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1371: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1372: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1373:
1374: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1375: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1376: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1377: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1378: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1379: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1380: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1381: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1382: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1383: <p>
1.90 louis 1384:
1.113 naddy 1385: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1386: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1387: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1388: </strong></font><br>
1389: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1390: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1391: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1392: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1393: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1394: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1395: <p>
1396:
1397: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1398: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1399: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1400: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1401:
1.113 naddy 1402: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1403: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1404: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1405: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1406: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1407: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1408: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1409: <p>
1.87 louis 1410:
1.113 naddy 1411: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1412: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1413: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1414: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1415:
1416: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1417: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1418: <p>
1.85 louis 1419:
1.113 naddy 1420: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1421: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1422: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1423: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1424:
1425: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1426: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1427: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1428: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1429: <p>
1.89 louis 1430:
1.113 naddy 1431: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1432: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1433: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1434: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1435:
1436: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1437: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1438: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1439: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1440: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1441:
1.78 deraadt 1442: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1443:
1.113 naddy 1444: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1445: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1446: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1447: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1448: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1449:
1450: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1451: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1452: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1453: <p>
1.83 louis 1454:
1.113 naddy 1455: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1456: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1457: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1458: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1459:
1460: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1461: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1462: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1463: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1464: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1465: <p>
1.93 louis 1466:
1.113 naddy 1467: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1468: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1469: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1470: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1471: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1472:
1.83 louis 1473: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1474: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1475: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1476: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1477: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1478: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1479: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1480: <p>
1.82 aaron 1481:
1.113 naddy 1482: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1483: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1484: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1485: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1486:
1.83 louis 1487: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1488: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1489: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1490: <p>
1.80 louis 1491:
1.113 naddy 1492: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1493: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1494: Bad Press</a>,
1495: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1496: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1497:
1498: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1499: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1500: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1501: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1502: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1503: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1504:
1505: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1506:
1.113 naddy 1507: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1508: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1509: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1510: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1511: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1512:
1513: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1514: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1515: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1516: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1517: <p>
1.74 louis 1518:
1.113 naddy 1519: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1520: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1521: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1522: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1523:
1.219 horacio 1524: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1525: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1526: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1527: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1528: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1529: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1530: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1531: <p>
1.88 louis 1532:
1.113 naddy 1533: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1534: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1535: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1536: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1537:
1538: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1539: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1540: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1541: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1542: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1543: <p>
1.81 louis 1544:
1.113 naddy 1545: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1546: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1547: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1548: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1549:
1550: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1551: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1552: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1553: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1554: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1555: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1556: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1557: <p>
1.90 louis 1558:
1.113 naddy 1559: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1560: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1561: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1562: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1563:
1564: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1565: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1566: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1567: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1568: <p>
1.71 louis 1569:
1.69 deraadt 1570: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1571:
1.113 naddy 1572: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1573: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1574: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1575: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1576:
1577: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1578: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1579: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1580: <p>
1.70 louis 1581:
1.113 naddy 1582: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1583: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1584: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1585: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1586:
1587: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1588: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1589: <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 1590: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1591: <p>
1.68 louis 1592:
1.113 naddy 1593: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1594: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1595: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1596: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1597: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1598:
1.111 jufi 1599: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1600: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1601: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1602: "secure by default" installation.
1603: <p>
1.64 louis 1604:
1.113 naddy 1605: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1606: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1607: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1608: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1609:
1.113 naddy 1610: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1611: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1612: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1613: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1614: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1615: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1616: <p>
1.66 louis 1617:
1.113 naddy 1618: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1619: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1620: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1621: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1622:
1623: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1624: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1625: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1626: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1627: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1628: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1629: <p>
1.83 louis 1630:
1.113 naddy 1631: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1632: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1633: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1634: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1635:
1636: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1637: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1638: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1639: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1640: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1641: <p>
1.64 louis 1642:
1.113 naddy 1643: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1644: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1645: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1646: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1647:
1648: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1649: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1650: <p>
1.65 louis 1651:
1.69 deraadt 1652: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1653:
1.113 naddy 1654: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1655: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1656: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1657: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1658:
1659: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1660: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1661: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1662: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1663: <p>
1.88 louis 1664:
1.113 naddy 1665: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1666: <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 1667: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1668:
1669: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1670: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1671: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1672: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1673: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1674: <p>
1.60 louis 1675:
1.113 naddy 1676: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1677: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1678: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1679: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1680: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1681:
1682: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1683: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1684: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1685: <p>
1.58 louis 1686:
1.113 naddy 1687: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1688: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1689: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1690:
1691: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1692: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1693: <p>
1.53 louis 1694:
1.113 naddy 1695: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1696: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1697: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1698: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1699:
1700: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1701: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1702: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1703: <p>
1.99 louis 1704:
1.113 naddy 1705: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1706: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1707: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1708:
1709: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1710: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1711: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1712: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1713: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1714:
1.113 naddy 1715: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1716: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
1717: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 1718: </strong></font><br>
1719:
1720: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1721: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1722: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1723: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1724: <p>
1725:
1726: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1727: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1728: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1729: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1730:
1731: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1732: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1733: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1734:
1.113 naddy 1735: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1736: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1737: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1738:
1739: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1740: in
1.113 naddy 1741: <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 1742: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1743: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1744: <p>
1.53 louis 1745:
1.113 naddy 1746: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1747: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1748: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1749: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1750: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1751:
1.58 louis 1752: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1753: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1754:
1.69 deraadt 1755: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1756:
1.113 naddy 1757: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1758: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
1759: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
1760: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1761: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1762:
1.58 louis 1763: Kurt Seifried
1764: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1765: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1766: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1767: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1768:
1.113 naddy 1769: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1770: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1771: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1772: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1773:
1774: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1775: <p>
1.96 louis 1776:
1.113 naddy 1777: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1778: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1779: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1780: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1781:
1782: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1783: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1784: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1785: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1786: <p>
1.86 louis 1787:
1.69 deraadt 1788: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1789:
1.113 naddy 1790: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1791: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1792: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1793: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1794:
1795: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1796: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1797: <p>
1.61 louis 1798:
1.113 naddy 1799: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1800: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1801: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1802: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1803: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1804:
1805: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1806: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1807: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1808: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1809: right -- or at least strives to".
1810: <p>
1.48 louis 1811:
1.113 naddy 1812: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1813: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1814: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1815: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1816: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1817: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1818: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1819: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1820: <p>
1.61 louis 1821:
1.113 naddy 1822: <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 1823: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1824: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1825:
1826: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1827: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1828: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1829: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1830: <p>
1.46 louis 1831:
1.113 naddy 1832: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 1833: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
1834: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1835: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1836:
1837: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1838: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1839: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1840:
1.113 naddy 1841: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1842: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1843: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1844: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1845:
1846: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1847: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1848: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1849: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1850: <p>
1.70 louis 1851:
1.69 deraadt 1852: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1853:
1.211 horacio 1854: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1855: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
1856: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 1857: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1858: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1859:
1860: Kurt Seifried
1861: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1862: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1863: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1864: <p>
1.44 philen 1865:
1.113 naddy 1866: <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 1867: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1868: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1869:
1870: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1871: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1872:
1.113 naddy 1873: <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 1874: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1875: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1876:
1877: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1878: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1879:
1.113 naddy 1880: <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 1881: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1882: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1883:
1884: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1885: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1886: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1887: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1888: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1889:
1.113 naddy 1890: <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 1891: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1892: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1893:
1.36 louis 1894: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1895: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1896:
1.113 naddy 1897: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1898: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1899: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1900: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1901:
1902: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1903: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1904:
1.69 deraadt 1905: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1906:
1.113 naddy 1907: <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 1908: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1909: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1910:
1911: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1912: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1913: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1914:
1.113 naddy 1915: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1916: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1917: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1918: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1919:
1920: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1921: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1922: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1923: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1924: <blockquote>
1925: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1926: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1927: <br>
1928: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1929: </code>
1930: </blockquote>
1931: <p>
1932:
1933: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1934: <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>
1935: <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
1936: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1937:
1938: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1939: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1940: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1941: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1942:
1.113 naddy 1943: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1944: <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 1945: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1946:
1947: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1948: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1949: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1950: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1951: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1952: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1953: <p>
1.19 louis 1954:
1.113 naddy 1955: <li><strong>
1956: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1957: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1958:
1959: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1960: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1961: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1962: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1963: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1964: <p>
1.16 louis 1965:
1.113 naddy 1966: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1967: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1968: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1969: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1970:
1.57 louis 1971: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1972: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1973: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1974: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1975:
1.113 naddy 1976: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1977: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1978: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1979: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1980:
1.113 naddy 1981: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1982:
1.113 naddy 1983: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1984: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
1985: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1986: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1987:
1.23 louis 1988: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1989: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1990: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1991: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
1992: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 1993: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 1994:
1.113 naddy 1995: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 1996: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
1997: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1998: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 1999:
1.199 pvalchev 2000: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2001: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2002: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2003: installation.
1.113 naddy 2004: <p>
1.47 louis 2005:
1.113 naddy 2006: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2007: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2008: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2009: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2010:
2011: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2012: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 2013:
1.69 deraadt 2014: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
2015:
1.113 naddy 2016: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2017: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2018: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2019: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2020:
2021: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2022: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2023: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2024: <p>
1.12 louis 2025:
1.113 naddy 2026: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2027: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2028: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2029: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2030:
2031: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2032: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2033: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2034: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2035: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2036: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2037: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2038: <p>
1.8 deraadt 2039:
1.69 deraadt 2040: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 2041:
1.113 naddy 2042: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2043: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2044: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2045:
2046: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2047: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2048: available."
1.113 naddy 2049: <p>
1.6 deraadt 2050:
1.69 deraadt 2051: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
2052:
1.113 naddy 2053: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 2054: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2055: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2056:
2057: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2058: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2059: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2060: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2061: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2062: <p>
1.33 louis 2063:
1.113 naddy 2064: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2065: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2066: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2067: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2068:
1.113 naddy 2069: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2070: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2071: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2072: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2073: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2074: <p>
1.57 louis 2075:
1.69 deraadt 2076: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
2077:
1.113 naddy 2078: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2079: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2080: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2081: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2082:
2083: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2084: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2085: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2086:
1.113 naddy 2087: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 2088: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2089: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2090: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2091: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2092:
2093: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2094: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2095:
1.113 naddy 2096: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2097: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2098:
1.113 naddy 2099: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2100:
1.113 naddy 2101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 2102: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2103: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2104: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2105:
2106: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2107: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 2108:
1.69 deraadt 2109: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
2110:
1.113 naddy 2111: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2112: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2113: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2114:
2115: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2116: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2117: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2118:
1.113 naddy 2119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2120: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2121: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2122: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2123:
2124: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2125: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2126: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2127: site.<p>
1.57 louis 2128:
1.69 deraadt 2129: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
2130:
1.113 naddy 2131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 2132: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2133: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2134: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2135:
2136: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2137: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2138: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2139: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2140: <p>
1.15 louis 2141:
1.113 naddy 2142: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2143: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2144: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2145: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2146:
2147: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2148: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2149: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2150: columns."
1.113 naddy 2151: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2152:
1.69 deraadt 2153: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
2154:
1.113 naddy 2155: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2156: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2157: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2158: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2159:
2160: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2161: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2162:
1.113 naddy 2163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2164: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2165: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2166:
2167: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2168: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2169: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 2170:
1.69 deraadt 2171: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2172:
1.113 naddy 2173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2174: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2175: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2176: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2177:
1.222 miod 2178: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2179: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2180: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2181: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2182: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2183:
1.69 deraadt 2184: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
2185:
1.113 naddy 2186: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2187: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2188: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2189:
1.69 deraadt 2190: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2191: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2192: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2193:
1.69 deraadt 2194: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 2195:
1.113 naddy 2196: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2197: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2198: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2199: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2200:
2201: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2202: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2203: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2204:
1.113 naddy 2205: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
2206: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2207: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2208: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2209: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2210:
1.69 deraadt 2211: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
2212:
1.113 naddy 2213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2214: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2215: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2216: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2217: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2218: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2219:
2220: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2221: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2222: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2223: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2224: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2225: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2226:
2227: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
2228:
1.113 naddy 2229: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2230: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2231: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2232:
1.69 deraadt 2233: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2234: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2235: <p>
1.112 naddy 2236:
1.113 naddy 2237: </dl>
2238: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2239:
1.113 naddy 2240: <hr>
2241: <a name=se></a>
2242: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2243:
1.200 niklas 2244: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2245:
2246: <dl>
2247: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2248: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2249: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2250:
2251: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2252: <p>
2253:
2254: </dl>
2255:
2256: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2257:
2258: <dl>
2259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2260: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2261: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2262:
2263: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2264: <p>
2265:
2266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2267: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2268: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2269:
2270: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2271: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2272: <p>
2273:
2274: </dl>
2275:
2276: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2277:
2278: <dl>
2279: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2280: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2281: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2282:
2283: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2284: <p>
2285:
2286: </dl>
2287:
1.102 niklas 2288: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2289:
1.113 naddy 2290: <dl>
2291: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 2292: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2293: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2294:
2295: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2296: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2297: <p>
1.102 niklas 2298:
1.113 naddy 2299: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2300:
1.84 niklas 2301: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2302:
1.113 naddy 2303: <dl>
2304: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2305: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2306: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2307:
2308: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2309: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2310: <p>
1.84 niklas 2311:
1.113 naddy 2312: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2313:
1.69 deraadt 2314: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2315:
1.113 naddy 2316: <dl>
2317: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2318: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2319: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2320:
1.222 miod 2321: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2322: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2323: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2324: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2325:
1.113 naddy 2326: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2327: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2328: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2329: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2330: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2331:
1.20 louis 2332: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2333: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2334: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2335: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2336: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2337:
1.113 naddy 2338: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2339:
1.113 naddy 2340: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2341: <a name=fi></a>
2342: <h3><font color=#e00000>Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
2343:
2344: <dl>
2345:
2346: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2347:
2348: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2349: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2350: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2351:
2352: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2353: will be removed from OpenBSD.
2354: </dl>
2355:
2356: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2357: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2358:
1.113 naddy 2359: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2360:
1.113 naddy 2361: <dl>
1.20 louis 2362:
1.170 louis 2363: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2364:
2365: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2366: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2367: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2368: </strong></font><br>
2369:
2370: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2371: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2372: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2373: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2374: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2375: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2376: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2377: <p>
2378:
1.69 deraadt 2379: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2380:
1.113 naddy 2381: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2382: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2383: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2384: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2385:
2386: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2387: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2388: translating and reprinting articles from
2389: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2390: <p>
1.112 naddy 2391:
1.113 naddy 2392: </dl>
1.20 louis 2393:
1.113 naddy 2394: <hr>
2395: <a name=de></a>
2396: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2397: <dl>
1.50 louis 2398:
1.151 louis 2399: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2400:
2401: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2402: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2403: </strong></font><br>
2404:
2405: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2406: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2407: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2408: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2409: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2410:
2411: <p>
2412:
1.72 louis 2413: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2414:
1.113 naddy 2415: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2416: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2417: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2418: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2419:
1.101 jufi 2420: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2421: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2422: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2423: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2424: Giving way to
2425: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2426: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2427: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2428: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2429: <p>
1.72 louis 2430:
1.69 deraadt 2431: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2432:
1.113 naddy 2433: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2434: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2435: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2436: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2437:
2438: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2439: <p>
2440: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2441:
1.50 louis 2442:
1.113 naddy 2443: <hr>
2444: <a name=ru></a>
2445: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2446: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2447:
1.69 deraadt 2448: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2449:
1.113 naddy 2450: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2451: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2452: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2453: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2454:
2455: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2456: <p>
1.62 form 2457:
1.69 deraadt 2458: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2459:
1.113 naddy 2460: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2461: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2462: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2463: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2464:
1.59 form 2465: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2466: <p>
1.112 naddy 2467:
1.113 naddy 2468: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2469:
1.113 naddy 2470: <hr>
2471: <a name=pl></a>
2472: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2473: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2474:
1.113 naddy 2475: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2476: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2477: Radio, August 2, 2000
2478: </strong></font><br>
2479:
2480: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2481: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2482: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2483: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2484: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2485: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2486: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2487: <p>
2488:
2489: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2490: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2491: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2492: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2493: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2494:
2495: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2496: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2497: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2498: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2499: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2500: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2501: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2502: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2503: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2504: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2505: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2506: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2507: <p>
2508: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2509:
1.113 naddy 2510: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2511: <a name=es></a>
2512: <h3><font color=#e00000>Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
2513: <dl>
2514:
2515: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
2516:
2517: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2518: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2519: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2520: </strong></font><br>
2521:
2522: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2523: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2524: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2525: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2526: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2527: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2528: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2529: <p>
2530: </dl>
2531:
2532:
2533: <hr>
2534: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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