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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>
1.232 ! jufi 37: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
! 38: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
! 39: </strong></font><br>
! 40: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
! 41: on the desktop of his parents.
! 42: <p>
! 43:
! 44: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.229 jufi 45: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 46: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 47: </strong></font><br>
48: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
49: using IPFilter.
50:
51: <p>
52:
53: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
54: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
55: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
56: </strong></font><br>
57: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
58: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
59: perspectives of the four OS.
60: <br>
61: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
62: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPSec or Kerberos.
63: <p>
64:
65: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.228 horacio 66: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
67: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
68: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
69: </strong></font><br>
70:
71: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
72: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
73: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
74: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
75: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
76: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
77: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
78: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
79: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
80: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
81: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
82: security conscious team beyond doubt.
83: <p>
84:
1.225 horacio 85: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
86:
87: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
88: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
89: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 90: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 91: </strong></font><br>
92:
93: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
94: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
95: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 96: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 97: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
98: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
99: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
100: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
101: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
102: services provider bussiness ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
103: of choice.
104: <p>
105:
106: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
107:
108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
109: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
110: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
111: </strong></font><br>
112:
113: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
114: <p>
115:
1.226 horacio 116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
117: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
118: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, January 18, 2001
119: </strong></font><br>
120:
121: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
122: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
123: <p>
1.225 horacio 124:
1.218 horacio 125: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
126:
127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 horacio 128: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
129: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
130: </strong></font><br>
131:
132: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
133: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
134: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
135: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
136: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
137: subjects. Worth a read.
138: <p>
139:
140:
141: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.218 horacio 142: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 143: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 144: </strong></font><br>
145:
146: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
147: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
148: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
149: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
150: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
151: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
152: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
153: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
154: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 155: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 156: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
157: on other operating systems.<br>
158: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
159: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
160: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
161: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
162: <p>
163:
1.221 horacio 164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 165: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
166: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
167: </strong></font><br>
168:
169: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
170: covering the level of software integration into the core
171: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
172: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
173: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
174: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
175: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
176: <p>
177:
178: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.221 horacio 179: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
180: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
181: </strong></font><br>
182:
183: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
184: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
185: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
186: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
187: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
188: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
189: <p>
190:
1.210 jufi 191: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 192:
1.210 jufi 193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 194: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
195: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
196: </strong></font><br>
197:
198: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
199: source software in response to an article which claimed that
200: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
201: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
202: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
203: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
204: <p>
205:
206: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.224 horacio 207: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 208: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
209: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 210:
1.224 horacio 211: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
212: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
213: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
214: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
215: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
216: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 217: <p>
218:
219: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
220:
221: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 222: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
223: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
224: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
225: </strong></font><br>
226:
227: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
228: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 229: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 230: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
231: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
232: investment</em>.<br>
233: The implementation details can be seen on their
234: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
235: <p>
236:
237: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 238: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
239: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
240: </strong></font><br>
241:
242: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
243: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
244: security and says that even secured operating systems running
245: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
246: to time.<br>
247: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
248: system and just the most secure system.
249: <p>
250:
251: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
252: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
253: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
254: </strong></font><br>
255:
256: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
257: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
258: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
259: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
260: choice:<br>
261: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
262: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
263: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
264: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
265: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
266: network security devices and as such must be well
267: armored."</em><br>
268: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
269: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
270: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
271: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
272: <br>
273: Bravo!
274: <p>
1.210 jufi 275:
1.207 ian 276: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 277:
1.207 ian 278: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
279: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
280: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
281: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 282:
1.207 ian 283: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
284: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 285: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 286: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
287: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
288: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 289: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 290: <p>
1.207 ian 291:
1.194 jufi 292: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
293:
294: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 295: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
296: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
297: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 298:
1.213 horacio 299: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb adresses the question
300: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
301: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
302: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
303: <p>
304:
305: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 306: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 307: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
308: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
309: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 310:
1.201 horacio 311: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF licence and
1.206 ian 312: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 313: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
314: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
315: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 316: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 317: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
318: <br>
319: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
320: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
321: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
322: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.194 jufi 326: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
327: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 328: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 329: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 330:
1.194 jufi 331: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
332: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
333: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
334: <br>
335: The new
336: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 337: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 338: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
339: <p>
1.194 jufi 340:
1.190 horacio 341: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
342:
343: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 344:
345: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
346: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
347:
348: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
349: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
350:
351: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
352: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
353:
1.212 horacio 354: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
355: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 356: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
357:
1.211 horacio 358: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
359: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 360: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
361:
362: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
363: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
364:
365: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
366: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
367:
1.212 horacio 368: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
369: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 370: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
371:
372: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
373: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
374:
375: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
376: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
377:
378: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
379: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
380:
381: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 382: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 383:
1.192 jufi 384: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
385: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 386: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 387:
1.193 deraadt 388: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
389: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 390: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 391:
1.196 deraadt 392: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
393: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
394:
1.198 pvalchev 395: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
396: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
397: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
398:
1.213 horacio 399: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
400: 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>,
401: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
402:
1.190 horacio 403: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 404: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
405: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
406: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
407: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
408: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
409: <p>
1.190 horacio 410:
1.191 jufi 411: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 412: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
413: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
414: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 415: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 416:
1.195 jufi 417: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 418: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
419: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
420: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 421: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
422: <p>
423:
424: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 425: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 426: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
427: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
428: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 429:
1.191 jufi 430: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
431: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
432: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
433: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 434: <p>
435:
1.191 jufi 436:
1.186 jufi 437: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 438:
1.186 jufi 439: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
440: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 441: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
442: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 443: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 444:
1.188 jufi 445: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 446: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 447: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 448: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
449: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 450: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 451: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 452: <p>
453:
1.191 jufi 454:
455: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.220 horacio 456: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
457: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
458: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 459: </strong></font><br>
460:
461: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
462: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
463: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
464: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
465: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
466: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
467: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
468: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
469: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
470: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
471: familiar?
472: <p>
473:
1.178 louis 474: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
475:
476: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 477: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
478: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 479: </strong></font><br>
480:
481: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
482: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
483: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
484: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
485: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
486: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
487: <p>
488:
1.179 louis 489: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
490: <a
1.182 louis 491: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
492: </strong></font><br>
493:
494: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
495: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
496: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
497: <p>
498:
499: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
500: <a
1.179 louis 501: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
502: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
503: </strong></font><br>
504:
505: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
506: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
507: <p>
508:
1.174 louis 509:
1.175 louis 510: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
511:
512: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
513: <a
1.179 louis 514: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
515: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
516: </strong></font><br>
517:
518: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
519: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
520: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
521: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
522: <p>
523:
524: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
525: <a
1.183 ian 526: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 527: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
528: </strong></font><br>
529:
530: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 531: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 532: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
533: <p>
534:
1.176 louis 535:
1.172 mickey 536: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
537:
538: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 539: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 540: </strong></font><br>
541:
542: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
543: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
544: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 545: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 546: <p>
547:
548: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
549: <a
1.174 louis 550: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
551: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
552: </strong></font><br>
553:
554: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
555: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
556: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
557: <p>
558:
559: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
560: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
561: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
562: </strong></font><br>
563:
564: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
565: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
566: <p>
567:
568: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
569: <a
570: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
571: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
572: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
573: </strong></font><br>
574:
575: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
576: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
577: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
578: our own Theo de Raadt.
579: <p>
580:
581: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
582: <a
583: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
584: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
585: </strong></font><br>
586:
587: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
588: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
589: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
590: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
591: shut down.]
592: <p>
593:
594: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
595: <a
1.226 horacio 596: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
597: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 598: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 599: </strong></font><br>
600:
601: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
602: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
603: <p>
604:
1.161 louis 605: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
606:
1.175 louis 607: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
608: <a
609: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
610: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
611: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
612: </strong></font><br>
613:
614: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
615: by John Wolley
616: <p>
617:
618: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
619: <a
620: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
621: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
622: </strong></font><br>
623:
624: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
625: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
626: OpenBSD).
627: <p>
628:
1.161 louis 629: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
630: <a
1.171 louis 631: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
632: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
633: </strong></font><br>
634:
635: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
636: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
637: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
638: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
639: and hindsight.
640: <p>
641:
642: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 643: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
644: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
645: </strong></font><br>
646:
647: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
648: <p>
649:
650: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.171 louis 651: <a
1.168 provos 652: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
653: December 7, 2000
654: </strong></font><br>
655:
656: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
657: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
658: us explain.
659: <p>
660:
661: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 662: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001206.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 663: <u>System and Network Security - Kernel Options</u>,
1.211 horacio 664: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 665: December 6, 2000
666: </strong></font><br>
667:
668: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
669: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
670: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
671: <p>
672:
673: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
674: <a
1.226 horacio 675: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
676: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 677: </strong></font><br>
678:
679: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 680: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 681: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 682: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
683: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
684: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 685: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 686: <p>
1.162 millert 687:
688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
689: <a
1.161 louis 690: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
691: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
692: </strong></font><br>
693:
694: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
695: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
696: <p>
697:
1.169 louis 698: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 horacio 699: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
700: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
701: </strong></font><br>
702:
703: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
704: <p>
705:
706:
707: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.169 louis 708: <a
1.226 horacio 709: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
710: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
711: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 712: </strong></font><br>
713:
714: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
715: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
716: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
717: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
718: <p>
719:
1.158 louis 720: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 721:
722: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 723: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
724: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 725: </strong></font><br>
726:
727: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
728: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
729: <p>
730:
731: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 732: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
733: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
734: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 735: </strong></font><br>
736: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
737: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
738: <p>
739:
740: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
741: <a
742: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
743: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
744: </strong></font><br>
745:
746: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
747: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
748: <p>
749:
750: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 751: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 752: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
753: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 754:
1.213 horacio 755: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 756: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
757: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
758: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
759: <p>
1.215 horacio 760:
1.174 louis 761: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
762: <a
763: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
764: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
765: </strong></font><br>
766:
767: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
768: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
769: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
770: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
771: much of the attitude too).
772: <p>
1.161 louis 773:
774: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 775: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 776: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 777: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 778:
1.157 louis 779: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
780: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
781: <p>
782:
783: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
784:
785: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 786: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 787: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 788: </strong></font><br>
789:
790: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
791: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
792: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
793: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
794: <p>
795:
796: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
797: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
798: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
799: </strong></font><br>
800:
801: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
802: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
803: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
804: it because they love coding...
805: <p>
806:
807: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
808: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
809: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
810: </strong></font><br>
811:
812: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
813: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
814: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
815: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
816: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
817: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
818: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
819: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
820: <p>
821:
822: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 823: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
824: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
825: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 826: </strong></font><br>
827:
828: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
829: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
830: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
831: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
832: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
833: the pizza.
834: <p>
835:
836: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 837: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
838: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
839: </strong></font><br>
840:
841: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
842: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
843: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
844: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
845: problems.
846: <p>
847:
848: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 849: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
850: </strong></font><br>
851:
1.222 miod 852: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 853: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
854: - whether they like it or not.
855: <p>
856:
857: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 858: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
859: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 860: </strong></font><br>
861:
862: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
863: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
864: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 865: <p>
1.148 aaron 866:
867: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 868: <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 869: </strong></font><br>
870:
871: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
872: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
873: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
874: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
875: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
876: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
877: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
878: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
879: <p>
880:
881: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 882: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
883: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 884: </strong></font><br>
885:
886: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
887: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
888: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
889: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
890: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
891: <p>
892:
1.138 louis 893: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
894:
895: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 896: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
897: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
898: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
899: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 900: </strong></font><br>
901:
1.227 horacio 902: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 903: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
904: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
905: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
906: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
907: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
908: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
909: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 910: <p>
911:
912: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.231 jufi 913: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 914: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 915: </strong></font><br>
916:
917: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
918: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
919: groups, and even Linux.
920: <p>
921:
922: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 923: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
924: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 925: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
926: </strong></font><br>
927:
928: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
929: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
930: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
931: library after installing the OS.
932: <p>
933:
934: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 935: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 936: Sys Admin, September 2000
937: </strong></font><br>
938:
939: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
940: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
941: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
942: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
943: (<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>,
944: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
945: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
946: <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 947: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 948: out of the system.
949: <p>
950:
1.144 louis 951: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
952: <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
953: </strong></font><br>
954:
955: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 956: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
957: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
958: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
959: the IP filtering and address translation.
960: <p>
961:
1.131 louis 962: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
963:
964: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 965: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
966: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
967: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 968: </strong></font><br>
969:
970: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
971: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
972: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
973: <p>
974:
975: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 976: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
977: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
978: </strong></font><br>
979:
980: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
981: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
982: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
983: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
984: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
985: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
986: note of"</i>.
987: <p>
988:
989: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 990: <a
991: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
992: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
993: </strong></font><br>
994:
995: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
996: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
997: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
998: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
999: <p>
1000:
1001: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1002: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1003: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1004: </strong></font><br>
1005:
1006: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1007: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1008: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1009: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1010: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1011: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1012: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1013: <p>
1014:
1015: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 1016: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1017: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1018: 2000
1019: </strong></font><br>
1020:
1021: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1022: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1023: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1024: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1025: against current industry practices.
1026: <p>
1027:
1028: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 1029: <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
1030: </strong></font><br>
1031:
1032: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1033: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1034: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1035: <p>
1036:
1037: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 1038: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1039: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1040: </strong></font><br>
1041:
1042: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1043: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1044: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1045: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1046: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1047: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1048: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1049: <p>
1050:
1051: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 1052: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1053: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1054: </strong></font><br>
1055:
1056: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1057: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1058: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1059: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1060: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1061: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1062: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1063: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1064: <p>
1065:
1.118 louis 1066: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1067:
1068: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1069: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1070: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1071: </strong></font><br>
1072:
1073: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1074: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1075: about time. The article mentions that
1076: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1077: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1078: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1079: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1080: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1081: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1082: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1083: <p>
1084:
1085: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1086: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1087: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1088: </strong></font><br>
1089:
1090: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1091: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1092: of OpenSSH.
1093: <p>
1094:
1095: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1096: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1097: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1098: </strong></font><br>
1099:
1100: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1101: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1102: bridging.
1103: <p>
1104:
1105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1106: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1107: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1108: </strong></font><br>
1109:
1.121 deraadt 1110: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1111: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1112: <p>
1113:
1114: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1115: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1116: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1117: </strong></font><br>
1118:
1119: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1120: <p>
1121:
1122: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 1123: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1124: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1125: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1126: </strong></font><br>
1127:
1.120 deraadt 1128: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1129: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1130: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1131: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1132: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1133: <p>
1134:
1135: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 1136: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1137: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1138: </strong></font><br>
1139:
1.222 miod 1140: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1141: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1142: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1143: protocols and their quirks.
1144: <p>
1145:
1146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1147: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1148: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1149: </strong></font><br>
1150:
1151: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1152: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1153: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1154: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1155: <p>
1156:
1157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 1158: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1159: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1160: </strong></font><br>
1161:
1162: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1163: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1164: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1165: <p>
1166:
1167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1168: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1169: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1170: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1171: </strong></font><br>
1172:
1173: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1174: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1175: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1176: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1177: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1178: <p>
1179:
1.104 louis 1180: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1181:
1.113 naddy 1182: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 1183: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1184: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1185: </strong></font><br>
1186:
1187: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1188: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1189: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1190: be a bit dry.
1191: <p>
1192:
1193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 1194: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1195: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1196: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1197: </strong></font><br>
1198: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1199: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1200: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1201: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1202: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1203: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1204: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1205: <p>
1206:
1207: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1208: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1209: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1210: 2000
1.128 louis 1211: </strong></font><br>
1212:
1213: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1214: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1215: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1216: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1217: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1218: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1219: <p>
1220:
1221: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1222: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1223: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1224: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1225:
1226: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1227: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1228: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1229: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1230: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1231: <p>
1.110 louis 1232:
1.117 louis 1233: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1234: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1235: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1236: </strong></font><br>
1237:
1238: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1239: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1240: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1241: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1242: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1243: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1244: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1245: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1246: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1247: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1248: <p>
1249:
1.113 naddy 1250: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 1251: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1252: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1253:
1254: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1255: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1256: <p>
1.108 louis 1257:
1.113 naddy 1258: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 1259: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1260: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1261: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1262:
1263: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1264: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1265: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1266: <p>
1.106 louis 1267:
1.113 naddy 1268: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 1269: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1270: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1271: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1272:
1273: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1274: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1275: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1276: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1277: <p>
1.107 louis 1278:
1.113 naddy 1279: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1280: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1281: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1282: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1283:
1284: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1285: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1286: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1287: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1288: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1289: <p>
1.105 louis 1290:
1.113 naddy 1291: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 1292: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1293: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1294: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1295:
1.113 naddy 1296: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1297: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1298: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1299: <p>
1.104 louis 1300:
1.121 deraadt 1301: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1302: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1303: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1304: </strong></font><br>
1305:
1306: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1307: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1308: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1309: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1310: <p>
1311:
1.85 louis 1312: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1313:
1.113 naddy 1314: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1315: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1316: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1317: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1318:
1319: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1320: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1321: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1322: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1323: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1324: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1325: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1326: <p>
1.99 louis 1327:
1.113 naddy 1328: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1329: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1330: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1331: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1332:
1333: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1334: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1335: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1336: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1337: <p>
1.100 louis 1338:
1.113 naddy 1339: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1340: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1341: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1342: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1343:
1344: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1345: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1346: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1347: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1348: <p>
1.95 louis 1349:
1.113 naddy 1350: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1351: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1352: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1353: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1354:
1355: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1356: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1357: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1358: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1359: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1360: <p>
1.92 louis 1361:
1.113 naddy 1362: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1363: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1364: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1365: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1366:
1367: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1368: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1369: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1370: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1371: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1372: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1373: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1374: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1375: <p>
1.91 louis 1376:
1.113 naddy 1377: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1378: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1379: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1380: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1381:
1382: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1383: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1384: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1385: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1386: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1387: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1388: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1389: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1390: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1391: <p>
1.90 louis 1392:
1.113 naddy 1393: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1394: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1395: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1396: </strong></font><br>
1397: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1398: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1399: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1400: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1401: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1402: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1403: <p>
1404:
1405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1406: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1407: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1408: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1409:
1.113 naddy 1410: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1411: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1412: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1413: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1414: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1415: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1416: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1417: <p>
1.87 louis 1418:
1.113 naddy 1419: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1420: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1421: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1422: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1423:
1424: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1425: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1426: <p>
1.85 louis 1427:
1.113 naddy 1428: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1429: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1430: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1431: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1432:
1433: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1434: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1435: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1436: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1437: <p>
1.89 louis 1438:
1.113 naddy 1439: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1440: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1441: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1442: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1443:
1444: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1445: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1446: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1447: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1448: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1449:
1.78 deraadt 1450: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1451:
1.113 naddy 1452: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1453: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1454: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1455: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1456: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1457:
1458: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1459: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1460: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1461: <p>
1.83 louis 1462:
1.113 naddy 1463: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1464: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1465: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1466: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1467:
1468: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1469: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1470: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1471: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1472: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1473: <p>
1.93 louis 1474:
1.113 naddy 1475: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1476: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1477: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1478: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1479: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1480:
1.83 louis 1481: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1482: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1483: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1484: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1485: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1486: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1487: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1488: <p>
1.82 aaron 1489:
1.113 naddy 1490: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1491: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1492: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1493: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1494:
1.83 louis 1495: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1496: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1497: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1498: <p>
1.80 louis 1499:
1.113 naddy 1500: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1501: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1502: Bad Press</a>,
1503: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1504: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1505:
1506: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1507: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1508: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1509: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1510: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1511: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1512:
1513: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1514:
1.113 naddy 1515: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1516: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1517: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1518: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1519: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1520:
1521: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1522: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1523: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1524: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1525: <p>
1.74 louis 1526:
1.113 naddy 1527: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1528: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1529: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1530: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1531:
1.219 horacio 1532: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1533: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1534: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1535: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1536: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1537: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1538: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1539: <p>
1.88 louis 1540:
1.113 naddy 1541: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1542: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1543: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1544: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1545:
1546: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1547: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1548: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1549: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1550: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1551: <p>
1.81 louis 1552:
1.113 naddy 1553: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1554: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1555: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1556: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1557:
1558: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1559: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1560: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1561: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1562: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1563: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1564: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1565: <p>
1.90 louis 1566:
1.113 naddy 1567: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1568: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1569: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1570: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1571:
1572: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1573: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1574: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1575: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1576: <p>
1.71 louis 1577:
1.69 deraadt 1578: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1579:
1.113 naddy 1580: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1581: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1582: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1583: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1584:
1585: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1586: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1587: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1588: <p>
1.70 louis 1589:
1.113 naddy 1590: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1591: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1592: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1593: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1594:
1595: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1596: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1597: <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 1598: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1599: <p>
1.68 louis 1600:
1.113 naddy 1601: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1602: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1603: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1604: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1605: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1606:
1.111 jufi 1607: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1608: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1609: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1610: "secure by default" installation.
1611: <p>
1.64 louis 1612:
1.113 naddy 1613: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1614: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1615: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1616: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1617:
1.113 naddy 1618: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1619: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1620: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1621: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1622: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1623: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1624: <p>
1.66 louis 1625:
1.113 naddy 1626: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1627: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1628: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1629: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1630:
1631: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1632: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1633: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1634: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1635: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1636: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1637: <p>
1.83 louis 1638:
1.113 naddy 1639: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1640: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1641: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1642: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1643:
1644: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1645: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1646: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1647: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1648: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1649: <p>
1.64 louis 1650:
1.113 naddy 1651: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1652: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1653: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1654: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1655:
1656: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1657: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1658: <p>
1.65 louis 1659:
1.69 deraadt 1660: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1661:
1.113 naddy 1662: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1663: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1664: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1665: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1666:
1667: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1668: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1669: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1670: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1671: <p>
1.88 louis 1672:
1.113 naddy 1673: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1674: <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 1675: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1676:
1677: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1678: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1679: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1680: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1681: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1682: <p>
1.60 louis 1683:
1.113 naddy 1684: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1685: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1686: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1687: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1688: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1689:
1690: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1691: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1692: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1693: <p>
1.58 louis 1694:
1.113 naddy 1695: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1696: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1697: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1698:
1699: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1700: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1701: <p>
1.53 louis 1702:
1.113 naddy 1703: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1704: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1705: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1706: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1707:
1708: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1709: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1710: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1711: <p>
1.99 louis 1712:
1.113 naddy 1713: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1714: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1715: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1716:
1717: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1718: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1719: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1720: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1721: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1722:
1.113 naddy 1723: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1724: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
1725: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 1726: </strong></font><br>
1727:
1728: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1729: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1730: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1731: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1732: <p>
1733:
1734: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1735: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1736: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1737: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1738:
1739: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1740: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1741: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1742:
1.113 naddy 1743: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1744: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1745: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1746:
1747: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1748: in
1.113 naddy 1749: <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 1750: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1751: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1752: <p>
1.53 louis 1753:
1.113 naddy 1754: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1755: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1756: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1757: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1758: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1759:
1.58 louis 1760: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1761: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1762:
1.69 deraadt 1763: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1764:
1.113 naddy 1765: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1766: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
1767: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
1768: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1769: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1770:
1.58 louis 1771: Kurt Seifried
1772: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1773: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1774: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1775: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1776:
1.113 naddy 1777: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1778: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1779: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1780: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1781:
1782: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1783: <p>
1.96 louis 1784:
1.113 naddy 1785: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1786: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1787: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1788: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1789:
1790: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1791: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1792: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1793: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1794: <p>
1.86 louis 1795:
1.69 deraadt 1796: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1797:
1.113 naddy 1798: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1799: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1800: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1801: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1802:
1803: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1804: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1805: <p>
1.61 louis 1806:
1.113 naddy 1807: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1808: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1809: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1810: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1811: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1812:
1813: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1814: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1815: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1816: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1817: right -- or at least strives to".
1818: <p>
1.48 louis 1819:
1.113 naddy 1820: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1821: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1822: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1823: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1824: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1825: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1826: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1827: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1828: <p>
1.61 louis 1829:
1.113 naddy 1830: <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 1831: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1832: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1833:
1834: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1835: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1836: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1837: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1838: <p>
1.46 louis 1839:
1.113 naddy 1840: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 1841: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
1842: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1843: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1844:
1845: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1846: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1847: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1848:
1.113 naddy 1849: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1850: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1851: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1852: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1853:
1854: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1855: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1856: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1857: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1858: <p>
1.70 louis 1859:
1.69 deraadt 1860: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1861:
1.211 horacio 1862: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1863: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
1864: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 1865: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1866: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1867:
1868: Kurt Seifried
1869: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1870: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1871: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1872: <p>
1.44 philen 1873:
1.113 naddy 1874: <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 1875: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1876: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1877:
1878: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1879: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1880:
1.113 naddy 1881: <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 1882: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1883: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1884:
1885: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1886: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1887:
1.113 naddy 1888: <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 1889: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1890: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1891:
1892: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1893: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1894: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1895: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1896: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1897:
1.113 naddy 1898: <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 1899: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1900: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1901:
1.36 louis 1902: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1903: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1904:
1.113 naddy 1905: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1906: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1907: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1908: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1909:
1910: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1911: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1912:
1.69 deraadt 1913: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1914:
1.113 naddy 1915: <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 1916: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1917: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1918:
1919: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1920: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1921: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1922:
1.113 naddy 1923: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1924: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1925: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1926: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1927:
1928: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1929: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1930: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1931: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1932: <blockquote>
1933: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1934: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1935: <br>
1936: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1937: </code>
1938: </blockquote>
1939: <p>
1940:
1941: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1942: <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>
1943: <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
1944: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1945:
1946: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1947: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1948: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1949: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1950:
1.113 naddy 1951: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1952: <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 1953: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1954:
1955: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1956: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1957: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1958: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1959: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1960: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1961: <p>
1.19 louis 1962:
1.113 naddy 1963: <li><strong>
1964: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1965: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1966:
1967: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1968: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1969: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1970: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1971: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1972: <p>
1.16 louis 1973:
1.113 naddy 1974: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1975: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1976: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1977: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1978:
1.57 louis 1979: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1980: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
1981: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 1982: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 1983:
1.113 naddy 1984: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1985: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 1986: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 1987: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1988:
1.113 naddy 1989: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 1990:
1.113 naddy 1991: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1992: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
1993: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 1994: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 1995:
1.23 louis 1996: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
1997: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
1998: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
1999: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2000: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 2001: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2002:
1.113 naddy 2003: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 2004: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2005: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2006: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2007:
1.199 pvalchev 2008: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2009: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2010: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2011: installation.
1.113 naddy 2012: <p>
1.47 louis 2013:
1.113 naddy 2014: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2015: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2016: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2017: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2018:
2019: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2020: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 2021:
1.69 deraadt 2022: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
2023:
1.113 naddy 2024: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2025: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2026: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2027: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2028:
2029: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2030: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2031: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2032: <p>
1.12 louis 2033:
1.113 naddy 2034: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2035: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2036: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2037: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2038:
2039: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2040: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2041: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2042: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2043: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2044: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2045: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2046: <p>
1.8 deraadt 2047:
1.69 deraadt 2048: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 2049:
1.113 naddy 2050: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2051: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2052: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2053:
2054: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2055: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2056: available."
1.113 naddy 2057: <p>
1.6 deraadt 2058:
1.69 deraadt 2059: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
2060:
1.113 naddy 2061: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 2062: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2063: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2064:
2065: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2066: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2067: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2068: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2069: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2070: <p>
1.33 louis 2071:
1.113 naddy 2072: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2073: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2074: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2075: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2076:
1.113 naddy 2077: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2078: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2079: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2080: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2081: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2082: <p>
1.57 louis 2083:
1.69 deraadt 2084: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
2085:
1.113 naddy 2086: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2087: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2088: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2089: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2090:
2091: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2092: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2093: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2094:
1.113 naddy 2095: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 2096: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2097: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2098: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2099: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2100:
2101: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2102: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2103:
1.113 naddy 2104: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2105: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2106:
1.113 naddy 2107: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2108:
1.113 naddy 2109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 2110: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2111: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2112: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2113:
2114: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2115: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 2116:
1.69 deraadt 2117: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
2118:
1.113 naddy 2119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2120: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2121: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2122:
2123: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2124: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2125: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2126:
1.113 naddy 2127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2128: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2129: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2130: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2131:
2132: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2133: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2134: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2135: site.<p>
1.57 louis 2136:
1.69 deraadt 2137: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
2138:
1.113 naddy 2139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 2140: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2141: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2142: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2143:
2144: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2145: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2146: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2147: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2148: <p>
1.15 louis 2149:
1.113 naddy 2150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2151: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2152: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2153: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2154:
2155: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2156: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2157: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2158: columns."
1.113 naddy 2159: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2160:
1.69 deraadt 2161: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
2162:
1.113 naddy 2163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2164: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2165: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2166: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2167:
2168: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2169: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2170:
1.113 naddy 2171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2172: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2173: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2174:
2175: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2176: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2177: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 2178:
1.69 deraadt 2179: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2180:
1.113 naddy 2181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2182: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2183: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2184: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2185:
1.222 miod 2186: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2187: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2188: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2189: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2190: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2191:
1.69 deraadt 2192: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
2193:
1.113 naddy 2194: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2195: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2196: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2197:
1.69 deraadt 2198: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2199: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2200: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2201:
1.69 deraadt 2202: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 2203:
1.113 naddy 2204: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2205: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2206: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2207: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2208:
2209: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2210: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2211: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2212:
1.113 naddy 2213: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
2214: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2215: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2216: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2217: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2218:
1.69 deraadt 2219: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
2220:
1.113 naddy 2221: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2222: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2223: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2224: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2225: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2226: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2227:
2228: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2229: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2230: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2231: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2232: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2233: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2234:
2235: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
2236:
1.113 naddy 2237: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2238: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2239: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2240:
1.69 deraadt 2241: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2242: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2243: <p>
1.112 naddy 2244:
1.113 naddy 2245: </dl>
2246: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2247:
1.113 naddy 2248: <hr>
2249: <a name=se></a>
2250: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2251:
1.200 niklas 2252: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2253:
2254: <dl>
2255: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2256: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2257: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2258:
2259: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2260: <p>
2261:
2262: </dl>
2263:
2264: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2265:
2266: <dl>
2267: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2268: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2269: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2270:
2271: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2272: <p>
2273:
2274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2275: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2276: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2277:
2278: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2279: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2280: <p>
2281:
2282: </dl>
2283:
2284: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2285:
2286: <dl>
2287: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2288: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2289: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2290:
2291: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2292: <p>
2293:
2294: </dl>
2295:
1.102 niklas 2296: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2297:
1.113 naddy 2298: <dl>
2299: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 2300: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2301: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2302:
2303: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2304: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2305: <p>
1.102 niklas 2306:
1.113 naddy 2307: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2308:
1.84 niklas 2309: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2310:
1.113 naddy 2311: <dl>
2312: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2313: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2314: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2315:
2316: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2317: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2318: <p>
1.84 niklas 2319:
1.113 naddy 2320: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2321:
1.69 deraadt 2322: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2323:
1.113 naddy 2324: <dl>
2325: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2326: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2327: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2328:
1.222 miod 2329: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2330: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2331: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2332: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2333:
1.113 naddy 2334: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2335: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2336: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2337: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2338: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2339:
1.20 louis 2340: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2341: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2342: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2343: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2344: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2345:
1.113 naddy 2346: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2347:
1.113 naddy 2348: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2349: <a name=fi></a>
2350: <h3><font color=#e00000>Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
2351:
2352: <dl>
2353:
2354: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2355:
2356: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2357: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2358: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2359:
2360: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2361: will be removed from OpenBSD.
2362: </dl>
2363:
2364: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2365: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2366:
1.113 naddy 2367: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2368:
1.113 naddy 2369: <dl>
1.20 louis 2370:
1.170 louis 2371: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2372:
2373: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2374: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2375: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2376: </strong></font><br>
2377:
2378: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2379: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2380: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2381: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2382: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2383: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2384: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2385: <p>
2386:
1.69 deraadt 2387: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2388:
1.113 naddy 2389: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2390: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2391: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2392: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2393:
2394: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2395: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2396: translating and reprinting articles from
2397: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2398: <p>
1.112 naddy 2399:
1.113 naddy 2400: </dl>
1.20 louis 2401:
1.113 naddy 2402: <hr>
2403: <a name=de></a>
2404: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2405: <dl>
1.50 louis 2406:
1.151 louis 2407: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2408:
2409: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2410: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2411: </strong></font><br>
2412:
2413: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2414: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2415: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2416: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2417: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2418:
2419: <p>
2420:
1.72 louis 2421: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2422:
1.113 naddy 2423: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2424: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2425: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2426: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2427:
1.101 jufi 2428: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2429: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2430: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2431: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2432: Giving way to
2433: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2434: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2435: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2436: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2437: <p>
1.72 louis 2438:
1.69 deraadt 2439: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2440:
1.113 naddy 2441: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2442: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2443: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2444: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2445:
2446: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2447: <p>
2448: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2449:
1.50 louis 2450:
1.113 naddy 2451: <hr>
2452: <a name=ru></a>
2453: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2454: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2455:
1.69 deraadt 2456: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2457:
1.113 naddy 2458: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2459: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2460: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.113 naddy 2461: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2462:
2463: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2464: <p>
1.62 form 2465:
1.69 deraadt 2466: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2467:
1.113 naddy 2468: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2469: Byte Magazine, Russia,
2470: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.113 naddy 2471: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2472:
1.59 form 2473: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2474: <p>
1.112 naddy 2475:
1.113 naddy 2476: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2477:
1.113 naddy 2478: <hr>
2479: <a name=pl></a>
2480: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2481: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2482:
1.113 naddy 2483: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2484: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2485: Radio, August 2, 2000
2486: </strong></font><br>
2487:
2488: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2489: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2490: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2491: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2492: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2493: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2494: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2495: <p>
2496:
2497: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2498: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2499: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2500: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2501: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2502:
2503: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2504: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2505: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2506: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2507: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2508: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2509: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2510: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2511: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2512: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2513: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2514: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2515: <p>
2516: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2517:
1.113 naddy 2518: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2519: <a name=es></a>
2520: <h3><font color=#e00000>Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
2521: <dl>
2522:
2523: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
2524:
2525: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2526: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2527: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2528: </strong></font><br>
2529:
2530: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2531: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2532: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2533: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2534: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2535: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2536: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2537: <p>
2538: </dl>
2539:
2540:
2541: <hr>
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