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31: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
32: <dl>
1.16 louis 33:
1.235 lebel 34: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
35:
36: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
37: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
38: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
39: </strong></font><br>
40: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
41: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
42: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
43: <p>
44:
1.228 horacio 45: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
46:
47: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.233 jufi 48: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
49: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
50: </strong></font><br>
51: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
52: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
53: <p>
54:
55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.232 jufi 56: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
57: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
58: </strong></font><br>
59: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
60: on the desktop of his parents.
61: <p>
62:
63: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.229 jufi 64: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 65: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 66: </strong></font><br>
67: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
68: using IPFilter.
69:
70: <p>
71:
72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
73: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
74: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
75: </strong></font><br>
76: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
77: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
78: perspectives of the four OS.
79: <br>
80: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
81: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPSec or Kerberos.
82: <p>
83:
84: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.228 horacio 85: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
86: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
87: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
88: </strong></font><br>
89:
90: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
91: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
92: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
93: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
94: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
95: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
96: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
97: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
98: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
99: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
100: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
101: security conscious team beyond doubt.
102: <p>
103:
1.225 horacio 104: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
105:
106: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
107: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
108: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 109: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 110: </strong></font><br>
111:
112: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
113: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
114: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 115: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 116: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
117: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
118: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
119: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
120: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
121: services provider bussiness ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
122: of choice.
123: <p>
124:
125: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
126:
127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
128: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
129: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
130: </strong></font><br>
131:
132: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
133: <p>
134:
1.226 horacio 135: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
136: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
137: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, January 18, 2001
138: </strong></font><br>
139:
140: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
141: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
142: <p>
1.225 horacio 143:
1.218 horacio 144: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
145:
146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 horacio 147: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
148: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
149: </strong></font><br>
150:
151: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
152: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
153: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
154: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
155: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
156: subjects. Worth a read.
157: <p>
158:
159:
160: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.218 horacio 161: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 162: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 163: </strong></font><br>
164:
165: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
166: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
167: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
168: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
169: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
170: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
171: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
172: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
173: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 174: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 175: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
176: on other operating systems.<br>
177: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
178: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
179: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
180: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
181: <p>
182:
1.221 horacio 183: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 184: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
185: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
186: </strong></font><br>
187:
188: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
189: covering the level of software integration into the core
190: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
191: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
192: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
193: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
194: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
195: <p>
196:
197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.221 horacio 198: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
199: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
200: </strong></font><br>
201:
202: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
203: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
204: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
205: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
206: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
207: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
208: <p>
209:
1.210 jufi 210: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 211:
1.210 jufi 212: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 213: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
214: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
215: </strong></font><br>
216:
217: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
218: source software in response to an article which claimed that
219: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
220: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
221: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
222: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
223: <p>
224:
225: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.224 horacio 226: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 227: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
228: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 229:
1.224 horacio 230: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
231: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
232: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
233: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
234: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
235: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 236: <p>
237:
238: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
239:
240: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 241: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
242: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
243: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
244: </strong></font><br>
245:
246: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
247: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 248: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 249: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
250: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
251: investment</em>.<br>
252: The implementation details can be seen on their
253: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
254: <p>
255:
256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 257: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
258: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
259: </strong></font><br>
260:
261: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
262: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
263: security and says that even secured operating systems running
264: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
265: to time.<br>
266: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
267: system and just the most secure system.
268: <p>
269:
270: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
271: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
272: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
273: </strong></font><br>
274:
275: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
276: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
277: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
278: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
279: choice:<br>
280: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
281: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
282: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
283: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
284: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
285: network security devices and as such must be well
286: armored."</em><br>
287: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
288: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
289: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
290: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
291: <br>
292: Bravo!
293: <p>
1.210 jufi 294:
1.207 ian 295: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 296:
1.207 ian 297: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
298: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
299: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
300: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 301:
1.207 ian 302: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
303: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 304: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 305: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
306: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
307: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 308: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 309: <p>
1.207 ian 310:
1.194 jufi 311: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
312:
313: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 314: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
315: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
316: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 317:
1.213 horacio 318: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb adresses the question
319: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
320: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
321: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
322: <p>
323:
324: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 325: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 326: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
327: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
328: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 329:
1.201 horacio 330: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF licence and
1.206 ian 331: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 332: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
333: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
334: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 335: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 336: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
337: <br>
338: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
339: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
340: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
341: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
342: <p>
343:
344: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.194 jufi 345: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
346: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 347: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 348: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 349:
1.194 jufi 350: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
351: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
352: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
353: <br>
354: The new
355: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 356: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 357: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
358: <p>
1.194 jufi 359:
1.190 horacio 360: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
361:
362: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 363:
364: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
365: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
366:
367: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
368: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
369:
370: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
371: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
372:
1.212 horacio 373: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
374: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 375: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
376:
1.211 horacio 377: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
378: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 379: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
380:
381: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
382: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
383:
384: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
385: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
386:
1.212 horacio 387: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
388: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 389: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
390:
391: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
392: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
393:
394: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
395: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
396:
397: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
398: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
399:
400: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 401: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 402:
1.192 jufi 403: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
404: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 405: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 406:
1.193 deraadt 407: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
408: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 409: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 410:
1.196 deraadt 411: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
412: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
413:
1.198 pvalchev 414: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
415: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
416: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
417:
1.213 horacio 418: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
419: 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>,
420: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
421:
1.190 horacio 422: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 423: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
424: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
425: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
426: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
427: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
428: <p>
1.190 horacio 429:
1.191 jufi 430: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 431: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
432: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
433: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 434: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 435:
1.195 jufi 436: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 437: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
438: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
439: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 440: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
441: <p>
442:
443: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 444: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 445: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
446: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
447: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 448:
1.191 jufi 449: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
450: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
451: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
452: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 453: <p>
454:
1.191 jufi 455:
1.186 jufi 456: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 457:
1.186 jufi 458: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
459: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 460: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
461: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 462: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 463:
1.188 jufi 464: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 465: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 466: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 467: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
468: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 469: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 470: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 471: <p>
472:
1.191 jufi 473:
474: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.220 horacio 475: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
476: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
477: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 478: </strong></font><br>
479:
480: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
481: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
482: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
483: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
484: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
485: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
486: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
487: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
488: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
489: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
490: familiar?
491: <p>
492:
1.178 louis 493: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
494:
495: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 496: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
497: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 498: </strong></font><br>
499:
500: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
501: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
502: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
503: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
504: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
505: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
506: <p>
507:
1.179 louis 508: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
509: <a
1.182 louis 510: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
511: </strong></font><br>
512:
513: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
514: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
515: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
516: <p>
517:
518: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
519: <a
1.179 louis 520: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
521: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
522: </strong></font><br>
523:
524: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
525: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
526: <p>
527:
1.174 louis 528:
1.175 louis 529: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
530:
531: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
532: <a
1.179 louis 533: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
534: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
535: </strong></font><br>
536:
537: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
538: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
539: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
540: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
541: <p>
542:
543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
544: <a
1.183 ian 545: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 546: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
547: </strong></font><br>
548:
549: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 550: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 551: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
552: <p>
553:
1.176 louis 554:
1.172 mickey 555: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
556:
557: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 558: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 559: </strong></font><br>
560:
561: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
562: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
563: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 564: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 565: <p>
566:
567: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
568: <a
1.174 louis 569: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
570: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
571: </strong></font><br>
572:
573: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
574: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
575: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
576: <p>
577:
578: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
579: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
580: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
581: </strong></font><br>
582:
583: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
584: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
585: <p>
586:
587: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
588: <a
589: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
590: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
591: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
592: </strong></font><br>
593:
594: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
595: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
596: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
597: our own Theo de Raadt.
598: <p>
599:
600: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
601: <a
602: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
603: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
604: </strong></font><br>
605:
606: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
607: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
608: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
609: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
610: shut down.]
611: <p>
612:
613: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
614: <a
1.226 horacio 615: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
616: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 617: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 618: </strong></font><br>
619:
620: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
621: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
622: <p>
623:
1.161 louis 624: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
625:
1.175 louis 626: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
627: <a
628: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
629: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
630: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
631: </strong></font><br>
632:
633: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
634: by John Wolley
635: <p>
636:
637: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
638: <a
639: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
640: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
641: </strong></font><br>
642:
643: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
644: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
645: OpenBSD).
646: <p>
647:
1.161 louis 648: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
649: <a
1.171 louis 650: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
651: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
652: </strong></font><br>
653:
654: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
655: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
656: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
657: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
658: and hindsight.
659: <p>
660:
661: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 662: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
663: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
664: </strong></font><br>
665:
666: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
667: <p>
668:
669: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.171 louis 670: <a
1.168 provos 671: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
672: December 7, 2000
673: </strong></font><br>
674:
675: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
676: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
677: us explain.
678: <p>
679:
680: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.234 jufi 681: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
682: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 683: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 684: December 6, 2000
685: </strong></font><br>
686:
687: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
688: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
689: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
690: <p>
691:
692: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
693: <a
1.226 horacio 694: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
695: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 696: </strong></font><br>
697:
698: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 699: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 700: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 701: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
702: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
703: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 704: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 705: <p>
1.162 millert 706:
707: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
708: <a
1.161 louis 709: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
710: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
711: </strong></font><br>
712:
713: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
714: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
715: <p>
716:
1.169 louis 717: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 horacio 718: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
719: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
720: </strong></font><br>
721:
722: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
723: <p>
724:
725:
726: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.169 louis 727: <a
1.226 horacio 728: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
729: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
730: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 731: </strong></font><br>
732:
733: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
734: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
735: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
736: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
737: <p>
738:
1.158 louis 739: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 740:
741: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 742: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
743: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 744: </strong></font><br>
745:
746: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
747: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
748: <p>
749:
750: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 751: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
752: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
753: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 754: </strong></font><br>
755: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
756: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
757: <p>
758:
759: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
760: <a
761: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
762: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
763: </strong></font><br>
764:
765: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
766: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
767: <p>
768:
769: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 770: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 771: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
772: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 773:
1.213 horacio 774: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 775: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
776: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
777: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
778: <p>
1.215 horacio 779:
1.174 louis 780: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
781: <a
782: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
783: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
784: </strong></font><br>
785:
786: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
787: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
788: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
789: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
790: much of the attitude too).
791: <p>
1.161 louis 792:
793: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 794: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 795: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 796: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 797:
1.157 louis 798: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
799: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
800: <p>
801:
802: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
803:
804: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 805: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 806: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 807: </strong></font><br>
808:
809: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
810: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
811: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
812: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
813: <p>
814:
815: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
816: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
817: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
818: </strong></font><br>
819:
820: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
821: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
822: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
823: it because they love coding...
824: <p>
825:
826: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
827: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
828: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
829: </strong></font><br>
830:
831: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
832: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
833: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
834: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
835: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
836: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
837: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
838: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
839: <p>
840:
841: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 842: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
843: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
844: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 845: </strong></font><br>
846:
847: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
848: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
849: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
850: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
851: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
852: the pizza.
853: <p>
854:
855: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 856: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
857: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
858: </strong></font><br>
859:
860: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
861: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
862: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
863: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
864: problems.
865: <p>
866:
867: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 868: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
869: </strong></font><br>
870:
1.222 miod 871: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 872: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
873: - whether they like it or not.
874: <p>
875:
876: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 877: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
878: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 879: </strong></font><br>
880:
881: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
882: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
883: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 884: <p>
1.148 aaron 885:
886: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 887: <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 888: </strong></font><br>
889:
890: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
891: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
892: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
893: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
894: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
895: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
896: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
897: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
898: <p>
899:
900: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 901: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
902: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 903: </strong></font><br>
904:
905: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
906: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
907: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
908: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
909: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
910: <p>
911:
1.138 louis 912: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
913:
914: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 915: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
916: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
917: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
918: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 919: </strong></font><br>
920:
1.227 horacio 921: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 922: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
923: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
924: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
925: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
926: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
927: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
928: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 929: <p>
930:
931: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.231 jufi 932: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 933: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 934: </strong></font><br>
935:
936: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
937: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
938: groups, and even Linux.
939: <p>
940:
941: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 942: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
943: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 944: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
945: </strong></font><br>
946:
947: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
948: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
949: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
950: library after installing the OS.
951: <p>
952:
953: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 954: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 955: Sys Admin, September 2000
956: </strong></font><br>
957:
958: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
959: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
960: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
961: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
962: (<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>,
963: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
964: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
965: <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 966: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 967: out of the system.
968: <p>
969:
1.144 louis 970: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
971: <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
972: </strong></font><br>
973:
974: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 975: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
976: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
977: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
978: the IP filtering and address translation.
979: <p>
980:
1.131 louis 981: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
982:
983: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 984: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
985: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
986: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 987: </strong></font><br>
988:
989: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
990: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
991: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
992: <p>
993:
994: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 995: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
996: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
997: </strong></font><br>
998:
999: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1000: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1001: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1002: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1003: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1004: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1005: note of"</i>.
1006: <p>
1007:
1008: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 1009: <a
1010: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1011: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1012: </strong></font><br>
1013:
1014: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1015: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1016: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1017: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1018: <p>
1019:
1020: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1021: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1022: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1023: </strong></font><br>
1024:
1025: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1026: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1027: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1028: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1029: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1030: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1031: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1032: <p>
1033:
1034: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 1035: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1036: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1037: 2000
1038: </strong></font><br>
1039:
1040: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1041: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1042: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1043: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1044: against current industry practices.
1045: <p>
1046:
1047: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 1048: <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
1049: </strong></font><br>
1050:
1051: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1052: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1053: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1054: <p>
1055:
1056: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 1057: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1058: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1059: </strong></font><br>
1060:
1061: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1062: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1063: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1064: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1065: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1066: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1067: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1068: <p>
1069:
1070: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 1071: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1072: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1073: </strong></font><br>
1074:
1075: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1076: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1077: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1078: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1079: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1080: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1081: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1082: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1083: <p>
1084:
1.118 louis 1085: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1086:
1087: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1088: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1089: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1090: </strong></font><br>
1091:
1092: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1093: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1094: about time. The article mentions that
1095: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1096: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1097: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1098: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1099: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1100: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1101: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1102: <p>
1103:
1104: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1105: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1106: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1107: </strong></font><br>
1108:
1109: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1110: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1111: of OpenSSH.
1112: <p>
1113:
1114: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1115: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1116: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1117: </strong></font><br>
1118:
1119: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1120: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1121: bridging.
1122: <p>
1123:
1124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1125: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1126: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1127: </strong></font><br>
1128:
1.121 deraadt 1129: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1130: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1131: <p>
1132:
1133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1134: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1135: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1136: </strong></font><br>
1137:
1138: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1139: <p>
1140:
1141: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 1142: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1143: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1144: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1145: </strong></font><br>
1146:
1.120 deraadt 1147: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1148: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1149: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1150: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1151: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1152: <p>
1153:
1154: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 1155: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1156: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1157: </strong></font><br>
1158:
1.222 miod 1159: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1160: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1161: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1162: protocols and their quirks.
1163: <p>
1164:
1165: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1166: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1167: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1168: </strong></font><br>
1169:
1170: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1171: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1172: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1173: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1174: <p>
1175:
1176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 1177: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1178: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1179: </strong></font><br>
1180:
1181: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1182: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1183: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1184: <p>
1185:
1186: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1187: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1188: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1189: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1190: </strong></font><br>
1191:
1192: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1193: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1194: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1195: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1196: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1197: <p>
1198:
1.104 louis 1199: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1200:
1.113 naddy 1201: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 1202: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1203: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1204: </strong></font><br>
1205:
1206: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1207: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1208: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1209: be a bit dry.
1210: <p>
1211:
1212: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 1213: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1214: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1215: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1216: </strong></font><br>
1217: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1218: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1219: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1220: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1221: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1222: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1223: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1224: <p>
1225:
1226: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1227: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1228: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1229: 2000
1.128 louis 1230: </strong></font><br>
1231:
1232: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1233: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1234: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1235: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1236: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1237: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1238: <p>
1239:
1240: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1241: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1242: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1243: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1244:
1245: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1246: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1247: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1248: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1249: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1250: <p>
1.110 louis 1251:
1.117 louis 1252: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1253: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1254: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1255: </strong></font><br>
1256:
1257: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1258: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1259: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1260: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1261: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1262: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1263: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1264: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1265: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1266: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1267: <p>
1268:
1.113 naddy 1269: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 1270: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1271: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1272:
1273: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1274: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1275: <p>
1.108 louis 1276:
1.113 naddy 1277: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 1278: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1279: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1280: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1281:
1282: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1283: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1284: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1285: <p>
1.106 louis 1286:
1.113 naddy 1287: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 1288: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1289: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1290: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1291:
1292: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1293: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1294: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1295: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1296: <p>
1.107 louis 1297:
1.113 naddy 1298: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1299: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1300: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1301: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1302:
1303: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1304: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1305: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1306: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1307: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1308: <p>
1.105 louis 1309:
1.113 naddy 1310: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 1311: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1312: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1313: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1314:
1.113 naddy 1315: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1316: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1317: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1318: <p>
1.104 louis 1319:
1.121 deraadt 1320: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1321: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1322: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1323: </strong></font><br>
1324:
1325: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1326: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1327: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1328: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1329: <p>
1330:
1.85 louis 1331: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1332:
1.113 naddy 1333: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1334: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1335: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1336: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1337:
1338: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1339: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1340: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1341: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1342: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1343: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1344: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1345: <p>
1.99 louis 1346:
1.113 naddy 1347: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1348: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1349: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1350: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1351:
1352: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1353: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1354: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1355: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1356: <p>
1.100 louis 1357:
1.113 naddy 1358: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1359: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1360: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1361: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1362:
1363: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1364: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1365: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1366: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1367: <p>
1.95 louis 1368:
1.113 naddy 1369: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1370: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1371: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1372: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1373:
1374: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1375: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1376: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1377: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1378: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1379: <p>
1.92 louis 1380:
1.113 naddy 1381: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1382: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1383: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1384: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1385:
1386: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1387: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1388: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1389: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1390: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1391: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1392: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1393: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1394: <p>
1.91 louis 1395:
1.113 naddy 1396: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1397: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1398: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1399: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1400:
1401: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1402: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1403: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1404: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1405: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1406: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1407: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1408: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1409: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1410: <p>
1.90 louis 1411:
1.113 naddy 1412: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1413: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1414: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1415: </strong></font><br>
1416: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1417: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1418: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1419: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1420: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1421: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1422: <p>
1423:
1424: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1425: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1426: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1427: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1428:
1.113 naddy 1429: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1430: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1431: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1432: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1433: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1434: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1435: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1436: <p>
1.87 louis 1437:
1.113 naddy 1438: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1439: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1440: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1441: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1442:
1443: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1444: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1445: <p>
1.85 louis 1446:
1.113 naddy 1447: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1448: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1449: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1450: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1451:
1452: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1453: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1454: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1455: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1456: <p>
1.89 louis 1457:
1.113 naddy 1458: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1459: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1460: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1461: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1462:
1463: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1464: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1465: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1466: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1467: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1468:
1.78 deraadt 1469: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1470:
1.113 naddy 1471: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1472: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1473: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1474: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1475: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1476:
1477: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1478: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1479: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1480: <p>
1.83 louis 1481:
1.113 naddy 1482: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1483: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1484: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1485: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1486:
1487: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1488: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1489: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1490: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1491: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1492: <p>
1.93 louis 1493:
1.113 naddy 1494: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1495: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1496: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1497: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1498: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1499:
1.83 louis 1500: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1501: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1502: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1503: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1504: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1505: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1506: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1507: <p>
1.82 aaron 1508:
1.113 naddy 1509: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1510: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1511: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1512: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1513:
1.83 louis 1514: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1515: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1516: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1517: <p>
1.80 louis 1518:
1.113 naddy 1519: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1520: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1521: Bad Press</a>,
1522: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1523: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1524:
1525: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1526: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1527: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1528: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1529: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1530: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1531:
1532: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1533:
1.113 naddy 1534: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1535: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1536: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1537: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1538: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1539:
1540: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1541: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1542: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1543: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1544: <p>
1.74 louis 1545:
1.113 naddy 1546: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1547: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1548: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1549: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1550:
1.219 horacio 1551: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1552: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1553: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1554: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1555: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1556: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1557: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1558: <p>
1.88 louis 1559:
1.113 naddy 1560: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1561: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1562: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1563: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1564:
1565: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1566: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1567: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1568: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1569: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1570: <p>
1.81 louis 1571:
1.113 naddy 1572: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1573: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1574: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1575: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1576:
1577: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1578: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1579: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1580: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1581: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1582: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1583: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1584: <p>
1.90 louis 1585:
1.113 naddy 1586: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1587: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1588: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1589: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1590:
1591: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1592: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1593: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1594: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1595: <p>
1.71 louis 1596:
1.69 deraadt 1597: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1598:
1.113 naddy 1599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1600: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1601: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1602: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1603:
1604: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1605: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1606: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1607: <p>
1.70 louis 1608:
1.113 naddy 1609: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1610: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1611: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1612: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1613:
1614: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1615: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1616: <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 1617: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1618: <p>
1.68 louis 1619:
1.113 naddy 1620: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1621: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1622: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1623: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1624: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1625:
1.111 jufi 1626: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1627: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1628: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1629: "secure by default" installation.
1630: <p>
1.64 louis 1631:
1.113 naddy 1632: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1633: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1634: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1635: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1636:
1.113 naddy 1637: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1638: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1639: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1640: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1641: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1642: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1643: <p>
1.66 louis 1644:
1.113 naddy 1645: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1646: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1647: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1648: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1649:
1650: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1651: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1652: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1653: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1654: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1655: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1656: <p>
1.83 louis 1657:
1.113 naddy 1658: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1659: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1660: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1661: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1662:
1663: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1664: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1665: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1666: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1667: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1668: <p>
1.64 louis 1669:
1.113 naddy 1670: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1671: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1672: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1673: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1674:
1675: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1676: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1677: <p>
1.65 louis 1678:
1.69 deraadt 1679: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1680:
1.113 naddy 1681: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1682: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1683: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1684: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1685:
1686: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1687: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1688: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1689: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1690: <p>
1.88 louis 1691:
1.113 naddy 1692: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1693: <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 1694: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1695:
1696: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1697: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1698: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1699: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1700: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1701: <p>
1.60 louis 1702:
1.113 naddy 1703: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1704: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1705: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1706: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1707: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1708:
1709: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1710: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1711: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1712: <p>
1.58 louis 1713:
1.113 naddy 1714: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1715: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1716: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1717:
1718: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1719: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1720: <p>
1.53 louis 1721:
1.113 naddy 1722: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1723: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1724: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1725: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1726:
1727: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1728: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1729: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1730: <p>
1.99 louis 1731:
1.113 naddy 1732: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1733: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1734: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1735:
1736: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1737: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1738: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1739: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1740: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1741:
1.113 naddy 1742: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1743: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
1744: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 1745: </strong></font><br>
1746:
1747: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1748: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1749: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1750: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1751: <p>
1752:
1753: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1754: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1755: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1756: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1757:
1758: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1759: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1760: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1761:
1.113 naddy 1762: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1763: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1764: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1765:
1766: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1767: in
1.113 naddy 1768: <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 1769: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1770: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1771: <p>
1.53 louis 1772:
1.113 naddy 1773: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1774: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1775: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1776: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1777: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1778:
1.58 louis 1779: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1780: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1781:
1.69 deraadt 1782: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1783:
1.113 naddy 1784: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1785: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
1786: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
1787: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1788: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1789:
1.58 louis 1790: Kurt Seifried
1791: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1792: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1793: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1794: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1795:
1.113 naddy 1796: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1797: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1798: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1799: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1800:
1801: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1802: <p>
1.96 louis 1803:
1.113 naddy 1804: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1805: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1806: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1807: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1808:
1809: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1810: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1811: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1812: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1813: <p>
1.86 louis 1814:
1.69 deraadt 1815: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1816:
1.113 naddy 1817: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1818: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1819: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1820: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1821:
1822: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1823: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1824: <p>
1.61 louis 1825:
1.113 naddy 1826: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1827: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1828: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1829: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1830: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1831:
1832: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1833: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1834: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1835: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1836: right -- or at least strives to".
1837: <p>
1.48 louis 1838:
1.113 naddy 1839: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1840: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1841: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1842: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1843: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1844: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1845: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1846: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1847: <p>
1.61 louis 1848:
1.113 naddy 1849: <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 1850: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1851: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1852:
1853: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1854: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1855: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1856: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1857: <p>
1.46 louis 1858:
1.113 naddy 1859: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 1860: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
1861: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1862: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1863:
1864: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1865: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1866: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1867:
1.113 naddy 1868: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1869: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1870: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1871: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1872:
1873: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1874: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1875: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1876: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1877: <p>
1.70 louis 1878:
1.69 deraadt 1879: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1880:
1.211 horacio 1881: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1882: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
1883: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 1884: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1885: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1886:
1887: Kurt Seifried
1888: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1889: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1890: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1891: <p>
1.44 philen 1892:
1.113 naddy 1893: <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 1894: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1895: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1896:
1897: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1898: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1899:
1.113 naddy 1900: <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 1901: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1902: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 1903:
1904: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 1905: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 1906:
1.113 naddy 1907: <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 1908: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 1909: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 1910:
1911: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
1912: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
1913: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
1914: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 1915: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 1916:
1.113 naddy 1917: <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 1918: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 1919: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 1920:
1.36 louis 1921: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 1922: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 1923:
1.113 naddy 1924: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 1925: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1926: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 1927: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 1928:
1929: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 1930: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 1931:
1.69 deraadt 1932: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1933:
1.113 naddy 1934: <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 1935: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 1936: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 1937:
1938: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
1939: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 1940: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 1941:
1.113 naddy 1942: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 1943: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 1944: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 1945: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 1946:
1947: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
1948: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 1949: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
1950: terminal:
1.113 naddy 1951: <blockquote>
1952: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
1953: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
1954: <br>
1955: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
1956: </code>
1957: </blockquote>
1958: <p>
1959:
1960: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1961: <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>
1962: <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
1963: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 1964:
1965: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
1966: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 1967: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 1968: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 1969:
1.113 naddy 1970: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 1971: <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 1972: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 1973:
1974: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
1975: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
1976: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
1977: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
1978: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 1979: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 1980: <p>
1.19 louis 1981:
1.113 naddy 1982: <li><strong>
1983: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 1984: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 1985:
1986: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
1987: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
1988: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 1989: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
1990: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 1991: <p>
1.16 louis 1992:
1.113 naddy 1993: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1994: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 1995: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 1996: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 1997:
1.57 louis 1998: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
1999: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2000: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2001: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2002:
1.113 naddy 2003: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2004: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2005: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2006: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2007:
1.113 naddy 2008: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2009:
1.113 naddy 2010: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 2011: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2012: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2013: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2014:
1.23 louis 2015: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2016: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2017: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2018: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2019: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 2020: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2021:
1.113 naddy 2022: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 2023: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2024: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2025: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2026:
1.199 pvalchev 2027: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2028: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2029: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2030: installation.
1.113 naddy 2031: <p>
1.47 louis 2032:
1.113 naddy 2033: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2034: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2035: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2036: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2037:
2038: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2039: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 2040:
1.69 deraadt 2041: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
2042:
1.113 naddy 2043: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2044: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2045: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2046: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2047:
2048: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2049: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2050: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2051: <p>
1.12 louis 2052:
1.113 naddy 2053: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2054: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2055: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2056: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2057:
2058: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2059: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2060: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2061: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2062: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2063: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2064: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2065: <p>
1.8 deraadt 2066:
1.69 deraadt 2067: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 2068:
1.113 naddy 2069: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2070: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2071: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2072:
2073: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2074: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2075: available."
1.113 naddy 2076: <p>
1.6 deraadt 2077:
1.69 deraadt 2078: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
2079:
1.113 naddy 2080: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 2081: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2082: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2083:
2084: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2085: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2086: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2087: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2088: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2089: <p>
1.33 louis 2090:
1.113 naddy 2091: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2092: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2093: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2094: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2095:
1.113 naddy 2096: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2097: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2098: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2099: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2100: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2101: <p>
1.57 louis 2102:
1.69 deraadt 2103: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
2104:
1.113 naddy 2105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2106: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2107: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2108: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2109:
2110: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2111: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2112: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2113:
1.113 naddy 2114: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 2115: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2116: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2117: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2118: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2119:
2120: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2121: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2122:
1.113 naddy 2123: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2124: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2125:
1.113 naddy 2126: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2127:
1.113 naddy 2128: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 2129: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2130: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2131: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2132:
2133: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2134: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 2135:
1.69 deraadt 2136: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
2137:
1.113 naddy 2138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2139: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2140: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2141:
2142: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2143: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2144: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2145:
1.113 naddy 2146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2147: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2148: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2149: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2150:
2151: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2152: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2153: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2154: site.<p>
1.57 louis 2155:
1.69 deraadt 2156: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
2157:
1.113 naddy 2158: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 2159: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2160: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2161: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2162:
2163: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2164: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2165: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2166: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2167: <p>
1.15 louis 2168:
1.113 naddy 2169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2170: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2171: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2172: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2173:
2174: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2175: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2176: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2177: columns."
1.113 naddy 2178: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2179:
1.69 deraadt 2180: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
2181:
1.113 naddy 2182: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2183: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2184: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2185: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2186:
2187: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2188: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2189:
1.113 naddy 2190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2191: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2192: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2193:
2194: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2195: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2196: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 2197:
1.69 deraadt 2198: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2199:
1.113 naddy 2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2201: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2202: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2203: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2204:
1.222 miod 2205: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2206: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2207: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2208: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2209: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2210:
1.69 deraadt 2211: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
2212:
1.113 naddy 2213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2214: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2215: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2216:
1.69 deraadt 2217: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2218: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2219: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2220:
1.69 deraadt 2221: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 2222:
1.113 naddy 2223: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2224: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2225: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2226: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2227:
2228: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2229: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2230: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2231:
1.113 naddy 2232: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
2233: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2234: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2235: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2236: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2237:
1.69 deraadt 2238: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
2239:
1.113 naddy 2240: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2241: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2242: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2243: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2244: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2245: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2246:
2247: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2248: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2249: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2250: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2251: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2252: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2253:
2254: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
2255:
1.113 naddy 2256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2257: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2258: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2259:
1.69 deraadt 2260: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2261: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2262: <p>
1.112 naddy 2263:
1.113 naddy 2264: </dl>
2265: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2266:
1.113 naddy 2267: <hr>
2268: <a name=se></a>
2269: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2270:
1.200 niklas 2271: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2272:
2273: <dl>
2274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2275: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2276: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2277:
2278: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2279: <p>
2280:
2281: </dl>
2282:
2283: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2284:
2285: <dl>
2286: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2287: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2288: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2289:
2290: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2291: <p>
2292:
2293: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2294: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2295: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2296:
2297: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2298: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2299: <p>
2300:
2301: </dl>
2302:
2303: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2304:
2305: <dl>
2306: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2307: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2308: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2309:
2310: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2311: <p>
2312:
2313: </dl>
2314:
1.102 niklas 2315: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2316:
1.113 naddy 2317: <dl>
2318: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 2319: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2320: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2321:
2322: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2323: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2324: <p>
1.102 niklas 2325:
1.113 naddy 2326: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2327:
1.84 niklas 2328: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2329:
1.113 naddy 2330: <dl>
2331: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2332: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2333: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2334:
2335: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2336: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2337: <p>
1.84 niklas 2338:
1.113 naddy 2339: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2340:
1.69 deraadt 2341: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2342:
1.113 naddy 2343: <dl>
2344: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2345: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2346: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2347:
1.222 miod 2348: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2349: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2350: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2351: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2352:
1.113 naddy 2353: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2354: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2355: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2356: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2357: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2358:
1.20 louis 2359: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2360: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2361: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2362: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2363: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2364:
1.113 naddy 2365: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2366:
1.113 naddy 2367: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2368: <a name=fi></a>
2369: <h3><font color=#e00000>Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
2370:
2371: <dl>
2372:
2373: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2374:
2375: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2376: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2377: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2378:
2379: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2380: will be removed from OpenBSD.
2381: </dl>
2382:
2383: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2384: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2385:
1.113 naddy 2386: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2387:
1.113 naddy 2388: <dl>
1.20 louis 2389:
1.170 louis 2390: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2391:
2392: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2393: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2394: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2395: </strong></font><br>
2396:
2397: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2398: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2399: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2400: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2401: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2402: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2403: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2404: <p>
2405:
1.69 deraadt 2406: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2407:
1.113 naddy 2408: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2409: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2410: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2411: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2412:
2413: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2414: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2415: translating and reprinting articles from
2416: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2417: <p>
1.112 naddy 2418:
1.113 naddy 2419: </dl>
1.20 louis 2420:
1.113 naddy 2421: <hr>
2422: <a name=de></a>
2423: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2424: <dl>
1.50 louis 2425:
1.151 louis 2426: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2427:
2428: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2429: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2430: </strong></font><br>
2431:
2432: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2433: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2434: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2435: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2436: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2437:
2438: <p>
2439:
1.72 louis 2440: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2441:
1.113 naddy 2442: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2443: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2444: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2445: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2446:
1.101 jufi 2447: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2448: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2449: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2450: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2451: Giving way to
2452: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2453: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2454: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2455: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2456: <p>
1.72 louis 2457:
1.69 deraadt 2458: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2459:
1.113 naddy 2460: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2461: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2462: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2463: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2464:
2465: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2466: <p>
2467: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2468:
1.50 louis 2469:
1.113 naddy 2470: <hr>
2471: <a name=ru></a>
2472: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2473: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2474:
1.69 deraadt 2475: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2476:
1.113 naddy 2477: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2478: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 ! horacio 2479: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2480: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2481:
2482: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2483: <p>
1.62 form 2484:
1.69 deraadt 2485: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2486:
1.113 naddy 2487: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2488: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 ! horacio 2489: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2490: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2491:
1.59 form 2492: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2493: <p>
1.112 naddy 2494:
1.113 naddy 2495: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2496:
1.113 naddy 2497: <hr>
2498: <a name=pl></a>
2499: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2500: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2501:
1.113 naddy 2502: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2503: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2504: Radio, August 2, 2000
2505: </strong></font><br>
2506:
2507: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2508: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2509: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2510: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2511: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2512: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2513: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2514: <p>
2515:
2516: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2517: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2518: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2519: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2520: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2521:
2522: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2523: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2524: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2525: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2526: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2527: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2528: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2529: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2530: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2531: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2532: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2533: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2534: <p>
2535: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2536:
1.113 naddy 2537: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2538: <a name=es></a>
2539: <h3><font color=#e00000>Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
2540: <dl>
2541:
2542: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
2543:
2544: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2545: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2546: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2547: </strong></font><br>
2548:
2549: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2550: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2551: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2552: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2553: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2554: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2555: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2556: <p>
2557: </dl>
2558:
2559:
2560: <hr>
2561: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.113 naddy 2562: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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