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1.18      deraadt    14: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</strong><hr></h2>
1.1       deraadt    15:
1.18      deraadt    16: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.24    ! deraadt    20: <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.
        !            21: </strong></font><p>
        !            22:
        !            23: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
        !            24: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
        !            25: because security is a focus on the project".<p>
        !            26: <p>
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        !            28: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.19      louis      29: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg183.htm">Open source has roots in the Net</a>, USA Today, Sept. 20, 1999.
                     30: </strong></font><p>
                     31:
                     32: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
                     33: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
                     34: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
                     35: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
                     36: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
                     37: operating system in the world."<p>
                     38: <p>
                     39:
                     40: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.16      louis      41: <a href="http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/259/business/Even_better_than_Linux+.shtml">Even better than Linux</a>, Boston Globe, Sept 16, 1999.
                     42: </strong></font><p>
                     43:
                     44: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
                     45: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
                     46: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
                     47: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not).<p>
                     48: <p>
                     49:
1.1       deraadt    50: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.14      louis      51: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.idg.com.au%2FCWT1997.nsf%2FHome%2Bpage%2F83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41%3FOpenDocument&return=%2fidg_frames%2fenglish%2ffeatures%2ehtml">Microsoft, Linux to become duopoly?</a>,
                     52: ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.</strong></font><p>
                     53:
                     54: Lead developer Theo de Raadt was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User
                     55: Group (AUUG) meeting in Melbourne.<p>
                     56: <p>
                     57:
                     58: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21      louis      59: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
                     60: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999.
                     61: </strong></font><p>
                     62:
1.23      louis      63: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
                     64: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
                     65: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
                     66: between the three systems.  (Most of this is technology was originally
                     67: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22      deraadt    68: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21      louis      69:
                     70: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17      deraadt    71: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12      louis      72: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
                     73: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999.</strong></font><p>
                     74:
                     75: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
                     76: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
                     77: of OpenBSD.<p>
                     78: <p>
                     79:
                     80: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8       deraadt    81: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10      deraadt    82: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
                     83: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.8       deraadt    84:
                     85: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
                     86: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20      louis      87: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
                     88: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
                     89: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
                     90: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
                     91: way down the page).
1.8       deraadt    92: <p>
                     93:
                     94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.3       deraadt    95: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10      deraadt    96: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
                     97: National Post, May 25, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.3       deraadt    98:
1.20      louis      99: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
                    100: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.3       deraadt   101: <p>
                    102:
                    103: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6       deraadt   104: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.20      louis     105: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.6       deraadt   106:
                    107: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
                    108: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
                    109: available."
                    110: <p>
                    111:
                    112: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.23      louis     113: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><p>
                    114:
                    115: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
                    116:
                    117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    118: <a href="">Safe and friendly read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>,
                    119: DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><p>
                    120:
                    121: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
                    122: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
                    123:
                    124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2       deraadt   125: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.10      deraadt   126: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.2       deraadt   127:
                    128: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
                    129: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
                    130: <p>
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1.11      ericj     134: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20      louis     135: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
                    136: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.1       deraadt   137:
                    138: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
                    139: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
                    140: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
                    141: Linux, and Solaris.  OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
                    142: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
                    143: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
                    144: <p>
                    145:
                    146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15      louis     147: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
                    148: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
                    149: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
                    150:
                    151: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
                    152: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
                    153: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
                    154: over to OpenBSD.
                    155: <p>
                    156:
                    157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1       deraadt   158: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
                    159: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
                    160: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
                    161:
                    162: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
                    163: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
                    164: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
                    165: columns."
                    166: <p>
                    167:
1.2       deraadt   168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
                    169: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
                    170: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998.
                    171: </strong></font><p>
                    172:
                    173: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
                    174: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
                    175: Implementation, including a brief interview with
                    176: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1       deraadt   177: <p>
                    178:
                    179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    180: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.10      deraadt   181: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1       deraadt   182:
                    183: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
                    184: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
                    185: <p>
                    186:
                    187: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    188: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.10      deraadt   189: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997.</strong></font><p>
1.1       deraadt   190:
                    191: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
                    192: OpenBSD is.
                    193: <p>
                    194:
                    195: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    196: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5       ian       197: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
                    198: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
                    199: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.10      deraadt   200: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81.</strong></font><p>
1.5       ian       201:
                    202: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
                    203: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
                    204: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
                    205: graphic - a cross between Superman&#153; and the BSD Daemon, which
                    206: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1       deraadt   207: <p>
                    208:
                    209: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    210: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
                    211: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
                    212: July, 1998.</strong></font><p>
                    213:
                    214: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
                    215: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
                    216: <p>
                    217:
                    218: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
                    219: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96. Paper edition only.</strong></font><p>
1.18      deraadt   220: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
                    221: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1       deraadt   222: <p>
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1.1       deraadt   226:
1.18      deraadt   227: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1       deraadt   228:
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1.1       deraadt   230: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    231: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.10      deraadt   232: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1       deraadt   233:
                    234: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
                    235: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
                    236: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
                    237: <p>
                    238:
                    239: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    240: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10      deraadt   241: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1       deraadt   242: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.10      deraadt   243: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1       deraadt   244:
1.20      louis     245: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X.  The first
                    246: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1       deraadt   247: explains the licensing issues and points to our
                    248: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
                    249: <p>
                    250:
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1.1       deraadt   252:
1.20      louis     253: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
                    254:
                    255: <dl>
                    256:
                    257: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
                    258: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
                    259: Sept. 28, 1999
                    260: </strong></font><p>
                    261:
                    262: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
                    263: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
                    264: translating and reprinting articles from
                    265: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
                    266: <p>
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