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31: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
32: <dl>
1.16 louis 33:
1.244 jufi 34: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
35: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
36: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
37: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,eWeek, October 18, 2002
38: </strong></font><br>
39: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
40: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
41: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
42: right the first time."
43: <p>
44:
45:
46: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
47:
48: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
49: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
50: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
51: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
52: </strong></font><br>
53: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
54: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
55: part 6</a>.
56: <p>
57:
58: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
59: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
60: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
61: </strong></font><br>
62: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
63: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
64: <p>
1.242 jufi 65:
66: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
67:
68: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
69: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
70: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
71: </strong></font><br>
72: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
73: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
74: <p>
75:
76: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
77: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
78: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
79: </strong></font><br>
80: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
81: this time using pf.
82: <p>
83:
84: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
85:
86: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
87: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
88: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
89: </strong></font><br>
90: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
91: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
92: their rotation.
93: <p>
94:
95: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
96: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
97: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
98: </strong></font><br>
99: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
100: <p>
101:
1.239 jufi 102: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
103:
104: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.242 jufi 105: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
106: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
107: </strong></font><br>
108: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
109: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
110: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
111: <p>
112:
113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.239 jufi 114: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
115: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
116: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 117: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
118: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
119: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 120: <p>
121:
1.235 lebel 122: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
123:
1.239 jufi 124:
1.235 lebel 125: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
126: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
127: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
128: </strong></font><br>
129: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
130: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
131: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
132: <p>
133:
1.228 horacio 134: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
135:
136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.242 jufi 137: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
138: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
139: </strong></font><br>
140: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
141: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
142: <p>
143:
144: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.233 jufi 145: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
146: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
147: </strong></font><br>
148: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
149: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
150: <p>
151:
152: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.232 jufi 153: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
154: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
155: </strong></font><br>
156: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
157: on the desktop of his parents.
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.229 jufi 161: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 162: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 163: </strong></font><br>
164: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
165: using IPFilter.
166:
167: <p>
168:
169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
170: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
171: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
172: </strong></font><br>
173: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
174: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
175: perspectives of the four OS.
176: <br>
177: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
178: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPSec or Kerberos.
179: <p>
180:
181: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.228 horacio 182: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
183: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
184: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
185: </strong></font><br>
186:
187: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
188: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
189: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
190: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
191: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
192: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
193: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
194: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
195: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
196: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
197: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
198: security conscious team beyond doubt.
199: <p>
200:
1.225 horacio 201: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
202:
203: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
204: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
205: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 206: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 207: </strong></font><br>
208:
209: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
210: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
211: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 212: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 213: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
214: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
215: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
216: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
217: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 218: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 219: of choice.
220: <p>
221:
222: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
223:
224: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
225: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
226: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
227: </strong></font><br>
228:
229: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
230: <p>
231:
1.226 horacio 232: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
233: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 ! jufi 234: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 235: </strong></font><br>
236:
237: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
238: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
239: <p>
1.225 horacio 240:
1.218 horacio 241: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
242:
243: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 horacio 244: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
245: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
246: </strong></font><br>
247:
248: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
249: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
250: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
251: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
252: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
253: subjects. Worth a read.
254: <p>
255:
256:
257: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.218 horacio 258: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 259: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 260: </strong></font><br>
261:
262: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
263: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
264: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
265: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
266: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
267: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
268: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
269: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
270: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 271: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 272: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
273: on other operating systems.<br>
274: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
275: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
276: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
277: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
278: <p>
279:
1.221 horacio 280: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 281: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
282: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
283: </strong></font><br>
284:
285: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
286: covering the level of software integration into the core
287: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
288: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
289: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
290: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
291: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
292: <p>
293:
294: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.221 horacio 295: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
296: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
297: </strong></font><br>
298:
299: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
300: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
301: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
302: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
303: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
304: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
305: <p>
306:
1.210 jufi 307: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 308:
1.210 jufi 309: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 310: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
311: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
312: </strong></font><br>
313:
314: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
315: source software in response to an article which claimed that
316: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
317: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
318: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
319: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
320: <p>
321:
322: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.224 horacio 323: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 324: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
325: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 326:
1.224 horacio 327: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
328: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
329: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
330: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
331: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
332: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 333: <p>
334:
335: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
336:
337: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 338: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
339: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
340: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
341: </strong></font><br>
342:
343: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
344: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 345: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 346: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
347: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
348: investment</em>.<br>
349: The implementation details can be seen on their
350: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
351: <p>
352:
353: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 354: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
355: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
356: </strong></font><br>
357:
358: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
359: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
360: security and says that even secured operating systems running
361: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
362: to time.<br>
363: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
364: system and just the most secure system.
365: <p>
366:
367: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
368: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
369: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
370: </strong></font><br>
371:
372: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
373: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
374: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
375: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
376: choice:<br>
377: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
378: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
379: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
380: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
381: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
382: network security devices and as such must be well
383: armored."</em><br>
384: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
385: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
386: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
387: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
388: <br>
389: Bravo!
390: <p>
1.210 jufi 391:
1.207 ian 392: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 393:
1.207 ian 394: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
395: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
396: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
397: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 398:
1.207 ian 399: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
400: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 401: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 402: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
403: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
404: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 405: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 406: <p>
1.207 ian 407:
1.194 jufi 408: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
409:
410: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 411: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
412: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
413: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 414:
1.240 miod 415: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 416: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
417: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
418: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
419: <p>
420:
421: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 422: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 423: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
424: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
425: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 426:
1.240 miod 427: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 428: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 429: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
430: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
431: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 432: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 433: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
434: <br>
435: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
436: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
437: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
438: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
439: <p>
440:
441: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.194 jufi 442: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
443: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 444: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 445: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 446:
1.194 jufi 447: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
448: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
449: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
450: <br>
451: The new
452: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 453: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 454: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
455: <p>
1.194 jufi 456:
1.190 horacio 457: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
458:
459: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 460:
461: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
462: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
463:
464: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
465: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
466:
467: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
468: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
469:
1.212 horacio 470: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
471: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 472: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
473:
1.211 horacio 474: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
475: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 476: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
477:
478: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
479: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
480:
481: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
482: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
483:
1.212 horacio 484: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
485: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 486: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
487:
488: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
489: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
490:
491: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
492: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
493:
494: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
495: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
496:
497: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 498: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 499:
1.192 jufi 500: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
501: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 502: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 503:
1.193 deraadt 504: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
505: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 506: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 507:
1.196 deraadt 508: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
509: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
510:
1.198 pvalchev 511: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
512: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
513: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
514:
1.213 horacio 515: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
516: 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>,
517: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
518:
1.190 horacio 519: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 520: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
521: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
522: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
523: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
524: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
525: <p>
1.190 horacio 526:
1.191 jufi 527: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 528: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
529: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
530: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 531: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 532:
1.195 jufi 533: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 534: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
535: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
536: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 537: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
538: <p>
539:
540: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 541: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 542: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
543: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
544: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 545:
1.191 jufi 546: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
547: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
548: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
549: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 550: <p>
551:
1.191 jufi 552:
1.186 jufi 553: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 554:
1.186 jufi 555: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
556: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 557: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
558: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 559: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 560:
1.188 jufi 561: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 562: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 563: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 564: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
565: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 566: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 567: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 568: <p>
569:
1.191 jufi 570:
571: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.220 horacio 572: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
573: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
574: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 575: </strong></font><br>
576:
577: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
578: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
579: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
580: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
581: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
582: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
583: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
584: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
585: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
586: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
587: familiar?
588: <p>
589:
1.178 louis 590: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
591:
592: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 593: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
594: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 595: </strong></font><br>
596:
597: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
598: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
599: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
600: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
601: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
602: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
603: <p>
604:
1.179 louis 605: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
606: <a
1.182 louis 607: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
608: </strong></font><br>
609:
610: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
611: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
612: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
613: <p>
614:
615: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
616: <a
1.179 louis 617: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
618: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
619: </strong></font><br>
620:
621: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
622: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
623: <p>
624:
1.174 louis 625:
1.175 louis 626: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
627:
628: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
629: <a
1.179 louis 630: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
631: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
632: </strong></font><br>
633:
634: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
635: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
636: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
637: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
638: <p>
639:
640: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
641: <a
1.183 ian 642: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 643: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
644: </strong></font><br>
645:
646: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 647: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 648: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
649: <p>
650:
1.176 louis 651:
1.172 mickey 652: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
653:
654: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 655: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 656: </strong></font><br>
657:
658: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
659: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
660: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 661: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 662: <p>
663:
664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
665: <a
1.174 louis 666: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
667: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
668: </strong></font><br>
669:
670: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
671: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
672: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
673: <p>
674:
675: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
676: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
677: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
678: </strong></font><br>
679:
680: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
681: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
682: <p>
683:
684: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
685: <a
686: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
687: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
688: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
689: </strong></font><br>
690:
691: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
692: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
693: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
694: our own Theo de Raadt.
695: <p>
696:
697: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
698: <a
699: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
700: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
701: </strong></font><br>
702:
703: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
704: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
705: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
706: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
707: shut down.]
708: <p>
709:
710: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
711: <a
1.226 horacio 712: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
713: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 714: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 715: </strong></font><br>
716:
717: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
718: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
719: <p>
720:
1.161 louis 721: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
722:
1.175 louis 723: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
724: <a
725: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
726: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
727: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
728: </strong></font><br>
729:
730: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
731: by John Wolley
732: <p>
733:
734: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
735: <a
736: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
737: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
738: </strong></font><br>
739:
740: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
741: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
742: OpenBSD).
743: <p>
744:
1.161 louis 745: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
746: <a
1.171 louis 747: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
748: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
749: </strong></font><br>
750:
751: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
752: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
753: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
754: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
755: and hindsight.
756: <p>
757:
758: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 759: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
760: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
761: </strong></font><br>
762:
763: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
764: <p>
765:
766: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.171 louis 767: <a
1.168 provos 768: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
769: December 7, 2000
770: </strong></font><br>
771:
772: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
773: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
774: us explain.
775: <p>
776:
777: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.234 jufi 778: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
779: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 780: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 781: December 6, 2000
782: </strong></font><br>
783:
784: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
785: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
786: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
787: <p>
788:
789: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
790: <a
1.226 horacio 791: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
792: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 793: </strong></font><br>
794:
795: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 796: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 797: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 798: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
799: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
800: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 801: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 802: <p>
1.162 millert 803:
804: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
805: <a
1.161 louis 806: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
807: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
808: </strong></font><br>
809:
810: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
811: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
812: <p>
813:
1.169 louis 814: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 horacio 815: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
816: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
817: </strong></font><br>
818:
819: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
820: <p>
821:
822:
823: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.169 louis 824: <a
1.226 horacio 825: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
826: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
827: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 828: </strong></font><br>
829:
830: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
831: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
832: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
833: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
834: <p>
835:
1.158 louis 836: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 837:
838: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 839: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
840: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 841: </strong></font><br>
842:
843: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
844: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
845: <p>
846:
847: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 848: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
849: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
850: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 851: </strong></font><br>
852: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
853: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
854: <p>
855:
856: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
857: <a
858: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
859: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
860: </strong></font><br>
861:
862: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
863: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
864: <p>
865:
866: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 867: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 868: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
869: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 870:
1.213 horacio 871: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 872: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
873: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
874: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
875: <p>
1.215 horacio 876:
1.174 louis 877: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
878: <a
879: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
880: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
881: </strong></font><br>
882:
883: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
884: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
885: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
886: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
887: much of the attitude too).
888: <p>
1.161 louis 889:
890: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 891: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 892: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 893: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 894:
1.157 louis 895: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
896: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
897: <p>
898:
899: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
900:
901: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 902: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 903: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 904: </strong></font><br>
905:
906: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
907: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
908: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
909: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
910: <p>
911:
912: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
913: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
914: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
915: </strong></font><br>
916:
917: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
918: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
919: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
920: it because they love coding...
921: <p>
922:
923: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
924: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
925: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
926: </strong></font><br>
927:
928: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
929: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
930: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
931: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
932: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
933: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
934: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
935: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
936: <p>
937:
938: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 939: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
940: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
941: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 942: </strong></font><br>
943:
944: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
945: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
946: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
947: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
948: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
949: the pizza.
950: <p>
951:
952: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 953: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
954: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
955: </strong></font><br>
956:
957: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
958: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
959: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
960: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
961: problems.
962: <p>
963:
964: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.243 ian 965: <a href="http://napalm.osuny.co.uk/txt/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
1.154 louis 966: </strong></font><br>
967:
1.222 miod 968: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 969: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
970: - whether they like it or not.
971: <p>
972:
973: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 974: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
975: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 976: </strong></font><br>
977:
978: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
979: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
980: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 981: <p>
1.148 aaron 982:
983: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 984: <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 985: </strong></font><br>
986:
987: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
988: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
989: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
990: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
991: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
992: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
993: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
994: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
995: <p>
996:
997: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 998: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
999: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1000: </strong></font><br>
1001:
1002: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1003: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1004: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1005: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1006: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1007: <p>
1008:
1.138 louis 1009: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1010:
1011: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 1012: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1013: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1014: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1015: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1016: </strong></font><br>
1017:
1.227 horacio 1018: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1019: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1020: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1021: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1022: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1023: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1024: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1025: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1026: <p>
1027:
1028: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.231 jufi 1029: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1030: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1031: </strong></font><br>
1032:
1033: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1034: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1035: groups, and even Linux.
1036: <p>
1037:
1038: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 1039: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1040: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1041: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1042: </strong></font><br>
1043:
1044: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1045: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1046: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1047: library after installing the OS.
1048: <p>
1049:
1050: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 1051: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1052: Sys Admin, September 2000
1053: </strong></font><br>
1054:
1055: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1056: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1057: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1058: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1059: (<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>,
1060: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1061: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1062: <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 1063: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1064: out of the system.
1065: <p>
1066:
1.144 louis 1067: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1068: <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
1069: </strong></font><br>
1070:
1071: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1072: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1073: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1074: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1075: the IP filtering and address translation.
1076: <p>
1077:
1.131 louis 1078: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1079:
1080: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1081: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1082: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1083: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1084: </strong></font><br>
1085:
1086: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1087: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1088: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1089: <p>
1090:
1091: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 1092: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1093: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1094: </strong></font><br>
1095:
1096: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1097: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1098: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1099: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1100: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1101: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1102: note of"</i>.
1103: <p>
1104:
1105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 1106: <a
1107: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1108: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1109: </strong></font><br>
1110:
1111: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1112: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1113: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1114: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1115: <p>
1116:
1117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1118: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1119: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1120: </strong></font><br>
1121:
1122: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1123: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1124: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1125: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1126: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1127: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1128: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1129: <p>
1130:
1131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 1132: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1133: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1134: 2000
1135: </strong></font><br>
1136:
1137: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1138: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1139: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1140: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1141: against current industry practices.
1142: <p>
1143:
1144: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 1145: <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
1146: </strong></font><br>
1147:
1148: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1149: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1150: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1151: <p>
1152:
1153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 1154: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1155: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1156: </strong></font><br>
1157:
1158: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1159: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1160: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1161: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1162: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1163: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1164: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1165: <p>
1166:
1167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 1168: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1169: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1170: </strong></font><br>
1171:
1172: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1173: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1174: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1175: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1176: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1177: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1178: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1179: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1180: <p>
1181:
1.118 louis 1182: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1183:
1184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1185: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1186: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1187: </strong></font><br>
1188:
1189: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1190: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1191: about time. The article mentions that
1192: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1193: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1194: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1195: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1196: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1197: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1198: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1199: <p>
1200:
1201: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1202: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1203: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1204: </strong></font><br>
1205:
1206: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1207: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1208: of OpenSSH.
1209: <p>
1210:
1211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1212: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1213: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1214: </strong></font><br>
1215:
1216: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1217: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1218: bridging.
1219: <p>
1220:
1221: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1222: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1223: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1224: </strong></font><br>
1225:
1.121 deraadt 1226: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1227: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1228: <p>
1229:
1230: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1231: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1232: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1233: </strong></font><br>
1234:
1235: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1236: <p>
1237:
1238: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 1239: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1240: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1241: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1242: </strong></font><br>
1243:
1.120 deraadt 1244: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1245: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1246: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1247: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1248: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1249: <p>
1250:
1251: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 1252: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1253: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1254: </strong></font><br>
1255:
1.222 miod 1256: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1257: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1258: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1259: protocols and their quirks.
1260: <p>
1261:
1262: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1263: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1264: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1265: </strong></font><br>
1266:
1267: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1268: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1269: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1270: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1271: <p>
1272:
1273: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 1274: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1275: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1276: </strong></font><br>
1277:
1278: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1279: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1280: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1281: <p>
1282:
1283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1284: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1285: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1286: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1287: </strong></font><br>
1288:
1289: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1290: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1291: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1292: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1293: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1294: <p>
1295:
1.104 louis 1296: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1297:
1.113 naddy 1298: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 1299: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1300: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1301: </strong></font><br>
1302:
1303: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1304: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1305: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1306: be a bit dry.
1307: <p>
1308:
1309: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 1310: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1311: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1312: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1313: </strong></font><br>
1314: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1315: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1316: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1317: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1318: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1319: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1320: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1321: <p>
1322:
1323: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1324: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1325: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1326: 2000
1.128 louis 1327: </strong></font><br>
1328:
1329: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1330: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1331: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1332: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1333: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1334: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1335: <p>
1336:
1337: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1338: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1339: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1340: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1341:
1342: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1343: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1344: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1345: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1346: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1347: <p>
1.110 louis 1348:
1.117 louis 1349: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1350: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1351: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1352: </strong></font><br>
1353:
1354: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1355: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1356: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1357: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1358: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1359: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1360: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1361: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1362: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1363: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1364: <p>
1365:
1.113 naddy 1366: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 1367: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1368: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1369:
1370: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1371: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1372: <p>
1.108 louis 1373:
1.113 naddy 1374: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 1375: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1376: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1377: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1378:
1379: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1380: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1381: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1382: <p>
1.106 louis 1383:
1.113 naddy 1384: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 1385: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1386: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1387: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1388:
1389: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1390: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1391: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1392: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1393: <p>
1.107 louis 1394:
1.113 naddy 1395: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1396: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1397: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1398: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1399:
1400: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1401: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1402: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1403: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1404: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1405: <p>
1.105 louis 1406:
1.113 naddy 1407: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 1408: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1409: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1410: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1411:
1.113 naddy 1412: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1413: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1414: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1415: <p>
1.104 louis 1416:
1.121 deraadt 1417: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1418: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1419: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1420: </strong></font><br>
1421:
1422: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1423: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1424: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1425: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1426: <p>
1427:
1.85 louis 1428: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1429:
1.113 naddy 1430: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1431: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1432: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1433: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1434:
1435: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1436: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1437: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1438: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1439: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1440: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1441: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1442: <p>
1.99 louis 1443:
1.113 naddy 1444: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1445: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1446: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1447: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1448:
1449: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1450: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1451: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1452: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1453: <p>
1.100 louis 1454:
1.113 naddy 1455: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1456: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1457: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1458: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1459:
1460: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1461: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1462: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1463: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1464: <p>
1.95 louis 1465:
1.113 naddy 1466: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1467: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1468: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1469: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1470:
1471: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1472: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1473: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1474: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1475: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1476: <p>
1.92 louis 1477:
1.113 naddy 1478: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1479: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1480: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1481: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1482:
1483: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1484: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1485: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1486: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1487: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1488: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1489: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1490: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1491: <p>
1.91 louis 1492:
1.113 naddy 1493: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1494: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1495: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1496: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1497:
1498: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1499: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1500: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1501: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1502: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1503: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1504: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1505: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1506: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1507: <p>
1.90 louis 1508:
1.113 naddy 1509: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1510: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1511: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1512: </strong></font><br>
1513: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1514: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1515: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1516: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1517: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1518: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1519: <p>
1520:
1521: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1522: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1523: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1524: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1525:
1.113 naddy 1526: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1527: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1528: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1529: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1530: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1531: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1532: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1533: <p>
1.87 louis 1534:
1.113 naddy 1535: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1536: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1537: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1538: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1539:
1540: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1541: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1542: <p>
1.85 louis 1543:
1.113 naddy 1544: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1545: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1546: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1547: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1548:
1549: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1550: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1551: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1552: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1553: <p>
1.89 louis 1554:
1.113 naddy 1555: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1556: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1557: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1558: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1559:
1560: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1561: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1562: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1563: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1564: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1565:
1.78 deraadt 1566: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1567:
1.113 naddy 1568: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1569: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1570: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1571: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1572: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1573:
1574: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1575: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1576: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1577: <p>
1.83 louis 1578:
1.113 naddy 1579: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1580: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1581: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1582: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1583:
1584: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1585: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1586: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1587: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1588: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1589: <p>
1.93 louis 1590:
1.113 naddy 1591: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1592: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1593: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1594: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1595: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1596:
1.83 louis 1597: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1598: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1599: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1600: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1601: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1602: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1603: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1604: <p>
1.82 aaron 1605:
1.113 naddy 1606: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1607: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1608: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1609: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1610:
1.83 louis 1611: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1612: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1613: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1614: <p>
1.80 louis 1615:
1.113 naddy 1616: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1617: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1618: Bad Press</a>,
1619: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1620: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1621:
1622: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1623: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1624: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1625: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1626: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1627: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1628:
1629: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1630:
1.113 naddy 1631: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1632: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1633: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1634: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1635: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1636:
1637: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1638: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1639: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1640: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1641: <p>
1.74 louis 1642:
1.113 naddy 1643: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1644: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1645: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1646: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1647:
1.219 horacio 1648: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1649: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1650: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1651: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1652: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1653: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1654: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1655: <p>
1.88 louis 1656:
1.113 naddy 1657: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1658: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1659: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1660: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1661:
1662: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1663: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1664: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1665: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1666: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1667: <p>
1.81 louis 1668:
1.113 naddy 1669: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1670: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1671: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1672: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1673:
1674: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1675: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1676: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1677: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1678: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1679: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1680: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1681: <p>
1.90 louis 1682:
1.113 naddy 1683: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1684: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1685: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1686: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1687:
1688: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1689: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1690: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1691: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1692: <p>
1.71 louis 1693:
1.69 deraadt 1694: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1695:
1.113 naddy 1696: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1697: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1698: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1699: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1700:
1701: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1702: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1703: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1704: <p>
1.70 louis 1705:
1.113 naddy 1706: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1707: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1708: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1709: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1710:
1711: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1712: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1713: <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 1714: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1715: <p>
1.68 louis 1716:
1.113 naddy 1717: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1718: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1719: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1720: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1721: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1722:
1.111 jufi 1723: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1724: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1725: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1726: "secure by default" installation.
1727: <p>
1.64 louis 1728:
1.113 naddy 1729: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1730: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1731: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1732: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1733:
1.113 naddy 1734: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1735: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1736: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1737: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1738: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1739: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1740: <p>
1.66 louis 1741:
1.113 naddy 1742: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1743: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1744: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1745: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1746:
1747: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1748: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1749: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1750: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1751: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1752: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1753: <p>
1.83 louis 1754:
1.113 naddy 1755: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1756: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1757: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1758: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1759:
1760: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1761: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1762: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1763: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1764: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1765: <p>
1.64 louis 1766:
1.113 naddy 1767: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1768: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1769: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1770: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1771:
1772: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1773: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1774: <p>
1.65 louis 1775:
1.69 deraadt 1776: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1777:
1.113 naddy 1778: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1779: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1780: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1781: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1782:
1783: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1784: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1785: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1786: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1787: <p>
1.88 louis 1788:
1.113 naddy 1789: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1790: <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 1791: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1792:
1793: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1794: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1795: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1796: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1797: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1798: <p>
1.60 louis 1799:
1.113 naddy 1800: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1801: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1802: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1803: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1804: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1805:
1806: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1807: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1808: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1809: <p>
1.58 louis 1810:
1.113 naddy 1811: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1812: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1813: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1814:
1815: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1816: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1817: <p>
1.53 louis 1818:
1.113 naddy 1819: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1820: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1821: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1822: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1823:
1824: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1825: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1826: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1827: <p>
1.99 louis 1828:
1.113 naddy 1829: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1830: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1831: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1832:
1833: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1834: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1835: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1836: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1837: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1838:
1.113 naddy 1839: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1840: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
1841: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 1842: </strong></font><br>
1843:
1844: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1845: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1846: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1847: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1848: <p>
1849:
1850: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1851: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1852: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1853: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1854:
1855: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1856: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1857: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1858:
1.113 naddy 1859: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1860: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1861: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1862:
1863: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1864: in
1.113 naddy 1865: <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 1866: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1867: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1868: <p>
1.53 louis 1869:
1.113 naddy 1870: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1871: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1872: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1873: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1874: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1875:
1.58 louis 1876: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1877: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1878:
1.69 deraadt 1879: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1880:
1.113 naddy 1881: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1882: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
1883: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
1884: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1885: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1886:
1.58 louis 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>, discusses
1890: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1891: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1892:
1.113 naddy 1893: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1894: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1895: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1896: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1897:
1898: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1899: <p>
1.96 louis 1900:
1.113 naddy 1901: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1902: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1903: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1904: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1905:
1906: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1907: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1908: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1909: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1910: <p>
1.86 louis 1911:
1.69 deraadt 1912: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1913:
1.113 naddy 1914: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1915: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1916: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1917: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1918:
1919: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1920: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1921: <p>
1.61 louis 1922:
1.113 naddy 1923: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1924: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1925: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1926: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1927: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1928:
1929: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1930: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1931: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1932: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1933: right -- or at least strives to".
1934: <p>
1.48 louis 1935:
1.113 naddy 1936: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1937: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1938: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1939: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1940: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1941: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1942: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1943: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1944: <p>
1.61 louis 1945:
1.113 naddy 1946: <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 1947: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1948: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1949:
1950: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1951: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1952: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1953: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1954: <p>
1.46 louis 1955:
1.113 naddy 1956: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 1957: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
1958: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1959: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1960:
1961: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1962: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1963: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1964:
1.113 naddy 1965: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1966: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1967: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1968: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1969:
1970: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
1971: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
1972: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
1973: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 1974: <p>
1.70 louis 1975:
1.69 deraadt 1976: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1977:
1.211 horacio 1978: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1979: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
1980: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 1981: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 1982: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 1983:
1984: Kurt Seifried
1985: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1986: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
1987: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 1988: <p>
1.44 philen 1989:
1.113 naddy 1990: <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 1991: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 1992: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 1993:
1994: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 1995: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 1996:
1.113 naddy 1997: <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 1998: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 1999: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2000:
2001: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 2002: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2003:
1.113 naddy 2004: <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 2005: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2006: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2007:
2008: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2009: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2010: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2011: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2012: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2013:
1.113 naddy 2014: <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 2015: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2016: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2017:
1.36 louis 2018: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2019: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2020:
1.113 naddy 2021: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 2022: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2023: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2024: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2025:
2026: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2027: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 2028:
1.69 deraadt 2029: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2030:
1.113 naddy 2031: <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 2032: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2033: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2034:
2035: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2036: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2037: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2038:
1.113 naddy 2039: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2040: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 2041: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2042: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2043:
2044: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2045: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2046: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2047: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2048: <blockquote>
2049: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2050: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2051: <br>
2052: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2053: </code>
2054: </blockquote>
2055: <p>
2056:
2057: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2058: <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>
2059: <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
2060: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2061:
2062: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2063: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2064: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 2065: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2066:
1.113 naddy 2067: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 2068: <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 2069: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2070:
2071: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2072: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2073: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2074: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2075: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2076: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2077: <p>
1.19 louis 2078:
1.113 naddy 2079: <li><strong>
2080: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2081: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2082:
2083: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2084: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2085: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2086: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2087: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2088: <p>
1.16 louis 2089:
1.113 naddy 2090: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2091: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2092: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2093: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2094:
1.57 louis 2095: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2096: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2097: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2098: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2099:
1.113 naddy 2100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2101: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2102: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2103: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2104:
1.113 naddy 2105: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2106:
1.113 naddy 2107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 2108: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2109: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2110: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2111:
1.23 louis 2112: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2113: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2114: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2115: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2116: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 2117: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2118:
1.113 naddy 2119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 2120: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2121: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2122: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2123:
1.199 pvalchev 2124: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2125: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2126: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2127: installation.
1.113 naddy 2128: <p>
1.47 louis 2129:
1.113 naddy 2130: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2131: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2132: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2133: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2134:
2135: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2136: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 2137:
1.69 deraadt 2138: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
2139:
1.113 naddy 2140: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2141: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2142: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2143: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2144:
2145: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2146: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2147: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2148: <p>
1.12 louis 2149:
1.113 naddy 2150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2151: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2152: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2153: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2154:
2155: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2156: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2157: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2158: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2159: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2160: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2161: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2162: <p>
1.8 deraadt 2163:
1.69 deraadt 2164: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 2165:
1.113 naddy 2166: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2167: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2168: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2169:
2170: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2171: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2172: available."
1.113 naddy 2173: <p>
1.6 deraadt 2174:
1.69 deraadt 2175: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
2176:
1.113 naddy 2177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 2178: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2179: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2180:
2181: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2182: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2183: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2184: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2185: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2186: <p>
1.33 louis 2187:
1.113 naddy 2188: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2189: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2190: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2191: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2192:
1.113 naddy 2193: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2194: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2195: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2196: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2197: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2198: <p>
1.57 louis 2199:
1.69 deraadt 2200: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
2201:
1.113 naddy 2202: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2203: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2204: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2205: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2206:
2207: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2208: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2209: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2210:
1.113 naddy 2211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 2212: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2213: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2214: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2215: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2216:
2217: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2218: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2219:
1.113 naddy 2220: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2221: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2222:
1.113 naddy 2223: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2224:
1.113 naddy 2225: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 2226: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2227: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2228: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2229:
2230: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2231: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 2232:
1.69 deraadt 2233: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
2234:
1.113 naddy 2235: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2236: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2237: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2238:
2239: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2240: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2241: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2242:
1.113 naddy 2243: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2244: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2245: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2246: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2247:
2248: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2249: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2250: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2251: site.<p>
1.57 louis 2252:
1.69 deraadt 2253: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
2254:
1.113 naddy 2255: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 2256: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2257: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2258: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2259:
2260: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2261: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2262: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2263: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2264: <p>
1.15 louis 2265:
1.113 naddy 2266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2267: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2268: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2269: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2270:
2271: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2272: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2273: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2274: columns."
1.113 naddy 2275: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2276:
1.69 deraadt 2277: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
2278:
1.113 naddy 2279: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2280: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2281: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2282: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2283:
2284: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2285: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2286:
1.113 naddy 2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2288: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2289: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2290:
2291: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2292: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2293: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 2294:
1.69 deraadt 2295: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2296:
1.113 naddy 2297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2298: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2299: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2300: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2301:
1.222 miod 2302: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2303: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2304: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2305: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2306: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2307:
1.69 deraadt 2308: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
2309:
1.113 naddy 2310: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2311: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2312: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2313:
1.69 deraadt 2314: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2315: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2316: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2317:
1.69 deraadt 2318: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 2319:
1.113 naddy 2320: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2321: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2322: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2323: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2324:
2325: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2326: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2327: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2328:
1.113 naddy 2329: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
2330: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2331: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2332: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2333: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2334:
1.69 deraadt 2335: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
2336:
1.113 naddy 2337: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2338: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2339: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2340: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2341: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2342: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2343:
2344: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2345: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2346: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2347: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2348: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2349: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2350:
2351: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
2352:
1.113 naddy 2353: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2354: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2355: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2356:
1.69 deraadt 2357: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2358: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2359: <p>
1.112 naddy 2360:
1.113 naddy 2361: </dl>
2362: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2363:
1.113 naddy 2364: <hr>
2365: <a name=se></a>
2366: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2367:
1.200 niklas 2368: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2369:
2370: <dl>
2371: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2372: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2373: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2374:
2375: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2376: <p>
2377:
2378: </dl>
2379:
2380: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2381:
2382: <dl>
2383: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2384: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2385: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2386:
2387: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2388: <p>
2389:
2390: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2391: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2392: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2393:
2394: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2395: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2396: <p>
2397:
2398: </dl>
2399:
2400: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2401:
2402: <dl>
2403: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2404: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2405: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2406:
2407: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2408: <p>
2409:
2410: </dl>
2411:
1.102 niklas 2412: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2413:
1.113 naddy 2414: <dl>
2415: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 2416: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2417: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2418:
2419: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2420: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2421: <p>
1.102 niklas 2422:
1.113 naddy 2423: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2424:
1.84 niklas 2425: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2426:
1.113 naddy 2427: <dl>
2428: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2429: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2430: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2431:
2432: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2433: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2434: <p>
1.84 niklas 2435:
1.113 naddy 2436: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2437:
1.69 deraadt 2438: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2439:
1.113 naddy 2440: <dl>
2441: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2442: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2443: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2444:
1.222 miod 2445: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2446: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2447: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2448: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2449:
1.113 naddy 2450: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2451: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2452: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2453: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2454: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2455:
1.20 louis 2456: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2457: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2458: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2459: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2460: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2461:
1.113 naddy 2462: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2463:
1.113 naddy 2464: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2465: <a name=fi></a>
2466: <h3><font color=#e00000>Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
2467:
2468: <dl>
2469:
2470: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2471:
2472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2473: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2474: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2475:
2476: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2477: will be removed from OpenBSD.
2478: </dl>
2479:
2480: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2481: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2482:
1.113 naddy 2483: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2484:
1.113 naddy 2485: <dl>
1.20 louis 2486:
1.170 louis 2487: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2488:
2489: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2490: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2491: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2492: </strong></font><br>
2493:
2494: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2495: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2496: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2497: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2498: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2499: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2500: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2501: <p>
2502:
1.69 deraadt 2503: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2504:
1.113 naddy 2505: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2506: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2507: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2508: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2509:
2510: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2511: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2512: translating and reprinting articles from
2513: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2514: <p>
1.112 naddy 2515:
1.113 naddy 2516: </dl>
1.20 louis 2517:
1.113 naddy 2518: <hr>
2519: <a name=de></a>
2520: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2521: <dl>
1.50 louis 2522:
1.151 louis 2523: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2524:
2525: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2526: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2527: </strong></font><br>
2528:
2529: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2530: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2531: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2532: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2533: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2534:
2535: <p>
2536:
1.72 louis 2537: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2538:
1.113 naddy 2539: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2540: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2541: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2542: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2543:
1.101 jufi 2544: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2545: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2546: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2547: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2548: Giving way to
2549: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2550: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2551: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2552: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2553: <p>
1.72 louis 2554:
1.69 deraadt 2555: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2556:
1.113 naddy 2557: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2558: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2559: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2560: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2561:
2562: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2563: <p>
2564: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2565:
1.50 louis 2566:
1.113 naddy 2567: <hr>
2568: <a name=ru></a>
2569: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2570: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2571:
1.69 deraadt 2572: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2573:
1.113 naddy 2574: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2575: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2576: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2577: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2578:
2579: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2580: <p>
1.62 form 2581:
1.69 deraadt 2582: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2583:
1.113 naddy 2584: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2585: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2586: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2587: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2588:
1.59 form 2589: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2590: <p>
1.112 naddy 2591:
1.113 naddy 2592: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2593:
1.113 naddy 2594: <hr>
2595: <a name=pl></a>
2596: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2597: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2598:
1.113 naddy 2599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2600: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2601: Radio, August 2, 2000
2602: </strong></font><br>
2603:
2604: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2605: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2606: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2607: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2608: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2609: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2610: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2611: <p>
2612:
2613: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2614: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2615: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2616: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2617: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2618:
2619: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2620: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2621: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2622: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2623: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2624: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2625: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2626: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2627: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2628: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2629: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2630: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2631: <p>
2632: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2633:
1.113 naddy 2634: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2635: <a name=es></a>
2636: <h3><font color=#e00000>Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
2637: <dl>
2638:
2639: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
2640:
2641: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2642: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2643: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2644: </strong></font><br>
2645:
2646: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2647: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2648: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2649: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2650: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2651: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2652: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2653: <p>
2654: </dl>
2655:
2656:
2657: <hr>
2658: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.113 naddy 2659: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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